At the Du family's house, Zhou Hui, who had survived the disaster, was sweating profusely and collapsed on the sofa, motionless.
Jiang Zhiyuan has gone, but the eerie feeling he left behind is still lingering. The warning he gave before leaving is still fresh in people's minds. Zhou Hui bites off the tape on Du Changqun's hands. He is still lying on the ground twitching, muttering to himself, and saying that he will call the police.
By the time the couple broke free and calmed down a little, it was almost four in the morning.
Zhou Hui went to the room to check on her two children. Both children had been knocked unconscious in time and were still asleep. The windows in the room were wide open and the moonlight poured into the room through the lifted curtains. Zhou Hui covered her face and closed the door for her daughter when she came out.
"I want to sue him, I want him to go to jail..." Du Changqun covered his face, leaving a deep mark on his neck. He didn't even dare to mention Jiang Zhiyuan's name, and his face showed fear when he thought of this person.
Zhou Hui silently counted the things in the house. He did not touch the wine, cigarettes, wallet and other items that Jiang Zhiyuan had found on the coffee table. He did not smoke a single cigarette in the cigarette box, and nothing was lost from the Du family.
Instead, he took back every item he brought with him.
The only traces left by the cigarette butts and matches he had lit were the marks of the bondage on several people, the burns on Du Changqun's face, and the bruises on his neck.
But these cannot provide the slightest proof. She knows this person. He dares to do such a thing, and yet he lets them go in the end. He must have a way to escape.
They couldn't catch him, and the reason he was willing to stop was because he cared about Jiang Se's reputation.
If Du Changqun wants to make a big deal out of this, even if it affects Jiang Se, the Du family will not have a good life as long as Jiang Zhiyuan is around.
He would always find ways to keep an eye on his family. Even if he called the police, the police could protect his family for one, two, one or two years, but they would not protect them for a lifetime.
"If you want to sue him, you must have evidence."
The couple recalled the look in Jiang Zhiyuan's eyes when he left. He didn't say anything harsh, but that expression was more frightening than his threats.
In the end, Du Changqun did not dare to call the police. He wanted to take revenge on Jiang Zhiyuan, but he did not have the courage to bear Jiang Zhiyuan's revenge. He had a son, a daughter, and a mother.
During the day, the couple hesitated and checked the property's video on the pretext that the water valve had been turned off as a prank last night, but they did not find any suspicious people entering or leaving the building. Jiang Zhiyuan had obviously made full preparations when he took action.
Since there was no conclusive evidence for this matter, it naturally came to nothing.
The Du family had originally planned to travel abroad, but because of this incident, they were so frightened that they naturally dared not go.
Du Changqun didn't dare to use the money and cards that Jiang Zhiyuan took out that day. He was scared when he saw the cigarettes. He was also afraid that Jiang Zhiyuan would come to his door at any time. After hesitating for a long time, Zhou Hui took the initiative to pluck up the courage to call Jiang Se.
Jiang Se was quite surprised when he received Zhou Hui's call.
She was not familiar with this nominal mother, and the meeting between the two was somewhat awkward, because the money she allocated to the Du family every month was automatically transferred by the bank, and Zhou Hui had almost never called her on her own initiative in the past few years.
She said hello to her teacher and walked to the corner:
"Is there not enough money?"
She asked, remembering that these matters should be handled by Mo Anqi.
Zhou Hui denied it repeatedly: "No, no." How could she dare to tell Jiang Se that there was not enough money? Jiang Zhiyuan was like a sword hanging over the Du family's heads, ready to kill them at any time.
"It's because Youyou is not a child anymore, Honghong is already in college, and your uncle Du has been taking a break for a while. He feels that doing nothing is not a solution, so he wants to find a job. I want to tell you that you should tell your assistant not to transfer so much money to us..."
She brought this up for no apparent reason, which surprised Jiang Se. She asked Zhou Hui the reason, but Zhou Hui said firmly that the Du family had to be self-reliant. She hesitated at the end:
"You have recently..."
Originally Zhou Hui wanted to remind her to be careful recently, as Jiang Zhiyuan might appear around her, but when the words came to her lips, she swallowed them back.
The psychological shadow left by Jiang Zhiyuan on her was too deep. She couldn't muster up the courage to talk to Jiang Se about this person. Moreover, she was thinking that Jiang Zhiyuan was Jiang Se's father after all. He should not be able to hurt Jiang Se anyway, so she finally said hurriedly:
"You should be careful recently. The weather in Shanghai is very hot." Then he hung up the phone.
Zhou Hui's attitude was a little strange, but unfortunately there were too few people around her who could be used. Mo Anqi followed her to Shanghai, and Xia Chaoqun flew between Shanghai and the capital, and was still arranging contacts for her for next year's work, so he had no time to take care of the Du family's affairs.
Only after I finished filming "A Glimmer of Hope" could I go to the Du family to inquire about some information.
The course was originally scheduled to last nearly a hundred days, but Jiang Se shortened it to two months. During this time, she read the script of "A Glimmer of Hope" seven or eight times. Although she couldn't say that she could recite it by heart, some scenes in the play seemed particularly clear in her mind because of her childhood experiences.
After the later courses were over, Zhang Jing'an was very satisfied with her learning progress and gave her a week's vacation so that she could focus on watching her own part.
Although the main theme of this movie is Cheng Jianguo played by Liu Ye, the character of Tang Jing may not be without room for performance if we put aside the shadow of Jiang Se himself.
She and Liu Ye had already worked together once and had a tacit understanding with each other, so there was no need to spend a lot of time getting used to each other.
When Liu Ye appeared in Shanghai in late August, he was a little stronger than before. Under the guidance of a nutritionist, he gained 15 pounds during the two months when Jiang Se was studying hard. He also intentionally grew his hair longer. In terms of appearance, he was more in line with Cheng Jianguo in "A Glimmer of Hope".
In the imperial capital, Feng Zhongliang had privately sent the handwriting of Jiang Se that Xiao Liu brought back from Shanghai to compare with the handwriting written by Feng Nan, and the conclusion they reached was exactly the same.
After confirming Jiang Se's identity, Feng Zhongliang began to lament that he had not thought more about it earlier in the past few years. Feng Nan had changed so much, her personality was inconsistent, and her preferences had changed drastically compared to before, but he didn't think about it in other ways and thought she was stimulated by Zhao Junhan.
Feng Nan received a call from Xiao Liu, who was close to Feng Zhongliang. After she moved out of the Feng family, she had almost no contact with Feng Zhongliang. When Feng Nan received the call from Xiao Liu, she even maliciously speculated whether the old man Feng Zhongliang was no longer able to survive.
She remembered what Zhao Junhan had said about the shares under Feng Zhongliang's name, and was tempted for a moment, but Xiao Liu continued:
"Ms. Feng Nan, the old man has already called the bank and asked them to take inventory of the jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings under your name." In addition, the high-limit credit cards that Feng Nan originally obtained in the name of Zhongnan Industrial, as well as some of Zhongnan Industrial's year-end dividends and assets under her name, must also be frozen.
This news was like a bolt from the blue for Feng Nan!
She didn't expect Feng Zhongliang to be so heartless to her. She was speechless for a moment. On the phone, Xiao Liu's voice was also full of sympathy.
In fact, he was somewhat puzzled by Feng Zhongliang's decision. Feng Nan was Feng Zhongliang's biological granddaughter, but Feng Zhongliang had no love for her at all. Instead, he cared deeply for Jiang Se.
He remembered that Feng Zhongliang had summoned lawyers frequently recently. Xiao Liu sighed, and thought of the information he had found when he checked Jiang Se before, and felt a little reluctant. Although Feng Zhongliang had told him not to reveal the news in front of Feng Nan, he remembered the danger of Jiang Zhiyuan and was worried that Feng Nan would be hurt without any defense, so he deliberately reminded her: "You have to be careful recently. If you encounter any problems, you must come back to the Feng family. The old man will protect you." (To be continued)