Chapter 1931

In the lobby on the first floor of the Jinwan Hotel, Zhou Qianyi grabbed the phone and called Zhou Andong. She was still wondering if he was in the office, and then the call went through.

"I am Zhou Andong, who is this!"

"Brother, it's me, Qianyi!" Zhou Qianyi said with a smile: "Just now, those little devils from Sony checked into the Jinwan Hotel."

Zhou Andong said angrily: "You called me just to say this?"

"No!" Zhou Qianyi muttered something, and then said: "I just wanted to ask how your negotiations went."

"Does this need to be asked?" Zhou Andong said in a lazy voice: "They thought it was too expensive and didn't buy it."

"Two billion US dollars." Zhou Qianyi clicked her tongue twice: "You might as well take a gun, hold it to Yoshioka Kunihiko's head, and make Sony pay the ransom."

"Sigh!" Zhou Andong sighed: "Qianyi, it's not that brother is talking about you, but with such a good idea, why didn't you tell me earlier? Now the little devils have run to Beijing; how can we kidnap them?"

"You come and kidnap them!" Zhou Qianyi laughed loudly: "They are staying at the Jinwan. I'll provide you with information. For a two-billion ransom, I want half."

"You are really greedy." Zhou Andong also laughed: "Alright, hurry up and say it, what's the matter, otherwise I'm hanging up."

"Nothing big." Zhou Qianyi said: "I'll arrive in Jiangzhou tomorrow night. Treat me to something delicious."

Zhou Andong said: "It's not like you haven't been to Jiangzhou. You've played everything you should play and eaten everything you should eat. What else could be delicious?"

"I don't care." Zhou Qianyi said very unreasonably: "You must treat me to something delicious."

Zhou Andong was very helpless: "Come on then. I'll take you to the farm, the one in Tanghezi. Last time you came, many facilities on the farm weren't perfected. This time you come, I'll take you to the farm to eat roast whole lamb and farm-style stew."

"Okay!" Zhou Qianyi said happily: "Then, should I go directly to Tanghezi tomorrow?"

"Okay!" Zhou Andong said: "Start early tomorrow and arrive early. Remember to bring more people. Although this road is considered safe, bring more people just in case."

"Got it. I have something else to do, that's all."

Zhou Qianyi put down the phone, walked out of the hotel quickly, got in the car, and left.

Jiangzhou!

Zhou Andong checked the time and paged Huang Yali.

After about half an hour, he received the call back from Huang Yali.

"Chairman, we are at Mount Putuo, just came down, and found a public phone."

"It's nothing!" Zhou Andong said: "I'm going to the farm, you all come over too."

"Okay!" Huang Yali agreed: "I'll go over with Mr. Zhou and Miss Zhou right away."

Zhou Andong put down the phone and stood up to walk out.

Wang Wentian, Lian Kai, Shen Mingwei, and Yu Zhan were squatting in the shade of the wall smoking. Seeing Zhou Andong, they hurriedly stood up.

"Chairman!"

Zhou Andong looked at Yu Zhan: "Didn't I give you time off? As long as you're not on a business trip, you can go on a date anytime. Why are you hanging out with them?"

Yu Zhan scratched his head: "Originally we agreed to go to the movies today, but a criminal case suddenly occurred, so it had to be postponed."

"Criminal case?" Zhou Andong didn't care: "You need to understand this more. She is a police officer, a criminal police officer, a forensic doctor. There will be many such things in the future."

"I know." Yu Zhan grinned and smiled foolishly: "I will support her work."

"Let's go!" Zhou Andong greeted: "To the farm!"

"Xiaohui!"

Yu Zhan opened the car door and was just about to get in when he looked up and saw Sun Xiaohui walking over.

Zhou Andong opened the car window: "Didn't you have a case? How come you have time to run over to my side?"

Sun Xiaohui tucked the stray hair on her forehead behind her ear: "The case is broken, so I came over."

"The criminal case was broken so quickly?" Zhou Andong was really surprised: "Your speed in handling cases is quite fast."

"This case is not complicated. The murderer has been at the crime scene and hasn't fled."

Sun Xiaohui came to the car and sighed with regret.

"The murderer is actually an employee of your factory."

"What?" Zhou Andong widened his eyes: "An employee of our factory?"

"Yes!" Sun Xiaohui shook her head slightly and said sadly: "This person is too pitiful."

Zhou Andong was silent for a moment: "I'm going to the farm. Are you going to spend time with Yu Zhan, or are you going to eat farm-style stew with us?"

"You don't need to ask this." Sun Xiaohui said with a smile: "With good food, who would still run off to watch a movie?"

"Get in the car and tell me about this case, what exactly happened."

Zhou Andong pushed open the car door, moved to the side, and then said to Wang Wentian.

"Wentian, let Yu Zhan drive."

"Yes!" Wang Wentian got out of the car.

Yu Zhan used his hand to block the roof of the car like a sycophant, carefully helped Sun Xiaohui into the car, and then closed the door.

"Look at that." Zhou Andong teased: "This kid has never opened the car door for me, his boss."

Yu Zhan chuckled, slowly drove the car out of the gate, and headed straight for Tanghezi.

"Tell me." Zhou Andong asked: "What's going on with this criminal case?"

"Sigh!"

Sun Xiaohui sighed: "The murderer is named Guan Jianming, twenty-three years old. The deceased is named Guan Shihai, who is Guan Jianming's father."

"Hmm?" Zhou Andong asked: "Biological father?"

"Yes!" Sun Xiaohui nodded: "According to our investigation, Guan Shihai often drank heavily and had a violent temper. As long as he drank too much or was in a bad mood, he would beat his wife and children.

When Guan Jianming was eight and his younger sister was five, his mother was almost beaten to death by his father. Fortunately, the neighbor heard the commotion and came over, sending her to the hospital. Two days later, his mother disappeared from the hospital and there has been no news since.

His mother disappeared, and there was no one to protect the two Guan siblings, so they became Guan Shihai's punching bags. At that time, Guan Jianming's only thought was to wait until he grew up and could earn money, then take his sister and escape from this home.

When Guan Jianming was ten and his sister was seven, Guan Shihai brought a woman back from outside, who is now the stepmother of the Guan siblings, Zhou Shuyun.

This woman was very kind and treated the Guan siblings like her own. Every time the Guan siblings were beaten, she would protect them with all her might. In this way, it was Zhou Shuyun who got beaten.

When Guan Jianming was seventeen, Zhou Shuyun secretly sent him to the army to be a soldier, because only in this way could Guan Jianming escape from this home and escape from his devil-like father.

At that time, Guan Jianming thought the same thing: as long as he became a soldier and learned skills, he could protect his sister and stepmother. He just didn't know that because his stepmother secretly sent him to the army, she was beaten violently by his father again.

He spent three good years in the army, but his stepmother and sister still lived under the shadow of his father's violence. Three years ago, he was demobilized and assigned to the city ceramic factory. His stepmother asked him to take his sister away and not stay in this home.

But he thought he could protect his stepmother and sister and didn't need to leave. And indeed, facing an adult, strong son, Guan Shihai did restrain himself quite a bit at first.

But, a dog can't change its habit of eating shit. Not long after, Guan Shihai returned to his old ways and beat Zhou Shuyun again. When Guan Jianming came back, he wanted to settle the score with his father, but was stopped by Zhou Shuyun.

This made Guan Shihai very proud, and he even threatened Guan Jianming with a knife, saying that if he dared to touch his father, he would hack that unfilial son and his sister to death.

Guan Jianming was also afraid of the consequences, because he knew his father too well. He knew that if he was pushed into a corner, he would do anything.

Just like this, the Guan siblings and their stepmother continued to live under the shadow of their father. However, as long as Guan Jianming was at home, Guan Shihai didn't dare to be so arrogant.

Last year, the city ceramic factory went bankrupt, and Jiang Xiaobai took over most of the workers in the ceramic factory, including Guan Jianming. At that time, he thought that if he had money in his hands, he would take his sister and stepmother and move out.

After the New Year this year, he rented a house in the old family area of the winery and moved out with his sister and stepmother, but even this couldn't escape Guan Shihai's clutches.

Taking advantage of when Guan Jianming was at work, Guan Shihai often came to ask Zhou Shuyun for money, and if she didn't give it, he would beat her. Last night, Guan Jianming was on the night shift, and when he came home from work this morning, he saw Guan Shihai beating his stepmother and sister.

When he saw his stepmother covered in blood, lying on the ground twitching, and his sister with a swollen face, squatting in the corner with disheveled hair and terrified eyes.

The anger that had accumulated in his heart since he was a child exploded. He grabbed a kitchen knife, hacked it into Guan Shihai's neck, almost hacking his head off, and then hacked Guan Shihai eighteen more times."

Zhou Andong silently took out a cigarette and lit it. After a long while, he said: "This bastard really deserved to die."

"I think so too." Sun Xiaohui nodded: "Originally, his stepmother wanted to take the blame for Guan Jianming, but Guan Jianming didn't agree. He had been a soldier, and the justice and backbone in his bones didn't allow him to do that.

Moreover, he also knew very well that even if Zhou Shuyun took the blame, it would be investigated, and in the end, his stepmother would be dragged in, which wasn't worth it."

Zhou Andong took a deep drag of his cigarette: "What do you think Guan Jianming will do? Will he be sentenced to death?"

Sun Xiaohui said: "After the investigation, if all his confessions are true, he should be able to survive. The greatest possibility is life imprisonment."

Zhou Andong asked: "If we find a good lawyer, is there a chance for a fixed-term sentence?"

"It's hard to say!" Sun Xiaohui shook her head thoughtfully: "If he had only hacked once, even if the first hack almost cut Guan Shihai's neck and hacked his head off, there would be a chance for a fixed-term sentence. However, he hacked a total of nineteen times, so it's hard to say."

Next, Zhou Andong didn't speak again. When they arrived at the farm and got out of the car, he said.

"Regardless of whether he is an employee of the winery, just the fact that he is a demobilized soldier who can take on the responsibility of protecting his stepmother and sister, I have to find him a better lawyer.

As for the final result, whether he can be sentenced to a fixed-term, that can only be left to fate and depend on his own luck."

Sun Xiaohui wasn't surprised at all: "I knew you would do this."

Zhou Andong blinked and asked: "So sure?"

"When we were in school, you were loyal." Sun Xiaohui laughed: "Moreover, Guan Jianming is still your employee. In your heart, Guan Shihai deserved to die, so you will definitely help him."

Zhou Andong asked curiously: "Do you hope I help him?"

"How should I put it?"

Sun Xiaohui thought for a while: "If I were Guan Jianming, I wouldn't have waited until now, but would have killed Guan Shihai before I was eighteen."

Zhou Andong patted Yu Zhan on the shoulder, then sighed, shook his head, and walked forward quickly.

"Hey!" Sun Xiaohui raised her willow eyebrows and shouted dissatisfiedly: "Zhou Andong, you stop right there. What did you mean just now? Explain it clearly to me, otherwise, this girl won't be finished with you."