A Sharp Edge Emerges From The Mist Chapter 27

Report letter

The hustle and bustle of the celebration banquet receded like a tide, leaving behind messy cups and plates and the lingering smell of wine, perfume and food that had not yet dissipated in the air.The lights in the banquet hall were dimmed, leaving only a few waiters quietly cleaning up the mess.

Lin Jianfeng and Shen Qingwu declined their colleagues’ invitation to renew their stall and took the car back to their apartment together.The atmosphere in the car was somewhat silent, not because of embarrassment, but because everyone was immersed in their thoughts.Wang Youcai’s sinister threats pierced their hearts like a tiny thorn, reminding them that the undercurrent beneath the appearance of victory was still raging.

The car drove into the underground garage of the apartment and stopped smoothly.The two got off the car and walked to the exclusive elevator.

“You go up first, and I’ll get something.” Lin Jianfeng pointed to an express locker not far away.Before going out in the afternoon, she received a system prompt that an urgent document that needed to be signed for was delivered here, but she was in a hurry and did not have time to pick it up.

Shen Qingwu nodded, swiped the card, and the elevator door slid open silently.She walked in and turned to look at Lin Jianfeng.

Lin Jianfeng waved to her, motioning for her to go first.

The elevator door slowly closed, and Shen Qingwu’s figure disappeared behind the metal door.

Lin Jianfeng walked to the express cabinet and entered the pickup code.One of the cabinet doors popped open with a click.Inside lay an unmarked, thick kraft paper document bag, with the seal sealed with ordinary transparent tape and without any sender information.

She frowned, picked up the document bag, and took some weight.Professional sensitivity made her feel alert.She first carefully checked the outside of the document bag. There was no suspicious attachment and no odor.Then carefully peel off the seal.

Inside is a stack of printing paper, the top one is a handwritten note, the handwriting is neat but deliberately straight, no handwriting characteristics can be seen, and the content only contains a few words:

[Police Officer Lin: This article is related to the core shady story of the “Gemini” case and the “New Town Project”. It will be burned after reading it. Don’t believe the appearance.——Informed person]

Lin Jianfeng felt a shiver in his heart and quickly pulled out the document below.

Not photos, not ledgers, but copies or printouts that look like internal investigation reports, meeting minutes, and communication record summaries.The content is shocking:

·A document labeled “Internal Risk Assessment” details a dozen legal and moral risks that may exist in the land acquisition process for the “New City Project”, including the cover-up of historical property rights issues in several key plots, the withholding and withholding of compensation for some indigenous people, and suspicions of falsification of data in the environmental assessment report.The “Recommendation” column at the end of the document was roughly crossed out, replaced by a scrawled red “Processed” stamp and the date – the date was exactly one week before Zhao Ming’s death.

·The deciphered summaries of several encrypted communication records show that before and after the “Gemini” attack, there were several encrypted accounts that had gone through multiple layers of jumps and had brief but extremely intensive information interactions with “Iron Shield” security, “Changhe Trading” and… Shen Qingwu’s Qingyuan Capital.The content involves funding arrangements, personnel arrangements and instructions to “ensure that a party’s data ‘happens’ to be damaged or to be backed up in an attack.”

·The most fatal one is a blurry but identifiable screenshot of bank transfer records, which shows that three months before Shen Qingwu’s parents’ accident, a huge sum of money from an overseas offshore company was transferred in three installments to a person named “Zhang Hai” (the missing Nolan ConsultingAgent)’s account, and soon after the account received the money, a similar amount of funds was transferred out. The final recipient was an overseas trust fund account registered with the pinyin abbreviation of Shen Qingwu’s mother’s name, which she may not have known about.Handwritten note in the notes column: “Suspected transfer of Shen family inheritance in advance? The motive is questionable.”

·Finally, there are a few candid photos, which were taken recently.In the photos, Shen Qingwu had private meetings with several people whose faces were vague, but judging from their clothing and background, they were definitely not good-natured people in different places (including once at the edge of the old industrial zone in the west of the city).In one of them, Shen Qingwu was even photographed handing something similar to a USB flash drive or memory card to the other party.

Every document is like a carefully polished sting, seemingly providing new and surprising clues, but subtly leading doubts to Shen Qingwu.Those communication summaries related to Qingyuan Capital, the suspicious transfer pointing to her parents, and those private contacts with unknown people… put together, it is enough to outline an image of Shen Qingwu who “will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals, and may even collude with the underworld, and there may be a hidden reason behind the death of his parents.”

Lin Jianfeng’s fingers were cold, and his blood seemed to solidify at this moment.She flipped through it quickly, her brain working at high speed, trying to find flaws in it.The document was produced very “professionally”, with a seemingly tight timeline and logical chain, and many details even matched some of the information she already knew (such as the abnormal dynamics of the parties before and after the “Gemini” attack, such as the doubts about Zhang Hai’s account), but it also subtly distorted the facts and added fatal misleading.

This was a carefully planned “report letter” designed to drive a wedge between her and Shen Qingwu, and even drag Shen Qingwu into a place of eternal destruction.

Who is it?Is the king rich?Or other members of the “dark river” who have not yet surfaced?The timing was chosen after the celebration banquet, when they had just defeated an attack and seemed to be in a good situation, their intentions were so vicious.

She took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.Anger and shock don’t help.She must determine the material’s authenticity, analyze its purpose, and… figure out what to do about it.

At this moment, her phone vibrated.It’s not an encrypted channel, it’s an emergency notification pushed by the internal system.The title made her pupils shrink suddenly:

[Emergency Notice] After receiving clues transferred from the superior Disciplinary Inspection Commission, preliminary verification procedures are now being initiated regarding Qingyuan Capital CEO Shen Qingwu’s suspected involvement in illegal operations of the “New City Project”, illegal acquisition of business secrets, and possible involvement in the accidental death of his parents ten years ago.Relevant case investigators must immediately suspend all non-essential contact with Shen Qingwu and cooperate with the investigation.Specific instructions will be issued later.

The notice is rigorously worded but clearly directed.It’s so fast!As soon as the report letter was received, the internal investigation process was already started?This is no coincidence.The other party is inside the system and also has energy.

Lin Jianfeng stood in the empty and quiet underground garage holding the documents and mobile phone, feeling a chill rising from the soles of his feet.

At this moment, the elevator dinged behind her.

Shen Qingwu walked out of it.She seemed to have waited for a while but didn’t see Lin Jianfeng coming up. She was a little worried and came down to take a look.

“Jian Feng? What’s wrong? Have you got the things?” She asked suspiciously when she saw Lin Jian Feng standing in front of the express cabinet, his back to her, his figure a little stiff.

Lin Jianfeng quickly stuffed the documents and mobile phone into his briefcase and zipped it up.She turned around, her face had returned to its usual calmness, but her eyes were deeper than usual.

“Nothing, just an ordinary case document.” She tried to sound natural, “Why are you down here?”

Shen Qingwu walked up to her and was keenly aware of the solemnity between her brows that had not completely dissipated.”Seeing that you haven’t been up there for a long time, I’m a little worried. Are you really okay?” Her eyes fell on the briefcase Lin Jianfeng was holding tightly.

“It’s okay.” Lin Jianfeng shook his head, took a step forward, and naturally took Shen Qingwu’s hand, “Come up, I’m a little tired.”

Her palms felt cold.Shen Qingwu felt something strange, but Lin Jianfeng concealed it very well. She didn’t ask any more questions, just nodded and let Lin Jianfeng lead her back to the elevator.

The elevator goes up.In the small space, neither of them spoke.Shen Qingwu looked at Lin Jianfeng’s slightly tense profile in the elevator mirror, and his doubts became more and more serious.She is not the kind of person who would be emotionally affected by “ordinary case information”.

Back in the apartment, Lin Jianfeng placed her briefcase in the corner of the living room. It seemed casual, but it was a place where she was used to placing important items.

“I’m going to take a bath.” She said to Shen Qingwu in a calm tone.

“Okay.” Shen Qingwu nodded and watched her walk to the bathroom.After closing the door, Shen Qingwu walked to the living room window and looked out at the dark night, frowning slightly.

Lin Jianfeng’s reaction was wrong.Something must have happened.

She walked to the corner and her eyes fell on the briefcase.After hesitating, she didn’t move.Trust is mutual.If Lin Jianfeng didn’t want her to know, there must be her reason.

But the seeds of uneasiness have been quietly planted.

In the bathroom, the sound of water gushes.Lin Jianfeng stood under the shower head. The warm water washed over his body, but it couldn’t wash away the chill and heaviness in his heart.

The content of the report letter, the internal emergency report… were like two poisoned knives, one slashing at Shen Qingwu, the other trying to cut off the connection between them.

The other party’s methods are more insidious and deadly than imagined.

Now, they not only face the hail of bullets from the outside, but also need to beware of the cold arrows from behind, and even from the inside.

What should she do?

Tell Shen Qingwu the contents of the report letter immediately?That will put her into greater panic and self-doubt, and may even affect her subsequent cooperation.

Conceal it?Understand the pressure alone and secretly investigate the authenticity?But the internal investigation process has been launched, her contact with Shen Qingwu will be restricted, and time is running out.

More importantly… the part in the report letter about Shen Qingwu’s parents’ transfer of money and recent contact with unknown persons was like a thorn in her heart.She believed in Shen Qingwu and unreservedly believed in her determination to move towards the light.But those carefully concocted “evidences” still bring about instinctive doubts and stings.

Believe, not blindly.Especially in this life-or-death moment.

Lin Jianfeng turned off the water, dried his body, and put on clean home clothes.The woman in the mirror has firm eyes, but there is unspeakable fatigue and struggle hidden deep in her eyes.

When he walked out of the bathroom, Shen Qingwu was no longer in the living room.The study door is closed and the light is on.

Lin Jianfeng walked to the study door, put his hand on the doorknob, paused for a few seconds, and finally did not knock.

She turned back to the living room, picked up the briefcase, walked into her room, and locked the door.

She needs time, calmness, and… to find the only correct path between absolute trust and professional prudence.

Outside the window, the night was as dark as ink, and there were no stars.

On this night after the celebration banquet, there was no residual warmth of celebration, only the precursor of a more dangerous storm that was coming quietly.

The ripples caused by the report letter, like a boulder thrown into a calm lake, are spreading rapidly and are about to sweep everything away.