Jiang Zhi took a taxi back to her small apartment. As soon as she entered the house, she changed into her slippers and put her suitcase in the hallway for now.
Fu Qingwan was watering the flowers on the balcony. When she heard the noise behind her, she turned her wheelchair and turned around to see her daughter.
Jiang Zhi walked to the balcony. Some wisterias had grown very tall, and some flowers were about to bloom.
"Mom, are these the flowers you bought?"
"Well." Fu Qingwan put down the kettle in her hand, "I don't have much to do at home."
Jiang Zhi remembered that her mother used to love growing flowers at home. The front yard was filled with roses that her mother loved. When spring came, large tracts of flowers bloomed.
Jiang Zhi was only worried about her mother's health. She had been alone for so many years and finally had relatives around her. She didn't want to be left behind again.
It's really hard to live alone.
"Just don't tire yourself."
Fu Qingwan held her hand and said, "I'm not tired. Will you go back tonight?"
Jiang Zhi thought for a few seconds, but couldn't be sure. Just as her mother mentioned it, she followed suit: "Didn't you say you wanted to see Shen Luyan last time? I made an agreement with him that he would come here for dinner on Sunday."
"Well, it's good if you remember." Fu Qingwan took a serious look at her daughter's features. She was calm and soft, much better than the time she left. She should be happy these days.
"Azhi."
"Huh? What's wrong?"
"You too, don't tire yourself." After all, Fu Qingwan is the one who hasn't suffered much. She fell into a coma not long after the Fu family was defeated. She lay in the hospital for so many years, as if she was just sleeping. After sleeping, she looked down on too many things, "When you have time, go out and see the world. You see, your face looks much better when you come back this time."
Jiang Zhi subconsciously touched his face: "Really? I don't seem to see it."
Fu Qingwan smiled: "I hope you live a happy life and don't bear too much burden. I will end the grudge between me and your father."
Jiang Zhi didn't know what to say. She felt like she was still very dependent on her mother at such an old age.
She is not strong enough to resist all bad things on her own.
"Don't think too much, our child is already very brave and strong." Fu Qingwan touched her head, "It will get better."
Jiang Zhi's eyes were sore and he held back tears.
The cell phone in her pocket suddenly rang at this moment. She wiped the tears from her face and answered the phone.
It was the private detective she paid a high price to find.
"Miss Jiang, you said last time that the new phone number of the person you were looking for could not be reached. Now we have found his address. He is now in Beicheng. I have sent you his address."
"This person is now anonymous. His surname is Xu, and he is the owner of a small supermarket."
"My son wants to go to elementary school in Beicheng, so I moved my family here."
Jiang Zhi held the phone tightly: "Thank you, I will call you the remaining money as soon as possible."
"You're welcome. If you have any needs in the future, you can ask me."
Jiang Zhi hung up the phone and her fingers turned white from pinching her hands.
Fu Qingwan saw that her expression was wrong, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Zhi took a deep breath, thought about it and decided not to tell her yet, "It's about work."
She actually wished she could find that person's son and confront him right now.
How could his son not be aware of what the driver did and that his son had received such a large sum of money?
—
The next day is Sunday.
Jiang Zhi asked her senior brother for another day off, and the other party readily approved her leave, "We are finishing work here, so you can rest assured."
Jiang Zhi found the supermarket according to the address sent to her by the private detective. The supermarket was located near the elementary school. The housing prices nearby were not cheap at all, costing at least several million.
There were not many students on weekends, so when Jiang Zhi came to the door, he didn't see anyone.
Summer is about to begin in Beicheng, and the weather has been hot these past two days.
The sun was dazzling, so Jiang Zhi took off his sunglasses and walked into the supermarket.
There was a man sitting in front of the checkout counter, playing games with his legs crossed. The man was slightly fat and had a bald head. He caught sight of her from the corner of his eye and said without even raising his head: "Get whatever you want, just scan the QR code to pay."
Jiang Zhi stared at the man in front of her who looked to be in his early thirties. She got straight to the point: "Are you Xu Guoping?"
The man stopped playing the game when he heard his name. He raised his head and stared at her with narrowed eyes: "I am, beauty. Do you have anything to do with me?"
The woman in front of me is exquisite and beautiful.
He has a cool and cold temperament, but his eyes are particularly cold.
Jiang Zhi got straight to the point, "I came here to ask you something about your father."
When the man heard what she said, his expression changed, he stood up and started to chase her away.
Jiang Zhi was calm and composed, her eyes looked really noble and cold, with a sense of condescension and persecution, she said: "Xu Guoping, don't rush me away yet, there are some things that you can't hide from if you want. "
Xu Guoping was really frightened by her expression, and then he thought about the little girl in front of him.
How could he, a tall and thick man, not be able to defeat her? What could he be afraid of her for? Besides, if she really came to investigate what happened back then, she wouldn't be able to find anything.
His father died a long time ago, and there is no evidence of his death.
The police had already closed the case that year, so he wasn't afraid.
"If you know better, get out of here. I'm a woman-beater."
Jiang Zhi put a fruit knife in her bag for self-defense before going out today. She was not afraid at all. She slapped the bills transferred from the bank on the table: "Do you think everything will be fine after your father dies?"
The woman's cold face and aggressive attitude are scary.
"Here are the transfer records of your bank card over the years. Don't ask me where I got the bills. Jiangbeishan has been sending you money one after another over the years. It's almost tens of millions. Please explain to me. Why does he give you so much money?"
Xu Guoping didn't expect that this weak-looking girl could check his bank statements. He slammed the table angrily: "I tell you, you are breaking the law!"
Jiang Zhi crossed his arms and looked at him coldly: "Xu Guoping, I'm not afraid of going to the police station, what about you?"
Xu Guoping was speechless when asked. Of course he didn't want to go to the police station to make a fuss over this matter, "I don't know what you are talking about."
Jiang Zhi smiled: "Jiang Beishan transfers money to you every year. The thing in your hand must be able to threaten him. It must be evidence that he paid to kill someone."
Xu Guoping remained silent. His father had left a hand and recorded the audio.
Jiangbeishan must want that old couple to die in the car accident.
Over the years, he relied on recording to ask Jiang Beishan for money again and again.
"You are insatiable. Do you think Jiangbeishan will let you continue to suck his blood and keep you as a time bomb?"
Jiang Zhi didn't expect him to let go today, but she had already tested out that Xu Guoping did have evidence that would give Jiang Beishan a headache.
"Your father is dead, and the crimes he committed cannot be held against you."
"Before Jiangbeishan finds someone to kill you, you still have time to send him in first."
Xu Guoping was slightly moved by what he said, but——
"He doesn't dare to kill me, I have a backup."
"Did you leave the backup to your family?" Jiang Zhi guessed that he would not trust such an important thing to a friend. She continued: "What if Jiang Beishan killed your whole family? You said he was still afraid? Not afraid?"
Xu Guoping didn't expect the words from this beautiful woman to be so heart-wrenching, so he asked, "Who are you?"
After asking, he stared at her eyebrows, as if he recognized her.
"You are his daughter."
Xu Guoping finally understood that it was his daughter who wanted to kill me.
He said: "Go away, I don't have what you want here."
Jiang Zhi knew that things would not be that easy, but she was very patient and could always find a way to make him let go.
—
When Jiang Zhi arrived home, he remembered that today was Sunday when he heard the sound that should not have been here.
Shen Luyan still remembered what she asked him to do and met her mother.
The light was dim, and Jiang Zhi couldn't see clearly the man's expression through the thin light, but the outline reflected in his eyes was still so beautiful.
They seemed to have finished talking.
No one moved the tea cup in front of him.
Fu Qingwan has talked a lot tonight, which has consumed her energy and makes her a little tired.
She asked her daughter to go back with him.
Jiang Zhi glanced at the expression on her mother's face. Shen Luyan probably didn't reveal anything in front of her.
The two of them went downstairs together.
Shen Luyan's car was parked downstairs. As soon as he got in the car, Jiang Zhi couldn't help but asked, "What did my mother ask you again this time?"
The man said truthfully, "Let me be nice to you."
Jiang Zhi didn't believe it: "What else?"
She couldn't pry Shen Luyan's mouth: "No more."
Jiang Zhi felt as if she was scratching her heart. She looked at the man's profile and said, "If I beg you, can you tell me?"
Shen Luyan raised a faint smile and looked at her in a leisurely manner: "Then you ask for a try first."
Jiang Zhi was very stiff: "I beg you."
Shen Luyan raised his eyebrows, "That's it? It's gone?"
Jiang Zhi swallowed his anger and smiled, "Then what do you want?"
Shen Luyan said deliberately: "I don't think you are sincere, so let's forget it."
Jiang Zhi turned away angrily, mistaking the doll in the car for Shen Luyan to vent his anger, squeezing it hard in the palm of his hand, "I'll ask my mother."
Shen Luyan helped her fasten her seat belt and said calmly, "She won't tell you."
Jiang Zhicai didn't believe that her mother could not stand by Shen Luyan.
Shen Luyan would not tell her that Fu Qingwan was more perceptive than he thought.
She had already seen that Jiang Zhi and he did not get married because of love.
She also guessed that her high medical expenses in the hospital were paid for by this marriage.
Fu Qingwan thanked him and asked him to divorce Jiang Zhi without mercy.
"If you don't love her, don't destroy her."
Shen Luyan refused.
He thought Fu Qingwan should understand better than him that a marriage without love can last longer.