Yu Zhen glanced at Wei Hongsi, withdrew his gaze with a nod, then looked back over: "Huh, you are..."
Wei Hongbo said, "He's my younger brother."
Earlier, Yu Zhen had come in and immediately started arguing with Wu Wenjun, then kept his head down eating, so no introductions had been made on either side.
Wei Hongsi smiled and said, "Hello, Brigade Head Yu. I'm Wei Hongsi."
Yu Zhen smiled and said, "Haven't seen you in years, you've changed quite a bit. You two brothers, one a scholar, one a warrior, truly excellent."
Wei Hongsi smiled and nodded. He had studied in Yuecheng for seven years and occasionally visited his older brother's workplace, but he didn't remember ever meeting this Brigade Head Yu. Probably the other man had seen him from a distance before, which is why he only recognized him now.
"So you know our Engineer Wei," Wu Wenjun said, casting another appraising look at the Wei brothers. One was robust and rugged, the other refined and fair-skinned, but upon closer inspection, they shared about seventy to eighty percent similarity in their brows and eyes.
"Yeah, I know him," Yu Zhen said with some emotion. "Young Wei here is quite something. Back when he was in university, he helped us catch a wanted criminal. That bastard was disguised, and he saw through it in one glance."
Wei Hongsi still had an impression of that wanted criminal Yu Zhen mentioned. Suddenly, he remembered that his ability to see through people's real age seemed to have started around that time.
He recalled that the wanted criminal was in his early thirties, disguised as someone in his forties, with a rather sophisticated technique. But in his eyes, it felt extremely strange, just like when he saw Li Yunxiang this afternoon. No wonder he had felt that mix of familiarity and strangeness then.
After his moment of reflection, Yu Zhen returned to the main topic. "Old Wu, this video of yours can only prove this woman has problems. But aside from having some emotional entanglement with your Director Meng, she didn't admit to anything. At most, it's circumstantial evidence."
Wu Wenjun asked, "So this case still can't be investigated?"
"That's not it," Yu Zhen said thoughtfully. "It's just a matter of method and strategy. Wei Da, what are your thoughts?"
"I think the lead on the advertising agency side needs to be pursued urgently. Manager Wu coming to find us might avoid attracting attention, but Li Yunxiang dying in the hospital is itself a very clear signal. At the very least, we need to first know who that key person is, then find an opportunity to make contact with them alone. Best if we can create conditions to completely isolate this person from the outside world."
After listening to Yu Zhen's analysis, Wei Hongbo couldn't help but start considering the worst-case possibilities.
Yu Zhen gave an acknowledging hum, indicating he agreed with this line of thinking.
"Also, the routine investigation into Li Yunxiang's side still needs to be done. Even if she was used as a pawn, she should have had her own motives. We can conduct some checks focusing on that aspect. Manager Wu, what's her family situation?"
"Her hometown isn't in Yuecheng. She's considered a migrant worker. She had a brief marriage history, is divorced, and has no children."
As he spoke, Wu Wenjun opened a file folder and took out several stapled-together printed pages, handing them to Wei Hongbo.
This material recorded all the information about Li Yunxiang that Wu Wenjun could gather, including the process of her death.
Just as the ambulance entered the hospital, Li Yunxiang, while still unconscious, suffered another episode of full-body tonic convulsions. Although the medical staff immediately performed resuscitation, it was completely ineffective. She was ultimately declared clinically dead due to irreversible cardiac arrest.
Qiao Yi was by her side throughout the entire process of transporting Li Yunxiang to the hospital. When he reported the situation to Ji Yongsheng, he described this in detail. Ji Yongsheng didn't mention it during the meeting, feeling it unnecessary for everyone to know, but Wu Wenjun didn't omit it when preparing the materials.
Wei Hongsi was sitting slightly behind and to the side of his older brother and leaned over to glance at the pages a few times, feeling increasingly that Li Yunxiang's cause of death was suspicious.
After browsing through the material in his hand, Wei Hongbo said, "Manager Wu, please communicate with Paradise. I'd like to understand some situations from them as soon as possible."
Wu Wenjun then took out his phone and called Jiang Kai. After a brief exchange, he asked Wei Hongbo, "They're at a teahouse right now, not too far from here. Shall we go over?"
Wei Hongbo looked at Yu Zhen. Yu Zhen said, "Alright then, I'll follow your lead today."
The group gathered their things and were just about to head out when Zhang Shengyong's phone rang.
Seeing Zhang Shengyong's expression grow increasingly grave as he listened to the call, Wei Hongbo felt a sense of foreboding.
After finishing the call, Zhang Shengyong said, "There's been a fatal fall incident at Yunhai Tower. Due to anomalies in the body itself and the horizontal position of the landing point, it was reported to our criminal investigation unit. The identity of the deceased has now been confirmed. He was an advertising creative designer at Zihu Media."
After Zhang Shengyong finished speaking, everyone's eyes instantly turned to Wu Wenjun.
Wu Wenjun hurriedly pulled out his phone and called Jiang Kai. "Manager Jiang, ask the people from Paradise which advertising agency did Plan B? It's... Zihu Media! What about the person specifically in charge? Surname Peng? Oh, Peng as in 'fluffy'? Name Peng Jun?"
Everyone then looked at Yu Zhen.
"Don't all look at me. Let's go to the bureau," Yu Zhen said, his face dark as if ink could drip from it. "Old Wu, have the people from Paradise come over as well. No need for secrecy anymore."
The group left the restaurant. Zhang Shengyong took one car to Yunhai Tower. The original scene was still preserved there, and he needed to conduct a careful investigation, hoping to find some useful clues.
The remaining five all got into Wu Wenjun's car and headed to the police station together. Wu Wenjun asked Yu Zhen to sit in the front passenger seat, while he and the Wei brothers sat in the back, making Wei Hongsi the sandwich filling. Fortunately, no one was excessively large, and the rear space of this B-segment car was relatively spacious.
On the way, Wu Wenjun called Ji Yongsheng, giving a brief report on the latest developments.
Since the investigation phase hadn't officially begun yet and it didn't involve confidentiality principles, Yu Zhen didn't interfere.
After Wu Wenjun finished his call, Yu Zhen connected with the brigade command center, requesting that the investigation details of Peng Jun's fatal fall incident be synchronized to him and Wei Hongbo.
Not long after, both of their police communication devices received the relevant information. Wei Hongsi took the opportunity to peek at his brother's screen.
According to the preliminary investigation by the officers on the scene, the deceased, Peng Jun, male, thirty-one years old, the exact time of the fatal fall was 6:07 PM.
Earlier, Peng Jun had just finished dinner, then went to the 14th-floor terrace to smoke. During that time, he had greeted several colleagues. After his colleagues returned inside the building, he remained on the terrace.
Later, people inside the building heard exclamations and commotion from downstairs and discovered a man had fallen from the building. After identification by Zihu Media staff, the person who fell was confirmed to be Peng Jun.
Wei Hongbo silently calculated the time. 6:07 PM. At that time, they had just finished dinner and were listening to Wu Wenjun explain the situation. Brigade Head Yu hadn't yet made his Murphy's Law prediction.