Chapter 173 Did they fall out?
Nangong: "I only asked Fourteen to scare Xu Lin and stop meddling. It was Jun Lan who was so stupid that she took the knife for her. Now she's still fine, isn't she? It's just a scar on her hand. Yang Ning won't mind anyway. I just did such a small thing and you're so disappointed? How fragile are your hearts?"
Situ: "Why do you feel so at ease after doing so many evil things? Do you really think it doesn't matter? Do you still have any humanity in you?"
Nangong: "What have I done now to make you all look at me with admiration? Even if I have to face the criticism of thousands of people, I will still do what I want to do without flinching. You can choose to stay with me or leave with peace of mind, but don't let me know that you want to block my way, otherwise don't blame me for being inhumane and ungrateful. Junlan, thank you for taking care of me." After saying that, he left the hospital angrily.
Jun Lan: "What did you guys talk about outside just now?"
Yang Ning touched her head lovingly and said, "It's okay, just chatting casually!"
Jun Lan: "Why did Nangong leave without a word?"
Situ: "Does he still have the nerve to stay here?"
Jun Lan: "What on earth are you talking about? I don't understand a word you say."
Yang Ning: "Honestly, Junlan, do you regret marrying me? Do you regret marrying into this family? Everyone in this family except you has a secret that cannot be told. Do you feel very tired?"
Jun Lan: "Since I have chosen to marry you, I am not afraid of anything."
After hearing this, Yang Ning smiled the same innocent smile he had when he first met Jun Lan in the hotel garden. He kissed Jun Lan on the forehead and said, "From now on, no matter what happens to us as a couple, we must walk together through thick and thin."
After returning home, Xu Lin naturally had to receive a scolding from Yue Xiaofeng.
Yue Xiaofeng: "Tell me what you want."
Xu Lin: "I just wanted to investigate the case, I never thought something like this would happen."
Yue Xiaofeng: "Investigate, investigate, investigate. All you do all day is investigate cases. Are you still a police officer? If anything goes wrong, neither you nor I can bear the responsibility."
Xu Lin fell into deep thought. She had indeed been too impulsive. First, regarding Situ's case. While she had wanted justice for Zhong Siyi, her biggest motivation was her own unwillingness to accept the outcome. Rather than acting for others, she simply wanted to use Jun Lan to prove her own hypothesis was correct. But what was the result? It had caused Jun Lan to have a miscarriage. And now, too, while her intentions were good—to prevent the bad guys from going unpunished and the good people from being wronged—what had she gained in the end? Even if her theories were proven right, would Ke Xiaodong's family be better off? What would become of Mo Xiaoyi's parents? After all, disproving a lie required skill, and did she truly possess it? And did the unyielding spirit she had always prided herself on sometimes even require compromise? Could there really be no gray areas in this world besides black and white? Which was most important to her: the truth or the safety of her loved ones?
Everything that happened today and this series of problems caused her three views to change slightly. She began to reflect on whether she had done anything wrong in the past.
Xu Lin: "Do you think I'm sometimes too stubborn and difficult to get along with, and that I easily hurt the people around me?"
Yue Xiaofeng couldn't believe his ears: "What are you talking about?"
Xu Lin: "This accident made me feel that nothing is more important than life. Since you guys are the ones who solved Mo Xiaoyi's case, I choose to trust you and I won't interfere anymore."
Yue Xiaofeng: "I hope you really think so, especially now that you are pregnant. If anything happens to you, I really don't know what to do."
Xu Lin: "I'm worried that Fourteen will come and cause trouble for us again."
Yue Xiaofeng: "Why do you say that?"
Xu Lin: "What does my investigation into Mo Xiaoyi's case have to do with him? I haven't bothered him recently, so why is he suddenly targeting me again?"
Yue Xiaofeng: "He has always been associated with Bai Fugui. Mo Xiaoyi is also Bai Fugui's subordinate. I guess they know each other. As for why he did this, I guess we can only find out after we catch him."
Xu Lin: "Maybe if I let this case go, he might let me go too. Sigh, the world is so corrupt these days that we're actually afraid of criminals."
Yue Xiaofeng: "We are in the open and they are in the dark, so we should be cautious. Besides, we are also human beings, so it is normal to be afraid! Yes, I have one more thing to tell you. I downloaded the video of Ke Xiaodong committing suicide out of fear of crime. I am afraid that you will do something weird in order to watch it, so I have to prepare it first. But now you say you don’t want to check it, do you still want to watch it?"
Xu Lin: "Sometimes, man proposes, God disposes. This morning, I was thinking of using my friendship with Xiao Han, who's guarding the evidence room, to get him to let me in to watch the video. Fortunately, this incident happened. It made me realize that pursuing the truth can't be an excuse for breaking the law, nor can it be used as a weapon to harm those around you. Since you've recorded it, I might as well take a look. But I can assure you, I'm only going to take a look and won't comment on it."
Yue Xiaofeng: "Just keep your promise, and I'll make you give up on this idea."
He took out his cell phone from his pocket, clicked it, and handed it to Xu Lin.
Xu Lin stared at the screen for a long time, and finally found a clue when Ke Xiaodong angrily tapped the screen of his mobile phone a few times.
She opened her mouth and uttered a few words: "I was forced."
Yue Xiaofeng: "Ah? What are you talking about? What about being forced?"
Xu Lin: "Nothing, I don't think I was forced to do this. I deleted this video, okay?"
Yue Xiaofeng: "Delete it."
Xu Lin really couldn't face these desperate eyes. In fact, those taps made by Ke Xiaodong were Morse code. If she deciphered it, it would mean that I was forced to do it. But Xu Lin still chose not to say it. She deceived herself that she had deciphered it wrong. Maybe Ke Xiaodong really just tapped the phone a few times to vent his anger.
She hesitated for a moment, but subconsciously saw the bloodstains on her clothes and quickly pressed the word "delete" on her phone.
The most precious thing about life is that it only happens once and cannot be repeated. If a person loses it, it is really gone, and there is no need to talk about anything else in the future.
The darkness is longest before dawn, but after patiently waiting, there will be a bright day. The same is true for investigating a case. This is an important lesson Xu Lin learned today.
After Nangong returned home, he said nothing. Even when Mingli greeted him, he pretended not to see it and went to the wine cabinet to pour some wine.
Mingli didn't know what was going on and just stood behind him stupidly, looking at Nangong aggrievedly like a child who had made a mistake. He felt that he must have done something wrong to make Nangong angry.
Nangong drank a glass of whiskey and threw it to the ground, saying fiercely: "Get out, all of you, get out! You all were so happy when you ate, wore, and used me, but now you all blame me when something goes wrong. I'm not raising any human beings, you're all just a bunch of ungrateful wolves."
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