Chapter 1280 What is the truth?
He had thrown the watch and ring out of the window together. Only Gu Wanqiu knew about this, and only she knew the approximate location where they fell.
Apart from the fact that she picked it up, Li Jinxing couldn't think of who it was.
There are some things you can choose not to think about, but once you think about them you can't stop, especially scary thoughts.
Li Jinxing sat down shakily. He had a splitting headache from thinking too much. His whole body was shaking uncontrollably. The fingertips of his hands on the keyboard were frozen stiff, and he felt like he was in an ice cellar.
An hour later, the people searching outside were already sweating. They turned the soil over and over again with tools and used a detector to detect it, but they didn't see a watch, not even a piece of iron.
Seeing that they really couldn't find it, the gardener ran upstairs and said, "Boss Li, we've been looking for over an hour. Are you sure you threw it there? We can't find it..."
He had predicted the answer long before they were looking for it.
"Don't look for it, I know everything."
The gardener was confused and couldn't understand, but after hearing Li Jinxing say that there was no need to look for it, he breathed a sigh of relief and hurried downstairs to inform others.
As soon as the others left, Li Jinxing clenched his fists tightly, and his joints made a crackling sound due to the compression.
He took out his cell phone and called He Tian. He Tian was the only one there that day, and he was the only one who knew what had happened that day.
Soon the call was connected, and He Tian answered the phone: "Boss, what's the matter?"
Li Jinxing said coldly, "The surveillance camera at home is broken. Come over and fix it. You have half an hour to get there!"
Li Jinxing hung up the phone as soon as he finished speaking. If he had been a second later, he would have lost control of his emotions and roared in anger.
The whole world seemed to be quiet. If it was Gu Wanqiu who picked it up... that proved that she cared about him. If the poison in the soil was related to her... then was she poisoned too?
It was just a guess, and his heart was aching. What should he do if He Tian came later and confirmed all his thoughts from him?
Li Jinxing was gasping for breath and felt dizzy. He had to close his eyes and lean on the table. The nightmare he had had emerged in his mind.
Gu Wanqiu was lying on the bed covered in blood, his face pale.
Maybe he was just overthinking it.
Li Jinxing tried hard to comfort himself that Gu Wanqiu was fine when she left.
But is she really that good?
All the things he had ignored now became clear. Gu Wanqiu was pale and had difficulty getting up. When she left here, she couldn't even walk and needed He Tian to carry her to the car. He knew better than anyone how strong-willed Gu Wanqiu was. She didn't like being touched. How weak was she at that time that she let He Tian carry her to the car?
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He Tian was also with Zhou Yi today. They were having dinner outside. After receiving the call, the buns in his hand fell. He stood up in a panic, took the phone and went out without looking at the roadside. He saw a bicycle riding from the side and about to hit him.
Zhou Yi sped up and pulled him back by the collar: "Don't you look around when you walk? Fortunately, we're on a pedestrian path. If we were on the main road, wouldn't you have just crossed the road without even looking at the cars around you?"
Zhou Yi started scolding him.
He Tian was obviously absent-minded and out of his mind, just holding his phone tightly.
“I’m sorry… I…” He Tian stuttered, obviously a little frightened.
"What's wrong with you? You were fine just now, but you became absent-minded after the boss called you. What did he say to you?" The time was so short, only five seconds from answering the phone to the end of the call?
"The boss asked me to go to Qiule Manor to fix the surveillance within half an hour."
"Is that all? I thought it was a big deal... Aren't you good at fixing these things? It's just a surveillance camera, you can easily fix it. Besides, this place is not far from Qiule Manor, we can get there in half an hour. Even if we can't make it, the boss won't do anything to you given our friendship."
He Tian's face was pale, obviously frightened, and his eyes were a little flustered.
If only it were as simple as Zhou Yi said, but he just felt that there was a hint of hostility in Li Jinxing's tone during the phone call.
When it comes to surveillance, He Tian naturally thinks of the video content that he modified.
If it was just a simple monitoring problem, Li Jinxing could solve it himself, or find someone to solve it, and ask him to go... It is very likely that he found something wrong.
He Tian had already prepared for the worst. Although he had thought about this day, he didn't expect it to come so soon. He felt a sense of fear that he would be taken to the execution platform before he was ready.
"Zhou Yi." He Tian's voice was shaking. "I feel... the boss knows... he knows everything..."
When Zhou Yi heard this, his expression suddenly became serious. He had been holding He Tian's collar, but he let go immediately. "Wait for me first. I'll go drive and we'll go together."
"Um."
Zhou Yi patted his shoulder and said, "We'll shoulder the responsibility together if anything happens. Go and settle the bill first."
"good."
Zhou Yi went to drive, and He Tian went to pay for breakfast. He stood on the side of the road, feeling uneasy.
It's better to have Zhou Yi accompany him than to face it alone. Now he can only take one step at a time. He can't just avoid facing it because of fear. Now... I'm afraid Li Jinxing is even more afraid than him.
Zhou Yi quickly drove the car over and parked it on the side of the road. He Tian opened the passenger door and got in. He was in a state of anxiety, and it was only after Zhou Yi reminded him to fasten his seat belt that he did so.
After the car drove smoothly for a distance, Zhou Yi asked, "Why do you think the boss knows everything?"
"Because I had modified the surveillance video, I thought I had done it cleanly enough, but he still noticed something strange."
"Besides revising the details about Gu Wanqiu's blood poisoning...what else did you modify?"
"On the day Gu Wanqiu left, the boss threw away their token of love in the rose garden downstairs. Gu Wanqiu finally secretly picked it up."
"So the reason the flowers suddenly withered and died was because of the poisonous blood in her body? And the boss has been sleepwalking downstairs looking for things recently, is it because he wants to get them back?"
These two people, one refuses to admit it, and the other says one thing and means another.
He Tian pursed his lips and nodded.
Zhou Yi didn't know what to say. He Tian didn't tell him about such a big thing earlier. If he had told him earlier, at least he could have done something to make up for it, and he wouldn't be so confused now.
Zhou Yi didn't plan to say anything to He Tian.
To be fair, He Tian has done well enough and has taken on a lot by himself. He didn't tell him because he was probably afraid that he would worry and that he would be implicated if something happened.
If he scolded him now, it would only make He Tian fall into greater self-blame and fear.
"It's okay. I've been thinking about this day for a long time. Let's face it together."
He Tian lowered his head: "It's only been a short time. If the boss knew that Gu Wanqiu was dead, would he be able to remain normal?"
Li Jinxing is already a little abnormal now, sleepwalking late at night. He is worried that Li Jinxing will go crazy during the day as well.
Zhou Yi drove seriously and didn't have any extra thoughts to think about other things. Half an hour was too short, so short that they couldn't come up with a reasonable response.
When they arrived at Qiule Manor, they arrived almost on time. As soon as He Tian entered, he saw the land that had been turned upside down. All his thoughts along the way were confirmed at this moment.
He whispered to Zhou Yi in a hoarse voice, "I'm sorry, I'm afraid I'll get you into trouble this time."
He didn't want to involve Zhou Yi, but things went against his wishes and everything developed in the worst direction.
Zhou Yi looked at him and said, "It's better for two people to face it together than alone. I know this too. If you take it all on yourself, I'll be unhappy."
If this matter is not resolved, lying to Li Jinxing will always be a knot. Instead of living in fear, it is better to cut the Gordian knot.
As soon as they entered, both of them felt the solemn atmosphere.
He Tian asked, "Where's President Li?"
"Boss Li is in the study upstairs."
The two went upstairs and faced the closed door. Zhou Yi reached out and knocked: "Boss, we're here."
The two of them had already discussed that when they came, they would at least pretend that nothing had happened, so their emotions, expressions and tone had to be relaxed, and they should be the same as they usually were today.
There was no sound from inside. Zhou Yi grasped the door handle and pushed it down. The door opened and the two went in.
Maybe because he was too nervous, the temperature in the room seemed to drop a lot. He Tian looked towards the balcony and saw Li Jinxing at a glance. Li Jinxing also turned his head at this time and met his gloomy gaze.
A chill slowly crept up from the soles of his feet, and He Tian couldn't help moving his legs.
"Boss."
"Come here." Li Jinxing stood up and turned the computer around. "Please explain in detail what happened on the day Gu Wanqiu left. Why did you modify the surveillance footage? Are you afraid that I might know something?"
He Tian felt uneasy. Although he had prepared himself long ago, he still felt a pang of fear when facing Li Jinxing's questioning.
Zhou Yi took two steps forward: "Boss, are you overthinking it..."
"Shut up, I'm asking about him, not you." Li Jinxing's eyes were fierce.
He Tian was too familiar with this kind of gaze. He had seen Li Jinxing look at his enemies and dying people with this kind of look. He had also seen him look at Gu Wanqiu with this kind of look. But now, this kind of look fell on him.
He Tian immediately discovered that he was no different from others here with Li Jinxing.
How long had they known each other? Twenty years, perhaps? And how many hardships had they faced? But no matter how difficult it was, they had always gotten through it.
He calls him "Boss" because he treats him as a brother, but in Li Jinxing's eyes, is he just an ordinary subordinate?
Li Jinxing's eyes darkened, and he grabbed He Tian and dragged him out from behind Zhou Yi. He dragged him to the window, pressed him against the glass, and forced him to look outside.
"That piece of land has been tested and the soil has been found to be toxic. I asked everyone to look for the ring and watch I left there, but no one has found them."
"It's poisonous. Who knows who used paraquat. The ring and watch might have been picked up by the gardener. Boss, what are you doubting me about?" He Tian was still struggling desperately.
"Then explain in detail the surveillance video you handled."
He Tian's mind raced: "Yes, I did edit the video content because I had an argument with Gu Wanqiu. I didn't like her and I scolded her. I was worried that you would see it and blame me, so I simply processed the video of that day..." He was still struggling, trying to hide it from Li Jinxing.
But the next second, Li Jinxing pressed his shoulder hard, and he felt a bone-breaking pain.
"He Tian, how long are you going to keep lying to me? Do you really have to make me pull up all the surveillance footage and interrogate all the servants here and the doctor who treated me before before you tell me the truth?"
He Tian's face turned pale with pain, and the chill that crawled up from the soles of his feet had already enveloped his entire heart. He knew that no matter how he defended himself or how he struggled, he could not cover up this matter.
Zhou Yi couldn't help him either. It would be better for him to bear it alone than to let two people suffer. The whole thing was originally his idea. It was he who threatened the doctor, persuaded Gu Wanqiu, and changed the surveillance camera in order to cover everything up. He was the mastermind, and Zhou Yi was at best a small accomplice, and his crime did not deserve this.
He Tian felt a chill in his heart, a chill from the shock, and also a chill from Li Jinxing's attitude.
To Li Jinxing, no matter how well they treated him as a brother, he was not as important as Gu Wanqiu.
The saying that brothers are like limbs and women are like clothes is pure bullshit.
Zhou Yi was anxious. He wanted to take the responsibility for He Tian, but before he could open his mouth, He Tian spoke first.
Li Jinxing: "Speak!"
He Tian endured the pain and pulled the corner of his lips open: "That's right, Gu Wanqiu was poisoned, just like you were poisoned at that time. The watch and ring you threw away were also picked up by her..."
This answer was clearly within his expectations, but when he heard He Tian say it with his own ears, Li Jinxing let go of him with trembling hands, his feet unsteady, and he staggered back two steps.
"Why..." He had a lot of things he wanted to say, but so many words were crammed into his head that he didn't know which one to say. In the end, he just asked the most useless question, "Why?"
He Tian had already put away his panic and fear. He spoke word by word, "Why else would I pick up something you threw away? Mr. Li, you haven't forgotten that Gu Wanqiu is allergic to roses, have you? So do you know how she went to pick it up? She was limping on one leg, unable to stand steadily, and knelt on the ground, enduring the allergic reaction. The pain was so severe that she vomited blood and cried tears. Her body was covered in rashes. She was so miserable, but she still insisted on looking for it. It was raining that day. Why do you think that was?"
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