She walked out of Xie Group in a daze, onto the bustling street in broad daylight, her heart in turmoil.
She hadn't expected Xie Zhendong to pull off such a move, no matter how much she had planned.
Jiejie could become the heir of the Xie family, but her child would no longer be hers. No mother could accept such a condition.
...
After being discharged from the hospital, Zhan Jiayi returned to the villa Xie Zhendong had bought for her.
She pushed open the door to the nursery and saw the baby supplies that had been bought in advance, as well as the cartoonish decorations in the room. Her heart ached again.
The nanny quickly closed the nursery door and helped her to sit in the living room, saying, "Miss Zhan, shall we put away the things in the nursery?"
"No, leave them as they are."
"But..."
"I said leave them!" Zhan Jiayi's voice suddenly became very loud.
The nanny was startled and hurriedly said, "Okay, okay. Miss Zhan, what would you like to eat for lunch? I'll make it right away."
"Whatever," Zhan Jiayi leaned lazily against the sofa, sinking back into a state of not wanting to say or do anything.
Seeing that she was still in a bad mood, the two nannies went to the kitchen, not daring to provoke her further.
Just then, her phone rang. She thought it was Xie Zhendong calling.
She quickly picked up her phone and was disappointed to find it wasn't.
Xie Zhendong hadn't appeared again after visiting her in the hospital last time, nor had he returned to the villa.
She felt like she was being abandoned again and answered the phone with a chaotic mind.
"Miss Zhan, I've investigated the driver you asked me to look into," the caller was the private investigator she had hired.
Zhan Jiayi asked, "What did you find out?"
"There's nothing suspicious about this driver. He's been a truck driver for four years and has some experience. It's not strange for him to have an accident. But right before the accident, his family immigrated abroad." The private investigator said, "I inquired with his neighbors, and his family wasn't wealthy before. They often worried about money for their children's education and tutoring. Recently, however, they seemed to have struck it rich, directly arranging for their family to immigrate and even buying a house abroad in advance."
Zhan Jiayi immediately sat up straight. This truck driver was indeed suspicious!
"Can you find out where the money for his family's immigration and house purchase came from?"
"Well, the truck driver's accounts are fine. But his wife's account suddenly received a large sum of money, and the source of this money cannot be traced. It seems to have been transferred from an encrypted overseas account."
"Money transferred from abroad?" She was a little puzzled. Yang Shasha had always stayed in Lancheng, so how could she make remittances from abroad?
"Yes, the source is indeed an overseas account," the private investigator said with difficulty. "As for which specific account, we can't find out because it's encrypted."
Zhan Jiayi said, "If you can't find out, forget it. Help me investigate someone else. I want to know all her experiences from birth until now."
"Okay, no problem." The private investigator asked, "Can you tell me everything you know about this person?"
"Of course." Zhan Jiayi told him everything she knew about Yang Shasha.
She wanted the private investigator to look into Yang Shasha's hidden affairs.
Based on what had been found about the truck driver, the accident was suspicious.
The truck driver's family had immigrated for no reason, likely related to this accident.
But she still needed evidence, evidence that everyone would believe!
She stayed at home for a few days and still hadn't seen Xie Zhendong.
She hadn't contacted Xie Zhendong either. After all, it wasn't the first time she had been abandoned by a man.
If a man wants to abandon you, nothing you do will help. The more you try to salvage the situation, the more pathetic you will appear.
Since it had reached this point, it was better to stay calm and figure out how to secure her own interests and leave gracefully.
This was also experience she had gained from her previous two relationships.
The door was opened from the outside. She still held onto a sliver of hope, but when she saw it was a nanny returning with groceries, she felt a wave of disappointment.
The nanny was carrying several bags, and one hand held a letter. As soon as she entered, she said, "Miss Zhan, I just passed by the mailbox downstairs and saw a letter in the mailbox for our door number. It should be yours."
Zhan Jiayi walked over to the nanny, took the letter, and saw it was mailed from abroad. She then remembered that William had told her that Xie Qining had left her a letter before his suicide.
She immediately returned to her room, opened the envelope, and found another envelope inside. The inner envelope was sealed, but nothing was written on it. She opened it again, and it was a sheet of paper with a prison letterhead printed on it.
The paper was entirely written in Chinese. "Zhan Jiayi, at this point, after much thought, I can only write this letter to you."
Zhan Jiayi found the opening sentence of his letter somewhat inexplicable.
Why would Xie Qining say this? He still had a mother, two sisters, and his own wife and children... If he wanted to leave a suicide note, he could have left it for them.
She continued to read.
"I know my father appreciates you not just for your beauty, but also for your intelligence and capability. After being imprisoned, I had a lot of time to think calmly and realized that the reason I was imprisoned was because I was deceived by Yang Shasha, the woman I loved and trusted the most. I don't know where to begin. In fact, I have concealed Yang Shasha's involvement in the entire matter from the public."
Zhan Jiayi read Xie Qining's complete experience of committing crimes abroad. She hadn't expected that Yang Shasha had been instigating Xie Qining from beginning to end.
The more she read, the more she found this woman terrifying.
At the end of the letter, Xie Qining wrote, "This prison is not a place for humans. I don't want to stay here any longer, but I no longer have the right to appeal. I only hope you can help me investigate these matters clearly and remind my parents not to be deceived by her again."
He probably didn't know that his mother had already been sent to a mental hospital, and because of her, his parents' relationship had completely broken down.
The letter also had a line at the bottom, "Help me. If you find anything, please write to me. I will wait, always waiting for your reply."
Zhan Jiayi reread the letter several times. Besides this, there was nothing else written, nor did it explain the reason for his suicide.
Looking at his final words about waiting for her reply, it meant that when he wrote this letter, he hadn't intended to commit suicide!
She suddenly realized that he hadn't committed suicide; his death must have another hidden story!
Zhan Jiayi hurriedly refolded the letter and put it back into the envelope. She found her phone and was about to call Xie Zhendong.
But after dialing a few numbers, she stopped. She thought that before telling Xie Zhendong, she should first investigate whether Yang Shasha was also involved in this kidnapping.
She reminded herself not to act impulsively.