Chapter 1417 - 1416: We Just Can’t Let Her ’Live

Chapter 1417: Chapter 1416: We Just Can’t Let Her ’Live

Ning Fanwei could be said to have calculated everything perfectly; every single thing was already taken into account, with barely any margin for error.

But this was also exactly what Qiao Chenyi and his people wanted. They’d been looking for a way to help, yet had no legitimate reason to intervene. So they went along with it and took this on, which now gave them a proper excuse. Why not?

Gu Tong pressed her lips together and said, "Everything else is negotiable, but right now there’s one tricky thing we need to deal with quickly. Keeping Du Wanyu here isn’t really the safest option. Do you have a plan?"

If something could happen once in the Safe Hospital, it could happen a second time.

Strict security or not, at the end of the day this place isn’t much different from a normal hospital.

Du Wanyu is a key witness in all of this. If anything happens to her, we’re in serious trouble.

Ning Fanwei didn’t speak. He looked over at Qiao Chenyi.

Qiao Chenyi ignored his gaze and said, "Got any bright ideas, Tong?"

"I wouldn’t call it a bright idea. More like an idea that’s not really an idea," Gu Tong paused, then said, "Du Wanyu being alive is the problem. So what we need to do now is make sure she’s no longer ’alive.’"

Make sure she’s not alive?

Ning Fanwei’s brain was a beat slow. "She’s the witness we’re supposed to be protecting, how can we... wait..."

Only then did he catch on. He hesitated for a moment and said, "You mean... we make Du Wanyu fake her death?"

Exactly!

A staged death.

Only if Du Wanyu is dead on paper will she truly be safe.

Qiao Chenyi took a sip of tea and said, "You brought Du Wanyu back from the brink yourself—everyone saw it. She’s still not past the danger zone. If we forcibly move her now, her life is on the line."

"That’s exactly what I was thinking," Gu Tong lowered her lashes and said, "Du Wanyu’s injuries are extremely severe. The slightest misstep and she might not draw another breath. So even if we act, we have to wait. And more importantly, this is the Safe Hospital—no matter what happens here, it can’t just leave no trace. So I’m suspicious."

This time Ning Fanwei reacted quickly. "You’re saying... there’s a mole in the Safe Hospital..." ℴℴ𝘮

Gu Tong shook her head, then nodded. "Not just the Safe Hospital. I don’t think your side is absolutely clean either. Otherwise how is it that the minute the bureau dispatched people, something happened?"

This...

Is she suspecting the bureau?

Ning Fanwei’s first instinct was to deny it, but the next second he fell silent.

All these years, they’ve been investigating the Luo Family, yet they’ve turned up nothing. Every lead eventually cut off; some people had accidents, some died miserably. Maybe they’ve already been suspicious for a long time—they just couldn’t confirm it.

Ning Fanwei looked worried. "The Luo Family really does have massive influence. Forget the old aristocratic clans in Shoucheng—just among the big-money families, the Luo Family ranks near the top. Shoucheng is a place where all sorts mix together."

"Li, Bai, Zhao, Luo, An, Gong, Jiang, Yang, Pan, Feng at the top; Chu, Lin, Han, Yin, Zuo, Ning supporting them. And there are plenty of other families hiding their true strength. The connections between them are impossibly tangled. Working a case here, you’re always walking on eggshells."

Ning Fanwei was actually giving a rundown of the major families—clearly, smoothly, like he knew them inside out.

Gu Tong was a little taken aback. "Officer Ning, you’re pretty familiar with the family scene?"

Ning Fanwei let out an awkward laugh.

Qiao Chenyi explained for him, "Fan Wei’s surname is Ning. He’s one of the Ning Family."