Chapter 404

The police car slowly drove away under the gaze of the onlookers until it disappeared, and the people watching the excitement gradually dispersed.

"Sister-in-law."

Shen Ci walked to Wang Zhaoning and called out, her gaze falling on her slightly protruding lower abdomen, a flash of heartache in her eyes.

Wang Zhaoning looked soft and weak, but she was very strong in her bones. Witnessing her husband being taken away by the police, she didn't cry or make a scene, her eyes watching him off filled only with reluctance and attachment.

She looked at Shen Ci and Boss Yang, pulling the corners of her mouth to reveal a bitter smile: "You're here."

It was still raining, and Wang Zhaoning let Shen Ci and the other two into the villa.

This was Shen Ci's first time coming to her brother's home. Looking at the layout of the house, it was obviously all Wang Zhaoning's preference, with warm and soft colors and decoration, very close to her own temperament.

"Sister Lin, you take Xu Xu back to the room first." Wang Zhaoning greeted the nanny. The seven-year-old boy was already sensible and was still sobbing continuously at this time, obviously knowing what had happened.

After sitting down, she first looked at Boss Yang and thanked him: "Brother Yang, thank you for coming today."

When people are in trouble, and it's such a big disaster, many people avoid it. Boss Yang's coming today was enough to show the deep friendship of "loving and killing each other" with Yan Wenxi over the years.

"Sister-in-law, don't say that. I've known Xizi for so many years, I know exactly what kind of person he is," Boss Yang said, his face inevitably heavy: "It's also hard on you, you're still pregnant with a child, you must take good care of your health."

Wang Zhaoning nodded gently, a trace of fatigue between her brows, and turned to look at Shen Ci: "A-Ci, your brother asked me to bring you a message."

Upon hearing this, Shen Ci quickly asked: "What did he say?"

"He said..." Wang Zhaoning paused before saying: "He said he is sorry for what happened between you and your boyfriend."

Just this sentence made Shen Ci's eyes red immediately.

She held back her tears and shook her head: "No, no."

On that phone call in the car that day, she had told her brother the truth. Since things had come to this, and Tang Song knew the relationship between her and her brother, she thought she should tell her brother about the relationship between herself and Tang Song.

Including the breakup.

"You don't need to worry too much. After Xizi smelled that the wind direction was wrong, he started to clean up the aftermath. He didn't have any murder cases on him, but the police obviously didn't believe it and have been investigating evidence that could nail him down, but there just isn't any."

"The subsequent sentencing shouldn't be too heavy, but Xizi said he really did a lot of things over the years. Brother Yang should know in his heart that it's impossible to completely erase the traces."

Boss Yang nodded upon hearing this.

"So Xizi said that no matter if it's three years, five years, or ten or eight years, he accepts it."

Shen Ci knew very little about the inside story of the whole thing, mainly because her brother refused to tell her.

Now that people had been taken away, she could learn some news from her sister-in-law's mouth. Hearing that her brother didn't have any murder cases on him, Shen Ci breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sister-in-law, what are you going to do next?" Shen Ci asked.

Wang Zhaoning looked up at the huge living room of the villa and sighed reluctantly: "This is the bridal chamber for your brother and me. Although it can be kept, I don't want to live here for the time being. There are traces of him everywhere, I really can't..."

"There are several other properties in the city, I will move to another place when the time comes."

Upon hearing this, Shen Ci blurted out: "Sister-in-law, I have a vacant place, also in 'Wanjia Denghuo'. You move there, it's also convenient for me to take care of you. You are pregnant now, I really can't rest assured."

Shen Ci was sincere. She promised her brother that she would take care of her sister-in-law and child, so she would definitely keep her word.

When she looked at the 'Wanjia Denghuo' property, she bought two sets in one breath, one of which had never been lived in and was still vacant.

Boss Yang also said: "I'm a man, so I won't take on the responsibility of taking care of you and the child. A-Ci is right. Xizi also entrusted you to her, don't let her worry."

Wang Zhaoning looked at Shen Ci, felt her sincerity, and nodded gratefully: "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Seeing this, Shen Ci smiled comfortably.

"Brother Yang, there is one thing I also want to ask of you."

"You say it, I will definitely help."

"Xu Xu needs to transfer schools. The parents of his current classmates all know about me and his father. After this incident, I'm afraid there will be some rumors in the school that will hurt him."

"Okay, no problem, leave the transfer matter to me."

After chatting for a while longer, until they felt that Wang Zhaoning was a bit tired, the two stood up and left.

Coming out of the villa, the rain had stopped and the sky had cleared. Uncle Yang looked up at the sky. The dark clouds retreated, and the sunlight spilled down from the layers of gray. It was a scene of clearing clouds to see the sun, full of hope, but at this moment, it gave people a kind of indescribable obscurity.

He suddenly sighed and opened his mouth: "Your Brother Xizi is not a bad person."

Shen Ci looked at Uncle Yang.

As the two walked out, Boss Yang recalled: "I knew him very early. At that time, he was a thug working under someone else, responsible for taking people to collect debts."

"As far as I know for so many years, he didn't do anything to actively persecute others. The people he could make a move on were not people worth pitying."

"And these people under his command, including Duanduan and Shikai you know, if they hadn't met Xizi, they wouldn't know if they were still alive now."

As he spoke, he pointed to his left eye: "Xizi's eye was lost at that time for the sake of the people under him, so those who followed Xizi were very loyal."

Boss Yang spoke casually, but didn't explain any details.

Shen Ci didn't care, nor did she ask to the bottom of it. She wasn't curious about her brother's past.

The next second, Boss Yang suddenly changed the subject and invited Shen Ci to get in the car with a smile: "A-Ci, let's go, Uncle Yang will take you to the construction site to have a look."

The so-called construction site was the unfinished building that Shen Ci and Boss Yang's group had jointly taken over.

A few months had passed, and the construction team had already moved in.

Shen Ci put on a hard hat and followed Boss Yang in, and heard Boss Yang talking endlessly: "This unfinished project has been around for years. Before we start construction, we have to do quality inspection on the parts that have been built. If we find any corner-cutting, we have to tear it down and rework it."

"What if we find that none of them are qualified? Tear it down and start over?" Shen Ci asked.

Boss Yang nodded with a smile: "Of course, since we've taken it over, we must be responsible. Besides, didn't you reserve a hundred sets yourself? For your sake, this project must be done to perfection."

Shen Ci looked around. The weeds that had grown inside and outside the unfinished project had long been cleared. The scale of this community was not small, and it was an unfinished project. Only Uncle Yang had the courage to take this hot potato, and it was thanks to Shen Ci's willingness to 'play' with him.

But only Shen Ci knew that this place, like the industrial park, was in the Yangming District. Once the development approval was issued, the value of the entire community would rise with the tide.

(End of chapter)