43 Act XLIII
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Shan Zi only received a call from Yuan Ziwen early in the morning, and at the same time, the news of Yan Wei's arrest had spread on the Internet. Many media outlets have reported the news with shocking headlines, and it won't be long before everyone knows that the president of Evangel has become a suspect in the murder.
At the regular meeting, he was not in a good mood, and the directors were cautious when talking to him. They used to give others a look, but now they have to look at him with sincere fear. Shan Ziwei is impeccable in business and skillful, and he is indeed a natural leader.
When the crowd had dispersed, he sat alone by the window. The long round table is polished to a mirror that reflects the bright lights of the ceiling. He took out his cigarette and lit it.
He was told that all the law firms in the city politely refused to talk about unfamiliar cases. As if under the pressure of thunder, his words flickered, and his face was embarrassed. Although the public relations department tried its best to block the news, it still kept going, and it was obvious that a force was behind it.
Could it be Gong Minhua? No, she doesn't have such a lot of skills now. Could it be Moran?
Shan Ziwei keenly felt that there would be a fierce battle, and the mountains and rains were coming, but he didn't know who the enemy was at the moment.
Floor-to-ceiling windows face the river, and from here, the river turns into a thin white line, reflecting the towering buildings. The sun leaked down like golden sand, shrouding the peak of worldly prosperity, thousands of red dust.
He sat there, smoking cigarette after cigarette, as if hesitating. Finally, Shan Ziwei picked up his mobile phone and dialed a number.
He got straight to the point, "You've heard about strange things, right?" β
"I know."
"Now I need a reliable lawyer to help him, can you let her take over?"
He didn't say it by name, but Yu Yu knew it. Since when did Shan Ziwei also use "she" as the person's title?
After a brief silence, Ying Yushen said, "I'll contact her right away." β
Putting down the phone, Shan Ziwei found that the cigarette in his hand had burned to the cigarette butt, almost burning his fingertips. If he wasn't forced to do it, he would never ask her for help. But right now, he doesn't feel at ease with anyone but her.
Shan Ziwei extinguished his cigarette and made another call to Mu Tezhu, "Find out as soon as possible, who the other party is." β
Hara sat on a bench in the hallway of the police station, and she didn't know how long she had been sitting like this. Yan Wei has not come out since he was taken to the confession room by the police, and the lawyer has not arrived. She didn't eat, but she wasn't hungry at all, she felt as if her stomach was stuffed with stones, and her whole body stiffened.
She had never been more scared than she was now, and the despair and loneliness of her mother and grandmother's death struck again. There was also a group of reporters outside the door, waiting for her to go out.
Suddenly there was the sound of footsteps in her ears, and she looked up and saw a woman walking quickly. She wears a sleek professional attire and black heels. The whole person is like a phoenix tree, with clear falls.
Yuan Ziwen heard her say to the police: "I am Wen Shuyao, the representative lawyer of the unfamiliar language, and I ask to see my client." β
She quickly went through the formalities, and Yan Shu walked out under the leadership of the police. When he saw the original seed warmth, he didn't forget to show a gentle smile. Yuan Seed's heart is as warm as a knife, he should have not slept all night last night, his face was tired, and his eyes were slightly swollen.
"Why are you still waiting here, pack up and go to work."
"I'm on leave from the administration department."
Yan Wei rubbed her hair with her hand, "The president didn't agree, who would dare to give you a fake?" β
As soon as the words fell, Yuan Ziwen reached out to hug him, her face pressed against his chest, and his somewhat chaotic heartbeat could be heard. His embrace was so warm, but it seemed like it would disappear at any moment.
Yan Mu didn't move, just stared at her quietly. Her eyelashes were wet, like a bush by a lake in the morning, and her pale cheeks were almost transparent in the light, melting with the slightest breath.
He patted her on the shoulder, "Don't worry, I'm fine." β
He comforted her casually, but Wen Shuyao, who was standing next to him, frowned. She said, "Mr. Yan, I hope you understand that the current situation is very unfavorable for you. β
In addition to the physical evidence found by the police next to Yan Xiangguo's body, the most lethal confession was Qiu Shifen's confession. She described the dispute between Yan Strange and Yan Xiangguo to the police in great detail, and in her description, Yan Strange repeatedly said that she wanted to kill her stepfather, and "hated him to the core".
The words were unfamiliar, but they nodded indifferently. He knew that Qiu Shifen would definitely push him out in order to protect himself, and their mother and son had no affection in the first place. If Fuxiang is still there, Qiu Shifen will not let her go.
"The police won't allow bail, but I'll do my best. From now on, you have to pay attention to your confession, what to say and what not to say, and don't even think about confessing. β
Wen Shuyao's gaze is so sharp, she has been in contact with too many similar suspects, and she can see the other party's mental state from between the lines. Yan is calm and calm on the surface, but he is very negative inside, and he seems to have admitted defeat before the war, this attitude is the most dangerous.
Yuan Ziwen still wanted to say a few words to Yan Shu, and the police were going to take him to the detention center. He let go of her hand, still looking at her with a smile on his face. His eyes were filled with her shadow, but there was an indescribable concern, and he was more worried about her than himself.
Yuan Ziwen was afraid that he would not be used to it in the detention center, so he hurriedly went home to pack his things and send them to him. When I went downstairs, I saw Qiu Shifen, she didn't look like Yan Stranger at all, her eyes wandered, and she was always in a hurry.
"Auntie." Yuan Ziwen stopped her.
Qiu Shifen seemed to be startled, and turned her head to look at her in a daze.
Yuan Ziwen walked up to her and looked her in the eye, "The situation of the stranger is very bad now, can you help him?" β
Qiu Shifen turned her face away and avoided her gaze, "I'm just telling the truth, I can't lie to the police just because he's my son." Unfamiliar...... It did kill people. β
"He didn't kill anyone!" Yuan Ziwen unconsciously raised her voice, she gritted her teeth, and said again, "Strange him, not a murderer." β
"I'm not a judge, it's useless for you to tell me this."
Qiu Shifen turned around and was about to leave, but Yuan Ziwen stepped forward and grabbed her, "Auntie, just when I beg you, the stranger is your son, do you want to watch him have an accident?" β
She kept begging, Qiu Shifen hung her head and didn't speak, until Wen Shuyao saw this scene.
She hurriedly walked over and said to Yuan Ziwen in a stern tone: "You let go quickly, if you do this, the prosecution lawyer can sue us for harassing witnesses." β
As soon as Wen let go, Qiu Shifen slipped away like a fish that had slipped through the net. Yuan Ziwen knew that she was a little impulsive, but she really didn't understand why Yan Strange had such a mother. Before last night, he had never mentioned his family in front of her, how did he come over by himself after so many years?
The media called him the glorious son of heaven, born to stand out and overlook all living beings. When Yuan Zi Wen first met him, he also thought so. But now she understands that behind the brilliance is endless suffering and loneliness, he just works harder and stronger than others.
Wen Shuyao understood the feelings of the suspect's family very well and comforted her, "Mr. Yan still needs your support, you must not fall before him." β
"I know, thank you Lawyer Wen."
She's right, the battle has just begun.
Fang Xuan ate at the temperature of the original seeds, which is a private dish.
Old-fashioned western-style building, the private room is very private, and the window is facing the sycamore tree. The original seed looked out with great attention, only to realize that autumn had come. The wind blew, and the shadows of the leaves were reflected on the white walls, like feathers drawn with a pen.
When the food was served, they just ate in silence. Yuan Ziwen used a fork to pick up the rose pudding in a fine bone china dish, which was so soft that it seemed to be translucent amber.
"Cousin, are you still worried about strangers?"
Yuan Ziwen didn't respond, there have been too many things happening lately.
After the news of Yan Wei's arrest spread, the entire "Evangel" panicked. At this time, Luo Qiang and Tan Ruoli resigned collectively along with the directors of several important departments. They submitted their resignations directly to Shan Ziwei, and Shan Ziwei didn't keep them much, he seemed to have expected such a move a long time ago.
Take advantage of the fire to rob, and draw wages at the bottom of the lake.
Yuan Ziwen heard that they seemed to have gone to "R", and Ju Yanqian also terminated her partnership with "Evangel". Just yesterday, Shan Ziwei held a press conference to announce to the media that Tong Aixin would return to the post of temporary acting president, and he did not mention anything about the unfamiliar case.
Yuan Ziwen saw Tong Aixin, and his heart was settled. She returned from the dust, a little tired, but she still spoke with a lot of energy, and under her command, the whole magazine finally resumed its course.
Fang Xuan saw that Yuan Zi was preoccupied, so she said, "Have you ever considered what to do if the stranger is really found guilty?" β
This hypothetical original seed Wen didn't dare to think about it, and he didn't want to think about it.
"Actually, there's something I should have told you a long time ago." Fang Xuan put down her chopsticks and looked up at her. Every time she looked at her like this, she would say something that made Primordial Seed Wen tremble.
"Do you remember when I was kidnapped and framed in Shanghai? In fact, it was a stranger who found someone to do it. β
Yuan Ziwen didn't quite understand what she meant.
"From the very beginning in the United States, he approached me with a purpose, because I was the daughter of Hara Hongliang. At that time, "Evangel" was in the midst of a civil war, so to speak, alone, and in order to get my mother's support and get a chance to negotiate with her, he used me to lure her to Shanghai. From beginning to end, he didn't treat me as a friend, even the Shending Group, and he was just a pawn he used to fight against the Mo Group. β
Her tone was fast, like a rain, and it smashed on Yuan Ziwen's body tightly, making her involuntarily shiver. Even though the window was closed, she heard the rustling of the wind, perhaps the ringing of her ears.
Yuan Ziwen said slowly: "How do you know these things? β
"My dad wants to investigate something, and he always has a way to do it."
No wonder Fang Xuan's attitude towards Yan Stranger has changed since a long time ago. In the past, she always liked him like an idol, and she wanted to make do with him and Yuan Ziwen.
Fang Xuan stared at her intently, "After all, how much do you know about Yan Stranger?" Can you guess what he has done and what he is thinking? β
She looked out the door vigilantly and lowered her voice, "You've been ghostly for a while since you came back from Shanghai, and I've only recently figured out why. β
Raw Seed Wen Huoran raised her head, she was a little unsure, as if she had stepped on the air when she went downstairs. She tried her best to capture some details from Fang Xuan's expression to guess, but the other party's next sentence had already been spoken.
"That robber is innocent."
In an instant, the original seed Wen seemed to return to that rainy night, and countless snow-white and hideous beasts pounced on them with their teeth and claws, tearing everything in heaven and earth into dust.
She thought that if she had forgotten, she would be able to erase the memory from her mind completely.
"You...... Got it? β
Fang Xuan's eyes were full of pity and pity, and she quickly said: "The murderer who killed the robbers has been caught by the police, and he is a few loan shark hooligans. He was wounded that night and happened to meet them. β
The original seed was stunned for a few seconds before realizing what was going on.
It was raining heavily that night, and it was pitch black, and she and the robber pushed him to the ground during an argument, and the other party was stabbed with a knife, and the blood was scattered all over the ground. She was so scared and anxious to pay the ransom that she didn't care about confirming anything. When she passed the alley again in an unfamiliar car, and heard the police say that there was a murder, she thought that she had really killed someone by mistake.
During that time, she was almost worse than dead, and she was trapped in guilt every day. She wanted to go to the police station countless times to turn herself in, but she didn't have the courage to step out of the house. If it weren't for Yan Strange to pick her up, I'm afraid she would have been on a dead end.
"Have you ever thought that the truth of that case was known to Yan Wei, and he deliberately didn't tell you. Because he wants to hold this handle in his hand as a bargaining chip, with which he will trip you and take advantage of you. β
Fang Xuan sneered, "Or he wants you to be like him, burdened with crimes, and have a shadow in this life." β
"Fang Xuan, don't say it."
"I'll tell you, cousin, it was I who broke the news to the media and encouraged the old employees of "Evangel" to resign. It was I who put pressure on all the law firms to take on unfamiliar cases. Because I want him to go to jail, he simply doesn't qualify to be with you! β
"Shut up!"
Yuan Seed Wen suddenly got up, like an arrow. The porcelain cup in front of her knocked over to the ground, and the plum wine flowed out like a pool of blue water.
She even had difficulty pronouncing words, "Even if Yan Stranger approached you at first was not accidental, but you have been together for so long, what kind of person he is, don't you understand?" β
Fang Xuan looked at her steadily, her voice became very soft and soft, "Maybe stranger is not a bad person, but I can't let him hurt you." He's in prison right now, he's likely to be found guilty, and you'll only get deeper and deeper if you follow him. β
Yuan Ziwen remembered that when she was fifteen years old, Fang Xuan sent a photo of An Jialu and Hei Xun kissing to the media, and when she questioned her, Fang Xuan's expression was exactly the same as at this moment.
She had thought that by risking her life to take the ransom money to save her, all the unpleasant past between them would be able to laugh at the grudge. But now Yuan Ziwen finally understands that Fang Xuan is the doom of her life.
Yuan Ziwen didn't say anything more, but went straight to the police station to ask to see the stranger. She wants to ask her face to face, and she wants to prove that what Fang Xuan said is all a lie.
I haven't seen him for a few days, Yan has lost a lot of weight, his eyebrows and eyes are more slender, and there is a cyan stubble on his chin. Yuan Ziwen knows that he has always been meticulous in appearance, because he is the helmsman of the fashion circle, and he is a model of countless people's dressing, and he can control the direction of the trend with his fingers.
When had she seen him so haggard.
When Yan Qian saw that it was her, he just smiled, "Why did you ask for leave again?" β
"Now that Sister Tong is back to take charge of the overall situation, she likes me so much, of course she asks for leave with me."
Yan Shu shook his head lightly, "Zi Wen, you have to learn to take care of yourself, whether it is Holiday or Luo Qianjun, they will not always be with you." β
"What about you?"
Yan Shu's eyes are still so beautiful, like a broken pool of stars. Yuan Ziwen liked the way he laughed the most, and there was a faint dimple on his right cheek. In fact, his smile is always very shallow, like a breeze on the sea, and the slightest wisps blow into his heart.
It's like it is now.
"No one can really accompany anyone for a lifetime, everyone has their own practice. If one day you feel lonely, it's because the rest of the journey needs to be completed by yourself. β
Yuan Zi Wen smiled nonchalantly, "It's started again, and now it's not in the company." β
She put her arm on the table, leaned over and said to him, "Fang Xuan told me something today, I think it's really funny." β
She described to him what she had just said in the restaurant, and when she finished speaking, she couldn't help laughing, as if she had heard the funniest rumor of the century.
The louder she laughed, the louder she became, and by the end she was overjoyed. However, Yan Mu did not smile, he still looked at her as he did just now, motionless.
He suddenly said, "Yuan Ziwen, let's break up." β
It's like an invisible hand that wipes the smile off her face at once. She asked, "What did you say?" β
"Let's break up." He said it again.
There was still a trace of consternation in Yuan Ziwen's eyes, and she clutched the edge of the table tightly, her fingertips whitening from the exertion.
"Why?"
"Fang Xuan's words are true." Yan Shu's tone was very calm, "I was looking for someone to tie her up, I already knew that the police had found the murderer who killed the robber, but I deliberately didn't tell you." After all, you have an ongoing relationship with the original family, and maybe I can use this secret to threaten you to help me do things in the future. I'm a businessman and I've never done business without profit. β
Yuan Ziwen looked at him blankly, as if he didn't know him. Didn't he tell himself to keep smiling no matter what happened to him? But why do you smile so happily, but feel so uncomfortable?
"I don't believe it."
"Yuan Ziwen, don't make a fool of yourself anymore. You don't like me at all, you're with me just because I happen to be there when you need help the most. It's gratitude, it's dependence, but it's definitely not love. The person you like is Anjialu, and to this day, you still can't forget him. And I've never liked you, I just want to keep you with a lot of pieces. β
He sighed with relief, "Now that you know everything, there's no point in going on." So let's stop here. β
Yan Wei stood up after speaking, he had to leave here as soon as possible, he didn't dare to look at Yuan Ziwen's expression at this time. He never knew that the pain could be so intense, all at once, it was heavy and clear, flowing down the veins to the heart, making people almost breathless.
He heard her voice, "Liar." β
She was like a broken puppet, repeating the word over and over again, liar.
At this moment, he suddenly remembered many, many things.
He remembered that when she was fifteen years old, she gave him her ring, saying that it would bring him good luck.
He remembered that he had met her on the first night of his return home, and when the splinter window had smashed down, he held her in his arms, and he knew that he had never forgotten her.
He remembered that she was crouching on the ground crying hoarsely, hysterical like a trapped animal, and that she had not eaten for several days, lying unconscious in bed.
He said to himself fiercely in his heart that he must make her happy.
After so many years of walking, fate finally sent her to him, so longing, so expecting. Even he didn't know that he had loved her for so many years. It's like a seed buried deep in the heart that has sprouted for a long time, just waiting to break through the ground one day.
She was a woman he didn't speak to, and she was supposed to be his.
But now, it's all over.
That night, he knew that she had given up on herself because of Anjialu, so he gave himself to him in a hurry. But he couldn't refuse, even if it was a dream, he wanted to sink and never wake up.
It was like a stolen time, and he almost believed that she loved him.
However, it is a dream, and it will wake up.
Yan Shu suddenly stopped, turned around and walked back to Yuan Ziwen, he took off the rings on his fingers one by one and put them on the table. Those rings have been worn for so long that they almost grow with the skin. He forcibly took it off, as if he was trying to give up something.
Yuan Ziwen didn't say a word, just silently watched his movements.
She stood up like a ghost and walked out slowly, and the sunlight put her in like a fluffy bag, and she could no longer see clearly.
The last ring was too hard to hold, and he waved his hand, only to find that it was right on the ring finger of his left hand.
For a lifetime, never give up.