When the two of them got home, it was almost nine o'clock.
After washing up, Qin Nan slept on the floor as usual, while Ye Xibei lay on the bed, feeling a little happy but also full of indescribable guilt.
She was thinking wildly about Qin Nan's thoughts. In the future, she felt that she was not worthy of someone's love, but she also longed to be liked and recognized by him.
With all kinds of contradictions entangled in her, she finally fell into a deep sleep due to exhaustion from the day.
At the same time, in the living room of the Fan family, Zhao Shuhui sat on the sofa wiping her tears, Tao Jie sat beside her, patting her back, and Song Ming sat on the single sofa next to her, smoking with his head down.
"She refused to take the money and kept saying she was going to sue me. What kind of hatred or grudge did she have that made her go to this extent? I know Lao Fan's personality. How could he do something like rape?"
Zhao Shuhui cried and looked at Song Ming: "Brother Song, Lao Fan followed you to build Fuqiang together. For so many years, he has been a store manager, serving you. He has made contributions, but he has also worked hard, right? Brother Song, you can't just watch him and ignore him."
"Shuhui, calm down," Song Ming flicked off his cigarette, "The company will handle this matter fairly. The problem is, if Lao Fan really did something wrong..."
"He can't!" Zhao Shuhui interrupted Song Ming while crying, "Don't you know what he is? Does he have the guts to do that?"
"Sister-in-law," Tao Jie saw Song Ming's unhappy face and quickly comforted Zhao Shuhui, "Mr. Song's coming today shows his attitude. Don't worry, it's the best thing for the company that Mr. Fan is fine. But now the company has done everything it can. There's nothing more we can do."
"How can you not do it?" Zhao Shuhui looked at Tao Jie, "Isn't her future sister-in-law in the company? Ask her sister-in-law, her brother, and her whole family to persuade her!"
Hearing this, Tao Jie and Song Ming looked at each other. Song Ming winked and Tao Jie understood. She chose her words carefully: "Sister-in-law, the company can't intervene in this matter. If Ye Xibei really wants to fight to the death and the matter is exposed on the Internet, the company will also have to care about its reputation. You can't just think about your own family, you have to think about all of us, right?"
"Xiaojia?" Zhao Shuhui listened to Tao Jie's words. She looked up blankly and looked at Tao Jie. After thinking for a long time, she finally understood: "You don't want to take care of it anymore, right?"
"Sister-in-law," Tao Jie held Zhao Shuhui's hand, "How could we ignore you? It's just that this matter will slowly..."
"No need to say more," Zhao Shuhui raised her hand, "I understand what you mean. This matter has nothing to do with you. Anyway, Ye Xibei won, so you issued a statement to fire Lao Fan. If Lao Fan won, you would fire Ye Xibei. At most, you will say that the senior executives raped employees, which is a little worse, but it's not a big deal. Just show everyone your attitude. You are not sincere in this matter at all."
"Shuhui," Song Ming said with a straight face, "You are going too far. If I don't want to care, how can I..."
"Then do something," Zhao Shuhui stared at Song Ming, her tone threatening, "Ye Xibei is not the only one who uses the Internet. Song Ming, think carefully about how long Lao Fan has been following you."
Song Ming froze at this. He looked at her for a long time, then he smiled and put out his cigarette in the ashtray. He stood up and pointed at Zhao Shuhui. Zhao Shuhui stared at him. Song Ming looked at her expression and said with some gritted teeth, "Zhao Shuhui, do you know how many women Fan Jiancheng has had outside over the years?"
"Old Fan is not that kind of person," Zhao Shuhui looked at Song Ming and said stubbornly, "I don't believe it."
Song Ming sneered: "You are a housewife at home, aren't you stupid?"
Zhao Shuhui didn't change her expression and didn't respond. Song Ming walked out directly, and Tao Jie hurriedly followed him: "Sister-in-law, I'm leaving now."
Having said that, she hurriedly chased after him.
After the two walked out, Zhao Shuhui raised her hands to cover her face in pain, hunched over, and swallowed back all her cries.
A girl of seven or eight years old opened the door of the children's bedroom, stood at the door of the bedroom holding a doll, and looked at her mother quietly.
Zhao Shuhui cried for a while, then found the child. She quickly wiped her tears and stood up. She walked to the child, half-knelt down to look at the child, and asked gently: "Wenwen, why did you get up? Did you have a nightmare?"
"Mom," Fan Wenwen looked at Zhao Shuhui, a little confused, "Will Dad never come back?"
"How come?" Zhao Shuhui forced a smile. "Dad is on a business trip and will be back soon."
"But I have a friend who said," Fan Wenwen looked a little confused, "Dad did something bad and was arrested by the police."
"No," Zhao Shuhui said straight away after hearing this, "Dad wouldn't do anything bad, and he wouldn't say anything wrong. Wait a little longer," Zhao Shuhui said firmly, "Dad will be back soon."
*** ***
Ye Xibei got up early in the morning and was taken to the police station by Qin Nan.
Before going out, she looked in the mirror and instantly thought of Dachun and Tao Jie. She hesitated for a moment and put on a mask and a hat when she went out.
Qin Nan glanced at her and couldn't help but feel a little strange: "Why are you wrapped up so tightly?"
"I have a cold," Ye Xiaobei got in the car, "I'm still a little nervous about going to many places."
Qin Nan paused, and without saying anything more, he drove her over. Looking at the turbulent streets, he thought for a moment: "Go north."
"Um?"
"Don't look for a job. Stay at home for the time being and prepare for the civil service exam for another year, okay?"
Ye Xibei turned around blankly, Qin Nan looked at her and smiled: "After all, you passed the exam and got a high school diploma, it's a waste, isn't it?"
Ye Xinbei didn't say anything. Qin Nan said calmly, "You can go to the provincial capital to take the exam this year. If you pass, it will be easier to transfer your household registration. If we have children in the future, their household registration can follow you."
After listening to Qin Nan's words, Ye Xibei lowered his head and asked: "What if I still fail the exam?"
"If you don't take the exam, how do you know you won't pass it?"
Qin Nan encouraged her: "Take the exam again next year."
Ye Xibei turned to look at him, he was looking at the road, although he didn't say anything, but Ye Xibei understood that what he wanted was not for her to take the civil service exam, he was just afraid that she couldn't face it all.
She lowered her head, thought for a while, and finally said, "Okay."
"Then let's go shopping this afternoon."
"But I'm not afraid of those people," Ye Xibei looked up at him. Qin Nan turned his head to look at her, and then saw Ye Xibei tell him seriously, "I just want to take the exam."
"I see."
Qin Nan laughed.
Qin Nan sent Ye Xibei to the police station. Ye Xibei turned around and told him, "You go to the store. You always follow me. We still have to cook at home."
"and you… "
"I'll take the bus back then."
Ye Xibei smiled and said, "I'm worried."
Qin Nan paused, then nodded: "Okay."
After instructing Qin Nan, Ye Xibei walked into the police station and saw Lin Feng coming to the door to pick her up from a distance.
Lin Feng was stunned when he saw her fully armed appearance, then he laughed: "Did you catch a cold today?"
"without."
Ye Xibei shook her head. When Lin Feng heard her answer, she understood what was going on. She didn't ask any more questions and nodded: "Come in with me."
After doing it for a while, he got used to it. When he sat in the interrogation room again, Ye Xibei was no longer so nervous.
As usual, it was Zhang Yong and Lin Feng. After Lin Feng confirmed the identity information, he briefly introduced what he wanted to ask today: "Today, there is some information that needs your supplement, so I specially asked you to come here."
Ye Xibei nodded.
Lin Feng thought about it and asked the question: "What is your relationship with Fan Jiancheng?"
"He is my leader," Ye Xibei answered truthfully, "I am a financial officer in the Finance Department of Fuqiang Real Estate, and he is the manager of our South City Head Office."
"Is he your direct supervisor?" Zhang Yong asked curiously. Ye Xibei shook his head and said, "No. My direct supervisor is Tao Jie, the director of the Finance Department. He should be considered Tao Jie's direct supervisor, but he is indeed a senior manager of the head office."
"Do you have any private contact with him?"
"No." Ye Xibei vaguely sensed what they were going to ask, and she shook her head. "He and I never chat privately, and he only talks to me about work in private. In public, he sometimes cares about my life, like an elder, but he is like this to everyone."
"What is your attitude toward him?"
“I’m grateful to him and I respect him.”
"Grateful?" Zhang Yong grasped the key words, "Have you ever had a relationship with someone outside of work?"
"No," Ye Xibei was somewhat disgusted by Zhang Yong's sensitivity, but after the first time, she was much calmer. "I couldn't find a suitable job at first. In fact, Fuqiang Real Estate didn't want me because my age was not suitable. It was Fan Jiancheng and the Ministry of Personnel who wanted me, so I joined Fuqiang Real Estate. I am very grateful to him for this."
"Why did he tell the Human Resources Department that he wanted you to join the company?" Zhang Yong hinted.
Ye Xibei felt as if this was saying that Fan Jiancheng had other reasons for letting her join the company, but she pretended not to hear it and answered honestly: "I asked him, and he said that I am a college student and I have the ability. It's a pity that I can't join the company because of my age. As for whether this reason is true, I don't know."
"Are you short of money recently?"
This made Ye Xibei silent. She lowered her head. She clearly felt that this topic was very disadvantageous to her, but she couldn't hide it. After a long time, she nodded.
"My brother is getting married and buying a house, so I borrowed 50,000 yuan from a credit card," Ye Xibei said, telling them everything they wanted to know. "I'm looking for a work certificate approved by Fan Jiancheng because I want to get a higher salary to facilitate the loan."
"He opened it?"
"Yes, he has been doing a good job in the company. He will help with small favors like this."
Hearing this, Lin Feng and Zhang Yong looked at each other. This little detail made Ye Xibei nervous. She pretended not to know and kept her head down. Zhang Yong thought for a moment and asked again, "Before this incident, how much did you usually drink?"
"I don't know," Ye Xibei shook his head, "I seldom drink, and I've never been completely drunk before."
"Then how much you've drunk before?"
"Feitian Moutai, 53% alcohol, 13 small cups of the kind that come with it."
Zhang Yong paused, and looked up at her: "Not completely drunk? Then what does it mean to be drunk?"
"I felt a little dizzy, but I was very excited and wanted to talk. I was very conscious. At most, I might stagger a little when I walked."
"You can drink quite a lot." Lin Feng muttered. Ye Xibei smiled awkwardly. Lin Feng realized that he was talking too much and quickly changed the subject. "Did you call Fan Jiancheng on the day of the incident?"
Ye Xibei thought for a moment and said, "I'll call him the next day and ask for leave."
After hearing this, Zhang Yong nodded and asked some more questions about Fan Jiancheng. After he finished asking, Lin Feng escorted Ye Xibei out of the police station.
Arriving at the door, Ye Xibei asked hesitantly, "Well, I heard that Fan Jiancheng was arrested. Can I wait until the court session?"
"It is still under investigation. Once it is transferred to the procuratorate, it will be decided by the procuratorate whether to transfer it to the court."
Lin Feng spoke in a businesslike manner, but seeing that Ye Xibei seemed a little depressed, after thinking for a while, she still told her: "But don't worry, we have now applied to the procuratorate for arrest. After the procuratorate agrees to the arrest, we will try to transfer the prosecution intention to the procuratorate within two months, and the procuratorate will file a public prosecution. The court will accept and pronounce the verdict within one to one and a half months. You can wait for another five months at most and you will get the result."
Hearing this, Ye Xibei's heart beat faster. She couldn't help but look at Lin Feng with a bit of fantasy: "Officer Lin, do I have a high chance of winning this case?"
Lin Feng's face froze, and Ye Xibei then responded that this question was somewhat difficult. She immediately changed her words: "I understand. Nothing can be said before the court makes a ruling. Officer Lin, you and Officer Zhang have worked hard. I will go back now."
"Um."
Lin Feng nodded, and watching Ye Xibei walking back, she still called out, "Miss Ye."
Ye Xibei looked back at her, and Lin Feng pursed his lips: "This matter should be in the past for you. It is in our hands now. Let us put an end to it. You don't have to be stuck in the same place. You can look forward."
Hearing this, Ye Xibei laughed.
"I know." Ye Xibei said calmly, "I'm preparing for an exam. I plan to take the civil service exam. Thank you."
Seeing Ye Xibei's smile, Lin Feng felt relieved and waved.
"Be careful on the road."
Ye Xibei walked out of the police station and got on the bus wearing a hat.
At this time, Qin Nan was lying under the car repairing it. He was tightening the screws with a wrench when he heard a familiar voice calling, "Brother Nan."
Qin Nan glanced to the side and saw a sturdy man lying on the ground, smiling happily.
"Dachun?" Qin Nan looked at him and smiled. "Please sit down. I'll be right out."
Ye Xibei took the bus home. She went upstairs with her bag and when she reached the door, she saw a familiar-looking woman standing at her door.
She paused and turned her head.
She looked a little tired, carrying a brand-name bag and wearing a floral slim-fitting dress, which made her bloated figure look even fatter.
Ye Xibei looked at her, and she smiled tiredly: "Are you back, Ye Xibei?"
Ye Xibei looked at her, squeezed his bag tightly, and called out her name: "Zhao Shuhui."