Chapter 24 Can you tell me what happened? ...
Song Wuqi returned to Jiangcheng this afternoon. After returning, he only sent a message to Tang Ran and did not contact her.
Tang Ran had already found the reason in the photos sent by the private investigator.
Ye Xiaoyu learned about Ning Hao's information through her connection with Sun Jiaojiao, but she didn't know that Sun Jiaojiao's information was incomplete.
The day after Song Wuqi's second round of negotiations with Da Ning, the Ning family received a secretly filmed video of the crime scene.
A video that is sufficient to prove Ning Hao's innocence.
The deceased companion had overdosed and stabbed himself. The fingerprints on the murder weapon were left by Ning Hao when he was unconscious and used the knife to cut something.
Ye Xiaoyu was determined to find out the truth about Ning Hao and get Song Wuqi to give her a chance to prove herself.
The result was that her attempt to prove herself ruined Song Wuqi's chance to prove himself to Old Master Song.
After learning that Da Ning and Golbol were cooperating, Song Wuqi vented all his anger on Ye Xiaoyu.
On the surface, it seems that Song Wuqi trusted the wrong person, Ye Xiaoyu, but that is not the case.
After Ye Xiaoyu volunteered to help, Song Wuqi also found someone else to investigate Ning Hao's affairs.
The information she found was the same as what Ye Xiaoyu had given her.
This is why Song Wuqi felt confident enough to change his acquisition strategy.
But things failed, and Song Wuqi wouldn't blame herself. Ye Xiaoyu naturally became the target of her scapegoating and venting her anger.
With the acquisition failing and his entanglement with Ye Xiaoyu, Song Wuqi simply didn't have the extra energy or inclination to contact his girlfriend, whom he already didn't care about.
In his previous life, Song Wuqi was unaware of Ning Hao's affairs and did not unilaterally change the acquisition plan.
The Ning family received the video of the crime scene two months later than they do now, by which time Da Ning had already completed the first round of transactions with the Song family.
Song Wuqi was transferred to the group headquarters after the successful acquisition and was riding high.
"I understand, I'll go now."
Tang Ran didn't care at all whether Song Wuqi was injured or not, but now was not the time to break up.
Lu Shuyang had already called her, so no matter how disgusted Tang Ran was by Song Wuqi, she had to keep up the act.
Tang Ran hung up the phone, a worried look on her face, and prepared to say goodbye to Song Zhixu.
Before she could speak, she heard Song Zhixu ask, "Where are you going? I'll take you."
"This is too much trouble for you, sister. I'll drive it myself..."
Tang Ran was halfway through her refusal when she remembered that she had just passed the second part of her driving test, so she immediately changed her mind and said, "I can just take a taxi there."
She's really lazy. In her previous life, she always had a driver to pick her up and drop her off even after getting her driver's license. After coming back, she had too many things to do and completely forgot that she hadn't finished taking her driver's test yet.
It was getting late, and Tang Ran didn't want to make the driver go again, but she was also too embarrassed to trouble Song Zhixu to take her.
"It's too late, it's not safe to take a taxi." Song Zhixu said, taking the key from the entrance.
Seeing that she had put on her shoes, Tang Ran couldn't refuse any longer and forced a smile, saying, "Thank you for your trouble, sister."
I got into Song Zhixu's car.
Tang Ran's phone vibrated again. This time it was a video sent by a private investigator, and the background showed a bar setting.
Before playing, Tang Ran deliberately muted the sound.
The video begins with Song Wuqi sitting at the bar drinking. After a short while, her gaze falls on the booth next door.
Ye Xiaoyu and a man were sitting in the booth. When Song Wuqi looked over, the man was about to reach out to pull Ye Xiaoyu. Ye Xiaoyu flinched and stood up in fear to leave.
The man blocked her way and pulled her to sit down. Just then, Song Wuqi went over and tried to pull Ye Xiaoyu away, but the man refused.
No one knows what Song Wuqi said, but the man smashed a wine bottle over her head.
Song Wuqi blocked it with his hand, and then retaliated by throwing a bottle at the man. The bar security guards arrived, and the video ended there.
What a magnificent 'hero saves the beauty' drama!
The yellow traffic light flashed, and Song Zhixu slowly stepped on the brake, glancing up at the rearview mirror.
Inside the dimly lit car, the light from the screen shone on Tang Ran's face, as if casting a cold glow.
After watching the video with a blank expression, Tang Ran turned the screen upside down.
The reflection in the rearview mirror disappeared into the darkness, and the next moment Song Zhixu heard a deep gasp.
The traffic light countdown jumped to 1, and the car slowly drove across the stop line.
Jiangcheng Hospital is not far from the city center; we arrived in no time.
"Thank you so much, sister. You've gone to so much trouble for me today." Tang Ran unbuckled her seatbelt and thanked Song Zhixu again.
"No need to be so polite." Song Zhixu's gaze fell on her face.
Tang Ran's eyes were curved at the corners, but there was no hint of a smile in them.
"Drive carefully, sister. Can you send me a message when you get home?"
"Okay." Song Zhixu nodded.
Tang Ran reached out to open the door, and the headlights on the car roof came on. Song Zhixu called out to her, "Tang Ran."
Tang Ran paused as she got out of the car and turned around.
Song Zhixu met her questioning gaze and said softly, "Is there anything I can help you with?"
"Huh?" Tang Ran didn't understand what she meant for a moment.
After considering for a moment, Song Zhixu said, "You don't seem to be in a good mood. Have you encountered some difficulties?"
Tang Ran's expression stiffened.
I don't know if it was because Song Zhixu's concern was too genuine, or because her voice was too gentle.
The pent-up emotions surged like a flood, constantly battering the high dam built in Tang Ran's heart.
My fingers unconsciously loosened their grip on the handle, and the car door clicked shut automatically.
The roof light slowly went out, and the car became dark, with only a little light from the streetlights shining in, barely enough to make one see clearly.
The moment the car door closed, Tang Ran's vision gradually went out of focus, and a gloomy atmosphere filled her entire being.
This gave Tang Ran an urge to stop looking back and to get everything off her chest.
For a moment, Tang Ran thought that if Song Zhixu didn't believe her, she could just go down in flames with Song Wuqi and die together, which would be better than the ending of her previous life.
"Tang Ran?"
Song Zhixu reached out and grabbed her wrist.
The light grip on her wrist pulled Tang Ran back from her gloomy state of mind, and she looked up at Song Zhixu.
Song Zhixu spoke again, "Are you alright?"
Tang Ran's condition was perhaps worse than she had imagined, which confirmed Song Zhixu's suspicion that the melancholy she felt about Tang Ran in the study was not her imagination.
Song Zhixu unbuckled his seatbelt and pulled her back to the passenger seat.
Tang Ran subconsciously lowered her head to avoid Song Zhixu's gaze. The anger in her heart was raging. She couldn't control her emotions and didn't want Song Zhixu to see her loss of composure.
Song Zhixu released her hand, turned slightly to the side, and bent down to look into her eyes from below.
The bright, dark pupils that used to sparkle when she smiled were gone, and the deep, dark depths in her eyes resembled thick, indissoluble ink.
Tang Ran wasn't crying, but Song Zhixu could almost hear her heart-wrenching sobs again.
More than gloom, Song Zhixu sensed sadness from her.
Intense sorrow was like armor that Tang Ran had erected, tightly enveloping her and preventing anyone from getting close.
Song Zhixu's fingers twitched slightly, curling up and then relaxing, before finally raising his hand to tuck a stray strand of hair behind her ear.
Not noticing Tang Ran's rejection, she spoke softly, "Can you tell me what happened? Perhaps I can help you."
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