But there was a barely perceptible flicker of hesitation in his eyes.
Xu Zhiru noticed Fu Chen's strangeness, and she panicked and cried even harder: "Ah Chen, do you also not believe me? Do you also think that I am a liar?"
Fu Chen quickly denied: "No, I didn't! I just... I just didn't expect Xu Zhao to do such a thing."
Xu Zhiru cried breathlessly: "Xiao Zhao...how could he be like this? Hasn't he always been obedient? It must be Ning Nanxue, it must be Ning Nanxue who framed us!"
Fu Chen frowned, the three words Ning Nanxue made him even more irritated.
"Okay, stop crying." He said stiffly, "I'll take care of this matter. You should get some rest first."
After saying that, Fu Chen stood up and left the ward.
Xu Zhiru looked at his back with a gloomy look in her eyes and her nails dug deep into her palms.
When Fu Chen returned to the office, Secretary Chen immediately came up to him and handed him a document.
"Mr. Fu, this is Xu Zhao's company's recent financial report, as well as a detailed breakdown of capital flows."
Fu Chen took the document, glanced at it quickly, and his expression became increasingly ugly.
"All this money... went abroad?" His voice was cold, with a hint of anger.
Secretary Chen nodded: "Yes, Mr. Fu, and the flow of funds is very scattered and difficult to track."
"Useless!" Fu Chen roared again, "After investigating for so long, is this all you found?"
Secretary Chen lowered his head and said cautiously, "Mr. Fu, there is one more thing that may require your personal review."
He handed another document to Fu Chen.
Fu Chen took it doubtfully, opened the file, and his pupils suddenly constricted.
On the document was Xu Zhiru's bank account details, as well as... records of large sums of money being transferred to Xu Zhao's company.
Fu Chen's brain buzzed as if struck by lightning.
He looked at the document in disbelief, his hands shaking uncontrollably.
"What...what does this mean?" His voice was dry, like a sponge that had lost its moisture.
Secretary Chen was silent for a moment, then slowly spoke: "Mr. Fu, these evidences show that Miss Xu Zhiru may also be involved."
Fu Chen stood up suddenly, grabbed Secretary Chen by the collar, and shouted angrily, "Impossible! What nonsense are you talking about? How could Zhiru do such a thing?"
Secretary Chen's face was calm. He let Fu Chen grab his collar and said in a steady tone, "Mr. Fu, the evidence is conclusive. Even if you don't believe it, you should investigate it thoroughly."
Fu Chen pushed Secretary Chen away and staggered back a few steps, as if all his strength had been drained away.
His eyes were empty as he murmured to himself, "No, no, Zhiru wouldn't lie to me. She loves me so much, how could she lie to me?"
Hospital VIP ward.
Fu Chen pushed the door open and walked in. Xu Zhiru was sitting on the bed in a daze, her face haggard and her eyes red and swollen.
Seeing Fu Chen coming in, she immediately stood up, threw herself into his arms, and cried, "Ah Chen, you're finally here. I'm so scared. They are all wronging me and Xiaozhao!"
Fu Chen did not comfort her as usual, but pushed her away coldly and threw the documents in his hand heavily on the bed.
"Xu Zhiru, take a look for yourself! What are these things?"
Xu Zhiru was startled by Fu Chen's actions. She picked up the document and looked through it tremblingly.
When she saw the bank account details and fund transfer records, her face instantly turned as pale as paper.
"This...this..." She was incoherent, stammering and unable to speak.
Fu Chen stared at her with cold eyes: "Tell me, what's going on with this money? Why did you transfer so much money to Xu Zhao?"
Xu Zhiru shook her head in panic, tears welling up in her eyes: "No, Chen, listen to my explanation, things are not what you think."
"Explain? Fine, I'll give you a chance to explain!" Fu Chen's tone was cold and emotionless: "Tell me, what is going on!"
Xu Zhiru broke down and cried, kneeling in front of Fu Chen: "Ah Chen, I was wrong. I admit that I transferred money to Xiaozhao, but I really did it to help him, so that he could live a better life."
"So he can live a better life?" Fu Chen sneered: "So you use my money to launder it for him? Xu Zhiru, what do you think of me? An ATM?"
Xu Zhiru cried and shook her head: "No, Ah Chen, I really didn't mean it. I just... I just don't want to see Xiaozhao suffer. He is my only relative. I can't just ignore him."
"Then you can do whatever you want, even commit a crime?" Fu Chen roared, his voice shaking the entire ward.
Xu Zhiru cried even harder, speaking incoherently, "I didn't know. I really didn't know it would turn out like this. Xiaozhao said it was just a temporary cash flow and he would return it soon. I really didn't know he would use it for money laundering..."
She grabbed Fu Chen's trouser legs tightly and begged bitterly: "Ah Chen, please, believe me, I was really deceived by Xiao Zhao, I don't know anything, I swear, if I knew Xiao Zhao was going to do this, I would never help him!"
Fu Chen looked at her tearful face and listened to her tearful explanation, feeling upset.
Emotionally, he was still inclined to believe Xu Zhiru.
But rationally, he couldn't ignore the overwhelming evidence.
He was struggling, conflicted and in pain inside.
Ning Nanxue sat in the office, watching the constantly updated news reports on the computer screen, a sneer appearing at the corner of her mouth.
"The good show has just begun." She said softly.
Jiang Tingchen walked up to her and looked at her gently: "What do you need me to do?"
Ning Nanxue turned her head and looked at Jiang Tingchen with a hint of gratitude in her eyes: "No need, Tingchen, you have already helped me a lot."
Jiang Tingchen held her hand and said firmly: "Xue'er, your business is my business. No matter what you need, I will be by your side."
The atmosphere in Fu Chen's office was depressing.
Fu Chen sat behind his desk with a gloomy face and said nothing.
Secretary Chen stood aside cautiously, not daring to breathe.
"Mr. Fu, regarding Miss Xu Zhiru..." Secretary Chen spoke tentatively.
Fu Chen raised his head, his eyes complicated, with a hint of fatigue and a hint of annoyance: "No need to say more, I understand."
He picked up his phone and, for some unknown reason, clicked on Ning Nanxue's circle of friends.
The circle of friends is empty, there is nothing.
For some unknown reason, he clicked on Ning Nanxue's Weibo.
On Weibo, Ning Nanxue shared some daily work and...some scenery photos.
Ning Nanxue in the photo has a confident smile and bright eyes. She looks more radiant than ever.
Fu Chen looked at Ning Nanxue in the photo, feeling complicated and indescribable.
He felt doubt, reluctance, and a hint of...an indescribable desire.
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