Chapter 332: Formal Arrest
On the day of the funeral, Yuncheng had a rare sunny day.
The gray clouds dispersed from the sky, and the blue sky seemed to have been washed by water, clear and pure.
Xie Zhaoyuan stood at the door of the mourning hall, looking up at the blue sky above his head, and vaguely remembered that the first time he met Shen Yanhui seemed to be on a sunny day like this.
At that time, Shen Yanhui had just traveled through time. He was arrogant and looked down upon anyone.
Even Xie Zhaoyuan had felt a little afraid of her.
But now, that bright and outspoken girl was lying alone in a small coffin, leaving the guests coming and going to pay their respects.
"I actually guessed that she would die at the hands of the system a long time ago, but I never thought that this day would come so soon."
"... Pei Xingzhi." Xie Zhaoyuan retracted his gaze and turned to look at Pei Xingzhi who was standing beside him. "What you want to tell me is that Shen Yanhui took off his clothes in front of you for no reason."
"Yes." Pei Xingzhi put her hand into his coat pocket and wrapped her with his warm palm.
She pursed her lips and said to Pei Xingzhi almost pleadingly: "This is not her fault, don't blame her."
Pei Xingzhi smiled softly: "I don't blame her, I just wonder if there is something wrong with her mental state, so I called my sister-in-law and Xiaoxuan immediately and asked them to go to Linzhou overnight to see Shen Yanhui."
"It's a pity that I'm still a step too slow."
"It's okay." Xie Zhaoyuan curled his lips and forced a smile, "As long as you can understand her and don't treat her as a bad woman, it's fine."
"No." Pei Xingzhi raised his hand and gently touched Xie Zhaoyuan's cold cheek, "She is your friend. How can your friend be bad?"
"Yeah!" Xie Zhaoyuan's red and swollen eyes instantly became wet, "Thank you, Pei Xingzhi."
"You're welcome." Pei Xingzhi pinched her nose and led her back to the mourning hall. "Hasn't Ah Yuan already drawn the design? Take it to Shen Yanhui to have a look."
"Okay." Xie Zhaoyuan wiped the tears from her eyes and took out the jewelry design drawings that she had rushed out overnight from her coat pocket.
She had hardly slept in the past few days. Whenever she had free time, she would hold her computer and draw designs for Shen Yanhui. It was not until this morning that she had finally finalized all the details of the design.
She knelt in front of Shen Yanhui's spirit tablet and burned the design drawings in the brazier.
"I don't know what elements you like, so I took the liberty of using trumpet creeper as the theme of this set of jewelry. I'll burn the design to you now. If you are not satisfied, please dream to me and ask me to change it. If you are satisfied, please also dream to tell me so that I can contact the factory to make samples."
“…”
What answered her was Shen Yanhui's bright and uninhibited smile in the portrait.
She stared at the face in a daze, and tears suddenly flowed down her face.
The funeral ended in the afternoon. Xie Zhaoyuan and Pei Xingzhi went home to change their clothes and then rushed to the Public Security Bureau without stopping.
The charges against Lu Yibai and Qin Sisi have been thoroughly proven, and the Yuncheng Public Security Bureau has officially announced their arrest.
As one of the parties involved, Xie Zhaoyuan and Pei Xingzhi must cooperate with the Public Security Bureau's investigation at any time.
It was seven o'clock in the evening when the couple came out of the interrogation room of the Public Security Bureau.
“Uncle Chen, when will Lu Yibai and Qin Sisi be transferred from the detention center to the detention center?”
Before leaving, Xie Zhaoyuan suddenly asked this question.
Chen Jingxuan put his hands behind his back and replied softly, "It will be transferred tonight. The detention center's car is ready."
"... before they leave, can I have a word with them?" Xie Zhaoyuan made a bold request.
Chen Jingxuan thought about it for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, but you have to say it in front of the police."
"Okay!" Xie Zhaoyuan quickly agreed.
The detention center of the Municipal Public Security Bureau was just behind the office building. Just as Chen Jingxuan and Xie Zhaoyuan were about to go over, several policemen escorted Lu Yibai and Qin Sisi out of the detention center.
The two groups happened to meet in the yard in front of the office building.
"Go ahead." Chen Jingxuan was quite happy because he could walk less distance.
"Yeah." Xie Zhaoyuan curled the corners of his mouth and walked towards Lu Yibai and Qin Sisi with a smile.
After not seeing each other for a while, neither of them seemed as glorious as before. Lu Yibai's hair grew to cover his eyes, and his chin was covered with blue stubble. Perhaps because he had not had a good rest for too long, his handsome and elegant face had become sallow and rough.
Such an image is totally unworthy of the title of the male protagonist of the novel.
The same was true for Qin Sisi behind him.
Qin Sisi was still wearing the clothes she wore on the day she was arrested. It was a high-end dress worth six figures, but now it was wrinkled and dirty. Her long curly hair was still loose, but because it had not been washed for a long time, a layer of oil had condensed on her hair, making it look dirty and smelly.
The makeup on her face had long been smudged, only the eyeliner and false eyelashes were still strong.
Xie Zhaoyuan and Pei Xingzhi walked up to them and started to speak with undisguised sarcasm.
"Long time no see, why did Mr. Lu and Miss Sisi suddenly become so embarrassed?"
“……” Qin Sisi buried her head and said nothing.
Lu Yibai snorted coldly and said sarcastically: "If you want to say something sarcastic, just say it. There's no need to play innocent here."
"We're not pretending to be innocent." Pei Xingzhi took over his words, "From the beginning to the end, Ayuan and I were honest and open. Even when we called 110 to report you, we used our real names."
"..." Lu Yibai glared at him fiercely and was speechless for a moment.
Xie Zhaoyuan: "Mr. Lu, you don't have to look so fierce, because everything that happened today is what you deserve. You are suffering the consequences of your own actions. I just don't know how many years Mr. Lu will be sentenced to with so many charges added together?"
Pei Xingzhi raised his glasses and said, "I have consulted a lawyer on behalf of Mr. Lu. The lawyer said that if all these charges are true, then if multiple crimes are punished together, Mr. Lu will most likely be sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison."
Hearing this, Xie Zhaoyuan laughed instantly: "If I remember correctly, Mr. Lu should be almost thirty this year, right? If he is really sentenced to twenty years, then Mr. Lu will be almost fifty years old when he comes out!"
"Tsk, it's really sad."
The couple sang in unison, and every word they said touched Lu Yibai's heart.
Lu Yibai couldn't bear it any longer and yelled, "If you've said enough, get out of here!"
Xie Zhaoyuan: "If you can get out, you can get out. We two will definitely not delay Mr. Lu from going to the detention center."
As she spoke, she turned to look at Qin Sisi who was hanging her head beside her, and the gloating in her expression gradually faded.
"...Do you regret it?" she asked.
Qin Sisi secretly shed tears: "Is regret useful? I'm already like this."
Xie Zhaoyuan: "The crime you committed is not too serious. As long as you behave well in there, you will be able to get out and start a new life in no time."
"Qin Feihong and Ding Fenglian are already in poor health. You are their only hope now. If you still have a conscience, take good care of them and run the Pei Group well after you get out. Don't be idle all day like before."
After saying that, she gently took Pei Xingzhi's hand, turned around and left.
Qin Sisi raised her head and looked at her. After struggling for a long time, she still couldn't help but call her
"Thank you Zhaoyuan!"
Xie Zhaoyuan stopped and slowly looked back.
Qin Sisi: "...Don't you blame me?"
Xie Zhaoyuan: "Of course it's your fault, otherwise I wouldn't have called the police to have you arrested."
"But rather than blaming you, I still hate Qin Wushuang the most. If Qin Wushuang hadn't switched you and me, then all this wouldn't have happened today."
"You wouldn't be like this, and I wouldn't have to suffer so much."
“……” Qin Sisi pursed her lips, and tears instantly burst out.
Xie Zhaoyuan looked at her and sighed with a complicated expression: "But now that things have come to this, there is no point in saying these things."
"Qin Sisi, you should reform yourself."
After saying this, Xie Zhaoyuan and Pei Xingzhi left the Public Security Bureau.
Qin Sisi looked at her back as she walked away, then looked down at the handcuffs on her hands, regretting it so much that her intestines turned green.
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