chapter 59

When the hazy night fell, the streets began to glow with all lights on.

In the community of Haojing Apartment, a senior condo at the center of City Lin.

This was a prime location of City Lin. The house prices here stayed at a high level. Any small apartment was worth more than a million yuan, so those who lived here were either rich or bigwigs.

Tang Anru lived in the staff dormitory of the military industry group before, but after Qin Shu moved out, no new employees moved in.

She told Qi Mingran that she lived alone in the dormitory and was scared when she slept at night. She wanted to move out and find someone to live with her and share the rent.

Qi Mingran said gently, “You can move to my place. It’ll be convenient for you to go to and come from work.”

“Will that be okay?” The blush of shyness appeared on Tang Anru’s pink and tender cheeks. She looked lovingly pitiful and attractive.

Qi Mingran was touched in his heart. He hugged her into his arms and kissed her forehead. He said, “Why will that not be okay? You’re my girlfriend. It’s normal for us to live together. No one dares to say anything.”

Tang Anru was extremely shy. She agreed, though, half-declining and half-accepting.

Qi Mingran lived in a duplex apartment of Haojing Apartment in a tall building. The decoration of the house was luxurious, elegant and graceful. And each part of the house revealed a noble and exquisite aura.

Tang Anru had just moved here today.

At this moment, she was standing in the bright and spacious bathroom, with her soft and beautiful face reflecting in the mirror.

She carefully examined herself, then slowly bent the corner of her mouth, revealing a satisfied smile. She then examined every part of the bathroom through the mirror.

This place was of wealthy aura everywhere. Even the mirror was embedded with finely-divided diamonds. Under the light, the diamonds reflected charming but not dazzling lights.

Tang Anru loved this place!

She liked this kind of exquisite and luxurious life. She finally moved in as she had wished, and no one could compete with her. She would definitely not let other women become the hostess of this place.

Tang Anru filled the bathtub with water, then walked out of the bathroom towards the man on the sofa.

“Mingran, I’ve prepared the hot water for you. You can take a shower,” she said gently.

When Qi Mingran saw her walking over, he quietly put away his phone.

Tang Anru remained smiling and leaned upon him in shyness. She gently held his arm with her weak and tender hand and said softly, “You kept staring at your phone all afternoon, were you busy with the company’s affairs? You’re so tired. Do you want me to give you a massage later when you take a shower?”

These words were of very obvious implication. Tang Anru’s cheeks already turned pink after she finished speaking.

Normally, in this situation, Qi Mingran would not be able to control his desire. But now looking at Tang Anru’s shy and charming face, he inexplicably thought of Qin Shu.

Qin Shu was different from her.

Qin Shu was like a seductive evil spirit that was born with a gorgeous and charming face. Her watery and glittering eyes were full of affection. But she had an odd personality, and no one could conquer her.

During the month when Qi Mingran was dating her, the two of them had held each other’s hands at most, and they rarely even kissed each other.

Every time Qi Mingran couldn’t control himself and wanted to make out with her, Qin Shu would find an excuse to push him away.

Qi Mingran was annoyed that he was rejected many times. He was also very dissatisfied in his heart when he saw Qin Shu chatting and laughing with other men. He even suspected that Qin Shu was having an affair with other men, which was probably why she repeatedly rejected him.

Just at that moment, Tang Anru, who was gentle, generous and obedient, appeared beside him. Qi Mingran could not resist Tang Anru’s warmth and tenderness. Gradually, he and Tang Anru got closer and closer. Afterwards, he broke up with Qin Shu.

They broke up peacefully.

Qi Mingran still remembered that when he asked for break up, Qin Shu was only a little surprised. Then, she smiled and said, “Alright, let’s break up.”

She wasn’t reluctant to leave him at all.

To Qi Mingran, this was somewhat frustrating and made him feel contradictory. On the one hand, he wanted Qin Shu to be sad and beg him for not leaving her; on the other hand, he hoped that Qin Shu would not pester him anymore.

Sure enough, Qin Shu did not pester him. After the break up, she did not even call him once or send him a text message. It seemed she had disappeared from his life.

“Mingran, are you… are you listening to me?” Tang Anru couldn’t help but raise her head and looked at Qi Mingran shyly. She stuck her soft body even tighter against him.

Qi Mingran stroked her long hair. He pinched between his own eyebrows with his hand and said, “You must be also tired today. Go to bed early.”

Tang Anru was somewhat stunned, and her face instantly flushed red.

She never expected that she would be rejected by Qi Mingran!

A trace of guiltiness flashed across Qi Mingran’s eyes, but he really wasn’t in the mood to do that thing tonight. He kissed Tang Anru’s forehead with pity and said, “I’m going to take a shower first.”

He put his phone on the table, then stood up and walked towards the bathroom. He was still thinking about his chatting with Qin Shu on WeChat.

Tang Anru sat on the sofa with her expression a little stiff. The gentle smile at the corner of her mouth gradually disappeared. Finally, she bit her lower lip gently.

The sound of rushing water came from the bathroom.

Tang Anru stared at the phone on the table.

Qi Mingran was focusing on his phone all this afternoon, even at night.

When she passed by, she occasionally glanced at his screen and found it was the chat interface of WeChat. She didn’t know who he was chatting with for so long. Wouldn’t it be more convenient to make a phone call if he was handling company business?

Just a moment ago, she noticed that when she walked over, Qi Mingran quickly put away his phone.

Who was Qi Mingran chatting with? Why did he want to keep it from her?

Tang Anru kept her pink lips closed and reached out to take Qi Mingran’s phone. She knew the screen unlock password set by him.

She quickly opened his WeChat and saw the contact person’s name on the chat interface: Qin Shu.

Tang Anru closed her lips more tightly, and she continued to click open the chat interface with her finger. All the detailed chatting records between Qi Mingran and Qin Shu displayed before her eyes!

The sound of water flowing in the bathroom stopped.

Tang Anru put the phone back in place swiftly. When Qi Mingran came out of the bathroom, he saw Tang Anru was sitting on the sofa and watching TV, tears streaming around in her eyes.

“Mingran, that dog was killed by a car. It’s so pitiful.” Tang Anru leaned into Qi Mingran’s arms with tears in her eyes.

Qi Mingran comforted her, “Silly girl, you’re just too kind. What happened in a TV drama is not true.”

Tang Anru smiled through tears.

…

In the military investigation department, City Lin.

“Report to Colonel, this is what I’ve got from the preliminary investigation.” He Ting, the elite investigator of the investigation department, handed over a copy of the investigation information to Ling Mohan.

He Ting was promoted by Ling Mohan all the way up. He was smart and cautious, so Ling Mohan arranged for him to work in the investigation department.

In the past few years, He Ting’s work ability was outstanding, and he quickly rose to the position of team leader of the fifth team of the investigation department. He Ting was simply more than enough to investigate what happened between Qi Mingran and Qin Shu. He basically investigated the whole situation clearly in less than three hours.

Ling Mohan was angered very much by Qin Shu in the hospital. He rushed back to the military area overnight as soon as he heard that He Ting had found something. He grabbed the file and began to read it carefully.

He would like to see how Little Qin Shu had hooked up with other men!

That little woman kept saying that she liked Ji Chen and no one could replace Ji Chen, so she refused to marry him and refused to do that thing with him. But Ling Mohan didn’t expect that she actually had an ex-boyfriend before him!

Therefore, none of the previous words she said was true!

What happened between Qin Shu and Qi Mingran could be explained clearly in a few sentences. It was only two thin pages, but Ling Mohan read them more seriously than reading the important military documents. He simply read them word by word like he wanted to see some clues from between the lines.

Actually, there was nothing more. It was just that Qi Mingran had a crush on Qin Shu, and Qin Shu admired handsome men all along. So when a handsome man pursued her, she wanted to give it a go because she didn’t want to remain a widow.

Su Xiaoya said to her, “Darling, don’t keep thinking about those people and things in the past. Ji Chen would also want you to be happy.”

Therefore, Qin Shu tried to date Qi Mingran.

She didn’t expect that the relationship would last for less than a month. Just when Qin Shu had a little good impression of Qi Mingran, she discovered that the man was cheating on her.

The other woman was Tang Anru, her bosom friend.

Very good. Before Qin Shu broke up with him, Qi Mingran couldn’t wait to be with Tang Anru and cheated on Qin Shu. In that case, Qin Shu chose to give them what they wanted.

There was nothing else she could do about it. She owed Tang Anru.

If Father Qin hadn’t accidentally crashed into Tang Anru’s parents in a car accident many years ago, Tang Anru wouldn’t have lost both of her parents at a young age.

Qin Shu understood the sorrow and pain of living under the house of others, so no matter what Tang Anru did, Qin Shu could only forgive and tolerate her.

This was a debt of life owed by Father Qin. As the only daughter of the Qin Family, Qin Shu was the only one who could repay it!

“So he is the eldest son of the Qi Family. He is not qualified to match Little Qin Shu.” Ling Mohan stared at the information about Qi Mingran with a trace of disdain in his black eyes.

He Ting laughed secretly. The colonel’s tone was filled with jealousy!

Ling Mohan then turned to read the information about Tang Anru, the third person who interfered in the relationship between Qin Shu and Qi Mingran. Ling Mohan slightly raised his eyebrows and asked He Ting, “Is she Tang Qing’s daughter?”

He Ting said, “Yes, I’m also very surprised. Professor Tang and Professor Qin were very close, and the two families also had a very good relationship. I didn’t expect that after so many years, things are still there but men are no more the same ones. Professor Tang’s daughter has actually stolen Miss Qin’s boyfriend.”

He Ting’s tone was somewhat sighing and mocking.

But Ling Mohan said, “Well, she did the right thing. Qi Mingran is not worthy of Little Qin Shu.”

This sentence was belittling Qi Mingran, as well as Tang Anru.

He Ting was astonished in his heart. It seemed that Miss Qin had captured the colonel’s heart very tightly.

In the army, there were rumors that the colonel was cold-blooded and heartless, and he did not understand love. But now it seemed the rumor was not necessarily true. Ling Mohan just didn’t meet the right person.

But now that he had encountered the right person, he would mention Miss Qin many times in his talks. And he believed that besides him, no one else was worthy of her.

Ling Mohan didn’t care what other people thought. He wished everyone knew that Little Qin Shu was his woman. No one could touch her. He would beat up whomever touched her to death!

“They died in a car accident.” Ling Mohan flipped through the information He Ting had obtained.

It was the case record of the car accident between the Qin and Tang family that year. He Ting had transferred it out of the police station’s records to Ling Mohan to check.

According to the record, the police believed that it was an accident car crash.

Ling Mohan stared at the file for a long time. Suddenly, he pointed at the word “brake failure” with his rough fingers and said to He Ting, “There must be something hidden behind this.”

He Ting hurriedly asked, “What do you mean?”

Ling Mohan said in a deep voice, eyes cold and sharp, “If I remember it correctly, Professor Qin was researching a new type of military biological weapon at that time. How many people do you think were paying attention to his research results?”

He Ting instantly understood!

Ling Mohan was very clear about military affairs, especially things regarding military weapons. Therefore, he was deeply impressed by Professor Qin, Qin Shu’s father, who was an elite weapon researcher in the military.

“Investigate this car accident carefully again!” Ling Mohan ordered He Ting, his eyes shining with a complicated light.

He suspected that the reason why the car accident case was concluded so quickly and simply was probably because, there were other forces that interfered in and didn’t allow the investigation to continue!

For example, the Ling family’s political opponents.