After Xia Wan finished speaking, she hung up the phone and turned to leave, but she froze as she turned.
She looked at the two people standing outside the tea room, and her face turned pale instantly.
Xiao Chen's face was gloomy. After he learned about Ye Xinning's accident at Mingsheng that day, he had been investigating the matter with Ye Xinning.
They had only suspected that Xia Wan was involved, but they never imagined that Xia Wan was the one who did it.
Xiao Chen's tone was icy cold, devoid of any warmth, "Why did you do this?"
"Xiao Chen, no, let me explain."
Xia Wan was still trying to explain something, but Xiao Chen didn't want to listen at all. All the evidence was laid out in front of him; what else was there to say?
"When did you begin to harbor such malicious intentions?"
Xia Wan bit her lip. Xiao Chen was so aggressive, and there wasn't a trace of warmth in his eyes. She immediately realized that no matter what she said at this moment, Xiao Chen wouldn't believe her. Or perhaps, in Xiao Chen's heart, the matter had already been decided long ago.
"Yes, I did it." She readily admitted it, looking at Xiao Chen with a somewhat cold smile. "No one knows better than you why I did this, Xiao Chen. If you weren't so biased, if you hadn't been blind to my efforts, if you hadn't focused all your attention on Ye Xinning, I wouldn't have orchestrated these things."
"So, it's become my responsibility?"
"Isn't that right?" Xia Wan roared, her emotions gradually escalating to the point of collapse. "If you looked at me more closely, you would know that I love you. I've done so much for the law firm, but you've always ignored me. Especially after Ye Xinning's divorce, you treated her so well. Do you think I don't know what you're thinking? Ye Xinning is divorced, and you feel like you have hope again. Even before, you promoted her and valued her so much, all because you liked her, right? Xiao Chen, what am I, Xia Wan, lacking? Ye Xinning is a divorced woman, what is it about me that I'm inferior to her? Can't you see me? Fine, I'll destroy the woman you like, and then let's see what reason you have to like her."
"So, you plotted to have me deliver documents to you, and had Mr. Yao act as your accomplice to persuade me to drink that glass of wine?"
“Yes, it was my design. That Mr. Yao was a fool. He didn’t realize from beginning to end that I had tampered with the wine.” Xia Wan’s smile was eerie and made people feel crazy. “But the only thing I didn’t expect was that Shen Lin would appear there and take you away. If Shen Lin hadn’t appeared, Ye Xinning, do you think you would still be standing in front of me and talking to me like this? You would have been a joke in the mouths of everyone in Nancheng long ago.”
"Xia Wan, Xiao Chen and I have never had that kind of relationship," Ye Xinning said with a complicated expression as she listened to Xia Wan's words.
Xia Wan suddenly yelled at her, "Shut up, Ye Xinning! What right do you have to speak? In terms of ability, you're not much better than me. In terms of family background, your Ye family is only barely surviving because of the Shen family. What do you, a woman rejected by Shen Lin, have to be proud of? Why does Xiao Chen like you? Why is it that in Xiao Chen's eyes, you're always the best, always the more outstanding one?"
Ye Xinning looked at Xia Wan, who was now completely irrational and impossible to communicate with.
Her patience ran out. Originally, out of consideration for their past as colleagues, she wanted to understand Xia Wan's reasons for doing this. If she could accept Xia Wan's reasons, she could choose a gentler approach to handle the matter.
But Xia Wan's extreme behavior and the extent of her resentment towards her have made her realize that over the years, she has come to understand that when she is kind and soft-hearted towards others, they are always plotting to kill her.
"Since that's the case, there's nothing more to say. Let's call the police. Xiao Chen, what's your opinion?" Ye Xinning turned to look at Xiao Chen.
Xiao Chen felt nothing but disappointment towards Xia Wan.
"Call the police."
Xia Wan's thinking was already obsessive enough. This time she was able to drug someone, but what she might do next was anyone's guess.
If such people are allowed to continue unchecked, they will inevitably cause a major disaster sooner or later.
As a lawyer, Xia Wan knew all too well what the consequences would be if her actions toward Ye Xinning were exposed.
But when she heard the words "call the police" from Xiao Chen's mouth, her body still trembled.
"Xiao Chen, we've been colleagues for years. I don't believe you don't know how I feel about you, yet you're still so cruel to me?"
"Everyone has to pay the price for their actions, and so do you."
After Xiao Chen finished speaking, he turned and left. Ye Xinning took one last look at Xia Wan before leaving as well.
As Xiao Chen said, everyone has to pay the price for their actions.
...
Xia Wan was taken away by the police, and according to relevant legal provisions, she needs to be held accountable for what she did.
Just days after Xia Wan was taken away, her family's textile business suddenly lost all its orders. Xia Wan's parents had become rich overnight through a stroke of luck, and now that all their orders were cut off, the small company's cash flow completely collapsed within days, and they soon filed for bankruptcy.
Ye Xinning knew about this because Ye Xiaoxiao told her.
"Sister, the things that happened with the Xia family are too coincidental, don't you think?" Ye Xiaoxiao asked this question while Ye Xinning was looking at a new case.
Upon hearing this, she looked up and glanced in Ye Xiaoxiao's direction. "What happened to the Xia family?"
"My dear sister, how could you not know that the Xia family has filed for bankruptcy?"
Ye Xinning froze, and Ye Xiaoxiao quickly found all the news about the Xia family and handed it to Ye Xinning. After reading it, Ye Xinning fell silent.
Just as Ye Xiaoxiao said, such a thing was too coincidental, so coincidental that it couldn't help but make her have some other thoughts and guesses.
"Sister, who else knows about Xia Wan drugging you?" Ye Xiaoxiao asked.
Ye Xinning thought of the day Shen Lin took her to the hospital, "Why are you asking me this?"
"Exclude the relevant people."
"You mean Chen Lin, right?"
"Sister is really smart. Actually, there are many people in Nancheng who can deal with the Xia family, but I really can't think of anyone else who can do it with such swift and decisive methods and such a targeted approach. The only one I can think of is Shen Lin."
Ye Xinning moved her hands slowly. "Alright, stop gossiping and do your own thing."
Ye Xiaoxiao asked, "Sister, aren't you curious if it's Shen Lin?"
Ye Xinning looked up at Ye Xiaoxiao and said helplessly, "I'm not curious or that's important. All I know is that if you keep talking, I'll have to work overtime again tonight."
Upon hearing this, Ye Xiaoxiao said no more and went back to her work, after all, she didn't want to work overtime.
After Ye Xiaoxiao calmed down, Ye Xinning also turned her gaze away and continued to deal with her work. But this time, no matter how seriously she tried, she couldn't stop thinking about Shen Lin.
Is it him?
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