"Impossible!" Shangguan Yuyan denied without hesitation.
"Blood type is not absolute proof of kinship!"
"I imagine Old Master Shangguan thought so too, which is why he found Lu Huaiying to investigate Mrs. Shangguan~
As it turned out, Lu Huaiying did investigate and found Mrs. Shangguan was unfaithful to him, leading him to determine that Miss Shangguan was not his biological child, and he promptly changed his will overnight~"
After saying this, Hua Jinrong suddenly closed his folding fan and tapped his forehead with the tip, feigning realization.
"Oh, right, I forgot to tell Miss Shangguan~
My people have also investigated the situation regarding Miss Shangguan's biological father.
Miss Shangguan's biological father, Huo Zhengqin, outwardly appears to be a gang leader, often seen around Taiping Bridge.
However, he is actually a Japanese national in hiding in the Northeast!
He used his past relationship with Mrs. Shangguan to send He Zhang, also Japanese, to the Shangguan household as a driver, and then had Mrs. Shangguan help him steal the formula for the special medicine~
Since the formula for the special medicine was kept under strict security, Mrs. Shangguan did not manage to steal it during her late-night foray into the study. However, she likely discovered the contract Old Master Shangguan had signed with the Xia family~
But Mrs. Shangguan could never have imagined that her every move was being controlled by someone else.
And that 'someone else,' besides Huo Zhengqin, was you, Miss Shangguan~"
With that, Hua Jinrong took out a photograph from his怀.
The photo was an opening day picture of a Western restaurant by the Songhua River, but in the lower right corner, it captured Shangguan Yuyan, wearing sunglasses, with a middle-aged man.
"Miss Shangguan, can you explain who this gentleman you were having afternoon tea with is~
Of course, if Miss Shangguan doesn't remember, I don't mind helping Miss Shangguan recall~"
"That middle-aged man is Huo Zhengqin!
Shangguan Yuyan and Huo Zhengqin recognized each other as father and daughter long ago?"
The one speaking was Lu Huaiying. Having met Huo Zhengqin due to Old Master Shangguan's entrustment, he recognized him at a glance.
Yet, despite the photograph as evidence, Shangguan Yuyan still stubbornly retorted,
"It is true that I met Huo Zhengqin by chance, but that does not mean I know he is my biological father."
"Whether Miss Shangguan knows Huo Zhengqin or not, it does not change the fact that you have Japanese blood in you and are serving the Japanese!"
Lin Qingge then proceeded to analyze the entire case.
"Miss Shangguan, the driver He Zhang was instructed by you to add purified digitalis to Old Master Shangguan's milk. Then you subtly hinted to Mrs. Shangguan that you were always willing to share her burdens.
The Mrs. Shangguan, eager to steal from the study, fell into your trap and entrusted you with the task of adding sleeping pills to the milk.
Finally, Miss Shangguan, who orchestrated all of this, only had to lie comfortably in her own bed and await good news.
However, despite all your calculations, you overlooked two points.
One is that you didn't expect Old Master Shangguan to find someone else to investigate Mrs. Shangguan, and he had already changed his will before being attacked, leaving you with not even half a silver dollar of his fortune. Instead, you were swept out by Senior Sister Leng.
The second is that although Director Xu was away, the police station had a new detective, Inspector Hua Jinrong, whose intelligence-gathering abilities far surpassed those of a Tongtong agent."
"Thank you for the compliment, Detective Lin~
To live up to Detective Lin's evaluation of me.
Allow me to add a few more words~
Miss Shangguan, when you were studying at Harbin Medical University.
Out of jealousy for your classmates' excellence, you deliberately slashed that classmate's wrist with a scalpel during practice.
This resulted in the severance of the tendons in that classmate's wrist, making it impossible for her to hold a scalpel ever again~
And similar incidents happened more than once within a year~
Although each time everyone was deceived by Miss Shangguan's innocent and pitiable appearance, like a wilting flower, you can't always walk by the river without getting your shoes wet~
The last time, Miss Shangguan, you finally kicked a steel plate.
You very 'accidentally' threw a bottle of high-concentration sulfuric acid at a campus beauty from the same major.
The campus beauty was disfigured on the spot and suffered extensive burns.
But what you never expected was that the low-key campus beauty was actually the Vice Principal's daughter!
To quell the matter, Old Master Shangguan paid a large sum of money, offered apologies, and more.
Although the other party accepted the condition of Old Master Shangguan funding the girl's medical treatment abroad, they were adamant about expelling Miss Shangguan, this poisonous flower, from the school.
After much negotiation, it turned into a resignation~"
"Good heavens!
It really proves my mother's saying, the more beautiful a woman is, the more poisonous she is!
It's a shame Miss Shangguan looks quite good. I never thought she'd be a femme fatale!
But if Miss Shangguan is already so venomous, then Miss Leng, who is even more beautiful than Miss Shangguan, must be..."
Before Yan Tinghao could finish speaking, his boss stepped heavily on his foot.
Glancing at the loose-lipped, foolish young man, Lin Qingge continued the previous topic.
"Seeing that the plan to poison Old Master Shangguan was exposed, in order to clear herself completely, Miss Shangguan first had He Zhang sneak away to attract the attention of the police.
While you took the opportunity to feed Mrs. Shangguan porridge laced with cyanide, and then shifted all the blame onto Mrs. Shangguan!"
Yan Tinghao, who had been ordered to shut up, couldn't help but exclaim,
"No way?
Isn't Mrs. Shangguan Miss Shangguan's mother? How could Miss Shangguan do that to her?
And what about that confession letter?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Qingge's lips curved into a mocking arc.
"Sometimes, in the face of power, money, and faith, so-called familial affection becomes dispensable.
As for the confession letter.
Miss Shangguan was already very familiar with Mrs. Shangguan, so forging a fake confession letter was as easy as pie."
Seeing Leng Ningyue looking at her with some concern, Lin Qingge smiled and signaled that she was fine.
However, Shangguan Yuyan ignored the gazes of everyone present and raised her chin.
"Detective Lin, words are not proof. If you suspect me, you must present corresponding evidence!"
"I must admit, Miss Shangguan, you are incredibly intelligent.
Unfortunately, you have used your intelligence in the wrong way.
But if you want proof, I do have one.
Besides the stack of photos proving Mrs. Shangguan's infidelity, that lost contract has still not been found.
Inspector Hua sent people to search the entire villa, but they did not search Mrs. Shangguan's room.
So I made a bold guess.
If Mrs. Shangguan hid that contract in her room,
then—
you, Miss Shangguan, knowing that Mrs. Shangguan stole the contract, would have taken it after her death.
Because there were other people active in the villa.
If I were Miss Shangguan, I would definitely hide the contract in my own room.
After all, you, Miss Shangguan, who was attacked, are a 'victim.'
The police would at most ask if you lost any valuables and would not search your room."
Lin Qingge said as she looked around Shangguan Yuyan's room.
Finally, she stopped in front of a bookshelf by the window, seemingly casually pulled out a book, and began to flip through it leisurely.
"Hmm, what is this..."