The hospital.
Jin Ye stared at the surveillance video sent by his subordinate, his cold eyes laced with frost.
Xu Rong was Wang Yan's wife.
This meant that the incident back then was indeed suspicious!
He immediately pulled out the needle, flipped off the bed, threw on his coat, and pushed the door open.
"Mr. Jin!"
The bodyguards outside the door looked at him in surprise.
Jin Ye swept them a cold glance, "Follow me."
Deep into the night, the car sped along.
Xu Rong had just finished her routine when she was video chatting with her son, Wang Siwei. Suddenly, she heard the screams of the maids outside!
She hung up the phone immediately and hid.
"Xu Rong!"
The bodyguards stormed through the main door aggressively, calling out a few times in the living room before quickly starting their search.
Jin Ye raised a cold finger, pointing upwards.
"Yes!" The bodyguards swiftly ascended the stairs and kicked the door open with a bang.
The bedroom door swung back and forth from the impact. Xu Rong, hiding in the closet, trembled violently but forced herself to suppress her fear.
These peaceful days wouldn't last long!
Could it be that Shao Lin knew she had lied and sent people to get revenge on her?
Xu Rong tightened her lips, not daring to breathe.
"Mr. Jin, no one is here."
The bodyguard glanced at the balcony, the bathroom, and under the bed, finding no one.
Jin Ye stepped forward, touching the still-warm quilt, his stern, cold eyes surveying the large bedroom...
Suddenly, they fixed on the closet.
He extended his slender fingers, pointing in that direction, "Open it."
The bodyguard tiptoed forward, grabbed the closet door handle, and pulled it open violently, but it wouldn't budge?
Xu Rong clung to the door with all her might.
But the bodyguard's strength was ultimately greater than hers, and the gap began to widen...
"There's someone inside!"
The bodyguard commanded, and the others stepped forward to apply force.
Whoosh!
Xu Rong tumbled out of the closet, crying and begging for mercy, "Please let me go, I don't know anything, I don't know..."
She recognized Jin Ye and her heart was completely in disarray.
She didn't even know if Jin Ye was on Shao Lin's side or Su Ding's!
"Did you kill Su Xiaorui?"
Jin Ye slowly walked towards her, each step of his leather shoes on the floor felt like a heavy blow to Xu Rong's heart. The palpable, powerful pressure made her shiver.
Four bodyguards stood guard menacingly.
The entire villa was so empty that even her frantic breathing was exceptionally clear.
"I didn't, I didn't..."
Her legs gave out completely, and she collapsed onto the floor, her face streaked with tears.
As Jin Ye approached, Xu Rong's inner defenses were about to crumble. She trembled uncontrollably, tears and snot streaming down her face.
"Don't come any closer, I really didn't kill her..."
Jin Ye was tall, and in the dim yellow night light, his shadow was elongated several times.
His already sharp and rugged features, silhouetted against the light, made him resemble a demon from hell. His bloodthirsty gaze seemed as if it wanted to tear her to shreds.
A deep-seated hatred, an intense hatred.
Xu Rong curled into a ball, not even daring to look up, like a weak beast on the brink of death.
She let out hoarse cries, feeling that death was imminent, that the person before her was a demon, a reaper!
"The killer, who is it."
Jin Ye looked coldly at the woman cowering on the floor, his thin lips moving, as if posing a question from hell.
Xu Rong's mind was on the verge of breaking. She cried and said incoherently...
"Su Xiaorui isn't dead, she's not dead..."
"Su Ding told me to lie to Shao Lin. If you let me go, I'll tell you everything!"
"Wuwuwu..."
Xu Rong wailed miserably, her entire body numb, all strength gone.
When Jin Ye heard 'not dead,' his eyes contracted violently. His heart began to pound rapidly, his breathing grew hurried, and his voice became even colder, "Speak! What exactly happened!"
He pressed closer, his murderous eyes fixed on Xu Rong.
"Shao Lin told me to hide Su Xiaorui, so I sent the child to the countryside..."
Xu Rong said, trembling, her eyes filled with fear. "Half a month ago, Su Ding found me and threatened me with my son to get the address..."
"Later, she told me to lie to Shao Lin, saying the child fell off a cliff and died."
Seeing Jin Ye remain silent, she quickly knelt down, crying even harder, crawling on the ground. "Mr. Jin, I'm truly not lying. My son is also in the countryside. Everything I'm saying is true..."
Jin Ye thought about her words coldly.
Recalling Su Ding's previous attitude, she really didn't seem like someone whose daughter had met with misfortune.
Before she left, she had also kept it from Shao Zhengang, meaning she wanted the news of Su Xiaorui's supposed death to reach him.
This was her way of telling him that there was no going back.
"Mr. Jin, I've told you everything I should. Su Ding threatened me with my son, so I helped her lie. I really had no choice, absolutely no choice."
Xu Rong continued to beg for mercy, crying. "That little girl is still in the countryside, living well. My aunt is looking after her. Please, for her sake, spare me."
"The address." Jin Ye interrupted coldly.
Xu Rong was stunned for a moment, then immediately gave the village address.
As Jin Ye left, he issued a warning: "Continue to keep this a secret. If news of Su Xiaorui's staged death leaks, all past and present debts will be settled."
Xu Rong nodded tearfully, "Okay, okay..."
In an instant, Jin Ye left the villa with his bodyguards.
Xu Rong sat on the ground as if she had narrowly escaped death, hating Wang Yan for getting involved in such trouble. She regretted not taking Shao Lin's money earlier.
But now, what was the use of regret?
That night, Jin Ye drove to Xixiang Village and arrived past six in the morning.
He didn't go there immediately, but stayed in the car.
Su Xiaorui should not have woken up yet. He just needed to catch a glimpse of her from afar.
"Mr. Jin, shall I go down and ask the villagers for some breakfast?"
The bodyguard asked cautiously.
Jin Ye gave him a cold glance, "Bear with it."
He couldn't let Su Ding suspect that he knew about Su Xiaorui's staged death, or she would only run further away.
As long as Su Xiaorui was still in Jiangcheng, she would definitely return.
He sat in the car, resting his eyes. His brain was injured in the previous car accident, and he still felt a dull ache these past two days.
At eight o'clock, his phone rang.
Jin Ye glanced at it; it was his mother calling. "Xiao Ye, where did you go so early in the morning?"
"I went out for something. Is something wrong?"
"As your mother, I'm checking on your injuries. Does that count as something?" Zhao Qin said indignantly.
"Yes, the doctor said I can be discharged after another two days of observation."
Jin Ye had lied about the time, but he didn't want to stay in a room full of disinfectant smell.
Zhao Qin trusted him implicitly and sighed, "That's good, I'm relieved."
"Mm," Jin Ye replied, still indifferent.
"By the way, your grandfather called. I didn't tell him about your car accident. Miaomiao is leaving next week. You should go back with her to see Grandpa," Zhao Qin said, getting to the point.
"..."
Jin Ye fell silent for a moment, then finally responded with a deep hum.
He had originally planned to bring Su Ding back to see his grandfather, but he hadn't expected so many things to happen in the meantime.
"Alright, I'll go back to Nan Jing with her next week."