novelraw Chapter 723 - 720: Three Years Ago (Part 2)
Chapter 723 - 720: Three Years Ago (Part 2)
Chapter 723: Chapter 720: Three Years Ago (Part 2)
"But it was on the day the ring was made that she encountered a severe car accident on her way back to the company. The driver caused the accident and fled the scene immediately. A passerby later reported it to the police. By the time the medical staff arrived, she had already missed the golden hour for rescue and died without responding to treatment."
"Later, the traffic police investigated the scene of the accident and found that the offending vehicle was speeding and there were no brake marks at the scene. Upon inspecting the vehicle, they found no faults with the brakes."
"No objects that could identify the driver were found in the car, not even fingerprints could be extracted."
"That is to say, this car accident was not an ordinary traffic accident, but a premeditated murder."
"All the design drafts in my sister’s car, the finished ring, and all relevant documents, disappeared without a trace."
"That night, the jewelry company where she worked caught fire, and the floor where her office was located was exactly where the fire broke out. The fire destroyed all her belongings, including her computer."
"The backups left in her computer and the design schemes in her filing cabinet were all destroyed in the fire, leaving nothing related to her to be found."
Upon hearing this, Ye Zi’s heart clenched tightly, as if she was witnessing the cruel scene of the car accident three years ago.
With a heavy gaze, Qin Jin closed his eyes and his thin lips struggled to move: "Three months after my sister’s accident, Gu Liancheng held a press conference in Jiang City and launched her latest design, a ring named ’Bright Star’."
Ye Zi, simple-minded and not a meticulous thinker, still thought of something.
Qin Jin continued: "At that time, Gu Liancheng was just a somewhat famous designer, known by few. But it was the Bright Star that overnight made her immensely popular, skyrocketed her worth, and greatly increased her reputation. Afterwards, Bright Star’s price soared to an exorbitant amount."
"As a jewelry mogul in Jiang City, I bought it for a hefty sum the first day it went on sale, thus making it the crown jewel of Jewelry City. The price was set at: 9999999.9. Nine million, nine hundred ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred ninety-nine."
Qin Jin paused again, and lifting Ye Zi’s face, asked her, "Do you know why I set that price?"
Looking at him, Ye Zi said, "Is it because of longevity?"
"Yes." Qin Jin closed his eyes briefly then turned back to the previous topic: "Because of this, Gu Liancheng mistook that I was interested in her, so she pursued me actively. But I rejected her at that time. So, she returned to Du City. Over these three years, she has created other good works, but none could compare to Bright Star."
"Because Bright Star isn’t her work." Ye Zi took a deep breath, "It’s your sister’s, right..."
"Right." Qin Jin chuckled softly: "The price 9999999.9 is because that ring is likely the only thing my sister left in this world. She said she wanted to give the best thing to the ones in love, so I didn’t keep that ring. Because that’s what she wanted."
Ye Zi’s eyes turned red, "You must find the murderer."
"Murderer?" Qin Jin laughed bitterly: "I’ve investigated for three years, secretly investigated Gu Liancheng for three years. It’s laughable that over these years, not a single clue was found. There’s no evidence to prove that Bright Star wasn’t created by Gu Liancheng, nor is there evidence proving she’s the murderer of my sister."