Memory inheritor

Chapter 157 Night of Shock

Wei Hongsi and Xia Shiyu chatted for about ten minutes when Zhang Shengyong walked in and asked, "Do you know someone named Tao Yicheng?"

Xia Shiyu shook her head and looked at Wei Hongsi.

Wei Hongsi vaguely recognized the name and, after a moment's thought, remembered: "Isn't this person a shareholder of Zhiwei?"

Zhang Shengyong took out his phone and sent a voice message: "Zhiwei has a shareholder named Tao Yicheng."

He put down his phone and asked again, "Do you have a conflict with this person?"

Wei Hongsi denied it, saying, "No, that's not true."

He and Tao Yicheng had never even spoken a word to each other. At most, they had a few eye contact on the day of the meeting. How could that be considered a conflict?

Zhang Shengyong then asked Xia Shiyu, "Do you know this person?"

Xia Shiyu was involved in the "June 13" case, and Zhang Shengyong, as a key member of the special task force, was quite familiar with his basic situation.

Xia Shiyu shook her head and said, "I've never seen it before, and my dad has never mentioned it."

Zhang Shengyong said, "But the person who is going to kill you tonight is acting on the orders of a man named Tao Yicheng."

He had barely finished speaking when his phone vibrated. He picked it up, looked at it, and said, "It's been confirmed. The mastermind behind this, Tao Yicheng, is a shareholder of your Zhiwei."

Wei Hong recalled that on the day of the shareholders' meeting, Tao Yicheng had specifically raised the topic of going public, but it was directly rejected by President Dai.

He pondered for a moment and said, "If we're really talking about conflicts, I do have a verbal dispute with another shareholder named Tai Liqun."

Xia Shiyu's eyes widened suddenly when she heard Tai Liqun's name.

Zhang Shengyong asked, "And who is this Tai Liqun?"

Wei Hongsi said, "He is a former senior executive of Zhiwei and has always held shares in the company. Therefore, he wanted to push Zhiwei to go public, but our CEO Dai firmly opposed it. Tao Yicheng also wanted Zhiwei to go public. His goal is the same as Tai Liqun's. These two people may have maintained a relatively close relationship in private."

Zhang Shengyong nodded, then asked Xia Shiyu, "Do you know anything about the situation?"

Xia Shiyu said, "That Tai Liqun must have been extremely jealous of me."

He then recounted how Tai Liqun helped him become his father Xia Yuansheng's guardian and how he arranged for him to attend the shareholders' meeting.

He had only told Dai Songquan about these things, and hadn't mentioned them in his recent casual conversations with Wei Hongsi. Only then did Wei Hongsi realize that Xia was already able to exercise shareholder rights on behalf of General Manager Xia.

Zhang Shengyong noted down this information and said, "Okay, you can sit for a while longer." Then he left.

"Brother Hongsi, I'm sorry I dragged you into this tonight." Xia Shiyu looked ashamed and resentful. "Those people were probably after me."

"That's not necessarily true." Wei Hongsi shook his head. "If it really was Tai Liqun who planned it, he wouldn't have let me off the hook either. It's just a coincidence that we were together."

His words were not meant to comfort Xia Shiyu. If Tai Liqun intended to retaliate, he would likely have people on his list who would hinder his listing plans.

But Wei Hongsi couldn't understand how beating himself and Xia Shiyu would help Tai Liqun's listing plan. It seemed counterproductive. Surely it wasn't just for venting his anger?

Recalling the agreement reached between General Manager Dai, General Manager Hua, and General Manager Liu a couple of days ago, one can't help but feel a sense of unreality regarding Tai Liqun and Tao Yicheng's retaliatory actions. Isn't this the kind of tactic Xia used back in junior high school?

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After the five people who plotted to attack Wei Hongsi and Xia Shiyu were brought back to the headquarters, the four who were shot in the shoulder were immediately interrogated separately, except for the one who needed to have his wound treated first.

The identities of the five individuals were quickly confirmed. Three of them had prior criminal records, having been placed under probation or detention for offenses such as intentional assault and disturbing public order; the other two were not exactly law-abiding citizens either, and were frequent visitors to local police stations.

The man who was shot was named Yao Xihu, the organizer of the group of five. According to a person who was closest to Yao Xihu, the mastermind behind the attack on Wei Hongsi and Xia Shiyu was named Tao Yicheng.

Investigators found recordings of conversations and chat logs between Yao Xihu and the mastermind through Yao Xihu's mobile phone.

This information was likely intentionally preserved by Yao Xihu, probably in case the other party denied it later. However, the name "Tao Yicheng" did not appear, and the person giving the confession did not know which two characters "Yicheng" were.

Subsequently, Zhang Shengyong added a crucial piece of information through Wei Hongsi: by adding the identity of "Zhiwei Technology shareholder," the target could be precisely identified.

Through the police system's photo of Tao Yicheng, and after identification by the suspect, it was confirmed that he was the mastermind behind it all. The task force immediately issued an order to arrest Tao Yicheng.

When Zhang Shengyong returned to the investigation area after learning about the situation from Wei Hongsi and Xia Shiyu, the team responsible for arresting Tao Yicheng had already set off. Tao Yicheng had not concealed his whereabouts, so it would be easy for the task force to find him.

After Zhang Shengyong finished reporting on Tai Liqun's situation, the leading group issued an order to arrest Tai Liqun.

Zhang Shengyong was quite surprised by the leaders' decisiveness. The arrest of Tao Yicheng was based on identification and some evidence; however, the arrest of Tai Liqun was based solely on Wei Hongsi's speculation.

However, he could understand why the leaders made this decision.

Based on the information currently available, Tao Yicheng and Tai Liqun (suspected) committed the crime because of an internal dispute at Zhiwei Technology, which is unrelated to the "June 13" case and should not be within the jurisdiction of the task force.

However, the nature of their crime was completely different because their targets were specially invited experts from the task force.

The two people who first appeared in that alley tonight to control the situation were not from the Yuecheng police. Although it has not been confirmed, they were likely people specially arranged by Director Liang for security purposes; there is no other more plausible explanation.

This shows how much Director Liang values ​​Wei Hongsi, and it also reveals the attitude of the Beijing authorities towards this case.

As for Director Shi, he's probably even angrier than Director Liang.

The actions of Yao Xihu and his four associates already resembled those of a criminal gang. Their intervention at this critical juncture is tantamount to jeopardizing Director Shi and the entire Yuecheng police force.

Although everyone was working together in the same task force, Director Liang was, after all, a leader from Beijing. It was like a superior unit coming to investigate, and something went wrong right under their noses.

Therefore, the leading group has an absolutely zero-tolerance attitude towards this matter. Regardless of Tao Yicheng, Tai Liqun, or any other identities they may have, they must be brought back first. If they were the masterminds, they will certainly be dealt with severely. If not, they can simply be released; in short, they cannot be allowed to escape.