The Scheming Ex-Husband's Courtship-Chapter 696 - 602 Unprecedented Panic

Nan Zhan sat in the car, flipping through a set of documents that had just been delivered.

"Mr. Nan, this is all we could find."

After reviewing it from the start, Nan Zhan learned that Li Guojing was once a salesperson at a 4S car dealership in Aus City. During his tenure, his sales performance was quite good, but suddenly, eight years ago, he resigned and disappeared from the face of the earth without any trace.

The car Li Guojing initially had was grey, which didn’t match the description given by Jian Si.

Therefore, the car Li Guojing drove to hit someone was definitely not his own, but someone else’s.

"Go to that 4S shop. I want to pull all the sales records of Li Guojing," Nan Zhan tossed the folder to the back seat.

The person asked, "What does Mr. Nan mean?"

"Li Guojing wasn’t driving his own vehicle on the day of the incident. The likeliest possibility is that the car was either a test-drive vehicle or one that had just been sold to a customer. According to his information, there are no records of test-drive vehicles being in accidents, so that car must belong to a customer. Check his sales records, especially around the days when the accident happened, there should be a clue."

Upon arrival at the 4S shop, the person in charge, upon hearing their request, generously brought out all the sales records of Li Guojing from over the years, "Li Guojing had a real talent for sales, so there are many records. Take your time looking through them."

As the person in charge spoke, he also had someone serve them tea.

As Nan Zhan looked through the records, he said, "Focus on those high-end cars, priced over a million. Surely they’re not owned by just anyone. As for the cheap cars, he probably wouldn’t be interested in those."

"Understood, Mr. Nan."

As the two were going through the records, Nan Zhan’s phone suddenly rang. He saw that it was from the villa’s landline, so he stood up and walked to the window to answer the call.

"Zhengzheng."

"Dad, there’s something I’ve thought about for a long time and decided you need to know about."

"What is it?"

"My mom saw someone at Pizza Hut yesterday, and she hurried out in a panic. When she got back, she said she had seen a suspect on the wanted list, but I think she was lying. After coming home, she just sat on the sofa and kept crying, muttering apologies and something about giving up. She spoke so softly, I couldn’t make it all out. Also, after crying, she acted like nothing had happened. I think she’s hiding something from us."

"Why only tell me now?"

"She wanted to keep it a secret, and I thought I should respect her wishes, but after thinking it over, I decided I should tell you."

After hanging up, Nan Zhan couldn’t help thinking, who are the "sorry" and "want to give up" meant for?

She had a nightmare last night and kept shouting ’dad’ and ’mom’ in her sleep. Her reaction upon waking was also very strange, as if she was hiding something from him.

And today in the afternoon, she took leave and went to the graveyard.

Could it be that she had discovered Li Guojing?

But if she had found the enemy she had been searching for over the past eight years, why did she suddenly want to give up?

At that moment, Liu Tan suddenly spoke, "Mr. Nan, come over here. I’ve found something, and it’s definitely going to surprise you."

Nan Zhan hurried over and took the documents Liu Tan handed him.

"This is Li Guojing’s sales record from right before the case happened eight years ago. According to the record, he sold a Mercedes just three days before the incident, and the name registered for the Mercedes is..."

Nan Zhan’s face went stern: "Nan Zhan."

How was this possible? His name was indeed on the record, but he had no recollection of purchasing a Mercedes eight years ago.

"Mr. Nan." Liu Tan had just received a call and said to Nan Zhan, "There’s news. My people have spotted Li Guojing. He’s been seen in the Nanshan graveyard."

~

Jian Si talked to herself in front of the gravestone for a long time. As she got up, her legs were a bit numb. She rubbed her legs, picked up her backpack and said, "Mom and Dad, I’m leaving now. Next time I come to see you, I’ll surely bring him along."

Jian Si waved at the gravestone and turned around, reflexively stepping back a large step and falling on her buttocks in front of the gravestone, her right arm burning with pain.

Jian Si, surprised, looked at the newcomer. Even though the hat was pulled low, she recognized him at a glance.

She could forget anyone’s face, but not this one. In her midnight dreams, it caused her nightmares. To think that after so many years, he appeared before her again, his features even more ferocious, his whole being emanating a murderous aura.

Jian Si glanced at her slit arm and then at the blood on his switchblade, a bad premonition making her shudder with unease.

He intends to kill her to silence her.

"Help..." Jian Si screamed out loud suddenly.

The man took several large steps forward, one hand covering Jian Si’s mouth, the other raising the switchblade with a fierce glint in his eyes.

Jian Si’s eyes widened, her mind went blank.

She is going to die, she is going to die.

However, the man’s knife didn’t fall. His sinister eyes stared thoughtfully at Jian Si.

And Jian Si also felt his lecherous gaze. She wanted to scream, but her mouth was tightly pressed shut by him; she couldn’t make any sound.

"Don’t be afraid, beautiful. As long as you make me feel good, I promise to kill you with one quick cut, make it painless for you."

Jian Si struggled desperately, shaking her head trying to break free, but it only resulted in Li Guojing treating her even more cruelly,

Jian Si felt an excruciating pain in her scalp, and tears suddenly streamed down her face.

Nan Zhan, save me!

But this place was a secluded graveyard; how could he possibly appear here, unless a miracle happened.

Despair washed over Jian Si like a tide, instantly submerging her.

~

The black sedan sped down the highway, running through countless red lights, with the man driving wearing a grave expression, redialing the same phone number over and over again by his side.

"Jian Si, answer the phone, answer the phone."

Even a calm person like Nan Zhan couldn’t maintain his composure in the face of this sudden catastrophe.

He was almost certain that Li Guojing went to the graveyard to target Jian Si, intending to kill her to cover up the crime.

Li Guojing was tall and strong, how could Jian Si possibly be his match? Besides, she was completely unguarded, life and death hinged on a moment.

She hadn’t been answering her phone, it’s possible that by now she might have already...

Nan Zhan forced himself to stay calm, knowing that panic would only lead to chaos, and chaos would certainly mean not being able to save her.

At that moment, the phone suddenly rang.

Nan Zhan quickly activated the speaker: "How’s it going?"

"Sir, we’ve deployed all our security personnel to search the mountain, but the graveyard is so vast, it’s not something we can find in a short amount of time."

"Is it that hard for you to find a gravestone?" Nan Zhan’s voice had a hint of anger, and the fact that his own anger was so obvious showed that he was really burning up inside.

"Sir, the graveyard is huge, it’s really not that easy to find."

"What is your computer system for? If you can’t find it immediately, and if someone actually loses their life, you’ll be negligent of duty and subject to legal sanctions. I, Nan Zhan, will stop at nothing to sue until your graveyard is shut down."

As soon as these words were spoken, murmurs could be heard from the other end: "Nan Zhan? Can it be that great lawyer, the eldest son of the Nan Family? What are you waiting for, search, deploy everyone."

Nan Zhan hung up the phone and took a deep breath, trying to stay calm, he must stay calm.

When Nan Zhan arrived at the graveyard, some staff were already waiting at the entrance, "We’ve found the gravestone, the computer systems have been updating because of last month’s cemetery rearrangement, so..."

"I don’t want to hear these excuses; lead me there immediately."

Nan Zhan sprinted to the gravestone of the Jian couple. A bunch of fresh tulips still had droplets on them, clearly just placed there.

Nan Zhan closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and strode forward. As he approached the gravestone, he suddenly stopped. In front of his feet, a small pool of dark liquid had already seeped into the soil.

Nan Zhan crouched down and tested it with his hand. It was blood, fresh blood.

His heartbeat quickened, and cold sweat ran down his forehead along his cheeks.

He had faced complex and cruel cases and some mutilated bodies countless times, but none of them made him feel the fear like he did now.

Fear was like weeds, growing layer by layer at the bottom of his heart, nearly preventing him from thinking calmly.

Nan Zhan shook his head hard.

Good, the blood loss isn’t severe; it shouldn’t be a fatal wound. There are slight traces of a struggle at the scene, indicating that Jian Si struggled against the perpetrator.

Footprints? The footprints were messy, likely trampled by people who were searching for the gravestone earlier, basically useless for investigation.

The perpetrator didn’t kill her right away. He must have felt that this place wasn’t secluded enough, or...

A buzz sounded in Nan Zhan’s head.

Forests surrounded the graveyard, and given the size of the forests...

What to do, how to find her? If he was even a step late, not only would she be violated, but the murderer would not hesitate to kill her.

Nan Zhan’s sweat dripped down like rain, his entire body close to collapse.

~

Jian Si was taken by Li Guojing deeper into the woods. The wind blew through the trees, making ghostly howling sounds.

She was thrown in front of a pine and cypress tree by him; his strength was too great, she had no chance to resist.

"Miss, don’t blame me. It’s your fault for not giving up on investigating that old case. If you die, I’ll no longer need to run around and can enjoy my good days in peace," Li Guojing said as he unbuckled his belt, "But, you can consider your death meaningful. Serve me well, and I’ll grant you a quick death."

Li Guojing approached and grabbed Jian Si who was trying to escape. His robust right hand forcefully pulled her hair.

Jian Si was in so much pain it felt as though her scalp would tear away from her body, and she couldn’t help but cry out loud in agony.