Volume One, Chapter Seventeen: Pursuing the Truth Behind the Car Accident

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Jiang Cheng immediately wrapped her arms around Jiang Duoduo’s tiny body.

Qin Wenze did not stop her again, allowing Jiang Cheng to take the little girl into her arms.

Watching the mother and daughter embrace, Qin Wenze simply turned to Jiang Rui, who was waiting nearby, and said, “Big Brother, you’re Jiang Cheng’s brother, so I’ll call you that too. I can tell you have a grudge against me as well.

“But… I truly don’t know what happened. About Jiang Cheng… I don’t know how to ask, but could you please help me understand exactly what happened back then?”

Jiang Rui had been full of resentment toward Qin Wenze. He had always believed that Qin Wenze had cheated on his wife, forced his sister into a divorce, and then vanished when Jiang Cheng was fighting for her life after the accident. It had been the hospital, searching through Jiang Cheng’s phone, that finally found her brother Jiang Rui and enabled him to arrive in time to stay by her side through the surgery.

That was why, after Jiang Cheng left the capital, Jiang Rui had concealed her whereabouts completely, unwilling to let anyone from the Qin family find her.

And yet…

Looking at Qin Wenze now, he did not seem to be pretending to be ignorant. Could it be that he really knew nothing?

As for the alleged other woman…

Jiang Rui had always felt that Qin Wenze did not seem particularly concerned about Yang Qianrou either.

He could not be sure whether Qin Wenze was truly innocent, but under the circumstances, there was no harm in telling him.

If Qin Wenze really knew nothing, then as the child’s biological father, he had the right to know about the disaster that had occurred back then.

And if he did know…

Jiang Rui could use the opportunity to give him a thorough tongue-lashing.

“That day, Jiang Cheng…”

Jiang Rui quickly recounted the accident.

Qin Wenze listened intently. Only after Jiang Rui had finished did he ask, “Have you investigated the driver who caused the accident?”

Jiang Rui gave a derisive snort. “Do you really need to ask? We investigated him immediately. It wasn’t his first offense. He was a habitual gambler who had been arrested several times before, only to be released after a few days. That day, he was being chased by a group of debt collectors. He couldn’t brake in time and crashed straight into Jiang Cheng.

“There were no unexplained deposits in his accounts, and none of his fixed assets had changed. He had already gambled away most of what he owned long ago, and the little he had left was seized to pay compensation after the accident.

“His parents died years ago, and his wife divorced him and remarried more than a decade ago. I even investigated her side of things specifically, but there was nothing unusual there either.

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“They never had any children, so if someone really had instructed him to do it, he wouldn’t have agreed without receiving some benefit, would he?”

At that, Qin Wenze suddenly asked, “He didn’t go to prison… What about the people who were chasing him after the accident? They never went after him again?”

“This…” Jiang Rui froze.

At the time, all their attention had been focused on the driver. Once they had established why the debt collectors were chasing him and confirmed that it had merely been an unlucky accident, they had not given the matter further thought.

Only now, prompted by Qin Wenze, did Jiang Rui realize it.

Of course.

What about those loan sharks?

Those people had no compassion whatsoever. How could they have stopped demanding repayment simply because he had no money?

Over the past few years, Jiang Rui had focused solely on watching the driver, looking for anything suspicious and seeing whether he contacted anyone else so that they could follow the trail and uncover the truth behind the accident. He had completely overlooked the vehicles that had been chasing him!

“I’ll handle this,” Qin Wenze said. Seeing Jiang Rui’s reaction, he quickly understood. “As for Jiang Cheng and Duoduo, I suggest they move back into the Qin residence. What happened back then remains unclear. If there really is someone behind it all, and they discover that Jiang Cheng has returned to the capital and try to harm her and her daughter, the Qin family at least has some security measures in place. What do you think?”

Unlike the Jiang family, the Qin family was an established clan in the capital. They lacked neither money nor influence, and the compound where they lived was heavily guarded. It was certainly safer.

But…

Jiang Rui glanced at Yang Qianrou, whom the Qin matriarch had deliberately drawn aside and was speaking to in a low voice.

“You still have an outsider living in your home. Who knows whether the enemy might strike from within? Jiang Cheng has always been soft-hearted and only ever reports good news, never bad. Duoduo is barely three years old. There’s no way I’m comfortable letting them move into the Qin residence.”

Jiang Rui had intended only to mock Qin Wenze because of the rumors he had heard.

He had not expected to point directly at the true culprit.

Following Jiang Rui’s gaze, Qin Wenze saw Yang Qianrou. His brow immediately furrowed.

Jiang Rui was impulsive. Seeing this, he instantly sneered, “Oh, so you can’t bear to part with her? If you want to keep Yang Qianrou, then you—”

“Hm?” Qin Wenze withdrew his gaze, puzzled. “How did you arrive at that conclusion? Yang Qianrou? I’m only thinking about how to arrange things for her. Nothing more. She saved my mother and me, and besides… there seem to be other problems involving her. I’m worried they might be connected to Jiang Cheng’s accident.

“I went to the conference room to negotiate that day and didn’t receive any calls. But Yang Qianrou happened to know the other party and also went to the scene. I brought only my work phone into the conference room; my personal phone was left outside.

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“And my mother may appear unreliable, but she’s actually extremely perceptive. Judging by her behavior, she seems to have noticed something. If that’s true, we need to keep Yang Qianrou under control first, so she doesn’t have a chance to run.”

Jiang Cheng had finally managed to recover and happened to hear those words. Her expression shifted slightly before she asked, “Yang Qianrou is the woman you’ve always yearned for, after all. You love her so much. Even if she really was involved, could you bring yourself to do anything to her?”

Before Qin Wenze could answer, Jiang Duoduo, nestled in her arms, immediately declared, “Boss Daddy doesn’t like bad women! Whenever a bad woman talks, Boss Daddy gets unhappy. Boss Daddy likes Sweetie! Just like Mommy!”

Of everyone present, Jiang Duoduo, who had “heard” the most, understood Qin Wenze’s true feelings best.

Jiang Rui ruffled the little girl’s curly hair, which had sprung up while she slept earlier. “What would a little thing like you know? How do you know he doesn’t like her? I’d say he likes her very much.”

Jiang Duoduo grew anxious at once.

She was young and had grown up on the mountain among animals, so she had no idea what it meant to root for a romantic pairing. Even so, she was unquestionably one of its most devoted supporters.

Before, she had only watched Boss Daddy and Sweetie on television. Now that she had discovered Qin Wenze and Jiang Cheng perfectly matched the characters from the dramas she watched, she had simply turned her favorite pairing into reality.

How could a devoted fan tolerate anyone breaking up the couple she supported? She immediately thrust out her little chest and slapped it with both hands.

“Duoduo knows! Hmph! Whenever Boss Daddy hears the bad woman talk, his face gets all wrinkly, like a giant steamed bun! Just like when Duoduo eats vegetables—ugh, they’re bitter! Not good! Not good! He doesn’t like her at all!”

She scrunched up her little face and stuck out her tongue, clearly remembering how much she hated vegetables.

The little thing had probably developed the eating habits of a carnivore after being raised by tigers from infancy. She loved all kinds of meat, but whenever she saw green vegetables, she found them utterly revolting.

Jiang Rui: ?

Qin Duoduo could actually read expressions from Qin Wenze’s poker face?

Qin Wenze, however, breathed a sigh of relief and grew even more fond of Jiang Duoduo. He hurriedly chimed in, “Duoduo’s right! I don’t feel anything for Yang Qianrou at all…”

He had only gotten halfway through the sentence when Yang Qianrou suddenly swayed and began to collapse.

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