Chapter 611: Chapter 611: Can’t Figure It Out
Gu Ningyue was held in Ling Tianyou’s arms, then she watched as Ling Tianyou nodded, and closed her eyes again.
After an unknown amount of time, Gu Ningyue, in a daze, heard a sigh from Ling Tianyou in her ear, along with some words she couldn’t clearly make out.
Her mind was muddled, faintly hearing, "If only... it would be good..." and remembered nothing else.
At dawn the next day, when Gu Ningyue was awakened by the bright sunlight, the spacious room had already lost any trace of Ling Tianyou.
Gu Ningyue slowly sat up, took a glance at the time on her phone, and it was surprisingly already ten in the morning.
Had she really slept that long? Damn!
She got up and dressed quickly; after a simple wash, Gu Ningyue called Aunt Zhang: "Where’s Tianyou? Has he already left?"
Aunt Zhang nodded: "President Ling left for the company at nine and instructed us not to wake Young Madam you, so we didn’t come to call you."
Gu Ningyue knew Ling Tianyou was concerned about her not sleeping well the night before, yet she couldn’t help but blame herself for sleeping so long.
Today, Ling Tianyou has to handle Ling Tianze’s funeral.
He is probably the one who is the most saddened among everyone!
After all, in his heart, he has probably already concluded that he is the indirect killer of his own brother.
"Sigh, call me next time! ... Never mind, let’s forget about it for now..." Gu Ningyue was clearly conflicted, hesitating for a moment before saying to Aunt Zhang: "Let’s eat first! I’ll call Tianyou after eating."
"President Ling said Young Madam didn’t sleep well yesterday, and specially asked us to make a nourishing soup for you." Aunt Zhang responded: "I’ll go get it for you."
Gu Ningyue responded, going downstairs with Aunt Zhang.
Looking at the lavishly decorated villa, Gu Ningyue sat in the chair feeling inexplicably stifled.
It seemed like she couldn’t do anything for Ling Tianyou; instead, even in such a time of grief, Ling Tianyou had to comfort her and think about her, when did she become so useless?
No, she seemed to have always been this useless in this regard.
Her master only taught her how to be an undercover agent, how to stake out, and how to kill, but didn’t teach her what to do in such situations.
Thinking of this, Gu Ningyue couldn’t help but sigh again.
Indeed, she was no better at feelings than the Gu Ningyue of the past.
At least, in the memories of this body, Gu Ningyue knew to offer a cup of tea and say a few tender words when Ye Mingchen was displeased.
But here, she had no idea what to do to make Ling Tianyou feel better.
Perhaps the only thing she could think of was to help Ling Tianyou find evidence of Chen Rui’s framing.
Thinking about this, Gu Ningyue suddenly remembered that Lu Qingqing had promised to send her a recording, but hadn’t done so yet?
Taking out her phone to open the WeChat page, Gu Ningyue opened Lu Qingqing’s chat box and typed a question. Before she had time to put down her phone, Lu Qingqing quickly responded: "Sorry, Qianqian wouldn’t let me go when I got back yesterday, so I didn’t send you the recording, just a moment!"
Gu Ningyue then replied with "No problem," and put the phone aside.
By this time, Aunt Zhang and the servants had already brought up the food, and the rich aroma made Gu Ningyue’s stomach growl involuntarily: "This soup smells so good! Aunt Zhang, how did you make it? Teach me sometime?"
This soup was simply better than any she had had before; just smelling it made one imagine how delicious it would be.
Aunt Zhang smiled and said: "It’s just some countryside methods from back home, Young Madam, I’ll teach you if you have time."
While speaking, Aunt Zhang served a bowl and handed it to Gu Ningyue: "Take your time, Young Madam!"
Gu Ningyue nodded, "Okay."
"Ding Dong—"
A notification came from her phone, and Gu Ningyue could only put down the bowl she had just picked up.
Lu Qingqing sent an audio file, and Gu Ningyue put on her earphones, and started to play it: "...My wife was hit by a car and died, Miss Li, my wife and I were childhood sweethearts. Don’t think I don’t know what you’re up to, this was all your scheme, right! You didn’t want my wife to expose you, so you had someone run her over! I tell you, this isn’t over!"
"..."
"Who else could it be but you? Don’t think just because you city folks are rich and powerful you can get away with murder and fraud. As long as I’m around, never... What? One million? All of it to me? Miss Li, what do you take me for? Do you know how much I loved my wife? We were married for so many years, she finally got pregnant, and now it’s one body and two lives, and you want to buy me off with money? You’re dreaming, I’m going to sue you!"
Gu Ningyue paused here, went back to the beginning, and listened carefully again.
She confirmed that the man mentioned ’Miss Li,’ and not ’Miss Chen,’ and she couldn’t help but slightly furrow her brow, so who was this Miss Li?
Was she Chen Rui’s assistant or her accomplice? Or maybe she didn’t know what Chen Rui did and was just the person cleaning up for her?
The man in the recording seemed to really love his wife, that kind of angry tone didn’t seem feigned.
But why did Lu Qingqing say this man eventually took Chen Rui’s money and disappeared? Are people’s acting skills nowadays so good? She could almost see the man’s frenzied face through the screen!
Pressing play again, Gu Ningyue continued listening.
"You don’t need to threaten me. I’m not afraid of anything... My parents are deceased, my wife and child are gone, I’m just a loner... You... what did you say? You... alright, two million and I’ll consider this an accident, and I won’t trouble you again! But if you also want me to end up like my wife... then don’t worry, I won’t give you that chance. I’ll make sure you face ruin! I have evidence against you!"
The recording ended here, and Gu Ningyue listened to it twice more, then forwarded the entire recording to Ling Tianyou.
Chances are, the woman said something to her husband before she died, and now that she’s gone, those things have become her husband’s shield.
But would Chen Rui really be afraid?
A person so vicious and merciless, under what circumstance would she be constrained like this? Gu Ningyue couldn’t figure it out.
