[Chapter 496: Are you willing to give it up? 】
Huo Jingze was silent for a moment, and finally nodded: "Okay, I'll give you this chance. If you disappoint Nian Nian again, I will never let you off easily."
Lan Yushi also reminded him: "Yuanzhou, you must talk to Nian Nian and explain the matter clearly."
Lan Yuanzhou, despite his weak body, walked out of the hospital with the help of Lan Yu Shi.
Arriving downstairs of Huo Nian's apartment, Lan Yuanzhou took a deep breath and tried to make himself look more energetic.
Huo Jingze and Lin Yin followed behind, looking at his back, with mixed feelings in their hearts.
Arriving at Huo Nian's door, Lan Yuanzhou raised his hand to knock, but his hand stopped in mid-air.
After hesitating for a moment, he knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" Huo Nian's voice came from inside the house, with a hint of fatigue.
Lan Yuanzhou opened his mouth, but found his throat so dry that he couldn't make a sound.
Seeing this, Huo Jingze stepped forward and said, "Nian Nian, it's us."
There was silence in the room for a while, and then footsteps were heard.
The door slowly opened, and when Huo Nian saw Lan Yuanzhou, his expression instantly turned cold, and he subconsciously wanted to close the door.
Lan Yuanzhou quickly stretched out his hand to block the door: "Niannian, listen to what I have to say."
Huo Nian looked at his pale face and the bandages on his body, with a flash of surprise in his eyes, but soon returned to indifference: "What else do you have to say?"
"Niannian, I didn't disbelieve you. I defended Chen Xueyi that day because I wanted to calm her down and find out the truth in secret. I didn't expect to make you so sad." Lan Yuanzhou held her hand, "Give me a little more time, I will definitely find out the truth of the matter and clear your name."
Huo Nian looked at him doubtfully, "What if it was really Chen Xueyi who did it? What are you going to do?"
Lan Yuanzhou's eyes trembled slightly, and he did not answer. Instead, he looked at Huo Jingze, "Brother-in-law, how is the crime of defamation sentenced?"
Huo Jingze understood what Lan Yuanzhou meant. His expression was stern and his tone was serious: "For the crime of defamation, if the circumstances are serious, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, controlled release or deprivation of political rights."
Lan Yuanzhou's gaze fell on Huo Nian again, "Niannian, if Chen Xueyi really deliberately framed you, I will not protect her and will make her pay the price she deserves."
"Really?" Huo Nian still didn't believe it. "She saved your life, are you willing to do that?"
When Lan Yuanzhou heard this, he looked at Huo Nian firmly and held her shoulders with both hands: "Niannian, don't get me wrong. She saved me, but that can't be a reason for her to hurt you. In my heart, you and the child are the most important."
Huo Nian turned his head away, his eyes slightly red: "You said it nicely, but before you believed her and didn't believe me. Even now, you still don't trust me unconditionally, but need evidence."
"Nian Nian, I..."
"Don't say anything more. I don't want to see you now." Huo Nian pushed his arm away. "Even if you find out the truth, the harm you have done to me cannot be offset. I will not like you anymore. Go away!"
After she finished speaking, she raised her hand and closed the door. A voice came from inside the door, "Brother, sister-in-law, you should go back too."
Lan Yuanzhou was locked outside the door, his hands still in the same position as before, his eyes full of loss.
Lin Yin looked at the closed door, then at Lan Yuanzhou, and sighed: "Yuanzhou, Nian Nian is angry now, you go back first, and wait until she calms down, then we can think of a solution."
Lan Yuanzhou refused to leave. He raised his hand and knocked on the door again: "Niannian, open the door. I know I was wrong. Please give me a chance to make amends."
There was no response from inside the door, only the faint sobbing sound of Huo Nian.
Lan Yuanzhou's heart felt like it was being cut by a knife. He slumped down at the door with his head in his hands.
Lin Yin looked at this scene distressedly, squatted down and said to Lan Yuanzhou: "Yuanzhou, you get up first. Nian Nian needs time to calm down now. You will only make her feel worse."
Lan Yuanzhou slowly stood up and said in despair, "Cousin, what should I do?"
Huo Jingze sneered, "Now you are anxious, what were you doing before?"
He helped Lin Yin up from the ground and said coldly, "I support Nian Nian's approach. Some people don't deserve Nian Nian's feelings."
"Jingze, stop talking." Lin Yin glared at him and whispered, "You know that Nian Nian still has Yuan Zhou in her heart. She won't be happy if they break up. The most important thing now is to untie the knot between the two of them."
Huo Jingze looked at his wife with tender eyes, but said angrily, "It's not like good men are extinct. My Huo family's daughter won't be hanged on a tree in his Lan family, let alone a blind tree. It's better not to have her!"
Lin Yin: “…”
This person is still as vicious as he was back then.
Lan's father and mother, who were standing by, did not get angry when they heard the words belittling their son. Instead, they felt ashamed.
It’s my own son’s fault for letting down someone else’s sister.
Not only did he make her pregnant, but he also made her sad. Just being scolded is the least of his worries.
"Yuanzhou, why don't you get up quickly and find out the truth." Lan Yushi helped Lan Yuanzhou up from the ground. "Niannian is a public figure. It's Chen or something who slandered her. If the matter gets out of hand and affects Niannian, let alone Jingze, I will be the first one to not forgive you!"
Lan Yuanzhou seemed to have just woken up from a dream, "I understand, I'll go right away."
He turned and hurried away.
…
But the truth is not that easy to find out.
The horses in the crew are under strict supervision and are kept in the stables unless it is time to shoot. There are surveillance cameras inside the stables. The director is worried that something might happen to the horses, so he installed surveillance cameras on the road from the stables to the shooting location. Anyone who tampers with them will definitely be caught on camera.
Lan Yuanzhou sent people to check the surveillance cameras at the filming base no less than ten times, but found no evidence of tampering.
In the office, assistant Sheng Yu couldn't help but ask, "Could someone have tampered with the fodder?"
Lan Yuanzhou shook his head. "Director Li had suffered from an accident with horses before, so he was extra cautious during this shoot. He personally managed and delivered the fodder, so there shouldn't be any problems."
"That is..." Sheng Yu hesitated and finally expressed his guess, "Maybe Chen Xueyi pricked the horse with a needle, causing the horse to be frightened and she fell."
Lan Yuanzhou had not thought of this possibility.
But he was not at the scene at the time. By the time he learned the news, at least half an hour had passed since Chen Xueyi fell off the horse, and it was too late to send someone to check.
Besides, it was a dark horse, and even if there were minor wounds and blood, it would be difficult to detect.
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