Shu Zhongze, upon entering the police station, could no longer contain his anger and warned them, "If you don't shut your foul mouths, I have plenty of ways to make sure your Han family can't get by in Lancheng."
The three people from the Han family immediately dared not speak in front of Shu Zhongze again. They finally realized that even if Shu Zhongze's daughter was a murderer, it wouldn't affect Shu Zhongze's influence in Lancheng.
The police questioned them separately and discovered that none of them knew Shu Yan's whereabouts.
Those who went to the Shu residence also couldn't find Shu Yan, but the police had already dispatched people to review the surveillance footage of her leaving the hotel.
The people who had dinner with Shu Yan that night also didn't know what trouble Shu Yan was in, so the police released them.
...
Xiao Anjing drove Shu Yan to the riverside embankment and stopped.
Shu Yan turned her head to look at him and asked, "Why did you bring me here? Take me away, let's leave Lancheng. I don't want anything anymore, I just want to elope with you!"
"Are you really willing to give up everything and elope with me?" Xiao Anjing also looked at her and said, "Then let's go to the orphanage and pick up your child, and leave here together..."
"No, I don't want that child. Let's just the two of us go to a place where no one knows us." Shu Yan reached out and hooked his neck, "Anyway, I won't marry that Han Hai. It's better to escape here with you than marry him."
"So I'm just a tool for you to escape Han Hai." Xiao Anjing lowered his eyes and stared at her, asking, "Are you trying to escape Han Hai, or escape the police investigation?"
Shu Yan hurriedly explained, "That's not what I meant. If you loved me, could you bear to watch me marry someone else? Didn't you say on the phone that day that you had thought it through and were willing to marry me?"
Xiao Anjing hesitated for a moment, wondering what he should do.
Shu Yan wrapped her arms around his neck and bit his earlobe lightly, "You've fallen in love with me, haven't you? You're going to the countryside to take care of me, but you actually want to..."
As she spoke, she tried to kiss Xiao Anjing's lips. Xiao Anjing, still rational, pushed her away. "I'm going to take care of you simply because I want to take care of you. I never thought of taking advantage of your situation to offend you."
Shu Yan laughed disbelievingly, "Who are you trying to fool with those words? Don't all you men covet my looks, my figure, and of course, my family background..."
"You're right, there are things about you that attract me, but I feel like I can't see you clearly anymore." Xiao Anjing took a deep breath and asked, "Before Huo Jin's accident, did she come to your place in the countryside to see you?"
"No, why would I have met her?" Shu Yan let go of him and smiled calmly.
Xiao Anjing took out a credit card slip from his pocket, with a messy signature on it, and placed it in front of Shu Yan. "This is the credit card slip signed by Huo Jin. The date on it is the morning of her accident."
"Oh, she went shopping before her accident. What does that have to do with me?" Shu Yan was unusually calm.
Xiao Anjing approached her step by step and said, "The morning after the date on this slip, I went to your residence in the countryside, and I found this slip at your doorstep. I didn't pay much attention to it at the time and just put it in my pocket. That pair of pants was in the laundry basket and I forgot to wash them. Two days ago, I found this slip and checked the signature on it, as well as the mall records of Huo Jin's purchases. She bought baby supplies."
Shu Yan said with a laugh, "What can one slip of paper prove? Even if she saw me last, how can that prove I had anything to do with her death?"
"Huo Jin was about to get married at the time. She had no reason to go to such a remote place and have an accident. Since you were the last person to see her, you should know what happened to her in the end."
Shu Yan tilted her head and smiled, "So you didn't come to find me tonight to elope with me, you're playing detective. It's a pity that there are no witnesses or evidence. Even the police ruled it an accident. Even if Qin Tianyi has immense ability, what can he do to me?"
She had already guessed that Xiao Anjing's actions were because Qin Tianyi had said something, and what Qin Tianyi said to Xiao Anjing was instigated by Gu Susu.
The last time she saw Gu Susu, she knew Gu Susu suspected her of being involved in Huo Jin's death. She didn't expect Gu Susu and Qin Tianyi to persuade Xiao Anjing to test her.
Her confident laughter just now made Xiao Anjing's entire body turn cold. It seemed Qin Tianyi was right.
"Shu Yan! Huo Jin's death is indeed related to you. How did she die? Did you kill her?"
"That's enough, you never loved me!" Shu Yan also saw through Xiao Anjing in an instant and wanted to open the car door to leave.
Xiao Anjing suddenly pressed the car door lock and started driving towards the river.
Shu Yan was startled by his actions and tried to grab the steering wheel, shouting, "Stop! Are you crazy? That's the Lan River ahead..."
Xiao Anjing suddenly slammed on the brakes, leaving the car half hanging over the embankment, and asked, "Was Huo Jin's car in this situation? Did you watch her die without helping, letting her and the car plunge into the pond!"
Shu Yan dared not look out the car window. The Lan River below them was much deeper than that pond, and the current was swift. If they fell into it with the car, they might not even find their bones.
"Reverse quickly! We'll all die!"
Xiao Anjing asked again, "How did Huo Jin die?"
"I don't know!" Shu Yan clung to the armrest above the seat in fear, afraid the car would suddenly fall into the river.
Xiao Anjing started the car again, put it in drive, and said, "Then we'll die together..."
"No, I didn't watch her die without helping. I didn't let her and the car fall into the pond... she was already dead before she fell into the pond!" Shu Yan shouted in panic with her eyes closed, "Stop! I don't want to die, I don't want to die!"
Xiao Anjing quickly shifted into reverse and drove the car back onto the embankment, saying, "You say I don't love you, but what about you? If you loved me, how could you not even have the courage to face death together?"
"Madman." Shu Yan tried hard to pull open the car door.
Xiao Anjing had completely sobered up and calmly asked, "Since you know Huo Jin was dead before she fell into the pond, you must also know how she died before that?"
Shu Yan glared at him, her eyes wide with anger, and shouted, "I don't know, don't ask me! If you don't let me out of the car, I'll call the police..."
Xiao Anjing saw something in the rearview mirror, unlocked the car door.
Shu Yan immediately pulled open the car door, but as soon as she got out, a strong beam of headlights shone on her from behind.
Two police officers emerged from the bright light and walked towards her, asking, "Are you Shu Yan?"
Shu Yan nodded in a daze.
"You are now suspected of being involved in a murder case. Please come back to the police station with us to assist in the investigation." The police officer showed his badge.
Shu Yan took a step back and said nervously, "Are you mistaken? I didn't kill anyone..."
A police officer stepped forward and unceremoniously grabbed one of her arms. "Please, we hope you cooperate."
To prevent her from resisting or escaping, another police officer held her other arm, politely asking her to get into the police car.