Chapter 1285: Chapter 1260: The Unknown Number

Zhou Susu sighed and said, "It’s really good that you can think this way. Knowing you were wrong and being willing to change is enough."

In fact, although she said that, Zhang Rumei knew she no longer had any chances left.

Some mistakes can be made up for, but some things, once you do them wrong, will ruin your whole life.

Zhou Susu walked out of the interrogation room with a heavy heart.

She had a lot of mixed feelings about this murder case. The victim was innocent, but what about the killer? Uncle Qiang, he did it to scrape together money for his mother’s medical treatment. And Zhang Rumei, she ended up with this outcome because love turned into hate.

This murder case that had troubled her for so long was finally solved. Zhou Susu should have been happy, yet she felt depressed instead.

Because the case had a relatively big impact, the higher‑ups attached great importance to it. Zhou Susu didn’t even attend the celebration banquet.

She just casually found an excuse, asked the chief for leave, and went home to rest.

On the other side, Ye Chen wasn’t in a great mood either. Uncle Qiang was in this state precisely because he was too filial, risking everything for his mother, and in the end wound up like this.

Ye Chen couldn’t help sighing to himself—why is it that good people don’t get good rewards? Someone like Uncle Qiang should have been favored by fate, but reality was the opposite.

Still, the gloom was only temporary. After all, that was someone else’s life. His own life still had to go on.

Thinking of how good his own life was, Ye Chen’s mood eased a lot.

Because he had been in contact with Uncle Qiang these past few days, he now clearly understood just how filial this middle‑aged man was to his mother, and how much he had given up for her. Ye Chen felt a bit ashamed. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

He hadn’t gone back to see his parents for a long time. Ye Chen knew the two elders must already be missing their son, but they were probably worried about disturbing his life and work.

Although Ye Chen had provided materially for his parents, he rarely kept them company.

What happened with Uncle Qiang had touched him. Ye Chen decided to go home and visit the two old folks.

He picked up his phone and dialed a number. The call rang a few times before it was answered.

A woman’s voice came from the other end. "Ye Chen, what is it?"

"Wanyi, what are you doing right now?" Ye Chen asked.

"Ye Chen, I’m in a meeting. I’ll call you back later." After saying that, Su Wanyi hung up without giving Ye Chen a chance to speak.

Su Wanyi’s reaction left Ye Chen feeling quite depressed, but there was nothing he could do.

Feeling bored, Ye Chen suddenly remembered the reward he’d gotten from delivering Worldwide Delivery orders earlier—the Divine-level Investment.

Because Zhou Tao had called, Ye Chen hadn’t had time to carefully look into what this reward actually was.

He opened the system and pulled up the description for the Divine-level Investment.

"Divine-level Investment, as the name suggests, is a Skill used for investing. Its miraculous point is that in any field where you use this Skill to invest, you’ll be able to obtain huge returns."

If it was really like the description said, then it meant no matter what he invested in, he could make money.

Ye Chen found this quite interesting and decided he had to try it when he got the chance.

Just then, his phone rang. He glanced at the screen—it was Su Wanyi calling.

Ye Chen picked up and said, "Wanyi, your meeting’s over?"

"Yeah, we were talking about a project. It really wore me out. Tomorrow’s finally the weekend, I can finally rest at home." Su Wanyi’s voice sounded tired.

Then she suddenly asked, "Oh right, Ye Chen, why did you call me just now? Was something up?"

Hearing that Su Wanyi was exhausted recently and wanted to rest at home on the weekend, Ye Chen told a lie. "Oh, it’s nothing much, I just missed you."

Su Wanyi didn’t believe Ye Chen at all; she was sure he definitely had something to talk about.

"Ye Chen, you’ve gone bad. You even learned to lie now. Come on, what’s really going on?" Su Wanyi said, pretending to be angry.

"Wanyi, honestly, it’s nothing big. I just wanted to take you to see my dad and mom this weekend. But if you’re tired, then forget it, have a good rest at home. I’ll take you another day." Ye Chen said with a smile.

Su Wanyi knew exactly why Ye Chen said that; it was entirely out of consideration for her. She couldn’t help feeling a warmth in her heart.

"Ye Chen, I haven’t seen Uncle and Auntie for a long time either. I really miss them. Why don’t we go tomorrow?" Su Wanyi said with a smile.

Hearing this, Ye Chen said, "Wanyi, you really don’t have to. You’ve been working all week, you’re exhausted. We can visit them when you’re back on your feet, it doesn’t have to be this week."

"I just want to visit Uncle and Auntie this week. Do you not want me to go or what?" Su Wanyi said angrily.

"Sigh, a kind heart gets treated like a donkey’s liver and lungs. It’s really hard to be a good person in this day and age." Ye Chen said with a deeply wronged expression.

"Ye Chen, I know you’re thinking of me, but I really do want to see Uncle and Auntie. All right, it’s settled then. I’ve still got other things to do, so I’m hanging up now." With that, Su Wanyi ended the call.

Ye Chen was helpless. He knew that even if he called back, he wouldn’t be able to change Su Wanyi’s mind.

"Forget it, since she’s insistent on going, then we’ll go." Ye Chen thought to himself.

Ye Chen put down his phone and was just about to lie on the bed when suddenly it rang again.

He glanced at the screen—an unfamiliar number. Lately he’d been getting a lot of telemarketing and pyramid scheme calls.

This was probably no exception. Ye Chen simply didn’t even bother to answer.

But what surprised him was that the caller was really persistent. Even though Ye Chen didn’t pick up, the other party kept calling over and over.

"Fine then, since you’re so persistent, let me see how exactly you plan to scam me." Ye Chen thought.

He answered the call, and a man’s voice came from the other end. "Ye Chen, this is Li Ming. Do you still remember me? We haven’t been in touch for a long time since we graduated from university."

"Li Ming?" Ye Chen quickly ran the names of his university classmates through his mind. There really was someone by that name.

But it had been so long with zero contact that he’d basically forgotten this person already.

Hearing Ye Chen remain silent, the man hurriedly said, "Ye Chen, I’m not a scammer. I really am your college classmate, Li Ming."

"Li Ming, I didn’t think you were a scammer. It’s just that we haven’t been in touch for such a long time, so seeing your call surprised me a bit." Ye Chen said with a smile.

What Ye Chen said was perfectly reasonable. After all, when someone you haven’t contacted in so long suddenly calls, anyone would find it strange.

And Ye Chen also knew that Li Ming must have a reason for suddenly calling him. Otherwise, there was no way he’d stay silent for so many years and then suddenly reach out now.

Back in college, Ye Chen and Li Ming’s relationship was just so‑so; the Two People didn’t have any deep friendship.

Even so, Ye Chen was still willing to listen and let Li Ming finish what he had to say.

"Ye Chen, I know it’s a bit abrupt calling you out of the blue, but I really do have something to ask of you, and I’m really at the end of my rope." Li Ming said, his voice tinged with sobs.