When Lu Qingyan returned to his study, he paused, looked at Jiang Nanshu sitting on the sofa watching TV, and asked, “You hit Liang Ciqiu today?”
Jiang Nanshu didn’t look at him and quickly replied, “Yeah, that’s right. I already hit him. If he’s got the guts, he can hit me back. At worst, I’ll just fight him.”
“Why?”
“What?” Jiang Nanshu stopped eating her potato chips.
She looked at Lu Qingyan with a confused expression.
Lu Qingyan wanted to ask, but was also very scared. He took a deep breath and asked, “Why did you hit him?”
“Because of you.” Jiang Nanshu didn’t hesitate, looking at him speechlessly.
“Didn’t you see that bastard trying to sow discord between us? How could I let him succeed? Don’t fall for it either. He’s just trying to disgust people. What a jinx.”
Seeing Lu Qingyan remain silent, Jiang Nanshu raised her voice: “Did you hear me?”
Lu Qingyan smiled, his expression becoming more cheerful: “Yes, I know.”
Only after Lu Qingyan’s figure disappeared into the distance did Jiang Nanshu breathe a sigh of relief.
Very good.
They didn’t argue again.
Jiang Nanshu suddenly realized that Lu Qingyan was really easy to coax.
He lacked a sense of security, so she protected him, showing him through her actions that she would always be there for him.
The next day—
Jiang Nanshu received a message from the police saying the case was solved. It turned out that Bo Yan’s wife, Ms. Zhao, had given Xu Xingwan money, which solidified Xu Xingwan’s resolve to leave. Her death wasn’t caused by Miss Zhao, but by an accidental fall into the sea and drowning.
Then the police also found a text message that Xu Xingwan sent to Jiang Nanshu on Xu Xingwan’s repaired phone.
The message was to thank Jiang Nanshu, saying she had helped her see things clearly.
Jiang Nanshu felt like she’d been struck by lightning.
Thank her for what?
What did she say that made Xu Xingwan see things clearly and leave her with this mess?
And she hadn’t even received this so-called text message.
Jiang Nanshu was forced to go to the police station again.
This time, Lu Qingyan accompanied her.
As soon as Jiang Nanshu arrived at the police station, she demanded to see Xu Xingwan’s belongings.
Besides the repaired phone, her belongings included a diary.
She had been writing about her life from her teenage years to the present.
The earlier passages were filled with longing for a better life, but later, they became melancholic, revealing that she was not happy.
The words ‘leave’, ‘suicide’, and ‘crying’ were mentioned several times.
Throughout the book, the word she mentioned most was ‘freedom’. Now she was truly free, free in every sense of the word.
Xu Xingwan’s text message was never sent, so Jiang Nanshu didn’t receive it.
When questioned by the police again, Jiang Nanshu said, “I don’t know if what triggered Xu Xingwan’s desire to leave was what I said. If it was, she probably already knew that the person she loved didn’t love her as much as she loved him, so she wanted to leave. And this person didn’t give her a normal relationship. She knew in her heart who caused this tragedy.”
“You’re talking nonsense!” Bo Yan suddenly rushed forward.
Lu Qingyan didn’t even frown. He pushed him away and sneered, “Get lost.”
Bo Yan could only speak to Jiang Nanshu from three steps away. His eyes were red as he said, “It’s all your fault! If you hadn’t talked to her, why would she have left? If you hadn’t brought this up, how could she have died? Jiang Nanshu, you owe Wanwan a life.”
Jiang Nanshu really wanted to slap him.
But this was a police station, so she held back.
“Are these things Xu Xingwan wouldn’t know if I didn’t mention them? All I can say is that leaving you is the only way she’s truly free.”
Bo Yan looked haggard, and a tear rolled down his cheek.
He wanted to rush at her again.
Lu Qingyan didn’t tolerate him and directly pressed him down and hit him.
“I told you to stay away from my wife. Can’t you understand human language?”
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