Chapter 186: Finding Other Women to Accompany You (120 Diamonds + More)
Yan Baiqing laughed heartily, "I was just kidding."
"Brother, you're in a good mood. It seems like you're going to win. Let me give you a piece of advice: it's better to be safe than sorry."
"What do you mean?"
Jiang Jingyan played with Chen Qing's fingers, keeping it a secret. "Of course it's what Senior Brother wants most right now."
Secretary Yan Baiqing stepped forward and leaned over to whisper.
The smile on his lips gradually faded.
"Brother, I have something to do. Goodbye." Jiang Jingyan said calmly, motioning to Chen Qing, "Say goodbye to Brother."
She bowed, "Goodbye, Mr. Yan."
Watching the two leave the audience, Yan Baiqing picked up his phone and answered, "What do you mean by disappeared?"
His tone was grim, and the voice on the other end of the line was trembling. "They were supposed to meet us this morning, but we waited all night and they didn't show up. When we asked, we found out that they lost us at the service area. Li Xiangli abandoned the car and ran to a village along the highway."
"Where are his family members?"
"...I don't know, he disappeared inexplicably..."
Yan Baiqing's hand bones creaked and his chest heaved. "Have they checked in the village?"
"I checked, and there were very few families who said they had never seen it."
He pressed his temples, "Are there any signs of someone else taking it away?"
"No, I guess Li Xiangli ran away because he felt guilty and didn't know who we were."
"How far can you run with just a pair of legs? Keep looking!"
Yan Baiqing hung up the phone, his face filled with gloom.
The secretary was worried, "Could it be that Mr. Jiang did it without anyone noticing?"
He was speechless.
Jiang Jingyan is a man who seeks victory by playing it safe and he follows the right path. Li Xiangli was not involved in the case and was at best a witness. It is not his style to kidnap people by using despicable means.
The most likely scenario is that he secretly leaked the news to make Li Xiangli panic. As a man who had been hiding his identity, he must have simulated his escape route countless times in private. Even if it was not perfect, it was not impossible to prevent it.
As the Chen family's driver and an engineer, Li Xiangli has connections.
Jiang Jingyan wanted to make his own psychological defenses collapse, seek help from the right people, and show up on his own initiative.
Yan Baiqing pulled his secretary over and said, "Send Hua Mei to look for her."
"No, the people who went to find Li Xiangli have nothing to do with you, and they don't know who you are. If Mr. Jiang investigates in the future, it won't be you, but Huamei--"
"A few of them are grown men, so it would be too conspicuous to find someone in the village. It would be easier to get things done with a woman."
The secretary hesitated, but still arranged it according to his orders.
Yan Baiqing stared at Jiang Jingyan with a deep gaze.
The crowd surrounded him and Chen Qing, chatting and laughing.
Just like a newlywed couple.
After staring for a while, Yan Baiqing keenly noticed that Meng Hongwen had left at some point.
A breeze blew by, making the back of his neck feel cold, and he laughed silently.
At this time, Mrs. Jiang had been sitting in the reception room for about twenty minutes.
Meng Hongwen arrived late. The sunlight inside the house intertwined with the gloomy darkness of the corridor. He stood there, his body slightly hunched, his voice hoarse, "Manwei."
Mrs. Jiang paused while lifting the tea lid and looked up. "Please sit down."
Meng Hongwen felt a little embarrassed, rubbed his hands, and sat down.
"You're busy and don't have time to see me, so I have to come and see you."
He smiled bitterly, "I'm indeed busy... What do you want to talk to me about?"
Mrs. Jiang straightened up and said, "I want to tell you that no matter what you and Bai Qing are planning, it's against Lao Jiang, against Jing Yan, and it's against me, Zhong Manwei."
Meng Hongwen's eyes dimmed.
"One more thing." Madam Jiang poured the tea slowly and pushed it to him. "Yan Weilan went to great lengths to snatch me away from her, and now her son is also trying to snatch her away from my son. Old Meng, I won't tolerate a repeat of the past."
Meng Hongwen stared at the winding water mark on the table with a lonely expression, "Since that incident, you have come to me twice."
Mrs. Jiang did not respond.
"The first time, you came to me with a big belly to ask for help for Jiang Zhongyi—"
"Don't use this to threaten me." She interrupted, a cold look on her brow. "Lao Jiang was framed by his colleagues. I've remembered that you helped the Jiang family. If you want to use it as a handle, it's up to you. Lao Jiang has been upright all his life. He accepts any outcome. I can also accept the mud I fell into with Madame Chiang."
Meng Hongwen's eyes were bloodshot. "Who do you think I am? Will I just sit there and watch you fall into despair?"
The room suddenly became dead silent.
Mrs. Jiang sighed, "Old Meng, Old Jiang treats you like a half-brother. He always believes that you were confused back then, and it was me who insisted on marrying him. Once a teacher, always a father. He is willing to hand his son over to you, and he feels sorry for you."
After that, she stood up and said, "You, me, Yan Weilan, this stinky rag has disgusted me for more than 30 years. I can't let it disgust Jingyan again. Let's settle the grudges between our parents. As for the children's affairs, if you still have a conscience, don't help the evil."
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Near noon, the school arranged for the leaders to go to the cafeteria for lunch.
Lian Zhuo found Jiang Jingyan and said, "Madam said she was tired and wanted to go back first. She asked Miss Chen if she wanted to go with her."
The man hugged Chen Qing and bent down to kiss her forehead, "Do you want to go home?"
"No, I want to be with you."
He laughed, "Getting more clingy."
Chen Qing grabbed his sleeve and said viciously, "You have a party tonight. You sent me away. Do you want to find other women to accompany you?"
She could only act 30% to 40% fierce, and ended up looking like a rabbit with its fur standing on end.
Jiang Jingyan looked at her for a moment, his smile growing deeper. "In this place? Wearing this kind of clothes?"
Chen Qing shrank his neck, his eyes rolling around, and he didn't dare to answer.
"Let mother go back first." Jiang Jingyan instructed Lian Zhuo, his voice tinged with laughter. "Qing'er is very suspicious, so stay and keep an eye on me."
Chen Qing held his hand, which was broad and warm, and he couldn't help but feel a soreness in his nose.
If it is true as the man in the small garden said, that there is a hidden secret in the Chen family's case back then, once the case is overturned and retried, how will Jiang Zhongyi, who personally investigated the case back then, be implicated, and how will the Jiang family be implicated.
Where is Jiang Jingyan...
Chen Qing felt a surge of pain in her heart. Those were her parents, and she couldn't just leave them alone.
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