The prince of heaven only wants salted fish

Just when Yu Jing and others were rushing to Haishi Ranying Newspaper Office in anger or excitement, Ji Cheng had already boarded a plane to the city.

After leaving the airport, he did not go directly to the city, but took a bus. After almost half a day of running around, he got off the bus in a small county town near the city.

The station in the county town was not big. There was only one man standing inside, as if waiting for someone. When he saw Ji Cheng getting off the bus, he immediately stepped forward and asked nervously: "Excuse me... is this Mr. Yu?"

Ji Cheng took off his sunglasses, with a half-smile on his face: "Zeng Bin?"

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Zeng Bin's residence was not very large, but it was cleaned up neatly. It had two bedrooms and a living room, and there was a family photo on the table in the living room.

After Ji Cheng sat down, Zeng Bin poured him a glass of water. Ji Cheng thanked him and took a sip. Then he put the glass on the table. He looked around the room, looked at the family photo on the table, and then smiled: "It seems that Mr. Zeng has not really started a new life in these years." Zeng Bin's expression was a little bitter. He shook his head: "How can it be so easy?" Ji Cheng asked: "Then why don't you ever go to see Sister Xiaohe?" - Yes, this man named Zeng Bin is Chi Xiaohe's husband. After living in Ren'an Nursing Home for more than four years, it was hard for Chi Xiaohe to remember Zeng Bin's phone number. Ji Cheng specifically asked Chi Xiaohe for the information on the day he escaped from Ren'an Nursing Home. After coming out, he dialed with a try mentality. Unexpectedly, it was Zeng Bin who answered the phone. This made Ji Cheng a little interested. Four years is enough for things to change. If Zeng Bin was a little cruel, he would have thought of a way to unilaterally divorce Chi Xiaohe and set up a new family. However, whether it was from the message of living alone in this room or from the family photo on the table, Zeng Bin did not do so.

Hearing Ji Cheng's question, Zeng Bin's face showed an extremely complex and contradictory expression - shame, pain, confusion, and a strange hatred.

Ji Cheng's article exposing the secrets of Ren'an Nursing Home has been popular all over the country these days. Zeng Bin has read it even if he is ignorant. Moreover, he had received a call from Ji Cheng before the article appeared.

He first said: "I thought Xiaohe was not like that in there..."

This seems to be a bit too much of an excuse. After a pause, Zeng Bin said: "Besides, how can I go to see her when she is like that?"

Ji Cheng tilted his head, and it seemed that he did not quite understand what Zeng Bin meant.

Zeng Bin sighed: "When Linlin had an accident, I was also very painful. In that situation, how could I spare the mood to take care of Xiaohe?"

"She has depression and needs care, I know, but I am also in pain, who can help me? The child and wife had an accident when they were almost dead..."

He buried his face in his hands: "I was almost crazy at that time. I couldn't even take care of my own life, how could I take care of Xiaohe? It happened that I saw the promotion of the sanatorium at that time, so I sent her there. The doctor who received us told me that for the sake of each other's physical and mental health, it is best to visit patients less."

"In fact, I thought so in my heart. I can't be influenced by her anymore. Maybe it's good for both of us to separate. Later, I gradually didn't dare to visit her anymore..."

"But unfortunately, things are completely different from what you think." Ji Cheng concluded for him with a smile.

"Let's get down to business," Ji Cheng said slowly. "I have already briefly mentioned my purpose to Mr. Zeng on the phone before. Sister Xiaohe said in the sanatorium that your son fell to his death at school because the guardrail was out of repair. Did the school suppress the news of the guardrail being out of repair?"

On the way here, Ji Cheng had already searched for relevant reports about the fall, but five years ago, the Internet was not as developed as it is now, and the information that could be found was extremely limited. In those extremely sporadic reports, there was indeed no mention of the guardrail being out of repair.

And the fact that Zeng Bin agreed to let Ji Cheng come and personally came to the station to pick him up already said a lot.

As expected, Zeng Bin's face showed a painful look again, and then he nodded slowly.

Ji Cheng's interest was raised again: "Can you tell me about it?"

Previously in the sanatorium, Chi Xiaohe's narration was intermittent and the logic was not particularly coherent. In addition, this incident obviously caused a considerable impact on Chi Xiaohe, and it is very likely that there will be deviations in the details in her memory.

In comparison, Zeng Bin, as one of the parties involved, is obviously in a better mental and living state than Chi Xiaohe, so he may be able to give a more accurate answer.

Zeng Bin paused, and then talked about what happened that year.

In general, what Chi Xiaohe said was roughly the same as what Zeng Bin said, the only difference was the specific words and compensation-

Zeng Bin used the word "broken guardrail", while Chi Xiaohe always emphasized "disrepair". In addition, in fact, the school did not compensate them much money that year, but only gave some so-called "humanitarian comfort money", and the leader from the school once told Zeng Bin bluntly that if he wanted to get more compensation, he had to sign a confidentiality and settlement agreement, guaranteeing not to tell anyone that any child fell from the building due to broken guardrails, and at the same time, he would never pursue the school's responsibility in the future.

Zeng Bin did not sign the agreement in the end. The money they received actually came from the personal accident insurance they had bought for Zeng Lin. Most of the money was used to pay for Chi Xiaohe's medical treatment, and Zeng Bin himself had almost nothing left.

"In fact, we don't know why the school concealed the broken guardrail," Zeng Bin smiled bitterly, "but Xiaohe grasped this point and firmly believed that the school deliberately killed Linlin, and then..."

"I also felt strange in my heart. In the end, I could only think that maybe the school was afraid that we would go out and publicize it, causing their student population to decline."

Ji Cheng shook his head.

He asked: "Have you heard of the saying that there must be something wrong when things are abnormal?"

Zeng Bin was stunned for a moment.

Ji Cheng said: "If the broken guardrail was just an accident, why would the school be so nervous? They even threatened and tempted you to sign the agreement - and the focus of the agreement was not reconciliation, but confidentiality."

This is obviously closely related to their family. Why did the school ask them to keep it confidential for no reason?

Zeng Bin was stunned for a long while, and then he became nervous: "You mean..."

Ji Cheng said: "If your narration is not concealed or wrong, then I agree with Sister Xiao He's opinion."

"Zeng Lin's death from falling from the building may not be expected by the school, but it is not certain whether the problem with the railing is a surprise to them."

-Otherwise, why didn't they suppress the news of the death from falling, but concealed the matter of the railing?

Ji Cheng continued: "The guardrail suddenly broke. If it is not a pure accident, there are only two possible situations - either there is no regular inspection so that the guardrail is aged and no one finds it, or the quality is not very good when it leaves the factory."

Zeng Bin was stunned for a moment and immediately said: "It can't be aging. Not long before Linlin's accident, their elementary school had just renovated the teaching building, and the guardrail should also be new."

"I remember it very clearly! During that time, I was mainly the one who went to pick up Linlin from school. I saw the notice posted at the school gate, and there were construction teams coming in and out."

Ji Cheng curled his lips: "Then there is only the latter possibility."

"The quality of that batch of guardrails may have problems from the beginning, and the school is also aware of this."

Zeng Bin stood up from the sofa: "This is impossible!"

However, Ji Cheng told him with his calm eyes: How can it be impossible?

After a long while, Zeng Bin sat down in a daze, his eyes almost absent-minded: "If, if that's the case, what are they trying to do?" They can't be trying to get students to fall from the building and get into trouble, right?

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"What do you want? There are many things you can want," Ji Cheng smiled, but his eyes were emotionless, "The most important thing is money."

Although he was not prepared to get involved in any corporate struggles after coming to this world, his previous experiences in several small worlds, plus Yu Ji's own experience as an outstanding graduate of the Finance Department of University A and a former shareholder of Yu Group, made it easy for Ji Cheng to guess what the school was doing.

For example, during the decoration process, inferior materials were used as good ones, but the prices of good materials were recorded on the books - not to mention, the original body once heard a big-bellied CEO mention such an operation at a drinking party at the listing.

What does that CEO do? It seems that he is indeed in a related industry, right? Could he have also contracted a primary school decoration project in a county near the listing?

After understanding the true meaning of this operation from Ji Cheng, Zeng Bin was in a state of half-daze: "How, how could this happen?"

He stood up suddenly and wanted to rush out the door: "I want to ask them, did Linlin die in vain?!"

Ji Cheng stretched out his hand and grabbed his clothes: "Calm down."

He said calmly: "Strictly speaking, what I just said is just my guess. I won't say whether it is true or not. Assuming it is true, what evidence do you have?"

Ji Cheng's words were like a needle, directly piercing Zeng Bin's ball that was about to explode.

He suddenly collapsed: "Yes... What evidence do I have?"

"Linlin has been dead for five years. They were able to suppress the news back then, let alone now?"

Ji Cheng took a sip of water and changed the subject: "But - it's not completely impossible."

He smiled slyly: "I checked, the leadership of your son's elementary school has not changed in recent years. If they really want to make money, then the materials used in the renovation are likely to be shoddy on a large scale."

"And under this premise, what do you think is the probability of the school having facility problems in the past five years?"

"So on the other hand, Push it, if you want to prove that there is something wrong with the decoration materials of the school, just look at how many things have happened to them in the past few years. "

"If these can be found out, the rest will be much easier," His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said shamelessly, "Don't forget, I am a media person."

Zeng Bin said blankly: "But... even so, how can I know what happened to them?"

He said uneasy: "They were able to suppress the news about Linlin before, let alone other things?"

Ji Cheng raised a beautiful arc at the corner of his lips: "There is no need to check the news for such things."

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Forty minutes later, it was time for the elementary school to finish school. Zeng Bin stood on the road opposite the gate of a certain elementary school, looking at Ji Cheng, who was mixed in with the group of uncles and aunts who came to pick up their children from school, and seemed to have become one with the parents, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

"Young man, you are here to inquire about schools for your sister? Oh, you are such a good brother!"

"By the way, are you married? Are you still single? My niece works in a listed company and is also single! Do you want to get in touch with her? Young people, more friends mean more opportunities!"

"Hey, are you asking if there are any safety hazards in the school building over the years? Oh, then you are asking the right person, don't you know? A student fell to his death in this school five years ago! That family is really...tsk tsk. I don't know if the child died unjustly. In the past five years, there have been frequent safety accidents in that teaching building. , once my granddaughter was in class, a piece of the ceiling fell directly, almost hurting someone! "

"Yes, I know about this, if my grandson is not in the sixth grade now, I will definitely ask his parents to transfer him to another school!"

This is a small county town, and the spread of news is much slower than that of big cities. It is not difficult to suppress news. After all, those reporters will not run here for no reason - but the grandpas and aunts who were born and raised here and retired are different. Any news will definitely spread quickly among them, not to mention that Ji Cheng has precisely targeted the parents of students in this elementary school as the target group.

The words taken out of their mouths, even if they are not 100% accurate after a certain amount of exaggeration, can still reach a credibility of 60 to 70.

After a while, the students came out of the school gate one after another, and Ji Cheng also left the parent group. His mobile phone was already full of materials and contact information of related people.

He crossed the road and found Zeng Bin: "It's settled."