Chapter 360: Once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back
Xiao Beisheng looked at Su Man with a playful look, as if he was looking at a childish child.
"Oh? But I've already paid the deposit."
"You don't lack this little money. As long as you don't start, it's still in time, right?" Su Man was very anxious and really wanted to persuade him.
"Su Man, you are too naive." Xiao Beisheng said, "Once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back, let alone doing this kind of business."
"Since you knew, why did you still do it? Even if you can ignore everything for Luo Yan, but don't you think about your grandmother? Your family? What about Xiao Tian? Xiao Tian said that her parents never cared about her, and only you, her cousin, were willing to care about her. If you... how sad would she be?"
Xiao Beisheng took a drag on his cigarette, resting his wrist on the edge of the car window. The night wind blew the cigarette between his fingers, making it flicker. "This matter has nothing to do with you. It's none of your business, and you shouldn't get involved. Just pretend that nothing happened tonight and you didn't hear anything."
Su Man was furious. "Yes, I'm meddling again. Of course I'll forget what happened tonight. I cherish my life and can't let go of my child. I was just thinking that if you died or went to jail, I'd have to find another person to rely on."
"Okay, if I die, you can find another backer." Xiao Beisheng didn't sound angry or angry when he said this.
Very calm.
It seemed like he was really giving her advice on how to find a way out.
Su Man felt very uncomfortable in her heart, as if something was blocking her, making her feel stuffy and astringent.
Xiao Beisheng sent her back to Manyuan, the home she now lived with Qiao Shiyan.
"You can walk the rest of the way by yourself," Xiao Beisheng said.
Su Man knew he was avoiding suspicion.
But these words connected with the previous conversation, and Su Man felt uncomfortable. She opened the car door and got out silently.
In the darkness of the night, Xiao Beisheng's car was still parked on the side of the road. He watched Su Man get into the long box before turning around and leaving.
Su Man returned home, the light in the study was on, and Qiao Shiyan was at home.
But she was in no mood to say hello to Qiao Shiyan.
She went upstairs, returned to her room, removed the disgusting makeup on her face, and then called Fang Zhiming.
The call that hadn't been answered all night finally got through.
"Su Man, are you okay? Are you okay?" As soon as the phone was connected, Fang Zhiming's anxious and worried voice came over.
Su Man sighed, feeling very tired, her feet tired, her shoulders tired, and her heart tired too.
"I'm fine. Something happened, and I escaped successfully. But you, you didn't get exposed, did you?"
"I was almost recognized. I distracted Mankun's thugs and planned to go back to look for you. But the people in the teahouse recognized me. I wasn't a cleaner, and Mankun's thugs wanted to catch me. Luckily, I ran fast enough, but in my haste, I tumbled down the stairs and fainted. It was a kind passerby who took me to the hospital. I just woke up."
He spoke so sincerely and acted so well that I almost believed it myself.
In fact, at that time, he was sitting in the car and doing nothing.
But he was acting in full, he was indeed in the hospital now, and he even gave Suman a bill for the bone examination.
Of course, this is also a photo edited with Photoshop.
Su Man was so focused on the information she had received today that she never expected Fang Zhiming to lie to her:
"Should I come over to see you?"
"No, no, I took an X-ray and there's nothing serious wrong with your bones. You're fine, which is a blessing in disguise. Otherwise, I'd be a sinner who deserves death. By the way, what did Xiao Beisheng and Man Kun talk about today? Are they really trading contraband?"
"Yes……"
Su Man was anxious and told Fang Zhiming everything she had heard tonight.
This matter is of no small importance.
And now, she only has Fang Zhiming to discuss with and trust.
Xiao Beisheng and the person opposite him planned to make a deal in ten days.
At that time, the business will be conducted under the pretext of trading in precious and rare Chinese medicinal materials.
The transaction took place at Nanyong Wharf near Haikou.
"Great... Then we'll stake out the place and apprehend the perpetrators. Once we've determined the number and amount of the transactions, we can probably file a case. I have some classmates who became criminal police after graduation, so maybe we could ask them for help on this matter."
Su Man was a little uneasy. "We should do this, right? Is there any better way to minimize the damage? I don't want other people in the Xiao family to be implicated."
"Suman, cowardly kindness is the greater evil. Now he is just beginning, the situation is not that serious, if you stop him, the sentence may be reduced. If he gets deeper and deeper into trouble, he will be shot."
"Okay, I understand." Su Man made up her mind.
After hanging up the phone, she sat in front of the dressing table in a daze, her heart feeling empty.
Come to think of it, I haven’t seen Doudou for almost a day.
At this moment, she really wanted to get close to her sweet and soft child and take a deep breath. Just smelling the sweet and milky fragrance of Doudou would heal all the fatigue and unhappiness of the day.
Su Man left the room and went to the baby room. At the stairs, she met Qiao Shiyan who was going upstairs.
When Qiao Shiyan saw her, he nodded to her lightly, and Su Man also nodded in response.
Neither party asked the other about their itinerary for the day.
In just one day and one night, the two people became much more distant, and it seemed as if they had retreated to a position more polite than friends, each keeping to their own boundaries.
Suman greeted him and went to the baby room.
Compared to her indifference, beneath Qiao Shiyan's calm surface lies bitter repression and forbearance.
After passing each other and walking a long distance away, Qiao Shiyan looked back at Su Man, but Su Man did not look back. She had her own direction and destination, and never cared about him.
Qiao Shiyan clenched his fists slightly.
Doudou...
Can I keep Suman by putting some effort into Doudou?
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These ten days were particularly long for Suman.
Fang Zhiming contacted his old classmates in the criminal police team. These days, Fang Zhiming and Su Man have been meeting with criminal investigation and drug enforcement personnel to discuss the ten-day arrest operation.
"Xiao Beisheng did it perfectly. We couldn't find any evidence on our side. My superior said that if we rashly dispatched police without evidence, we might cause accidental injuries and waste police resources, so he refused to transfer police forces to me." Fang Zhiming's classmate took off his hat and scratched his scalp.
"Are we going to give up such a good opportunity just because we have no evidence?" Fang Zhiming was a little anxious.
"Don't underestimate me. I'm a team leader after all, and I can gather some manpower. No matter what, I've already accomplished this."
Fang Zhiming thought for a moment and said, "We don't have enough manpower. Should we try a trick and arrange bait?"
As they spoke, everyone looked at Su Man.
Su Man felt a little weird, but she couldn't tell what was wrong.
This method was not inherently wrong, but the person who proposed it was Fang Zhiming, which made Su Man feel uncomfortable. What he said and what he did were not consistent.
Just like the incident at the Millennium Teahouse, Fang Zhiming expressed his concern for Su Man verbally, but his actions were far from sufficient. They had agreed to act together, but Fang Zhiming remained invisible the entire time, and in the end, Su Man had to rely on herself.
"If I need to come forward, I will fully cooperate," Suman told the police.
The detective student waved his hand. "No, no, no, we're not sure whether the operation will succeed. You can't be exposed so quickly. You have to maintain some of his trust in you. If you fail this time, he'll have to rely on you to gather information and evidence from him in the future."
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