Chapter 158 My driving skills are very good

Su Hengyi instead asked Shi Nianzhi, "Do you want him to find out?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"Gu Zijian also sent people."

Upon hearing Su Hengyi's words, Shi Nianzhi understood that Gu Zijian was trying to make arrangements to erase any traces of Lu Jiunian's investigation before Lu Jiunian's people could investigate.

It's like being one step ahead in a game of chess.

Lu Jiunian wanted to investigate, but couldn't find anything.

They were ruthless in their actions.

The fact that Su Hengyi asked him if he wanted Lu Jiunian to find out meant that if he wanted to, he could use Su Hengyi's people to release what Lu Jiunian wanted to find out—the truth of what happened back then.

The car made a clean turn, but Gu Yuanyuan was still a little shaken. "Uncle, drive slower!"

"You're so pathetic."

Shi Nianzhi glanced at Gu Yuanyuan in the rearview mirror and then slowed down.

He then told Su Heng, "Let nature take its course. If he can find out, he can; if he can't, then so be it."

"You don't want Lu Jiunian to know the truth?"

"Let him know the truth, and then come begging for my forgiveness? Does he deserve it?"

After a pause, Shi Nianzhi continued, "I want to teach Lu Jiunian a lesson. I want him to understand that he loves me as a person, not my name."

Gu Yuanyuan was completely confused. He clung to the driver's seat and leaned over to Shi Nianzhi, asking, "Uncle, do you love Lu Jiunian or not?"

"Love, my love for Lu Jiunian is etched into my bones."

"Since you love him so much, does that mean you want to stay with him?"

Shi Nianzhi looked at him coldly, "When I forgave him the first time, I said I would never forgive him a second time. I remember all the despair and hurt he caused me."

Every single detail is vividly remembered.

Every time I think about it, it feels like being slowly tortured in my heart with a knife, leaving me bleeding profusely.

Deceived, abandoned, coaxed back with sweet words, only to be kicked away again. In the most desperate moment, she begged, but was not even given a glance.

He bumped his forehead in the snow and it bled, when someone threw money at him.

A person, struggling and praying for help for his adoptive father and Toki, grows up overnight.

What kind of attitude does Lu Jiunian, the instigator, have? His mother passed away, and although Gu Zijian was the one who killed her, he made Lu Jiunian take the blame.

No one stood by his side, and in the end, Lu Jiunian locked him in a dark basement. For so many days, Lu Jiunian only wanted to make him confess, trying to drive him insane.

If Lu Jiunian hadn't gone too far, how could he have suddenly gone blind?

At that time, he subconsciously felt that loving Lu Jiunian was a mistake, so he punished himself in this way.

How painful and disappointing that must have been.

These things, when recalled after the memories were restored, are so heart-wrenching.

That was his lover, the one who had promised to love him for life. Step by step, she drove him to his death.

He acts like nothing's wrong during the day, but he still has nightmares at night.

In his dream, he was walking alone on a dark road, and when he saw light, he ran towards it desperately.

It was either his mother or his adoptive parents, standing before him covered in blood.

They never scolded him, but spoke to him in the same gentle voice as when he was alive.

"Nianzhi/Zijian, take good care of yourself. Wear more clothes in this cold weather, and don't stay up so late..."

They reserved their tenderness for him, but he only brought them harm.

Every time Shi Nianzhi wakes up from a nightmare, her face is covered in cold tears.

He should forgive Lu Jiunian; he loves him so much, of course he wants to forgive him.

But how can I forgive him?

All of this tragedy stemmed from his love for Lu Jiunian. He himself was burdened with heavy sins and could not even forgive himself, so how could he forgive Lu Jiunian?

If he hadn't loved them so much and wanted those custom-made rings so badly back then, why would he have driven so fast on the highway in the pouring rain, causing his brakes to fail and resulting in a car accident?

This gave Gu Zichu an opportunity to take advantage of the situation, and through a series of unforeseen events, so many things went wrong, indirectly causing the deaths of three people.

"Read it!"

"Uncle!"

Shi Nianzhi was woken up by being called. He opened his eyes, his heart beating very fast.

Su Hengyi had already stepped on the brakes and stopped the car in the middle of the road.

Shi Nianzhi looked around. The sunlight streaming in was somewhat dazzling. He was panting heavily. "I'm sorry, did I just have another episode?"

"Uncle, you scared me to death! You kept accelerating just now. If Brother Su hadn't reacted quickly and pushed you away and stepped on the brakes, we'd probably be dead by now."

Su Heng handed Shi Nian a bottle of water, saying, "Have a drink."

Shi Nianzhi took the bottle and drank more than half of it in one gulp. He gripped the mineral water bottle tightly with his fingers, squeezing it until it was deformed.

He closed his eyes and said, "I'm sorry."

"I'll drive."

"Um."

Shi Nian got out of the car and sat in the back seat next to Gu Yuanyuan.

Su Heng glanced at the rearview mirror, then gently turned the steering wheel with his long, slender fingers.

Gu Yuanyuan stared intently at Su Hengyi's hand, and unconsciously swallowed.

Tonight is their wedding night.

he.......

Gu Yuanyuan, her ears red, turned her gaze away as if in a huff, looking out the car window.

He wasn't really looking forward to it!

But as she looked at the scenery rushing past the car window, Gu Yuanyuan's mind was filled with all sorts of messy thoughts, making her feel very hot and restless. She couldn't help but reach out and tug at her collar, shaking it slightly.

After a while, he felt guilty again, afraid that Shi Nianzhi would notice something, since it was quite embarrassing.

He glanced at Shi Nianzhi and saw that Shi Nianzhi was leaning back in the car seat with her eyes closed, as if she had fallen asleep and was not paying any attention to him.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The capital city.

Lu Jiunian has been discharged from the hospital and is recuperating at home, but Shi Nianzhi is still nowhere to be seen. When he calls him, his phone is off.

In fact, Lu Jiunian knew to some extent where Shi Nianzhi was, but he couldn't very well go there to look for her.

To be precise, he and Shi Nianzhi currently have no relationship whatsoever.

They are not lovers or sugar daddies, nor are they lovers, nor are they husband and wife, nor are they even friends.

But when he couldn't see Shi Nianzhi, Lu Jiunian would always feel inexplicably irritable. Although he wouldn't admit it, he really wanted to see Shi Nianzhi.

The assistant entered the study.

Lu Jiunian didn't even look up from the documents. "Still no findings?"

"It's not that we didn't find anything, it's that what we found is consistent with what's shown in Young Master Shi's records."

What do you think?

“I think there’s something wrong. The more it’s like this, the more deliberate it seems, as if someone arranged everything before us. However, regarding the missing persons and deaths you asked me to check, I’ve investigated, and there is one suspicious case.”

Lu Jiunian nodded slightly, signaling his assistant to continue.

The assistant handed over a piece of paper. "This is the person, named Shi Changzhi. After finishing his high school entrance exam, he went swimming in the river with a group of friends and never came back. Strangely, there is very little information about Shi Changzhi in his file, only that he was an orphan."

"Time will pass, and so will thoughts of you..."

Lu Jiunian read the two names aloud, frowned, then put down his pen, looked up at his assistant, and asked, "As far as I know, Dashan Village is very poor?"

"Yes, before you provided your assistance, it was an impoverished mountain village."

"How did such an orphan grow up in such an environment and even finish high school?"

The assistant nodded. "Indeed, this is a suspicious point. But during our interviews, the villagers said that the Shi family only has one child, named Shi Nianzhi, and no older or younger brothers. Should we continue the investigation?"

Lu Jiunian thought for a moment and then shook his head. "There's no need to investigate for now. Someone doesn't want us to continue the investigation, and this person has considerable power. Who do you think it could be? In this capital city, who would oppose me?"

The assistant lowered his head. "I don't know."

Lu Jiunian placed his hand on the table and tapped it lightly. "Do you think it could be Zijian?"

The assistant knew that Lu Jiunian wasn't asking him this question.

So he silently turned and left, closing the door behind him.

When the study door was closed.

Lu Jiunian waved his hand, knocking a stack of documents off the table and onto the floor. His anger, like the papers, scattered across the ground.

On the first day Lu Jiunian left home after recovering from his injuries, he saw Shi Nianzhi, whom he had been longing to see, at the door.

He was wearing a light purple suit, holding a piece of paper in his hand, standing there in the morning sun, his almond-shaped eyes shining brightly, making it impossible to look away.

After being out of sight for so many days, now that his injuries have healed, he dares to show up.

Why bother with him?

The man walked forward with a cold expression, as if he hadn't seen Shi Nianzhi at all.

The driver opened the car door for him, and Lu Jiunian got into the back seat.

Shi Nianzhi then walked over, shook the A4 paper so loudly it rustled, and then handed it through the car window to Lu Jiunian.

The man lowered his eyes slightly. "What?"

Shi Nianzhi smiled alluringly, "Resume! I just got my driver's license. Do you need a driver? I can drive you!"

Lu Jiunian saw the words on the resume. There was nothing special written on it, except for the job experience section, where it arrogantly wrote "Lu Jiunian's ex-husband".

Lu Jiunian's brow twitched at the sight, and then he looked at Shi Nianzhi with gritted teeth, "Disappeared for so long, did you go to take a driving test?"

"Yeah, how can I drive for you if I don't have a driver's license? How about it, do you want to hire me? I'm a very good driver."

When Shi Nianzhi talks about driving skills, it's as if he's holding ambiguity and flirting on the tip of his tongue, gently teasing her.

Lu Jiunian stared at Shi Nianzhi's mouth, his eyes darkening slightly. "You did this on purpose, didn't you?"

"Of course, I deliberately got my driver's license. You see, I don't have any special skills, and I know no one would hire me if I went out to find a job. I don't want to sell myself, and I know your driver's salary is high, so I got my driver's license. Mr. Lu, don't worry, I'm very self-aware. I'll only drive for you and won't interfere with your personal relationships."

"You're hired."

"Thanks."

Shi Nianzhi walked towards the driver with a smile, "Give me the car keys. From now on, I'll take care of your Third Master's steering wheel."

"OK."

The driver handed over the keys.

As Shi Nian got into the car, he slammed the door shut. "Mr. Lu, would you prefer it faster or slower, hmm?"

Lu Jiunian did not answer Shi Nianzhi's question. He coldly stared at Shi Nianzhi in the rearview mirror and said, "You deliberately shot and injured me that night, didn't you, huh?"