"Oh, that's not it," the man said. "It was Yuan Ya'er who came up with the idea, and I was in charge of fleshing out the plan."
"In this plan, Yuan Ya'er was responsible for keeping your ex - lover away, Ji Xinyue arranged for you to eat the chocolate and called in the reporters, Xiong Han was supposed to get you involved with Guan Baocheng, and I was in charge of making everything seem more reasonable and flawless."
Xu Zixi still felt something was amiss. She said:
"This isn't all the details. I didn't even come into contact with Guan Baocheng that night. What else happened in between?"
"You'll have to ask Xiong Han about that. He was in charge of everything at the hotel that night, and he also took care of the hotel surveillance. He told me he'd completed the task successfully. As for how he did it and what else happened, I really have no idea."
"Xiong Han is already dead," Xu Zixi said emphatically.
He burst out laughing. "Yeah, he's dead. What can we do about it?"
Xu Zixi was furious. She grabbed the folder on the table and threw it at the man. The sharp corner of the folder left a deep cut on his head. Blood trickled down from the wound, but his expression remained unchanged, as if he felt no pain.
"Even if you're angry and kill me, it won't help. I'm also very surprised that such a meticulous and flawless plan could still have an unexpected twist. I also regret getting rid of Xiong Han so early. Otherwise, it wouldn't have—"
He tilted his chin. "Wouldn't have landed me in your hands."
Xu Zixi knew he was telling the truth.
In her past life, the plan they carried out together remained undetected until Yan Yincheng's death. It was truly flawless.
If she hadn't come to this world, if Yan Yincheng hadn't been reborn and decided to change the fate of their two children, all of this might have remained buried, just like in her past life.
"I know Yuan Ya'er and Ji Xinyue wanted to ruin me out of jealousy. What about you? Why did you team up with Yuan Ya'er to frame me? Do you have a grudge against the Yan family or the Yuan family? What do you hope to achieve?"
"Don't you think too much?" the man laughed. "There's no grudge or conflict of interest. I helped her simply to return a favor."
Return a favor? That's all? Just for that, he joined hands with Yuan Ya'er to ruin an innocent girl?
The man looked at Xu Zixi with a glint of eagerness in his eyes. "Jingluo, I really think you'd be a great addition to our group. What do you say? Won't you reconsider?"
Even after being caught, he still wanted to recruit others.
What a complete madman.
Xu Zixi didn't want to waste any more time with him. She turned around and headed towards the exit. The man's voice came from behind her:
"Hey, is that it? Don't you want to chat some more? I think we really hit it off."
"I still have something to say. Are you sure you don't want to listen?"
"If you don't, you'll regret it in the future."
Xu Zixi ignored these highly provocative words. She opened the door and was about to leave when suddenly a strong force knocked her aside. A figure rushed into the interrogation room and started punching and kicking "White Crane" frantically.
"It's all your fault! It's all your fault! Why did you help Yuan Ya'er plan all this! You ruined my Xiaoxi. I'll kill you! Kill you!"
Instead of getting angry after being beaten, "White Crane" goaded Yan Zhen:
"Do you know? Your wife spent 50 million on a bottle of medicine from me during the day, saying she wanted to kill Ji Xinyue. But she didn't realize I gave her a bottle of glucose. Spending 50 million on a bottle of glucose. What a cute fool. Hahaha."
"Ah!" Yan Zhen's eyes turned red with anger. He grabbed White Crane's neck, trying to strangle him.
"I'll kill you!"
Wang Hao didn't expect Yan Zhen, who had been standing quietly in the corner, to suddenly do this. He cursed and quickly rushed in to separate Yan Zhen from "White Crane". As a young master, Yan Zhen was no match for the strong police captain. He was soon dragged out of the interrogation room and thrown to the ground by Wang Hao.
Looking at Yan Zhen, who was lying on the ground in a state of complete madness, Wang Hao said:
"This man has broken the law, and the law will punish him. If you insist on settling your personal grudges here at the police station, I'll have to arrest you as a trouble - maker too, Young Master Yan."
Yan Zhen tried to get around him. "Get out of my way. I won't beat him this time. I still have a few questions to ask him!"
Wang Hao blocked the door of the interrogation room firmly:
"Young Master Yan, the twenty - minute time limit is up. Please leave immediately. It's against the rules for non - police personnel to stay in the interrogation room for too long."
Yan Zhen glanced at "White Crane", who was sitting in the chair in the monitoring room with a strange smile on his face. Reluctantly, he turned around and left.
By this time, Xu Zixi was already walking out of the police station on Yan Yincheng's arm.
The late - night in Fengcheng was several times colder than during the day. Xu Zixi had been highly focused when competing with White Crane for control of the surveillance along the way, and she'd broken out in a sweat. Then she'd been exposed to the cold wind when getting out of the car. So when she suddenly left the warm police station, she couldn't help but sneeze.
Yan Yincheng immediately opened his broad overcoat and wrapped the woman in his arms. He asked, "Are you catching a cold? Let's go home right away."
Leaning against the man's solid body, the warmth enveloped her, instantly dispelling the cold. Xu Zixi looked up and saw the man's worried face. Her nose suddenly felt sore.
"What about you, Brother Cheng? Do you feel uncomfortable? How's your wound? Does it hurt badly?"
Yan Yincheng softened his expression and coaxed her, "Don't worry. I feel much better than last night. Even if I'm not feeling well, it's still bearable."
Laying her face on his chest and listening to his steady and powerful heartbeat, Xu Zixi finally couldn't hold back her tears and started crying.
Hearing the soft sobs coming from his arms, Yan Yincheng quickly tightened his hold on the woman in his arms. But at this moment, he was a bit annoyed that he only had one arm available and couldn't wipe the tears from her face. He whispered softly,
"What's wrong? Why are you crying?"
His words only made it worse. Hearing his voice, Xu Zixi's sobs became louder.
Especially when she thought about how he'd followed her tonight, despite his injuries, using his brilliant mind to help her predict White Crane's escape route and successfully bring the culprit who had harmed Yuan Xi and almost killed him to justice, she completely lost control.
She let out all the fear she'd been suppressing since the accident.
At that time, she didn't dare and couldn't show her vulnerable side because she knew she couldn't collapse. She had to be strong to protect those she wanted to protect and avenge the man who had unknowingly stolen her heart.
She wrapped her arms around his waist. At this moment, she allowed herself to be a vulnerable girl who needed to lean on someone, no longer the Miss Xu who could go head - to - head with "White Crane".
"Brother Cheng, I've successfully avenged you," she said, sniffling as she tugged at the clothes on his chest. "I've avenged you..."
So that's why she was crying.
Yan Yincheng's heart melted completely. His Zixi, how could she be so cute?
He lovingly rubbed his chin against the top of her head and said gently,
"I know. Thank you, Miss Xu, for avenging me. Truly the woman I, Yan Yincheng, have chosen. You even managed to catch 'White Crane'. If this news gets out, your name will probably resound throughout the world."
"You said you're very lucky. I never understood how lucky you were before, but now I think I can kind of understand. With such a powerful weapon on our side, I'd like to see who dares to go against our Yan Corporation from now on."