In the middle of the night, An Jing received a call from Xi Xianya at the police station, which caught him completely by surprise.
He had seen her at the bar where she sang last night, and she seemed fine. How could she have seriously injured someone today?
“Mr. Xiao, the police station asked me to contact relatives and friends. I don’t know who else to call,” Xi Xianya cried on the phone. “My mother just had surgery, and I can’t let her know I’m in trouble. I can only trouble you to tell the caregiver at the hospital to continue looking after my mother, and say that I’m away on a business trip.”
An Jing agreed and asked, “What exactly happened that led to the injury? Was it a dispute with a patron at the bar?”
“No…” Xi Xianya sobbed, unable to continue. “I killed Zhao Jianhua. He caused my father’s death and my family’s ruin… He deceived me, he deceived me so terribly…”
“But I haven’t told you yet,” An Jing said, still trying to understand the situation.
“He… he admitted it himself… I was pushed to the brink and lost control…” She was sobbing uncontrollably on the other end of the line and couldn’t say any more.
An Jing called out a few times, and a female police officer continued, “Are you a friend of the suspect? Her emotions have been unstable. It would be best if you could come to the police station to help us calm her down before we can conduct further questioning.”
“Alright.” An Jing had no choice but to go to the police station immediately to find out what had happened.
It was already very late, and he didn’t want to disturb Tianyi. He decided to figure out what was going on first.
Lan Yu heard him on the phone in their room and knew he was going out. She quickly came out to ask, “You’re still going out in the middle of the night? Is there something urgent?”
“Ah, the girl we met at the bar last night has gotten into trouble and been arrested,” An Jing said as he changed clothes. “She doesn’t have any family or friends. Since she called me, I have to go and see.”
Lan Yu knew he was a kind and warm-hearted person, so she didn’t ask any more questions, only saying, “Drive safely tonight and come back early.”
An Jing grunted, hugged her, and explained, “The reason I’m getting involved is for Tianyi and the others. This girl has an unusual relationship with Susu’s elder brother, but Susu doesn’t know yet.”
“I understand, you don’t need to explain.” Lan Yu smiled and said, “Don’t worry, I won’t believe the gossip in your company.”
An Jing asked in surprise, “You know about the rumors in the company?”
Lan Yu smiled and said, “Ao Xiang Group is so large, there will always be busybodies who wish for disharmony in our family. How could I possibly take them seriously?”
An Jing had never cared about the gossip in the company, regardless of whether it involved him.
But tonight, he realized that if his relationship with Lan Yu wasn’t strong, these rumors would be very damaging. It seemed he would have to manage the messy gossip in the company from now on.
An Jing lowered his head and kissed her forehead. “Wife, my dear wife, thank you.”
Lan Yu gently patted his shoulder and said, “Alright, stop being so mushy and hurry up. Come back tomorrow morning, have breakfast, and then go to the company. Don’t skip breakfast all the time; it’s bad for your health.”
“Okay, I’ll listen to everything my wife says.”
Upon arriving at the police station, he was led by the female officer in charge to see Xi Xianya, who was crying incessantly in the interrogation room.
“She won’t cooperate with the questioning, she just keeps crying,” the female officer said.
An Jing walked up to her and asked gently, “Xi Xianya, what exactly happened? If you need my help, you have to calm down and tell me the whole story.”
Xi Xianya hadn’t expected An Jing to come in person. Hearing his voice, she looked up at him, trying hard to stop her tears.
She extended one hand to An Jing and choked out, “I killed someone. I stabbed his head with the sharp end of a bottle opener… I, I saw so much blood. He was lying on the ground, convulsing… He must be dead…”
Hearing her incoherent words, An Jing understood that she was referring to Zhao Jianhua.
“The police say you injured someone, meaning Zhao Jianhua isn’t dead. Don’t be scared, cooperate with the police investigation, and I’ll hire a lawyer for you.”
Xi Xianya stopped trembling and said, “I’m sorry to you all, and you’re still willing to help me?”
“We knew for a while that you were working for Zhao Jianhua,” An Jing sighed. “I went to the bar last night to tell you that we had found out the truth about your father’s company bankruptcy. But seeing that you didn’t quite believe me, I thought I’d wait a few days to tell you after you’d seen the documents. I didn’t expect…”
“Zhao Jianhua! He’s not human! He deserves to die!” Xi Xianya still hated Zhao Jianhua when she thought about how he had deceived her.
The female officer beside them said, “You’re wrong. In a society governed by law, you cannot decide someone’s life or death. Only the law can punish him.”
Xi Xianya calmed down a bit and looked bravely at the female officer, saying, “It was self-defense at the time. If I hadn’t fought back, he would have… would have had me insulted. You can ask his assistant, Xia Ming. He was present the whole time and was Zhao Jianhua’s accomplice.”
“Alright, we will investigate,” the female officer replied.
Hearing the name Xia Ming, An Jing couldn’t help but think of the registered owner of the overseas company they had found. It was indeed someone close to Zhao Jianhua.
The female officer then asked her, “Are you ready to be interrogated now?”
Xi Xianya gritted her teeth and nodded. The female officer helped her up from the floor and had her sit properly.
“Mr. Xiao, you can wait outside. If you want to hire a lawyer, you can do so now,” the female officer said to An Jing.
An Jing left the interrogation room and sat in the police station lobby to contact a lawyer.
After the lawyer arrived, the police’s interrogation of Xi Xianya was not yet over. He handed over the matters here to the lawyer and went home first.
When he got home, it was already dawn. He didn’t wake Lan Yu and dozed off on the sofa, leaning against it.
When he woke up, there was a blanket draped over him, and the aroma of food wafted from the kitchen. His stomach rumbled with hunger.
He got up and walked to the kitchen door. He saw Lan Yu busy, looking at the millet porridge in the pot, then flipping fried eggs. Something else was steaming on another stove.
“Are you going to eat all this breakfast?” An Jing came to her side and said.
Lan Yu noticed he was awake. “You didn’t sleep much, did you? Go back to sleep for a bit longer. I’ll call you when breakfast is ready.”
“I’m not sleepy anymore. I’ll go see the child,” An Jing said, wanting to help her with something.
Lan Yu pulled him back and said, “No need. I’m afraid the child crying when they wake up will disturb you. I’ve asked the nanny to watch them.”
“Then I’ll help you in the kitchen.” An Jing looked around the kitchen for something to do.
Lan Yu smiled and asked, “Is that girl alright?”
An Jing looked at the porridge in the pot and said, “It’s not clear yet. She committed the crime on impulse.”
“She looked so young. What a pity.”
“It’s only her fault for believing a beast who was not human,” An Jing thought that since things had come to this, he also felt sorry for Xi Xianya.