"You said it was a woman?" Pei Yansi furrowed his brows intensely.
Zhao Jin, who was following by his side, couldn’t help but remind Wang Zhiqiang, "Do you still remember what you said before coming to the Chen Family?"
"You said the other party was a man, with a drake voice, that you could identify him by his voice, but now you’ve changed your tune to a woman; how can we believe you?"
Wang Zhiqiang was a man found by Zhao Jin, in whom Pei Yansi trusted for his ability to handle affairs; he had been by his side for many years without ever making a mistake.
Moreover, after the brief interaction just now, Wang Zhiqiang seemed like an upright man who wasn’t greedy for money that wasn’t his, only forced to dirty his hands for his mother’s medical fees.
Faced with the questioning from Pei Yansi and Zhao Jin, Wang Zhiqiang panicked, and his speech became stammered.
"My words are not yet finished; the person who contacted me did indeed appear as a man whose face could not be discerned due to a mask."
"But I clearly remember the scene of the car accident that day; it was my first time doing something against my conscience, so I remember it very clearly."
Wang Zhiqiang might have noticed the suspicion in Pei Yansi’s and Zhao Jin’s reactions to his words, so he couldn’t resist intensifying his speech to prove his innocence.
"Go on," Pei Yansi said, his gaze intense as he stared at the forthright worker before him.
Wang Zhiqiang swallowed, terrified almost to death, and his speech sped up like firecrackers.
"I mean, that day, during the car accident, I was at the scene, and there indeed was a woman in the car, though she didn’t seem to be the same lady I met just now."
"Clarify your words," Pei Yansi’s gaze turned cold in an instant, as if it had frozen.
His overwhelming presence pressed on Wang Zhiqiang’s nerves, making it feel like there was a stone blocking his chest; he quickly organized his phrasing.
"In my life, I’ve never done anything against my conscience except for that last time when I collected money for my mother’s medical fees, which was an utterly conscienceless act, so I remember it particularly clearly."
"I remember that day, during the car accident, there indeed was a woman in the car, but her arm got cut by glass, surely leaving a scar; the lady I saw today had a smooth inner arm."
"Are you saying that the person in the car that day wasn’t Chen Lingmeng?" Pei Yansi’s gaze became sharp and piercing, like the edge of a blade.
Wang Zhiqiang nodded vigorously, very certain, "Yes."
Pei Yansi glanced at Zhao Jin, causing Zhao Jin to shiver internally.
"You don’t have to worry about your mother’s medical fees anymore; I will cover them and ensure she receives the best doctor to aid her recovery," Pei Yansi finally broke the deathly atmosphere after a moment of silence.
Wang Zhiqiang nodded gratefully, "Boss, thank you. As long as my mother can get better soon, I’ll cooperate with whatever you ask of me."
"Arrange a safe place for him to stay," Pei Yansi instructed Zhao Jin.
Zhao Jin acknowledged, "Understood."
He then looked up at the grateful Wang Zhiqiang, "Come with me."
They got into another car while Pei Yansi sat alone in a Rolls-Royce, driving away from the Chen family estate.
The words that Wang Zhiqiang had just spoken still echoed in his ears, like a curse.
He claimed that the person in the car during the accident was not Chen Lingmeng; however, Pei Yansi couldn’t fully trust his words without proof.
The news of the Chen Group heiress’s car accident had made the hot search previously, but later the Chen family spent a lot of money to block all the messages on the internet.
Although some time had passed since the incident, pulling up some traces now, like photos from the accident scene, shouldn’t be too difficult.
Pei Yansi picked up his phone and made a call to Zhao Jin, "Reinvestigate the car accident involving Chen Lingmeng, and try to find some photos from the scene. The clearer, the better."
After hanging up, Pei Yansi raised his hand and pinched the bridge of his nose.
Involuntarily, an image of a face, placid yet beautiful, surfaced in his mind.
Suddenly, he felt breathless, as if a huge boulder was pressing on his chest.
He wondered how Shen Heyu and Yuexue were doing?
He picked up his phone again and checked Shen Heyu’s social circle, only to find a line across it—she had blocked him.
He didn’t disturb Shen Heyu, not even allowing him the chance to silently follow her life updates.
With a helpless tug at the corner of his mouth, a wave of melancholy slowly appeared in Pei Yansi’s eyes.
An hour later, the car stopped on the lawn at the gate of the Pei Family’s villa, the driver unbuckled, got out, and opened the car door.
When Pei Yansi returned home, Zhao Jin was already waiting for him in the study, holding a document envelope.
"President Pei, these are the photos from the accident scene you asked me to investigate," Zhao Jin handed over the document envelope.
The envelope wasn’t thick. On opening it, there were about four or five photos.
Out of the five photos, only one captured the woman in the car, but it was just a back view without even a side profile.
Pei Yansi frowned, the silhouette of the woman was very similar to Chen Lingmeng’s appearance.
He scrutinized the woman in the photos, saw her dressed in a Klein Blue long dress, turned sideways to the camera, with the seat blocking her arms, making it impossible to see with his eyes whether her hand was injured.
"President Pei, are you thinking about what Wang Zhiqiang just said?"
Pei Yansi hummed in agreement.
He had always been investigating who was behind the car accident. The Chen Family firmly insisted that Pei Yansi was responsible, morally coercing him into marrying Chen Lingmeng.
Whether he was the one responsible, he knew clearly, but due to lack of evidence at the moment, he could only suffer the Chen Family’s blackmail.
Even as a result of this, he had helplessly watched Shen Heyu leave him and take his beloved daughter to another man.
Pei Yansi took a deep breath, slowly closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his gaze was as sharp as blades.
He would definitely find out who framed him and make him pay a heavy price.
"President Pei, I will continue to investigate the photos from the accident scene."
"I know," Pei Yansi put down the photo in his hand.
He picked up his phone; regardless of whether what Wang Zhiqiang said was true or false, he needed to confirm whether Chen Lingmeng’s arm was injured or not.
He had never paid attention to Chen Lingmeng, even though she was always around him, he never noticed whether her arm was injured.
He made a call to Chen Lingmeng.
"Do you have time tomorrow? Would you like to go shopping? I’ll take you."