"My money..." Tong Xi asked subconsciously, but after saying a few words he realized something was wrong.
She looked up and met Shen Shuhe's gaze, cold and calm, but Tong Xi felt that Shen Shuhe's question was deliberate.
Did she...know something?
No, it's impossible, how could she know!
Tong Xi pretended to be calm and acted dumb and said, "Sister Shuhe, of course I used all my money to treat my mother's illness... If you don't believe me, I'll take you to the hospital. She's still in the intensive care unit."
"Your mother is indeed in the intensive care unit, but Tong Xi, what I want to ask is, are you sure that all the money you earn is used to pay for your mother's medical expenses?"
"I..." Tong Xi tried to remain calm on the surface. After two seconds of hesitation, he said firmly, "Of course! Otherwise, where would my money go?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a light sarcasm from above her head, followed by Shen Shuhe's emotionless voice.
"I wanted to give you a chance, but unfortunately, you didn't want it."
As he spoke, Shen Shuhe operated a few times on his phone, then turned his wrist and faced the screen towards Tong Xi.
...
...
Click Play.
The next second, a familiar voice suddenly sounded by the quiet lake——
"Brother Lei, if you give me a few more days, I will give you the money right away! I have already received a job! I will pay you back as soon as I finish recording the show and the notice fee arrives in my account, okay!"
"Bah! Don't think I don't know. You've been picking your feet at home for a few months, and there was that news about you being a mistress. How much are you worth now? Can you afford it?"
"I'll give you another week. If you can't raise the money, you can forget about staying in the entertainment industry. Come here and make money for me!"
"Don't! Brother Lei, I beg you, please give me some more time. I have asked my agent to arrange a job for me. I will definitely pay back the money!"
"Get lost, get lost! Who's going to give me a break if I give you one? Hurry up! By this time next week, if you still don't have enough money to pay, get lost on your own. Otherwise, you can pay back the money you owed in the hospital!"
“Brother Lei——!”
The audio stops abruptly.
The second part is a video composed of several segments, and each segment shows the same person, Tong Xi, entering and leaving the Nanlin underground casino many times.
This was discovered by someone Shen Shuhe had investigated.
At first, the few seconds of eye contact at the door of Wen Yu's office did not cause any ripples in her heart.
Then it was time for the program recording. Tong Xi often stole glances at her, and she knew it all.
A few peeks couldn't prove anything, but maybe because a lot of things had happened recently, she became more cautious and asked Zheng Manman to pay more attention to Tong Xi in private.
Unexpectedly, although Manman looks careless on the surface, she is actually very meticulous. On the first night of the program recording, she found that Tong Xi secretly ran to the back of the house to meet someone.
Zheng Manman followed quietly and guessed it was Song Qingyin almost the moment the person opened his mouth.
However, the two did not talk much that night. Song Qingyin just briefly asked about Zheng Manman's situation. Somehow she found out that she had a seriously ill mother, and kindly said that she could contact her if she needed help.
Is there a free lunch in the world?
No.
After Zheng Manman sent a message to Shen Shuhe that night to explain the circumstances of their meeting, she realized something was wrong.
So during the recording the next day, I kept paying attention to Zheng Manman, and saw her looking at me in a daze several times, with a nervous and conflicted expression.
She immediately felt something was wrong.
In addition, Xiaoyu appeared at the recording site, and she had an unpleasant experience with Song Qingyin in the morning.
Soon Shen Shuhe connected everything.
Song Qingyin pretended to be close to Tong Xi and extended an olive branch to persuade her to work for her, not to mention Xiaoyu, who trusted her unconditionally.
So the next afternoon, Tong Xi "happened" to sprain her ankle during recording, and left with the cameraman and assistant. Not long after, Xiao Yu appeared beside her again.
Shen Shuhe recalled the day when Xiaoyu stood in front of her with an indifference that did not belong to his age.
He said he was disgusted by her and that she was not worthy of being his mother.
She also said that she made Yinyin's mother sad and she deserved to die.
Finally, he said that she was the one who should leave and that Yinyin’s mother should not leave him.
The continuous recording of the program had already exhausted Shen Shuhe. She glanced at Xiaoyu's expressionless face indifferently and didn't know what to say.
She wanted to say that there were too many people and too much going on here, so she asked him to go down the mountain first.
She also wanted to say that these were not something he, a child, should be responsible for.
But in the end she didn't say anything. She was extremely tired. When she lowered her eyes, she saw a figure running towards her quickly.
The soil under his feet was soft and the ground was uneven, and Shen Shuhe was knocked to the ground with great force.
Unexpectedly, Xiaoyu reached out his hand again and pushed her into the river after she fell on the edge of the mound...
The pomelo tree hid Xiaoyu's body very well, so no one noticed that someone was committing a crime behind the lush tree.
After pushing her into the river, Xiaoyu asked his bodyguard to take him away quickly.
Thinking about it now, Shen Shuhe still felt a suffocation in his chest that lasted for a long time.
Then on the third day, on the way back from recording the show, she suppressed her discomfort and asked Wen Yu to check on Tong Xi.
She always felt that Song Qingyin would not come to her casually.
Then she thought of the look in Tong Xi's eyes when she came out of the office that day, and she always felt something was wrong.
Is Tong Xi really so eager to return to work because of her mother’s illness?
But Wen Yu never knew about this.
That night, Wen Yu contacted someone recommended to her by Shen Shuhe.
It was not convenient for Wen Yu to use her connections to investigate secret matters.
In Shen Shuhe's previous work, he needed to investigate partners frequently, so he had some connections.
So after settling Chen Shuhe down that night, Wen Yu quickly contacted that person.
As expected of a famous detective, he sent Tong Xi's detailed information about the past six months late that night.
When Wen Yu opened it, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time.
She didn't expect that Tong Xi was actually a gambler in private!
And at this time, he already owed a huge sum of nine million!
She was suspended from work and the people at the casino kept urging her to return. How could she not be anxious?
As for her sick mother, she never took care of her at all. It was her younger brother who had just become an adult who had been working to earn money to pay for her medical expenses.
But it's just a drop in the bucket.
So after Song Qingyin threw out the tempting olive branch, Tong Xi took the bait with just a slight hook.
According to the chat records, at Song Qingyin's implicit suggestion, Tong Xi pretended to sprain her ankle at the recording site, leaving her alone there.
Although the chat history was carefully deleted by Tong Xi, as long as it exists, there will be traces.
However, even if she didn't ask someone to check in advance, it would be easy for the police to restore the chat records.
"Tong Xi, you are addicted to gambling, owe millions of dollars in debt, abandoned your seriously ill mother in the hospital, and even colluded with others to frame me for drowning."
"You said... attempted murder and gathering a group to gamble, how many years should you be sentenced to?"
Shen Shuhe said slowly, taking a few steps towards her.
She raised her hand, the corner of the phone was resting on her shoulder, and the video was playing.
It was her in the casino, wearing a miniskirt that reached her chest, with smoky makeup on her face, shouting out bets with excitement.
She has completely different faces from the popular young actress Tong Xi in front of the camera.
The next second, a deep and gentle voice sounded in my ears, like a ghost: "Tong Xi, do you want to dance?"
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