Rebirth: CEO's Sweetheart Reaches the Life Pinnacle!-Chapter 162 - 159: Results of the Investigation

The man who claimed to be her ex-husband doesn’t look like a good person, no matter how you see it.

Su Meng sighed, "Honestly, I’ve always doubted it deep down in my heart. But since my mind has been a blank slate when it comes to past memories, I just accepted it.

Thinking back now, to deceive me, he must have made a fake ID and registered it at the county. Later, because he wanted to apply for welfare benefits, he staged a fake divorce. He never expected that I would actually leave him for good. When his guard was down, I used the opportunity of working in the beauty salon to escape..."

Listening to her calmly recounting her story, Li Si’s eyes reddened. What a sinful man! Why would anyone destroy what could have been a good life? She really had it so rough!

Su Meng sniffled, "Sigh, why am I even telling you all this? I’m making you cry almost. It’s all over now; the Xia Yu of the past is gone. The Su Meng of the present just needs to live well, right?"

She was even comforting Li Si, bringing about another wave of emotions. Meanwhile, Li Si resolved even more firmly to find an opportunity to help her mother get treatment.

The two exchanged a smile, chatted about other things, and then returned to their rooms.

Elsewhere, Long Wu sat gloomily in the private room of a bar with Leng Mochen, drinking alcohol.

Leng Mochen folded his arms as he watched coldly, occasionally taking a sip.

Long Wu emptied several bottles of whiskey. By now, his mind was already fuzzy, and his speech slurred, "Leng Er, tell me, tell me... what do I have to do for her to forgive me!"

"Stop drinking!" Leng Mochen snatched his glass away. "Do you even want to see her tomorrow?"

That statement momentarily cleared Long Wu’s head, but he quickly fell back into a sulk. "Er, I feel so terrible!"

Ignoring Leng Mochen’s intimidating expression, he leaned in close, reeking of alcohol, and said, "Er, once you find your Xuanxuan, you’ll understand how I feel! It hurts! This pain!" He pointed to his chest, as though someone were carving away at it with a knife.

Leng Er’s expression turned even colder. "The only person in my heart right now is Li Si. Don’t ever mention that name in front of me again, or we won’t even be friends anymore!"

With that, he resolutely turned and left without paying attention to the howling Long Wu behind him.

Realizing he’d said something wrong in his drunkenness, Long Wu slapped his own face forcefully before stumbling out of the room. freēnovelkiss.com

A few days later, Heizi, looking unkempt with stubble on his face, called Long Wu, Leng Mochen, and Li Si to his office to deliver the results of his investigation.

It turned out he’d interrogated the tall, suspicious-looking criminal overnight. At first, the man refused to admit to anything. Later, his lucky streak mindset was shattered under intense questioning.

The man confessed that he and another accomplice had been instructed to kidnap Su Meng back in the day, though the details were handled by the accomplice. The original plan was to sell her to a remote mountainous village and leave her to fend for herself.

Midway, however, the two decided to take advantage of her good looks and wanted to "have a taste" first before selling her, thinking no one would ever find out.

But trouble arose then and there. The girl found an opportunity to fight back with all her might and escaped, falling off a cliff in the process. The two men, afraid of the consequences, split up and fled.

Long Wu clenched his fists tightly, consumed with a desire to kill those monsters.

Li Si felt deep sorrow for Su Meng. Her tragedy was too horrifying; if she hadn’t jumped off that cliff, her fate...

Leng Mochen’s fury was evident on his face as he recalled: if it hadn’t been for Long Wu’s sharp eye noticing Li Si struggling against trouble back then, who could say Su Meng’s suffering might not have happened to Li Si?

Heizi observed their varied but equally furious expressions and said solemnly, "We have a lead now. One of the accomplices at the time went by the nickname ’Haozi.’ This man has been on the run for years due to injuries he caused intentionally. We’re doing everything to track him down. Once we get him, we’ll stand a chance to uncover the identity of the mastermind from back then!"

Heizi was excited by this—after years of deadlock, the case finally had a breakthrough. Even the faintest trace would be enough to keep the pursuit alive.

The atrocity had not only ruined Su Meng’s life but also destroyed a family. As a police officer and as Su Meng’s Brother Heizi, he swore he would bring the mastermind to justice and provide closure to her family!

"Then hurry and track him down! Heizi, if you need us for anything, just say the word!" Long Wu said firmly. If he managed to find the culprit first, he wouldn’t hesitate to take matters into his own hands.

His mind was overwhelmed with thoughts of how to locate the mastermind and how to win Su Meng’s forgiveness. Looking back, he’d been so utterly wrong...

Heizi motioned for calm. "The next steps are rightly our responsibility. Through rigorous patrol work, we’ll surely track him down. Arresting him is only a matter of time! By the way, how’s Su Meng lately? Has she remembered anything? What’s the deal with her ex-husband?"

"She said she woke up being told her name was Xia Yu, and everyone in the village called her that. The man, Yang Dashun, has a notoriously aggressive mother—nobody in the village dares cross her!" Li Si relayed what Meng Meng had told her.

Heizi stroked his chin. "That man might also have issues. I’ll have someone bring him in for questioning. Wait for my update!" Intuition told him the man might hold certain information, but it was just a gut feeling—only an interrogation could verify it.

Long Wu gritted his teeth and roared, "Even if there turns out to be nothing wrong with him, I won’t let him off easily!"

Leng Mochen patted his shoulder reassuringly. "Long Wu, stay calm! We’re in Heizi’s unit—it wouldn’t look good for talk like that to spread."

"Brother Wu, will Meng Meng pick up on something if we pull her out of this?" Li Si voiced her concern. Their intentions were good—they didn’t want Su Meng to go through more pain; but...

"Don’t worry about it, Sisi. But Brother Wu also needs to ask you for a favor!" Long Wu wiped his face heavily.

Li Si had an inkling but still asked, "What is it? Brother Wu, just say the word!"

"I want to invest in your beauty clinic, expand the operation—as a form of investment for Meng Meng. Later, it can be divided between the two of you, fifty-fifty, and run jointly. What do you think?"

"I don’t mind, but Brother Wu, I don’t think Meng Meng will agree! If she were to find out someday, wouldn’t the two of you find it even harder to mend things between you?"

This time spent living and working together had taught Li Si that Su Meng was unusually stubborn at her core. She worried Long Wu’s actions might backfire if discovered.

Long Wu pondered and let out a small sigh. "You’re right! If she weren’t stubborn, she wouldn’t be herself!"

Li Si assumed the matter would rest there. To her surprise, Long Wu suddenly appeared at the clinic the next day and brought up the subject in the office.

Long Wu nervously approached Su Meng, who was organizing files. "Meng Meng, I want to invest in your shop. From now on, it will belong half to you and half to Sisi—as a way for me to atone for my sins, okay?"

Su Meng put down the papers in her hand in exasperation, looked at him resolutely, and said, "Long Wensong, aren’t you a grown man already? Why are you still so immature?

I’ll say this just once: I don’t want to talk about the past anymore, and I’ve already forgotten it. So there’s no need for you to think about making amends! From now on, we go our separate ways!"

With that, she left coldly, ignoring the conflicting emotions displayed on Long Wu’s face.

Li Si sat by the desk, awkward and unsure whether to stay or leave.

After his pained expression, Long Wu laughed bitterly at himself. Looking at Li Si, he said self-deprecatingly, "Brother Wu embarrassed himself today! Sisi, your analysis was right! I’m leaving!" With a wave of his hand, he turned and walked out.

Watching his departing figure, Li Si couldn’t help but feel an overwhelming sense of sorrow. The usually carefree Brother Wu, at this moment, evoked a deep sense of pity.

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