Stars In His Eyes
Chapter 886: Doubt 7

Chapter 886: Chapter 886: Doubt 7

"I’m guessing when Niu Rang hid the item in the plantation," He Zhilan said, "the presence of multiple people wouldn’t go unnoticed by the plantation’s guards, yet these people did not pursue into the botanical garden. There’s only one time that fits—that’s precisely when the botanical garden was being robbed by two villagers! Moreover, it’s very likely that when Niu Rang broke into the botanical garden, it happened to be the moment the guards caught the thieving villagers."

"So even if those chasing Niu Rang probably knew he was in the botanical garden, they didn’t dare to rush into the garden because they were afraid of revealing their identity," Lan Li continued the thought.

He Teng glanced at He Zhilan, "You mean, there was a considerable amount of time from when Niu Rang got the item to when he was killed?"

"Right," He Zhilan nodded, "But Niu Rang did not leave the item at the hotel for me the next day, instead, it was several days before he left it for me."

"The reason Niu Rang wasn’t in a hurry to leave you the information is probably that his identity hadn’t been suspected after he stole the item. Perhaps, he had further plans to continue infiltrating deeper to gather more information," He Teng did not doubt He Zhilan’s conjecture, because the account book was wrapped in a leather jacket, which is supposed to be waterproof. If it was only buried for a few days, the account book inside should not have been soaked through like that, so the time the account book was buried in the ground must have been longer than they initially thought.

At this point in the analysis, everyone understood the key point: why was Niu Rang’s identity suddenly exposed? And why was he killed so brutally? And if those people really did learn of Niu Rang’s identity, they must have known about He Zhilan too,

So now the question is!

Knowing that Niu Rang took an account book, why did they only kill Niu Rang after discovering his identity, and even though they took the replica gun, they didn’t cause trouble for He Zhilan? Everything is as quiet as if nothing had happened at all?

If the account book wasn’t important, they wouldn’t have chased Niu Rang overnight, nor would they have rushed into He Zhilan’s residence immediately after Niu Rang’s death to hurriedly take the black gun.

Clearly, by that time, they already knew Niu Rang’s identity and knew that Niu Rang and He Zhilan were acquainted, and even knew that Niu Rang had given something to He Zhilan, and were certain that Niu Rang had given He Zhilan a black gun.

However, there’s another point—Niu Rang didn’t personally deliver the item to the hotel where He Zhilan was staying, but had someone else deliver it, which indicates that, at that time, Niu Rang knew he was being watched, so he didn’t personally show up to contact He Zhilan.

"Find the intermediary who left the item at the hotel for He Zhilan; he must know something, and Niu Rang must have trusted him," He Teng issued a direct order, "Request local criminal police assistance."

Up to this point, this matter can be said to be full of doubts, yet it is also full of paradoxes.

Many things seem to make perfect sense upon analysis, but then some inexplicable things emerge, so for now, besides restoring the content of the account book, He Teng and Lan Li, together with the local criminal police, begin to deploy a search for the person who delivered the dress and gun to He Zhilan at the hotel.

It’s just that the hotel staff couldn’t remember the face of the person who helped deliver the items clearly—they only described a rough hairstyle and height, and the rest was up to the police to conduct what would no doubt be a needle-in-a-haystack search.