If You Could Hear My Heart

When Xiao Mo entered the conference room, he saw Shen Chi grinning foolishly by himself again. He sighed with his hand to his forehead, wondering if Shen Chi had been bewitched.

However, he was still quite curious about what Chaomu had sent.

Shen Chi finally decided to respond to Xu Chaomu. He typed several texts but wasn’t satisfied with any of them; eventually, he simply replied with one word, “Hmm.”

“President Shen.” Xiao Mo had important matters to report and had no choice but to break the peace.

Shen Chi was always on guard. Hearing Xiao Mo’s voice, he quickly stowed away his phone, sat up straight, and resumed his cool demeanor.

“What is it?”

“I have organized the minutes from this afternoon’s meeting,” Xiao Mo said.

Xiao Mo handed the documents to Shen Chi, who accepted them.

He casually flipped through a few pages, affirming Xiao Mo’s efficiency in handling tasks.

“Okay, leave them with me,” Shen Chi closed the folder.

“President Shen, right after the meeting ended, I got a call.”

“What about?”

“About the incident where your wife was hit by a car on the day she returned to the country, the one you asked me to investigate.”

Shen Chi held his breath—yes, he had instructed Xiao Mo to look into it.

With so much going on and Xiao Mo not having given him any updates, he had almost forgotten about it.

“It’s been many days now,” said Shen Chi nonchalantly.

“Yes, President Shen, I have been negligent in my duties. Tracking down a car is easy, but delving deeper is not.”

“Alright, alright, you’ve had it tough. Tell me what you’ve found,” Shen Chi leaned back in his chair, his sharp eyes fixed on Xiao Mo.

Xiao Mo closed the door of the conference room and lowered his voice to report to Shen Chi.

“President Shen, I checked the surveillance, and I found out the car belongs to a woman.”

“Nonsense, I saw it was a woman too!”

“Er… the woman’s name is Qi Na,” Xiao Mo continued, wiping sweat from his brow.

“Hmm.”

“This Qi Na, I looked into it, and she almost has no interaction with your wife in daily life.”

“Qi Na? I haven’t heard of her either,” Shen Chi said.

His long fingers tapped lightly on the desktop, his gaze deep and profound.

“So, at first, I thought it was just a normal traffic accident.”

“Go on.”

“Later in the investigation, I found out that this Qi Na has been infatuated with a man since she was young.”

“Who?”

“Not you, President Shen.”

Shen Chi shot Xiao Mo a cold look. It seemed he had been a little too polite to Xiao Mo recently.

Xiao Mo felt a chill around him and coughed softly, quickly suppressing the smile on his face.

“The man is called Nie Chenglang, who… happens to be quite close to your wife.”

Xiao Mo put it very tactfully; after all, it was said that Xu Chaomu almost married this man.

Furthermore, during the five years Chaomu was abroad, it was rumored that he looked after her the entire time.

A single man and a single woman, it led to endless conjecture.

But anyone who dared to compete with Shen Chi for a woman rarely met a good end.

“So you’re saying, this Qi Na acted out of jealousy? Jealous of my wife’s beauty, and that she was pursued by the man Qi Na liked?” asked Shen Chi lightly.

The corner of Xiao Mo’s mouth twitched. President Shen, you could be even more shameless.

What Xiao Mo admired most was that every time Shen Chi said such shameless words, he managed to maintain a dead-serious expression on his face.

“At first, I thought so too.”

“Hmm?” Shen Chi frowned.

“Qi Na comes from a good family background and was always the daughter-in-law Lu Feili approved of, albeit a bit dumb and brainless,” Xiao Mo said. “The news about Nie Chenglang’s engagement wasn’t confirmed by Lu Feili yet, but Qi Na was already panicking.”

Xiao Mo continued, “A few days before your wife returned to the country, she was spreading the news about the engagement.”

Shen Chi tapped the desk, finding the behavior quite stupid.

He leaned back in his chair to listen to Xiao Mo’s report.

“I found out that she was at a beauty salon for a beauty treatment and happened to meet a few acquaintances,” Xiao Mo said. “Several women were lying in the beauty salon getting treatments, and they started chatting. Then Qi Na mentioned Nie Chenglang’s upcoming engagement to the others.”

“Mmm, go on,” Shen Chi urged.

“Women’s chats are full of gossip. After mentioning Nie Chenglang’s engagement, they all expressed sympathy for Qi Na. Of course, there were also people encouraging her to fight for Nie Chenglang back. But, while the speaker meant no harm, the listener took it to heart.”

“I found out that among those women that day, there was Jiang Zhilan.”

“Jiang Zhilan…” Shen Chi’s eyes sharpened, emitting a dangerous signal.

Jiang Zhilan…

Shen Chi savored the woman’s name, and many thoughts surfaced in his mind.

Five years ago, Jiang Zhilan had people abduct Xu Chaomu to protect her daughter; what about five years later?

After the incident on Sumatra Island five years ago, the Bai Family took the initiative to call off the engagement.

Afterward, Bai Man went abroad and never returned, leaving no news behind.

Five years had passed, there was no reason for Jiang Zhilan to harm Chaomu again.

Could it be… harboring resentment?

It didn’t make sense.

Shen Chi found Chaomu at the first opportunity after five years because he loved her, which meant that if Jiang Zhilan could locate Chaomu immediately after five years, it indicated that she too had been closely monitoring Chaomu’s whereabouts for the past five years.

The thought terrified Shen Chi.

This woman had virtually no interaction with Chaomu.

She had no reason to cling to her relentlessly.

This woman had no grudge against the Shen Family either.

“President Shen, according to my investigation from various sources, it was Jiang Zhilan who spent the most time chatting with Qi Na on that day. The beauty salon owner said that Jiang Zhilan told Qi Na that if a woman wants to keep her husband, she has to be ruthless. Jiang Zhilan also advised Qi Na, telling her that with her family background, even if she killed someone in broad daylight, she would only need to pay some money,” Xiao Mo said.

“Although Jiang Zhilan said this jokingly at the time, Qi Na, being not too bright, believed it,” Xiao Mo added.

“So, President Shen, what followed, you’ve seen it yourself.”

Shen Chi’s brows were deeply furrowed as he pondered.

After a while, he spoke in a deep voice, “So, you’re saying it’s very likely that Jiang Zhilan instigated Qi Na?”

“Yes, it’s a very high possibility,” Xiao Mo replied.

Shen Chi sank back into thought.

The spacious conference room was quiet, not a sound could be heard.

Xiao Mo also held his breath, waiting for Shen Chi to speak.

He had said all he had to say, now it was up to Shen Chi to decide.

“Xiao Mo, what do you think Jiang Zhilan’s motive was for instigating Qi Na?”

Xiao Mo had considered this question too.

He said, “President Shen, she must be holding a grudge against your wife. If not for your wife, the title of Young Madam Shen would belong to Miss Bai.”

“Do you think I would marry Bai Man?” Shen Chi asked dryly.

“Of course not, your unwavering loyalty to Miss Xu is well known,” Xiao Mo replied.

“Enough, haven’t you heard the saying? ‘To be young and not frivolous is a waste of youth.’ How could I be single-minded toward her?” Shen Chi felt embarrassed.

“Should I pass on your words to your wife someday?”

“You wouldn’t dare!”

“I… wouldn’t dare,” Xiao Mo quickly conceded.