Chapter 328 Stabbed to Death

Upon hearing this, the other people in the car instinctively looked towards the fruit stand that Yan Liti was looking at.

The fruit stand was set up under the dim streetlights, making it difficult to see what kind of fruit was on it, but it was clear whether there were people around the fruit stand.

Although the crowd was puzzled, they did not delve into the matter.

The next day, when the group came out of their hotel room and took the elevator downstairs, they could see the entire view of the entrance clearly because the elevator was transparent and faced the main entrance.

Yan Liti clearly saw that the fruit stand from last night was still in the same spot, but there was no one around it either.

While having morning tea, Yan Liti specifically called over the hotel manager.

"Is that fruit stand by the door the same one that belonged to the same fruit stand owner as yesterday?"

"Yes." The hotel manager was a middle-aged man in his forties named Chen Sheng.

Chen Sheng had been working at the hotel for two years, but before yesterday, he only knew that the behind-the-scenes owner of the Yan Family Hotel was surnamed Yan, but he had never met this owner surnamed Yan. Every time he came to inspect the work, it was only the professional general manager of the head office.

Before arriving at the hotel, Yan Liti had called to ask them to reserve the best presidential suite on the top floor in advance.

Not only that, the number of security patrol personnel at the hotel has also doubled.

However, these arrangements were not made by Yan Liti, but by Shen Qingyan.

The hotel's security personnel were all veterans, and each one was a trained fighter.

Therefore, Chen Sheng was well aware of how much the big boss valued the hotel's security, and naturally, the hotel also frequently inspected the small vendors who set up stalls around the hotel.

Because the security was good enough, even though no one was guarding the fruit stand yesterday, no one tried to steal or rob it.

Meanwhile, Chen Sheng had already investigated why the water stall was empty.

Chen Sheng and Yan Liti explained: "Boss, the two guards on duty at the security booth said that the fruit stall owner had an emergency at home at 10 a.m. yesterday. He was called away and never came back."

After hearing the explanation, Yan Liti nodded.

After thinking for a moment, he casually asked, "Do you know what it is?"

"It is said that a family lost a child. The guard on duty at the security booth did not hear clearly. When the fruit stall owner left, he ran back crying and shouted a few words."

Since it happened outside the hotel's perimeter, the hotel security guards had no obligation to intervene and only overheard the incident. The hotel was unaware of the specifics.

Yan Liti frowned. The child was lost?

Is it simply lost, or is there something else going on?

Yan Liti asked again, "Do you know which child it is?"

This time, the hotel manager shook his head, indicating that he did not know.

Yan Liti waved her hand, signaling the others to leave first.

Qiao Qiao was eating soup dumplings from Qiao Changdong's hands. She overheard Yan Liti's conversation with the manager, but she didn't think much of it.

After a brief moment of surprise, she continued eating her soup dumplings.

Today's plan is for them to first take Mo Haijun to the jade market, and then they will visit the largest zoo in Nanzhou.

Today I'll visit the zoo, tomorrow I'll go to the amusement park.

Speaking of amusement parks, the amusement park that Yan Liti had told Qiao Qiao about was going to build has already started construction in Baoyi City, just behind the Dongqiao Hotel, less than 500 meters away.

That is, the land where the three Jiang family members lived before was bought by Yan Liti, who plans to build an amusement park called Qiaobao Amusement Park.

I didn't run into Fu Tianyou and the others when I had morning tea today.

Moreover, the group did not encounter Fu Tianyou and his companions throughout the day.

Nanzhou has a warm climate and is located on the coast, making it not only a commercial area but also a top choice for many tourists.

Even though it's not yet the fifteenth day of the lunar month, there are still quite a few people at the zoo in Nanzhou.

Qiao Qiao had a great time, and Yan Liti even took several rolls of photos of her with her camera.

She was so tired from having so much fun that Qiao Changdong carried her out of the zoo and into the car. Soon after, she fell asleep in Qiao Changdong's arms.

She was not woken up until she arrived at the hotel entrance.

Because it was very noisy at the hotel entrance, a row of cars were parked at the main entrance, ready to drive in, but for some reason, they blocked the entrance.

Wang Jun was driving. He was tall, and looking over the row of cars in front of him, he could vaguely see several cars inside the hotel's perimeter wall with flashing red and blue lights on them. He frowned.

Turning back to Yan Liti and Qiao Changdong, he said, "There seem to be several police cars parked in the hotel; something must have happened."

Upon hearing this, both Qiao Changdong and Yan Liti felt a chill. Wu Yu, who was sitting in the passenger seat, had already gotten out of the car and walked to the hotel entrance to inquire about the situation.

Wu Yu returned quickly, bringing bad news.

"Someone died at the hotel." Wu Yu's expression was very serious.

After he finished speaking, he saw another car stop behind theirs, and Mo Haijun and Tang Feng got out of the car.

"What happened? I heard there was a murder at the hotel." Mo Haijun asked, looking into Qiao Changdong's car.

After they left the zoo, the two cars separated. Wu Yu and Wang Jun brought Qiao Changdong and the others back first, while Tang Feng drove the other car to the jade market to pick up Mo Haijun.

Because they had taken Qiao Qiao and the others to another place to buy some things, they were meeting up at the entrance now.

“It’s a murder case, someone…” Wu Yu looked at Yan Liti and Qiao Changdong, who was holding Qiao Qiao, who had just woken up and was wiping her eyes, and then stopped midway through his sentence.

He wasn't sure whether he should say what came next in front of Qiao Qiao, afraid that it would frighten the young girl.

"It's alright, go ahead and say it," Qiao Changdong said calmly, patting the little girl's back in his arms.

Wu Yu then revealed the information he had gathered.

It turned out that not long after they left in the morning, a murder occurred at the hotel, and the deceased was none other than Qi Jintao, whom they had spoken with several times before.

Qi Jintao was stabbed to death.

The person who stabbed him to death was none other than the female fruit stall owner, with whom they had previously bought fruit.

As for what conflict they had, and why the female fruit stall owner stabbed Qi Jintao to death, we don't know for now.