Chapter 25: Nancheng Investment

Leaving Niu Yinzhu's matter aside for now, Qi Fei tore a page from his notebook and handed it to Zhong Kui.

"What for?" Zhong Kui didn't understand this time.

"The kind of flower you folded outside Zhu Ming'en's hospital room, fold it again." Qi Fei's eyes were cold, full of provocation.

However, Zhong Kui was not panicked at all, raised an eyebrow, and said indifferently: "Why are you suddenly interested in origami?"

"You gave this origami to Gu Laotou and told him it was Yang Jinhan's Death Talisman. It can't be such a coincidence that both deceased received your origami and then died."

"This is just a trick to comfort the victims. Officer Qi, do you believe this too? Are you going to convict me based on this?" Zhong Kui walked forward swaggeringly, the distance so close that their noses were about to touch.

The ambiguous atmosphere made the police officers at the scene look over from time to time.

Qi Fei stepped back two steps uncomfortably and cleared his throat awkwardly: "It's better not to let me find evidence."

"You look quite cute when you speak seriously," Zhong Kui said with the triumph of a successful tease, and left gracefully amidst everyone's snickering.

Nancheng Investment. Qi Fei stood in front of a brand-new high-rise building, looked at the imposing characters hanging on the top of the building, and walked in.

Everyone knew that Nancheng Investment Group was the most "nouveau riche" company in Nancheng, with a strong background and high income; it was a well-known golden rice bowl.

The person who received him was a Director Cheng from the group office, who was obviously not happy.

"I mainly protect the boss here; this kind of thing shouldn't be looking for me. I'll take you to see the Human Resources Department."

Not long after, Qi Fei witnessed a battle of buck-passing. This person and the person in charge of the Human Resources Department pushed back and forth for a long time, and finally, the Human Resources Department lost and reluctantly let Qi Fei sit in their office.

"My name is Yu Meiren, the Minister of the Human Resources Department. What should I call you?" Yu Meiren was a big sister approaching fifty, with exquisite makeup but unable to hide the fatigue on her face. She looked at Qi Fei with the professional habit of HR, as if he were one of the applicants, with a high-and-mighty scrutiny.

Before Qi Fei could answer, Yu Meiren was interrupted by a phone call and sat back in front of Qi Fei after a long time.

"Oh, sorry, the group is recruiting people recently, there are too many applicants, I'm too busy to handle it," she apologized absent-mindedly.

Qi Fei smiled: "It doesn't matter. Qi Fei from the Nancheng Police Bureau. I came to ask about Niu Yinzhu."

"Niu Yinzhu? I have explained this matter to you. When she is found and confirmed dead, we will pay compensation according to the process. However, shouldn't this be the business of the labor union? Do you police have to manage this too?"

"Compensation? It seems we are not talking about the same thing."

"Aren't you here to help Niu Yinzhu's family ask for an explanation? Why, did you report it to the police?"

"No. I'm a criminal police officer. Recently, there are new clues related to Niu Yinzhu's disappearance, so I came to investigate her background."

Hearing this, Yu Meiren's resistant eyes softened instead. The look in her eyes was not concern, but more curiosity, and she asked Qi Fei: "What clues? Is she dead or alive?"

"Whether Niu Yinzhu can be found depends on you providing valuable information. You just said her family is looking for you to ask for an explanation?"

"Heh, isn't that so? Saying Niu Yinzhu went missing on the way to a business trip and we have to be responsible. I've told them many times: first find the person, then talk about compensation. Does our Nancheng Investment lack this bit of money? But no matter how little money it is, we have to use it responsibly. Whether she met a bad person or ran away herself, who knows?" Yu Meiren's words were full of dislike.

"You suspect she ran away herself?" Qi Fei heard the key point.

Yu Meiren pouted: "Niu Yinzhu, not to say, she is hardworking, but she is too showy in some things, which makes several old seniors have opinions about her. Once a person is high-profile, many eyes are watching." Then she suddenly cared for Qi Fei: "Don't say it was me who said it. Several of the bidding projects in her hands have problems. Several people reported to the group, saying that she put a lot into her own pocket. Of course, this has nothing to do with my HR."

"Are you trying to say she fled to avoid punishment?"

"You are police; you will speak with evidence. I'm just telling you what I heard."

"I see in the data that she is in charge of projects. Can I talk to her colleagues?"

"There is nothing wrong with that. I'll take you there." Yu Meiren looked like she was very happy to send Qi Fei away.

The supervisor of the project department was named Lao Qian, who looked about the same age as Yu Meiren, with a completely bald head and looked very hardworking. As soon as he heard Yu Meiren say that someone was here to ask about Niu Yinzhu, he seemed to have a belly full of complaints.

"Isn't it because you guys find someone to be a supervisor every day? Look at the mess it is now, making me work overtime at my age." Lao Qian complained.

"Look, when Niu Yinzhu was here, didn't you tell me every day that she didn't understand the business? This isn't giving you a chance to preside over the work. How good." Yu Meiren was obviously an old colleague of Lao Qian, and they were very familiar with each other.

Lao Qian sneered: "Hmph, what preside over the work? Did you give me a title? Isn't this supervisor position still empty?"

Yu Meiren was not angry and laughed: "It's not that I don't give it to you, it all depends on the arrangement from above. They like people like Niu Yinzhu. We HR just do the execution, and there is no way. My quota for promoting supervisors this year hasn't been completed yet!"

"I just can't figure out what the boss likes about Niu Yinzhu? Looking like a sweet dumpling, doing no real work, jumping around like a flea." Lao Qian looked disdainful.

Qi Fei couldn't help but interrupt their employee complaining session: "Sorry, I want to understand, did Niu Yinzhu have any special performance before she went missing?"

Only then did Lao Qian focus his attention on Qi Fei, came back to his senses, and said: "I don't care about her at all, there is no special performance."

"Aren't you colleagues in the same department?" Qi Fei asked.

Lao Qian sneered again: "I'm not worthy of being her colleague; she is a leader!"

Yu Meiren patted Lao Qian's arm lightly, reminding him: "The police are investigating and asking questions, pay attention to what you say."

"Did I say something wrong? Not young, but with a big air. You ask everyone here, who hasn't been given a cold shoulder by her?" Lao Qian pointed with his finger. Qi Fei looked around and saw four people sitting in the large office. The four people who had just raised their heads to eat melons immediately lowered their heads and pretended to work seriously.

It seems that according to Niu Yinzhu's popularity, it is impossible to ask anything in this direction. Qi Fei considered and said to Lao Qian: "Let's do this, I'll talk to you alone." ===== CHAPTER 26 =====