After being murdered by my whole family, I was reborn

Chapter 2152 It seems we've been tricked?

Wang Xiong died on the spot under police protection, and the three police officers responsible for protecting him were seriously injured and hospitalized. This was a great disgrace to the police. Captain Lu focused his main efforts on investigating the case and traced it back to Dong Chan based on various clues and evidence.

He immediately applied for a search and arrest warrant and stormed into the manor to arrest people.

Cheng Mingtai opened the door with a smile: "She's not here. Search her if you don't believe me." He then turned and went back to the living room, sat on the sofa, and drank tea and watched TV by himself.

At Lu's command, everyone split up to search.

They searched every possible hiding place—wardrobes, under beds, balconies—until finally, the basement where the gold was hidden remained.

Captain Lu walked up to Cheng Mingtai and forcefully ordered, "Open up, we need to search." Out of the corner of his eye, however, he glanced at the man beside Cheng Mingtai, subtly scrutinizing him and trying to guess the man's relationship with Zhang Ran. He had never seen this person in Zhang Ran's network of connections. He asked directly, "Who are you? Why are you here? What is your relationship with Zhang Ran?"

“He’s my brother,” Cheng Mingtai answered on my behalf.

Captain Lu narrowed his eyes and didn't press further, but he decided to go back to the police station and investigate himself.

Cheng Mingtai explained, "I am just Zhang Ran's lawyer and I am staying here temporarily. I do not know the basement password, let alone where the key is."

"Where is the housekeeper?" Xiao Xie suddenly stepped forward and asked. He remembered that Yang Tao knew the basement password and that she usually kept the key.

"The housekeeper?" Cheng Mingtai replied with a smile, "He's traveling abroad and we can't contact him for the time being."

Even the butler has been sent abroad? Xiao Xie and Captain Lu exchanged a glance.

Xiao Xie then thought of another person, "Zhang Ran's bodyguard, Qiu Yu, can also open the basement." She then frowned, "Why isn't she here either?"

“Qiu Yu has gone out.” Cheng Mingtai explained proactively, “But she is Zhang Ran’s bodyguard. I don’t have her contact information. Your police are very resourceful, so you should find a way to contact her yourselves. I don’t think you need my help.”

“I have it,” Xiao Xie suddenly said.

He had Qiu Yu's phone number a long time ago. Because of Shen Lin's murder case, the police suspected that Qiu Yu was involved and took her back for questioning. So he had Qiu Yu's contact information so that he could summon her at any time.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Xiao Xie took out his phone and dialed Qiu Yu's number. "Where are you? Please cooperate with our police investigation and return to the manor immediately."

A minute later, Xiao Xie hung up the phone and looked at Captain Lu. "She's out there. It'll take her more than an hour to get back."

More than an hour? The group looked at each other in bewilderment. How much time had been wasted?

Lu left two police officers to guard the basement, while the rest of the team continued their search of the nearby nanny house, bodyguard house, and animal farm.

Half an hour later, the search team regrouped at the manor gate and reported to the Lu team one by one that they had not found Dongchan.

Without Lu's order, Xiao Xie took the initiative to call Qiu Yu, urging her to come back as soon as possible.

Qiu Yu readily agreed, indicating that she had already set off as quickly as possible.

Xiao Xie overheard Qiu Yu instructing the driver to speed up on the phone, so he hung up the phone with peace of mind.

A group of people waited foolishly for more than half an hour, but Qiu Yu did not return. When they tried to call her again, they could not get through.

Xiao Xie looked at Captain Lu hesitantly: "...It seems like we've been tricked?"

Captain Lu's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. "Don't you need to tell me that? None of the people around Zhang Ran are good! They even dare to mess with the police!"