After Zhang Lang and the others left, Jiang Ning looked at the warm and bright sunlight on the balcony, picked up two foam boxes that had been placed on the table, moving them to the floor. Next, she picked up her phone and snapped a photo to send to Qi Xingzhou.
Despite Zhang Lang’s efforts to reach the elusive Qi Family Clam Shell earlier, Qi Xingzhou promptly initiated a video call to Jiang Ning upon receiving her message.
His fair and handsome features immediately appeared on the screen, and his beautiful eyes couldn’t hide the surprise they betrayed, seemingly pleased that Jiang Ning had taken the initiative to contact him.
Cradling his phone, Qi Xingzhou looked intently at Jiang Ning on the screen, his voice clear, "Ning Ning, what is this?"
"These were just delivered by Zhang Lang and his colleague." Jiang Ning sat cross-legged on the floor, with delicate fingers tapping on the phone screen. The camera switched as she tapped, changing from the front-facing camera to the rear one.
Jiang Ning held the phone up, showing Qi Xingzhou the contents of the foam boxes: "Look, there are letters from netizens, as well as certificates of honor and gifts from Capital City Public Security for our previous captures. There are ones for me, and for you too."
"I’m organizing these things right now. When will you have time? Come by and take yours back with you," Jiang Ning said.
Qi Xingzhou originally wasn’t interested in these things.
He was just happy that Jiang Ning had contacted him.
But upon hearing Jiang Ning’s last words, Qi Xingzhou’s eyes gleamed with clarity and brightness, and he instantly perked up, "I have time right now!"
"Well then, come over now." Jiang Ning had no other plans today, Shen Zha’s program was a monthly one, with each episode’s filming taking about eight to ten days.
They had just finished filming the fourth episode not long ago. She wouldn’t have to join the next session for another week, so there was no rush.
If she was going to Guan City, what about Qi Xingzhou? Should she invite him to come along?
Jiang Ning paused for a moment with the item in her hand.
But, the next instant, Jiang Ning found it somewhat amusing.
Lately, she had developed a sense of responsibility for Qi Xingzhou.
Wherever she went, she seemed to want to take him with her.
Besides recording the program in Guan City, she also needed to find the exact location of that small mountain village from her past, uncover why she had been sold there, who had sold her, and who had bought her.
Moreover, she had to find out if there were any other victims besides herself.
All of these issues seemed unlikely to be resolved in a short period.
During this time, Qi Xingzhou had undergone considerable changes after consuming the System’s Merit Apples.
The man who had once been so averse to the outside world could not only communicate with others but had even started learning to drive and was on his way to getting a driver’s license, changing day by day.
Even Ji Shuang frequently sent messages praising Jiang Ning, attributing Qi Xingzhou’s rapid betterment to his acquaintance with Jiang Ning.
As for Qi Chen... he expressed himself in his usual simple and unadorned way, sending red packets, constantly gifting Jiang Ning with them, demonstrating his financial capability to the fullest.
Jiang Ning pondered that, since she had more than a week before joining the next filming session, it might be a good idea to take Qi Xingzhou to capture a few more criminals during this time and see if he could make a full recovery.
Meanwhile, on the screen, Qi Xingzhou, already suffused with delight, was hurrying down from the instructor’s car, heading towards his own sedan, unaware of Jiang Ning’s brief moment of hesitation.
As for the location of Jiang Ning’s residence, not to mention Qi Xingzhou knew it by heart, even Qi Xingzhou’s driver was thoroughly familiar with it.
After all, he had worked for the Qi Family for so many years. In the past, he only needed to drive Qi Jingshan to the company, take Ji Shuang to gatherings with her friends, and occasionally deliver some things for Qi Chen to the company, which was an easy job.
The family’s young master was rarely seen by him, only when Qi Jingshan or Qi Chen coerced him into coming out.
However, such opportunities were very rare, maybe only once or twice a month, and sometimes he wouldn’t see the young master for two or three months.
Until this last month, when the changes in Qi Xingzhou had come as a shock to him.
This young master, who had never cared to interact with others before, not only can communicate normally now, but also goes out more often than before, all initiated by himself!
Moreover, he is about to obtain his driver’s license.
Soon, he should be able to drive on his own.
This development, this transformation, really shocked Lu Wu.
It wasn’t until after he had dropped Qi Xingzhou off at Jiang Ning’s place a few times that Lu Wu came to his realization.
No wonder he thought the young master’s change was so drastic.
It turns out to be the magic of love.
Lu Wu, maintaining a stoic expression on his face and keeping a respectful distance from Qi Xingzhou as an employee, actually kept up with all the gossip and complaints over these days without missing a single one.
He even remembered the location of Jiang Ning’s residence clearly, just waiting for Qi Xingzhou’s command so that he could hit the gas and bring the delicate and tender young master directly to her.
About twenty minutes later, Lu Wu parked the car at the entrance of the residential complex, watching Qi Xingzhou enter with an affectionate gaze.
Qi Xingzhou, unaware of his stoic yet internally dramatic driver, took light steps into the elevator and soon arrived at Jiang Ning’s home.
Jiang Ning had already sorted out the items from the foam box.
There were three piles in total: the largest was hers, a smaller one belonged to Qi Xingzhou, and the smallest pile, containing just over a dozen letters, was shared between her and Qi Xingzhou.
Jiang Ning didn’t understand why those dozen or so correspondents had written both her and Qi Xingzhou’s names on the recipients’ list.
Since Qi Xingzhou hadn’t arrived yet, Jiang Ning had not touched the letters addressed to both of them.
Before Qi Xingzhou’s arrival, Jiang Ning opened only those that were classified as her own.
After reading about a dozen letters, Jiang Ning more or less understood why she and Qi Xingzhou received so many thank-you letters directed to Capital City Public Security.
They had recently caught a group of phone scammers and exposed the dark secrets of the employees under Ocean Fundraising in a live broadcast.
Most of these letters of thanks were from victims and benefactors of these two cases.
Jiang Ning’s appearance at that time was unexpected for those criminals.
These fraudsters hadn’t even had the chance to transfer out the scam money in their possession before the police exposed and seized all of it.
After a thorough investigation, the assets were all returned to the victims’ accounts by the police.
The response to the scam on the Ocean Fundraising Platform was handled in the same way.
Under the supervision of the police, Ocean Fundraising took the initiative to release all the frozen charitable funds in full to the beneficiaries.
At the same time, under thorough investigation by the police, many violations on the Ocean Platform, such as uploading false information by solicitors and fraudulent fundraising, were discovered.
These funds were also returned in full, back to the benevolent donors.
Not only the Ocean Platform but also other fundraising platforms couldn’t escape this round of stringent regulation.
Scams, platform employees taking undeclared commissions, and other malpractices were wiped out almost instantly.
New measures were introduced on the platform, along with an additional channel for manual feedback and reporting.
The atmosphere was much purified, and those genuinely in need were no longer suppressed or exploited by the staff, finally gaining the opportunity to receive donations.
And those charitable donors could at last to those who truly needed help, not to unscrupulous, black-hearted swindlers.
Neither the solicitors nor the donors could have imagined that a beam of justice would suddenly and forcefully descend, chasing away the darkness.