Jiang Chiyan went to the police station.
Before he left, Xiao Cheng insisted on going with him.
Jiang Chiyan asked him impassively, "If we're photographed leaving a hotel room together, do you really want to live on the trending list?"
Xiao Cheng was at a loss for words.
Jiang Chiyan squeezed his hand. "Boyfriend, wait at home for me. Be good."
Jiang Chiyan soon arrived at the police station.
By the time he arrived, Shen Yunxing was already out.
Shen Yunxing's assistant and Su Jing were with her.
Jiang Chiyan looked at Su Jing in surprise.
Su Jing said, "Chiyan, someone posted bail for Yunxing."
"Who?" Jiang Chiyan froze for a moment.
A case involving a fatal traffic accident...
Was it really that easy to get bail??
Su Jing was quite puzzled too. She said quietly, "It was your third brother, Jiang Shun. He even told me not to tell Sister Yunxing."
Neither Su Jing nor Jiang Chiyan noticed...
Shen Yunxing, who had been quiet the whole time.
The instant she heard Jiang Shun's name.
Her eyes reddened.
Shen Yunxing sniffled and looked at Jiang Chiyan.
"Lawyer Jiang, I really didn't hit that old lady. I wasn't driving drunk."
Shen Yunxing felt so wronged that she was on the verge of tears.
Fighting back her tears, she told Jiang Chiyan everything that had happened.
"I went to a business dinner this evening and had two drinks. I hired a designated driver to take me home."
"On the way, I saw that old lady covered in blood, lying motionless and barely alive."
"I didn't think much of it. I told the driver to stop so we could take her to the hospital first."
"Her injuries were too severe, and they couldn't save her. Her son accused me of killing her in a drunk-driving accident and demanded ten million on the spot to settle it privately. Otherwise, he said he'd expose me."
"Lawyer Jiang, it really wasn't me."
Jiang Chiyan nodded and said with certainty, "I know it wasn't you."
Shen Yunxing froze. "You believe me?"
Jiang Chiyan asked her in return, "The old lady had died, and her body wasn't even cold yet. Instead of grieving, her own son threatened you for money. Does that sound reasonable to you?"
As if waking from a dream, Shen Yunxing said, "Y-you mean..."
Jiang Chiyan raised his eyes. "A staged accident scam."
"This was a premeditated extortion scheme."
"Miss Shen, they'd been waiting for you for quite some time."
Shen Yunxing staggered, her face deathly pale.
She couldn't believe it. "B-but... that was a human life!"
Shen Yunxing's assistant was skeptical too. "Lawyer Jiang, would someone really sacrifice a life just to stage an accident and scam someone out of money?"
Jiang Chiyan gave a casual smile.
His gaze fell on the car behind Shen Yunxing.
A blue Volvo.
"Miss Shen, do you mind if I take a look?"
Shen Yunxing nodded, but looked a little troubled.
"Lawyer Jiang, the back seat is covered in blood. I haven't had time to clean it yet. It's a bit dirty..."
Jiang Chiyan acted as though he hadn't heard.
He stepped forward and pulled open the rear door.
A strong smell of blood hit them.
Shen Yunxing's assistant couldn't stomach it and vomited all over the ground.
She threw up every last bit of her dinner.
Jiang Chiyan asked Su Jing, "Can you smell it?"
Su Jing nodded. "Blood, a very faint stink, and another smell... something pungent, like a chemical."
Jiang Chiyan said, "It's formalin."
Formalin was a chemical solution used to preserve corpses and prevent them from decomposing.
Shen Yunxing went pale. "Then... that stink is..."
"The smell of a decomposing body." Jiang Chiyan closed the car door.
"Miss Shen, when you saw that old lady tonight, she was already a corpse."
Shen Yunxing swallowed in disbelief.
The look she gave Jiang Chiyan.
Was filled with shock and admiration.
Shen Yunxing had met many renowned lawyers.
The legal department at Xiao Cheng Studio alone had plenty of lawyers earning tens of millions a year.
But tonight.
When the studio's lawyers spoke to her.
They either advised her to settle privately and pay to avoid trouble.
Or said she had little chance of winning the case.
But Jiang Chiyan was different.
He was rational, calm, composed, and formidable.
Jiang Chiyan had spent just five minutes listening to Shen Yunxing tell her story.
Then.
The work of the police, the forensic examiner, the lawyer...
With his 180-IQ brain, he had handled it all by himself.
Shen Yunxing immediately began looking to Jiang Chiyan as her pillar of support.
"Lawyer Jiang, what do we do next?"
Jiang Chiyan glanced at his watch.
It was already five past midnight.
He told Shen Yunxing, "Come to my law firm with me and tell me any other details."
This case...
Had to be dealt with before public opinion began to build.
As quickly as possible.
Otherwise, they would be in serious trouble.
Jiang Chiyan pinched the bridge of his nose and glanced at Shen Yunxing.
He considered that she was a young woman and a celebrity, and that going out so late at night might be inconvenient for her.
Thoughtful and gentlemanly, Jiang Chiyan said, "Bring your assistant. I'll have Su Jing stay with you both. Or... shall I call Jiang Shun over?"
Shen Yunxing's expression shifted slightly, and she reacted fiercely. "I don't know Jiang Shun! Don't call him over!!"
Jiang Shun's name was like a knife.
It sliced open the scar buried deep in her heart.
The pain was raw and bloody.
Jiang Chiyan nodded, a glimmer of understanding surfacing in his eyes.
That Yun Xing his third brother couldn't stop thinking about.
Yun Xing and Shen Yunxing.
Perhaps they were...
Jiang Chiyan asked no further questions and took them back to the law firm.
Back in his office, Jiang Chiyan switched straight into work mode.
After hearing Shen Yunxing recount every detail.
All night long.
Jiang Chiyan watched the hospital's surveillance footage and reviewed all kinds of case files.
Until the first pale light appeared in the sky.
Holding his coffee cup, Jiang Chiyan stretched languidly.
The key evidence in the case.
He had found it...
Just then-
"Ah!!"
A terrified scream came from outside the office.
It was Su Jing's voice.
Something had happened!