Chapter 183 Confirmed to be Father and Daughter
Zhou Xiye glanced at Shang Shiyi's finger movements. If his previous analysis and speculations were all his own, he could now confirm that Shang Shiyi and Jiang Zhizhi were very likely father and daughter.
Shang Shiyi remained calm and composed: "Then you should go back and handle it quickly. You don't need to attend the report meeting this afternoon."
Zhou Xiye nodded his thanks: "Then I'll come again tomorrow, but..."
He paused, seemingly hesitant about whether or not he should say it.
Shang Shiyi asked kindly, "But what? If you have any difficulties, just tell me. You are dedicating yourselves to protecting others on the front lines, and protecting your families is also something we should do from the rear."
Zhou Xiye pursed his lips: "Have you heard the old story of the Bian family? There was once an adopted daughter who died in a fire. But not long ago, Bian Yucheng came to me with a photo of the adopted daughter, insisting that my wife looked a lot like the Bian family's adopted daughter."
She stopped there and kept her eyes fixed on Shang Shiyi.
I didn't miss a single micro-expression on his face.
Shang Shiyi gritted his teeth, but after a second, his expression relaxed again, and he raised an eyebrow, looking very interested: "I do know that the Bian family has an adopted daughter. But there were so many other things that happened afterward? I've been in Shanghai for too long and I've never heard of any of this."
After calmly finishing his complaint, Zhou Xiye said goodbye: "Then I won't take up any more of your time. I'm going back now to comfort my wife. She was really scared last night and has been having nightmares all night."
After speaking, he stood with his legs together, straightened his back, saluted Shang Shiyi, and then turned and strode away.
Shang Shiyi instantly dropped his pretense, gripping the door tightly. What a family, the Bian family! They've already begun to suspect Zhizhi and are even targeting her.
It's time to make things difficult for the Bian family.
...
Zhou Xiye didn't plan to take the afternoon off. He used his lunch break to go see Song Dong first.
Song Dong quickly pulled him to the archives room at the back: "We can't stay in the office anymore, Wang Qinglan is blocking the way there, she insists on seeing Bian Xiaoxiao. But the department also called, this case has a bad influence, it must be investigated and dealt with strictly, no one can be given face."
"By the way, I contacted my sister and asked her to put this news in today's evening paper. I think everyone will know about it tonight."
Zhou Xiye was very grateful: "Thanks, is there anything I can do for you?"
Song Dong waved his hand: "You don't need to do anything. I only found out yesterday that my mother actually arranged for my sister to go on a blind date with Bian Yucheng. That son of a bitch, does he even deserve it? He looks respectable, but he's a complete scoundrel."
She sighed and said, "I don't know what's wrong with my mom. Can't she hear the rumors outside? She's determined to push Xiaoman into a fire pit."
Zhou Xiye is not well-suited to comment on this matter: "Bian Yucheng is by no means a good match."
Song Dong spat, "He's not even a decent match, he's not even human. If it weren't for his father backing him up, he'd be nothing."
After venting his frustrations, he told Zhou Xiye, "That Lai Laosi is quite sensible. He shifted all the blame onto Bian Xiaoxiao, including the medicine they drank. Bian Xiaoxiao forced them to drink it so she could do whatever she wanted to her younger siblings. But later, her younger siblings cleverly ran away, and they were drugged again, so they had no choice but to take it out on Bian Xiaoxiao."
"He also said that Bian Xiaoxiao was standing by with a gun, watching, when he saw them rushing over, he opened fire on them. He didn't do anything... and he became a eunuch."
Zhou Xiye was very satisfied with Lai Laosi's confession: "He was quite pragmatic and didn't expect Bian Xiaoxiao to fire the gun in the end."
Song Dong shook his head: "We extracted fingerprints from the gun overnight, and they only belonged to Lai Laosi and Bian Xiaoxiao. Therefore, Bian Xiaoxiao cannot escape the charges of shooting, hiring someone to commit murder, and drugging someone."
Zhou Xiye wanted this result: "Okay, then keep an eye on it. If you need any help, come find me."
Song Dong laughed: "Not for now. We just need to deal with the Bian family. They'll definitely come looking for us. I'll try to stop them from seeing Bian Xiaoxiao for now. We'll deal with it if we can't stop them."
Zhou Xiye had great confidence in Shang Shiyi: "Apart from Wang Qinglan, the others in the Bian family are probably too busy."
Song Dongzhi shook his head: "The Bian family has too many problems. They only have connections with higher-ups behind them. Aren't they afraid of retribution for acting as accomplices to evil all these years?"
After saying that, he sighed softly, "That's true. Right and wrong are reversed now. Where is the fairness?"
Zhou Xiye calmly replied, "We just need to do our jobs well and be careful what we say."
The two chatted for a while longer, then Zhou Xiye noticed it was getting late and prepared to go back to his meeting.
Song Dong slipped out the back door to avoid running into Wang Qinglan and causing him a headache.
Zhou Xiye could only leave through the front door, and that's when he happened to run into Wang Qinglan.
Wang Qinglan ran to stop Zhou Xiye: "Xiye, you're here because of Xiaoxiao's case, right? Let me tell you, Xiaoxiao is innocent, and Zhizhi is perfectly fine now, so why are you still keeping Xiaoxiao locked up?"
"Also, that Lai Laosi tried to insult Xiaoxiao, and Xiaoxiao was forced to shoot."
Zhou Xiye took a step back, his gaze turning cold as he looked at Wang Qinglan: "If it weren't for the kidnapping of Zhizhi, Bian Xiaoxiao would indeed be an innocent victim. But she actually colluded with these people to kidnap Zhizhi, and she was the one who prepared the drugs. What was her intention?"
“Right now, you shouldn’t be coming to me, you should be coming to your Bian family’s connections. After all, I’m Jiang Zhizhi’s husband, and I will definitely stand on her side to protect her interests.”
"I'm here today hoping that the law will be fair and just, and that the murderer will be severely punished!"
Wang Qinglan was taken aback by Zhou Xiye's long-winded speech and couldn't refute him.
Zhou Xiye ignored Wang Qinglan and pushed the cart straight away.
Wang Qinglan stood there resentfully for a long time, and could only go back and ask her husband to pull some strings.
She refused to believe that the Bian family's relationship was so strong that they couldn't even resolve this issue.
...
Jiang Zhizhi ate lunch and took a nap. When she got up, she wanted to read, but then she remembered that her schoolbag was at school, so she could only read Zhou Xiye's books in the room.
Completely unaware, she returned home after her outburst to sleep peacefully, while outside, chaos reigned.
In the afternoon, Song Man came to Jiang Zhizhi's door and brought her a newspaper sample.
Jiang Zhizhi asked curiously, "Why did you suddenly send me samples? What's on them?"
Song Man smiled and pointed to the last small section of the report: Gunshots rang out in Qingyun Ridge, breeding the source of evil.
The text describes how Bian Xiaoxiao and Lai Laosi conspired to kidnap innocent citizens, but their attempt failed and they ended up fighting amongst themselves.
Following this was a series of slogans, insisting on doing this and that, and emphasizing that this trend should not be encouraged...
Jiang Zhizhi quickly read it. It said "Bian Mou" on it, but the surname Bian is very rare. Anyone in the know could guess that it was the Bian family in Beijing.
Suddenly, I became very worried: "Sister Song Man, will writing this have any impact on you? The Bian family might retaliate against you later."
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