Chapter 421: Lost Both the Person and the Money, Going a Little Crazy Is Normal

"What? What are you saying?!"

The woman was truly panicked this time.

She tried hard to put on a composed look, but her trembling lips betrayed her true inner feelings.

"I guess you've run out of trump cards."

Yu Dazhang said unhurriedly:

"The dirty money has pretty much been accounted for, and the money you left for the child, in your eyes, isn't much."

"In a third-tier city like Jianning, five million is enough to let someone achieve financial freedom and live a life without worry about food and clothing."

He raised his voice slightly:

"You know that if you leave too much money, the child won't be able to hold onto it, and it'll easily attract the attention of people with ulterior motives, so the money you left shouldn't exceed ten million."

As he spoke, he kept observing the changes in the woman's expression.

When the figure "ten million" came out, the corner of the woman's eye twitched.

Although it was only a tiny movement, it was still caught by Yu Dazhang.

Just as expected!

That micro-expression from just now couldn't be faked.

Could it be that she left exactly ten million... Yu Dazhang felt this amount best fit the woman's style of doing things.

She had already planned a fallback for the child.

It's just a pity that it wasn't her money.

"You... you're talking nonsense!"

The woman's face went pale.

Ignoring her injuries, she struggled to sit up.

"You won't even let a child go." She glared at Yu Dazhang and said:

"We've already submitted to the law, and the child will definitely be sent to an orphanage. In this situation, how could I still leave money for the child?"

"You're too full of yourself. Even if our whole family committed crimes, the child is innocent. He's only seven years old. You can't strip him of his right to survive."

Explaining is concealing... Yu Dazhang was now even more certain.

He chatted with the woman a few more sentences just to see if she still had anything left in stock.

Looking at it now, there shouldn't be much more to squeeze out of her.

"Alright, let's chat up to here."

Yu Dazhang put his notebook into the bag he carried with him, and said seemingly casually:

"I know you definitely won't tell me about that last bit of money you left for the child. It doesn't matter, we don't necessarily have to get it out of you."

The woman immediately understood. Seeing Yu Dazhang stand up, she shouted loudly:

"You can't go find the child! He's innocent!"

"Innocent?" Yu Dazhang had already walked to the door, but hearing her words, he turned his head and glanced at her:

"Those two words coming out of your mouth are fucking laughable."

After he finished speaking, he pulled open the door and walked out.

Outside, one could still hear the woman screaming hysterically in the hospital room:

"I've said everything I should say! The money has all been accounted for. I only beg you to leave the child alone!! You can't go find him!"

Captain Hua and Qi Fang came up to meet him again.

"Why does it feel like she's about to go crazy?" Qi Fang asked.

Yu Dazhang smiled:

"Lost both the person and the money, going a little crazy is normal."

After saying that, he noticed that both people in front of him had their eyes on the bag he carried with him.

"What?" Yu Dazhang subconsciously clutched the bag tighter.

Captain Hua's gaze, however, never left his bag. He asked point-blank:

"Where's the notebook?"

The moment he heard him say "notebook," Yu Dazhang immediately understood what the two of them were expecting.

So they were waiting for me to tear paper... He looked at the two of them somewhat speechlessly:

"This one's a bit complicated. She should still have a sum of money set aside separately for the child. I guess the amount won't exceed ten million, and the way she left the money is very likely cash or an overseas account."

Captain Hua and Qi Fang, upon hearing this, stared at him unblinkingly.

No wonder the woman broke down—he had squeezed out the very last drop of oil from her.

"Not right."

Yu Dazhang paused, then continued:

"What she left must be cash."

Once the case breaks, all bank accounts are no longer safe, even transferring the money abroad won't work.

In his view, the safest and most concealed method right now is only cash.

"The rest is up to you guys."

Yu Dazhang pinched his brow hard, looking a bit tired, but still didn't forget to remind them:

"Try to have professionals go and contact the child, and it's best not to let this matter affect the child."

The child really is innocent.

In today's society, there's no such thing as guilt by association anymore.

But to be truly innocent, the child must be completely separated from this case. So this money must be recovered.

What they left the child wasn't money, but a blood-soaked steamed bun.

If the child grows up and uses that money, he'll only thank his family in prison and hate this society.

There are real cases of this.

There was a female singer whose mother secretly withheld the resettlement fees of over five hundred laid-off workers, with the amount involved reaching 360 million.

A large portion of it was transferred abroad by her, deposited under her daughter's name.

And that female star lived a life of luxury abroad with this money.

She felt not the slightest guilt, and even frequently flaunted her wealth online.

Most hatefully, she still went online every day crying injustice for her mother, calling her own mother a hero.

In the field of shamelessness, she could truly be said to have reached the pinnacle.

The drama "In the Name of the People" was written around the story of the Dafeng Factory resettlement fees, with the prototype being the female star mother's case.

When you think the TV drama has exaggerated elements, you don't know that reality is even more cruel than film and television.

Because film and television have to pass censorship, reality doesn't.

The next day.

The task force brought good news again — the relative of Zhang Chao's mother was caught.

After interrogation, the other party quickly gave up the whereabouts of the 100 million in stolen funds.

Things went even more smoothly on the child's side.

Captain Hua found a child psychologist who got the location of the stolen funds out in just ten minutes.

This last sum of money was actually hidden by Zhang Chao's mother in a public cemetery in Jianning.

After moving the tombstone, they found no cash inside, but neatly arranged gold bars.

Calculated at 2014 gold prices, the total amount was nearly ten million.

When Yu Dazhang learned this news, he couldn't help sighing: Zhang Chao's mother knew how to invest.

He thought what she left the child must be cash.

He didn't expect the woman's thinking to be even more forward-thinking — she directly exchanged it for gold bars.

This way it could not only be preserved long-term without worrying about insect damage or ant bites, but also serve to maintain and increase value.

By 2025, gold prices had nearly tripled compared to 2014.

In other words, this ten million in gold directly appreciated to thirty million.

At this point, the case officially entered the closing procedure.

That evening.

Yu Dazhang returned to the hotel and saw Qu Tuotuo holding a video conference.

After waiting about ten-plus minutes, she finally closed her laptop.

"Your work is pretty busy too, you don't need to specially stay here and keep me company."

Yu Dazhang advised:

"Why don't you go back to Songhai first, I'll still have to wait a few days before I can return."

On one hand he was afraid of delaying Qu Tuotuo's work, on the other hand he also felt she was delaying his own work.

So far, he still hadn't written his report.

With Qu Tuotuo here, he found it hard to settle his mind to study how to write this report.

"I'm not leaving!"

Qu Tuotuo, hearing he was trying to chase her away, was immediately displeased:

"Your injury just got a little better and you're already trying to chase me away — too heartless."

After saying this, she suddenly thought of something, then stared at Yu Dazhang and questioned him:

"Did you meet some other girl here?"

"Heaven and earth, my conscience!" Yu Dazhang loudly protested:

"I've been busy handling cases here every day, I simply haven't had the chance to come into contact with the opposite sex, besides I'm not that kind of person."

He truly felt wronged, even thinking Qu Tuotuo was being a bit unreasonable.

No evidence at all.

Accusing a good person with not a shred of basis.

"Really?"

Qu Tuotuo walked toward him step by step, her expression somewhere between a smile and not:

"There was a woman, very pretty, ear-length short hair, very bright eyes…"

"Hold it." Before she could finish, Yu Dazhang raised his hand and interrupted:

"Was she wearing a small white flower on her chest?"

(End of chapter)