"I just wanted to get my name out there. Xie Yifei told me about his family's situation, and it's not that complicated," Yin Xi whispered aggrievedly.
Jin Si Ye glanced at her. "What's the relationship between Jin Jingchen and the Jin family? Why is he involved too?"
"He... he's Master Jin's illegitimate son, the second young master of the Jin family." Yin Xi observed his expression and replied cautiously.
"What? Illegitimate son? So the illegitimate son rumored about the Jin family years ago was actually him. Ha, what a coincidence."
Qin Si Ye's eyes narrowed slightly.
"With such a relationship, you call it not complicated?"
Upon hearing this, Yin Xi quickly raised three fingers. "I swear, I only found out about this today after arriving at the Jin family's place."
As soon as she finished speaking, a rumbling sound came from the car.
"Hungry? Haven't you eaten dinner yet?" Qin Si Ye looked at her, changing the subject.
"Mhm," Yin Xi sheepishly touched her stomach.
Soon, Qin Si Ye drove the car to a Chinese restaurant and parked.
An hour later, the two returned to Xinglan Bay.
Walking up the stairs to the third floor, Qin Si Ye glanced at Yin Xi's room and said slowly, "Get some rest early. I'll handle the rest."
"No. Si Ye, don't get involved in this next part. I want to personally prove my innocence and catch the mastermind," Yin Xi, however, grabbed his arm and shook her head.
Qin Si Ye frowned. "You don't trust me?"
"It's not that. With your abilities, you can completely resolve this matter.
But the whole thing is not as simple as it appears on the surface, and I want to investigate it in my own way," Yin Xi explained earnestly.
Qin Si Ye stared at her for a long moment, then said, "Alright. But remember, if you encounter any situation that is detrimental to you, you must call me immediately."
"Mhm." Yin Xi smiled at him, then suddenly opened her arms and hugged him proactively. "Goodnight."
Then, like a gust of wind, she disappeared from his sight before the man could react.
Back in her bedroom, Yin Xi immediately took out her phone and called Jin Jingchen.
"Hello? Yin Xi, is that you? You're out?" Jin Jingchen's anxious voice immediately sounded from the other end of the line.
"Mhm," Yin Xi replied with a single word, then asked, "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine." Jin Jingchen's voice was filled with guilt. "I'm currently making calls to find connections. How are you?"
It wasn't until he made the calls just now that Jin Jingchen deeply realized the importance of a person's status.
He made several calls to the education department, but they couldn't help at all.
"I'm fine," Yin Xi pursed her lips with a relaxed smile. "What about my assistant, Tang Ran?"
"She's alright. But she probably hasn't experienced something like this before, and she seemed a bit nervous. I personally took a taxi to send her home," Jin Jingchen replied.
"Oh, that's good. As long as she got home safely, I can rest easy." Yin Xi paused, then continued, "In the interrogation room, Jin Zhanhao came to see me."
"What? What did he want to see you for?" Hearing this, Jin Jingchen's heart tightened.
Yin Xi chuckled softly and replied, "He said that if I agreed to be his girlfriend, he would let go of the matter of your father's poisoning."
"What? That scumbag, how could he say something like that?"
Jin Jingchen remembered Jin Zhanhao's philandering nature over the years, how many girls he had harmed, and gnashed his teeth in anger.
He suddenly asked, "Then... how did you get out?"
"Don't worry, my release has nothing to do with him. A friend bailed me out," Yin Xi replied softly.
"Oh. That's good. Yin Xi, I'm really sorry today.
If I had known something like this would happen, I would never have insisted on keeping you here."
After a two-second pause, Jin Jingchen continued, "I suspect someone is manipulating this from behind the scenes, deliberately framing you."
"I think so too, which is why I want to come out and investigate this matter myself." Yin Xi blinked her bright eyes,
"Jin Jingchen, actually, there's another important thing I want to tell you when I called you.
Your father isn't suffering from some strange illness; he was administered a slow-acting poison."