Chapter 964 Good Daughter
She knew what he would do tonight.
How could I possibly sleep on a night like this?
Huo Xingzhou flipped through the address book and dialed the top number.
Sun Weimeng knew at a glance that he was going to tell Qiao Xi that he was safe, so he kept his mouth shut. He felt a little sad. How could he bully a single person like this?
He felt like he had someone to check in with and share his daily life with. But then he realized that a playboy like him wasn't suited to a clingy relationship. With his personality, he'd never be able to be single. Rather than constantly arguing and having trust crises with his partner, it was better for him to never have a stable relationship.
"Hello."
The call went through quickly.
The moment Huo Xingzhou heard the call connected, the corners of his mouth curled up: "Qiao Xi, it's me."
"I wasn't hurt...I didn't fight with them."
"Were you awake? They were all arrested."
Huo Xingzhou listened to the other side's nagging concern, and his face became more gentle.
"I'm not lying to you. It's all right. Otherwise, you can ask Sun Weimeng, or I'll be able to see it when I get home in the morning. You can check it as you like."
"It will take some time to go to the police station to take a statement. You should rest first and don't wait for me."
"Don't worry, I'm a caring person and I won't let others hurt me easily."
He repeatedly assured that he was really not injured, and only then did Qiao Xi on the other end of the phone believe him.
"Remember to sleep well, good night."
Huo Xingzhou gave a few instructions and hung up the phone.
Sun Weimeng touched the goose bumps on his arm and said with a hint of sourness: "You two are so cheesy. You gave me goose bumps all over my body."
"Are you cheesy?"
Huo Xingzhou had seen Young Master Sun picking up girls, and he could say all kinds of sweet words.
But those women still fall for it.
"That's not corny, that's romantic. You're already an old married couple, why are you still like this?"
Huo Xingzhou raised the corner of his mouth and said, "We've only been married for a year."
What old couple.
Even after ten or twenty years, they will still be like this.
"Forget it, I don't understand you married people." Sun Weimeng said with a curled lip.
He also pulled out his phone to scroll through gossip and his social media feed, scrolling through a bunch of news but not finding what he wanted to see. He leaned against the car window and sent a message to an entertainment reporter he knew, asking them to block the photos Zhao Qin was sending out.
He was afraid that Zhao Qin would become desperate and drag Xia Sisi down with him even if he was doomed.
Just think of it as him owing her.
Sun Weimeng scrolled through his phone screen, looking at the familiar chat box. The chat history on it was still stuck on several days ago, with no updates.
He was wondering whether it was necessary to send a message to Xia Sisi to tell her that Zhao Qin had been arrested.
But then he thought about it, what was the relationship between him and her, why should he tell her?
But another voice in my heart said that even if it was just an ordinary friend, I could say something, and it didn’t mean anything.
Sun Weimeng ultimately didn't send the message, but instead found Liang Rui's rumored boyfriend and revealed the news to him. As for whether he wanted to tell Xia Sisi or not, that was up to him.
After Sun Weimeng finished doing this, he threw his phone aside.
…
And the other side.
The private plane was forced to land.
Li Cheng and his group were surrounded.
He looked at the bodyguards and uniformed men who looked familiar, hesitating.
"Excuse me... is there something wrong?" Li Cheng's mind was full of thoughts, but he couldn't figure out what went wrong. Why would the police come specifically to intercept him? He had clearly moved so quickly, abandoning Pei Zheng and leaving the imperial capital.
He thought he would be able to leave the country soon and he relaxed.
But he didn't expect to be stopped at the last moment.
Li Cheng's heart fell from heaven to earth.
"Mr. Li, we've received a report alleging you are suspected of smuggling cultural relics. You cannot leave the country until an investigation proves your innocence. Please come back to the police station with us..."
smuggling!
Pei Zheng was arrested!
He was also involved.
Why did the police act so quickly this time?
They seemed to know where he was going.
"This must be a misunderstanding. Police comrades, you have made a mistake. How could I smuggle cultural relics? You can search me at will." Li Cheng responded with a dry laugh.
"Mr. Li, we will not search your private plane. I hope you will cooperate with us, okay?"
"I'm going abroad! I have a lot of business going on overseas. Please don't disrupt my plans just because I received a mysterious phone call to frame me. I have reason to suspect that it was my business competitor playing tricks. As for the investigation, can you wait until I finish my business overseas and come back?"
Once he leaves, he will never come back.
Because Pei Zheng has been arrested.
Everything in the country has to be abandoned.
"Mr. Li, please don't embarrass us. Cooperating with the investigation is every citizen's duty."
"I suspect you are deliberately making things difficult for me! Who can prove your identity? Who knows whether your documents are forged? Get out of my way and don't waste my time!" Li Cheng was ready to cheat.
He sneered at the other party and ordered his bodyguards to step forward and tangle with him.
He turned and prepared to board the plane.
He must leave the country tonight!
Staying here will only lead to death!
However, he didn't have enough people with him to hold out for long. The pilot of the private plane had been captured, so Li Cheng had to control the plane himself if he wanted to fly.
Unfortunately, he can't.
"Mr. Li, please don't struggle in vain. If you are innocent, we will not wrongly accuse you. We will not let you leave the country tonight, no matter what. Please cooperate!"
The two sides are in a stalemate.
Li Cheng knew he couldn't escape tonight. Without solid evidence, they couldn't use force to arrest him. But as time went on, Pei Zheng would surely find evidence, and by then, he wouldn't be able to escape either.
This time, I’m completely screwed.
"Mr. Li, please."
Li Cheng's face turned alternately pale and blue, and he was forced into the police car.
Also taken away were his confidant and Li Nianqi.
Li Nianqi was still crying and complaining to Li Cheng: "Dad, I told you to cooperate with Huo Xingzhou a long time ago. Now we have all been arrested by the police. The Pei family is unreliable. When you did that kind of business, could you not consider our safety? If you sent grandma away, couldn't you send me away with you?"
She now began to blame Li Cheng for letting her stay in the country. She didn't know who was so determined to see Huo Xingzhou in the country.
"Shut up! Stop talking!"
This idiot, what nonsense is he talking about in front of the police?
"I'm going to say that the smuggling of cultural relics was done by you and the Pei family, and it has nothing to do with me. I didn't even know you were involved in this illegal business until tonight, so please don't implicate me!"
Li Cheng felt the police's gaze of pity and suspicion on him, and he wished he could find a piece of tofu to hit himself to death!
He was also planning to exonerate himself.
But Li Nianqi's words revealed everything.
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