His words brought Huo Rou back to her days in the village, the most peaceful time of her life.
"Thank you, Old Jiang," she said sincerely.
Old Jiang, having cleverly played the trick of borrowing flowers to offer Buddha, chuckled and said, "I'm glad you like it. I'll build it according to your previous courtyard. When you and An An move in, don't forget to plant some orchids for me."
After a few more casual chats with Old Jiang, she hung up the phone and, with a stern face, operated her phone, quickly gathering a pile of evidence of Jiang Rong's illegal and corrupt activities.
Before, she had let Jiang Rong off simply because of their blood relation to Old Jiang. Such a foolish woman intent on her own destruction, and she had the audacity to still be causing trouble!
She sent this series of incriminating evidence to the police all at once.
Jiang Rong truly had no way to turn things around now.
The police, armed with the latest evidence, arrived before her, and Jiang Rong was so shocked her teeth nearly fell out.
Some things she had done were very secretive; there was no reason for them to be discovered. Others were covered up by the Jiang family while she was still with them.
How had they all been unearthed now?
"No, I didn't do this!" Jiang Rong shook her head, trembling.
"The Jiang family did all these things. Aren't you police always looking for evidence against the Jiang family? This is it. Take these things and go arrest that old man from the Jiang family!"
She remembered her heartless father who had disowned her, and hatred filled her entire being. She roared, pushing all the blame onto the Jiang family.
The officers conducting the interrogation looked at her stubborn, flimsy excuses with an expression of having expected it.
Yes, the Jiang family indeed had a bad reputation, and they had indeed received orders from higher up to find fault with the Jiang family.
However, after this information came into their hands, they had thoroughly investigated it. Everything they could verify had no connection to the Jiang family. For the parts they couldn't verify, they had noted down the phone numbers of several Jiang family members, all of whom could serve as witnesses.
The answer to who was targeting Jiang Rong was already obvious.
Would the Jiang family be foolish enough to leave their own evidence here for them to investigate?
"We have verified all of this. It is all your doing, no mistake."
Another interrogator placed the documents before her, urging her to look them over carefully and sign if she had no objections.
Jiang Rong's eyes darted around until she saw what she had done after arriving in Yu Chang City. As if grasping at a life-saving straw, she pointed there and shouted, "I wasn't the mastermind of this; it was Zhou Deren's idea! All of it was his idea!"
"He was the one who suggested finding someone to kill Qin Ningyi! It was all his plan; I was just coerced into doing it!" Jiang Rong frantically shifted all the blame onto Zhou Deren.
That perverted old man, when they were collaborating, had repeatedly expressed his desire for them to take down Qin Shi Group together. When he tormented her, he also spoke of killing Qin Ningyi.
She had only listened to one of his suggestions and put it into action. Strictly speaking, he, Zhou Deren, was the mastermind!
He had treated her that way, and he expected to walk away as if nothing had happened? How could that be? Her chest still ached today!
"Police officers, I'm really not lying to you. Even if the previous matters had nothing to do with the Jiang family, everything after coming to Yu Chang City was Zhou Deren's doing! You go investigate; it's true!"
The interrogating officers hadn't expected this. They thought this would be a simple matter of signing a document, but this woman had exposed so much and implicated an accomplice...
This assignment had turned into a buy-one-get-one-free situation.
The police immediately began investigating Zhou Deren and indeed found some clues.
The police were dispatched immediately and found Zhou Deren at home with a new woman in his arms.
Zhou Qin, startled by the group of police officers, opened the door.
"Where is Zhou Deren?"
Zhou Qin glanced back at the closed door of the room, a hint of confusion in her eyes. "What do you need him for?"
"Who are you to Zhou Deren?" As they entered and looked around, someone questioned Zhou Qin.
"I'm his wife," Zhou Qin replied, somewhat meekly, frightened by the scene.
"Who's there!" Zhou Deren, in the midst of his pleasure, was extremely annoyed by the commotion outside.
It was rare for him to meet someone like Jiang Rong, whom he could easily torment and who could also cater to him. He regretted sending her away; he could have used her for a few more days.
Hearing the man's voice, the police officers approached the room door, watching it warily.
After the person inside shouted, he seemed to do something else, and intermittent moans could be heard.
Hearing this, the lead officer gave the woman who claimed to be Zhou Deren's wife, Zhou Qin, a peculiar look.
Were the wealthy these days playing such games? The wife stood guard outside while the husband frolicked with another woman inside?
Zhou Qin's already numb heart grew increasingly embarrassed under their gaze.
Her face flushed red, and she lowered her head.
"Zhou Deren, please accompany us to the police station." It was merely a summons, so the police spoke politely.
A muffled roar, and then silence fell within the room. A moment later, Zhou Deren opened the door and emerged, impeccably dressed.
"Female officer, bring the person inside to the police station as well." This matter was related to the current vigorous crackdown.
This was truly following through on the buy-one-get-one-free offer.
Once they were brought back, Zhou Deren learned that Jiang Rong had betrayed him.
"Officer, I merely said that in bed; it wasn't an instruction for her to do this. You must investigate thoroughly!" Zhou Deren tried to maintain his dignity as a CEO.
No matter what the police asked, he evaded the questions. He reasoned that without evidence, who could do anything to him for what he had or hadn't said?
While he remained stubbornly defiant, Zhou Qin on the other side was extremely nervous.
The company's vice president, upon learning of Zhou Deren's summons, came to their home to probe her. She truly couldn't handle it.
"Sister Zhou, sometimes choices are more important than effort," the vice president's wife said, gently taking her hand. "We all know what kind of person Zhou Deren is; you've suffered!"
"Why force yourself to stay with him? Just give us his private seal and sign this certificate, and you can leave him and this place with money. We guarantee he won't be coming back."
Zhou Qin, intimidated by Zhou Deren's power, dared not stab him in the back while he was away. "Old Zhou is only being summoned; he didn't do anything and will be back soon."
The vice president chuckled. "Don't play coy with me. He's provoked Qin Shi Group; it's unlikely he'll be back!"
Qin Shi Group?
Zhou Qin's pupils dilated. Had he really provoked Qin Ningyi?
She had heard Zhou Deren mention it unintentionally before, but where did he get the courage?
Although Zhou Deren treated her poorly, she could spend money as she pleased. What would she do without Zhou Deren?
No, she had to think of a way!