The Scheming Ex-Husband's Courtship-Chapter 698 - 604: Lighting Up a Cigarette

Li Guojing was panic-stricken but still kept silent. He knew the man before him was tough to deal with, so he thought it best to keep his mouth shut.

Li Guojing’s silence was anticipated by Nan Zhan, who was not at all in a hurry and leisurely lit a cigarette.

After taking a couple of puffs, he slowly began to speak, "My memory isn’t failing me. Eight years ago, I never bought a Mercedes. However, during that time, I had just won a sensational lawsuit in Aus City. Everyone knew that the Nan Family’s son had made it, so that Mercedes must have been a gift from my mother. She registered the car under my name to surprise me, right, Li Guojing?"

Li Guojing instinctively asked, "Your mother? I don’t know who your mother is."

"Dean He Helan Ying."

Though Li Guojing tried desperately to hide it, his panic-stricken expression did not escape the astute Nan Zhan. Even though it was as he had predicted, Nan Zhan felt his heart sink rapidly.

"If I’m not mistaken, my mother, Helan Ying, was in that car when the accident happened that year."

Li Guojing’s expression became even more unnatural, looking around furtively.

"Li Guojing, you’ve been a car salesman at a dealership for five years and were a taxi driver before that, having ample driving experience. You weren’t drunk driving nor driving while fatigued, so why did such a terrible accident happen suddenly? I’ve investigated that stretch of road, it’s not prone to accidents, and the traffic lights are well-set. Why would an experienced driver make such a rookie mistake? Perhaps it was negligence, but I think it’s more likely that the person driving the car then wasn’t you, but my mother, Helan Ying," said Nan Zhan, watching Li Guojing’s reaction intently, and sure enough, he saw panic and shock in his eyes.

Even though he didn’t admit it openly, Nan Zhan already knew that what he said was the truth, a wave of sorrow and resignation instantly overwhelmed his emotions. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

"Eight years ago, my mother, Helan Ying, had just obtained her driving license. You were with her picking up the car and driving it back. Due to her inexperienced driving skills and nervousness, a severe accident occurred. She was very scared, and after persuading you with a handsome sum of money to swap places with her, she hurriedly got out of the car, so Jian Si, when he woke up from the accident, only saw you. My mother promised to pay you money to flee far away, and also said she would handle the traffic police so they would not pursue it further. You agreed happily seeing the money," recounted Nan Zhan.

Li Guojing, shocked, looked up, "How do you know this?"

So it was true, a sigh of grief escaped Nan Zhan’s lips, a bitter smile on his face. His biological mother, Helan Ying, was the one who had killed Jian Si’s parents.

Realizing he had inadvertently spilled the beans, Li Guojing was startled. It had been over eight years, but the way Nan Zhan described it, it was as though it just happened, shocking him into accidentally letting it slip.

"Since you already know, I won’t hide it any longer. This time I returned to get money from your mother, and that woman, it was her bad luck, she was tracking me and I found out. Your mom said that she had been relentlessly investigating the past incident all these years. Just by her dying, I could take your mom’s money and gain my freedom," he revealed.

"So, it was my mom who implied you should kill her?"

Li Guojing lifted his head, neither confirming nor denying.

"I regret now," Nan Zhan stood up suddenly, grabbing Li Guojing by the neck and pressing him down on the hospital bed, his black eyes filled with terrifying murderous intent, "I regret not stabbing you to death that day on the mountain. Someone like you deserves to spend a lifetime in prison."

Li Guojing, now frightened by him, knew very well he was no match for this man, said somewhat perturbed, "This matter, your mom holds more than half the responsibility, it’s not all my fault. It was she who hit the person, I just took the blame for the money."

Nan Zhan’s dark eyes fixed firmly on him, the force in his hands steadily increasing, veins bulging.

Although Li Guojing could still speak just a moment ago, now his face was turning iron blue, his eyes widened, barely able to breathe, genuinely afraid that this man might strangle him in a fit of rage.

But at the critical moment, Nan Zhan still loosened his grip, his gaze coldly fixed on him, "Heal up from your injuries, because what waits for you is a lifetime behind bars."