Attention Sir, I Have Your Heart Handcuffed!-Chapter 624 - 466. The 2nd update of "What He Never Told Her
After a few days of continuous work, following a cross-examination of the testimonies from Xia Zuo, Marina, and Zhong Kui, the true cause of Zhou Guanghan’s death finally surfaced.
It turned out that Zhou Guanghan was also one of Huangfu Huazhang’s men.
However, Zhou Guanghan’s situation was somewhat special, unlike Xia Zuo and the others: he wasn’t an orphan, his family background was quite strong, so he didn’t meet Huangfu Huazhang’s selection criteria. But he had qualities appreciated by Huangfu Huazhang, like intelligence, sharpness, and a tender heart.
Therefore, Huangfu Huazhang’s positioning of Zhou Guanghan was similar to a "substitute" role. Zhou Guanghan couldn’t get close to Huangfu Huazhang, but when there was a task suitable for Zhou Guanghan, Huangfu Huazhang would pass it on to him.
It was out of such a near-devotional sentiment that Zhou Guanghan came to Kangchuan University to study abroad and was intensely focused on the Tong’s wife incident.
The reason he did this was naturally because he knew that Huangfu Huazhang had ties to the Child Wife Case. With Zhou Guanghan’s acumen, he might have already detected through people like Nisha that George was taking advantage of this incident to frame Huangfu Huazhang. Thus, he began to widely and frequently connect with those girls, trying to find a way to help Huangfu Huazhang resolve the issue.
While doing this, although his original aim was directed towards the Child Wife Case, aiming to guard against George, those girls were simultaneously drug peddlers, and thus his actions attracted the attention of the Marina family.
For a family like the Marina family’s, conducting business is often simpler and direct, unlike Huangfu Huazhang who plans meticulously. They simply kill anyone who dares to block their financial path.
Since Marina was a student at Kangchuan University, and the biggest link in Kangchuan University’s drug trade was naturally her, she sold an overdose of drugs to Zhou Guanghan, leading to his death.
Afterwards, she cleverly manipulated the relationship angles between Spicy Girl, Zhou Guanghan, Sean, and Mark, guiding suspicion towards them, making her own suspicion appear the lowest.
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It was not a coincidence that Marina also became a student at Kangchuan University.
Back when Huangfu Huazhang first arrived in M Country, he wanted to turn the tide and rescue the Ford Group from crisis. At that time, he was alone and unsupported, so he had to choose some non-legitimate businesses.
To accumulate wealth quickly, he once cooperated with the Marina family, using the legitimate status of the Ford Group and its regular import-export channels, to help the Marina family transport drugs, and even smuggle people.
This business provided Huangfu Huazhang with the initial capital that allowed him to gain a foothold in the shortest amount of time. When a year later he could gradually bring the Ford Group back on track with his own intelligence, he began to sever ties with the illegal business.
But the Marina family, having tasted the benefits, had extended their business reach into various places across M Country leveraging the Ford family’s name, naturally didn’t want to cough up their gains again, leading to various conflicts with Huangfu Huazhang.
Later they simply sent Marina to study at Kangchuan University, selling drugs among students right under Huangfu Huazhang’s nose, with the intention to warn and threaten Huangfu Huazhang that if he fully severed business ties with them, they would expose the true nature of this Kangchuan University director.
Marina’s presence at Kangchuan University thus almost became a thorn in Huangfu Huazhang’s side. Her actions often seemed intentionally to go against Huangfu Huazhang, so when she discovered Zhou Guanghan’s identity, she was even more determined to kill him.
With regard to Marina’s presence, Huangfu Huazhang naturally had precautions, such as sending Spicy Girl to room 507 to closely monitor Marina.
Marina then simply stirred S’s dissatisfaction towards Spicy Girl, using S’s arrogance and domineering to suppress Spicy Girl.
And Spicy Girl’s "pursuit" of Zhou Guanghan was actually a way to warn and protect him, as well as a warning to the Marina family. However, the Marina family still ignored Huangfu Huazhang’s warning, and Marina eliminated Zhou Guanghan.
Because of Zhou Guanghan’s death, Huangfu Huazhang resolutely severed all ties with the Marina family.
The Marina family threatened revenge, but Huangfu Huazhang didn’t even bother to acknowledge it. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖
However, Huangfu Huazhang did not expect that at this critical juncture, Shi Nian disguised herself as Nana, moved into the turbulent room 507, getting so close to Marina!
Even though Tang Yanqing was also present, Huangfu Huazhang still could not let go of his concerns.
Thus a matter that shouldn’t have required his personal involvement ended up with him personally taking action to eliminate Sean, and when Mark attempted to harm Shi Nian, he couldn’t help but show up personally, inevitably stepping into the public view.
The entire incident unfolded, ultimately Xia Zuo lowered down his head in dejection: "Originally, the matter from the arrangement and setup of Spicy Girl, with Mark eventually taking action, would have been perfectly adequate. Sir had prepared everything long ago, just... hadn’t anticipated Madam’s sudden arrival."
"Sir always strategizes calmly, but once it involves Madam, his composure immediately shatters. He feared too much that Madam might get hurt, too fearful that someone might hurt Madam because of him, so he straightforwardly forgot to protect himself, thus taking almost reckless actions."
Shi Nian tried to breathe in, strived to ask calmly: "The night Spicy Girl disappeared, her laptop seemed to have been embedded with a trojan, I could feel someone inside watching me. Who was that person? Could it be sir?"
Xia Zuo sorrowfully smiled: "Who else could it be, Madam thought? Madam was at Kangchuan University, so close to sir, yet sir couldn’t freely appear in front of her, couldn’t acknowledge her... He could only secretly watch Madam like that, secretly guard Madam, fearful she might fall victim to Marina’s hands at night..."
Shi Nian nodded her head, bowing deeply.
After calming down for a long while, she asked again: "Then regarding Tong’s wife affair... How much did Sir actually get involved?"
Xia Zuo lightly sighed: "Sir did get involved. It was during the effort to save the Ford Group, in partnership with the Marina family. Sir mainly dealt with transportation, handing over the children to Marina family upon arrival."
"Initially they promised sir that it was ordinary human smuggling, they were bought to be raised as daughters by affluent families. Sir originally didn’t know that those girls faced such fates after becoming adopted daughters of affluent families, so once he found out, he stopped engaging in it. Afterward, sir met Tang Yansheng, then assisted Tang Yansheng in rescuing little girls from the war, as atonement..."
Shi Nian silently nodded: "His conflicted mindset at that time was also reflected in the Rosa of that period."
Xia Zuo dejectedly bowed his head: "Yes. Sir had not expected things would develop in such a direction, although he tried his best to remediate afterwards, some occurrences once they happen are beyond human repair."
Shi Nian felt a twisting pain in her heart, harboring resentment, regret, and a helpless sorrow.
"What about Yanwu Square? Was it really Sir’s doing?"
Xia Zuo laughed, somewhat desolately: "Sir knows Madam has always suspected Yanwu Square as his doing, no matter how much he or we explain, Madam’s doubts can’t be entirely dispelled. Does Madam know how many times sir was heartbroken because of it?"
Shi Nian couldn’t breathe: "Really, it has nothing to do with sir?"
Xia Zuo sorrowfully laughed: "Evidence is so clear: it used to be a love nest for sir’s parents. Even if sir resents Father, even if he harbors grievance towards Mother, it still was a place where he once anchored dreams of family reunion."
Shi Nian bowed her head, fists clenched: "... Yes, just because I refused to believe, hence he straightforwardly won’t explain anymore."
Tang Yanqing, silently letting Shi Nian face Xia Zuo alone, finally couldn’t resist entering, sitting next to Shi Nian, holding her fist.
He raised his eyes, staring at Xia Zuo: "She did suspect continuously, but to a certain extent, it was also due to Father’s disruption. Father was too fitting as one of your group’s characteristics, so not just her, all of us once firmly believed that Father belonged to Eldest Brother."
"Moreover, neither you nor Huangfu Huazhang has any reason to blame her. Because although she always harbored doubts about Yanwu Square, she was still the one who most strongly denied these suspicions. She said once, solely based on Eldest Brother’s background, his later actions alongside my elder sister in Asia to rescue little girls, she believed Yanwu Square shouldn’t have been his."
Tang Yanqing calmly met Xia Zuo’s gaze: "Yes, including me, everyone hoped to convict Huangfu Huazhang with Yanwu Square. But only she stood against it, she alone ultimately chose to trust him."
"Because of her persistence, our focus and vigilance towards George escalated step by step."
Xia Zuo finally flickered his gaze, turning to stare at Shi Nian, then slowly said: "Sir could not say...so let this subordinate on behalf of sir say: Thank you."
Xia Zuo paused for a moment, then looked towards Tang Yanqing: "And you, Mr. Tang. I never expected Mr. Tang to come forward to explain for Madam, I believe sir, in heaven, must have heard it all."
