Chapter 395: Chapter 395

However, today everyone saw a different side of Mrs. Liu, and it was simply indescribable.

These high-ranking people probably forever look down on those from the lower class.

Yet most of the people present were ordinary folk.

Wen Zhou’s eyelid twitched. Mrs. Liu’s temperament had grown increasingly eccentric and difficult to deal with. He really felt nervous for Runxi.

"Wen Zhou." Helian Yu suddenly turned to look at him.

Wen Zhou hurried forward. "Madam."

"I told you, there’s something suspicious about Shen You’an. I order you to investigate thoroughly—dig into her ancestry across eighteen generations, every little detail."

Wen Zhou sighed silently in his heart. Mrs. Liu must have paranoia. How could she find fault with a poor young girl, who already seemed pitiful enough with her connection to her kidnapped son? It was the Liu family who wronged her. Rather than comfort her, they’d jump to suspect her motives. Even as an outsider, he found it hard to watch.

It seemed she’d never forgiven Shen You’an for standing up to her earlier and had seized the opportunity to trouble the girl. How could an elder behave so shamelessly toward a young girl?

"I told you to investigate, so investigate! Why all this chatter?"

"Mrs. Liu, the most critical task right now is finding the person behind the kidnapping of Mr. Liu. They have malicious intentions; if we don’t uncover the truth soon, both Mr. Liu and you—and Mr. Liu as well—could face enormous threats."

Helian Yu responded coldly, "Investigate both."

"Captain Wen." A subordinate dragged two men up from the basement, one tall and one short, both unconscious.

Helian Yu’s pupils suddenly contracted when she saw them.

She abruptly regained clarity, realizing she’d just been provoked by Shen You’an and had made another critical blunder.

Earlier, in the car, Shen You’an had turned her computer’s screen toward her—it showed Liu Runxi lying unconscious on a large bed, with a young girl glaring menacingly nearby.

The events about to unfold were crystal clear.

She had also heard Xixi’s calm and chilling words spoken into the lens.

"If Shen You’an loses even a single strand of hair, I will kill you myself, from the heavens above to the depths below."

For a gentle and refined young man to speak of killing—imagine the shock.

Helian Yu abruptly looked up and caught the girl’s slightly stunned expression. Newest update provided by novel•fire.net

"Shen You’an, what are you to deserve such devotion?"

In that moment of fury, she hadn’t stopped to think deeply about it. Now, looking back, it was truly unsettling.

Shen You’an had hacked into the hidden surveillance camera trained on Xixi.

No—this wasn’t the crucial point.

The more significant realization was that Shen You’an had long seen through her opponents’ conspiracy, baited herself as prey, and set an even larger trap—manipulating Helian Yu, Wen Zhou, and her enemies altogether.

If she were to explain this to anyone, they wouldn’t believe her. They might even accuse her of using personal vendettas as an excuse.

Shen You’an had surely counted on this lack of credibility, which was why she remained so unrestrained in front of her. She wasn’t afraid of Helian Yu knowing at all.

Or perhaps—she intended this deliberately.

Who exactly was Shen You’an?

While she did save Xixi this time, who was to say this wasn’t a staged performance? She couldn’t feel secure having someone with such an ambiguous identity staying by Xixi’s side.

Wen Zhou clearly trusted that girl. He was unreliable. It seemed she would have to come up with another solution herself.

At that moment, a girl in the corner suddenly murmured, "It’s her... It really is her..."

Just as Helian Yu was about to leave, she glanced at the girl. Her gaze sharpened imperceptibly. Without saying anything, she took a look at Sun Wei and then turned to leave.

Wen Zhou brought the men back to the police station for interrogation.

He scanned the room and suddenly frowned. "One person is missing."

A subordinate froze for a moment. "All our men were watching. No one escaped."

Wen Zhou thought for a moment. "It was Sun Wei who took the person. You take the rest back to the station first; I’ll go find the missing one."

Ma Liu and the group were key witnesses in the case—none of them could be lost.

Tian Wei trembled as she got into the car. Inside sat an elegant woman, half of her face hidden in the dim light, exuding a faintly ominous aura.

Tian Wei certainly knew who this person was. Nervously, she lowered her head. "Mrs... Mrs. Liu."

Helian Yu looked down and toyed with the gemstone ring on her hand, speaking lightly, "You know Shen You’an?"

Tian Wei froze for a moment, then suddenly exclaimed, "Shen You’an? So that’s Shen You’an?"

The name was famous among high school students in Qingzhou—already a living legend.

Helian Yu’s sharp instincts, honed from a lawyer lineage, immediately caught the flaw in her words. She pressed, "You’ve seen her before?"

Tian Wei gritted her teeth and hissed, "Of course I’ve seen her."

"This summer, I went to Chunzhou with my friends for vacation. At the best hotel in Chunzhou, she stayed in the presidential suite on the top floor, frequented upscale restaurants. I thought she was some rich heiress—turns out she just pretends to be wealthy, puffing up her image."