Chapter 163 Protecting the Shortcomings
"Thank you, Lawyer Zhou."
"Mr. Xiao, it's my honor to serve you," the lawyer said, shaking Xiao Xingyu's hand tightly. "I have a small request. Could I take a photo with you?"
Xiao Xingyu glanced at the surroundings and said, "Today is not a good day. So, I'll send you a banner later."
The lawyer's eyes lit up and he shook Xiao Xingyu's hand vigorously: "Thank you, thank you!"
After watching the lawyer leave, Xiao Xingyu turned around and bent down to look at Zhang Moyan's face: "Are you crying so hard?"
Zhang Moyan lowered her head in a hurry. Oh no, she had been holding herself up well in front of him, but who would have thought that she would be brought up so soon. The redness and swelling on her face betrayed the fact that she had been crying so hard.
"Let's go! The car is over there." Xiao Xingyu walked ahead towards the parking lot.
It's neither hot nor cold, and I feel like the anger hasn't subsided yet.
In the quiet carriage, no one spoke for a long time.
"I haven't even seen those five notebooks," Zhang Moyan said, breaking the silence. "I really didn't steal them."
Xiao Xingyu placed one hand under the steering wheel: "Yeah."
"Thank you for helping me."
Xiao Xingyu: “…”
Another silence.
"Oh, right!" Zhang Moyan turned halfway around. "When did you come back? Did you know that your grandfather had a cerebral hemorrhage and was in the hospital?"
Xiao Xingyu: "Got it."
"Shall we go see Mr. Xiao first? I heard he's still in a coma."
"I've already been there," Xiao Xingyu glanced at her, seeing through her evasive thoughts: "Now you have to come home with me."
“…”
"The hospital declined too many family members."
"Oh, then..."
"I've called the best neurosurgeon in Shenhai to come over."
The atmosphere seemed to ease a little: "Well, doctors in big cities must be better."
The car was driving on a familiar road, and Zhang Moyan's hands on her knees gradually clenched. Even though she was innocent, she couldn't help but feel nervous when she thought about facing the people from the Xiao family.
As we approached the gate of Xiao's house, we saw several blue and white police cars parked there from afar. It must be that after Xiao Xingyu called the police, the police station dispatched officers to conduct an investigation.
Zhang Moyan got out of the car and followed Xiao Xingyu to the gate, where she happened to meet Xiao Weizhou, Xiao Weizhou, Xiao Huai, Xiao Mumu, Zhou Xia and a group of others who were escorting several policemen out.
Everyone paused when they saw Zhang Moyan. The look was so different from before that made Zhang Moyan feel uneasy for no reason.
Xiao Xingyu followed them to escort the police officer and heard the police officer say, "Please stay. We have already collected the evidence and photos from the scene. We will inform you as soon as we have the results of the investigation. If you have any new clues, please inform us immediately."
"Okay, we will definitely cooperate with you fully. Thank you." Xiao Weizhou shook hands with the police and said goodbye.
After the police car drove away, everyone turned around at the same time, their eyes all focused on Zhang Moyan.
"Xing Yu!" Xiao Weiyu's face was filled with rage. He pointed at Zhang Moyan and asked loudly, "Didn't you tell us to take this woman to the police? Why did you bring her back?"
Xiao Xingyu weighed his emotions for a moment and said, "I did call the police, but the evidence was insufficient and the police couldn't detain anyone. I can only keep her with me!"
His voice sounded very calm, but it sounded like a roar in Zhang Moyan's ears.
Xiao Xingyu is lying.
She was released from detention not because of insufficient evidence, but because he was hiding the fact that he had hired a lawyer to grant her bail.
"Stupid!" Xiao Weiyu was furious. "You're still keeping her with you? She's very dangerous, don't you know? Something's happened at home, come here quickly and stay away from that woman!"
"What if she runs away if I don't keep her with me?" Xiao Xingyu asked.
"There are so many ways!" Xiao Weiyu said to Xiao Huai with a wave of his hand, "Have the company's security captain come over and find a room in the park hotel for this woman to stay in until the police have thoroughly investigated the case."
Zhang Moyan was shocked when she heard this and involuntarily took a few steps behind Xiao Xingyu.
Xiao Huai didn't move, so Xiao Weiyu couldn't help but yell at him: "Xiao Huai, did you hear what I said?"
Xiao Huai felt a little reluctant, but after thinking about it, he took out his phone.
"Xiao Huai," Xiao Xingyu called out to Xiao Huai, "No need."
Facing Xiao Huai's inquiring gaze, Xiao Xingyu said firmly: "Mo Yan would never do such a thing."
"Brother Xingyu," Zhou Xia stepped forward, "Do you know who she is? She's a reporter! I saw her press card in the room yesterday! We all saw it."
When this was mentioned, Zhang Moyan suddenly felt as if she was being pierced by gazes. This was the fact and she had no way to refute it.
"I know that!" Xiao Xingyu faced everyone calmly, his voice composed. "She's been inviting me to an interview for a while now, but I've always refused. To facilitate this, she pestered me to come to Ruzhou. When we were coming back, you all said you couldn't stand the harassment from reporters, so she concealed her identity out of fear that you might object. I know all this."
When Zhang Moyan heard what Xiao Xingyu said, her heart warmed slightly. His words were exactly the same as what she had explained to everyone yesterday. At least it could help her regain some credibility.
Everyone looked at Zhang Moyan again with complicated eyes.
At this time, Xiao Weizhou, who had been silent the whole time, spoke up: "Xingyu, your grandfather let her go after talking to her last night. Then he had a cerebral hemorrhage, and the notes in the filing cabinet disappeared. This is all really too coincidental."
"Mr. Xiao didn't ask me to leave!" Zhang Moyan blurted out, "Mr. Xiao just asked me to leave early. I was ashamed, so I left last night. Please believe me, I really don't know what the notes are, and I didn't take them!"
"But you must have other motives for coming to the Xiao family, right?" Zhou Xia's voice was neither loud nor low, but his tone was murderous. "Lin Yin has already told us that you have been to Zhenyunxuan, right?"
Zhang Moyan was stunned for a moment, and Zhou Xia said coldly and meaningfully: "And you also know about the Tongzhen Monument."
Zhang Moyan opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but she had nothing to say.
The meaning of Zhou Xia's words was very clear. Even Xiao Mumu came over and tugged at Xiao Xingyu's sleeve, "Brother, I think you should keep some distance from her for now!"
Xiao Xingyu raised his eyes and glanced at Xiao Mumu, who immediately let go.
"Yes, Brother Xingyu," Zhou Xia glanced around with lowered eyelashes, as if warning everyone to pay attention to what he was about to say. "She must have other motives for approaching you. You've really let your guard down! This interview must be a cover. Maybe even her identity as a reporter is fake! She could be a female spy, using her proximity to you to do something unspeakable."
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