SS Chapter 26

Ye Xiaochen struggled with all her might, screaming, “Qin Kai, what are you doing? Are you crazy? I’m not Chu Yao—”

With a muffled “thump,” Ye Xiaochen’s head hit the floor. She felt like her head was splitting open, and the pain made her vision go black. But Qin Kai didn’t stop. After grabbing Ye Xiaochen’s head and repeatedly slamming it several times, Qin Kai let go. Ye Xiaochen had already collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

The pain in the back of her head, the feeling on her body, and the return of her memories quickly made Ye Xiaochen understand what had happened. Tears instantly filled her eyes. She trembled as she carefully pushed Qin Kai away.

Qin Kai was pushed over and rolled to the side.

Rao Xian originally wanted to push her away, but thinking about what Ye Xiaochen had just experienced, he ultimately didn’t. Instead, he tried to pat her shoulder to comfort her.

The female police officer acknowledged. But Ye Xiaochen grabbed Rao Xian’s clothes and wouldn’t let go. Her eyes were blurry with tears: “Brother Rao, I just wanted to find the truth for Cheng Yang. I wanted to help you investigate the case. I… I didn’t expect… I didn’t expect it to be like this… He… I…”

Ye Xiaochen’s tears couldn’t be stopped at all.

But Rao Xian had no other words to comfort her.

Investigating cases wasn’t a game. They were facing evil, and no one knew how many secrets were hidden behind it. That’s why he had previously told Ye Xiaochen not to act on her own, but in the end, Ye Xiaochen didn’t listen to him.

Unable to bear being harsh with Ye Xiaochen, Rao Xian could only comfort her, “Leave the rest to us, I’ll take a statement first!”

Ye Xiaochen sobbed, finally letting go of Rao Xian’s clothes and being led away by the female police officer.

Only then did Rao Xian descend the stairs and return to the art studio.

Rao Xian surveyed the surroundings. There weren’t many paintings in the art studio. The smell of oil paints and alcohol mixed together was extremely pungent. Rao Xian walked over and flipped through Qin Kai’s paintings. Besides some abstract works that he couldn’t understand, most of them were portraits of people, and the subject of these portraits was only one person—Chu Yao.

In the paintings, Chu Yao was either smiling, coquettish, pure, or playful, with deep affection apparent in the corners of her eyes and eyebrows. This Qin Kai had painted so many of Chu Yao, his feelings for her must have been very deep. But such a man had assaulted Ye Xiaochen, was it just drunken misconduct?

Rao Xian screwed the lid back on and returned the medicine bottle to Shao Hui. Shao Hui handed it to a police officer, instructing them to label the medicine and compare it with the medicine found in Wang Ling’s dormitory.

Rao Xian frowned.

Shao Hui said, “Ye Xiaochen is being comforted and giving her statement. After such a thing happened… we’ll send her home later. She needs her family to console her. The rest is to investigate what relationship this Qin Kai has with Wang Ling.”

Speaking of Ye Xiaochen, Rao Xian suddenly thought of Ye Xiaochen’s mother. He wondered if that woman would make a scene again. His frown deepened.

Soon, the ambulance arrived. The paramedics tested Qin Kai and found that he was indeed unconscious. They carried him onto the vehicle and sent him to the hospital.

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On the other side, after several inquiries and investigations, Sha Rou and Duan Yisong finally found Jiang Sujun’s whereabouts.

Sha Rou and Duan Yisong were very surprised: “A vegetable?”

“Yes, it’s been more than ten years.”

Sha Rou and Duan Yisong exchanged a look. Jiang Sujun had actually been a vegetable for more than ten years? No wonder it was almost impossible to find any recent information about her.

Sha Rou asked, “How did she become a vegetable?”

The nurse: “According to the old nurses, she accidentally fell down the stairs and suffered brain damage when she hit her head.”

Sha Rou and Duan Yisong exchanged another look. They didn’t expect Jiang Sujun had been in an accident for so long, but since they were already there, they couldn’t leave empty-handed. They still wanted to see Jiang Sujun.

Seeing that the two insisted, the nurse said: “Then come with me!”

Thus, Sha Rou and Duan Yisong followed behind the nurse, walking towards the nursing home’s ward area.

Along the way, Sha Rou and Duan Yisong noticed that the nursing home covered a large area, with elegant surroundings and complete facilities, but there didn’t seem to be many patients.

“Here we are, it’s here.” The nurse stopped at the door of a ward and opened the door.

Sha Rou looked at the nurse: “Who decorated her ward like this?”

The nurse couldn’t help but sigh.

Jiang Sujun on the bed was completely unaware. For her, being alive and being dead were no different, even it was better to get release. Looking at the bedroom-like decorations, Sha Rou couldn’t guess what kind of mood Yue Zhonglin was in when he continued to take care of this woman, especially with the dazzling artistic photos on the wall contrasting with the withered flower-like woman on the bed. It all seemed like satire!

It was Yue Zhonglin again!

Rao Xian looked up at the sky. Black clouds were heavy and gloomy, carrying the wind and a chill. His leg started to hurt again. It was going to rain!

Rao Xian tightened his grip on his cane and said: “Then let’s go together.”

“Alright!” Shao Hui put his phone in his pocket and stepped forward.

“Team Rao, wait a moment.”

A female police officer stopped Rao Xian. Rao Xian turned his head and saw the female police officer calling him from the side of the car. Rao Xian signaled Shao Hui to wait and frowned, asking: “What’s the matter?”

Rao Xian walked over in surprise, seeing Ye Xiaochen sitting in the back seat with a blanket over her shoulders.

Rao Xian turned his head and asked the female police officer why she hadn’t taken Ye Xiaochen to the hospital.

Before the female police officer could answer, Ye Xiaochen sniffed and said: “I’ve already given my statement. I’m fine. I’ll go to the hospital later.”

Rao Xian turned back: “I just said you hit your head and even fainted. Why haven’t you gone to the hospital yet?”

“I’m fine!” Ye Xiaochen stubbornly said.

“I…”

Rao Xian: “What do you want to say?”

“You… what did you say?” Rao Xian doubted that he had heard wrong. In order to overturn Cheng Yang’s case, Ye Xiaochen was even willing not to pursue the rape?

Ye Xiaochen twisted the blanket with her hands, her voice was low but very firm: “Brother Rao, I’ve thought it over. The two boys who were killed yesterday were also members of the fan club like Yang Miaoting. There might be a connection between them. Yang Miaoting and Qin Kai are very familiar. I’ll ask Qin Kai. He definitely knows something. Cheng Yang wouldn’t kill anyone. He might have been implicated by Yang Miaoting. If Qin Kai…”

Rao Xian interrupted Ye Xiaochen’s words: “We will investigate this.”

“Really?” Ye Xiaochen stared at Rao Xian’s eyes, which were filled with hope.

“Really, so you don’t need to use yourself as the price to investigate this case.”

Rao Xian didn’t comment on such Ye Xiaochen. The law wasn’t child’s play. He just wanted to persuade this silly girl to go to the hospital as soon as possible and not to act on her own.

Ye Xiaochen was scolded by him and became silent.

“I can not tell her, but you must tell your family. You’re a girl who has suffered such a thing, your relatives need to know.”

Ye Xiaochen lowered her head: “Then, you tell her yourself!”

Ye Xiaochen nodded.

Rao Xian gave the female police officer standing aside a look. The female police officer came over, closed the car door, and took Ye Xiaochen to the hospital.

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