Chapter 1121 - Chapter 1121 Chapter 1121 Turn of Fate
Chapter 1121: Chapter 1121: Turn of Fate Chapter 1121: Chapter 1121: Turn of Fate In the following days, Gu Yan was busy searching for Fan Wu and Liu Kui outside, while Su Yunjin, who had been afflicted by pregnancy discomfort, stayed at home to nurture her unborn child.
Su Ningxiu, her elder sister, came to take care of Su Yunjin. Wang Meng also accompanied Gu Yan in the search for the whereabouts of Liu Kui and Fan Wu. Ever since the day Su Yunjin had met them once, they seemed to have completely vanished into thin air. Not only had Gu Yan and Wang Meng found no clues about Liu Kui and Fan Wu after several days, but the Governor’s Office was in the same predicament. The people dispatched by the Magistrate returned empty-handed every time.
Su Yunjin and Su Ningxiu prepared dinner and waited for Wang Meng and Gu Yan to return. Seeing Wang Meng, Su Ningxiu hurried over and asked, “Husband, how did it go? Have you and my brother-in-law found anything?”
Wang Meng shook his head.
It was at this time that Su Yunjin also looked towards Gu Yan, “Yunjin, it’s likely that those two are in hiding. Wang Brother and I have searched every place those two normally frequent and have not discovered any trace of them.”
The Magistrate had even arranged for officers to stake out the residences of those two individuals, to no avail either. This method of searching was not getting them anywhere.
They had to come up with an idea. After the sisters had left, Su Yunjin and Gu Yan discussed, “Husband, since we can’t find those two, why don’t we look into the person behind them?”
Su Yunjin felt that there had to be someone instigating Fan Wu and Liu Kui. Without someone pulling the strings, there was no enmity nor financial ties between Fan Wu, Liu Kui, and their Zuixiang Restaurant; they would not normally take the risk of setting fire to it. The only plausible reason was that someone had paid them to do it.
Those interested in destroying the Zuixiang Restaurant must have been those envious of its good business. The success of the Zuixiang Restaurant directly affected the business of other liquor shops.
It was very possible that the arson on their establishment was a clandestine act of sabotage by other liquor shops in town, and Fan Wu and Liu Kui were just taking money to take the fall for others.
What the wife could suspect, Gu Yan had, of course, thought of too – he had been investigating the paymaster behind Fan Wu and Liu Kui for some time.
“Yunjin, I’ve been investigating the employer behind those two for the last couple of days.” Unfortunately, Gu Yan had still not found any leads after two days.
Had Su Yunjin not accidentally overheard the drunken blabbering of Fan Wu and Liu Kui, she would have never suspected the arson at their Zuixiang Restaurant was intentional.
The perpetrators had covered their tracks flawlessly.
They had successfully evaded their initial investigation and removed themselves from suspicion. To find them now would certainly not be an easy task, “Husband, who do you think would set fire to our Zuixiang Restaurant?”
Su Yunjin suspected the liquor shops surrounding Zuixiang Restaurant. When their business was good, it had drawn much envy from others, especially from liquor shops on the same street.
They were green with jealousy.