The Scheming Ex-Husband's Courtship-Chapter 626 - 542: Eyewitness

Jian Si felt that for someone as smart as Nan Zhan, he seemed difficult to deal with, but sometimes his demands were surprisingly simple.

Like last time he wanted to eat mutton slices cooked in hot pot, and this time he wanted sweet rice balls in wine, none of these were really a big deal.

Jian Si said with a smile, "Okay, let’s go buy the ingredients."

When they returned home, Zhengzheng was already asleep, holding a detective book in his hand.

Jian Si tiptoed over, first gently pulling the book from his hands and placing it aside, then pulling the quilt up and tucking his exposed arm back in.

As she gazed at Zhengzheng’s peaceful sleeping face,

Jian Si had just stood up when she saw Nan Zhan standing at the door, who seemed to have been watching her for quite a while. Thinking of her actions just now, her cheeks reddened. "What are you doing standing there?"

"This is my house, I have the right to stand anywhere," he replied. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Jian Si was rendered speechless by his retort, only managing to glare at him, only for him to add, "Ms. Jian, is this how you treat your benefactor?"

"Thank you, great benefactor," Jian Si said coldly, "Great benefactor, I need to take a bath and go to sleep, please step aside."

"Are you planning to continue sleeping with Zhengzheng in your arms?"

"That’s none of your business." Jian Si’s guilty secret was exposed, and she instantly became furious. "I am a girl, it’s not strange for me to be a little scared. I’m not as insensitive as you, unaffected by all the gory scenes you watch every day without having nightmares."

Nan Zhan chuckled lowly, "Zhengzheng is still young, he can’t protect you even if there were bad guys."

"What do you mean?" Jian Si looked at him.

"What I mean is quite clear, Ms. Jian can seek my help..." Before he could finish, Jian Si slammed the door shut on him, cutting him off and fumed, "Don’t even think about it, I’m not going to sleep with you."

It was a while before Nan Zhan’s voice came through the door, tinged with sarcasm, "Ms. Jian, how filthy can your thoughts get? I was talking about providing psychological support to alleviate your fears, some things don’t need to be reiterated, I’m not interested in someone flat like you."

At that moment, Jian Si just wanted to find a crack to crawl into. Oh heavens, she had done something so embarrassing again.

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Early in the morning, Jian Si got up to make sweet rice balls in wine, fulfilling the promise she made to Nan Zhan. After all, she was at fault for yesterday’s incident, irrespective of the circumstances, it was because of her Helan Ying got hurt.

After grooming, Nan Zhan saw three bowls of sweet rice balls on the table, seemingly in a good mood, he pulled up a chair and sat down.

"Morning, brother," Zhengzheng climbed onto the chair next to his left hand, taking his designated spoon.

"Did you go to the marine amusement park yesterday?" Jian Si also sat down, "I saw the souvenir ticket and the little toy on Zhengzheng’s desk."

Zhengzheng nodded quickly, "Brother took me there yesterday to eat and play, we had a lot of fun. Sister, you should go with brother next time."

Jian Si was surprised that a person as unemotional as Nan Zhan would take Zhengzheng to an amusement park; his patience with a child like this suggested he would probably be a good father in the future.

A good father? Jian Si suddenly realized something, her eyes moving from Nan Zhan’s face to Zhengzheng’s, and from Zhengzheng’s face back to Nan Zhan.

A man of brilliant intelligence wouldn’t care about a child for no reason; she and he weren’t familiar enough for him to show such affection for her brother.

Then, the only explanation was...

Jian Si’s spoon suddenly dropped onto the table, creating a crisp sound that drew the attention of the two opposite her.

"What’s wrong, sis?" Zhengzheng climbed down from the chair and grabbed a new spoon, "You seemed distracted."

"Is that so? I just remembered something, it’s nothing." Jian Si smiled at him, "Thank you."

While Nan Zhan glanced at her and continued eating the sweet rice balls he had designated.

Zhengzheng’s summer vacation officially began, spending most of his time on books, Jian Si tried to control his reading time, and also thought about getting his eyesight checked.

"Sis, I’ve told you, I can see very clearly, your worries are unnecessary."

"Still, we should get it checked, listen to what the eye doctor says. Reading is good, but you must also protect your eyes, otherwise, you’ll need glasses in the future." Jian Si sat on the bed sorting his clothes.

Zhengzheng looked up from his book, "Doesn’t brother wear glasses too?"

"His is pseudomyopia, he wears glasses to fool people," Jian Si snapped, "Don’t copy him."

While the siblings were talking, Jian Si’s phone rang, she said, "It’s Uncle."

The mid-July weather was unbearably hot, cicadas chirped incessantly outside the window.

Jian Hedong’s voice seemed soaked with sweat, "Sisi, I’ve brought you tomatoes, picked fresh this morning, still dewy. I’m almost there, come downstairs to meet me, I’ve also got two big watermelons."

As soon as Jian Si heard that Jian Hedong was coming to bring her something, she hurriedly said, "Uncle, wait at the door, I’ll be right down."

Jian Si rushed downstairs and from a distance, she saw Jian Hedong talking to the security guard.

"Here to see your niece and nephew again, you’re truly an exceptional uncle," remarked the security guard.

Jian Hedong chuckled and wiped the sweat off his forehead: "They are just like my own children, no difference."

"Uncle," Jian Si ran over, "Why did you bring it yourself? I could have just come and taken it after a phone call."

"I was just idling at home. You’ve been busy recently with teaching the kids and going to the square for painting," Jian Hedong got on his electric tricycle, waved to the guard, "Is Zhengzheng at home?"

"It’s the summer holidays." Jian Hedong’s tricycle moved slowly, and Jian Si could easily keep up with it by walking fast.

"By the way, uncle, I’m no longer living in that previous house." At this point, Jian Si didn’t want to hide it from him, "Don’t be scared though, a female corpse was found inside the walls of my house,"

"What?" Jian Hedong was visibly shocked, and the tricycle also stopped, "A dead person?"

"Yes, the killer hasn’t been found yet, but it has been confirmed to be a serial murder case, with similar methods of committing the crime, and bodies have been found in the community’s well and above the elevator."

Jian Hedong said, "Didn’t you just repair that wall half a year ago? Could it have happened then?"

"I suspect so too, but the worker who did the renovations can no longer be found." Jian Si had already submitted the worker’s sketch,

"No wonder Jian Chuan has been saying he’s been busy these days, encountering tough cases as soon as he started his job, and he wouldn’t say what the case was," Jian Hedong shook his head, "Sisi, you must be careful, it’s possible that the killer is targeting this community. Try to come home early at night and avoid going out alone as much as possible."

"I know, uncle+"

"By the way, where are you living now?"

"I have a friend who just rented a place here, and now Zhengzheng and I are staying at his place." Jian Si did not specify the gender, and Jian Hedong naturally assumed it was a female; he didn’t suspect it might be Nan Zhan.

"Your big brother has been busy with cases lately, but it seems more like he’s in love; he used to dress casually, but now he spends a long time grooming in the bathroom every morning. Sisi, do you know what’s going on?"

"In love?" The first thing Jian Si thought of was Feng Piaopiao, could it really be that sparks flew between them?

Jian Si knew that Jian Chuan had admired Feng Piaopiao back when they were in school, often asking about her through Sisi, but so many years have passed, could he still not have forgotten her?

"Uncle, I’ll find out for you," Jian Si sniffed, "My big brother is an adult, you shouldn’t always be watching over him."

"Ah, I dare not control him, it’s just that I’m particularly worried about him getting a girlfriend, he’s been abroad for so long,"

Jian Hedong parked his tricycle downstairs of Jian Si’s building, "You’re staying at a friend’s place, so I won’t go up. Can you handle these items?"

"Yes, there’s an elevator."

"Okay, then I’ll be going now, come back for a meal when you’re less busy."

Jian Si, holding the bundles Jian Hedong brought, stood at the door watching him leave.

Over the years, Jian Hedong had aged, no longer the robust man who could lift her high over his head to play games.

Watching his slightly portly figure energetically pedaling the tricycle, Jian Si’s nose tingled with emotion.

"Sister, your phone was ringing continuously just now, but it’s stopped," as soon as she entered, Zhengzheng took the things from her hand, "Woah, this watermelon is so heavy, the watermelons from uncle’s place grow bigger every year."

"Whose call was it?" Jian Si wiped her hands.

"It was Brother Yu."

"Nan Yu?" Jian Si picked up the phone and indeed saw two missed calls, she quickly called back, "Nan Yu, were you looking for me?"

"Did you find a witness?" Jian Si asked excitedly, with every step closer to the truth in the case, her confidence increased, signaling that her suspicion was being cleared.

"It’s this uncle." Nan Yu pointed at the middle-aged man sitting across in the chair,

The middle-aged man still appeared somewhat fearful, continually asking, "You won’t expose me, right? I don’t have to testify in court, do I? Will it be on TV? I have elderly and young ones at home, I don’t want to be retaliated against."

Nan Yu reassured him, "Don’t worry, as long as you cooperate, we will guarantee the protection of your privacy. No outsiders will know you’re the informant."

"That’s good then," the middle-aged man finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Jian Si recognized him, he was one of the fifteen citizens initially invited for questioning, and this was the result of a week of stakeout by him and Nan Yu.

"Jian Si, did you bring paper and brushes?"

"I did." Jian Si quickly took out her drawing board, "We can start now."