Until five years later...

The information that Jin Bo hid before dying was finally unearthed by Xu Liang!

After reading it.

The two remained silent for a long time.

After quite a while, Wang Chao hesitantly spoke:

"This is a good lawyer."

"What a pity."

It truly was a pity.

The other party didn't ask for much money for this case, it could almost be called charity assistance.

And before dying, according to Luo Jun's character, he would certainly have tried bribing first, and when that failed, resorted to murder.

Jin Bo resisted the temptation but couldn't withstand the knife.

If this person were still alive...

"Sun Jin, the villagers of Huangyan Village wouldn't have died because of this."

Xu Liang took a deep breath.

Then he clenched the document in his hand, furrowed his brow.

Suppressing the thought, since this document landed in his hands... he would surely maximize its effectiveness!

Jinyang Steel Plant...

Xu Liang became serious, organized the documents, made several copies, and eventually placed one in his briefcase.

Then, without waiting for the judicial appraisal institution.

He turned and walked to the car outside.

Wang Chao was taken aback, "Brother Liang, what are we doing?"

He spoke and quickly caught up, plopping down in the driver's seat.

"To verify the evidence!"

Xu Liang just said this simply, then offered no further explanation.

He moved his wrist, slightly pressed his foot.

The engine roared to life.

"Vroom~!"

The car sped swiftly down the road.

...

...

Verification means confirming the authenticity of the evidence, often involving the evidence itself.

Two points were unavoidable in the evidence recorded by Jin Bo.

The construction steel of Sunshine Primary School!

Xu Liang temporarily didn't go to Sunshine Primary School, as that place was somewhat dangerous.

Among several phone calls.

One call was made to Lin Fuqiang, asking the other to immediately evacuate the primary school and all other involved construction sites, like the school, where no one was allowed to stay, including security guards.

Lin Fuqiang didn't understand, but still arranged for it to be done.

As for Xu Liang, he was going to...

The second point.

Jinyang Steel Plant, the workers who came into contact with this batch of steel in 1987!

Most of these workers had already died from illness, a small portion recovered, while another portion was still...

In the hospital!

1 PM.

"Hello, I'm looking for Zhao Deshan, Liu Hai, Meifa, Zhao Zhu...."

Sunzhou City's Second People's Hospital.

Inpatient building, Xu Liang mentioned the names of several workers that Jin Bo had investigated.

A few nurses at the station looked at the straight-backed, handsome Xu Liang, blinked, and then cooperatively began the investigation.

"Who are you to them?" a nurse softly asked.

"I'm their distant relative, just returned home in the past two years."

Xu Liang said without a hint of embarrassment.

Hearing this, the nurse didn't ask further and began checking the hospitalization records.

Just that...

"Sorry, they're no longer in our hospital."

The nurse shook her head.

Not in the hospital...

Indeed, organ failure... considering the medical environment of 1989, it really wasn't easy to treat.

Single organ failure was still manageable, but multiple organs, like Sun Jin's simultaneous kidney and heart failure... sudden death was entirely possible!

This kind of thing, without proper treatment, is much scarier than cancer.

It can take your life in a month!

"None of them are here..."

Xu Liang muttered, feeling a little regretful.

"Thank you."

After speaking, he was about to leave, but.....

"Hey, isn't Zhao Deshan still here?"

One of the nurses suddenly spoke up.

Zhao Deshan?

Xu Liang was stunned, paused in his steps, and turned to look at the person who spoke, his eyes lighting up.

"You know him?"

"I do know Uncle Zhao, he regularly needs dialysis, and later found coming to the hospital troublesome, so he decided to stay hospitalized, and has been ever since."

An older nurse spoke up.

Upon hearing this, the nurse who initially spoke with Xu Liang hurriedly searched the records, finally slapping her forehead.

"Oh, indeed, I forgot about Uncle Zhao!"

After saying that, she quickly got up and hurried down the corridor, leaving behind a sentence.

"Please wait, I'll go ask Uncle Zhao."

Xu Liang nodded, patiently continuing to wait.

Before long...

The nurse returned.

"Uncle Zhao has agreed to see you," the nurse said.

Upon hearing this, Xu Liang led Wang Chao down the corridor.

Before long, they reached a room door.

"Knock knock knock~"

The nurse knocked, then pushed the door open without waiting for a response.

"Creak~"

The door opened.

A middle-aged man, appearing about fifty, wearing a hospital gown, hairless, thin, and with cloudy eyes, appeared inside the room, sitting on the edge of the bed.

At the sound, he instinctively glanced at the few people outside the door, then froze.

"You all chat, I'll go back to work,"

the nurse said, then left the room.

There were only three people left in the room.

Xu Liang and Zhao Deshan exchanged glances for a long time, until Zhao spoke:

"Whose child are you? I don't remember you."

Zhao Deshan recalled what the nurse mentioned about distant relatives, showing a puzzled expression.

"Sorry, I'm not a relative," Xu Liang shook his head.

"Then what do you want from me?" Zhao Deshan looked puzzled.

Upon hearing this.

Xu Liang paused, then turned to Wang Chao.

Wang Chao nodded and set up a camera in the corner.

Zhao Deshan watched with curiosity, a hint of perplexity in his cloudy eyes until Xu Liang interrupted.

"Rest assured, I mean no harm."

"I am a lawyer, my name is Xu Liang."

"I'm here this time to learn some information... the camera is just to prove that I'm not deceiving you, don't worry, every word I say has legal validity," Xu Liang explained.

After hearing this, Zhao Deshan was enlightened.

But he again asked with confusion:

"A lawyer? What do you want to know from me?"

After pondering for a moment, Xu Liang sat on the opposite bed, looking into the man's eyes, cautiously asking:

"Do you... still remember Jin Bo from 1999?"

Jin Bo from 1999...

Zhao Deshan was slightly stunned, his mind instinctively searching.

Soon after, realization dawned on his face, and he said:

"Are you talking about that lawyer!?"

The other party remembers!

Xu Liang's heart raced, quickly pursuing the question.

"That's right, I've come mainly to finish what Lawyer Jin couldn't complete back then."

"Do you still remember what Lawyer Jin asked you about back then?"

As Zhao Deshan carefully recalled, his expression darkened, breathing deeply.

"I know, it was about the steel batch from 1987!"

As he spoke.

His eyes revealed anger and resentment.

Back then, after Jin Bo visited him, Zhao Deshan himself realized a problem.

That was, how coincidental it was that these workers all fell ill!

They all got sick at once, and it was all the workers who had come into contact with that batch of steel!

But unfortunately.

He realized it too late, and he didn't have the resources or energy to investigate the matter.

But that didn't mean he wasn't bitter!

From a once-envied workshop director at the steel plant, he had become this half-dead state... all thanks to Luo Jun!

"Do you want to ask about the 87 steel batch!?"

Zhao Deshan quickly asked Xu Liang.

Xu Liang paused, then nodded.

"That's right, I'd like to know, did you notice anything unusual when handling that batch of steel?"

Unusual places...

There were so many!

"Yes!"

Zhao Deshan quickly responded.

From 1999 to the present in 2005, he had been reflecting on the unusual points daily!

Now with Xu Liang's arrival, he finally had a place to vent.

"That batch of steel had issues!"

"According to the documentation, it was scrap steel bought at low cost by that scoundrel Luo Jun, yet its quality was extremely high!" 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Zhao Deshan took a deep breath, speaking with hatred.

"To be honest, it didn't feel like scrap steel at all, more like refined steel!"

Xu Liang nodded.

He had anticipated that.

If that steel was indeed associated with Cobalt-60, it was likely equipment steel configured with Cobalt-60.

The quality of the steel couldn't be poor!

"And that bastard Luo Jun managed to import it from abroad at a price you couldn't even purchase scrap steel for!" Zhao Deshan stated.

Upon hearing this.

Xu Liang's eyes suddenly sharpened, asking,

"How did it pass through customs!?"