Meng Sheng lowered his eyelids, staring at the half-filled poached egg in the bowl. His lips trembled as he whispered, "It's just... I just dreamt about my mother dying in a car accident.
During the time I just calmed down, I suddenly recalled the time when Shang Boyu and Ning Weiwei were together, the time when my mother had a car accident, and the phone call my mother had made to me.
I'm a little suspicious, is it possible that my mother knew about Shang Boyu's affair with Ning Weiwei..."
When she spoke the last part, her throat choked, and complexity and sadness danced in her calm eyes.
Pei Sui frowned upon hearing this and asked, "Did your mother's traffic accident report or vehicle technical appraisal mention any issues with the brakes or braking system?"
Meng Sheng opened his mouth and sighed, "During that time, I was a little mentally broken, and I was immersed in the pain of losing my mother. The traffic police's verdict was...
I'm not sure. I only heard a few things from my brother, and he didn't mention braking. Also...if the traffic police discovered the car had been tampered with, they would definitely hand it over to the criminal investigation department to open a case."
Pei Sui nodded and pondered for a moment. "I'll go to the traffic police brigade this afternoon and ask them to help retrieve the files of the car accident to see if there are any photos of the scene that year, and if I can compare them with the evidence left by your car that day.
Chen Ye once said that brake marks are actually small, very subtle, but also very deadly. If you don't look carefully, you can't really see them.
"Can I go with you tomorrow?" Meng Sheng said anxiously.
Pei Sui glanced at her red and swollen eyes and pale face.
My heart ached slightly. If she went with him tomorrow, the impact of those photos on her would definitely be huge.
Who knows, I might have a nightmare again tonight.
After a quick deliberation, he decided to make up an excuse, "It's very simple to check the evidence of your car a few days ago. Your mother's car accident was almost two years ago. If an outsider wants to check the files, they need a warrant from above, and it has to be reviewed at all levels.
I have some friendship with the deputy captain of the traffic police team, and he is a lawyer, so the deputy captain should do me a favor, but it might be difficult to bring another person in.
However, I'll call during the day to inquire about the situation and see what they say. If it's convenient, I'll go down to the art museum to pick you up."
Meng Sheng was stunned for a moment, then realized belatedly that he was able to look up these things because of his connections as a lawyer.
But she was just an outsider outside their system, and it was really inconvenient for her to go with them.
She took a breath and tried to calm herself down. "Forget it, it's good enough that you can help me check. I was too anxious just now and didn't think it through."
"There's no need to be so polite between us. Whether as your attorney or as your boyfriend, helping you is what I should do."
Pei Sui tried to comfort her, his cold voice deliberately kept light and low, trying not to appear so cold.
"Don't worry, don't be nervous, don't be afraid. Leave this to me. I'll tell you the results once I find them."
Meng Sheng looked at him, and it seemed as if a string in his heart was gently plucked.
It was like a petal floating on the calm lake, causing slight ripples.
The phrase "Leave it to me" sounds particularly familiar. It seems that every time something happens, I can always hear this sentence from his mouth.
I feel inexplicably at ease.
Even his last words did not evoke the slightest suspicion or distrust in her.
She smiled, her brows unconsciously curved, hiding the sadness and sorrow floating on her irises, and shining with twinkling lights, "Yeah, okay."
"Eat quickly, otherwise the noodles will become clumpy and won't taste good when they get cold." Pei Sui reminded her.
"Um."
She nodded softly, picked up her chopsticks and ate all the remaining noodles.
Perhaps because of the rain, the sun rose late and it was still early. Pei Sui held her in the living room and talked to her for a while, then coaxed her back to her room to sleep for a while.
When I got up again, it was already past nine o'clock.
After eating the bowl of noodles in the early morning, she was not hungry now, but Pei Sui still asked her to eat a boiled egg and drink a cup of soy milk, saying that he was worried that she would have hypoglycemia later.
She didn't refuse, ate the food obediently, and went out with Pei Sui.
This early summer rain lasted until the afternoon before gradually stopping, and the sun came out a little around four in the afternoon.
The temperature is neither too hot nor too cold, and there is a pleasant and comfortable feeling in the air.
Because of the dream last night, Meng Sheng was in a bad mood all day today, and he was always worried about Xu Li's car accident.
I was distracted for a moment during the meeting this morning.
She was just thinking about whether to send Pei Sui a message to ask him if he had gone to the traffic police brigade when there was a knock on the office door.
She suppressed her thoughts and called out, "Come in."
Qiao Na walked in and nodded, "Director, there's a woman in her fifties or sixties outside the art gallery looking for you."
"Woman?"
Meng Sheng was stunned for a moment, and her first reaction was... Could it be that Cui Xueheng was causing trouble for her again?
But that shouldn't be the case. Ever since she fainted from anger on the 6th, the cold wind that day probably blew into her body, causing her to catch a cold immediately. She also became sick and mentally confused twice.
Pei Sui answered a phone call in front of her, but he did not go back to see her, saying that he did not want Cui Xueheng to see that his condition had worsened.
Because Cui Xueying was worried, she stayed with her in the Pei family's old house to take care of her.
But apart from Cui Xueheng, what other woman in her fifties or sixties would come to see her?
Although Cui Xueheng is sick, she actually takes good care of herself. Even without makeup, you can't tell her real age at all. If she dresses up more carefully, it would be believable to say that she is only forty.
"Do you want her to come in?" Joanna asked.
Meng Sheng gathered her thoughts. Although she still hadn't guessed who it was, she nodded and said, "Bring her up."
A few minutes later, when she saw the woman in her fifties or sixties that Joanna mentioned, she was still stunned unexpectedly.
Even though she had thought about all the women who might come to see her, she had never imagined that it would be...
Lü Qiuling.
Ning Weiwei's mother.
She was stunned for a moment. Lu Qiuling rubbed her fingers awkwardly, standing there uncomfortably, as if she was too embarrassed to face the situation. "Hello... Long time no see, Sheng... I... I'm sorry for coming here intrusively..."
Lu Qiuling was so ashamed that she was incoherent. Even the name that she was often called in the past felt like a defilement when she said it now.
She felt embarrassed and humbled that as Ning Weiwei's mother, she was not worthy of calling Meng Sheng's name.
Meng Sheng had never thought about meeting Lu Qiuling, so for a moment he didn't know how to face her.
She should be angry and disgusted with what Ning Weiwei did.
But when she saw Lu Qiuling's uneasy look, she felt a little complicated and didn't feel soft-hearted.
But it didn't seem right to let her question hysterically, vent her anger, and blame all of Ning Weiwei's mistakes on Lu Qiuling.
For a moment, she really reflected on whether she was a little too saintly.
She pursed her lips, didn't address him, and said in a calm voice with a hint of distance, "Sit down. Can I have some black tea?"
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