AWB Chapter 247 My Fiancé's Comatose Uncle (13)
Chapter 247 My Fiancé's Comatose Uncle (13)
"Miss Qi, why are you here all alone?"
Qi Ning turned around upon hearing the sound and saw Song Wenze walking towards her with a wine glass in his hand.
"Mr. Song, you're here today too?"
Song Wenze came to Qi Ning's side and stood at a distance that was neither too close nor too far from her.
"Who in the industry wouldn't attend Fu Jinnan's first banquet after being discharged from the hospital?"
It's important to understand that this wasn't just due to the Fu family; the bigger reason was Fu Jinnan himself.
He was extremely talented and had a good business sense. Before the car accident, he was a celebrity in the industry, someone everyone wanted to associate with.
He not only made the businesses assigned to him by the Fu family very successful, but also founded his own company, whose business covers multiple fields, such as technology, finance and entertainment. He is truly involved in every industry.
People used to say that his abilities far surpassed those of his elder brother, Fu Desheng.
If it weren't for that car accident, which left Fu Jinnan in a vegetative state for three years, it's hard to say what the Fu Group would be like now.
Most of the people at today's banquet are here because of Fu Jinnan himself.
Qi Ning naturally understood what Song Wenze meant, and she smiled, "That's true."
Song Wenze glanced at her sideways: "Miss Qi, you haven't answered my question yet. Why aren't you with your fiancé?"
"Qi Ruo is here at today's banquet too, and Mr. Song isn't with your fiancée either?" Qi Ning retorted.
Song Wenze was both amused and exasperated: "Qi Ruo is here today too? I didn't know that, and I didn't see her anywhere."
"That means Mr. Song, the fiancé, isn't being dutiful enough. Since you don't know where she is, I'll tell you."
As she spoke, Qi Ning raised her chin, gesturing for Song Wenze to look out the floor-to-ceiling window.
The floor-to-ceiling window is one-way; you can see out from inside, but you can't see in from outside.
From Qi Ning and Song Wenze's perspective, they could see Qi Ruo outside.
As she walked in the garden, she accidentally bumped into a servant who was delivering drinks, spilling drinks all over the ground. The other guests around her all turned to look at her.
Just as Qi Ruo was in a panic and at a loss, Fu Shiyi appeared just in time.
He helped Qi Ruo out of the predicament, told the servants to prepare the drinks again, and had someone clean up the mess on the floor.
To an uninformed person, this scene probably wouldn't seem out of place; it would simply appear as if Fu Shiyi, as the host, was helping a guest out of an awkward situation, or perhaps it was as if the future brother-in-law was helping his future sister-in-law out of an awkward situation.
But in Qi Ning and Song Wenze's view, it wasn't that simple.
Qi Ruo and Fu Shiyi were quite careful to avoid suspicion, and parted ways after exchanging only a few words.
Upon seeing this, Song Wenze shook his head and chuckled.
“If it were before, I certainly wouldn’t have thought there was anything wrong with this scene, but now it looks quite unusual.”
After a pause, Song Wenze added, "By the way, the people I arranged to follow them a few days ago took some photos. Would Miss Qi like to take a look?"
As he spoke, he took out his phone and started operating it.
The next second, Qi Ning's phone vibrated.
Qi Ning took out her phone and saw a photo of Fu Shiyi and Qi Ruo talking alone in a corridor.
"That's it?"
"Miss Qi thinks this is useless?"
"Of course, what can you tell from this photo? It's not as good as those surveillance screenshots. It's useless."
“That’s true…” Song Wenze replied.
Qi Ning said, "Mr. Song, you should take some reliable photos, at least they can be used as solid evidence. Sending out these kinds of photos will only alert the enemy."
Song Wenze nodded, not caring about Qi Ning's slightly commanding tone, and said cooperatively, "Miss Qi is right, I understand."
Since the goal is to expose the affair between Fu Shiyi and Qi Ruo, it is necessary to "destroy them with one blow" and not give them a chance to refute it.
Qi Ning shook her head inwardly. Luckily, she didn't choose to pursue Song Wenze. This Song Wenze wasn't ruthless enough, and his ability to handle things wasn't great either. No wonder he was only the second male lead.
"Mr. Song, please enjoy the scenery. I'll be going now."
Qi Ning didn't say anything more to Song Wenze, and left with her wine glass, as if she had just stood there by chance and hadn't talked to Song Wenze at all.
After she left, Song Wenze turned around and glanced at her retreating figure.
Qi Ning found it too noisy in front, so she casually put her wine glass aside and planned to walk through the covered walkway to the quiet garden in the back.
The original owner had visited the Fu family several times before, and Qi Ning had the original owner's memories and had some understanding of the Fu family's layout.
She walked skillfully down the deserted covered walkway and headed toward the garden behind it.
Suddenly, footsteps could be heard around the corner.
Qi Ning knew who the person was.
Or perhaps her real purpose wasn't to go to the back garden, but to meet someone there.
She subconsciously slowed her pace.
Sure enough, Fu Jinnan appeared shortly afterward.
He stood not far away, watching Qi Ning.
Qi Ning smiled and said, "Uncle, what are you doing here? Why don't you go to the front?"
Fu Jinnan looked at the flawless smile on Qi Ning's face and walked towards her.
“I’m waiting for you,” he said.
"wait for me?"
"Yes."
"Why is Uncle waiting for me? Does he have something to say to me, or does he need to talk to me about something?" Qi Ning said. "Actually, if there's anything, Uncle can tell Shi Yi and have him relay it to me."
Looking at Qi Ning's innocent appearance, Fu Shiyi found it increasingly amusing.
"It's probably not convenient to relay this matter through Shi Yi; I'll have to ask you personally."
After seeing her in the lobby just now, Fu Jinnan was basically certain that Qi Ning was the person who entered his ward that day.
He was blocking her way here simply to confirm his suspicions and to ask her what her actions really meant.
He walked up to Qi Ning and stopped. They were now quite close, close enough that Fu Jinnan could clearly smell the perfume on Qi Ning.
It was this fragrance, a light and subtle scent, not strong or pungent, but it had been lingering in his mind for a month.
In addition, there was Qi Ning's voice.
Fu Jinnan was 100% certain that it was definitely her; there was no mistake.
"Really?" Qi Ning replied. She asked, "What is it? Please tell me, Uncle."
Fu Jinnan stopped beating around the bush and asked directly, "You visited my hospital room a month ago, didn't you?"
Upon hearing this, Qi Ning pretended to be somewhat panicked: "What are you saying, Uncle? We only met for the first time today. How could I have been to your hospital room a month ago?"
Fu Jinnan chuckled as he looked at Qi Ning's guilty and uncertain eyes.
"If you don't admit it, do you want me to show you the surveillance footage and compare it with yours?"
Upon hearing this, Qi Ning lowered her eyes and fell silent.
Fu Jinnan slowly took out his phone, seemingly looking for some surveillance video.
Qi Ning then raised her head and said, "Uncle, there's no need to look for the surveillance footage. It really is me."
Only after Qi Ning admitted it did Fu Jinnan put his phone down.
He looked at her scrutinizingly, his tone gentle yet subtly conveying a sense of pressure.
"Tell me, why did you go to my hospital room that day, and what did you do there?"
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