0029 Calculation
When Shen Yuxiu stepped into Jiang Xisheng's office, Jiang Xisheng was watching the surveillance footage from tonight.
"I thought the person who stormed into my lounge would be that little girl." Jiang Xisheng sat on the chair, put his feet on the table, put his hands behind his head, and teased, "You didn't get drained by her."
"Have you figured out who drugged you?" Shen Yuxiu ignored Jiang Xisheng's teasing and walked closer to the table where the surveillance video was displayed.
He had just finished exercising and still had the smell of sex on him. Although it was masked by his faint fragrance, Jiang Xisheng could still smell it immediately: "You should at least take a shower. Do you have to be in such a hurry to find the person who drugged you? They can't escape."
Shen Yuxiu frowned. He was indeed anxious, but not to find the person who drugged him. He already had someone he suspected: "Look at it again."
“I’ve watched it several times. Her wine glass was touched before she went to the restroom, and it was touched again after she finished. It’s hard to find out who drugged her.” Jiang Xisheng bent his legs and pushed the chair closer, then dragged the mouse to bring the surveillance video to the spot where Song Ning had just entered the booth.
The surveillance footage ticked by, and Song Ning was completely unsuspecting in the video. The wine glass did indeed have opportunities to be drugged before and after she went to the toilet, but no one made any suspicious moves.
Shen Yuxiu watched the entire video without saying a word, his expression solemn.
"Xiu, why are you making that 'I'm going to die' face? If you can't find it, just have someone investigate. I know she's important to you, but she's fine, isn't she? You don't have to be so ruthless, are you trying to kill her completely?" Jiang Xisheng joked nonchalantly.
“We should investigate, but,” Shen Yuxiu paused, wiping his hand across Song Ning’s lips as she drank in the video, “we should investigate her first.”
Jiang Xisheng lowered his leg, as if he suddenly understood Shen Yuxiu's meaning, and said seriously, "You suspect that this girl drugged herself?"
“It’s not a doubt, it’s a certainty.” Shen Yuxiu looked at Song Ning, who was running to Jiang Xisheng for help in the surveillance footage, and said in a low voice.
Jiang Xisheng rested his chin on his hand and pondered: "It is indeed something she would dare to do, but why are you so sure? There are more than one person in this video who had the opportunity to drug her."
Jiang Xisheng was jolted awake by his own words and cursed under his breath, "Damn it!"
Although he didn't understand Song Ning as well as Shen Yuxiu, when did Song Ning become such a naive and unsuspecting woman in a bar?
In the past, when she frequented his bar, because she was beautiful and outgoing, many people drugged her, but she never fell for it because she never drank alcohol that had left her body or been touched by anyone else.
"But you're so sure just based on that? You need to know, if she drugged herself, I might not be there..." Jiang Xisheng finished speaking, then remembered that Song Ning was certain he would be there, but how did Song Ning know the latter point? "Even if I were there, you might not have come. If Lin Xuanyu's sister hadn't notified you, you wouldn't have known anything about it. Besides, she had no idea you knew that girl, could it be that she..."
“Yes, she probably guessed it.” Shen Yuxiu pulled up a chair and sat down. “I handled the matter with that boy last time too hastily. I guess Qianqian was afraid that she would suspect that she was the one who leaked the information, so she probably didn’t tell her about it and she became suspicious.”
Lin Qianqian is the younger sister of Nan Qiao's boyfriend. She was once brought out by her brother to join them at a gathering. Later, Lin Xuanyu asked Shen Yuxiu to take care of Lin Qianqian, and Shen Yuxiu took the opportunity to ask Lin Qianqian to help take care of Song Ning.
Their roommate arrangement was the result of Shen Yuxiu's intervention. Lin Qianqian had already learned about Song Ning from Shen Yuxiu before this. Although he did not deliberately ask Lin Qianqian to report everything that happened around Song Ning, he knew that Lin Qianqian was not one to keep secrets. Even if he did not mention it, Lin Qianqian would take the initiative to tell him.
He lost his temper after hearing Lin Qianqian mention seeing Song Ning and Chen Yue come out of the room one after the other.
A few days later, Shen Yuxiu visited the parents of the girl who had the abortion and intentionally or unintentionally revealed that Chen Yue had ruined the girl's reputation. Soon after, Chen Yue dropped out of school.
Although he didn't do it, perhaps the girl guessed it, so she didn't dare to mention it to Song Ning, which aroused her suspicion.
Jiang Xisheng said quietly, "I don't think her mother was also tricked by her, do I? So you mean, she not only drugged herself, but also made sure I wouldn't tell you, and then notified Lin Xuanyu's sister beforehand, so she could notify you? If you came, it means..."
"Hmm, that means Lin Qianqian knows me." Shen Yuxiu took out his phone and showed Jiang Xisheng the message Lin Qianqian had just sent him.
The screenshot reads "Slightly Tipsy Bar SOS".
The distress signal was deliberately vague, leaving only the location—a bar she thought Lin Qianqian would know.
This way, Lin Qianqian, who doesn't know what happened to Song Ning, will contact Shen Yuxiu immediately instead of calling the police, because the incident happened at Jiang Xisheng's bar, and calling Shen Yuxiu will be more effective than calling the police.
They only need to check the surveillance footage to immediately know what happened to Song Ning, and since it happened on Jiang Xisheng's turf, as long as Jiang Xisheng knows, no one can take Song Ning away from the bar.
And that was indeed the case. When Shen Yuxiu called Jiang Xisheng, Jiang Xisheng told Shen Yuxiu the whole story.
Shen Yuxiu's thick, long eyelashes covered his eyes, concealing the emotions within them.
Looking at Shen Yuxiu's expression, Jiang Xisheng confirmed his guess: "I never thought I would be outsmarted by a girl who is nine years younger than me."
"Blame it on your own for never being on guard against her and for making your likes and dislikes too obvious, which gave her the opportunity to take advantage of you." Shen Yuxiu put his phone back in his pocket.
“We’ve all been tricked by her. She told me to call you, but I didn’t. She was certain I wouldn’t. I really didn’t expect her to be so bold as to drug herself in a bar. But how did you fall for her trick too? The way you’re acting, it’s obvious you’ve been suspicious of her all along.” Jiang Xisheng glanced at Shen Yuxiu.
"Given her personality, even if she were drugged, she would never tell Lin Qianqian," Shen Yuxiu said calmly.
He knew very well how strong her pride was; she would never tell Lin Qianqian about being drugged, and even if she needed help, she would only come to him first.
He had his suspicions when he first received Lin Qianqian's call, and after calling Jiang Xisheng, he was almost certain.
But he still came.
"You guessed it, but you still voluntarily joined the circle?"
Where is her phone?
Jiang Xisheng glanced at Song Ning's phone on the table: "It's there."
Shen Yuxiu got up to get it, pressed the screen, and tried to turn it on again. The phone restarted: "It's off."
“She deliberately prevented Lin Qianqian from contacting her,” Jiang Xisheng said calmly, leaning back in his chair with his legs crossed.
"Check her bank statements for me, find the person who sold the medicine, find the medicine, and see if it has any effects on her health. I'm going back now." Shen Yuxiu took Song Ning's phone and turned to leave.
Jiang Xisheng sank into his chair, exasperated: "It would be so much easier to just get the marriage certificate directly."
When Shen Yuxiu returned to the hotel, Song Ning was still asleep, looking as innocent and beautiful as a young girl without any defenses.
Shen Yuxiu sat down beside her bed, brushed the strands of hair behind her ear, and said in a soft voice, "You've really grown up. You can even scheme against me now."
She understands everyone's psychology perfectly.
She's gambling, gambling with herself.
I'm betting he'll lose, betting he'll willingly give in to her.
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