Chapter 54 Do you care?

Aunt Zhao said that the insurance agent was returning from a business trip when the brakes on his electric vehicle failed and he collided with a cement tanker traveling in the same direction. The vehicle tilted and the agent was caught in the rear wheel, with his brains crushed out.

"It's such a tragic death. The young man had just gotten married and his wife was only two months pregnant." The neighbors' eyes were filled with regret.

“It’s a pity,” I replied.

Car accidents like this happen every day, but this death was a bit too coincidental. I felt a little confused at the moment. After exchanging a few words with Aunt Zhao and the others, I said I wanted to go back.

I was walking alone on the noisy street, thinking about many things, with a dazed look in my eyes. So many things had happened recently that I felt a little lost for a moment.

"Don't run." A familiar voice brought me back to my senses. I saw Yan Yun, whom I had met twice, chasing someone. It was a young man with a women's bag in his hand.

When the boy passed by me, I stretched out my leg and tripped him, and he fell to the ground. Yan Yun rushed over and handcuffed him, then turned to look at me.

"Xiao Wan?"

"Thank you so much."

"It's okay, it's just a piece of cake."

At this time, the woman who lost the bag ran over and hit the robber with the bag.

"Do you know how important the money in my bag is to me? That was the life-saving money I borrowed from others with great difficulty. My son has leukemia and is almost dying, and you still want to steal the money?" The woman said excitedly.

"Sister, I've taken the money back. Don't go too far. If you beat me too much, you will be held legally responsible." Yan Yun looked at the woman, took out his wallet from his pocket, and handed all the money in the bag to her.

The woman shook her head upon seeing this.

"Comrade police officer, I'm already very grateful for your help in catching this robber. I can't ask you for any more money."

I hurriedly opened my bag and took out all my money. I counted it and found only a little over a thousand. I had paid Jiang Ruohe back the hundred thousand last time and hadn't received my salary this month, so I only had this little left. I handed it all to the woman.

"Sister, your child is sick and in urgent need of money, please take this."

Yan Yun also gave the money in his hand to the woman. The woman was so moved that she started crying and said that good people will be rewarded.

"Sister, please go to the hospital immediately."

After the woman left, Yan Yun looked at me and said thank you to me again.

"What are you thanking me for? By the way, I want to ask you something."

Yan Yun asked me to wait a moment while he called his colleague to take the thief away.

I looked at him and said that it was inconvenient to talk on the street, so I might as well treat him to tea. Then I remembered that I didn't have a penny in my pocket, which was very embarrassing.

Yan Yun took a look, smiled and said no need.

"My police car is nearby, and I happen to have two bottles of mineral water. Why don't we talk in the car?"

After getting into the car, I took a sip of water and turned to look at Yan Yun.

"For example, let's say a criminal committed murder. You police suspect he's the murderer, but you have no evidence. What do you do then?"

Yan Yun thought about it and said that the police usually arrest people only when they have some evidence. If it is just a suspect, they will invite him to the police station for questioning. During the interrogation, they will use psychological tactics, especially observing the suspect's eyes.

"If the suspect confesses, the case is solved, but generally speaking, evidence is still needed. Without evidence, and given that some suspects are cunning and wary of our psychological tactics, we can't arrest them even if we have enough suspicion."

I asked Yan Yun what psychological tactics were.

"It's just telling him what might have happened at the scene and pretending to have evidence."

Yan Yun explained it to me carefully and then asked me if anything had happened.

I briefly told Yan Yun about my father's situation.

"So, you suspect your father's sudden death was caused by your stepmother as part of an insurance fraud?"

I told Yan Yun that I was a little suspicious, mainly because of Shen Xiuting's character. She bought insurance from my dad, and not long after the purchase, my dad passed away. When I wanted to ask the insurance agent, the agent was in a car accident.

"I just think this is all too coincidental. I'm a little suspicious, but there's not enough evidence."

"That's going to be difficult. We, the police, have to rely on evidence to arrest people. Besides, your father has already been buried, so we can't perform an autopsy on him. So even if I want to summon her, it's not possible."

"I know this, so I came to ask you how to play psychological tactics."

"Okay, then, find a time to meet with your stepmother alone and test her. Maybe you can break through her defenses. It would be best if you could use a recorder to see if you can find any loopholes."

I thanked Yan Yun. Yan Yun smiled and knew that I had no money. He asked me where I lived and said he would take me home.

"Will you send them there in a police car?" I asked jokingly.

Yan Yun nodded and said that he would go back to the institute after he sent me back.

"In your residence?" I asked.

"Um."

Just then, Yan Yun's phone vibrated. Yan Yun said that it was his mother calling via video and asked me to wait.

Yan Yun had just been chatting with his mother for a while when his mother noticed me sitting in the passenger seat. She seemed a little happy and asked me if I was his girlfriend. Yan Yun hurriedly explained that I was his friend.

"Son, you are almost thirty, hurry up and find a girlfriend. Your father and I are old and we still want to have a cup of wife tea."

There was some guilt in Yan Yun's eyes. He said that he was busy dealing with cases every day and had no time to date a girlfriend. Even if he did, he would not have time to accompany his girlfriend.

"I don't care. You must bring me a girlfriend for the New Year. Otherwise, Mom won't let you in."

After hanging up the video, Yan Yun sighed.

"How about one day when you are free, I will introduce you to a girlfriend. She is a colleague of mine in the company and is very beautiful." I said to him.

Yan Yun nodded and said yes.

After Yan Yun drove the police car to the Jiang family's old house, I got out of the car, thanked her, and joked again that it was my first time coming back in a police car.

When I just entered the yard, I found Jiang Ruohe walking out quickly, standing in front of me with some concern, and asked me if something happened.

I said no, Jiang Ruohe's eyes turned cold and he glanced at me.

"Why would I take a police car without you?"

After saying that, he turned and went into the house. I looked depressed.

"Who is he? What's wrong with me riding in a police car? What does it have to do with him?"

As soon as I entered the room, Aunt Wang pulled me aside and looked at me with some apology.

"Don't blame me, Master. I was just being nosy. I saw you coming back in the police car at the door and hurriedly told you. You thought something had happened to you and ran out right away. You didn't see how panicked I was. I'm really enviable."

My face was filled with black lines, and I was highly suspicious that Wang Ma was seeing things. How could Jiang Ruohe possibly care about me? I guess he wouldn't even care about me even if I died.

"Madam, have you eaten?"

I shook my head and said no, something delayed me and I came back late.

"Then I'll go in and heat up some food for you."

"Oh, right. Just now during dinner, the mistress said that you might have had dinner with that boss and got scolded by the master."

Mother Wang whispered to me that after Wang Yingzhi was scolded by Jiang Mingzhe, he asked Jiang Nianhao to take Wang Yingzhi out. Just ten minutes before I came back, he and his wife drove away.

"The master also said that anyone who dares to gossip will be kicked out of the Jiang family mansion."

I guess Jiang Mingzhe said this to Jiang Ting and her son. And Wang Ma said so much to me because she must have been inspired by Jiang Mingzhe to change my opinion of Jiang Ruohe and prevent others from bullying me.

It's really hard for Grandpa to do this. But the ending between Jiang Ruohe and I really can't be changed.

"Xiao Wan, do you know why the young master came back early now?" Aunt Wang asked me again.

I shook my head and said I didn't know, and Aunt Wang smiled.

"That's because I'm afraid you'll be bullied by his mother, so I'm back at four o'clock."

I trembled all over and was a little bit unbelieving. Seeing that I didn't believe it, Wang Ma became a little anxious.

"Think about it, the master has handed all the matters over to him now. Jiang is so busy, how could he have time to come back? Isn't it because he is worried about you?"

Seeing that I didn’t say anything, Aunt Wang said she would go and heat up some food for me and let me think about it carefully.

I sat alone at the dining table. I looked up at the stairs to the second floor. Jiang Ruohe has been treating me much better recently, but so what? It's because he feels guilty about me. There must be no other reasons.

There was a voice in my heart asking myself, what if Jiang Ruohe had feelings for me?

I reached out and slapped the table, then stood up.

I can't have one either. Anyway, my divorce with Jiang Ruohe is a foregone conclusion, and no one can change it.

No matter what, I must stick to my position. I haven't forgotten how Jiang Ruohe treated me before.

After dinner, I went upstairs and happened to meet Jiang Ruohe coming down. The two glanced at each other on the stairs, then turned away...

After going upstairs, I sat in front of the makeup mirror, wondering when Shen Xiuting would come back. I took out my cell phone, found a photo of me and my dad, and tears fell.

"Dad, if Shen Xiuting was really responsible for your death, I will not let her go."

After calming down, I was about to take a shower in my pajamas when my cell phone rang. It was a text message from Huang Minwei.

She said that she had received the message I asked Gu Bei to convey. She knew that Jiang Ruohe and I were about to divorce and would not embarrass me anymore. She apologized to me for what she had done before and finally said that she wanted to meet me to tell me a secret.

Just when I was about to ignore it, Huang Minwei sent me another text message, asking me if I wanted to know the person who gave her the advice. I wanted to put down my phone, but her last sentence attracted me. She said, I know that person too.

"I do have a desire to go." I smiled.

But I know Huang Minwei too well. Even if she knew that Jiang Ruohe and I would divorce in half a month, she still felt threatened. This threat did not come from me, but from Jiang Ruohe.

Because Jiang Ruohe no longer loves Huang Minwei as much as before.

After Huang Minwei attempted suicide, although Jiang Ruohe promised not to break up, he has been obviously avoiding Huang Minwei recently. As for why he is avoiding Huang Minwei, I am not very clear, but it can be seen that their relationship has changed.

What Huang Minwei cares about now is not that I have pestered Jiang Ruohe, but she is afraid that Jiang Ruohe will change his mind about me because of guilt. I am afraid that it was Huang Minwei who called Jiang Ruohe out just now. If she calls me again, it will probably be no good.

It's just like last time when she asked me to listen to the sounds of her having sex. This time, I was afraid that she wanted me to watch it. I put my phone on the table.

"I'm not going. I was so angry the last time I heard it. If I saw it, I would probably feel uncomfortable too."

As for why I felt uncomfortable, it was simply because I felt sick seeing both of them, and there was absolutely no other thought.

I just walked into the bathroom with my pajamas, then turned back and called Jiang Ruohe.

When Jiang Ruohe answered the phone, his voice sounded a little surprised.

"Are you on the way to Huang Minwei's house?" I asked indifferently.

There was silence on the other end for two seconds.

"Why, do you care?"

"I don't care."

I had wanted to kindly warn him that if he went to see Huang Minwei this time, she would probably resort to some illicit means. But he got so angry that I hung up the phone.

"Jiang Ruohe, you will regret this." I muttered.

But think about it from another angle. What if Jiang Ruohe took the initiative? Then my call would be a bit redundant. I'm kind of glad that I didn't say anything.

I took a shower and went to sleep. After lying there for a while, I thought about some things, got up again, made some preparations, and then fell asleep peacefully.

When I was awakened by a nightmare in the middle of the night, I suddenly found a figure standing in front of me. I hurriedly reached out to turn on the light and saw Jiang Ruohe.

"Are you crazy? I almost thought it was a ghost."

At this moment, Jiang Ruohe looked at me as if I were his prey, with a sense of danger and tension.

Startled, I quickly reached under the pillow, looked at him seriously, and asked him what was wrong.

A trace of struggle flashed across Jiang Ruohe's eyes. He shook his head and said it was okay, told me to have a good rest, and then went to the bathroom.

When he entered the bathroom, a hint of coldness flashed across my eyes. I tightly grasped the fruit knife under my pillow. I was afraid that I would not be able to get a good rest tonight.

Jiang Ruohe took a shower in the bathroom for more than an hour, and I sat there for an hour, not daring to close my eyes.

Suddenly, there was a bang in the bathroom. I immediately became nervous. Seeing that Jiang Ruohe hadn't come out yet, I felt a little scared and confused. I threw back the quilt and got out of bed with a fruit knife.

"Jiang Ruohe, are you okay?" I asked in a low voice while standing at the bathroom door.

After waiting for a while, Jiang Ruohe didn't pay any attention to me. I wondered if he had fainted in the bathroom.

When I turned on the light and saw Jiang Ruohe's hot face, I knew he had fallen into Huang Minwei's trap. Huang Minwei must have been anxious, so she came up with such a bad trick. It seems that Jiang Ruohe did not fall for it.

But I'm in danger.

"Jiang Ruohe, Jiang Ruohe." I called out twice more, but the person in the bathroom still ignored me.

I struggled outside the bathroom for five minutes, wondering whether I should go in. Even though I hated him, I couldn't just stand by and watch him die.

I tried to convince myself and finally breathed a sigh of relief. I took a fruit knife and opened a corner of the bathroom door. I saw that the mirror on the Huangzhuangtai was broken and stained with blood. When I was stunned, a strong hand reached out from beside me and pulled me in.

By the time I reacted, Jiang Ruohe was already standing in front of me. Looking at him emitting the scent of hormones, I was so scared that the fruit knife fell to the ground.

Jiang Ruohe lowered his head and saw the fruit knife. A complicated look flashed across his eyes, and he reached out and pushed me out again.

"Don't come in." He said in a suppressed tone.

I stood at the bathroom door for a few seconds, said that he still had a conscience, and went forward to knock on the door.

"Didn't you hear me tell you to get away?" Jiang Ruohe roared, making my ears hurt.

"Open the bathroom door a little, I have the antidote."

Han Ming gave me this antidote. At the time, he said there were always some bad guys in bars. Normally, if a man offered a toast, he'd have his men fend him off. But sometimes Han Ming wasn't around or was too busy, so he gave Xiaoyu and me some antidote to keep us on our toes. If you see someone offering a toast, whether they've drugged you or not, take one; it won't hurt.

Before going to bed, I thought about the possibility of Jiang Ruohe coming back. If he dared to touch me, I would kill him. If he didn't, I would still give him the antidote.

Fortunately, Jiang Ruohe was sensible, otherwise, my knife would definitely be stained with blood.

The bathroom door was opened a corner, and Jiang Ruohe reached out and took the antidote from my hand. When his hand touched mine, I trembled all over. Even though I had been showering for an hour, I still felt hot. It seemed that Huang Minwei had used some strong medicine.

I really want to ask Huang Minwei in person why she is so unconfident. Using tricks like this will only make Jiang Ruohe even more disgusted.

I suddenly remembered that Jiang Ruohe didn't seem to bring any clothes when he went in, so I turned around and got a pair of pajamas and put on my pants as well.

"Are you feeling better?" I asked, standing at the bathroom door.

He nodded, and I said I brought the clothes. The bathroom door was opened again, and he took the clothes. After a while, he came out with a normal expression.

It was then that I noticed his injured right hand, which was bleeding profusely. Thinking that he had applied medicine to me several times before, I looked up at him and asked him to wait while I got down.

I brought the medicine box from downstairs, asked him to sit on a chair, took out a cotton swab to help him clean the blood stains, and after disinfecting it, I bandaged him with gauze and finally tied a bow.

"Okay." I looked up at Jiang Ruohe and found that he was looking at me in a daze. When he saw me staring at him, he immediately came back to his senses and stopped talking. For a moment, the two of us fell into silence.

After a few seconds, Jiang Ruohe's phone rang. It was Huang Minwei calling. A hint of impatience flashed across his eyes and he quickly picked up the phone.

"Minwei, we..."

Before Jiang Ruohe could finish his words, Huang Minwei's crying voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Ruohe, I really didn't arrange that waitress. You have to believe me. We love each other so much, and you and her are about to get divorced. How could I possibly resort to such trickery? This really wasn't me. Someone must have wanted to frame me and alienate our relationship..."

Hearing Huang Minwei say this, a hint of sarcasm flashed across his eyes, but looking at Jiang Ruohe's eyes, he should have been shaken. After all, Huang Minwei's explanation did make sense.

If she hadn't sent me that text message, I would have believed her this time, but now...

"Then who do you think wants to frame you?" Jiang Ruohe asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Maybe Yu Xiaowan doesn't want to divorce you, so she's trying to frame me. Or maybe your grandfather doesn't want us to be together either. He's prejudiced against me and has been trying to match you up with Yu Xiaowan."

"Ruohe, it really wasn't me. It's already this critical moment, I can't possibly do so many unnecessary things. This won't do me any good and will make you hate me so much. It's obvious that someone is framing me!" Huang Minwei continued crying.

"Yes, I admit that it wasn't you who saved me three years ago, it was her, but I was the one who took care of you. Don't you know how I treated you in these three years? I gave you my beautiful first time. Even though you slept with Yu Xiaowan, I still forced myself to forgive you and kept waiting for you. Think about our child? How could you ignore me? How could you doubt me?"

"Even though Yu Xiaowan murdered my child and hurt me, I never did anything to hurt her. It's just that I couldn't accept that you did that to Xiaowan again, so I broke up with you, and you just agreed to it."

"Jiang Ruohe, what did I do wrong? Why are you treating me like this? Are you in love with Yu Xiaowan because of your coldness towards me? If so, just tell me straight and I'll quit."

Huang Minwei accused Jiang Ruohe of being ruthless, which made Jiang Ruohe's eyes more struggling. I have to say that Huang Minwei played this chess move very well. I only guessed the beginning, but not the ending.

She easily pointed the finger at me and Grandpa, accusing Jiang Ruohe, making Jiang Ruohe feel that it was Jiang Ruohe himself who changed his heart, and she, Huang Minwei, was the one who was hurt the most.

Huang Minwei cried heart-wrenchingly during the phone call.

"It's been three years. We've been dating for three whole years. Don't you know what kind of person I am?"

"Minwei, I believe you. I will investigate this matter. I have been cold to you these days. Don't cry." Jiang Ruohe's voice became gentle.

After comforting Huang Minwei for a long time, he hung up the phone, then looked up at me and stared at me for a long time.

"How do you have the antidote for this drug?" he asked.

My heart instantly turned cold and I looked at him with raised eyebrows.

"Why, do you think I framed Huang Minwei?"

"No, it's just..."

"Enough, Jiang Ruohe, I tell you, I don't have the intention to frame Huang Minwei, because I can't wait to get a divorce, I wish you to be with Huang Minwei. Whether you believe it or not, it's up to you." I said angrily.

When I turned around, Jiang Ruohe stood up from his chair and called me.

"Yu Xiaowan, you can't wait to get a divorce. Is it because you've fallen in love with Xiao Shi?"

I didn't look back, but just said lightly that it was my business and had nothing to do with him.

Jiang Ruohe strode up to me and looked at me with cold eyes.

"Don't worry, the time is up, this young master won't keep you for even one more minute."

After Jiang Ruohe finished speaking, he took his coat and left, closing the door behind him.

I sat down on the edge of the bed angrily, regretting having just given him the antidote.

"Irritated." I pulled the quilt over me and fell asleep.

After breakfast in the morning, I went to work and was waiting for the bus at the road sign. Suddenly, a car stopped in front of me, the window rolled down, and the driver smiled at me. I suddenly remembered that it was this kind uncle who took me to the hospital on the night my father died.

There was some surprise in my eyes, and I hurriedly thanked him and asked him what his name was.

"Wang Chuan." He smiled at me.