Night Rose

"Did someone really modify the race car?" Li Qi wrote this sentence with difficulty. He had always thought it was an accident. How could someone do something so harmful to others and themselves?

His failure was a huge loss for Topchain. Not only did the company's reputation suffer, but the players and engineers within the company were also questioned.

Su Jin's eyes sharpened. "I thought no one would do something so stupid, but there are always stupid people who harm themselves and others!"

Li Qi gripped the pen so tightly that his knuckles turned white.

He did feel something was off while driving the race car that day, but he thought it was just that the road was bumpier than usual, so he didn't mention his discovery. It wasn't until the strange feeling became more and more intense and the car overturned that he realized it wasn't an illusion when flames covered his vision.

He trusted his engineers too much and never imagined that someone else would tamper with his race car.

"The front left wheel of the race car feels wrong when driving; it might be a problem with a certain part."

Su Jin looked at the line he had written, her face grave. She took out the evidence she had found and placed it on Li Qi's cardboard. "That's right, someone replaced a lug nuts on the left front wheel and changed the model I had originally ordered."

"This is utter nonsense!" Li Qi was so angry that he stabbed the paper with his pen, tearing the entire sheet.

He trembled with anger, looking at his emaciated body. He couldn't let the torment he had endured over the past few months be so easily forgotten! He had almost wronged Su Jin.

Actually, Li Qi asked his mother to call Su Jin to the sanatorium because he never blamed Su Jin at all. He had long accepted the risk that racing could go wrong at any time, and when she actually arrived, he genuinely thought it was just an accident.

However, after seeing the recent comments about Su Jin, he found them to be utter nonsense! And TopChain's decision to fire Su Jin directly made him completely disillusioned with the company.

After the car accident, he never thought of returning to the racing team. In his current state, he doubts any team would want him anymore.

He is now just like Su Jin, not afraid of offending Dinglian at all, he just wants to get justice for himself.

"Li Qi, I'll email TopChain about this, and I might be called in to verify it soon. Would you be willing to be my witness? If you find it too difficult to face the company, I understand; this evidence should be sufficient," Su Jin said softly.

Li Qi forced a smile, threw away the tattered piece of paper, and started writing on it again.

"I'll stay with you."

"Mmm!" Su Jin looked up at him and smiled.

Li Qi stared at her intently, making no attempt to hide his admiration. His gaze was fiery, burning Su Jin. Su Jin sensed something, shifted her gaze, and avoided looking at him.

"Miss Su..."

"Li, I hope you will testify for me out of a victim's rights, not out of any other sentiment." Su Jin stood up quickly. She didn't like getting entangled in emotional disputes with people. If she didn't like something, she didn't like it. She didn't want to take advantage of anyone, nor did she want to use emotions to threaten anyone.

A hint of melancholy flashed across Li Qi's face as he understood Su Jin's meaning.

He knew he shouldn't expect to stand by Su Jin's side, especially since he was now practically disabled.

Li Qi stopped writing, and the room became quiet, so quiet it was suffocating.

Su Jin tucked her hair behind her ears and forced herself to cheer up. "It's okay. I told you, even without your testimony, I still have evidence."

The rustling sound started again, and when she looked down, she could see the words Li Qi was writing on the paper.

"For our fairness."

Su Jin packed up her evidence and contacted TopChain through her lawyer. TopChain initially didn't take her evidence seriously at all. In their view, the matter had basically been settled, and to contradict herself would be to slap herself in the face.

Lu Mingzhou called her one by one, but Su Jin rejected all the calls. He had no choice but to take Xu Jingyi to Su Jin's apartment to find her.

"Brother, will Sister Su really believe me? I really didn't touch her race car." Xu Jingyi clung to Lu Mingzhou's arm pitifully, on the verge of tears.

Lu Mingzhou's chauvinism was overwhelmed by her tears, and he felt even more compelled to shoulder the responsibility.

"Don't worry, Top Chain doesn't want to deal with her at all. She can't cause any trouble. If she wants compensation, we'll give it to her."

The apartment door required facial recognition, so Lu Mingzhou walked over with a nervous heart and scanned his face in front of the camera.

A large red X appeared on the screen, and Lu Mingzhou's face instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot. He gritted his teeth and said, "You deleted it so fast!"

"Sister Su, you've already found someone new? You're so heartless as to delete your profile. If it were me, it would take me a month or two to even think about something like this, and I wouldn't be so reluctant to delete it." Xu Jingyi wiped away non-existent tears from the corners of her eyes, pretending to stir up trouble.

Lu Mingzhou slammed his fist on the door, making a loud bang that sounded eerie even in daylight.

Several shouts and curses came from upstairs, and someone pulled open the window and yelled "Fuck!" several times downstairs.

Lu Mingzhou pulled Xu Jingyi to stand under the cover, not daring to show their faces.

"What do we do now? The sun is so strong, will we still be able to wait for Sister Su?" Xu Jingyi said softly, her tone full of reluctance.

Lu Mingzhou reassured her, "We'll go in together when the other residents arrive, don't rush."

"Okay." Hsu Ching-yi pouted.

She was wearing high heels and soon got tired of standing. She leaned softly against Lu Mingzhou and whispered with a playful laugh, "Brother, I'm tired of standing. Let me lean on you for a while."

"Damn, we might have to wait a while," Lu Mingzhou said with concern.

The two stood there for another half hour before one of the residents finally returned.

The resident glanced at the two of them and found them suspicious, so she secretly sent a message to her boyfriend.

As she was getting her facial recognition verified, the two men indeed came closer.

The door opened, and the resident went in first. When Lu Mingzhou and Xu Jingyi tried to follow her in, they bumped into a tall, white man.

"Who are you? What are you doing following my wife? Get out!"

The white man had a loud voice and a tall stature, and Lu Mingzhou felt the same sense of pressure he had felt when he was face-to-face with Zhou Zheng.

Xu Jingyi was so frightened that she hid behind him, clutching his clothes, "Brother, he's so fierce."

With nowhere to retreat and not wanting to show his cowardice in front of Xu Jingyi, Lu Mingzhou had no choice but to face the challenge head-on and communicate with her in fluent English.

"Sorry, I came to see my ex-girlfriend, but she deleted my contact information in a fit of pique, but we did live together."

The female resident glared at them aggressively. "Bringing your new girlfriend to see your ex-girlfriend? Are you here to cause her trouble? Honey, don't let them upstairs!"

Lu Mingzhou quickly explained, "No, we're not boyfriend and girlfriend."

But the female resident ignored them completely, instead giving them a gesture of international contempt, saying, "Get out of here!"

The tall, white-clad man leaned forward, and Lu Mingzhou pulled Xu Jingyi back a few steps.

The iron gate slammed shut, grazing his nose, the loud slam almost causing him to ring his ears.

"Brother, they are so heartless." Xu Jingyi threw herself into his arms, touching his face. "Are you alright? Did they hurt you?"

"No...it's nothing."

Lu Mingzhou was so angry that he couldn't speak. In front of Xu Jingyi, his face was thrown to the ground and even stepped on. It was really embarrassing!

"Let's go! We won't beg her!"