Yes, it was an overwrite. For the sake of the investigation, I collected them all and stored them separately in evidence bags.
There were no bloodstains. On the desk, I found black fingernails, quite long, covered with nail polish. Those must have belonged to Chi Tianyun. While it wasn't impossible they belonged to another female employee who had visited, I had just seen a photo in a drawer showing Chi Tianyun embracing her husband, Lu Yangjia. They seemed to be on good terms at the time, and in the photo, Chi Tianyun's nails were painted black.
I couldn't find any other clues here. I wondered, was the person dead? If so, where was the body?
I lay on the ground and entered examination mode again. Bending over, I swept my side-light everywhere. If you don't have a spirit of dedication in this line of work, it's simply not possible.
Feeling around, I found marks on the windowsill where someone had been sitting. There were also fingerprints on the left and right walls. Judging by the angle, Chi Tianyun had likely been pressed against the wall by a man, and they had engaged in illicit activity. The curtain fabric was rustling loudly from her pulling it. I glanced outside. My heavens, there was an office building opposite, not far away. If anyone had been there at the time, they would have seen everything.
I scratched my head. Was the building opposite also part of this company?
As I was thinking, I suddenly saw Liu Yuning appear on the opposite side. Spotting me, she called out, "How's your investigation going?"
"It's going okay. What part of the company are you in?"
"This is the finance department!"
"Oh? Then please investigate thoroughly!"
"Got it! Chief... Chief Xiang."
Xiang what? I didn't quite understand. Liu Yuning then gave me a rare flirtatious glance. I knew she was doing it on purpose. She'd probably been trained by me too much and sometimes got too casual at work.
I gave her a glare, telling her not to think about other things. Only then did she get back to work. After I finished examining Chi Tianyun's area, I also went to the office building opposite. I saw the manager of the finance department, Yin Shutong, who looked puzzled. "President Chi is just missing like this. Things have been a bit chaotic in our company lately, and even the finances are having problems. I'm really worried that if this continues, the company will collapse!"
"Is that so? What's your relationship with President Chi?" I asked.
"What can it be? I'm a woman, just a minor leader in the company. Apart from managing finances, I basically don't get involved in anything else. President Chi rarely comes to see me unless there are problems. Otherwise, we hardly ever meet!"
"But the window on your floor..." I deliberately tested her, looking at Yin Shutong mockingly. This was to provoke her anger.
Yin Shutong quickly replied, "Ah, her situation, everyone knows about it. I usually pretend not to know and not to see it. This is how it is when a female CEO runs a company. Nowadays, rich people, whether men or women, like to play. Unlike us workers, we don't even have the chance to play!"
"Miss Yin, are you sure? Don't you have any feelings about it?" I continued to test her, my tone becoming a bit more serious.
"I do, but what can I do? I'm just an employee, I get paid to do my job, and the rest has nothing to do with me. Besides, I have three 'bone-dissolving dragons' at home to support, so where do I have the time to care about other trivial matters!"
"What does your husband do?" I pressed on.
"He's a minor leader in a financial company, not much different from me. But the economy is very depressed now, and our family is also struggling. All our thoughts and time are spent on work. So, when you ask me about those things, I really haven't paid any attention."
"Alright, thank you for your cooperation!"
I met up with Liu Yuning and asked about her investigation into the finance department. She shrugged, "This company is strange. The women all seem to dislike dealing with President Chi, and the men have awkward expressions when her name is mentioned. Heh heh, this guy probably has a male harem here."
"You're quite apt with your description. Have you been watching too much TV lately?"
"What TV? I like reading novels!"
"Haha, when did your interests change! Is it because I wrote a book with that author, Gui Jia Gongzi?"
"That's all thanks to them writing well. You just provided a little material!"
"Heh heh, yes. Let's go and ask Gao Mingqiang and the others."
When we found them, my colleagues were all shaking their heads, as if struck by lightning. When I asked Gao Mingqiang, he was unusually bewildered. "Ah, this woman is too fortunate! I mean sexually fortunate. And these men too, for the sake of their jobs, alas, they'll do anything. I guess handsome men are very popular in this company. Have you noticed, apart from one or two veterans, all the others are men, and very young too, with delicate faces. As they say, 'no hair on the face, unreliable in business.' This woman always picks those without hair, damn it..."
"Let's not talk about her. The key now is to find her. Dead or alive, we need to see the body. Haven't the investigators got any news yet?" Liu Yuning asked.
"They're still investigating. Those two male college students are also keeping an eye out, but for now..."
Before Gao Mingqiang could finish, his phone rang. After answering it, his expression changed several times. He hung up and said, "They said they found Lu Yangjia's body!"
"Where?"
"That's strange, it was in his home swimming pool!"
"Let's go and examine it!"
Since Lu Yangjia was dead, the floating body found in the lake must have been real. Was the body transferred here from Wangyue Lake?
Some questions surfaced in my mind. With them, I quickly arrived at Lu Yangjia's home, which was also Chi Tianyun's home.
It was a super villa that was hard to describe, with a construction-site-like design everywhere. It was very strange. It was probably specially requested by Chi Tianyun. The walls of the building were painted black. Was this Chi Tianyun's favorite color?
Her fingernails were this color, and now most of her home was this color. In the courtyard, there were many machines that looked like cement mixers, but they were actually sculptures. Near another lake, many poplar trees were planted. Passing by the lake, we arrived at the swimming pool behind the villa. Looking at all this, Dao Zhiyong clicked his tongue and spat out a peanut shell. "My God, when will I ever have a villa like this?"
"Alright, Monkey, don't always hang around with Gao Mingqiang. He's still suffering from intermittent bouts of silliness."
"Uh, Master, I'm sorry. I'll work diligently!"
"Don't forget, you're a father now. Your responsibility is even greater than mine as a department head!"