"Chen...Chen Dingzhong...you...don't do anything randomly." Ruan Mingbo said tremblingly.

"President Ruan, we can have a good talk now, right?" Chen Dingzhong said with a smile, looking as if he had been determined to be Ruan Mingbo.

"What do you want to talk about?" Ruan Mingbo looked at Chen Dingzhong and suppressed his anger.

...

It was late at night. In Jiangzhou in the deep winter, the cold wind was cold. Qiao Liang, who fell asleep, rarely dreamed of fighting with Chu Heng tonight. The two of them abandoned those tricks of intrigue and signed a life-and-death case and directly fought against each other on the ring... This dream was so realistic that when Qiao Liang found that he was almost stabbed to death by Chu Heng with a knife, he woke up directly and broke out in a cold sweat.

When he woke up, he found that the sky outside the window was already light. Qiao Liang realized that he was having a nightmare just now. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Qiao Liang smiled bitterly. How long has it been since he had such a dream? His hatred for Chu Heng was deeply rooted in his bones, but as his position grew higher and higher, he was no longer so far away from Chu Heng. Qiao Liang was becoming more and more confident in taking revenge on him. He rarely had nightmares related to Chu Heng.

After looking at the time, it was almost 6 o'clock, Qiao Liang simply stopped sleeping, got up and ran in the morning, and then took a shower quickly.

In the morning, Qiao Liang came to the office, and after a while, Lu Qian called.

When Qiao Liang saw Lu Qian calling in early morning, he answered and asked, "Lu Qian, what's the matter?"

"Did you forget what you told me last night?" Lu Qian rolled her eyes, "What was the one you asked me to check for? You said he was missing, right? He has already returned home, and there is no missing at all. I asked you to think I was not busy enough and deliberately asked for trouble for me..."

The reason why Lu Qian complained to Qiao Liang was that according to normal circumstances, he would only accept and file a case if he disappeared for more than 24 hours. Last night, Qiao Liang greeted Lu Qian directly. Lu Qian obviously used the power at hand to send someone to investigate because of Qiao Liang. As a result, Ruan Mingbo had already returned home in two or three hours.

As soon as Lu Qian came over in the morning and heard the report, she called Qiao Liang.

Qiao Liang heard Ruan Mingbo go home and said unexpectedly, "You said Ruan Mingbo is right, are you?"

"Tsk, can I make a mistake? If you don't believe it, call his family and ask." Lu Qian said angrily, "Next time, you can figure it out first and then call me. Our human resources are precious. Okay, I won't talk to you anymore. I have a morning meeting to start soon."

"Hey, Lu..." Qiao Liang wanted to ask something else, but Lu Qian had already hung up the phone.

Qiao Liang was stunned with his cell phone. Something was wrong. If Ruan Mingbo went home, whether it was Ruan Mingbo or his wife, the two of them would have to communicate with him. Why didn’t they make any noise at all? Or did they call Sun Yong?

Qiao Liang thought to himself and called Sun Yong over.

"Brother Qiao, are you looking for me?" Sun Yong walked into the office, closed the door and asked.

"Ruan Mingbo has already returned home. Have they called you?" Qiao Liang asked Sun Yong directly.

"No." Sun Yong subconsciously shook his head, and the reaction was exactly the same as Qiao Liang's just now. "Ruan Mingbo is back home? Isn't that wrong?"

"How could it be wrong for Director Lu of the Municipal Bureau to make a call just now?" Qiao Liang said.

"This is strange. If Ruan Mingbo really goes home, they should notify us." Sun Yong frowned and took out his cell phone after saying that, "I'll call Ruan Mingbo's wife to ask."

Sun Yong left Hong Yan's number yesterday, which would directly dial the other party's number.

The phone was answered and Sun Yong asked, "Ms. Hong, your husband Ruan Mingbo has already returned home?"

"Ah...yes." Hong Yan stuttered for a while. Before Sun Yong could continue to ask questions, Hong Yan took the initiative to explain, "Director Sun, that's right. Our Mingbo came back very late last night. I was afraid of disturbing your rest, so I didn't call you and Secretary Qiao. I forgot when I woke up in the morning."

Hearing Hong Yan's explanation, Sun Yong frowned slightly, "Where did Ruan Mingbo go to those hours of missing yesterday?"

"Director Sun, there may be some misunderstanding here. Mingbo of our family is not missing. He went to play with his friends. We made a mistake yesterday." Hong Yan said with a smile.

"Make a mistake?" Sun Yong's eyes sank. After only one night, Hong Yan's attitude made a 180-degree turn. It was obviously wrong. Sun Yong immediately said, "Ms. Hong, where are you now? Is it convenient for us to meet and talk now?"

"This...no need." Hong Yan's voice was a little unnatural, "Director Sun, our Mingbo has now gone to your discipline department, and he will explain the situation to you."

"Is that true?" Sun Yong frowned. Ruan Mingbo came to the discipline department?

Sun Yong was muttering in his heart, and a knock sounded outside the door. Qiao Liang shouted in. Wang Xiaocai, the clerk in the office who was responsible for serving Qiao Liang, came in to report, "Secretary Qiao, there is a man named Ruan Mingbo who said he knew you and asked you for something."

Qiao Liang looked at Sun Yong when he heard this, nodded, "Please come in."

Sun Yong watched Wang Xiaocai walk out, and didn't bother to call Hong Yan. After hanging up the phone, he said to Qiao Liang, "Things are a bit abnormal."

"Well, don't leave now, let's talk to Ruan Mingbo together." Qiao Liang said to Sun Yong.

The two walked to the sofa and sat down. After a while, Ruan Mingbo walked into the door under Wang Xiaocai's leadership, and Qiao Liang and Sun Yong's eyes also fell on Ruan Mingbo in unison.

"Xiao Wang, go and do your business first." Qiao Liang waved to Wang Xiaocai.

After Qiao Liang finished speaking, he asked Ruan Mingbo to sit down and looked at Ruan Mingbo, "Mr. Ruan, why did you have time to come here so early?"

"Secretary Qiao, I came here to admit my mistake to you." Ruan Mingbo lowered his head and said.

"Acknowledge the mistake?" Qiao Liang looked at Ruan Mingbo in confusion, "What's the mistake?"

"Secretary Qiao, this is true. I had resentment from Chairman Chen Dingzhong of Dongjiang Company because of work reasons, so I falsely accused him and made up some false things to slander him. I am here to admit my mistakes and am willing to bear the corresponding legal consequences for this." Ruan Mingbo said.

Before Qiao Liang could say anything, Sun Yong had already stood up and glared at Ruan Mingbo, "Mr. Ruan, are you playing tricks on us?"

"Sun Yong, sit down first." Qiao Liang looked calmly and turned to look at Ruan Mingbo, "Mr. Ruan, do you have falsely accused and slandered us. I want to ask you now, where did you go from your bank yesterday afternoon until last night?"

"I went to a friend's house to play mahjong." Ruan Mingbo replied.

"Playing mahjong? Can't you even hear calls from your phone when you play mahjong? Yesterday, our Director Sun made many calls to you, including your wife also made many calls to you, but you didn't answer any of them. It would be a bit unexplainable to say that it was playing mahjong." Qiao Liang stared at Ruan Mingbo with bright eyes.

"Secretary Qiao, this is true. Several of our friends have a rule to mute their phones to avoid being disturbed. So I really didn't hear the phone ringing at that time." Ruan Mingbo smiled.

"When you go out to play mahjong during working hours, and then mute your phone?" Qiao Liang looked at Ruan Mingbo with a smile, "Mr. Ruan, you are afraid you are not telling the truth."

"Secretary Qiao, what I told the truth." Ruan Mingbo said hurriedly.

Qiao Liang looked cold, Ruan Mingbo was obviously lying, and the other party's change was obviously related to the disappearance that most of the day yesterday.

Qiao Liang stared at Ruan Mingbo, "Mr. Ruan, is anyone threatening you?"

"Secretary Qiao, look at what you said, how could anyone threaten me?" Ruan Mingbo denied.

"Mr. Ruan, you'd better think clearly before answering, deceive us, you..." Sun Yong pointed at Ruan Mingbo, with an angry look on his face. Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Qiao Liang.

I heard Qiao Liang say to Ruan Mingbo, "Mr. Ruan, we know what you said, you can go back first."

After hearing Qiao Liang say this, Ruan Mingbo stood up and looked at Qiao Liang suspiciously. After thinking about it, he emphasized again, "Secretary Qiao, I have all fabricated the issues related to Chen Dingzhong and Guan Zhitao I have reported before. I hope you don't take it seriously. If you need to bear any legal responsibility, I am willing to bear the consequences."

"Yeah, I understand." Qiao Liang said lightly.

Upon hearing this, Ruan Mingbo looked at Qiao Liang again, wanting to say something, but in the end he swallowed the words and left in a hurry.

Watching Ruan Mingbo leave, Sun Yong said angrily, "This Ruan Mingbo is clearly lying."

"He is determined to lie, so it's useless for us to ask him. It's better to check it yourself." Qiao Liang looked at Sun Yong, "You go and contact the police station and ask them to assist us in the investigation and see where Ruan Mingbo went during the period when he disappeared yesterday."

"Okay." Sun Yong nodded.

"There are also lines between Dongjiang Company and Chen Dingzhong, and we must continue to investigate, especially the clues Ruan Mingbo reported in the report letter before. The most likely those clues are true. We must follow the clues and investigate them." Qiao Liang said again.

"Yes." Sun Yong nodded slightly, "Qiao Liang, then I'll go and do it first."

"Go, if the municipal bureau needs me to coordinate, tell me in time." Qiao Liang said.

Seeing Sun Yong leave, Qiao Liang frowned slightly. Ruan Mingbo suddenly changed his voice. Qiao Liang guessed in his heart that Ruan Mingbo might be threatened. Therefore, it is useless to ask Ruan Mingbo in this situation. This is also the reason why Qiao Liang just stopped Sun Yong.

After thinking about Ruan Mingbo's affairs, Qiao Liang didn't think much about it. He quickly handled the matter in the morning. He would go to the municipal mental hospital later to arrange for Zhang Mei's transfer.
Chapter completed!