novelraw Chapter 711 - 721: Difficulties (3)
Chapter 711 - 721: Difficulties (3)
Fu Nancheng looked seriously and nodded occasionally: "Hmm, the eyes look like mine... the mouth too. No wonder they’re so good-looking. The nose looks like yours, a bit ugly."Hearing this, Qiao Mo immediately flared up.
"Who’s ugly? Whose nose is ugly?"
He chuckled softly, put down the photo in his hand, and looked at her indulgently.
Their eyes met, filled with a faint warmth.
For a moment, Qiao Mo was at a loss, seemingly unable to adapt to this sudden harmony, and averted her gaze evasively.
Fu Nancheng handed the photo back to her, advising: "Keep it well, this will be a family heirloom in the future."
Qiao Mo was slightly dazed, a smile appearing in her eyes.
After the car drove for a while, Qiao Mo noticed that the route wasn’t right: "This doesn’t seem to be the way home."
He chuckled lightly: "Aren’t you always getting lost? You actually remember the way?"
Qiao Mo was slightly taken aback, hearing the indulgence in his words. She glanced at him distractedly, involuntarily recalling that rainy night last year, when he left her on the dark roadside and drove off.
The rain was heavy at that time, the entire road cold and silent.
She sat by the roadside crying for a long time.
"What are you thinking about?" Fu Nancheng saw her deep in thought, a little jealous.
Qiao Mo gave a self-deprecating smile: "I just suddenly realized there’s not much worth remembering about you."
Fu Nancheng’s expression stiffened, a hint of loneliness flashed in his eyes, and he remained silent.
Qiao Mo, seemingly saying it without intent, changed the topic: "Weren’t you going to the office? How come you’re at the hospital."
"Something delayed me in the morning, so I came to pick you up."
Qiao Mo was surprised: "You remembered?"
"Hmm."
"But you didn’t mention it this morning..."
"Afraid I couldn’t make it, didn’t want to disappoint you." He didn’t offer much explanation.
In fact, he was indeed held up by Qiao Yun in the morning. Yesterday, that woman pleaded with him early in the morning to take her to their childhood orphanage today.
He had to gain her trust now.
On the wedding day, what Yang Peiyun presented in photos and videos was nothing else.
But an eight-year-old car accident.
And on the day of the engagement banquet, Qiao Mo received a part of the photos.
According to Yang Peiyun and Qiao Yun, eight years ago, three days after the day they were supposed to meet, Qiao Mo had a dispute with Qiao Yun which led to a warehouse fire and then drove away hastily.
But back then, she was just sixteen, panicked all the way.
Therefore, while escaping, she was speeding and caused a car accident, resulting in the death of an entire family of four approaching.
And the deceased were a middle-aged man in his forties, his eldest son, and daughter-in-law.
The youngest victim was the man’s eldest grandson, who was just two years old at that time.
After the accident, Qiao Mo did not stop, but fled again, crashing into an overpass, causing one more death and five injuries.
The police cars surrounding her tried to stop her, but Qiao Mo broke through the bridge railing during the blockade, and with her and the car, plunged into the river.
The video Yang Peiyun handed him happened to capture almost the entire process.
From the video, it could be seen, the footage was extracted from several traffic recordings and mobile phones.
But regardless of the source, it clearly recorded the whole process of Qiao Mo’s hit-and-run incident.
He knew very well that Qiao Mo was currently pregnant.
And pregnant women are largely eligible for probation or sentence reduction, but he also consulted a lawyer, with the arson plus the accident, the resulting casualties were severe, so it might be difficult to obtain probation.