A faint "Long time no see" without a trace of emotion completely crushed Li Mao.
The guilt and remorse that had been torturing him for the past four years and keeping him awake at night finally erupted.
Before Xu Zixi and Wei Shu could react, with a "thud", Li Mao knelt down on the ground solidly and bowed towards Xu Zixi.
"Miss Xu, I, Li Mao, sincerely apologize to you for the mistakes I made four years ago! I was blinded by money and bewitched. I accepted the commission from Miss Ji and took pictures of you, which ruined your reputation! I've been condemned by my conscience for the past four years and haven't had a good night's sleep. I know my actions ruined an innocent girl's life. In the second half of my life, I have no other requests but to try my best to make up for my mistakes! Please give me a chance to be a new person!"
In today's society, kneeling and kowtowing are no longer in vogue. Li Mao's actions made Miss Xu a bit uncomfortable. However, thinking that the original owner was pushed into the abyss by them back then, this was indeed what they owed her, so she endured it.
After he kowtowed, she said, "Reporter Li, I've received your apology. The retribution of the Ji family also shows me your determination to repent. I forgive you. Get up."
All that Li Mao had done these days with all his might was to get the victim's oral forgiveness. But somehow, when he heard it at this moment, the sense of guilt in his heart not only didn't ease a bit but became even stronger.
Her magnanimity only made him feel how filthy he was four years ago when he was bought off by money.
He took those photos that had caused her so much harm and ruined her reputation. Shouldn't she scold him severely or even slap him twice?
—Just like how she slapped Yuan Ya'er hard at the wedding?
Can't help but look up at Xu Zixi. There was a strong desire to prove himself in Li Mao's eyes:
"Miss Xu, as long as you need, I can do more for you."
Xu Zixi smiled and said:
"This is also the purpose of my calling you here, Reporter Li."
Xu Zixi didn't call him here just to watch him kneel and listen to his confession.
Li Mao was really good at promoting public opinion. Although he was bought off four years ago, he had a sincere attitude of admitting his mistakes. For them, he was a good helper and should be well utilized.
She asked Li Mao to get up and then detailed her plan.
After listening, Li Mao was full of eager excitement on his face: "Okay, no problem. I guarantee I'll complete your plan perfectly! Then I'll go down and prepare first!"
Xu Zixi nodded: "Go."
Wei Shu calmly watched the two communicate all the time. It was not until Li Mao walked far away that he said to Xu Zixi, "The investigation of yesterday's accident is out."
Taking out an accident appraisal report from his briefcase, Wei Shu handed it to Xu Zixi.
Xu Zixi scanned the content on the appraisal carefully and couldn't help sneering.
"What a sly move."
The cause of the car accident was actually not complicated. The heavy truck had been parked in a parking lot near the airport at first. The moment the car carrying Yan Yincheng and Yin Shulan left the airport, the heavy truck also left the parking lot and followed them. At first, there was a certain distance between the two cars. After reaching the accident section, the heavy truck suddenly accelerated and deliberately rammed into them, causing the Maybach to lose control and roll over.
With the weight and speed of the offending vehicle, this ram was clearly aimed at death. However, the car sent by the Yan family to pick up Yan Yincheng and Yin Shulan had been specially modified. The body structure was several times stronger than when it first left the factory. Coupled with the driver's superb skills, a more serious consequence was avoided.
After succeeding, the offending truck quickly fled the scene and headed in the direction of Xingcheng. It got off the highway at an intersection between Fengcheng and Xingcheng. After driving to a certain village, the driver abandoned the truck and ran away.
The electronic facilities in that village were not perfect. When the driver abandoned the truck and ran away, he wasn't captured by the cameras. After the police traced to this place, they lost his trail.
What was even more chilling was that after the police found the offending truck and investigated it carefully, they found that the license plate of the heavy truck was fake. There was no such license plate in the information database.
It seemed that the person who arranged this car accident had already thought about a series of chain reactions that would be caused after the accident and blocked all possibilities for them to continue the investigation in advance. Maybe even if they found the offending driver based on the clues, they might not find a living person.
Could this be something that a young lady like Yuan Ya'er could do? Xu Zixi didn't think so. She was more inclined to the idea that Yuan Ya'er had hired a killer.
And this "killer" might also be related to the incident four years ago.
Whether it was the drug hidden in the chocolate that made the original owner lose her virginity four years ago, the means to erase Xiong Han's living track in Fengcheng, or the arrangement of this car accident, they all pointed to one result—there must be a helper behind Yuan Ya'er.
Moreover, this person was quite capable.
How could they find this person?
Xu Zixi folded the accident appraisal report thoughtfully and said to Wei Shu, "I remember you said that Yuan Ya'er went out once after the Ji family's accident, right?"
Wei Shu was stunned for a moment and said, "Yes."
He told Xu Zixi the route of Yuan Ya'er's outing again.
Xu Zixi thought for a while and said, "Where is the address of that beauty salon?"
Wei Shu took out his phone, entered an address on the navigation, and handed it to Xu Zixi.
"When Yuan Ya'er left this beauty salon, she was holding a set of skin - care products in her hand. It really seemed like she went there for a beauty treatment. A Qiang also sent someone to check the beauty salon afterwards and found nothing abnormal. So the Third Master didn't do anything to this beauty salon at that time."
"However, we've already sent people to keep an eye on that beauty salon, hoping to find some clues from the customers who have visited recently."
Xu Zixi said, "That's too slow. I'll go and check this beauty salon myself today."
"No way." Wei Shu immediately rejected her idea. "If the person who planned this car accident is really hiding there, your appearance will surely alert them. We still don't know whether the car accident was aimed at you or the Third Master. Acting rashly like this is equivalent to exposing yourself. It's too dangerous."
Xu Zixi fell silent. What Wei Shu said made sense. They were in the open while the enemy was in the dark. After the failed attack yesterday, whether the enemy would leave any follow - up moves was really unknown.
But should they just let go of such a good opportunity?