Plunder-Chapter 207 Who is Really Behind the Curtain
Now, she could be considered the happiest person in the world.
Her husband doted on her, her mother adored her, and her little brother protected her.
Qiao En swore to herself that she must cherish the happiness she had at the moment.
But as she longed for happiness, someone else did not.
In the middle of the night, Zhou Jin’an’s phone rang.
The call was from Cheng Lu.
Worried about waking Qiao En, Zhou Jin’an held the phone and went to the balcony.
"What is it?"
Zhou Jin’an asked in a muffled voice.
"Director Zhou, the mastermind behind the scenes has been captured."
Cheng Lu did not elaborate, and Zhou Jin’an did not ask further.
This was a matter he was investigating behind Qiao En’s back, as he did not want her to know the details.
"Good, I’ll come over right away."
After hanging up, he turned back to the bedroom to get dressed.
Qiao En woke up from her sleep.
"Where are you going?"
She opened her sleepy eyes, her voice still tinged with drowsiness.
Zhou Jin’an, while adjusting his clothes in front of the mirror, said, "There’s an emergency at the company, I need to make a trip."
Nanchen was not a production unit, it was rare to have to go to the company in the middle of the night.
If there was, it must be something serious.
Qiao En’s sleepiness vanished instantly, and she immediately crawled out of the blankets, wanting to get dressed and follow Zhou Jin’an to the company.
"What are you doing?"
Zhou Jin’an asked suspiciously.
Qiao En opened the wardrobe door and pulled out a silver dress set.
"To accompany you to the company."
"No need," Zhou Jin’an grabbed Qiao En’s arm, "Your following me would only cause chaos. Better rest at home, I’ll be back soon."
Qiao En stared unblinkingly at Zhou Jin’an.
He was not good at lying, and every time he lied, he could not dare to look the other person in the eye.
Qiao En sensitively sensed that Zhou Jin’an was lying.
She tactfully chose not to expose him.
"Then fine, just be careful."
She turned and walked back to the bed, lifted the blanket, and crawled back in.
Zhou Jin’an realized that Qiao En was angry, but he could only choose to ignore it.
He hurriedly left the house, where the driver was already waiting in the yard.
"Yayun, where is little Zhou going?"
Auntie Jiang had also been woken up and, draped in her clothes, made her way to the doorway of Qiao En’s bedroom.
"There’s an emergency at the company, mom, go to sleep," Qiao En said.
Auntie Jiang’s sleepiness was gone, "I can’t sleep anymore."
She approached Qiao En and reached out to stroke her head.
"Yayun, you must be happy. My only wish in this life is for my children to be happy."
The warehouse.
When Zhou Jin’an arrived, the warehouse was brightly lit.
Cheng Lu was standing at the entrance of the warehouse, and as Zhou Jin’an walked toward it, he immediately came forward to meet him.
"Who is it?"
Zhou Jin’an hurried inside.
"An Kexin."
Cheng Lu replied in a subdued voice.
Zhou Jin’an’s steps faltered, and he looked at Cheng Lu with some disbelief.
"The van driver had never seen her in person, nor heard her voice, but the chat logs and the transfer records between them are intact. It’s undoubtedly An Kexin."
In just an instant, a fierce look rose in Zhou Jin’an’s eyes.
He strode inside, where the van driver and An Kexin were both bound hand and foot, lying on the ground. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚
Both had their mouths gagged, whimpering, but unable to speak.
Cheng Lu stepped forward and removed the gags from their mouths.
"Brother Zhou, it’s a misunderstanding, I swear, it wasn’t me."
An Kexin immediately denied it.
"Director Zhou, it was her, it really was her, she’s the one who asked me to meet her here, I... I didn’t lie to you."
An Kexin tried to say something else, but Zhou Jin’an had his foot on her face.
Disgust overflowed in his eyes.
"Speak, was it you or not?"
An Kexin’s face was pinned to the ground, and she couldn’t move.
She knew exactly what Jin’an was like.
"Big brother An, I don’t know this person, I really don’t know this person."
"You may not know me, but the money was transferred to me by you, and today you were the one who approached me, even wanting to kill and silence me, such a venomous heart you have," said the van driver, scared out of his wits, as he furiously dissed An Kexin.
Following Jin’an’s instructions, Cheng Lu released the van driver but continued to have someone follow him.
To catch a big fish, one must use the right bait.
And he was the bait prepared by Jin’an.
Indeed, as soon as the van driver appeared safe and sound before everyone’s eyes, the mastermind behind the scenes could not hold back any longer.
He began to contact the van driver, intending to completely annihilate him.
He arranged to meet with the van driver at the docks, and as soon as the man arrived, someone tried to run him over with a car.
Terrified beyond belief, it was Cheng Lu, along with his team, who showed up and saved his life.
At the same time, they caught An Kexin who was sitting in the car.
The evidence was compelling, yet she continued to deny that she was the one who incited the van driver to hurt Qiao En, and refused to admit that she was the one riding the motorcycle that crashed into the van.
The two of them were at each other’s throats, and Jin’an did not interfere, watching the debacle like a drama unfolding.
In the end, he found it annoying.
"Send them both to the police station."
Jin’an gave the order.
"Big brother An, it really wasn’t me, you’re misunderstanding."
"Misunderstanding? Weren’t you driving the car trying to kill him?"
Cheng Lu retorted, and with that question, An Kexin was stumped.
She was like a mute person suffering from bitterness; she couldn’t express herself.
The reason she had acted that way was that someone had ordered her to. She hadn’t expected it to lead to so many other things.
But that person had said, no matter what happened, she should take full responsibility, and he would ensure her safety.
Now, at her wits’ end and with few she could rely on, even if that person had dug a hole for her, she had no choice but to jump down without a word.
Cheng Lu personally drove the two to the police station.
On the way back, he couldn’t hold back the doubts in his heart.
"Director Zhou, why did you let An Kexin off so easily? With such a vicious heart, she deserves to suffer."
Zhou Jin’an leaned back in his chair, the veins on his forehead throbbing intensely.
"It wasn’t her."
He blurted out this phrase inexplicably.
Cheng Lu was utterly perplexed, "What do you mean it wasn’t her? How could it not be her? I saw her with my own eyes driving the car, almost killing someone."
"I mean the mastermind behind the scenes isn’t her."
"Why don’t you think it’s her? The chat records with the driver, the transfer records, the meeting records are all there. Don’t these prove that she is the mastermind?"
Jin’an exhaled slightly.
"An Kexin can’t ride a motorcycle."
He declared emphatically.
"She can learn to ride if she doesn’t know how. Have you forgotten? She’s always harbored such hatred for the young madam; she must have been waiting for a chance to put her to death."
But Zhou Jin’an was utterly certain.
"She was once hit by a motorcycle, has PTSD, and can’t even bear to sit on one, let alone ride."
"But if it isn’t her, who else could it be?"
Cheng Lu raised a new question.
Zhou Jin’an looked up, his gaze turning towards the dense night outside the car.
Darkness enveloped the landscape, obscuring everything from view.
But even so, dawn would inevitably break.
"That person will show up sooner or later. Since they’ve contrived to push An Kexin to the front, they want her to be the scapegoat. Go give Director Huang a call. Remember to take good care of it."
"Okay, I’ll get on it first thing tomorrow morning."
Cheng Lu responded.
When Jin’an returned, Qiao En was already asleep.
On the large bed lay Auntie Jiang, still dressed, with Qiao En nestled in her arms.
He watched this scene from the doorway, feeling an immense warmth.
He didn’t disturb them but quietly closed the bedroom door and headed for the study.
