Chapter 1645 Who Is the Mastermind

Chapter 1645 Who Is the Mastermind

After everyone felt better, life went back to normal. Only Xia Zhe knew that Qiao Mei had not recovered fully. She still lived in fear and would wake up startled in the middle of the night. The first thing she did whenever she woke up was to see if the children were around.

If this continued, Qiao Mei's health would definitely be greatly affected and the baby would also not develop well.

"Don't be afraid, I'll protect all of you," Xia Zhe comforted her softly.

"I'm fine. I'm just... just a little uneasy. I can't feel settled so long as the mastermind is not caught. I wonder how Eldest Aunt's interrogation is going," Qiao Mei said worriedly.

During this period of time, Xia Xiu had sent a letter to Xia Zhe. She wrote that those human traffickers would not tell her who their buyer was even if they had to die. They had their own rules to abide with. Since they had already been paid, they would not betray the buyer.

Xia Lu was not as stubborn as them. Before Xia Xiu said anything, he confessed everything, including how much money the Du family had given him and where the money was placed.

"It's the Du family," Xia Zhe said.

Xia Zhe recalled carefully and said, "They said his name is Du Miao and that he's Du Bo's son."

Qiao Mei was a little surprised. The Du Miao that she remembered did not seem like such a person. Du Bo would usually ask his subordinates to do this kind of thing, so why would he ask Du Miao to do it? Although Du Bo always said that Du Miao was useless, he doted on Du Miao very much and would not let Du Miao do anything dangerous.

"What's wrong?" Xia Zhe asked.

"Does the Du family have any other children?" Qiao Mei asked.

"I've never heard of any other Du family member. Du Bo's wife, Feng Niao, is not in good health. I heard from my mother that after Feng Niao gave birth to Du Miao, she became very weak and could no longer have children, so the Du family only has one son," Xia Zhe said.

"No... It's definitely not right... How can it be Du Miao?" Qiao Mei muttered to herself.

"You suspect that Du Miao did not do this?" Xia Zhe asked.

Qiao Mei could not pinpoint what was wrong, but she just felt that Du Miao was definitely not the person who engineered this matter. He was not interested in harming people this way. Moreover, he had a daughter himself, so he would definitely not hurt other people's children.

"Call it a woman's intuition. I have a feeling that it's someone else who did this. Get Yao Nian to dig into the Du family's past and see if there are any other clues," Qiao Mei said seriously.

"Alright, I'll definitely go and investigate tomorrow. Go to bed now. It'll be dawn soon," Xia Zhe said with a smile.