Chapter 181 He didn't ask a single question.
Ji Ying recalled that when Xie Lingfang caused trouble at the company that day, Xiao Xia had embarrassed her, and before leaving, Madam Liang had indeed said something harsh.
But she is already the high and mighty Madam Liang. Would she really risk ruining her comfortable life for such an old grudge?
"Liang Yizhi must not have known about this."
Ji Ying blurted it out without a trace of hesitation, and for not even for a second did she associate Liang Yizhi with the suspect.
Gu Yanchen felt a pang of sadness, and smiled slightly. "What if the murderer is someone he has to protect?"
Ji Ying was stumped by his question.
Gu Yanchen's smile deepened. "Xiao Chang entrusted me to investigate the murderer who harmed Xiao Xia. Now I have a direction. Do you want to cooperate?"
Ji Ying returned the evidence bag to him, saying, "Xiao Chang is your good brother. Since you've been entrusted with this task, you should do your job well and not let him down."
After saying that, she turned and walked away.
Gu Yanchen clearly hadn't expected her to refuse.
The confident smile on his face gradually faded, and his gaze followed her departing figure, a hint of darkness flashing in his eyes.
...
Ji Ying hadn't gone far when she took out her phone and called Liang Yizhi.
The phone was answered after only a few rings.
"You saw it all just now?" she asked softly.
"What?"
"Open-air cafe. I saw your car pass by."
Liang Yizhi suddenly realized.
Did she call specifically to explain?
He laughed and said, "As long as you don't cheat on your partner emotionally or physically, you have the right to date any member of the opposite sex. If I believed even this kind of staged photo, wouldn't I be just as stupid as those people who were completely fooled by him?"
For some reason, Ji Ying felt very comfortable when she heard those words.
She hesitated for a moment, then said softly, "Then... I need to stay at the Liang family's house for a while, is that alright?"
If the information provided by Gu Yanchen is correct, then while it cannot be said for certain that the harm done to Xiao Xiaren occurred in the Liang family, it is certainly related to them.
She was determined to find that person and, ideally, give his heart to Xiaxia in return.
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, before a single word was finally uttered: "Okay."
Ji Ying was stunned.
She had prepared an explanation and even anticipated the various questions she might be asked.
But he didn't ask a single question.
...
Liang Jian knew she was in a bad mood, so he didn't contact her all day.
Before returning to Qingsui, Ji Ying went to the Liang residence.
Xie Lingfang was playing cards with friends outside when she received a call from the housekeeper and rushed home.
Ji Ying did not go inside, but waited in the backyard, drinking tea and admiring the "black lily of the valley".
The veins on the leaves of this plant are exactly the same as the small section that Gu Yanchen showed her, but she doesn't know about the surrounding soil...
Ji Ying squatted down, about to reach out her hand.
"Stay away from my flowers!"
Xie Lingfang wore a dark green cheongsam and had a gentle updo, but her voice was sharp and incongruous with her overall demeanor.
Ji Ying was startled and quickly withdrew her hand, frowning as she asked, "What kind of flower is so precious that I can't even touch it?"
Xie Lingfang cast a disdainful glance at her, "You can't recognize a treasure. Very few of these plants can survive in China, and this one is the only one left. If you damage it, you couldn't afford to pay for it even if you sold yourself."
Ji Ying raised an eyebrow. "If it's so valuable, why doesn't Madam Liang lock it in a greenhouse or have someone guard it?"
Xie Lingfang rolled her eyes at her. "How do you know I didn't build a greenhouse for it? Now is the perfect season for it to grow outdoors, so I ordered someone to move it to this yard. Everyone in the Liang family knows that this flower is my favorite. Anyone who dares to touch my flower, I'll kill them."
Ji Ying was truly amazed; a flower was more precious than a person.
Suddenly, her gaze fell on the bottommost leaf.
Because the leaves were dragging on the ground, it was easy to accidentally step on them while walking. And the broken part seemed to match the piece in Gu Yanchen's hand.
So he didn't deceive her.
The murderer had contact with the Liang family.
Ji Ying's gaze fell on Madam Liang with a measured intensity.
"I've heard that Mr. Liang had many beautiful women around him when he was young, but Mrs. Liang managed to keep them all in line, because those who didn't submit didn't survive. I'd like to ask Mrs. Liang for some tips so I can keep my husband in check in the future."
Upon hearing this, Xie Lingfang scoffed, "You're a divorced woman, you should be grateful if any man wants you, yet you have the nerve to come here to learn some tricks to control our A-Jian. Let me tell you, I'm perfectly clear-headed. Don't even think about taking advantage of his confused memory to get into his bed. Even if you kneel down and beg me, I won't agree to you two being together."
Ji Ying observed her reaction and sneered, "That's for the best. I hope you don't change your mind and discipline your son properly."
Xie Lingfang was already quite angry with her.
"So what exactly do you want by coming to my house?"
Ji Ying smiled slightly before getting down to business.
"To cooperate with Liang Jian's treatment, I agreed to come and stay for a while."
Xie Lingfang scoffed, "What? Can't you play the 'playing hard to get' trick anymore?"
Ji Ying didn't speak, but Xie Lingfang smiled arrogantly and told the housekeeper to go upstairs to get the agreement she had prepared.
"You gave in after your best friend got into trouble. If you had known this would happen, you should have let her get into trouble sooner."
Ji Ying narrowed her eyes at her words, her voice filled with coldness, "So this time, Madam Liang isn't going to play the disappearance game, she's going to just kill people directly?"
"Pah! Don't talk nonsense. I have never let anyone disappear."
At this moment, the housekeeper brought over an agreement and handed it to Ji Ying.
Xie Lingfang said, "If you sign it, I'll give you the opportunity to stay at my house temporarily. This is also a guarantee to prevent you from sticking to my son like a piece of chewed gum in the future."
This was an agreement drafted for her "relationship" with Liang Jian, with extremely harsh conditions.
It demanded that Ji Ying promise to unconditionally cooperate with Liang Jian's medical needs, and that she move out of the Liang residence immediately after Liang Jian regains his memory, and that she absolutely not use this relationship to ask for any money or property.
The most insulting thing is that she must guarantee that she will marry another man within a week of leaving and provide a marriage certificate in order to "completely extinguish her delusions and restore peace to the Liang family."
Ji Ying laughed out loud at the contents of the agreement. "How many times has Madam Liang used this trick?"
Xie Lingfang's tone grew increasingly sarcastic, "A woman like you, of lowly birth, with unknown parents, who knows what tricks you used to bewitch my son, is already being too kind by signing this agreement. If you want to live in my Liang family, then sign it now!"
Xie Lingfang looked away smugly.
She used to refuse him outright, acting all high and mighty, but now that Liang Jian doesn't contact her for a day, she panics and comes back begging him.
Hmph! If I don't crush her pitiful dignity, I won't be able to control her in the Liang family at all in the future.
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