"Sheng Qianye, someone said she saw you. I don't know if what she said is true or false, but I'm begging you here, please don't come looking for me."
"I had no choice but to do what happened in the past, so please don't come looking for me."
...
When Rong Shang arrived at the second-floor corridor, the entire corridor was quiet, with the director's sobbing voice occasionally drifting over as he led her to the door of his room.
Wisps of acrid smoke drifted through the crack in the door. Rong Shang first covered her nose with her hand, then knocked on the door.
"Director Fang, Director Fang, are you there?"
【Sheng Qianye, I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have smeared you after you passed away, but... but I had no choice at the time.】
You know, those of us in this line of work often have no choice but to step forward.
The room was brightly lit with white lights, and the two windows were wide open.
Director Fang knelt on the cold ground, burning paper money.
He wept bitterly and kowtowed repeatedly to admit his mistakes.
When Rong Shang knocked on the door, it took quite a while for the other person to hear her voice.
With so many strange things happening these past two days, Director Fang has been terrified. Now, any slight disturbance outside will send chills down his spine.
"who?"
"Director, it's me."
A familiar voice came from outside. At first, Director Fang didn't believe it and was even startled.
"You...you are Gu Weiyang?"
"Um."
Is it really Gu Weiyang?
Director Fang wasn't entirely convinced. He stood up from the ground, strode to the door, and peered through the peephole into the corridor.
He breathed a sigh of relief when the woman's familiar face came into view.
"It's Weiyang."
Ignoring the burning paper money in the iron bucket on the ground, Director Fang opened the door directly.
"Weiyang, what brings you here so late?"
"Director, are you alright?"
Standing at the door, Rong Shang immediately turned her gaze to his room.
She immediately noticed that the iron bucket on the ground was still burning fiercely.
Raising an eyebrow, she barged in. "Director, why are you burning paper money?"
"N-nothing."
Unable to stop her, Director Fang panicked for a moment. He followed behind her and walked up to Rong Shang, intentionally or unintentionally blocking her view.
"Weiyang, what are you doing out so late?"
"It's nothing, I just kept hearing someone crying in the middle of the night."
Her words were loaded with meaning, and Director Fang felt somewhat embarrassed upon hearing them.
As he placed the iron bucket in the corner of the room, he wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes.
But as he walked back, he was caught off guard and met Rong Shang's sharp gaze.
Her heart skipped a beat. Director Fang first brought her a chair to sit on, then lit a cigarette and sat down opposite her.
"Speak, is there something you want to ask me?"
He could tell from the way she looked at him that she must have overheard something at the door when she came over.
Rong Chang nodded, her expression calm and composed.
"Director Fang, I overheard what you said at the door. Do you and Sheng Qianye have some kind of grudge?"
Director Fang suddenly felt a little nervous when the name Sheng Qianye was mentioned.
No, no.
Rong Shang narrowed her eyes and glanced at him, catching a hint of guilt in his eyes. "Director, you know that Sheng Yi'an has been quite turbulent these past few days. I think we should try to find out the reasons behind some things."
"The reason?" Director Fang took a drag of his cigarette, and as he exhaled the thin smoke, he gave a mocking laugh. "Don't bother looking, there's no reason."
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