Are You Crazy? He’s only an Intern Lawyer?
Chapter 581 - 574: The Next Wave? Clue Analysis

Chapter 581: Chapter 574: The Next Wave? Clue Analysis

Longdu, a high-end club.

Inside a VIP luxury suite.

A man sat on the central sofa, legs crossed, puffing on a cigar.

He wore a golden jacket with no shirt underneath, leaving his upper body bare, and golden boxer shorts on the lower half. His toes were slipped into golden sandals, and a gold chain hung around his neck, a total nouveau riche look.

Two somewhat respectful individuals sat across from the man.

One of them was none other than Chen Xiao.

Next to Chen Xiao was a burly man dressed in a suit.

Neither Chen Xiao nor the big man dared voice any disagreement with the man’s casual getup.

Similarly, while the high-end club had many rules, none of the staff dared to question this man, even greeting him with a "Good day, Boss" upon seeing him.

This club, as well as many other properties in Longdu, belonged to the man.

And in the streets of Longdu’s business circles, his name carried considerable weight.

Both the big man and Chen Xiao watched the man smoke his cigar without daring to make a single move.

Ding Dong!

A text message broke the silence in the room.

"The message has arrived!"

Setting aside the cigar, the man checked his phone and a smile crept onto his lips.

"Just now, Qing Jiao told me that Huang Yunhe has already ’gone to bed’!"

At these words, Chen Xiao and the big man exchanged glances.

’Gone to bed’ certainly didn’t mean what it literally suggested.

"Oh, how unpredictable life is, old Huang just left like that, such a fine lawyer, just gone~"

Now that the man had broken the ice, Chen Xiao and the big man knew they could speak.

"Yeah, Dragon Lord, old Huang’s departure was really sudden."

The big man was the first to speak, revealing the seated man’s identity.

Dragon Lord was the nickname of the man, a name that echoed throughout the higher echelons of Longdu.

"Big Lei, it’s not sudden. Old Huang had reached his years, and I reckon he had lived long enough."

Dragon Lord gestured dismissively and laughed, then turned to Chen Xiao, "Right, Ah Xiao?"

"Yes, yes, Dragon Lord is correct."

Chen Xiao hastily agreed before turning to the man beside him.

"President You, don’t take it to heart. After all, Lawyer Huang was our senior. How does that saying go again? ’The new waves of the Yangtze River drive on those ahead, and the ones in front wash up dead on the shore.’"

The big man’s identity became clear; he was the boss of Longxiang Construction, President You Dalei.

"Ah Xiao’s got a point. ’The new waves of the Yangtze River drive on those ahead, and the ones in front wash up dead on the shore!’"

Dragon Lord also laughed heartily, quite in agreement with the sentiment.

But then, his brows furrowed, "But that begs the question, are we the waves in front or the ones behind?"

The atmosphere tensed up slightly.

That question was indeed not an easy one to answer.

Eventually, it was Chen Xiao who, seeing the stiffness in the air, promptly laughed and explained, "Dragon Lord, naturally we’re all the waves behind!"

"Really? So you mean, we only push others and never get washed up ourselves?"

"Yes, yes, we are the ones pushing others, no one can wash us up!"

Chen Xiao said, signaling to You Dalei beside him, "Right, Brother You, we’re all the waves behind!"

"Yes, yes, we are all the waves behind, and Dragon Lord, you are the one riding the crest of those waves!"

"Hmm, we are indeed the waves behind, and I am the crest of those waves, well said!"

Dragon Lord then took a heavy puff of his cigar and exhaled a ring of smoke.

"Now let me ask you, you won’t be washed up by that Zhang Wei, will you?"

As soon as these words were uttered, the atmosphere stiffened anew.

Zhang Wei!

That name had finally reached the ears of Dragon Lord.

"I thought this plan was foolproof, stripping Tie Ruyun of his lawyer qualification, pinning the death of the assassin Lin Berte on his son, but both plans failed!"

Dragon Lord slapped the sofa with one hand in frustration.

Bang!

The sofa shook, signifying Dragon Lord’s displeasure.

"Both plans failed, all foiled by this young man named Zhang Wei! Tell me, what about him, is he ’the wave behind’?"

Chen Xiao and You Dalei looked at each other.

You Dalei said, "I don’t know this Zhang Wei, I’ve never even met him."

Chen Xiao felt helpless because only she had met Zhang Wei face to face.

Taking a deep breath, she quickly put on a smile, "Dragon Lord, this kid is just lucky, he’s no so-called ’younger wave’ at all!"

But Dragon Lord’s voice sharpened, "Lucky, to be able to smack down Old Huang at a hearing?"

The mocking tone made the smile on Chen Xiao’s face freeze.

In the end, it was You Dalei who saw the situation and suggested, "Dragon Lord, since this kid is a nuisance, why don’t we let Qing Jiao take care of him?"

"Qing Jiao always targets one individual per operation, and this time it was Old Huang, so we will have to wait until next time!"

Upon hearing Dragon Lord’s words, Chen Xiao and her companion looked at each other again.

"Definitely next time?"

"Hmph, next time for sure we deal with this kid!"

Dragon Lord nodded, harboring the same intention to deal with Zhang Wei.

He would have Qing Jiao take action when the time came, and they would certainly take care of the kid next time!

...

Meanwhile.

At Huang Yunhe’s residence.

Zhang Wei and his people were busy at work.

Although Zhao Xiaoxiao and the others had no work today, they had to help because Huang Yunhe had met with misfortune.

Zhang Wei needed professionals to handle the body, so Zhao Xiaoxiao and the others had no choice but to come and assist.

Right now, inside the living room.

"The sniper shot from that direction, with an estimated straight-line distance of over 700 meters. The bullet had a descending trajectory, a parabola!"

Zhang Wei stood by the window, pointing towards a commercial center not far from the community, which was the sniper’s shooting point.

"Classmate Mo, how is the body?"

Inside the living room, Mo Yuzhu was busy with a toolbox, using tweezers to pick up clues.

"The deceased, Huang Yunhe, we have already reviewed his information several times. He was shot in the head; the bullet shattered his skull and blew apart half of his brain, so there’s no chance he’s coming back to life!"

As she spoke, Mo Yuzhu picked up a bullet from the ground with tweezers and took a few photos with her phone.

"The bullet caliber is 7.62x55mm, likely from a sniper rifle used by the War Department!"

"A sniper rifle used by the War Department?"

Hearing Mo Yuzhu’s analysis, Zhang Wei narrowed his eyes.

This wasn’t something that a regular gangster could easily get their hands on.

Zhang Wei then shouted toward the study, "Xiao Xiao, have you copied all the information?"

"Almost done, almost done. He had a cloud drive, I’m copying everything from there, and I’ll be done in just 2 minutes."

"OK!"

Zhang Wei nodded, then turned to Xia Qianyue in the corner of the living room.

"Silly, have we erased all our traces?"

"All erased!"

Seeing Xia Qianyue also return an "OK" gesture, Zhang Wei felt relieved.

"Alright then, you all leave first after you finish cleaning up. I’ll handle the rest on my own!"

After a moment, Zhao Xiaoxiao came out of the study, having finished copying the data.

Mo Yuzhu and Xia Qianyue also packed up their things, making sure there were no traces pointing to them.

The three women met with Jessica, who was keeping watch at the door, and then left Huang Yunhe’s house via the elevator.

Once Zhang Wei was the only person left in the room, he decisively pulled out his phone and dialed the emergency number.

"Hello, is this the Longdu Investigation Department? I want to report a crime!"

minutes later.

At the crime scene.

Huang Yunhe’s home was thoroughly sealed off by the investigators from the Investigation Department, forensic technicians, and field officers.

Three layers of barriers were placed at the doorway to keep the curious neighbors and onlookers at bay.

In a corner of the house, Zhang Wei was being questioned by an officer from the Investigation Department.

"Name?"

"Zhang Wei!"

"Gender?"

"Is this officer serious?"

The officer raised his eyelids and glanced at Zhang Wei, not pursuing the question any further.

"Your identity?"

"Lawyer!"

"A lawyer from Long Teng, a colleague of the deceased, Lawyer Huang Yunhe?"

"No, I’m the lawyer for the deceased’s wife. I came today to discuss the settlement fee for their divorce litigation."

"Oh, I did hear that Huang Yunhe was getting a divorce from his wife. So, you are here to represent his wife in the discussion of the divorce litigation?"

"Yes."

The officer hastily wrote down the information in his notebook, then looked over at the headless body lying on the other end of the living room.

"When you arrived here, Huang Yunhe wasn’t dead yet?"

"Yes, he even opened the door for me."

Zhang Wei pointed to the entrance door.

"However, our negotiation on the division of the divorce property had come to a deadlock, and Old Huang... oh, Lawyer Huang got up to use the bathroom. When he came out, I heard a ’bang’, glass shattered, and then Lawyer Huang fell to the ground, blood everywhere..."

As he spoke, a flicker of terror passed through Zhang Wei’s eyes—a confusion about Huang Yunhe’s death and a sense of good fortune at having survived the incident.

The officer noted the changes in Zhang Wei’s emotions, and after examining the corpse, he knew Zhang Wei was definitely not the murderer and probably had nothing to do with Huang Yunhe’s death.

"In that case, you may leave for now, but you’ll have to give us a contact number. If we need your assistance with the investigation later, we..."

"Understood, here’s my business card!"

Being familiar with the procedure, Zhang Wei handed his business card to the officer and then left the scene without looking back.

The officer, holding Zhang Wei’s business card, flipped it over to look.

"Huh, a lawyer from Dongfang Capital?"

Seeing the address on the business card, the officer expressed a hint of surprise.

...

Saturday night.

Zhang Wei returned to the guesthouse and began working with Xia Qianyue and the others.

Zhang Wei brought two small blackboards and wrote the current information on them.

"This isn’t the first time the sniper has targeted people who’ve crossed me. First, it was Green Snake from the Qing Jiao Gang, and now it’s today’s Huang Yunhe."

As he spoke, Zhang Wei affixed a photo to the blackboard.

The photo was of a street outside the Longdu District Procuratorate Office.

In the picture, a man in a maintenance worker’s uniform was holding a rectangular cardboard box.

"I suspect the sniper is this person. He was the one who delivered the black umbrella to Prosecutor Zhu at the Procuratorate Headquarters to frame Guan Yuhong’s son. If we trace it back, could he be the same person who killed Lin Berte?"

"So you’re saying, this guy is also a professional ’Cleaner’?"

Mo Yuzhu looked at the blackboard and raised her hand to ask.

"Probably!"

"Then why didn’t the people behind the murder of Sun Mou use him before and instead chose to outsource to Cleaner Lin Berte?"

Zhang Wei had anticipated this question. "I’ve considered two points."

"First, Lin Berte was more adept at disguising the methods of murder, using seemingly insignificant tools to kill, even framing Guan Yuhong to bear the murder charges."

"As you’ve seen, compared to Lin Berte’s methods, this Qing Jiao only uses a sniper rifle, and it’s a War Department sniper rifle at that. Such an approach makes too much noise and would definitely alert the Investigation Department."

Mo Yuzhu nodded in agreement.

Sitting beside her, Jessica also raised her hand to ask, "And the second point?"

"The second point naturally has to do with Qing Jiao’s identity. According to the intermediary, he helped Longxiang Construction connect with the Qing Jiao Gang, indicating they had already started cooperating. Qing Jiao’s identity is also rather sensitive."

"The goal of Longxiang Construction was to acquire the land where Guan Yuhong’s grocery store was located. If a murder case occurred, the acquisition plan would definitely be shelved, so hiring Lin Berte was a good move."

"If they let Qing Jiao take action, once the Investigation Department traced it to the Qing Jiao Gang, they might follow the lead to Longxiang Construction, which would definitely stall the acquisition."

Zhang Wei said, affixing a photo of the deceased Sun Mou from the Guan Yuhong case to the blackboard.

"Likewise, we have clarified the identity of the deceased Sun Mou. He was sent by another real estate company, which is in absolute conflict of interest with Longxiang Construction, making Sun Mou’s death somewhat understandable."

The deceased in the Guan Yuhong case, Sun Mou, used to work for a real estate development company called Tianma Real Estate twelve years ago.

This company has now gone bankrupt because they lost to Longxiang Construction in a real estate acquisition and development battle twelve years ago.

Moreover, due to Sun Mou’s death, the company’s reputation plummeted, eventually leading to bankruptcy.

Interestingly, the lawyer who represented Sun Mou’s family in their lawsuit against Tianma Real Estate after Sun Mou’s death was also Chen Xiao.

At that time, she helped Sun Mou’s parents sue Tianma Real Estate and secured a very substantial compensation for them.

This compensation posed a significant financial threat to Tianma Real Estate at the time and indirectly led to its bankruptcy.

Upon closer inspection, all this just falls into place.

The Guan Yuhong case, although it was Lin Berte framing someone.

But at the end of the day, it still related to the property development project from 12 years ago, and to Longxiang Construction.

"From this perspective, we need to meet the boss of Longxiang Construction."

Zhang Wei wrote the name "You Dalei" on the blackboard, who is the boss of Longxiang Construction.

Thus, the operation for Sunday temporarily had a target, to visit Boss You at Longxiang Construction.

On this end, Zhang Wei had already finalized the plans for Sunday.

...

Meanwhile, on the other side, at Longdu District Procuratorate Office.

The officers of the major crimes unit looked at the headless corpse before them, which was the body of Huang Yunhe.

"Is this the second body to have its head exploded by a sniper?"

"It appears to be!"

"The sniper uses a sniper rifle from the War Department, the equipment is top-notch!"

"This is intelligence returned from the forensics department. The suspected sniper location should be at a commercial office building 700 meters away. We’ve also visited that sniper position, where we found some gunpowder residue, confirming the forensics department’s judgment."

The officer in charge of the case held the definitive report from the forensics department in his hands and scrutinized it for a moment.

"Unfortunately, this sniper is cunning and didn’t leave any useful clues at the scene. Our only breakthrough point might just be the sniper’s sophisticated equipment, right?"

"But such equipment is only found in the War Department in Dragon Country, yet it doesn’t necessarily originate from there. It could also be smuggled in from abroad. How can we possibly track it down? Even if we did find the smugglers, they have so many deals every year; how do we identify the downstream person who received it? This is also an issue."

The few officers sat together discussing, but unfortunately, in the end, they all recognized the difficulty of the case.

"Speaking of which, the deceased Huang Yunhe and the previous victim, who seemed to be a member of the Green Snake gang, don’t appear to have any commonalities, do they?"

"According to the intelligence we’ve received, Green Snake went to the hotel to cause trouble for a guest named Zhang Wei, which the hotel manager has confirmed to us."

"Zhang Wei?"

An officer heard this name and quickly took out a business card from his pocket.

"The Zhang Wei you mentioned, is it this Zhang Wei?"

He pointed to the words "Ace criminal lawyer of Jincheng Law Firm Criminal Department" on the business card and immediately asked.

Another officer quickly flipped open his notebook.

"According to the data submitted by the hotel, that Zhang Wei is from Dongfang Capital. I remember Jincheng Law Firm is also from Dongfang Capital, right?"

"It seems like it actually is!"

"Does that mean that the deceased Green Snake and the deceased Huang Yunhe actually had a common connection because it looks like both of them had issues with this Zhang Wei, and now they’re both dead?"

The few officers looked at each other with disbelief on their faces.

This was the common factor between the two victims; could their deaths both be related to a lawyer from out of town?

"Is it so, are these cases all related to Zhang Wei?"

Just then, a surprised voice came from outside the door.

There walked in a woman in a business suit from outside the office, with an attendant standing behind her.

"Prosecutor Zhu!"

Seeing the woman appear, the officers all rose to greet her.

"No problem, continue your discussion, I just happen to be interested in this case!"

Zhu Yuansi signaled for the officers to continue while she and her attendant sat down to one side, eager to hear the details of the case.

"By the way, Prosecutor Zhu, what exactly is Zhang Wei here in Dongfang Capital for?"

"According to the records, he seems to have come over for a case about Tie Ruyun, a murder case from 12 years ago, but the prosecutor responsible for the case wasn’t me at the time."

"Yes, and whether this case is related to the two current murder cases, who knows?"

Zhu Yuansi glanced at all the clues on the evidence board, then shook her head, "Based on the information I currently have, they should be unrelated."

"The case from 12 years ago, the murderer was Guan Yuhong, and as you know, he is already in prison. How could it possibly be related to the deaths of Green Snake and Lawyer Huang Yunhe?"

"That’s true!" the officers all nodded their heads.

"However, Zhang Wei must be related to this case. Tomorrow, bring him in for further inquiry about the details!"

Zhu Yuansi offered a suggestion.

Although Guan Yuhong could not possibly be related to the case, Zhang Wei was different.

The fact that he had been present at the scene with the victims twice, it couldn’t just be a coincidence, could it?

Therefore, it was necessary for the Investigation Department to question Zhang Wei again over the weekend.

And this time, she, Zhu Yuansi, also wanted to listen in!

After all, if Guan Yuhong’s appeal were successful, she might end up being the representative for the prosecution.

The thought of facing a genuine confrontation with Zhang Wei made Zhu Yuansi’s gaze exceptionally solemn.