the seventh bride

Chapter 230 Zhu Zhu's Death
However, without giving her a chance to refuse, Nan Gongchen took the car keys from her hand, and pulled Bai Muqing towards the direction of the car.

After watching the two of them get into the car and leave, Assistant Yan took a deep breath helplessly, turned around and looked at Qiao Feng: "It seems that we have been waiting for nothing this afternoon, let's go, I will take you back."

Qiao Feng turned his eyes back from the gate of the courtyard, took a deep breath as well, and said bitterly, "Thank you."

"Thank you, I was also entrusted by others." Assistant Yan pushed him out of the police station compound, and was about to take a taxi to the side of the road to go back. Thinking that Bai Muqing was not at home, he would also do it himself after sending Qiao Feng back. If I can't eat, I might as well eat outside and then go back.

"Yeah." She was a little embarrassed to say: "It happens that everyone is hungry, why don't we go back after eating."

"Okay." Qiao Feng replied a little blankly: "What do you want to eat?"

"Just eat whatever you want."

There happened to be a good-looking western restaurant in front of them, and the two of them were led by the waiter to a booth by the window and sat down.

After the two ordered their meals, the waiter looked at them and asked, "Do you want some red wine?"

"No, thank you." Assistant Yan instinctively refused, determined not to drink any more tonight.

Qiao Feng looked at the obvious lingering fear on Assistant Yan's face, and a trace of guilt flashed in his heart. He knew that Assistant Yan was afraid of what happened last time.

After the waiter backed away, Assistant Yan struggled for a while, then stared at Qiao Feng and asked hesitantly, "Young Master Qiao, I'm curious if you knew Miss Bai's true identity early on?"

Qiao Feng obviously didn't expect her to ask such a question, he hesitated for a moment before nodding: "That's right."

"Is that why you have been refusing to let her go?"

"Yes."

"Then what now? Nangong Chen already knows everything, are you still not going to let go?" Assistant Yan asked again.

"Do you think I should let go?" Qiao Feng finally moved his eyes from the water glass to her face, and said calmly: "Now is the most dangerous time, the old lady can restrain Zhu Zhu and force her to set fire House. You must be able to treat Mu Qing like this, if I let go now, she will only have a dead end, right?"

Assistant Yan admired and understood his idea, but still couldn't help but speak well of Nangong Chen: "Young Master Chen won't let the old lady do this."

"Young Master Chen can't beat the old lady at all." Qiao Feng said, in his opinion, Nangong Chen is not capable of protecting Bai Muqing at all, especially when it comes to beating a lover.

"Then what are you going to do next?"

"Mu Qing said that she would leave here with me after finishing the matter. Now that Zhu Zhu is dead, Pu Lianyao should not be far from death." Qiao Feng took a sip from the water glass and said calmly: "I want to take her Leave this place of right and wrong, stay away from Nangong's house."

"You want to take her abroad?"

Qiao Feng looked at her with a surprised face and asked, "Shouldn't it be?"

"Uh." Assistant Yan sneered: "I don't have the right to express my opinion, I just think...you should give Chen Shao a chance, maybe this time he can protect Miss Bai well?"

"Everyone has only one life and one heart, can I let her try it?" Qiao Feng suddenly said excitedly.

Assistant Yan was taken aback by his excitement, and hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I was just talking casually, Young Master Qiao, don't be angry."

Qiao Feng tried his best to calm down the anger in his heart. In fact, he didn't want to get angry with Assistant Yan, and he shouldn't. His anger all came from Nangong Chen. He should confront him directly, but...he doesn't have the ability, so he can only Out here on an innocent woman.

"I'm sorry." He took a light breath and softened his tone: "Miss Yan, it's me who should say I'm sorry."

"It's okay." Assistant Yan smiled awkwardly: "Actually, we all want the people around us to live well, and there is no malicious intent, right?"

I have to admit that she still admires Qiao Feng. Except for Nangong Chen, Qiao Feng is the only person she has ever met who is affectionate and wholeheartedly considerate of each other. It's a pity that he fell in love with Nangong Chen's woman. This is true. It is very sympathetic.
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Two hours later, the sleeping Bai Muqing finally woke up from hunger. She moved her body sleepily, and found that her body felt a sense of restraint that could not be stretched.

She quietly opened her eyes, and found that she was lying on the chair in the carriage, with a familiar scent of perfume in her nostrils, which was the woody fragrance that Nangong Chen had kept in the carriage.She took another look at herself, and it was also covered with Nangongchen's suit jacket.

Consciousness came back to her mind bit by bit, she remembered that she was brought to the car by Nan Gongchen, and then fell asleep somehow.

That's right, she actually fell asleep in Nangong Chen's car.

"Are you awake?" Nan Gongchen put his palm on her forehead and stroked it lightly.

"Why did I fall asleep?" Bai Muqing sat up straight suddenly, and Nangong Chen adjusted her seat accordingly.

"I see you are exhausted."

"How long have I been asleep?" Bai Muqing stroked her cheek with her hand, and straightened her clothes.

Nangong Chen raised his watch and glanced at the time: "Not much, just two hours."

"God! Why didn't you wake me up earlier?" She actually slept in his car for two hours?What about him?She turned her head and looked at him. Could it be that he stayed with her in the car for two hours?
"What to eat?"

"I'm not hungry."

"How can you not be hungry if you haven't eaten dinner? Even if you're not hungry, I'm hungry too." Nangong Chen started the car and drove to a nearby coffee shop.It's so late, it seems that only the coffee shop is more suitable for eating something quietly.

The car soon stopped at the door of a coffee shop. Nan Gongchen got out of the car and went around to her side, opened the door and extended his palm to her.

Bai Muqing didn't hold the palm he extended, but got out of the car.

Probably because she slept in the car for too long, as soon as her legs stepped on the ground, she tilted to the side and fell into his arms.

"How many times have I told you, don't be brave when you don't have the ability." Nan Gongchen reprimanded in her ear, slammed the car door with one hand and led her to the entrance of the coffee shop.

Nangong Chen asked the waiter for a private room, and decided to serve Bai Muqing and his meal again. As soon as the waiter walked out, Nangong Chen grabbed Bai Muqing's wrist with one hand and pulled her into his arms, while patting her. Kissing her hair on the back: "Are you frightened? I was also frightened by you, and my legs are so frightened that my legs are weak..."

Being held tightly in her arms, Bai Muqing felt that it was difficult to breathe.

She was indeed terrified, especially when she saw Zhu Zhu's head in a pool of blood, she was so frightened that she froze.

She tried her best to smile, and hugged his waist: "Didn't you say that I will be fine, and you will be fine."

"Are your hands hurt?" Nan Gongchen suddenly let go of her, grabbed her hands and looked at her wrists.The handcuffed area on the wrist still has a distinct red color.

Nangong Chen stroked the mark on it gently back and forth with his fingertips, feeling very distressed.What he felt distressed was not only the strangle marks on her wrist, but also the embarrassment she felt when she was handcuffed as a murderer today.

"This little mark doesn't hurt at all, don't be like this." Bai Muqing reassured.

"Tell me, what's going on with all this, why did you go to stay in that broken hotel? And you were also regarded as a major suspect in Zhu Zhu's murder." Nangong Chen's tone became a lot more anxious.

Bai Muqing slightly avoided her small face, feeling a little embarrassed to speak.

But these things should not be hidden from Nangong Chen, and there is no need to hide them. She hesitated for a while before saying: "I know you let Zhu Zhu go, I am not reconciled, I guessed that she will definitely be happy after leaving Nangong's house." Continue to conspire with Pu Lianyao to do evil. So, so I tracked down to the hotel where she was staying without telling everyone, and checked into the room next to her with a fake name."

"In the morning, I really heard movement in her room, and I also heard Pu Lianyao's voice. Pu Lianyao gave Zhu Zhu a trick to make her leave a suicide note and fake her death. I secretly recorded their conspiracy with my mobile phone, intending to expose them afterwards, but Pu Lianyao took advantage of Zhu Zhu not paying attention and drove her downstairs, and fell to her death on the spot." Looking at the scene at that time, Bai Muqing still has lingering fears to this day, and she trembled slightly in fear.

Nangong Chen felt her fear, stretched out his hand to hold her in his arms, and comforted her silently.

Bai Muqing went on to say: "When Zhu Zhu fell, I screamed instinctively, which was heard by Pu Lianyao. She was afraid that the matter would be revealed, so she sent someone to pretend to be a hotel worker and snatched my mobile phone away. Then I I was taken away by the police, and they found that I stayed anonymously and was next to Zhu Zhu, so they listed me as a major suspect."

Her voice lowered, and her tone was full of helplessness: "It's all because I was too anxious to escape from the hotel, so that Pu Lianyao had the opportunity to snatch the phone away."

Nangong Chen was silent, and after a while he spit out with some fear: "Don't do such a dangerous thing next time..."

Bai Muqing remained silent.

"What if Pu Lianyao's people stab you with a knife instead of stealing your phone? Have you thought about the consequences?" He added.

Bai Muqing finally spoke, and said with a little aggrieved: "There's no other way, who told you to let Zhu Zhu go, I can only rely on myself to avenge myself."

"Fool, she lied to me, caused you to lose your most beloved grandma, and almost killed you twice, do you think I will let her go so easily? I let her go because of it." Nangong Chen smiled bitterly Laugh: "It's because she forced me to make a poisonous oath to let her go that day, or she wouldn't tell me the truth about Zhen Zhuzhu. If I don't let her go, you will die a terrible death. You, I had no choice but to believe it, and let her go as promised."

Bai Muqing raised her small face and stared at him movedly, she never thought that this was the reason why he let Zhu Zhu go!

"I also know that Pu Lianyao will not let her go, because she still has evidence of Pu Lianyao's crime."

"So? Are you playing the game of praying mantis catching cicada and oriole behind?"

Nangong Chen nodded, and pinched the tip of her nose with his hand: "The highest state of playing games is not to take your own life into it, so when I saw you being handcuffed in the police station, I was frightened and collapsed at that time, I was really afraid that you would foolishly run to kill Zhu Zhu, and then commit the capital crime of murder."

"I'm not that stupid." Bai Muqing murmured.

"It's fine if you don't." Nangong Chen put his arms around her, raised his head and took a long breath: "You know what? When the police handed me the suicide note and told me that you were seriously suspected, I foolishly thought However, you wanted to save your own life, so you killed Zhu Zhu by killing two birds with one stone."

"You think I'll frame you for myself?" Bai Muqing laughed at herself.

"I'm sorry, I was too anxious at the time, and my mind was blown." Nangong Chen said with a face of self-blame and guilt: "Actually, thinking about it now, how could you kill Zhu Zhu if you are so kind? How could you hurt the man you love? I'm really crazy to doubt you."

The more he talked, the more guilty he felt, wishing he could turn back time and start all over again.

However, Bai Muqing just smiled bitterly. In fact, he could understand that, let alone Nangong Chen, she would be thinking wildly about the situation at that time. After all, even the police set her as a major suspect at that time.

After hugging her for a while, Nangong Chen let go of her, looked at her and comforted her: "As for Pu Lianyao, don't worry, I think the police will definitely be able to find some clues to convict her this time."

Speaking of Pu Lianyao, Bai Muqing suddenly thought of something.

Ru Ru raised his face to meet him and said, "By the way, Zhu Zhu said something to Pu Lianyao before she died. She said that she has a regular email that is being sent to my mailbox, which contains Pu Lianyao's criminal evidence. I don't know what it is. True or false."

"What time is it scheduled?"

"Three days later." Bai Muqing said: "At that time, Pu Lianyao regretted and wanted to pull her up, but in the end she didn't."

Nangong Chen fell silent in surprise, Bai Muqing sized him up and asked, "Do you think it's credible?"

"It may not be credible." Nan Gongchen shook his head after pondering: "It is possible that Zhu Zhu deliberately frightened Pu Lianyao, and Pu Lianyao would kill you in order to erase the evidence, and then she herself would not be able to escape the law. In this case, Zhu Zhu Zhu will die without regret. Of course, it may be true."

Nan Gongchen suddenly grabbed her wrist: "But whether it's true or not, you will be in danger for these three days, and Pu Lianyao will not let you go."

Bai Muqing gasped, if that's the case, then hasn't she been in danger these three days?

"Mu Qing..." Nangong Chen let go of her wrist, and instead held her small face with both hands: "For your safety, you don't want to go anywhere for the next three days, just stay by my side, you know?"

"I do not.."

"You can't refuse me." Nangong Chen interrupted her, with a hurt expression on his face: "Even if you don't want to be with me anymore, it means = three days, and it will pass after a while."

"I'll protect myself. At worst, I'll hire a few more bodyguards."

"But I want to protect you personally, otherwise I don't feel at ease." Nangong Chen said seriously: "Besides, what if what Zhu Zhu said is true? I have the responsibility to protect this important evidence."

Bai Muqing was speechless, the words of refusal stuck in her throat.He has already talked about this, so she has no reason to refuse.
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Pu Lianyao rushed back to Nangong's house in the shortest possible time. Not long after she returned home, the police came and took her away.

Seeing Pu Lianyao being taken away, the old lady not only showed no sympathy, but also deliberately said to the policeman, "Mr. Policeman, her legs are fake, let alone killing one Miss Zhu, it's fine to kill two."

Pu Lianyao stared at her weeping, her eyes full of resentment: "Grandma, I know you don't like me, but how can you insult me ​​like this? How could I kill someone? I didn't..."

"But someone accused me of seeing you push Miss Zhu downstairs." The policeman saw that she had a broken leg and was a woman, so it was not easy to do anything to her, so he had to persuade her: "Miss Pu, please accompany us to Go to the police station."

"Mr. Police, that Ms. Yi and Ms. Zhu have been fighting for a man. She is the real murderer. How could you let her go so easily?" Pu Lianyao continued to act weakly to win sympathy.

"We didn't say that Ms. Pu must be the murderer, but we just hope that Ms. Pu can cooperate with us to investigate in the police station. Thank you for your cooperation." The police patiently invited her to the car.

Watching the police car quickly leave the house, the old man sneered: "Wicked people will be punished eventually, and this woman will finally be punished."

"Yes, old lady."

"Finally, I don't have to see her swaying in front of me." The old lady said again.

"I'm only pitiful for Young Master Shen Ke, who never knew that he had such a vicious girlfriend."

"Shen Ke himself is not a good guy." The old lady said mockingly, then turned and walked into the house.
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After Assistant Yan had finished eating with Qiao Feng, he sent him home.

It's already eleven o'clock at night since returning home, and Bai Muqing still hasn't come back.Qiao Feng couldn't help but start to worry about her, and at the same time, he thought gloomily in his heart, wouldn't she have lived with Nangong Chen again?

Another 10 minutes passed, he didn't wait for Bai Muqing to come back, but instead waited for Assistant Yan.

Assistant Yan stood awkwardly at the gate of the courtyard, smiled at him and said, "Young Master Qiao, I'll come here and say a few words before I leave, and I won't enter the house."

"Are you here to tell me that Mu Qing is with Nangong Chen?" Qiao Feng walked out of the room slowly, motioning for her to sit on the chair in the yard.

After Assistant Yan sat down, he told him the current situation of Nangong Chen and Bai Muqing in detail, and finally comforted him softly: "Young Master Qiao, Young Master Chen did this to save Miss Bai's life. There may be criminal evidence about Pu Lianyao."

"I understand." Qiao Feng smiled bitterly: "Who made me unable to protect her."

"Don't say that, in fact, you have already protected her very well." Assistant Yan raised her hand and patted the back of his hand twice, and said with a smile: "Actually, I have always envied Mi Qing, because she has you A backer who can protect her in all aspects and think about her."

"Forget it, what's the use of talking nonsense?" Qiao Feng looked up at her bitterly: "Miss Yan, let's go, it's getting late."

"Can you really do it by yourself?"

"Okay, don't worry."

"Then I'm really leaving." Assistant Yan stood up from the chair, hesitated for a moment, then turned and walked out of the yard.
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Bai Muqing was taken to the apartment by Nangong Chen to stay temporarily. She came out of the bathroom after taking a shower, just in time to see Nangong Chen hang up the phone.

Seeing Bai Muqing coming out of the bathroom, Nangong Chen walked over and smiled at her, "Grandma just called and said that Pu Lianyao was taken away from the old house by the police."

"Pu Lianyao actually dares to go back to the old house?" Bai Muqing was surprised, and then shook her head: "No, she won't even run away, she must be playing some tricks again."

"What she's playing is nothing more than the drama of 'being upright and not afraid of the shadow'. I don't believe that she can really do things seamlessly." Nan Gongchen pulled her to the bed, and wiped her wet hair with a big towel while exhorting her Said: "But don't take it lightly just because she was caught, she must have more than one helper."

"I know." Bai Muqing nodded.

After Nangong Chen helped her dry her hair, he laid her down on the bed, leaned over and kissed her on the forehead: "But with me here, you can sleep peacefully, good night."

"You." Bai Muqing looked at him uncomfortably.

"Don't worry, I will sleep on the sofa and be a competent patron saint."

"You can sleep in the guest room."

"It's okay, you don't have to worry about me." Nan Gongchen kissed her on the forehead again, then stood up from the edge of the bed, turned and walked towards the bedroom door.
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In Nangongchen's apartment, Bai Muqing slept soundly. When she woke up the next day, she was surprised by the sudden change of the room environment around her, and then sat up from the bed without any sleepiness.

Everything yesterday was not a dream. She had indeed experienced a terrible murder and was brought to the apartment by Nangong Chen.

She rubbed her eyes with her hands, got up and got out of bed, and walked to the door of the bedroom with bare feet.

Nangong Chen was sitting on the sofa in the living room and flipping through the newspaper, when he heard footsteps, he raised his eyes and glanced at him and asked, "Are you awake?"

"Yeah." She walked over.

"Do you know what the happiest thing in the world is?" He asked casually while continuing to browse the scandals about his domestic violence in the newspaper.

"What?" Bai Muqing followed and glanced at the newspaper in his hand: "Can I make headlines every day?"

Nangong Chen shook his head, closed the newspaper and looked at her and said, "When I wake up in the morning, I can see you when I open my eyes."

Bai Muqing was speechless, he was still in the mood to say these things no matter what time it was.

He raised his hand and rubbed the top of her already disheveled hair: "Although you look like a crazy woman at the moment."

Bai Muqing straightened her hair and clothes with her hands, and picked up the newspaper he had placed next to her to read. The reports on it were basically condemning and questioning him, and someone even secretly took pictures of him and her being together last night. Evidence of cheating.

Seeing her own photo, Bai Muqing unconsciously took a deep breath, wondering how Qiao Feng would feel after seeing the report?

"Don't you care about such things at all?" She looked at Nangong Chen who seemed to be indifferent.

"I cheated, and my domestic violence is all my own family matter, and has nothing to do with the outside world. When the case comes to light, everything will naturally fade away." Nangong Chen sneered: "Besides, the previous rumors were even more terrifying and ugly. Care, why do you care now?"

"Have you checked today's stock price? Probably plummeting again?"

"It's okay, you don't have to worry about the company's affairs."

"I'm not worried."

"So you care about my reputation? I said I don't care."

"But I do care, it doesn't affect me well." Bai Muqing felt a little helpless.

Nangong Chen smiled, and leaned over to kiss her on the lips: "You will soon succeed in the position of mistress and become my woman, what are you afraid of?"

"Nangong Chen, I'm not in the mood to joke with you."

"Okay." Nangong Chen pulled her up from the sofa: "Hurry up and wash your face and brush your teeth, and then have breakfast."

Bai Muqing went to the bathroom, she tidied herself up, and when she was worrying about what clothes to wear, she found several new sets of clothes in front of the closet, including both underwear and outerwear, which seemed to be prepared by Nangong Chen temporarily. If so, take it out and put it on.

(End of this chapter)