Chapter 294: Finding a real clue.
Mei Mei did not expect to hear that name coming up in this conversation. He was active in the media lately, continuing his criticism of Mingzhe. She had assumed that her mother would use the affair against him first but it seemed like there was another ace up her sleeve.
"Did you think that I would go down the affair route?" Chi Lian asked her. "I am guessing that Junjie told you about it. If he did not...."
Mei Mei nodded. "He told me. I know all about the Empress and her uncle lover and the sordid gross tale. Hui Zhenting is so shameless and disgusting. He is running his mouth and grieving more than Junjie who is the legal widower. How is that adulterer tied in all this?"
Chi Lian held up her phone to Mei Mei’s face and showed her a picture of Ai Li working in what appeared to be a casino. There were other people in the picture six men and two women who were sitting around a table, playing cards.
They were well dressed and Mei Mei recognized them all. Three were wealthy CEO’S, one was a mayor, prince Long Bo was also there and Hui Zhenting was the sixth.
Ai Li was holding a bottle of wine, pouring it into the glass of the female mayor. From the way she was dressed, she appeared to be a waitress.
"Mayor Shang Lili holds a regular card game with some of her biggest private supporters. During those games, they talk shop and plan how to help each other elevate financially and politically." Chi Lian gestured that they continue their search of the house.
"What a dangerous job." Mei Mei muttered.
Chi Lian agreed. "At high stakes games like those, sometimes people hear what they should not or see things they were never meant to see. Sometimes, a beautiful young woman catches the eye of the wrong person."
Mei Mei thought about the men in the picture. Each of them was wealthy or powerful in their own right. Ai Li would not have been able to resist if they expressed interest in her.