Chapter 111 Is the Madam Dead?

Wang Kai returned with the phone still in use. "Boss, Captain Lin said that the investigation into Duan Xi'er that you asked him to do has made progress."

Shen Jingsi, who was bent over and focused on scraping cream, didn't even lift his eyelids to signal him to continue.

Wang Kai said, "He said that there is no progress on the other matters yet, but they have found Duan Xier's phone communication records with Zheng Yaozong over the past five years."

A piece of cream was scraped off the petal, and Rui's eyes slowly creased.

Shen Jingsi said, "Go on."

Wang Kai turned on the speakerphone, and the voice on the other end said, "Member Chen, that's all we've found so far."

Such past events without substantial evidence are the most difficult to investigate, unless there are audio or video recordings that clearly document what the person said and did.

Shen Jingsi frowned in displeasure. "Lin Sheng, have you lost your mind after just a few days as acting director?"

The person on the other end was stunned for a moment.

After finally managing to fill in the missing piece, Shen Jingsi truly sighed.

That's incredibly stupid. How can he entrust his wife and children to them in the future if he does this?

Speechless, she closed her eyes and raised her voice, "If you can't find evidence, find someone. Find whoever you can find, don't you understand?"

Wang Kai whispered into the microphone, "The boss means to break through from Zheng Yaozong."

Lin Sheng on the other end suddenly realized!

Zheng Yaozong is in prison.

He clapped his hands and immediately stood up. "I understand, Mr. Chen. I'll get him transferred out right now."

If he previously had complete trust in his subordinates' abilities, after all, he had personally selected them from tens of thousands of people, then now Shen Jingsi was starting to have some self-doubt.

He added, "If we really can't get anything out of them, we'll have them confront each other."

Lin Sheng tentatively asked, "What about the standards?"

"Throw a knife in."

"..." Lin Sheng, "Understood."

After hanging up the phone, Wang Kai silently looked at Shen Jingsi, who was intently painting the cake.

The words "throw a knife in" echoed in his ears. He lowered his voice and asked, "Boss, what if Duan Xi'er really gets killed by Zheng Yaozong?"

Although the nature of their relationship is still unclear, given that they are alone together, and Zheng Yaozong is a scoundrel with no moral compass, things could really escalate to a point where they're all fighting...

"Otherwise, would she be able to live a good life?" Shen Jingsi casually finished decorating the cake without even lifting his eyelids.

Of course not.

He imprisoned Duan Hong in Jingchen Hospital in order to control him.

She was destined to die if she continued to follow in her father's footsteps.

It's just a matter of sooner or later.

Shen Jingsi said, "If she really dies at Zheng Yaozong's hands, then she'll be lucky."

Wang Kai seemed to understand. "Since she's going to die anyway, why did you have Lin Sheng investigate her past?"

He picked up the "Peace and Happiness" sign and inserted it into the very center of the petal cake, from top to bottom.

"Because I need to figure out why Zhenzhen suspected her first after waking up."

And then there's that line, "She's wanted to kill me for a long time."

Shen Jingsi knew his girl well; she wouldn't say such things unless something had actually happened.

From Shen Jingsi's increasingly serious expression, Wang Kai realized something. "What if... they really found out something..."

The man's phoenix eyes, which had been fixed on the camellia cake, were gradually consumed by a surge of ruthlessness. He said in a deep voice, "Then it's not just about death."

Wang Kai's scalp tightened for no apparent reason at that moment.

It wasn't until the last six months that he, as the personal assistant, truly understood this boss.

If you hurt him, you'll have plenty of chances to survive.

But if he hurts the girl in his heart...

It's worse than death.

For example, even though he had promised Gao Zhengjie to let him off the hook, he still risked breaking his promise and offending the other party, and was punished by having Zheng Yaozong's four tendons physically castrated, and then threw him into prison to wait for death.

Wang Kai had already imagined it.

Shen Jingsi then asked, "How's the house hunting going?"

Wang Kai recalled his boss's request for him to buy a house abroad for his wife. "We're tentatively considering New Zealand, Finland, and Switzerland. Boss, which country do you think your wife would prefer?"

Shen Jingsi thought for a moment, "New Zealand, I guess."

"good."

He suddenly asked again, "How's the matter I arranged for you going?"

Wang Kai paused for a moment, then said, "This refers to... the division of marital property."

He pursed his lips and nodded slightly. "Most of the boss's assets have been transferred, but about the divorce..." He looked up. "Aren't you sure you don't need to discuss it with your wife?"

After overcoming numerous obstacles to get married, and with happy days just around the corner, they're now getting a divorce.

Wang Kai ultimately couldn't bear to do it.

Shen Jingsi didn't speak, but took a piece of cream from his finger and put it in his mouth. The sweet but not greasy milky aroma spread between his lips and teeth.

With his eyes lowered, he wiped his hands with a silk handkerchief. "Go and do it, as soon as possible."

Wang Kai could only nod, "Yes, I guarantee it will be completed within three days."

The cake was ready at 4 PM.

The shop assistants could tell that the owner was somewhat tired after several hours of meticulous work.

The tall man came out with his sleeves rolled up, the cuffs tightly binding his upper arms, highlighting his impressive muscle definition.

With his shirt tucked into his suit trousers, one hand pinching his aching waist beneath the shirt, and the other carrying an exquisitely packaged cake, he was watched reverently by the two rows of shop assistants with their eyes sparkling with admiration as he left.

The bodyguards opened the doors on either side, and Shen Jingsi walked out, a few strands of hair falling across his forehead. He tilted his head back and squinted at the red clouds and sunset on the horizon.

Such a stunning sunset! It would be perfect to take his girlfriend to watch it; she would probably love it.

Thinking about it, I asked, "What is Zhenzhen doing?"

Wang Kai immediately took out his phone, "I'll ask now."

Once in the car, Wang Kai called the security guard at the hospital. He frowned as he listened to what the guard said. "Boss, they said that Madam left three hours ago."

Just as Shen Jingsi was catching his breath, he opened his eyes and frowned. "Where did you go? Why didn't you report it?"

Just as Wang Kai finished saying "Let me ask," Shen Jingsi's phone rang.

He glanced at the caller ID, answered, and held the phone to his ear. "What's up, boss?"

A deep voice came from the other end of the line, "You have a house in Jinyun Bay, right?"

As he traced the edge of the cake box with his fingertips, Shen Jingsi replied, "Yes, would you like to stay for a couple of days?"

A deep voice came through the receiver: "Fire! Firefighters are putting it out."

With a furrowed brow, Shen Jingsi straightened his posture.

Before he could ask, another voice came from the other end, "Duan Xi'er has been rescued and rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment. Third brother, you might want to prepare yourself mentally."

Shen Jingsi, who was inexplicably gripping his phone tightly, didn't speak, but his breathing had already stopped.

After a two-second pause, Feng Jinheng said, "Zhenzhen, it seems, is inside too."

"..." After only two seconds, Shen Jingsi, who had been stunned, laughed. "Boss, today is not April Fool's Day, stop fooling around."

If Feng Jinheng were to immediately offer an explanation, Shen Jingsi would likely retort with a couple more sentences.

But there was silence on the other end.

He then fell silent.

The corners of her smiling mouth gradually flattened, then unconsciously tightened, and the light in her eyes slowly sank into the dark pool of delusion.

"drive."

The only response to Shen Jingsi's faint, murmured sound was silence.

Muna raised his eyes and looked at the stunned face in front of him.

He suddenly yelled, "Are you all deaf? Drive! I told you to drive!"

The driver, snapped out of his daze by the scolding, immediately started the car. Under the blood-red sunset, the Hongqi sped through the evening rush hour at breakneck speed.

Their wife is dead?

This is the most absurd joke Wang Kai has heard this year.

She was such a good person. She smiled and said goodbye to him when she left this morning. She was so beautiful, so kind and approachable. She was the kind of woman who cared about even whether the guards outside her ward were hungry or tired. And now she's dead.

Wang Kai didn't believe it, not at all.

But as soon as the car entered the Jinyunwan residential area, a row of fire trucks blocked the way, and the incessant sirens vibrated his nerves.

The surrounding air was mixed with black ash, shrouding the vibrant summer in a hazy gray, and billowing smoke continued to billow from the sky a hundred meters away...

A seemingly endless line of fire trucks blocked Hongqi's path, and Wang Kai was startled back to reality by the slamming of a door.

Before I could turn around, a dark figure sped past the car.

Upon recognizing the person, he felt a jolt run down his spine and quickly got out of the car. "Boss!"

At this moment, Shen Jingsi had no idea what he was feeling.

No, his mind was actually completely blank.

He ran forward at an even faster pace than on the day of the explosion, the warm breeze hitting his face like a cold knife, cutting into his numb and dazed eyes.

The fire at the villa has not been completely extinguished and is threatening to spread to surrounding villas. Firefighters are working hard to put out the blaze.

Feng Jinheng and Bei Tingwan had arrived long ago. Someone shouted, "Mr. Chen is here!" and the couple turned around at the same time.