Zhan Yubai didn't reply. She enlarged the photo and stared at the man and woman hugging each other, leaving marks on her lower lip with her teeth.
After a long while, Zhan Yubai took a breath and turned to look at Zhou Li.
He was steering the wheel with a coldness and alienation that kept strangers away from him. He was like sitting on an iceberg. They had been together for several years, but she had never enjoyed the treatment in the photo.
Even if she took the initiative to invite, she could not escape the result of being rejected in the end.
The outside world thought that they had a deep relationship and affection, but she was the only one who knew that Zhou Li had never even touched her lips.
Including the kiss at the birthday party yesterday, he was just pretending.
However, he actually took the initiative to hug Jiang Mingzhu, and Jiang Mingzhu touched his face, but he did not push away——
Zhan Yubai squeezed the phone tightly, so hard that he almost crushed it.
She silently recited Jiang Mingzhu's name in her heart and gritted her teeth.
If hatred could kill, Jiang Mingzhu would be dead without a complete body now.
The car suddenly stopped, and Zhan Yubai heard Zhou Li ask: "Why are you looking at me like this?"
Zhan Yubai stared into his eyes: "Zhou Li, let's find a date to get engaged."
Zhou Li did not express his position.
Zhan Yubai: "Don't you want to? Don't you want to marry me?"
Zhou Li: "No."
Zhan Yubai: "Then do you love me? We have been together for more than three years, and you have always been lukewarm towards me..."
Normally Zhan Yubai wouldn't care about questioning these things. Perhaps she was stimulated by the photos, and she couldn't calm down, and her aggressive tone seemed a bit unreasonable.
Zhou Li: "I thought you knew."
Zhan Yubai's face turned pale, his eyes suddenly turned red, and his voice almost trembled: "Just because I donated a kidney to my aunt... If it hadn't been for this, you still wouldn't have looked at me more, right?"
Zhou Li ignored her.
Zhan Yubai: "Zhou Li, can you answer me?"
Zhou Li: "If you feel wronged, you can break up."
As soon as the word "break up" came out, Zhan Yubai immediately woke up. She closed her mouth and stopped talking. She pinched her palms and turned to look out the window.
——
Jiang Mingzhu returned to the Prime Minister's Villa and suddenly received a call from Zhang Xu and learned about Liu Pei's unexpected death.
Jiang Mingzhu: "When did it happen?"
Zhang Xu: "It's been last week. I've been squatting with him for the past few days. I didn't wait until he went out. I sent someone to inquire and found out that he was dead."
Jiang Mingzhu: "Do you know how you died?"
Zhang Xu: "I heard that he was killed by a loan shark. The police went to investigate the body found in a river in the suburbs."
As for the results of the investigation, they cannot be released for the time being, and they cannot obtain internal information for the time being.
After Jiang Mingzhu and Zhang Xu finished talking on the phone, they picked up the pillow and fell into deep thought.
Fang Qinyang came out with the fruit, and when he saw her like this, he asked, "What are you thinking about?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "Liu Pei is dead."
Fang Qinyang: "Dead? How did you die?"
Jiang Mingzhu repeated the news Zhang Xu found out to Fang Qinyang.
Fang Qinyang: "Do you think there is something hidden?"
Otherwise she wouldn't be in the same state just now.
Jiang Mingzhu: "Liu Pei only met Zhan Yubai a few days before his death. Zhan Yubai gave him a bank card. He should have repaid the loan shark after receiving the money."
Therefore, at this juncture, how could it be possible that a loan shark killed him.
Loan sharks are not fools. Even if they really don't pay back the money, there are ways to torture them that would be worse than death.
Fang Qinyang: "Do you suspect it's Zhan Yubai?"
Jiang Mingzhu nodded.
Fang Qinyang also thinks that Jiang Mingzhu's suspicion is reasonable. If we just speculate based on the time, Zhan Yubai seemed to be doing charity in the mountainous area when Liu Pei's accident happened, and the media was following and reporting on it every day.
even though
The police found her and she had an alibi.
Just as Fang Qinyang was thinking this, Jiang Mingzhu suddenly said: "I have gained something important from this visit."
Under Fang Qinyang's curious gaze, Jiang Mingzhu opened her phone and found the affair video recorded in the locker room.
Once played, the sound is unbearable.
Fang Qinyang: "...this woman, Zhan Yubai?"
The male voice was obviously not Zhou Li's. Zhou Li's voice was very recognizable, and Fang Qinyang remembered it particularly well.
"Zhan Yubai cheated?" Fang Qinyang was shocked after coming to this conclusion, "Who is this man? They actually got together on such an occasion."
Jiang Mingzhu: "Su Min is the doctor who performed the kidney transplant surgery."
Fang Qinyang's expression changed rapidly. Once he heard the identity of the other party, some of the answers to his previous doubts emerged.
No wonder Zhan Yubai was able to hide everything during the operation.
No wonder Zhou Li personally arranged the inspection later, and Zhan Yubai was able to escape.
Fang Qinyang: "Have you listened to this video to Zhou Li?"
Jiang Mingzhu: "Yes, Fu Xiaozhi told him."
Fang Qinyang: "How did he react? Can he endure being cheated on? Is he so smart that he can't consider certain things?"
Jiang Mingzhu looked at the video and narrowed her beautiful eyes. How would Zhou Li react?
She could only wait and see.
——
Zhan Yubai's birthday party was held grandly, and the media reported on it for several days. She became the envy of everyone.
At noon on Monday, Zhan Yubai came to Wanhua in person to deliver lunch to Zhou Li.
Jiang Mingzhu heard many people discussing this matter in the secretary's office, smiled sarcastically, and went to eat with her lunch box.
When passing by Zhou Li's office, Jiang Mingzhu found that the door was ajar, and she subconsciously glanced inside.
At this glance, he happened to be facing Zhan Yubai.
Zhan Yubai suddenly raised his arms and put his arms around Zhou Li's waist, pressing his face into his arms, still looking at Jiang Mingzhu.
Jiang Mingzhu withdrew her gaze and left.
"What are you doing?" As soon as Zhou Li stood up, he was suddenly hugged by Zhan Yubai and frowned tightly.
Zhan Yubai let go of him when he saw the empty door.
"What happened yesterday was my fault. I was too emotional. I shouldn't have asked you those questions." Zhan Yubai apologized to Zhou Li.
Zhou Li: "Oh."
This indifference pierced Zhan Yubai's heart like a knife, but she didn't even dare to say a word of complaint.
Zhan Yubai: "...then have you forgiven me?"
Zhou Li: "I'm not angry."
Zhan Yubai suddenly pinched his palms.
He said he wasn't angry, not because he couldn't bear to be angry with her, but because he didn't take her words to heart at all.
Where is his heart? Is that the vixen side of Jiang Mingzhu?
He can't love her, but he can't love anyone either.
Zhan Yubai tried his best to smile: "As long as you don't get angry, come and eat. I made today's lunch myself."
Zhou Li: "Oh."
Zhan Yubai watched Zhou Li finish his meal, showing no intention of leaving.
Zhou Li: "Aren't you leaving?"
Zhan Yubai: "I'm not busy in the afternoon."
Zhou Li: "I'm busy."
Zhan Yubai: "...I'll leave first, don't be too late."
Zhan Yubai walked out of Zhou Li's office with a pale face and bumped into Jiang Mingzhu.
After arriving at the basement and getting in the car, Zhan Yubai immediately took out his cell phone and dialed Jin Rou's number.
