Reborn Aristocrat: Return of the Vicious Heiress

After Ning Shuqian woke up, Wen Haowen kept by her side, taking good care of her carefully and gently, making her feel that she had placed the right bet.

Because of the injury on his face, Wen Haowen didn’t go to work for a few days. However, as the company’s CEO, he naturally couldn’t not go to the office for a few days. Moreover, there was a pile of work to be dealt with in the office.

Thus, the next day after she woke up, Wen Haowen went to the office. To prevent the staff in the office from seeing his still bruised face, he went exceptionally early.

At about 10 A.M., Ning Shuqian was resting when a nurse came into the ward with a middle-aged man in a policeman’s uniform.

This man was about forty-odd-years-old and gave one a stern, upright, and merciless feeling. Ning Shuqian’s heart flustered a little as she felt a sense of breathlessness.

“Hi, Madam Ning. I’m the head of the Drug Enforcement Unit of the Police. You can call me Officer Zhao.” Officer Zhao’s voice was so flat that it almost lacked the least bit of emotional rhythm.

Under the blanket, Ning Shuqian’s hands suddenly curled up into tight fists as her heart felt extremely restless and uneasy. She forced a pale smile and said, “Wonder why is Officer Zhao looking for me?”

Officer Zhao looked at Ning Shuqian and said, “Previously, it was reported in the news that your relationship with Shen Mengting, the young girl who was involved in drug-taking at the Birds of Paradise Bar, is more than meets the eye. We’ve also checked on Shen Mengting using the Police’s powers and found out that her public account details have been altered before. Through the grapevine, we also found out that the person who altered Shen Mengting’s public account details was you.”

Ning Shuqian’s face instantly turned white. Although the alteration of public account details was not against the law as long as the relevant paperwork was done properly, Officer Zhao’s words explicitly stated that her close relationship with Shen Mengting was something that she couldn’t deny. “Officer Zhao, I was once a close friend of Shen Mengting’s mother, Zhang. Not long ago, I got to know that she has depression and that her only daughter, despite having stellar academic results, dropped out of school due to her family’s circumstances. In view of our past friendship, I’ve helped them out within my capacity.”

“These are unrelated to the case. As you’re closely related to Shen Mengting, I only hope that you can assist us in investigating the case regarding the drug possession and mass drug-taking of youths at the Birds of Paradise Bar.”

As Officer Zhao looked at Ning Shuqian, a sense of disdain flashed past his eyes. Although Shen Mengting was tight-lipped, she was after all an underage young girl. She was of no match to the interrogation experts of the Police who were used to seeing people of all shapes and sizes and were well-versed in criminal psychology. After a few rounds of interrogation, they were already not far out from the truth.

As a police officer, he had seen all kinds of people. Putting together all the statements given by Shen Mengting, this Ning Shuqian’s exploitation of Shen Mengting and harm towards Wen Xinya was already self-evident.

The smile on Ning Shuqian’s face became even more forced, almost as if she couldn’t hold it any longer. “Officer Zhao, I really don’t understand what you mean. Indeed, I’ve helped Shen Mengting out before. However, what has her drug-taking got to do with me?”

Looking at Ning Shuqian, Officer Zhao said plainly, “According to Shen Mengting’s statement, we have reason to believe that it was you who instigated Shen Mengting to bring the eldest daughter of the Wen Family to the Birds of Paradise Bar, even instructing Shen Mengting to order a cocktail for Wen Xinya. However, because Wen Xinya had something on halfway, left earlier, called Shen Mengting a few times before leaving, and even left a voice message, we have reason to believe that you’re aware of the drug possession at the Birds of Paradise Bar.”

It was like a thunderbolt out of a blue sky for Ning Shuqian. Momentarily, her mind was in turmoil, her face became more and more pale and awful, and finally, she could only hold her forehead and lament. “Officer Zhao, don’t worry, I’ll definitely cooperate with your investigation of the drug possession case at the Birds of Paradise Bar. It’s just that as I’ve injured my forehead yesterday, right now my head is hurting very badly and I won’t be able to assist you.”

Of course, Officer Zhao understood that Ning Shuqian was playing tricks. However, at the moment, they indeed didn’t have evidence to prove that Ning Shuqian was related to the drug case at the Birds of Paradise Bar. Thus, he couldn’t reject Ning Shuqian’s excuse of feeling unwell and rejecting to cooperate. “In that case, Madam Ning, you have a good rest. I’ll come and look for you again in the afternoon.”

Ning Shuqian suddenly widened her eyes, but she could only nod her head.

After Officer Zhao left, Ning Shuqian ran to the bathroom with her phone, locked the bathroom door from the inside, switched the phone to a prepaid card, and dialed that person’s number.

The phone was picked up very quickly. “Why are you looking for me?”

Hearing that person’s voice which was as flat as machinery, Ning Shuqian instantly felt a sense of fury rush to her head as she questioned. “What’s exactly the matter with the Birds of Paradise Bar—why did the Police come up to me and ask for my assistance to investigate the drug possession case at the Birds of Paradise Bar today?”

After a short silence from the other end of the phone, a voice with the sharpness of gold suddenly rang. “I only provided some information on the Birds of Paradise Bar to you. The other matters are unrelated to me.”

Hearing this, Ning Shuqian’s pupils instantly constricted as she shook all over from anger. “What do you mean by this, you want to disassociate yourself?”

“The Birds of Paradise Bar is an estate under my name. Because you caused the Police to seize the bar, I’ve already suffered a huge loss, eventually suffering a double loss. What else do you want?” Although a voice changer was used, the voice at the other end of the phone still revealed anger.

Ning Shuqian was momentarily at a loss for words.

“By asking for your cooperation to investigate, it shows that the Police doesn’t have evidence to prove that you’re related to the drug case at the Birds of Paradise Bar. Otherwise, you’d have been sent to the police station long ago instead of standing there unscathed. What are you panicking about?”

Ning Shuqian didn’t even finish her secondary school education before dropping out. In her secondary school days, she had been preoccupied with matters of the heart the whole time and totally didn’t learn anything. After that, she had married into the Wen Family and only read magazines about beauty, fashion, and jewelry, and had no idea at all about the law. Thus, once Officer Zhao came, she had flustered. Listening to his words now, her heart calmed down slightly.

“But it’s still troublesome!” said Ning Shuqian after hesitating.

“You should look for Wen Haowen. With him stepping out to settle this issue, there’s more than a thousand ways to disassociate yourself.”

Listening to this, Ning Shuqian’s eyes lit up. Oh yes! Previously, with her slamming her head onto the wall, Wen Haowen had already dispelled all suspicion towards her. Now that she was still hospitalized, if she were to tell Wen Haowen about this matter, he would definitely think of ways to help her settle it. “Got it!”

“That stepdaughter of yours isn’t simple. You’ve got to be more careful. When you act the next time, call and let me know.”

After a few exchanges, Ning Shuqian already knew long ago that Wen Xinya was no longer the Zhang Xiaolan who was stupid, brainless, vulgar, and unrefined in her actions when she had first returned to the Wen Family. In the short span of slightly more than half a year, Wen Xinya had already transformed into someone that even she couldn’t read. Naturally, she wouldn’t underestimate her.