Chapter 36

In the hospital

The doctor is examining Zhuang Yazhi's wound and bandaging it.

It was a mild concussion, not a serious injury, but even the hospital director came and arranged dozens of tests.

"I want to be discharged." After being bandaged up, Zhuang Yazhi wanted to leave immediately, eager to go and take advantage of Aunt Qianli's misfortune.

The hospital director exclaimed, "Wait a minute!" He winked at the doctor and told him to quickly close the door.

A group of people quickly dispersed, making quite a scene, which startled Zhuang Yazhi, who was about to get up.

"She's bleeding! Blood is overflowing, it's all red!" The hospital director quickly pressed Zhuang Yazhi back onto the bed.

"I misspoke earlier, it's a severe concussion, you absolutely must not move around."

Without giving Zhuang Yazhi a chance to refuse, he arranged for several doctors to be on duty.

"I need to make sure you are out of danger before you can be discharged."

Almost all the machines came up at the same time, giving Zhuang Yazhi the feeling of being a fat pig waiting to be slaughtered on a chopping board.

She simply felt that the hospital staff were trying to extort money from her.

But it's okay, let them be.

Shen Qianli was detained in prison. The more serious her medical records were, the heavier her sentence would be.

She was discharged from the hospital on the third day, and Zhuang Haiming personally drove to pick her up.

Su Sinan, the mother, has been at the police station for the past few days, eager to bring Shen Qianli to court for conviction.

Just as Zhuang Yazhi arrived at the police station entrance, she noticed a familiar car parked in front of her.

It was Cai Siyue's car, and Zhuang Yazhi got out of the car at almost the same time as her.

Her small face was haggard, her expression numb, and even looking down couldn't hide her swollen, red eyes.

John followed behind Cai Siyue. Today was the last day for family visits, and the trial would officially begin in two days.

Zhuang Yazhi met Cai Siyue's gaze. She felt flustered and dared not step forward. She said in a low voice, feeling guilty, "I'm sorry."

The two had visibly grown estranged.

Ever since Zhuang Yazhi learned that Shen Qianli was Cai Siyue's mother, it was destined that it would be difficult for her to become friends with her. Although they had a close relationship recently, it is undeniable that Zhuang Yazhi had been taking advantage of her all along.

Zhuang Yazhi gave a perfunctory greeting, and then, supported by Zhuang Haiming, walked into the police station.

The police station was large, but even the best soundproofing couldn't hide Shen Qianli's shouting and yelling; the iron gate was slammed loudly.

"Let me out, let me out... I'm innocent."

Outside the door, Zhuang Yazhi gestured for Cai Siyue to go in first.

Shen Qianli would definitely go crazy if Zhuang Yazhi went in. Out of guilt, she gave Cai Siyue the chance to go in first to avoid affecting their normal relationship.

Zeiss Yue was conflicted. She nodded slightly and then went inside with John.

Zhuang Yazhi couldn't hear what the three were saying; she could only hear muffled sobs.

They came out about half an hour later. When they opened the door, Shen Qianli was still crying and kept saying that she was innocent. However, when she saw Zhuang Yazhi standing at the door, her crying stopped abruptly.

She was silent for a second, then burst into a frenzied tirade: "You've wronged me! You've wronged me! I'll kill you!"

She bared her teeth and brandished her claws through the iron fence, her face contorted in a ferocious grimace.

Zhuang Yazhi gestured to the prison guards not to come in, as she had something to say to Shen Qianli alone.

The door closed, and Shen Qianli howled even louder. She was pulling at the iron bars, trying to crawl out and tear Zhuang Yazhi apart.

"Noisy." Zhuang Yazhi automatically muted it.

"Don't worry, you'll be out of the detention room in a couple of days."

Shen Qianli calmed down almost instantly, her face filled with disbelief.

Zhuang Yazhi smiled sweetly: "Then you can go to prison."

Humiliation came almost one after another. Shen Qianli's eyes reddened. She was indignant but helpless. All she could do was frantically bang on the door.

"Let me out, let me out, I'm innocent."

“I didn’t hit her on the head, nor did I set it on fire. It was all Zhuang Yazhi’s doing. She just wanted to kill me.”

It's true, but it doesn't matter.

What you see the moment you open the door is what matters, important enough to immediately convict someone.

"Aunt Chen," Zhuang Yazhi called out heavily.

"And another thing, you hit me with your car and then fled the scene, which is an even more serious crime."

"I didn't," Shen Qianli denied, her voice strained.

"Yes, you have it." Zhuang Yazhi had been waiting for this day for so long.

Shen Qianli was hysterical, and she wasn't afraid to go all out: "Where's the evidence? Show me the evidence."

She wasn't flustered at all, since all the evidence had been destroyed.

Shen Qianli smiled blankly, her whole body trembling as she laughed, completely lost in a state of madness.

Zhuang Yazhi certainly had evidence, but she smiled dismissively: "The evidence is in the eyes of your daughter, Cai Siyue."

"Your daughter got into my assistant's car and followed behind me. She saw with her own eyes how you hit me. She watched her mother kill someone."

"Including your hit-and-run, destroying evidence, I saw it all."

Zhuang Yazhi spoke each word with force and conviction, closing in step by step, slowly crushing Shen Qianli's psychological defenses, waiting for her to completely break down.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible."

Feeling guilty, she kept backing away.

When Cai Siyue came in just now, she was in a very low mood and didn't say much. She kept muttering that she should turn herself in.

Shen Qianli did see Cai Siyue get into a car that day, and she was very puzzled when she didn't see him again.

Now that she's heard this, she's terrified, terrified to death, her eyes are bulging with fear.

"You're lying to me! You're lying to me."

Neither of them noticed that the door opened and Cai Siyue walked in step by step like a block of wood, her eyes wet with tears, helpless and bitter.

"Mom, turn yourself in. That way you'll get a shorter sentence."

Shen Qianli is a person who values ​​self-respect and cares about her reputation. Such a cold confrontation is undoubtedly a blatant insult to her. She stares intently at her daughter, her lips tightly pressed together, unable to utter a single word, her body twitching slightly.

"Go away." After squeezing through the crowd for a long time, she finally managed to utter these two words through gritted teeth.

In the end, she couldn't bring herself to say anything harsh to Cai Siyue.

Cai Siyue was reluctant and conflicted.

She knew perfectly well that coming forward to testify against Shen Qianli would create a rift in their relationship, but she still chose to do it anyway.

“Mom…” Cai Siyue didn’t want to leave.

Shen Qianli's violent emotions shifted almost instantly. She had been in the detention cell for three days, and all her emotions had accumulated and were ready to explode at any moment.

Meeting Cai Siyue's innocent and bright eyes, resentment welled up from the corners of her smudged makeup: "You still know I'm your mother? Then why are you helping outsiders bully me?"

She was expressing her dissatisfaction, venting all her sorrow and bitterness on Cai Siyue.

Only Cai Siyue was willing to stay in this damp and dark detention cell, and Shen Qianli could only talk to her about it.

Cai Siyue hesitated for a moment, then carefully examined her mother again. Her stubborn and unyielding attitude stemmed entirely from the deep-seated sense of hierarchy and pride ingrained in her.

She's always loved being in the spotlight, so how could she admit to being wrong?

In the end, Cai Siyue didn't say another word and resolutely turned and left.

The empty detention cell was now empty except for Zhuang Yazhi and Shen Qianli. It was eerily quiet, and no one spoke. In the blink of an eye, it fell into a deathly silence.

Even with tears welling up, Shen Qianli didn't shed them easily. She raised her proud head and looked up at the only sliver of light shining through the two-meter-high windowsill. Though it was dim, the light was blinding, making her eyes sting: "Are you satisfied?"

Zhuang Yazhi crushed her self-esteem and scattered it all over the ground.

"Of course not." That's not enough.

What Shen Qianli is experiencing now is far less than one ten-thousandth of what she and her mother experienced in their previous life.

This fire was fake, but the fire in the previous life was real, burning my mother's body to ashes.

Shen Qianli needs to suffer even more, ideally with her head bleeding and no one to turn to for help, so she can experience what despair truly means.

The detention room is a mixed bag; all sorts of people are there, so it's not surprising that something might happen.

No sooner had she left than a dark mass of people surrounded her in circles, each one burly and menacing, striding toward where Shen Qianli was.

Shen Qianli retreated in panic, her trembling as she watched as the fists of those men clenched so tightly they cracked.

Before she could even scream, her cries were swallowed up by the crowd. The room was pitch black, and it was impossible to tell which direction the wails were coming from.

The absence of bloodshed often makes the tragedy all the more brutal.

Zhuang Haiming waited outside. The cruelty inside was unbearable to witness. He trembled as soon as he peeked through the crack.

"Would you like to go in and take a look?" Zhuang Yazhi invited.

He suddenly stepped back, shaking his head and waving his hands: "No, no."

Zhuang Yazhi smiled faintly, her indifferent demeanor only a dismissive gesture.

This is what happens when you disobey.

It's fortunate that Zhuang Haiming is shrewd and opportunistic; otherwise, Shen Qianli wouldn't be the only one getting beaten up inside.

My phone beeped with a message from Zeiss Yue.

She pleaded with herself to give Shen Qianli one last bit of dignity.

Zhuang Yazhi did not intend to release that video, after all, she was still in a cooperative relationship with Zhuang Haiming.

As for how to deal with the others, that depends on my mood.

Cheng Yan's car was parked outside the police station.

"The doctor advised you to rest. If there's anything urgent that needs to be dealt with, I can help you if you don't mind."

A gentleman is calm and gentle; the words spoken by Cheng Yan always make people feel very at ease.

"To be honest, there is one thing that only you can do."

Shen Qianli is currently being detained because she is suspected of murder and economic crimes. All of her assets will be seized after an inventory check.

Without her investment, Qianhai will lose a huge piece of its business. In addition, Shen Qianli has managed Qianhai for quite some time, and her sudden departure will inevitably cause unrest among the staff.

"Invest? You're guaranteed to make money."

She had checked and found that the Cheng family was extremely wealthy, practically rolling in money, and comparable to the Shen family in Haicheng.

As the eldest son of the Cheng family, even a small part of his talent is enough to cause a huge stir in the world.

It's always good to win over a few more wealthy people.

“Okay,” Cheng Yan replied without hesitation, without even asking what it was for.

He expressed great anticipation for doing business with Zhuang Yazhi and couldn't wait to join forces.

After agreeing on a preliminary cooperation plan, Zhuang Ya got into Cheng Yan's car and they drove away together.

As she passed the corner, she noticed an inconspicuous black sedan parked on the side of the road, but she only glanced at it and then passed by.

This Shen Yiheng has been following her for three days now, his intentions are unclear, and that's often the most terrifying thing.

I opened my phone, and the message page was empty. I started playing hide-and-seek online.

She needs to start taking precautions.