“Nan Xin and Beichen still haven’t divorced, have they?”
“With Beichen being such an outstanding man, that wretched girl won’t let go easily. We have to hurry and make her give our daughter her place.”
Thinking of her daughter’s anxious expression, Nan’s mother was filled with heartache.
If it weren’t for Nan Xin, how could her precious daughter have suffered such humiliation? Nan Xin was an orphan. She should have rotted in some filthy gutter forever.
Nan’s father understood exactly what she meant. His tone was solemn as he said, “There’s that General Manager Wang from the building materials company we’ve been working with recently. He’d be perfect. He just divorced his wife, and he’s only a dozen or so years older than Nan Xin.”
“Fine. Get in touch with him. I’ll find a time to take Nan Xin over there.”
A vicious glint flashed in Nan’s mother’s eyes.
“And we can’t let that bastard child in her belly stay, either.”
Nan’s father hesitated.
“Getting rid of her is one thing, but she’s already so far along in her pregnancy. What if something happens? We could end up in prison.”
“Don’t worry. That fool still thinks we’re her biological parents. Even if something happens, she won’t blame us.”
Nan’s mother curled her lips into a smile, her eyes filled with scheming.
…
Public Security Bureau.
Nan Xin and Ji Zhouye sat on the sofa in the bureau chief’s office, with freshly served tea and snacks placed in front of them.
Nan Xin had little appetite. After taking a few sips of tea, she set the cup down.
“Dr. Ji, how did you know to come?”
She couldn’t help asking first.
When she had been taken away, she had been outside, and the only person with her was Shen Zhixia. But Shen Zhixia barely knew Ji Zhouye. So how had she managed to contact him?
“Your friend ran to my house and had Madam Zhang call me. She said that if I didn’t come save you, the bad guys were going to bully you to death.”
Ji Zhouye’s voice was deep and magnetic, carrying an irresistible mature charm.
Nan Xin felt like she wanted to find a hole in the ground and crawl into it. She was too embarrassed to face Ji Zhouye again.
She silently gave Shen Zhixia a thorough scolding in her mind.
As expected of her best friend. She really knew how to create trouble for her.
She cleared her throat and said awkwardly, “Zhixia just talks like that. Dr. Ji, please don’t take it to heart.”
“Mm.”
Silence fell between them.
Fortunately, it wasn’t long before Bureau Chief Fang returned.
The moment he entered, he couldn’t help letting out a cold laugh.
“We’ve finished the investigation. The items were indeed not taken by Miss Nan.”
In fact, investigating the matter wasn’t difficult. As the only eyewitness, the villa’s servant was the best breakthrough point.
At first, the ordinary officers had only conducted a routine questioning. The servant hadn’t shown any obvious flaws—or rather, she had simply told them what she knew and hadn’t actually lied, so she had felt no psychological pressure while answering.
But when Bureau Chief Fang went back to question her with an imposing air of authority, she finally revealed a weakness, allowing him to find the hole in her story.
After a thorough interrogation, the truth became clear.
Nan Xin had indeed returned to the villa, but apart from her own room, she hadn’t gone anywhere else.
As for those deliberately misleading statements, they had all been taught to the servant by Nan Xin’s husband’s mistress, Nan Yu.
In short, the ring had never been lost in the first place. The entire thing had been staged to frame Nan Xin.
The case itself had been easy to investigate. The only reason the situation had dragged on was because Nan Xin hadn’t wanted to drag Ji Zhouye into it.
And even after everything was cleared up, the other side could simply claim that they might have made a mistake, and the matter would be dropped. No one would think to suspect a false police report. Who would have imagined that Nan Yu would be bold enough to actually report a fake crime?
“Bureau Chief Fang, filing a false police report is against the law, isn’t it?” Ji Zhouye asked unhurriedly.
Bureau Chief Fang shot him a sideways glance and said meaningfully, “If I remember correctly, forensic medicine majors have courses related to law, don’t they?”
“Perhaps.”
Nan Xin froze.
Wasn’t Ji Zhouye an obstetrician-gynecologist? What did that have to do with forensic medicine?
And judging by the way they interacted, the two of them seemed to know each other.
Perhaps her expression had been too obvious. Bureau Chief Fang sat down across from them and smiled.
“I haven’t introduced myself yet. Nice to meet you, Miss Nan. I’m basically half a senior of Zhouye’s.”
Nan Xin was even more confused.
Bureau Chief Fang looked to be in his forties, while Ji Zhouye was only around thirty. Even if they had attended the same school, the difference in their graduation years shouldn’t have allowed them to become this close, should it?
Ji Zhouye had been in Jiangcheng for so long, and this was the first time he had ever called Bureau Chief Fang.
Since Nan Xin was married, Bureau Chief Fang hadn’t considered anything beyond friendship. He simply assumed the two were close friends.
Unlike his stern demeanor in the interrogation room, Bureau Chief Fang enthusiastically began recounting Ji Zhouye’s impressive past.
“I met him at an anniversary celebration at our alma mater. To be honest, there probably wasn’t a single person in the entire school who didn’t know Ji Zhouye.”
Whenever he talked about this, Bureau Chief Fang still felt like giving Ji Zhouye a thumbs-up.
Ji Zhouye had entered the forensic medicine program as the top scorer in the entire city’s college entrance examination.
Two years after enrolling, he suddenly dropped out and retook the entrance examination. Once again, he ranked first in the entire city and was admitted to another university’s clinical medicine program.
And that was in the capital.
Everyone knew how prestigious it was to be the top scorer in the capital, yet Ji Zhouye had achieved it—not once, but twice.
Later, Bureau Chief Fang happened to run into Ji Zhouye again by chance, and the two exchanged contact information.
“Among the universities in the capital, I doubt there’s anyone who doesn’t know Ji Zhouye. He’s so ridiculously talented that he doesn’t even give people the opportunity to be jealous.”
Though Bureau Chief Fang said this with his mouth, the admiration in his eyes didn’t diminish in the slightest.
At that moment, however, Nan Xin became interested in why Ji Zhouye had suddenly switched majors.
She thought Bureau Chief Fang was about to explain, but instead, he curiously asked Ji Zhouye himself, “Zhouye, I’ve always wondered why you suddenly switched majors back then. I heard you’re working in obstetrics and gynecology now. That’s such a huge change.”
“Nothing special. I just wanted to switch.”
Ji Zhouye’s answer was indifferent.
“Tsk. Genius gets to be willful.”
Bureau Chief Fang could tell that Ji Zhouye simply didn’t want to talk about it, so he didn’t press any further.
Instead, he turned the conversation back to the case.
“I’ve already sent people to arrest Nan Yu, but I suspect there’s a high chance she’ll be released on bail. Miss Nan, do you want to continue pursuing legal responsibility against them?”
Nan Xin didn’t answer Bureau Chief Fang immediately.
She had no confidence in going head-to-head with Fu Beichen. Even if she pursued the matter, there was a high chance that everything would ultimately come to nothing.
So she sensibly said, “I demand that Ms. Nan Yu compensate me two million yuan for emotional distress. Otherwise, I’ll use public opinion to defend my rights.”
Shen Zhixia arrived just as things were coming to an end, accompanied by a man.
The man had a refined appearance and was dressed in a well-tailored suit. He looked extremely capable.
“Xin Xin, this is Feng Yang, a very well-known lawyer in Jiangcheng. I thought you might need him, so I personally went to bring him here.”
Nan Xin happened to need a lawyer right now.
She briefly explained everything to Feng Yang. From there, he would handle negotiations with Nan Yu’s lawyer.
Seeing that Nan Xin was fine, Shen Zhixia finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly spotted Ji Zhouye inside the room.
Her eyes instantly lit up.