Chapter 25: The Truth
“Trouble.”
Before he returned, Yan Ningxi, utterly exhausted, quickly fell asleep.
Bo Xingjue came back to the hospital room, saw that she was asleep, adjusted the air conditioner temperature, covered her with a thin blanket, instructed the others to keep watch, and then returned to the police station to handle matters.
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“No… no! Ningxi, please don’t die!”
Yu Xiangrui suddenly sat up, gasping for breath.
She looked around and, after a long moment, realized she had been saved.
She had just had a nightmare in which both she and Yan Ningxi died, their bodies hacked into pieces by Gu Wangshan and thrown into the sewer.
Turning her head, she saw Yan Ningxi sleeping beside her, her exposed arm clearly showing a severe injury.
Yu Xiangrui’s expression tightened as she clumsily scrambled out of bed and came to her side. “Ningxi, how are you? It’s all my fault. I’m sorry, truly sorry.”
Yan Ningxi heard her voice, lazily stretched, and opened her eyes. “Sister Xiangrui, you’re awake?”
Yu Xiangrui worriedly asked, “Are you okay?”
Yan Ningxi sat up, shook her head lightly, and said, “It’s just the wound from before that reopened yesterday. I had a blood transfusion. Before you woke up, the nurse came by and said we’re fine now and can be discharged once awake.”
Yu Xiangrui asked again, “So you weren’t… weren’t…”
Yan Ningxi shook her head. “No, the police came quickly yesterday. We were rescued just in time.”
Yu Xiangrui breathed a sigh of relief and suddenly hugged Yan Ningxi, crying out loud, “Ningxi, I’m sorry. I really didn’t know that going with me yesterday would put you in danger. I should have settled things with Gu Wangshan sooner. I’m truly sorry.”
Outside, Han Li heard the commotion, opened the door to peek in, saw them hugging, and quietly stepped back out.
Girls are so emotional.
Yan Ningxi patted Yu Xiangrui’s back. “Sister Xiangrui, I know you didn’t mean it. You didn’t want this to happen. I don’t blame you.”
Yu Xiangrui let go, nervously looking into her eyes. “Really?”
Yan Ningxi smiled. “Yes, really.”
She even felt a bit grateful to her, as it had brought her some money and uranium ore.
Yu Xiangrui, seeing no trace of reluctance on her face, felt reassured.
She couldn’t go to the company today, so she picked up her phone and called in.
Seeing Yan Ningxi seemed eager to go to work, she added, “I told the company we went out for an inspection, so no salary will be deducted.”
Yan Ningxi relaxed.
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Not bad, she could take leave and still get paid.
Just as they were about to go home, Han Li asked them to come to the police station to give a statement; they didn’t refuse.
Yan Ningxi wanted to find an opportunity to inform the state about the uranium coordinates.
Yu Xiangrui wanted Gu Wangshan to be punished as soon as possible.
The moment they stepped into the police station, Yan Ningxi sensed the officers were looking at her strangely.
Yu Xiangrui noticed too and asked curiously, “Ningxi, have you been here before? They seem to recognize you.”
Yan Ningxi felt a bit uneasy but calmly nodded. “Yes, I helped a little girl on the road last time and gave a statement then.”
The police weren’t fools; four consecutive days of cases all connected to her meant suspicion was inevitable.
Moreover, the police’s swift rescue yesterday felt too quick to be coincidental.
She had been locked in a room for less than two minutes before they arrived, as if she had been under surveillance all along.
She wondered how much longer her system could keep this hidden.
“So that’s how it is.”
After Yan Ningxi’s gaze disappeared, the officers exchanged questions.
“Is that the woman involved in all four cases over the past four days?”
“Yes, that’s her.”
“Judging by her appearance, she doesn’t seem like a criminal, but it could be a disguise.”
“I think she’s definitely connected to those four incidents. How could she be so unlucky to face danger four days in a row?”
“It’s strange, like some kind of deadly detective story.”
“Or maybe she’s just plain unlucky and kept running into trouble.”
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Police Station
After a long time,
Yan Ningxi told the police everything she knew, angrily saying, “That’s all I found out. I don’t know how my manager offended her relative, introducing such a mentally unstable person.”
Han Li said seriously, “We’ve handled similar cases before. Usually, the groom’s elders bribe the matchmaker, or the bride’s family has a grudge against her.”
Yan Ningxi recalled Yan Qingyu telling her about her grandparents arranging matchmaking and sighed, “People’s hearts are so treacherous.”
She resolved to be more cautious with her grandparents in the future.
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If she ever faced such a situation again, she would surely break down.
No, if it happened again, with this experience, she could prepare in advance, avoid harm, and continue to earn system rewards.
Besides, the police might already be watching her closely, so they could rescue her in time, just like this time.
Thinking this, Yan Ningxi silently gave herself a thumbs-up—this was a brilliant move.
Bo Xingjue said solemnly, “Miss Yan, thank you for your cooperation.”
“You’re welcome. It’s what I should do.”
After speaking, Yan Ningxi took a compact mirror from her bag and checked her head, feeling somewhat disappointed.
Unfortunately, no danger had come knocking.
She glanced at Bo Xingjue and Han Li’s heads—empty as well.
When she entered the police station, she had checked every officer’s head; all was normal.
She didn’t know when the next mission would arrive.
Bo Xingjue and Han Li had been quietly watching Yan Ningxi’s every move.
Seeing her strange actions, they exchanged puzzled looks.
Why did she take out a mirror to look at her hair, then glance at theirs, and then look so disappointed?
What was wrong with their heads?
Han Li stared into Yan Ningxi’s eyes and deliberately sighed, “Miss Yan, your luck really is something… for four days straight, you encountered four incidents, and we arrested four suspects.”
Yan Ningxi’s heart tightened—she was indeed under suspicion.
If they wanted to suspect her, let them continue.
Thinking this, a guilty expression suddenly crossed her face.
Seeing her unusual expression, Bo Xingjue realized all the recent arrests in their station were related to her and asked, “Miss Yan, is there something you want to tell us?”
Han Li twitched at the corner of his mouth.
Captain, you’re being too direct.
Who would tell the truth when asked like that?