Chapter 400: Goodbye, Tang Song!

For every question, Shen Ci answered honestly and seriously. She didn't hide what she knew, and she didn't say a word more about what she didn't know.

And her entire state made the experienced Captain Xue see that she was not lying.

Tang Song leaned against the cold wall of the corridor, his gaze looking at the cyan-brown door of the inquiry room, and his mind was filled with mixed thoughts for a while.

He has never been a person with large emotional fluctuations, but today he felt stuffy in his chest uncontrollably, and his brain was also a mess.

A-Ci has never mentioned Yan Wenxi in front of him, not a word.

He himself has never thought that A-Ci would have a relationship with a black evil force leader like Yan Wenxi, and even when he retreated from the inquiry room just now, his heart was resisting this fact.

Time ticked by, and Tang Song's heart seemed to be fried in an oil pan, from the initial confusion to the later gradual fear.

He was a little scared.

He was afraid that Yan Wenxi's affairs would really implicate Shen Ci, afraid that Shen Ci would be nervous and say the wrong thing in the inquiry room alone, and even more afraid that Shen Ci would shield Yan Wenxi and become an accomplice because of the crime of shielding!

About 40 minutes later, the door of the inquiry room finally opened.

Captain Xue walked out from inside first. When he looked up, he found Tang Song waiting at the door, so he walked up and looked at him and said in a low voice: "Captain Tang, everything that should be asked has been asked. No suspicious places have been found. Although your girlfriend and Yan Wenxi are non-relatives, she doesn't know much about Yan Wenxi's affairs."

Non-relatives!

Tang Song's

Brother and sister—this was clearly not an ordinary relationship.

"You have absolutely no idea?" Captain Xue asked tentatively.

Tang Song shook his head lightly.

Seeing this, Captain Xue sighed, reached out to pat his shoulder lightly, and comforted him: "You need to set your mind at ease about this. The team will focus on investigating your girlfriend. If she doesn't have any harboring or other criminal facts, you don't need to take this matter too seriously."

But could Tang Song's complex mood at this moment be comforted by such a sentence from Captain Xue?

Soon, Shen Ci also walked out from inside, accompanied by a female police officer.

Her expression was calm, and she didn't show any nervousness or unease because she was at the Public Security Bureau's criminal police detachment. Instead, she thanked the female police officer beside her in a leisurely manner.

The questioning was over. Captain Xue knew that Tang Song must have things to say to his girlfriend, so he left the space alone for them and greeted the female police officer to leave together.

The atmosphere was stiff for a moment. Tang Song looked at Shen Ci, his Adam's apple moving, but in the end, he still didn't know how to speak.

Shen Ci smiled slightly: "See me out first!"

The two walked side by side toward the outside. Unlike before, Tang Song didn't hold her hand as he used to, but Shen Ci didn't feel lost because of this.

She understood Tang Song, and she understood Tang Song.

At this very moment, there must be many doubts and confusion in his heart, and even anger that had no outlet.

Not until they walked out of the main gate did Tang Song stop his steps. He looked at Shen Ci with a complex expression and finally spoke: "Why didn't you tell me?"

Shen Ci looked up at him slightly. Even today, she hadn't grown tired of looking at Tang Song's face; it was still handsome, just as it was when they first met.

But she was clearer-headed at this moment than ever before.

"I am not a suspect, let alone a criminal. I have no obligation to report or confess to you," Shen Ci said slowly, the emotion in her tone very calm. "Besides, my private friendship with him is my own personal relationship. This has nothing to do with anyone, and I have no obligation to inform anyone."

A flash of pain crossed Tang Song's eyes, his handsome lips trembled, and he said again: "But he is not a good person. You are so close to him; you should know that!"

"I understand what you mean," Shen Ci nodded, but then changed the subject: "But in this world, everyone has their own independent perspective and stance on people and things."

"From your perspective and stance, he is of course a bad person. Perhaps from the perspective and stance of many, or even the majority of people, they all think he is a bad person. But to his wife, he is a good husband, and to his children, he is a good father. And from my perspective and stance... he is a good brother."

After hearing Shen Ci's words, Tang Song's expression changed again and again.

And Shen Ci also knew Tang Song's admiration and persistence for the identity of a criminal police officer.

So she smiled with relief and said: "Tang Song, I've been very happy during these days with you, but now we both know in our hearts that we should end it."

From the very beginning, what she wanted was a simple, romantic love affair. But now, Yan Wenxi was like an indelible thorn that would always be stuck in Tang Song's heart. Once there was a rift between the two, their relationship would become no longer pure, and even complicated.

Shen Ci would never let herself fall into such a relationship again; she had to withdraw in time.

Because she would not sever her relationship with her brother for Tang Song. Even if her brother had to go to prison, she still had to take care of her sister-in-law and children for him. Even the important documents regarding the equity division of her brother's company and all his private assets were still in her hands.

This was her brother's one hundred percent trust in her, and she would absolutely not let him down.

And Tang Song, he was just her man.

That was all!

Tang Song looked at Shen Ci. The words to ask her to stay were stuck in his throat, as if pressed down by a thousand-pound tripod, and he couldn't say a single word.

He was also a smart person; how could he not understand the thoughts in Shen Ci's heart at this moment? From the beginning, Shen Ci had been the one occupying the dominant position in their relationship.

It was she who nodded at the start.

If she said it was over, then it was truly over.

They were silent for a long while. Shen Ci knew that Tang Song had accepted the end of their relationship. She looked at him with gentle eyes, smiling as generously and beautifully as ever: "I know you will continue to investigate me. You are a good police officer; this is your duty. Whether it's me or my brother, if that day really comes, I won't blame you."

"Aci..." Tang Song called out softly, his tone wrapped in suppressed emotion.

Shen Ci just shook her head lightly, signaling him not to say anything.

"Goodbye, Tang Song."

Leaving these four words behind, Shen Ci turned slowly and walked away without looking back.

Tang Song stood where he was, watching her figure go further and further away, until she disappeared without ever looking back at him again.

His heart felt so stifled and so painful—painful enough that the veins on his temples stood out, painful enough that his eye sockets were sore and red—yet in the end, he didn't say the words to ask her to stay.

Shen Ci got into the car parked by the roadside and sat in the driver's seat, letting out a soft breath. The end of this romance didn't have much of an impact on her; she just felt a bit of regret in her heart.

Just in terms of Tang Song as a person, their personalities were compatible and their sex life was harmonious; their relationship could have been maintained for longer.

Chapter 400, the relationship between Tang Song and Shen Ci ends here.

I know many people like him very much, and I do too, but from Shen Ci's perspective, separating for this reason is reasonable enough, and the manner is decent enough.

Tang Song is great, but Aci will not fall in love with any man again. To her, men are just men, not to mention the layer of reason involving Yan Wenxi.

If one must weigh them, I can tell everyone very responsibly that in Shen Ci's heart, Yan Wenxi is more important than Tang Song; this is beyond reproach.

Perhaps the male supporting characters later won't be as perfect and popular as Tang Song, but if they are just Aci's playthings, that wouldn't be unacceptable.

The world is big, and there are many men. I hope you babies can all be your own "big heroines" and enjoy the world.

(End of chapter)