The Reborn Aristocrat’s Daughter
Chapter 607 Xiao Muli Wakes Up (2)_1

Chapter 607: Chapter 607 Xiao Muli Wakes Up (2)_1

"Cough cough, well, Jin, you must have misheard. Muli doesn’t have anyone he fancies," the older the ginger, the spicier it gets, and Old Master Xiao, with the quick turn of his eye, immediately reacted and denied it.

"Not at all? I clearly heard you mentioning it just now. Qi Hao, you heard it too when you were outside the door, right?" Situ Jin was confident he hadn’t misheard and even consulted Yu Qihao, who had come with him.

However, before Yu Qihao could speak, Old Master Xiao hurriedly said, "You definitely heard wrong; we wouldn’t be discussing that. Plus, you’re with Muli every day. Have you seen him in contact with any girl?"

Old Master Xiao’s move was cunning. Hearing this, Situ Jin stroked his chin and said, "That’s true. We’re almost always together. If Muli really had someone, we would have noticed."

"Right, so you misheard." Just like that, what seemed to Xiao Muli and Old Master Xiao as a severe crisis, was easily dismissed by a few glib remarks from Old Master Xiao.

Wanting to shift the conversation away from this topic, Yu Qihao walked over to Xiao Muli’s hospital bed and asked with concern, "Muli, how are you feeling?"

"Much better, thanks to Xiao Xin. If it weren’t for Xiao Xin, Muli’s chances would have been slim. Even the hospital director said after looking at Muli’s medical records that he wouldn’t have been able to do as perfect a job," Old Master Xiao answered before Xiao Muli could, taking the lead.

Wu Qing and his team acted quickly. On the second day after Xiao Muli woke up, they gave Situ Xin a call. They had found the person using the restricted number.

The person using the restricted number was the vice mayor of Capital City, Qin Jialiang. When Situ Xin heard this name, her mind involuntarily conjured up the name of someone she had sent to prison before, Qin Jiamao.

As Situ Xin recalled this name, she asked, "What is the relationship between this Qin Jialiang and Qin Jiamao who was previously on the list of people we sent to prison?"

To Wu Qing and his team, Situ Xin’s question was a sign of her exceptional leadership; she was different. They had only found out about the deep connection between Qin Jialiang and Qin Jiamao while investigating Qin Jialiang. However, just by hearing a name, Situ Xin was quick to figure out the relationship between them.

"They are brothers. Qin Jialiang is Qin Jiamao’s younger brother, his own brother. The information we have is that after Qin Jiamao was taken away by the Discipline Inspection Commission and charged with corruption, Qin Jialiang has been secretly investigating who reported his brother. Normally, our operations are very discreet, and shouldn’t be detectable. So, Qin Jialiang spent a long time without finding anything. It’s unknown how Shan Xue got wind of Qin Jialiang’s actions, but she proactively went to him and told him that it was the Situ Family who reported Qin Jiamao. Qin Jialiang didn’t believe it at first and asked Shan Xue for evidence. But all of it was just Shan Xue’s conjecture; she had no evidence at all. The matter eventually faded. However, after Shan Xue, people from Country Y and Country M had contact with Qin Jialiang. And it was after these contacts with Country Y and Country M that Qin Jialiang orchestrated this incident. He planned to use this event to eliminate Situ Jin, as revenge for what the Situ Family did to his brother. When we were tracking Qin Jialiang, we realized that the mercenaries with him seemed familiar, they were from Country M, who we had encountered before. We also checked the bodies of the mercenaries who were killed on the spot, and they were indeed from Country M. This operation is undoubtedly implicated with Country M’s involvement."

Wu Qing reported the details of his investigation to Situ Xin without missing a word.

In fact, when tasking Wu Qing with the investigation, Situ Xin already had her suspicions. She had speculated that this incident was likely related to that list.

As expected, Wu Qing’s findings were not far off from her guess. Only, a few more players had come into the picture during this time.

After a long wait without a response from Situ Xin, Wu Qing tentatively asked, "Leader, how do you plan to handle this? Just tell us what you want to do, and we’ll take care of it."

"No need. You don’t have to get involved in this matter yet. I’m going to talk directly to the higher-ups and see what their thoughts are," although Situ Xin was seething with anger at the parties who had touched her sore spot, eager to deal with them personally.

Dealing with Shan Xue and Qin Jialiang was manageable. However, dealing with Country Y and Country M was not so simple. Without a good excuse, she couldn’t overtly make a move against them. Of course, Situ Xin had plenty of covert tactics at her disposal, but it wasn’t yet time to resort to them.

After speaking with Wu Qing, Situ Xin went directly to the power center of Capital City.

Upon arrival, when Situ Xin was stopped by the security guard at the ground floor who asked whom she was looking for, she remembered that the nation’s top leader wasn’t the kind of person to idly wait in his office for visitors.

In the past few days, Situ Xin had been preoccupied with Xiao Muli’s injury and taking over the kidnapping investigation, leaving her head spinning. Filled with indignation, she had rushed there without thinking.

Situ Xin didn’t make it difficult for the guard who stopped her. Instead, she took out her phone and dialed the top leader’s private number. The phone rang for a little while before being answered.

The top leader was quite surprised to receive a call from Situ Xin. If he had been attending an event outside, those around him, even his secretary, would have been unable to hide their astonishment. "Xiao Xin, why are you calling?"

"Of course, I’ve got something to discuss with you. I’m downstairs right now. If you’re in your office, just have your secretary inform the security guard," said Situ Xin, and without waiting for the leader’s reply, she hung up.

The top leader, having been hung up on, showed no signs of irritation from the abrupt end to the call. He shook his head in resignation, putting his phone away, thinking that Situ Xin’s temperament hadn’t changed a bit.