Chapter 1348: The True Culprit is Black Widow

The truck driver's wife fell gravely ill, and he had thought of every possible way to pay for her treatment.

He had borrowed from all his relatives and friends, sold his house and car, yet still could not scrape together the exorbitant fees.

He was so anxious that he crouched in the corner of the hallway weeping, when a woman wearing sunglasses and dressed fashionably walked over.

The woman handed him a cigarette and asked if he was having financial difficulties.

What followed happened naturally.

The driver accepted the one million provided by the woman and, following the route she gave him, rammed into Yun Qitian's car!

He was an honest and decent man; this was his first time doing something so outrageous, and seeing the car flip into a deep ditch, he assumed the person was dead and fled in a panic!

That woman had prepared a plane ticket, a passport, and luggage for him.

She told him to leave Jiangzhou immediately, but the driver did not go; his wife could not leave, so he could not go anywhere.

After a moment of hesitation, he was tracked down by the police.

The truck driver wailed loudly at the police station!

A grown man, he cried like a child; his mental defenses collapsed without even being broken.

How that woman found him, the sequence of events—he spilled everything like beans pouring from a bamboo basket, confessing clearly!

Based on his description, a portrait of that woman was brought to life on paper.

Shi Ran and Yun Qitian found it familiar.

When the portrait was taken to the Sheng Family, Shi Youxuan recognized her at a glance—Black Widow!

Although she had only met Black Widow once, she still recognized instantly that the woman in the portrait was one of the few people Liu Min had let go last time!

"Ah Min, yes, it's me, Sister-in-law! I want to ask you something, do you know where Black Widow is now?" Shi Youxuan called Liu Min; even now, she was still not quite used to the title "Sister-in-law."

But there was no help for it; she had to get used to it, as the seniority was set.

Liu Min was now Wang Yong's wife, which made her a sister-in-law, of the same generation as her, and she had gone from being a peer to an elder relative to her daughter.

"I don't know, sigh. Please wait a moment, I will go and ask around..."

"Beep, beep, beep—"

Before she could finish speaking, Liu Min hung up the phone.

There was no need to ask; she had definitely gone to inquire.

Liu Min kept her word.

When she said wait a moment, she meant just a short while.

After only three or four minutes, the phone rang again: "Sister-in-law, I've found out; Black Widow is not in L Country now, but I don't know where she is."

Shi Youxuan:...

This was what she called finding out?

Asking was the same as not asking.

If she was not in L Country, the possibility of her being in Jiangzhou increased significantly.

The Sheng Family and the Yun Family mobilized all the power they could to search the whole city for Black Widow!

They did not find Black Widow, but Black Widow took the initiative to show up.

The annual charity gala in Jiangzhou had begun.

Shi Ran wore a silver-white floor-length evening gown, her long hair pulled up and casually twisted into a bun at the back of her head.

She came alone today because her husband had to pretend to be sick at the hospital and it was not appropriate for him to appear at such an occasion.

Actually, if she could, she would not have wanted to come either.

But the elders of both families believed she should appear; the charity gala looked like a place to spend money on the surface, but in reality, it was also a great place to build a reputation!

It was equivalent to advertising for the Clan for free.

Shi Ran's appearance at the gala immediately drew everyone's attention.

Male guests were stunned, while the jealous gazes of women were cast toward her!

Shi Ran was poised and graceful, holding a glass of red wine, nodding slightly to greet those she knew.

She was already used to scenes like this.

Every cocktail party was like this.

She actually disliked such occasions; she hated small talk and socializing the most.

But she had to come now.

Her mother analyzed that Black Widow was very likely to appear at the charity gala, so she came.

Shi Ran greeted the people she knew, then found an inconspicuous corner to sit down and observe the guests coming and going.

Black Widow had arrived.

It was a bit different from what Shi Ran had guessed.

She thought Black Widow would disguise herself to be unnoticeable, observe her in the dark, and trip her up.

But the result was—Black Widow appeared in high profile.

She was dressed in a dazzling, radiant outfit, arm-in-arm with a white-haired businessman from the United States, and walked in through the main entrance with a swagger!

"Hiss!"

The sound of people gasping in shock could be heard everywhere in the hall.

Black Widow's appearance stunned the crowd once again!

Her beauty was completely different from Shi Ran's.

Shi Ran was noble and cold.

Shi Ran's beauty was high and mighty, making people look up to her; they felt envy and jealousy, but it was hard to harbor evil thoughts.

The allure of Black Widow is a direct, fiery, and vibrant beauty.

Men drool when they see her, and they envy the old man by her side!

Women frown when they see such a woman, nervously tugging at the men beside them, fearing that if they are not careful, their men's souls will be hooked away by her!

Black Widow has a sharp eye.

There were at least ninety, if not a hundred, people in the hall, yet she spotted Shi Ran in the corner at a glance and gave her a meaningful smile.

The smile was full of provocation.

Shi Ran met her gaze without the slightest fear and also smiled slightly.

Black Widow walked toward her, but was stopped repeatedly along the way for small talk.

The mindset of foreigners is just different from that of the people in Jiangzhou.

The old man beside her did not care at all that his female companion was being eyed by others; he seemed quite happy about her making small talk with other men, and he even joined in the constant chatter.

Black Widow seemed a bit anxious; she kept looking over here, afraid that Shi Ran might leave.

Shi Ran stood up and took the initiative to walk toward her.

The two women finally met.

"Could we step aside to talk?"

Shi Ran said.

Black Widow: "Sure, I was just looking for you."

The two used no titles and no pleasantries, just like a pair of old friends.

In reality, they had only met once before.

Black Widow had once been ordered by Qi Heng to go to Jiangzhou to seduce Yun Qitian.

At that time, she had thrown herself into Yun Qitian's arms right in front of Shi Ran, but he remained unmoved; that was the only time Shi Ran had ever seen Black Widow, and she hadn't taken it to heart at all.

If it were anyone else, they would have forgotten long ago, but her memory is very good, which is why she had some impression of her.

Black Widow said coquettishly to the old man: "Darling, I'm going over to have a few words with her and will be back in a moment; don't miss me too much."

"OK," the old man agreed.

Black Widow reached out to take Shi Ran's arm quite naturally, but she immediately pulled away: "No need, we aren't that close."

They arrived at a deserted spot.

Shi Ran got straight to the point: "You sent Leng Feng, didn't you? You are also the mastermind behind my husband's car accident, right?"

"That's right, both are true!"

Black Widow admitted it.

"Why did you do this?" Shi Ran was furious.

Yet she remained calm and composed, speaking of murder in a tone as if she were discussing the weather: "The reason I want to kill your husband is very simple: I want you to suffer!"

Without waiting for Shi Ran to continue asking, Black Widow confessed on her own.

She admitted that she had sent Leng Feng, only she hadn't expected him to be so useless, getting taken out in just a few days.

Black Widow's tone was not without regret: "If he could have held on a little longer, it would have been more fun."