230 Fateful Decision (2/2)

'Isn't that the girl Fan Luo and her cousin were talking about last night?' he thought, frowning. 'Did Fan Luo actually do what she said about messing with the girl's car? No way. Must be a coincidence.'

He continued working but it continued to bother him. Unable to concentrate, he called Xu Tian from outside the door and instructed him to do a quick background check on the pop singer Iris Long.

Xu Tian was perplexed, but he still obeyed the order. Within a couple of hours, he presented Iris Long's dossier to Jin Liwei. The girl didn't have anything that was difficult to dig out.

Jin Liwei scanned her dossier.

Iris Long. Real name: Long Xiulan. A typical rich, spoiled brat who often used her father's name to throw her weight around. Lots of petty enemies. A wild party girl who attended parties almost every week whether she was invited or not. She was talented but extremely conceited. She was also notorious for chasing famous celebrities, both male and female alike.

One name stood out to Jin Liwei.

Jin Chonglin, his brother.

It seemed that this Long Xiulan sent someone to monitor Jin Chonglin's whereabouts so that she could pop up wherever he went. Jin Liwei's impression of her went from bad to worse.

”A stalker,” he concluded.

After reviewing her dossier, he wanted to dismiss the car crash as mere coincidence after hearing Fan Luo's words last night. However, he continued to feel bothered and couldn't concentrate on his work. He called Xu Tian again and instructed him to investigate the car crash.

The police made an early conclusion that the car crash was a result of drunk driving. An 18-year old known for being a party girl driving a sports car after clubbing also gave them a bad impression. Verifying the cause of the crash wasn't their immediate priority.

Jin Liwei's investigation was completed during this window of time.

It was only when Long Tengfei discovered what happened to his daughter that he requested the police to do a full investigation. Hours already passed since the accident occurred when he made the request.

When Jin Liwei received the investigation results, he was stunned. It confirmed that the car crash was indeed connected to Fan Luo. She really did what she said last night.

Before he could carefully think about what to do, Xu Tian's phone chimed.

”Uh...President, it's a reminder for your conference call with our British partner in five minutes. Would you like me to cancel it?”

Jin Liwei frowned. ”No. I'll do the conference call.”

This was an important call for the launch of their new product line. There was no way he would cancel it. He looked at the investigation results again and made a quick decision.

Fan Luo was his brother's girlfriend. His mother loved her like a daughter. Perhaps the car crash was just a prank gone wrong. Fan Luo must've been drunk when she ordered the tampering of the car. She was a nice girl and wouldn't deliberately kill someone. She must've not expected that the tampering would lead to such a serious car crash.

'Yes, that must be what happened,' Jin Liwei persuaded himself.

Besides, if this went public, it would be a huge scandal involving not only her but also his brother Jin Chonglin. Their families couldn't afford a scandal like this especially now that they were working on a new business partnership. Not to mention that his mother would be heartbroken if this came to light.

'Well, thank goodness the girl didn't die,' he thought.

He turned to Xu Tian and ordered, ”Erase all evidence pointing to Fan Luo in this car crash.”

Xu Tian hesitated but still obeyed.

Jin Liwei tried to forget about this matter as he returned to running his business empire and maintaining his family's prestige. Cold and ruthless, that was him.

Then everything changed about a year and half later when he met a beautiful young woman reading a Russian book at a hotel lobby.