Chapter 240

Chapter 240

After Jian Jing finished talking with Cai Lawyer, the nanny came over to say that Jiang Qi wanted her to go to the living room.

There, she saw the real Li Lawyer, wearing a custom-made suit and Cai glasses. From his hair fixed with hair gel to his spotless leather shoes, everything was meticulous.

Li Lawyer was also looking her up and down. She was wearing a loose hoodie, pleated skirt, and fashionable platform shoes. He smiled and reached out, "Hello Teacher Jian Jing, nice to meet you."

His words were polite but the hostility was strong. Jian Jing also pretended to be polite but was actually arrogantly nodding, "Nice to meet you too."

Jiang Qi glanced around at everyone and got straight to the point, "Lawyer Li is my friend and Jian Jing is Jiang Xun's friend. If you don't have anyone else you trust, then let's have these two investigate what happened last night. Of course, we all have to agree on the conclusion—do you all agree?"

Whether it was because he had authority at home or because everyone was tired of arguing, even Jiang Ou who hated Jiang BaiYan the most didn't object.

"Thank you all for your trust," Li Lawyer was the picture of professional elite. As soon as he opened his mouth he took control of the conversation, "I'd like to ask everyone a few questions first—Teacher Jian doesn't mind, right?"

"Go ahead," Jian Jing yawned, feeling a little hungry.

A maid brought over hot tea and distributed a cup to each person to refresh them.

The tea was great, with a lingering fragrance.

Li Lawyer took a sip, full of energy, and asked, "What do each of you know about the will?"

The room became dead silent.

Jian Jing watched everyone with great interest.

The villa's living room was huge with many sofas, and everyone was sitting far apart.

The three oldest siblings sat together on a large three-seater sofa, united against their common enemy. On a two-seater sofa to the side sat Madam Jiang cuddling Jiang Xue, mother and daughter intimate.

Jiang BaiYan was the most pitiful, sitting alone on the farthest single-seat sofa, isolated from everyone else like an outsider.

Jian Jing went over and patted Jiang BaiYan on the shoulder, gesturing for him to scoot over. Jiang BaiYan moved aside and perched on the armrest, whispering to her, "Tell the truth or not?"

She glared at him.

Li Lawyer immediately targeted the weak spot, pointing aggressively, "Mr. Jiang Xun, what's not convenient to say directly?"

"If it's not convenient then why are you asking? We're not that close," Jiang BaiYan tilted his head. His face was as beautiful and gentle as always but his tone was lazy and contemptuous, like the casual arrogance of a big star.

Since Li Lawyer had targeted him as an entry point, he naturally wanted to establish his authority, "That's not the attitude of cooperating with an investigation."

Jiang Lian also said, "Don't make trouble at a time like this, just answer when asked."

"Then big sister, lead by example," Jiang BaiYan said. "Let's go in order from oldest to youngest, or youngest to oldest, whatever."

He had never been this "rebellious" before. Jiang Lian was angry, "Got cocky all of a sudden?"

"Yup," he readily admitted. "I don't care how much money I inherit. What about you?"

The last words were mocking.

Li Lawyer had to say, "Teacher Jian, at this rate we won't get anywhere with the investigation."

Jian Jing thought for a bit before slowly saying, "Why not call the police and let them take statements. Lying or withholding information would have consequences..."

"Don't say meaningless things," Jiang Qi said coldly. "Stop wasting time. Let's start from oldest to youngest. Assistant Yin, you first."

Madam Jiang's expression froze, not expecting to be put on the spot first.

But she had always presented herself as reasonable and understanding. At this moment she couldn't tear off her polite mask either and hesitated for a bit before smiling, "Alright. I'll go first. Actually, I don't know the specifics of my husband's arrangements. He only said he would take good care of us mother and daughter."

Jiang Ou scoffed loudly, the mocking obvious.

Madam Jiang was well-mannered and ignored it.

Li Lawyer asked, "So you mean you don't know the specific contents of the will?"

"Yes," she nodded.

"You never heard anything about it at all?"

Madam Jiang shook her head again.

Li Lawyer could only look to Jiang Lian next.

She flatly said, "Father didn't tell me the contents of the will, but we did discuss the group's future developments and he assigned me the most important next task—what that means is obvious, right? The group's directors and Secretary Fan can testify."

Jiang Qi was about to speak when Madam Jiang suddenly said, "Speaking of which, I just remembered something about the group."

"I've been telling Guangze all this time that I don't want to be a full-time wife and want to go back to work," the corners of Madam Jiang's lips curved up. "He already agreed."

Jiang Lian looked alarmed, "I didn't know about this!"

Madam Jiang looked towards the witness stand, "Secretary Fan?"

For the former, they should tip them off, right? As for the latter, of course they would be happy to see it happen.

Madam Jiang gradually calmed down. Although her daughter spoke presumptuously, she got her off the hook.

Jiang Lian reacted quickly too: "Who knows if what you said is true or not."

"Just say it if you don't want to admit it," Jiang Xue retorted. "I'm not like you guys, hiding things left and right."

Just as the two sides were about to argue again, there was suddenly a light cough from the corner.

Jian Jing said, "We already have a general understanding of the situation. We can add details later. Now I want you to answer a few questions for me. First, when did the chairman say he was going to change his will yesterday?"

Madam Jiang said, "After dinner, around 7 o'clock."

"Did any of you go to see the chairman after 7 o'clock?"

Madam Jiang said, "I talked with him for a while."

"What time?"

"Well, it should have been quite late, after 10 o'clock, I think," she replied. "I remember that when I went over, the eldest was just coming out of the room."

Jiang Lian said, "I had something to say to Dad."

"What time?"

"9:30, talked for 20 minutes."

"Did you run into anyone?"

"No."

"What time did Madam Jiang leave?"

"The nurse told me they were about to give an injection soon and asked me to hurry up a bit. I only said a couple of words, no more than 5 minutes."

Jian Jing looked at the others.

Jiang Qi: "I went before 8 o'clock, around 7:45, and the third one came over at 8:10. We chatted for a while."

Jiang Ou corroborated: "When I went over, second brother was already there, he and Dad were chatting quite happily. We talked for a while, second brother left around 8:30, and I stayed 10 more minutes."

Jiang Xue rolled her eyes and mocked them, "No wonder when I went to see Dad at 9 o'clock he didn't look happy at all."

"Did he say anything to you?"

"He told me to listen to Mom, that he had arranged everything, and asked me to be more sensible and things like that."

"What time did you leave?"

"I stayed for a quarter of an hour."

The last one left was Jiang BaiYan.

He said, "I didn't talk to Dad after 7 o'clock."

"But you went to Dad's room in the afternoon." Jiang Lian immediately refuted.

Jiang BaiYan said, "Fan Secretary was there, we just talked about movies for a while."

Jian Jing listed out the timeline.

19:00 Chairman announced he would change his will the next morning

19:40 Jiang Qi spoke with the chairman

20:10 Jiang Ou arrived

20:30 Jiang Qi left

20:40 Jiang Ou left

21:00 Jiang Xue spoke with the chairman

21:15 Jiang Xue left

21:45 Jiang Lian spoke with the chairman

22:05 Jiang Lian left, Madam Jiang spoke with the chairman

22:10 Madam Jiang left

22:30 Chairman went to sleep, nurse left

23:00 Nurse fell asleep