Chapter 368
Ye Xingguang stood offstage, shocked as he saw Ye Shiting getting punched in the corner of his mouth.
Blood visibly seeped from the corner of Ye Shiting’s mouth, but he never dodged. Seeing the agitation of the victim’s families, a cop quickly came to stop the relative who wanted to continue hitting Ye Shiting. noveldrama
The spokesperson of the police department promptly addressed, “Please calm down, families. I haven’t finished speaking . . .”
“What else is there to say? The culprit is right in front of us, why haven’t you acted to bring justice to my son?”
“Yes, what more is there to discuss? Arrest him immediately, such a despicable person doesn’t deserve freedom!”
“…”
More and more family members started to stand, the situation momentarily got out of control, forcing the spokesperson of the police department to raise his voice.
“Please calm yourselves, the mastermind behind the scene would love nothing more right now than to see this chaos, do you want to be an accomplice to those who caused you harm?”
But the families were unreceptive, shouting:
“What accomplice, who’s the mastermind? Isn’t the real culprit Ye Shiting?”
“You’ve already removed him from the presidential candidate list, isn’t that proof enough that he’s the culprit?”
However, the reporters, sensing a potential story, all lifted their microphones, ready to ask questions. The police department spokesperson suddenly made a hand signal, pointing to the large screen on the stage.
“Will everyone please settle down and watch this video.”
On the stage, the large screen suddenly lit up, slightly calming the chaotic scene.
The video showed the explosion at the gas station. From it, we could see Ye Shiting’s convoy arriving at the gas station. While the car was refueling, Ye Shiting stepped out to go to the restroom.
His bodyguard, Zhang Yuanfan, also got out of the car and stood nearby to pay the station worker. While paying, he had a cigarette in his mouth. After the worker said something to him, probably about no smoking at the gas station, Zhang Yuanfan laughed and handed the cigarette to the worker. The worker looked at it and laughed too, after which they said something else. Then, Zhang Yuanfan threw the cigarette butt on the ground. Suddenly, the video shook, and the gas station went up in flames…
Seeing this, the families lost control again. It’s common knowledge that smoking is not allowed at gas stations; this fire was clearly caused by Zhang Yuanfan!
However, an eagle-eyed reporter noted something suspicious in the video.
“Look, the owner of another car at the gas station didn’t go to the station’s convenience store or restroom after getting out of the car. Instead, he walked straight out of the gas station, even adjusting his hat brim. Is he hiding something?”
With the journalist’s words, the video on the big screen switched to a different angle clearly showing the owner of the other car walking out of the gas station at a brisk speed. In the end, he began to run…
“Why was he in such a hurry to leave the gas station? Is he hiding something? Could this man be the real culprit behind the gas station explosion?”
The journalist speaking was quick-thinking, theorizing that the police wouldn’t show this video without a reason.
Another journalist said, “Even if he seems suspicious, it’s a fact that the gas station exploded immediately after Ye Shiting’s bodyguard threw a cigarette there. The police just said that the cause of the explosion was a lit cigaret. So what other culprits could there be?”