Chapter 280: He Jie

After the kid named Cai Ping was sent back to the hospital, he woke up not long after.

After waking up, he contacted Ruan Wei to come pick him up,

Ruan Wei picked him up, and before leaving he scolded the hospital severely because they had forgotten the patient in the car.

Ruan Wei vented all his resentment at the hospital; the hospital director personally apologized and waived part of the medical fees before the matter was settled.

Because Cai Ping had been poisoned twice by miasma incense, he could not even recall our conversation.

This matter soon blew over.

Ruan Wei thought buying boxed meals outside was too unsafe.

So he decided to provide meals for everyone, and everyone ate at the villa.

This way their food portions increased.

He Jie, who rarely went out to buy vegetables, now had to go to the market every day.

Ding Li had been tailing her for two days and had figured out He Jie's movement pattern.

We decided to move against He Jie,

to win her over and have her help us.

That morning, He Jie went to the market again to buy vegetables; after finishing, she rode an electric tricycle toward the villa.

Lao Wai suddenly appeared in front of her tricycle.

He Jie couldn't brake in time and hit Lao Wai, who refused to accept anything.

He insisted on money from He Jie; she refused to pay, so they argued.

Shangguan Zhuren appeared, coming to mediate.

He urged Lao Wai on one side and He Jie on the other.

He Jie finally agreed to step aside to discuss.

Xiao Long drove over in his car,

He Jie had just reached the roadside,

I opened the car door,

got out of the car, then grabbed He Jie and pulled her into the vehicle.

He Jie was stunned at first, about to shout.

Shi Yong pulled out a knife from inside the car,

pointing it directly at He Jie's face,

"He Jie, do you still know me."

He Jie looked up, saw it was Shi Yong, and her face turned green at once.

She trembled with fear.

"Shi Yong brother, are you still okay."

"He Jie still knows me. Do you know this person?" Shi Yong pointed at me and said.

He Jie examined my face closely,

after a moment she shook her head,

and whispered, "I don't know you."

I said, "He Jie, do you still remember Zhao Jianqiang? I am Zhao Jianqiang."

"It really is Chairman Zhao, Mr. Zhao, it's really you—I've finally found you." He Jie said while crying.

It seemed He Jie had a great grievance.

I angrily said, "Stop crying; if you keep crying I'll fucking kill you. Damn it, still pretending at this point."

Seeing my angry look, He Jie froze and dared not cry anymore.

"Tell me honestly what's going on—how you disappeared from my house, and what's with the eavesdropping device." I asked directly.

After He Jie heard me finish, tears welled up again,

"Mr. Zhao, listen to my explanation. This really wasn't my doing."

"If not you, then who? Besides you, who could get into our bedroom? He Jie, you're already in this situation—what's the point of making excuses,

speak plainly and clear this up—you might still have a chance to live; otherwise I really will kill you." I grabbed He Jie's neck and roared.

"Mr. Zhao, let go, let go, I'll say everything—I'll say it all." He Jie struggled in pain.

"It was my daughter who placed it.

My daughter has been working in the south; last year she came back and I brought her to your house for a visit.

I didn't think much of it, and while you were out I took her over.

Who would have thought she planted an eavesdropping device in your bedroom.

My daughter said that if I exposed this, she wouldn't survive. She's involved in some organization in the south.

That organization's people are especially ruthless.

So I never dared to speak about it.

Until you moved and discovered the eavesdropping device,

I hurriedly contacted my daughter.

She told me a black car came to pick me up,

telling me to go with them,

and thus they brought me here.

I don't know anything else.

"Mr. Zhao, everything I said is the truth."

"If I don't listen to them, they will act against my daughter. I have no choice either." He Jie said and then burst into tears again.

He Jie has a daughter, and she has been working in the south all along; I know that.

I didn't expect her daughter also works at Southern Group and follows Zhang Zong.

Looking at the weeping He Jie,

I didn't speak; He Jie should be telling the truth, her daughter is in someone else's hands. She can only obey orders.

Shi Yong looked at me then, using his eyes to signal what to do.

I said to He Jie: "He Jie, I can trust you. I want to ask you, do you want to die or to live?"

He Jie pleaded pitifully: "Of course I want to live; I beg Mr. Zhao to spare me."

"It's easy to let you go; you just need to help us with something." I said.

"Mr. Zhao, I speak the truth; you have always been good to me, you are truly a good person. I know I have let you down, and I have always felt guilty in my heart."

"I have also always wanted to make amends; tell me, you let me do whatever, I am willing to do it." He Jie looked at me and said sincerely.

"He Jie, I ask you, is Li Ming being detained in the villa?"

"Yes, Director Li is detained there; you want me to secretly say something to Director Li? That's difficult." He Jie asked.

"You don't need to do this; I want to ask you, do Ruan Wei and Li Ming both eat the food you cook?"

"Yes, they both eat, because eating outside is unsafe; recently there was a poisoning incident, so Ruan Wei arranged for everyone to eat the food I cook." He Jie said.

"That's great; tonight you just need to put these two small pellets into Ruan Wei and Li Ming's dishes or soup, and you don't need to ask about anything else."

He Jie took the two small pellets of confusing fragrance from my hand.

"What time do you start dinner?" I asked.

"Dinner starts at six in the evening. What is this?" He Jie looked at the confusing fragrance and said.

"No need to ask what it is; go back now, at six tonight just put it into Ruan Wei and Li Ming's food. After you put it in, call us to inform us, then take advantage of the chaos to leave."

"If you do this, no one will know; nobody will notice you." I arranged.

"What about my daughter then?" He Jie asked.

"No one will know; your daughter will be fine. If you worry about your own safety, you can escape amidst the chaos."

"I won't run; if I run, people will suspect me, and then my daughter will be in danger. This way, no one will suspect me." He Jie said.

I didn't expect He Jie to be so courageous.

"Not running is fine too; we will protect you. It's getting late; you should go back now, otherwise they will suspect."

He Jie asked me: "Mr. Zhao, are you planning to rescue Director Li?"

I nodded, without saying anything further.

He Jie fell silent for a moment, then got out of the car and left.

At this moment Shi Yong couldn't help but say: "Brother, why only give He Jie two pellets? Give her a few more, we could poison them all, then we could easily get into the villa and rescue my brother Li Ming."

I looked at Shi Yong helplessly and said: "There's none left; only these two pellets remain. I also wanted to knock them all out, but I have no more supply."

"Ask Lao Wai for some; he has plenty there." Shi Yong said.

"Lao Wai probably doesn't have any either; we're just counting on these two pellets."

"If He Jie doesn't do as we say, she might again inform on Ruan Wei. Would we then let them be directly suffocated?" Shi Yong worried.