Chapter 422 A battle of wits and courage
"What, Mr. Mochizuki went to the store?" asked Seiichiro Soma, who had just finished a meeting, with a frown.

My wife was kidnapped and I didn’t sleep well last night. Today I received a threatening letter from the kidnapper, but I turned around and went back to my own store.

Soma Seiichiro felt something was wrong no matter how hard he thought about it. At this time, his assistant Yabuki Yutaka said to him with a notebook:
"Director, the investigation team just received news that Mochizuki Yukihira's financial situation seems to be not optimistic!"

Soma Seiichiro looked at Yabuki Yutaka in surprise and said:
"What's going on? Didn't he even prepare 200 million?"

"Although there are 200 million, that all belongs to his wife!" said Yabuki Yutaka.

"Yes, I also discovered it last night!" Soma Seiichiro nodded.

"Yes, Mochizuki Maria's money was inherited from her parents two years ago!" said Yabuki Yutaka.

Soma Seiichiro felt a little envious, but still said calmly:
"Is it as much as 2 million?"

Yabuki Yutaka said with envy: "More than that, it was originally 30 billion!"

"30 billion~!" Seiichiro Soma widened his eyes and asked loudly in disbelief.

It was rare to see Director Soma's surprised expression, so Yabuki Yutaka did not continue to keep him in suspense and continued to explain:
"Mariya's father is the founder of a food company. After cashing in his stocks and real estate, he got 30 billion!"

"But according to the suicide note left by Mariya's parents, 25 billion was donated to charity, and Mariya Mochizuki only inherited the last 5 million!"

Soma Seiichiro slowly regained his composure, then asked in a somewhat strange tone:

"It's only been two years, how come there are only 2 million left?"

At this point, Soma looked at the mansion and the car in the garage, and he seemed to understand something, and then asked:

"Have you investigated Mochizuki Yukihira's situation?"

Yabuki Yutaka immediately said:
"Mochizuki Yukihira used to work as a designer in a large advertising company. Two years ago, after Mochizuki Maria inherited the estate, he bought this villa and quit his job to open this cafe!"

Soma Seiichiro said: "So, the store that Mochizuki Yukihei opened, the house he lived in, and the car he drove were all bought with his wife's inheritance!"

Then Yabuki Yutaka said excitedly:

"The point is that the current business situation of the cafe opened by Mochizuki Yukihei does not seem to be very good, and he is struggling for working capital every month."

"According to what his tax accountant whispered to me, he has been busy looking for financing and loans recently!"

"Putting all the unreasonable things together, it seems we are about to find out the truth of the matter!" Seiichiro Soma instantly imagined a scene of killing his wife and stealing her wealth.

Soma Seiichiro immediately ordered his men:
"Check the bedroom of the Mochizuki couple immediately, and open this car to check as well!"

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On the other side, after Lin Hao arrived at the coffee shop, he found that there were very few people in the store, so he went directly to the second floor, where Xingnan had been waiting for a long time!

Lin Hao closed the doors and windows excitedly, then turned on the TV and turned up the volume very loud to avoid being eavesdropped by others.

At this time, Lin Hao spoke:
"Maria has been kidnapped!"

Then Lin Hao told Xingnan about Maria’s kidnapping, including the letter he received in the morning from the kidnapper threatening to kill Maria!
"What?" Xingnan finally reacted after Lin Hao finished speaking, and then said in surprise:

"You really killed your wife for me!"

"Baga! I didn't kill her!" After cursing Xingnan, Lin Hao said, "Maria had already been kidnapped when I returned!"

After a while, Xingnan finally started to laugh: "God help me!"

Then he poured Lin Hao a glass of champagne and clinked glasses with Lin Hao:
"It doesn't matter, as long as that woman disappears!"

"It seems like you hate her very much, Xingnan?" Lin Hao asked curiously.

Xingnan smiled faintly, then put down the wine glass and said in Lin Hao's ear:

"I just want to be with Yukihira-kun forever!"

Xingnan said that she loved him, but Lin Hao knew what she was thinking. Naturally, he would not believe her lies. He just cooperated and said:

"After today, all the inheritance will belong to me!"

"You know? That's great!" Xingnan said happily.
"Someone acted before us. In this case, this matter has nothing to do with us. We should really thank the kidnapper who got there first!"

As he said that, he pushed Lin Hao onto the sofa, excitedly sat astride Lin Hao, and kissed Lin Hao!
Seeing that Xingnan was in high spirits, Lin Hao took off Xingnan's clothes while trying his best to stop her:
"Xingnan, don't be like this, this is a store!"

However, Xingnan didn't listen to a word he said, and instead pulled Lin Hao's clothes without caring:
"That's not what you said when we did it here the other day!"

She shook her hair and pointed out the window:
"Don't you think it's more exciting when the police are outside?"

Lin Hao struggled to get rid of Xingnan.

After a long time, Lin Hao took advantage of Xingnan's confusion and asked:
"Xingnan, do you like me, or do you do it for Maria's legacy?"

At this moment, Xingnan, who was in a state of panic, instinctively came up to him and muttered to himself:
"Of course it's because of you~!"

Before she could finish her words, a live news broadcast suddenly interrupted the TV, and the content was exactly about Maria being kidnapped!

"The kidnappers have no new requests at the moment. The Metropolitan Police Department has begun an open search to track down clues about Maria!"

Lin Hao and Xingnan were hugging each other comfortably, listening to the news about Maria's kidnapping on TV. At this moment, the screen suddenly changed, and a scene of an interview with their neighbor Yuki Kujirai appeared.

When asked about the relationship between Mochizuki and Maria, Yuki Kujirai said that there seemed to be conflicts between the couple!

Afterwards, under the repeated questioning of the reporter, Kujirai Yuki said hesitantly:
"Actually, we shouldn't publicize this kind of thing. Maria seems to be troubled by her husband's infidelity!"

"Ah~!" Xingnan stood up suddenly, just like pulling out the cork of a wine bottle, making Lin Hao bear the pressure that he shouldn't have to bear.

"What's going on? How did this old woman know about our affairs?" At this moment, Xingnan didn't care about the reckless behavior in his hand!
Lin Hao said unhappily: "How should I know!"

And Xingnan instantly thought of the consequences of the adultery being exposed. Thinking of this, Xingnan suddenly became excited and thought of a terrible thing.

"Oh no, that bottle of red wine!" Xingnan grabbed Lin Hao's neck and said, "You said before that you had injected the toxin into the red wine, right?"

When Lin Hao heard this, he seemed to react instantly:
"Oops! The red wine was taken away by the police on the first day and has been in their hands ever since!"

At this moment, Xingnan was like an ant on a hot pot, cursing:
"Baga~! When you found out that Maria was kidnapped, why didn't you throw away the poisoned wine immediately?!"

"Things were so urgent at the time, how could I have thought of so much!" Lin Hao said excitedly.

"Baga~, what should I do?" Xingnan was running around in circles, feeling extremely anxious:
"If the police detect that the bottle of red wine contains poison, we're both doomed!"

At this time, Lin Hao suddenly came forward and hugged Xingnan, placing his hands on her smooth body to comfort her. Finally, he spoke to her in comfort: "Xingnan, go back and pack your luggage and leave here quickly!"

"What?" Xingnan looked at Lin Hao in surprise.

Lin Hao held Xingnan's face and said affectionately:

"If the police really find that bottle of wine, I will take all the blame and will not implicate you, but I won't be able to be with you anymore!"

Xingnan looked at Lin Hao in a daze. In fact, she was just afraid of implicating herself. She didn't even love the person in front of her. She was just envious of Maria.

The reason why she became Lin Hao's lover was just to make the person she loved the most tear off her hypocritical mask, or even just simply wanted to snatch her things!

But what he didn't expect was that Lin Hao would go this far for her and be willing to take all the blame.

She has always been jealous of Maria, jealous that she had such a good background since birth, and jealous that she had a husband whom you love.

Although she had taken Lin Hao's heart now, she was about to lose him. For some reason, Xingnan suddenly felt sad and helpless!

She even felt a little regretful, regretting why she poisoned people!

"Xingping, I'm sorry!" At this time, Xingnan put away her previous disguise and said sincerely.

At this time, the host's voice came from the TV: "About Yukihira Mochizuki's cheating~!"

Lin Hao retracted his gaze, then touched Xingnan's head, sighed and said:
"Hey~, I have to go back, otherwise people will suspect me!"

"From now on, don't call me or send me text messages, and delete all the conversations on your phone that we had no choice but to share!"

Lin Hao then got dressed and left the cafe in style!
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On the other side, assistant Yabuki Yutaka said admiringly:

"It's just as the director expected. The director is really amazing!"

Soma Seiichiro watched the news on TV about Mochizuki Yukihei's cheating and said calmly:
"In this case, he has one more motive for killing his wife, and all those unreasonable things can be explained!"

He immediately instructed his assistant Yabuki Yutaka:
"Take Mochizuki Yukihira back to the police station immediately, and get me the employee information of his store!"

"Hey~!" Although he agreed, Yabuki Feng still reminded:

"But Director, although we suspect that Mochizuki Yukihira is a major suspect, we don't have enough evidence to prove that he was the one who kidnapped or killed Mariya!"

"Haha!" Soma Seiichiro laughed and patted Yabuki Yutaka's shoulder, then said:
"With no progress in the case, any clue is a direction for us to solve the case!"

"You still have a lot to learn, so go!"

Not long after, Lin Hao was brought back to the Metropolitan Police Department. After Lin Hao was done, Soma Seiichiro did not directly talk about his lover.

Instead, he picked up the photo and said:

"I remember your information said that you were on the track and field team when you were in college. You still keep the habit of jogging now! Your neighbors have confirmed this!"

Lin Hao asked in confusion:
"Yeah! What's the problem?"

Soma Seiichiro pushed the photo in front of Lin Hao and said:

"Is this the pair?"

"Yes!" Lin Hao glanced at the photo of the shoes, then nodded to confirm.

"Where did these shoes go?"

"I usually put it in the shoe cabinet!" Lin Hao said as a matter of course: "What's wrong?"

Seiichiro Soma took out two more photos, and on them were footprints of a pair of shoes!

"From the entrance to the bloodstain, we found a series of shoe prints like this!"

"What do you mean, do you suspect these are my shoes?" Lin Hao asked with a surprised expression on his face.

"Technically, it's the print of your sneakers!"

After saying that, Xiangma kept staring at Lin Hao. He saw that Lin Hao's face was full of surprise, and he didn't panic after being discovered.

At this time, Soma Seiichiro took out another photo and continued:

"We checked your shoe cabinet and just happened to be missing that pair of sneakers!"

After seeing Lin Hao finish reading, Soma Seiichiro stared at Lin Hao again and asked:

"So, do you have any explanation?"

Lin Hao shook his head lightly and said:
"Maybe someone put on my shoes and kidnapped my wife. Maybe someone deliberately framed me. Who knows?"

"I see!" Then Soma Seiichiro asked again: "Then how do you explain the two cups in your house?"

Seeing Lin Hao shaking his head and saying nothing, Xiangma took out another photo and said:
"So, are the rumors about you cheating on me true?"

Lin Hao picked up the photo and took a look. It was Kitazato Annan, so Lin Hao said with an unnatural look:

"I think this matter has nothing to do with the kidnapping of my wife. I refuse to answer this question!"

At this time, Souma Seiichiro approached Lin Hao, then sniffed and said:
"You smell of her perfume!"

"You are such a scumbag! Your wife is in danger of death, and you are still out there having fun!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Hao immediately hid back subconsciously, and then argued with a guilty conscience:
"I just came into contact with her at work, maybe I was contaminated by her perfume!"

However, Souma Seiichiro shook his head, ignored Lin Hao's sophistry, and said firmly:

"At this point, why don't you still tell the truth?"

"If that's the case, then the police will think that you and your lover, Kitasato Anna, kidnapped your wife at your home, maybe for the ransom, or maybe to legally inherit her estate?"

Seeing Lin Hao's grim expression, Soma Seiichiro continued to intensify his psychological offensive:
"Don't hold on to your luck. Cooperating with us to find the kidnappers is the best way for you to clear your name. Tell me!"

I have to say that this Soma Seiichiro is quite something. If he were an ordinary person, he would have died long ago.

(End of this chapter)