Then let them offer their loyalty!

At that moment, while the two were talking...

Suddenly, Qiu Tu's communicator rang.

Qiu Tu took out his communicator from his pocket, glanced at it, and a bright smile appeared on his face. "The person delivering the message has arrived."

As he spoke, he showed Qin Shuman the caller ID.

It clearly displayed above: Tian Xiaotian...

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Chapter 91 The Mastermind Appears (7k views, please vote)

Qin Shuman paused for a moment when she saw the name displayed on Qiu Tu's communicator screen. Then she looked at Qiu Tu with a complicated expression.

To be honest, Qiu Tu really gave her a lot of surprises...and shocks today.

First, she accidentally discovered that Qiu Tu was actually a Cataclysm user using the [Mist Index Book].

Moreover, he is a Cataclysm who can successfully awaken Cataclysm after possessing someone else.

This unheard-of event was already enough to shock her worldview.

Then, what followed was the incident where she hid in the morgue but Zheng Tao couldn't find her.

To be honest, the moment Zheng Tao opened the morgue cabinet, Qin Shuman's heart was pounding in her chest. Her mind was racing, trying to figure out how to deal with the impending crisis.

To everyone's surprise, Zheng Tao acted as if he hadn't seen her at all and closed the morgue cabinet again.

For a moment, Qin Shuman was truly bewildered for over ten seconds. Finally, combining this with the mysterious power that had descended upon her earlier, she guessed that Qiu Tu might have used a cataclysmic ability or a cataclysmic artifact to help her deceive everyone.

Now, Qiu Tu has surprisingly made contact with Tian Xiaotian, the son of Vice President Tian, ​​and asked Tian Xiaotian to provide him with information about his father.

To be honest, Qin Shuman felt that she had repeatedly changed her understanding of Qiu Tu today.

But Qiu Tu always seems to have new surprises waiting for her.

This made Qiu Tu's image in her mind even more mysterious....

At this moment, Qiu Tu had no idea what Qin Shuman was thinking.

He showed Qin Shuman the communicator and then answered the phone with a smile.

When the call connected, Tian Xiaotian's somewhat simple and honest voice came through the receiver, "Section Chief Qiu?"

Qiu Tu said with a smile, "Brother Xiao Tian, ​​it's not appropriate for you to be off work."

Tian Xiaotian didn't really care about titles or forms of address, so he simply changed his way of addressing Qiu Tu to "Brother Tu".

Qiu Tu exclaimed "Hey!" and then tentatively asked, "Brother Xiao Tian, ​​have you made a decision?"

Tian Xiaotian on the other end of the phone hummed in agreement and said, "Yes."

“I thought about it for a long time after I got home. I feel that cooperating with you would definitely make it easier to clear my father of suspicion.”

"Plus, I also wanted to do something for my father, so that's why I called you."

After speaking, he paused, then tentatively asked, "Brother Tu, what you told me this morning, that 'all I need to do is provide my father and Yin Caimei's travel records and gift lists for the past year' to help my father, is that true?"

When Qiu Tu first said those things to Tian Xiaotian, it was just a random excuse he made up to get Tian Xiaotian into the water.

But now that the murder weapon has been found, and the most crucial clue in the case has been discovered, Qiu Tu only needs Yin Caimei's itinerary and list of gifts received and given over the past year to significantly narrow down the suspect pool.

So he answered without hesitation, "Yes."

Upon hearing this, Tian Xiaotian visibly breathed a sigh of relief and then said, "I've obtained these two documents."

"It was found in my father's secretary's office."

"It contains all of my father's and Yin Caimei's travel records from the past year. Although there may be some missing information, it should be fairly complete."

"Look, how should I hand it over to you?"

Upon hearing Tian Xiaotian's words, Qiu Tu's eyes lit up slightly.

He quickly said, "Give me your address. I'll head over now, and we can talk in person."

Tian Xiaotian did indeed seem to be stealing something, so he whispered an address.

Judging from the address, this box of documents must have been stolen from Vice President Tian's company.

Qiu Tu quickly wrote down the address, and then hung up the phone...

.....

Meanwhile.

Xintian Communications Company, General Manager's Secretary Office.

Tian Xiaotian put down the phone, a conflicted and bewildered expression on his face.

He didn't know if what he did was right or wrong.

However... according to Butler Shi's investigation of Qiu Tu, Qiu Tu's introduction of himself today was not a lie:

Qiu Tu was just an ordinary civilian in the New Territories at the beginning. Later, when the Detective Agency was recruiting, he was successfully selected because he could read and drive, and was assigned to the Administrative Department as a civilian detective.

Later, due to his outstanding performance in the administrative department, Qiu Tu was noticed by Secretary Bai, who recommended him to Yan Chen, and he was promoted to a second-level detective.

Later, because he saved Yan Chen's mistress, Qiu Tu was promoted to a first-class detective by Yan Chen and was noticed by Jia Shu, who asked him to go to the political department to investigate the Qin family.

No one knows what he did for the Qin family, but not long after he arrived, the Qin family took the initiative to side with Yan Chen, and he was promoted to deputy section chief as a result.

Therefore, every step Qiu Tu took in his promotions was influenced by Yan Chen's faction, and Yan Chen's right-hand men, Secretary Bai and Jia Shu, were his two mentors.

Thinking this way, Tian Xiaotian felt a little more at ease: after all, if people like this can't be trusted, then who in the entire Investigation Bureau can be trusted?

Surely Qiu Tu couldn't have been promoted to deputy section chief and still harbor disloyalty towards Yan Chen and Jia Shu, could he?

With this in mind, Tian Xiaotian finally made up his mind.

With a resolute gaze, he stuffed all the files into his backpack, then stealthily slipped out of the secretary's office and headed downstairs.

However, what he didn't see was that just as he turned the corner, Vice President Tian's secretary walked over from the other side of the corridor.

The secretary caught a glimpse of a broad, muscular figure flashing past around the corner and hesitated for a moment.

'Is this Mr. Oda?'

She glanced at her office, then at the empty corner, shook her head slightly, and didn't pay any attention.

.....

Qiu Tu drove Qin Shuman to the building of Vice President Tian's telecommunications company. Qiu Tu met with Tian Xiaotian alone in a small alley next to the company and obtained Vice President Tian and Yin Caimei's itinerary and list of gifts received and given.

Before handing the documents to Qiu Tu, Tian Xiaotian was still a little worried, so he clutched his backpack and looked at Qiu Tu with his small eyes, "Brother Tu, swear! You really want to help my father clear his name!"

Seeing this, Qiu Tu swore without hesitation, "Don't worry. I swear on my mentor, Minister Jia Shu, that if I wanted to harm your father, may he die a horrible death!"

Tian Xiaotian keenly perceived the problem with this oath:

Although Jia Shu was indeed Qiu Tu's superior, Qiu Tu's promotions were largely due to Yan Chen's influence!

So he quickly grabbed his backpack and shook his head, "No! You swear on Director Yan!"

Qiu Tu: .....

"Chief, but this kid won't let you off the hook. It has nothing to do with me."

While silently complaining in his heart, Qiu Tu also swore an oath on Yan Chen's life and fortune.

This time, Tian Xiaotian finally showed a relieved expression and handed the backpack to Qiu Tu without worry.

Taking the backpack and looking at the "foolish son of a landlord" in front of him, Qiu Tu felt a strange pang of conscience... So he kindly and tactfully reminded him, "Xiao Tian, ​​you should eat less. Being too fat will affect the blood supply to your brain."

Upon hearing this, Tian Xiaotian looked at Qiu Tu with surprise and said, "Where am I fat? My dad said it's just because our house is too small and we don't get enough exercise, so my muscles are a bit flabby!"

As he said this, he couldn't help but rub his stomach and mutter to himself, "Now that you mention it, I feel a little hungry. I'll have to find something to eat later."

Qiu Tu: .....

Hmm, I can tell he's hungry; he's so hungry he's starting to talk nonsense...

After saying goodbye to Tian Xiaotian, Qiu Tu returned to his car with the itinerary and a list of gifts received and given.

Qin Shuman had been waiting there for a while, and the two of them sat in the car and began to sort through the box of documents.

While tidying up, Qiu Tu asked curiously, "Assistant Su seems to have been silent for a long time?"

Qin Shuman chuckled softly, "She's asleep."

"This girl has no other flaws, except that she sleeps a lot."

Qiu Tu smiled and remarked, "In this era, good sleep quality is actually an advantage."

Qin Shuman smiled and shook her head.

Then, while looking down at the information, she said, "The angle you chose is excellent."

“Vice President Tian is different from ordinary people. He is very busy and always gets picked up and dropped off by car.”

“In the unplanned area, private cars are a rarity, and fuel costs are exorbitant, so his secretary needs to record every trip he takes and then regularly check fuel expenses with the driver and finance department.”

"In addition, he has frequent business dealings and a lot of social obligations, and the value of gifts he gives and receives is required to be at least equivalent, so his secretary will also compile a list of gifts so that she can refer to it at any time when returning gifts."

"Therefore, with these two sets of files, we can quickly figure out Vice President Tian's social circle and network of contacts, and even figure out his travel range, secret bases, safe houses and a series of other hidden locations."

Qiu Tu nodded with a smile as he quickly flipped through the gift list.

Both of them are Cataclysmics, and their physical and mental abilities are far superior to those of ordinary people.

So, in just a few minutes, Qiu Tu suddenly pulled out a gift list.

He examined it carefully for a while, frowned slightly, and muttered, "How could it be them?"

Perhaps sensing Qiu Tu's unusual behavior, Qin Shuman put down the file she was looking through and glanced up at Qiu Tu.

Seeing Qiu Tu looking at the documents, she moved closer to Qiu Tu and started looking at them too.

Upon closer inspection, she was also somewhat surprised, "The Qin family?"

She turned to look at Qiu Tu, who was also turning his head to look at her.

The car was already cramped, and the two of them were so close that when they looked at each other, their noses touched, and it felt like a faint electric current was flowing between their lips.

The scent of Su Xiaowan wafted to his nose, and he gazed at her face—different from Qin Shuman's, yet possessing a touch of childlike innocence and naivety—while sensing Qin Shuman's familiar expression, gaze, and aura...

Qiu Tu felt his lips were a little dry. That contrast between the unfamiliar and the familiar was so easy to make a mistake...

Qin Shuman clearly sensed Qiu Tu's change. She coughed, took a step back, and whispered a reminder, "Don't mess around. It's weird."

After saying that, she pointed to the names on the gift list and steered the conversation back on track, "That forbidden book is actually related to the Qin family?"

Seeing this, Qiu Tu adjusted his mood slightly and threw himself back into his work.

That gift list was indeed related to the Qin family.

That was a small dinner party hosted by the Qin family.

There weren't many people attending the banquet. Apart from Qin Heng, the head of the Qin family, and Qin Shu, the third son of the Qin family, there were only a handful of people, and most of them were big businessmen who had connections with the Qin family.

Chapter 92 The Truth Comes to Light (7k words, please read on!)

According to etiquette, after the dinner, everyone will exchange gifts.

The gift list records the gifts presented to Vice President Tian by the Qin family and other attendees....

Among them, the book "Brave New World" was prominently listed.

What's odd, however, is that most of the gifts on the list were listed as being from which family. This book, however, was the only exception; it had no such record.

It's like... someone secretly put it in the pile of gifts.

With that in mind, Qiu Tu glanced over the guest list for the banquet.

Then his gaze sharpened slightly as he spotted another familiar name.

Thinking this, Qiu Tu quickly pointed to the name and said to Qin Shuman, "Look, who is this?"

Qin Shuman looked in the direction Qiu Tu was pointing and saw a familiar name: Qian Dafu of Shunyun Trading Co., Ltd.

Upon seeing the name, Qin Shuman pondered for a moment, then her eyes widened suddenly as she looked at Qiu Tu, "Is it one of the transportation companies that were robbed?"

Qiu Tu nodded.