The two embarked on the journey back.
On the way, Zhan Bei Jue instructed Ah Zhong.
"From Tang Xue Ying's birth onwards, investigate all her financial transactions and travel records, one by one. If Jiang Nan Fang is telling the truth, she'll eventually slip up."
Ah Zhong replied, "I've already checked her travel records. I started the moment you assigned me the task. All her travel history stops six years ago. In the past six years, there isn't even a record of her taking public transport. It's as if she vanished from the face of the earth. I was truly out of options, so I hired a detective."
Zhan Bei Jue was surprised. He hadn't expected the situation to be like this.
"If you can't find anything domestically, what about abroad? As Jiang Nan Fang said, if she illegally crossed the border, she wouldn't have any records in China for the past six years. Go to Dan Country and investigate her travel records and financial situation."
"I don't have the authority," Ah Zhong said. "For this, you might have to step in and negotiate."
"I'll handle it. Book the earliest flight. You're going to Dan Country today."
"Alright."
"Do you want me to call your girlfriend and explain personally? So you don't have to apologize again later."
"..."
At a time like this, Zhan Bei Jue still had the mood for dark humor?
Ah Zhong chuckled, "No need. I've done a lot of thinking these past two days. Perhaps we're truly not suited for each other. I don't want to force it anymore. What's the point of holding onto a heart that can't be warmed? If it's over, it's over."
"So, you've already broken up?"
"Yes."
Zhan Bei Jue nodded, unsure of his meaning, "That's good."
"..."
As they were driving towards the company, Zhan Bei Jue's phone rang. He looked at it – Gong Bei Bei. He decisively locked the screen and didn't answer.
Unexpectedly, Ah Zhong's phone rang next. It was the butler.
"Assistant Zhong, is Young Master with you? It's bad, Madam has fallen ill!"
The two rushed to the hospital. Outside the neurology emergency room, Gong Bei Bei was wiping away tears alone.
Zhan Bei Jue walked over, dialing Director Gao as he went. Seeing him, Gong Bei Bei's sobs intensified.
"Ah Jue, *sob sob*, it's one thing if you don't want me, but you don't even care if Aunt Zhou lives or dies."
"I can't believe you've become like this for that woman, *sob sob*, I feel like I don't even recognize you anymore..."
Zhan Bei Jue had paid a considerable sum to suppress the scandal of her jumping off the building that night. Furthermore, after their "breakup," he had given her father a large sum as a parting gift, so Zhan Bei Jue felt he owed her nothing. There was no need for her to cry in front of him. They were both adults; they both knew how much was genuine and how much was feigned.
"Thank you for going to the trouble of bringing her to the hospital. I can take care of her from now on. You can go back."
"..."
After all the hardship and trouble, she finally met him, and this was all he had to say? Gong Bei Bei certainly wasn't willing to give up. With tears streaming down her face, she tried to reach for him.
"Ah Jue..."
Ah Zhong reached out and blocked her.
"Miss Gong, I believe President Zhan has made himself clear. There's no need for you to say anything further. Please leave."
Director Gao emerged from the emergency room. Zhan Bei Jue didn't even glance at Gong Bei Bei again, walking towards him. The two began to talk in low voices.
Watching him, so tall and handsome, his body that had just held someone else now so cold towards her, Gong Bei Bei felt a shame and hatred she had never experienced before.
Fine. Zhan Bei Jue. You are ruthless, heartless, and pragmatic! I'll leave, I'll go! I will never appear before you again to humiliate myself or be treated like dirt! You dare to publicly slap my face like this, just you wait. If you and Jiang Nan Fang have a happy ending and live a peaceful life, then I've lived in vain!
Wiping away her tears, Gong Bei Bei stormed downstairs with fierce determination. As she walked out, she called Huo Dong Ning.
"How are the arrangements in Dan Country? Hurry! This woman has been arrested, hurry and crush her!"
Huo Dong Ning was in a great mood. "It's all arranged. Don't worry, even the King of Heaven can't find a flaw."
"She's dead for sure this time!"
Ah Zhong embarked on his journey to Dan Country, while Zhan Bei Jue personally took care of his mother at the hospital.
When she woke up and saw her unpromising son finally come to see her, Mrs. Zhan's eyes welled up with tears.
"Who asked you to come? To see me? President Zhan is so busy, I can't possibly handle it. Go on and date someone!"
Zhan Bei Jue knew that his mother had been sulking since he left home, and coupled with the near-accident today, her scolding was understandable. He had no right to retort; she could scold him as much as she wanted.
Unexpectedly, seeing his silence, his mother started scolding Jiang Nan Fang.
"I told you to leave, didn't you hear me? That vixen went in, has nowhere else to go, and now remembers me, her useless mother?"
"You don't need to worry about me. You've disgraced the Zhan family's name, I don't have a useless son like you."
"The whole world knows that woman broke the law, and you were still holding her at a time like that. Zhan Bei Jue, you're truly devoted."
"I never thought my son, whom I raised for over a decade, would be like your father, a love-struck fool who can't distinguish right from wrong."
"Useless, you'll end up like him, dragged down by a woman."
"Let's sever our mother-son relationship sooner rather than later, or I'll die of anger because of you."
What?
He had explicitly warned them face-to-face, and someone still dared to publish Jiang Nan Fang's story? Zhan Bei Jue's focus was solely on his mother's mention of Jiang Nan Fang. After his mother finished speaking, he was furious and immediately took out his phone to call legal.
"Sue them! Sue them one by one! All the media that mentioned my name today, no settlements, sue them all!"
"Demand both emotional and material compensation. They want to exploit me? Make them bankrupt!"
Then, with a somber face, he said to his mother.
"Since you're still angry and can't stand the sight of me, I won't stay here to upset you."
"Call me when your anger subsides. I'm returning to the company."
"You..."
His mother had thought that this tough stance would force him to draw a line between himself and Jiang Nan Fang. She never expected him to sue the media and confront her directly. Her blood pressure, which had just stabilized, shot up again. Rolling her eyes, her mouth twisted, and her fingers twitched, she had another episode.
Moments later, Director Gao, sweating profusely, rushed back. The two stood outside the emergency room. He earnestly advised Zhan Bei Jue.
"You can't upset her anymore. Mrs. Zhan not only has high blood pressure, but her cerebellum also has a certain degree of infarction. If you continue to anger her, the chance of stroke or cerebral infarction and subsequent paralysis is very high."
"If you consider her your mother, put your romantic entanglements aside for now. Even if you pretend to indulge her, you can't oppose her anymore."
Zhan Bei Jue said calmly, "With you here, I'm very relieved about her."
"I know you mean well, I understand, I'm aware."
"Thank you for your trouble today. One last question."
Director Gao, "Don't be polite with me, ask."
"If the hospital later modifies a patient's medical records on the computer, will the time of modification be recorded?"