Chapter 657: Premeditated

The two elders of the Yan family sat on the sofa with sorrowful expressions, looking as if they had aged ten years overnight.

"Qing Xue, Xiao Tian." When Old Yan Lao Taitai saw Yan Qingxue and Xu Tian enter, her eyes turned red.

"How could something like this happen?" Yan Qingxue secretly pinched her own arm, and her eyes immediately reddened. "Second Uncle was in the prime of his life, why would he..."

Regarding Yan Jinbai, Yan Qingxue felt nothing; she even wanted to buy firecrackers to celebrate. She had not a shred of affection for this despicable man who had framed his own biological brother for fame and fortune.

Furthermore, Yan Jinbai's family was determined to wipe them out, so Yan Qingxue had long viewed her second uncle as an enemy and could not feel any sadness over his death.

But in front of her grandparents, she still had to put on an act and appear sad and distressed.

Hearing this, Old Yan Lao Taitai became even more heartbroken and couldn't help but wipe away her tears. Although Yan Jinbai had little talent and was not as outstanding as her eldest son, he was still her own flesh and blood. Now that she had to bury her own child, how could she accept it...

"Qing Xue, Xiao Tian, your second uncle was murdered." Yan Family Patriarch sighed heavily, looked up at the two juniors standing before him, and said in a deep voice.

"What? He was murdered?" Yan Qingxue was slightly shocked, then put on an expression of astonishment.

Her second uncle was killed by someone in his own home? This was murder! How could that be?

"I have no clue who did it. I don't know if a rival company of the Yan Group sent someone to kill him... or if he inadvertently offended someone in the business world..."

Yan Family Patriarch analyzed, but even he felt these two reasons didn't hold water.

Because his second son had no talent for business, even after becoming the president of the Yan Group, most of the daily operations were handled by senior company executives or Yan Hongyu.

He was almost a hands-off manager; how could such a person offend someone in the business world to the point where the other party had to kill him?

"Dad, Mom, please grieve in moderation. I will do my best to investigate and find the true culprit who killed Jinbai," Yan Jinsong said from the side of the second floor, speaking in a low voice to comfort them.

Although

his second brother lacked brotherly affection and had repeatedly tried to wipe out their family, Yan Jinsong was not a cold-blooded person at heart.

Now that his own brother had died tragically at home, he wanted to find out the truth no matter what and get justice for Yan Jinbai.

"God damn it, who killed Jinbai? If I catch the murderer, I will tear them limb from limb and throw them into the pond to feed the fish!" Yan Ershen collapsed on the floor, stamping her feet and beating her chest, wailing incessantly.

Xu Tian silently looked in the direction of Yan Ershen and Yan Hongyu, frowning slightly, a flash of confusion in his eyes.

The fact that Yan Jinbai was murdered at home was extremely strange, and he hadn't heard of any recent conflicts between the Yan Group and other companies.

Even if there were, it would at most be a struggle over financial interests. In the business world, fortunes change, and it's normal; few people would be perpetual winners. To take a life over a project was definitely a losing business deal.

Furthermore, even if Yan Jinbai were killed, the project already secured by the Yan family wouldn't fall into the murderer's hands. What would be the point of doing this?

"Mom, don't worry." Yan Hongyu promised Yan Ershen with a pained expression, "I will definitely find the murderer who hurt Dad and avenge him!"

"Dad, have you checked the surveillance at home?" Yan Jinsong walked up to Yan Family Patriarch and asked in a low voice.

"I've already had Xiao Guanjia go to the surveillance room to copy it."

Yan Family Patriarch was full of sorrow, but he didn't notice that when they mentioned the surveillance footage, Yan Ershen, who was crying with her eyes half-lowered, had a look of calculation flash across her eyes.

However, this momentary change in Yan Ershen's expression was captured by Xu Tian.

He had already suspected that there was more to Yan Jinbai's death, and coupled with Yan Ershen's strange expression just now, his suspicions deepened.

Could it be that Yan Ershen had come up with some other vicious scheme?

However, at this moment, the sweating Xiao Guanjia ran into the living room from outside, speaking to the two Yan elders with an anxious tone: "After I discovered the situation with the Second Young Master, I immediately ran to check the surveillance, only to find that the surveillance for the entire mansion had been sabotaged. But don't worry, I have already contacted professionals to

urgently repair the damaged surveillance footage, and it has now been fixed."

"The surveillance was sabotaged?" Yan Family Patriarch's brows furrowed even tighter. "It seems this was all premeditated!"

"Then what did you find in the surveillance footage?" Old Yan Lao Taitai asked anxiously.

Hearing this, Xiao Guanjia spoke with some difficulty: "Madam, Sir, I dare not jump to conclusions. You should see the surveillance footage for yourselves."

"What is there to be afraid of jumping to conclusions about? Just tell us what you saw in the video!" Old Yan Lao Taitai glared at Xiao Guanjia with some resentment. "What time is it, and you're still playing coy with us!"

"But..." Xiao Ren was still hesitant.

"Don't dawdle, tell us immediately what you saw!" Yan Family Patriarch also reprimanded sternly.

Seeing that both elders were angry, Xiao Ren stuttered: "I just watched the surveillance and saw the Eldest Young Master and Miss Qing Xue. The two of them lingered at the door of the Second Young Master's bedroom for a long time, then walked into his bedroom. It was nearly an hour before they left the Second Young Master's bedroom."

Yan Jinsong and Yan Qingxue looked at each other. They had indeed returned yesterday and had entered Yan Jinbai's bedroom.

But that was because Yan Jinsong had received a call from Yan Jinbai, who said he had something important to discuss with him and wanted him to come to the Yan family's old mansion immediately.

At that time, Yan Qingxue happened to be home for dinner, and fearing that Yan Jinbai would play tricks to frame her father again, she went back to the old mansion with Yan Jinsong.

But after they met Yan Jinbai, Yan Jinbai was dead drunk. Although he was still conscious, no matter what Yan Jinsong asked him, he wouldn't say, instead wanting to drag Yan Jinsong to drink with him.

Yan Qingxue worried that this was a trap set by Yan Jinbai to get her father drunk, so she lied, saying there was something at home, and dragged Yan Jinsong away.

But they never expected that right after they left, Yan Jinbai would die in his bedroom.

Yan Qingxue frowned with displeasure. What was Xiao Guanjia trying to do with this hesitant attitude, specifically emphasizing that they had returned to the old mansion?

"Xiao Guanjia, you specifically emphasized that my father and I had returned. Are you trying to say that Second Uncle's death has something to do with us?" ===== CHAPTER 658 =====