Chapter Seventy-Fifth: Suddenly Clear and Bright

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  The sun has already set in the west, but the high temperature of a prosperous summer still hasn't retreated.

  The office building of the Huanghe Brewery in Xi'an was like a steamer, even with the fan turned to its maximum speed, the wind it blew out was still hot and didn't feel cool at all.

  In the factory director's office, everyone felt a chill in their hearts after hearing Yang Li's words.

  Lao Zhao swore that he had mentioned the theft in the technical room to Wang Guixi a few days ago, but Yang Li was very certain that Wang Guixi had never told him about it.

  Either one of them is lying, or there's something wrong with Wang Gui Xi.

  Yang Hua listened to Yang Li finish, and after a moment of silence, looked at Deng Xiancheng and said decisively: "Arrange for someone to go to the countryside immediately and take control of Wang Guixi's brother Wang Bo. He came to Xiaohe Township with ulterior motives."

  "Director Yang, based on what Zhao Shifu and Yang Li said, it's likely that there is a mysterious person hiding in the Julong River Winery who wants to steal the functional wine formula. This person may be directly related to Wang Guixi's death."

  "So, I hope the winery can cooperate with us and not let any employees take time off until the murderer is caught. Also, please hand over all employee files to the criminal police brigade for a thorough investigation." Yang Hua was under pressure to crack the case within the deadline, so he had to grasp every lead.

  Deng Xiancheng listened to Yang Hua's order and immediately stood up, bowed in response, and with a resolute expression on his face, he walked out of the office in big strides, preparing to personally lead people to the countryside to capture Wang Bo.

  Yang Xinhua was very cooperative with the police work, after listening to Yang Hua's request, he nodded and let Yang Li go to hand over all the files of all employees in the factory to the police, and required the security department to fully cooperate with the police investigation.

  "Master Zhao, from now on, no one is allowed to enter the technical room. I will arrange for technicians to go to the technical room to collect fingerprints and gather useful information. Please cooperate." Yang Hua was very composed and arranged everything in an orderly manner, showing great leadership skills.

  Lao Zhao nodded hastily after hearing Yang Hua's words.

  Everyone present has been arranged, Yang Hua said: "Director Yang, Secretary Jiang, the county requires a deadline to solve the case. Time is pressing and the case is complicated. I won't accompany you two anymore. You two chat slowly."

  Yang Hua bid farewell and left, taking Old Zhao and Yang Li with him in the direction of the technical room.

  Yang Jie was also busy at this moment, Xiaoliu was constantly replaying some filtered phone recordings to him, some of which were police dispatchers' calls, some were calls made from the town of Hukou, and others were pager messages.

  After listening to the phone call and message, Yang Jie felt somewhat disappointed. The intercepted information did not provide any direct help with the case.

  Watching Yang Xinhua and Jiang Yi chatting, Yang Jie found an excuse to leave the office.

  Outside the winery's bottling workshop, Yang Xihai had just found a shaded spot to cool off when he saw Yang Jie coming out of the administration building. He hastily got up and prepared to leave, but then heard Yang Jie calling him from behind, so he reluctantly stood in place waiting for Yang Jie.

  "How can you leave as soon as you see me? Are you drinking secretly again?" Yang Jie looked at Yang Xihé with a seemingly smiling yet serious expression, his tone was severe, and his solemn gaze made Yang Xihé feel uneasy in his heart.

  "Uncle Jie, don't wrong me, I didn't steal the wine to drink." Yang Xihai hastily explained, seeing that Yang Jie still didn't believe him, anxiously swore: "I really didn't steal it, whoever stole it is a little dog."

  "Uncle Jie, I know it's wrong to steal wine and drink it, but you can't always be holding my little tail either! Can I make up for my mistake?" Yang Xihai was very humble in his attitude, and Yang Jie became curious.

  Yang Xihai looked up and down at Yang Jie's small face, and Yang Jie said with a straight face, "Tell me, how did you manage to turn your crime into merit?"

  Yang Xihe's face lit up with a hint of excitement as he leaned in close to Yang Jie, covering his mouth with one hand and glancing around nervously, as if afraid of being seen.

  Yang Jie slightly frowned, somewhat impatient, but then Yang Xihai said: "I reported Zhang Bo. These past few days I've seen him often sneaking around outside the technical room, and when I approach him, he smells of alcohol. He must have been stealing liquor from the technical room."

  In the winery, only the bottling workshop and technical room have finished wine. The original wine in the technical room is mostly used for developing new wines, so no matter how much is lost, it will not be counted as part of the production volume. Therefore, if a few dozen kilograms of wine are missing from the technical room, nobody would even notice.

  Yang Jie's expression slightly paused when he heard Yang Xihai say this, and his face turned stern.

  The workshop has been stolen in the past few days, and judging from the situation, it must be done by someone inside the winery. However, Yang Xihai, who is not very reliable in the village, told him with great certainty that Zhang Bo had been lurking outside the workshop for several days and even stole a drink of wine. This made Yang Jie wonder if what Yang Xihai said was credible.

  "Xī Hé, this matter is either big or small. If Zhang Bo really stole something, he will definitely be expelled. Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?" Yang Jie's expression was unusually serious, his tone also became several degrees heavier, his gaze piercingly staring at Yang Xī Hé.

  "Uncle Jie, I know my reputation in the village isn't great, but everything I said today is true!" Yang Xihai said, seeing that Yang Jie still didn't believe him, he stomped his foot and gritted his teeth. After hesitating for a moment, he spoke frankly: "Actually, I also thought of going to the technical room at night to get some wine to drink, but unexpectedly Zhang Bo got there before me. When I saw him go in, I didn't dare go to the technical room anymore."

  Yang Jie was at a loss for words after hearing Yang Xihé's words, and didn't know what to say.

  It's a failed theft, but now it has become catching thieves instead. However, from the micro-expression on Yang Xihé's face, although he is somewhat ashamed, he did not lie about this matter.

  "You are from the security department, responsible for the safety and security work in the factory. Since you saw Zhang Bo sneaking into the technical room to steal wine, why didn't you stop him?" Yang Jie asked calmly, looking at Yang Xihai who was pretending not to know anything.

  "I've been caught drinking twice, and he didn't tell anyone else about it. I'm too embarrassed to betray him now." Yang Xihai's self-deprecating words made Yang Jie's face twitch involuntarily.

  Yang Jie didn't bother to hold it against Yang Xihua for stealing his wine, after all, everyone in the village knew that he was greedy for small advantages. He was the only son of the old branch secretary of Yangjia Village, and when Yang Xin Hua went to join the army and wasn't at home, the old branch secretary helped the Yang Jie family a lot. When Yang Jie's grandfather and grandmother passed away, it was also thanks to the help of the old branch secretary that they were able to rest in peace.

  So after Yang Xin Hua retired and returned to his hometown, he remembered the kindness of Old Branch Book and let Yang Xi He work at the winery. Usually when he did something wrong, Yang Xin Hua would turn a blind eye and not bother him about it.

  Yang Jie was aware of this, so when he caught Yang Xihe stealing wine to drink earlier, he didn't call Yang Li over to deal with it.

  Don't look at Yang Xihe, who is idle and likes to take advantage of small benefits. Perhaps it's because of his greedy personality that he often walks around the village and factory, taking advantage of any good opportunities, so he knows everything about the village and factory.

  He's just a bit out of place, nobody really looks up to him, and they're not very willing to interact with him, so many times, everyone consciously ignores his existence.

  "Did Zhang Bo go to Fuxin Tungsten Mine to deliver goods last night after getting off work?"

  "Yes! Zhang Bo went with Dai Xiaoqiang to deliver goods last night, they took two cars. Zhang Bo and the others went to Fuxin Tungsten Mine, while Yuan Qiuhua delivered goods to Lanyue Township." Yang Xihai said this, then looked puzzled and muttered: "Two days ago, Zhang Bo's Jiangnan motorcycle was gone, I thought it had been stolen, and asked him about it. But he said he lent it to someone else, but the motorcycle has not been returned until today."

  "What? Zhang Bo has a motorcycle? How come I don't know?" Yang Jie hadn't been in the factory for a long time, and he really wasn't aware of some things.

  "This motorcycle was bought this year after the Spring Festival, I heard it cost more than 8,000 yuan. This kid made money but didn't send any back home, and he could still afford to buy a motorcycle. I heard he found a girlfriend in the county town, who knows if that's why he wanted to go to the county town conveniently to meet his girlfriend."

  If it wasn't for a temporary stay at Yangxi River, Yang Jie wouldn't have known about Zhang Bo's situation.

  After hearing Yang Xihe's words, he recalled a message that Xiaoliu had shown him earlier, which read "Remember to refuel the car, Bo."

  Through Xiaoliu's tracking of the paged phone number, it was confirmed that the phone number belonged to the Yuehe Township area, and the registered address of the phone number was at a small retail store outside the winery.

  The car, refueling, yesterday Zhang Bo went to Fuxin Tungsten Mine, and he also appeared in the technical room a few days ago. All of this seems like a thread, a thread related to Wang Guixi's death. At this moment, Yang Jie's confusion has suddenly cleared up.

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