"The current situation is this. I was just about to report to President Xie, and you should return to Lancheng first. You really can't help much here," Zhan Jiayi advised.
She felt that Xie Qining alone was troublesome enough, and this Sasha looked like a mere decoration who would only cause more trouble.
Sasha picked up her plane ticket and stopped pretending.
She actually wanted to return to Lancheng as soon as possible and didn't care whether Xie Qining went to jail or not.
Dealing with Gu Susu would have to wait.
She hadn't expected that the people Xie Qining had found couldn't even tie up Gu Susu's people, and had caused her to lose a million US dollars for nothing.
After this matter blew over, she would still have to find a way to get that money back from Wen Wei's secret account.
"Okay, I'll listen to Dad's arrangement and return to Lancheng first. But you must find a way to save Qining and not let him go to jail," Sasha said sadly. "If he has to go to jail here, he will suffer terribly."
Zhan Jiayi couldn't promise her anything. She was just the one handling the specifics. "After I report to President Xie, President Xie will find a way."
Sasha wiped away her tears and left her room, hurrying back to pack her things.
After such an incident, staying here would always pose a risk, so it was safer to return to Lancheng sooner.
...
Daisy stayed in the hospital for a week, and her superficial wounds had all healed.
Before Tianyi left, he had told her about accompanying Susu to New York and said he wouldn't force her.
If she felt protecting Susu was too dangerous, she could return to Lancheng with him, and he would hire other bodyguards. It was entirely up to her.
Daisy did not refuse and expressed her willingness to continue protecting Susu.
Tianyi wanted to give her some extra compensation, but she refused.
After she was discharged from the hospital, Susu went to New York with her.
Upon arriving in New York, Susu first went to the police officer who was in charge of Yang Sijie's case to understand how the police notified his family and handled the aftermath after Yang Sijie's fall from the cliff.
The officer in charge of the case clearly remembered that they had only contacted an adopted daughter of Yang Sijie at the time, whose registered name was Sally Yang.
He recalled that Yang Sijie's adopted daughter was very sad when she received the news. The police had issued her a certificate, allowing her to collect some of Yang Sijie's belongings.
As for what she inherited from Yang Sijie later, the officer in charge was unclear.
However, most of Yang Sijie's assets had been confiscated at the time as compensation for many victims, leaving little behind.
Susu asked the officer in charge for a list of Yang Sijie's confiscated properties and intended to take it back to the hotel to carefully verify it.
On her way back to the hotel, she received a call from An Jing, who said that the police had found that the mastermind behind Lan Yu's kidnapping was Xie Qining and that Xie Qining had been arrested.
"Only Xie Qining?" Susu asked. "Did Xie Qining's wife, Yang Shasha, not participate?"
"The police found no evidence of Yang Shasha's involvement," An Jing said. "Moreover, Xie Qining admitted that he asked Wen Wei to teach you a lesson, but denied asking Wen Wei to kidnap and extort."
Susu felt something was not right and said, "It's not that simple. Even Yang Shasha wouldn't kidnap and extort. I'm afraid she has something else to hide."
"But the police only found proof of Xie Qining's instigation. Anyway, Xie Qining cannot escape the crime of kidnapping and extortion this time." An Jing was in a good mood.
He was very happy to be able to find criminal evidence against Xie Qining and bring him to justice this time.
At least Xie Qining could be locked up, and no one would target Lan Yu anymore.
"Alright, we can punish one if we can," Susu could only think positively.
After finishing her call with An Jing, she returned to the hotel and kept looking at the list, ticking off some of Yang Sijie's companies and properties that she remembered.
She discovered that Yang Sijie's former pharmaceutical company had been strictly ordered to cease production and close down.
And among all the confiscated properties, one was missing: an apartment located in the city center.
That was the apartment where she had lived when she was in New York, and Shasha must have known about it too.
The photos of Yang Sijie and her must have been kept in that apartment, which was why Shasha had the photos.
She also remembered that Yang Sijie had a safe in that apartment.
She was unclear about the specific contents of the safe, but it must have contained a lot of private and important things.
She suddenly wanted to go to that apartment again. She didn't know if her fingerprints could still open the apartment door, but she wouldn't give up without trying.
However, if Shasha was also in New York, she was afraid she might run into Shasha there.
She didn't want anyone to know about her investigation in New York, especially not Yang Shasha.
Although she had this idea in mind, she didn't act rashly. She calculated the time difference with Lancheng and discussed it with Tianyi.
Tianyi also thought that if they could go and see the apartment, they would surely find something, but he told her not to act rashly.
He would have someone check Shasha's whereabouts and wait for the right time.
Susu followed his advice and did not go to the apartment immediately. In the following days, she visited some of Yang Sijie's friends from his legitimate businesses, posing as his former girlfriend.
She reminisced with them and lamented the past.
She inadvertently learned from one of them that shortly after Yang Sijie's accident, Shasha had also come to inquire about the procedures for opening a pharmaceutical company, what to pay attention to, and whether it was easy to apply for an operating license.
This confirmed that Shasha had indeed opened another pharmaceutical company here.
But why would a celebrity like her open a pharmaceutical company? Moreover, drug research and production are extremely complex.
Unless she was not researching and producing legitimate drugs, but dealing in illicit substances, seeking exorbitant profits.
What she had found so far did not constitute strong evidence.
After having dinner with those people, she returned to her hotel room feeling a bit tired when Tianyi's call came through.
"Where are you? Is it convenient to talk?"
"I just got back to my hotel room." Susu leaned back on the sofa, her mind still filled with what Yang Sijie's friends had said.
Tianyi asked with concern, "Have you eaten? Are you tired?"
Susu placed her hand on her stomach and said, "I ate a lot tonight, and I'm a bit tired."
"Where is Daisy? Isn't she with you?"
"She was just with me. Perhaps she saw me talking to you and went back to the bedroom," Susu said with a smile. "Don't worry, I'm safe now."
"By the way, the person I hired just found out that Shasha has already returned to Lancheng. If you want to go to the old apartment, go and try. You won't run into her."
Susu couldn't quite believe it. "Xie Qining is in such big trouble, and she actually returned to Lancheng, intending to abandon Xie Qining to his fate?"
"That's not our concern. I don't think Shasha has any real feelings for that Xie Qining."
"That's true," Susu felt intuitively that the person Shasha liked was Yang Sijie.
Tianyi said abruptly in a commanding tone, "However, if you go to that apartment and still don't find any clues, you must return to Lancheng and stop investigating."