Chapter 682 - 431: Turning the Tables! (Part 2)
Chapter 682: Chapter 431: Turning the Tables! (Part 2)
Currently, Xu Liang has divided the actions of ’Zhuge Rong’ into two parts.
First, uncover the person’s true identity before 1984!
This task is assigned to Wang Hai. He should be very keen on it, considering he had captured numerous people back in the day. If he caught someone who was supposed to have died but somehow survived until now... Xu Liang couldn’t stomach that.
Second...
"We must find out where Zhuge Rong is hiding now!"
Yang Ruoxi, standing beside Xu Liang, spoke up for him, softly laying out the objective.
Xu Liang paused for a moment, then nodded.
"Precisely."
"That bastard is way too good at hiding... even the police can’t find any information on him!"
From an initial glance, to understand what exactly happened to Zhao Jie, it’s essential to know where she went and what she was taken for.
But, if we want a more direct, quicker understanding of the entire case, then...
We only need to capture Zhuge Rong himself!
"As long as we catch him, all questions will unravel by themselves!"
Xu Liang’s eyes glittered as he murmured.
As for how to catch him...
Anyone who has played hide-and-seek knows one principle.
That is, some people can indeed hide in a way that makes them impossible to catch, but... if you know roughly where they’re hiding, and then say ’Stop hiding, I know you’re here’...
Even if you have no clue at all... you can still make them reveal themselves.
Which means...
"Rattle the bush to startle the snake!?"
Yang Ruoxi’s eyes lit up.
She immediately clenched her fists, eager to try.
"Just like the ’Stamp Case’ when you let the police set up Feng Jiancun!?"
In the Stamp Case, Feng Village once had internal strife with Chen Erliang.
The root cause was the police casually leaked a lead about stamp sales near the school.
To be honest, under normal circumstances, the police wouldn’t throw out such information, letting the other party know they’ve been discovered, as that would put them on alert!
But things turned out contrary to what was expected.
After Feng Jiancun got the news... he instantly went from being rock solid to aggressively attacking Chen Erliang, even giving the police an opportunity!
"Exactly!"
"If we want to catch Zhuge Rong, we can’t let him keep hiding."
Xu Liang nodded, his expression serious, his tone earnest.
"We need him to make a move!"
There’s no breakthrough from the Judiciary, as Zhuge Rong is targeting the people behind Zhao De, and strictly speaking, hasn’t targeted him yet.
Xu Liang needs to make himself a target!
Only when the other party takes such an action can he climb up the pole and catch him!
As for how to become a target...
"If I remember correctly... Wang Chenghua made two separate transfers to the ’Red Heart Charity Relief Institution’ and the ’International Cross Ferry Company.’
"If I’m not mistaken, Zhuge Rong is connected to these two companies."
Xu Liang fell into contemplation again.
The main reason he was in a rush to change identities back in 1984 was likely due to the necessity of possessing an identity—a necessity indicating a hard requirement for what he intended to do.
Eliminate all non-essential actions, and what’s left is...
"Emigrate!"
Xu Liang’s eyes sparkled, revealing a smile.
To emigrate, you need a complete identity, not to mention a substantial amount of money!
Zhuge Rong’s family might be wealthy, but it’s not really his family; it’s his ’original identity’s’ family!
Socially speaking, Zhuge Rong has nothing to do with the ’original identity family,’ so if they dared to wire money... let’s see if the authorities would investigate.
"Therefore, he needs a long-term, stable source that wouldn’t raise suspicion from others..."
"And it can’t be dirty money passed through a middleman either!"
Yang Ruoxi chimed in, her eyes shining brighter with each word.
By the end, she spat it all out in one breath.
"The Red Heart Charity Relief Institution... is highly likely to have transferred money to him multiple times over an extended period!?"
"That’s right."
Xu Liang nodded.
If all goes as expected, this charity institution was probably established for Zhuge Rong!
By claiming it was a donation, he could withdraw a hefty sum for his own use at any time... to be honest, this is usually confidential.
But then again.
"Someone as cautious as him, after distancing himself from danger, is bound to relax his guard!"
"From 1984 to today’s 2005, over 21 years..."
Xu Liang wore a cold smile.
"As long as there was a single slip-up in confidentiality... we can track it back to him!"
With that said.
Xu Liang wasted no time, immediately driving off towards the hospital.
It wasn’t long before the car was parked inside the hospital.
Following that, he quickly found his laptop and began investigating various websites and charity organization’s official sites.
Charitable transfers aimed at individuals generally aren’t made public.
Of course, this is under certain preconditions!
First, the donatee must request confidentiality, in which case personal information is strictly protected.
Second, the donor requests it to be public, and with the donatee’s consent, the information can be made public.
Third, neither party makes clear demands, and the institution will automatically maintain confidentiality.
If the Red Heart Association indeed sends money to Zhuge Rong...
It implies that the number of transactions must be exceedingly frequent!
Given that it spans 21 full years, Xu Liang doesn’t believe the other party could maintain the 1984 level of caution indefinitely. And if there’s even one disclosure of information...
He might as well wait for death on the spot!
And as expected.
Around 9:30 in the evening.
"Found it!"
"In 1992, an education institution once donated to the Red Heart Association, claiming it was to support overseas students, asking them to send their grades and other information as an advertisement for the institution!"
"One individual was referred to as Zhu *insert surname*, and they once sent in a copied and pasted ’thank you letter’ by email!"