Chapter 646: You Are the Lifesaving Straw, the Star of Hope!

Lin Xi’s words seemed like a ray of dawn breaking through the chaos in Chen Xiao’s mind.

Setting the tone for the entire deduction based on a certain person.

What is the tone?

The meaning is simple: to find the one person who is likely the most important in this case.

But everyone Chen Xiao had focused on so far might not be the person who can set the tone!

The reasoning is easy to understand, but unfortunately, pinpointing that person isn’t easy.

The main thing is that this person is obviously the one who is easily overlooked.

However, Chen Xiao wasn’t in a rush to immediately figure out who that person might be.

After the couple chatted for a while, they stopped discussing the case.

After finishing their meal, the couple returned to their hotel.

The night gradually deepened.

After Chen Xiao and Lin Xi washed up, they lay on the bed.

The room had been quite lively.

But no matter how fierce the storm, there always comes a moment of calm.

After the room had been quiet for almost half an hour, Lin Xi suddenly asked:

"Honey, are you asleep?"

"No."

"Are you thinking about that person?"

"Mm."

"Have you thought of anyone?"

"Can’t think of anyone."

"You can’t think of anyone, yet you’re still thinking about it, and when I’m beside you, you’re thinking about someone else."

"Don’t fuss, I just gave myself to you, so why bother with what’s on my mind."

Lin Xi instantly nestled into his arms, laughing, "Honey, I actually suggest you empty your mind a little, because sometimes the more you try to think through a problem, the harder it gets to understand."

"You have a point, but I’m not sleepy."

"Alright, but I’m tired."

"Then have a good rest; maybe we’ll have an answer tomorrow morning, right?"

"Alright, I’ll rest first then. If we have an answer tomorrow, that would be great, because I have to return to work the day after tomorrow."

Chen Xiao didn’t reply, he just gently patted Lin Xi on the back, coaxing her to sleep.

After sensing that Lin Xi had fallen asleep, Chen Xiao carefully got out of bed.

Walking to the desk in the room, Chen Xiao picked up paper and pen.

This time, he wasn’t planning to draw anything but wanted to use the paper and pen to organize everything.

More importantly, he wanted to find that crucial yet unnoticed person through this organization!

Alone under the lamp, Chen Xiao wrote stroke by stroke.

He wrote Zhu Nianying, then Huang Zhao, wrote Kang Mao, then Zhu Nianhong, wrote Liu Da, President Zhuang, Xiao He...

In the end, Chen Xiao even wrote down Zhu Nianbing’s name.

However, no matter how he contemplated these names, he realized they weren’t the one he was trying to find.

For the first time, Chen Xiao was like a student biting the pen tip.

Occasionally, he even scratched his head in frustration.

"This won’t do. My thinking approach is wrong. Because each of the names I’ve written down is closely related to the case."

"If there’s someone forgotten, they should not be on this paper."

"But among those I’ve thought of, who else is there? Or can someone new be derived from these people?"

"Zhu Nianying can’t be further derived, and if we consider Huang Zhao, there is someone else... his daughter, whom I’ve never met!"

Chen Xiao wrote down the name of Huang Zhao’s daughter, but he didn’t hurry to organize information about her. Instead, he focused on the next person—Kang Mao.

"Encountering Kang Mao early in the case was quite an unexpected event."

"His appearance changed my initial impression of Zhu Nianying, and he was also one of the few people seen associated with her by Huang Zhao."

"Back then, Kang Mao was very sure that Zhu Nianying herself admitted her affair with President Zhuang, but she didn’t mention anything about a child in front of him."

"No need to be tangled up with that point, it could easily happen after Kang Mao left!"

"And if I think about the case surrounding Kang Mao, who could I have missed?"

"Could it be Dr. Qian Zhu or Sun Ning? Or perhaps someone who, like Zhu Nianying, never forgets about Li Hao?"

Thinking about Li Hao, Chen Xiao subconsciously wrote down his name.

"Initially, I didn’t pay much attention to him because the information brought by Kang Mao was astonishing."

"But just before he was about to meet me, he had a car accident and is probably still in the hospital. Such a coincidence should be viewed with suspicion and could indeed be a significant issue."

Chen Xiao circled Li Hao’s name with his pen.

Then, he moved on to the next name.

The next person was Zhu Nianhong.

Regarding Zhu Nianhong, Chen Xiao really felt there wasn’t much to think about.

She was just a very ordinary woman.

The reason she was so special in this case was that she was Zhu Nianying’s sister.

The same was true for Zhu Nianbing.

There was nothing worth pondering from those extended from this brother-sister duo.

Then, there were Liu Da, President Zhuang, and Xiao He.

These three could only be extended from one another.

Wait, there was another person who appeared and played a significant role but has been overlooked all along!

Liu Da’s son, Liu Chuan!

It was his account that transferred a huge sum of two hundred thousand to Zhu Nianbing!

This person hadn’t caught much of Chen Xiao’s attention until now, he suddenly realized he might be a very important overlooked detail.

Coincidentally, Liu Chuan is currently working at the Zhuang Family.

Chen Xiao can use Pan Huiping to learn about his personal information!

With a thought, Chen Xiao immediately picked up his phone and headed to the bathroom.

After returning, Chen Xiao had checked every corner of the room and found nothing suspicious.

So, he made the call to Pan Huiping without concealment.

"Hello, Captain Pan, could you get me information on someone tomorrow morning? His name is Liu Chuan, he’s the son of the former chairman’s driver from the Zhuang Family. His personal information is crucial for me right now."

"If he’s working in Hai City, it should be easy to check."

"Alright then, I’ll wait for your news."

As Chen Xiao spoke, he got another call on his phone.

When he saw it was from Hong Mei, he quickly ended the call with Pan Huiping and answered her call.

"Sister Mei, have you seen her?"

"I have, she’s at an underground casino. Her luck seems pretty good tonight, she probably won about a hundred thousand. But looking at the other players at the table, they didn’t look worried at all, I think she’s likely going to hit major trouble next."

"When one is overly complacent, it’s easiest to fall into an abyss."

Chen Xiao paused and asked, "Did you get anyone to investigate her recent financial situation?"

"It’s a big issue, the person I asked reported that she’s quite a gambling addict. She went from losing tens of thousands a night at the beginning to pleading to be at the table for just a hundred later on. Recently, I don’t know where she got the fortune, but she plays high stakes at the table, winning or losing hundreds of thousands!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Xiao very decisively said, "Then let her lose, don’t intervene, and do not disturb her. When she is utterly desperate from losing, that’s when you show up!"

"At that moment, you will be her lifeline, her beacon of hope, and also the puppet you hold in your hands!"