Chapter 16 – Do You Still Remember Sang Feiyu?

When Sang Feiyu saw this, her heart skipped a beat and she immediately stood up. “That’s me.”

Everyone else also turned their attention toward the two public security officers.

Director Li stepped forward. “Is there something you need with her?”

“We just apprehended the murderer who caused Comrade Sang’s father’s death at the train station. We have a few questions for Comrade Sang.”

Sang Feiyu’s breath caught. Zhao Hui was also so shocked she nearly forgot to breathe.

Finally, Sang Feiyu asked, “What exactly happened?”

Although she was certain her father’s death was related to her uncle’s family, she didn’t know the specifics.

“Liu Ying bribed a mechanic from the repair shop to tamper with your father’s car.”

“And just today, she gave the mechanic three large gold bars to help him flee.”

“We also learned from the repair shop that the mechanic resigned last night, saying he had family matters and needed to return to his hometown.”

“So we quickly contacted the train station staff. With their cooperation, we were able to apprehend him.”

“He’s already confessed to all the crimes and identified Liu Ying as the one who contacted and hired him for the murder.”

Director Li caught a key detail. “You just said Liu Ying gave him the three gold bars today?”

The officer nodded. “Yes.”

Director Li frowned. “So they really did hide their assets well.”

He turned and ordered, “You two—go interrogate Tao Jiaxing thoroughly!”

“And you, go bring Liu Ying and all her children here—including the one with the broken limbs!”

Sang Feiyu wasn’t sure where Liu Ying had gotten the three gold bars from, but what she was sure of was that they were about to face a storm like never before.

Just then, a string of phone calls interrupted everyone’s thoughts. Director Li quickly answered one of them. “Hello?”

“What?”

“Are you sure?”

After a long moment, Director Li hung up with a frown and looked at Sang Feiyu. “Our people have finished checking.”

“Those three ferry tickets to Hong Kong were fake.”

“The ferry company said all their passengers boarded that day—there were no extra tickets.”

In other words, Tao Yingying had used fake ferry tickets to deceive them!

She truly had no regard for them at all!

Sang Feiyu could almost already envision Tao Yingying’s fate—but whatever it was, she deserved it.

Sang Feiyu was thus released, and although Zhao Hui had struck someone, she was only given a verbal warning and released as well.

As the two of them exited the Revolutionary Committee, they immediately saw Sang Youde waiting outside.

“Grandpa!”

“You were the one who had someone call Director Li, weren’t you?” Sang Feiyu asked eagerly.

“Yes, yes. I shamelessly asked Commander Ning for a favor and had him make the call.”

Sang Feiyu understood instantly. “No wonder Director Li suddenly offered us tea.”

“This isn’t the place to talk. Let’s go back first,” Zhao Hui said.

“Mhm.”

The three of them returned to the guesthouse.

Actually, Zhao Hui owned two homes in Yangcheng, but due to the number of people watching them lately, she decided it was safer to stay at the guesthouse.

“Xiao Yu,” Zhao Hui said, “Commander Ning told me that your identity is bound to bring you trouble sooner or later.”

“His suggestion is to either go down to the countryside to lay low—or to marry into a powerful family.”

Zhao Hui’s eyes were filled with worry. “Can’t we just send her to Hong Kong or overseas for a while?”

Xiao Yu had lived a good life growing up. She had never suffered hardship, so the countryside really wasn’t suitable for her.

Moreover, Xiao Yu was beautiful. In the countryside, with no one to protect her, she could easily become a target for shady characters. If anything happened, it would be too late for regrets.

As for the marriage option, Xiao Yu was only nineteen. If she rushed into marriage, there was no guarantee of future happiness.

Unless… she married him.

A person popped into Zhao Hui’s mind—but she didn’t know if he had feelings for Xiao Yu.

And would his father approve of the match?

Even if they both agreed, in the end, Xiao Yu herself would have to say yes.

Zhao Hui’s heart tightened at the thought.

Sang Feiyu was also thinking about these questions.

If she had a choice, of course she wouldn’t want to go to the countryside.

Who wants to face the dirt and toil every day?

But there really wasn’t a choice.

Even though she had resources stored in her space, she couldn’t just slack off every day in the countryside.

If someone with malicious intent exposed her as a privileged capitalist’s daughter, she could already imagine being ostracized and spit on.

No way—that would be terrifying.

If she could find a suitable partner, she’d rather choose to marry.

And if it didn’t work out, she could still get a divorce.

But going to the countryside? Who knows when she’d be allowed back to the city—there would be no end in sight.

So Sang Feiyu said, “Grandpa, Grandma, please arrange a matchmaking meeting for me.”

“You’re willing to marry?” Zhao Hui confirmed.

“Between marriage and the countryside, I choose marriage.”

Zhao Hui nodded repeatedly. “That’s what I was thinking too.”

“You’ve never worked the fields—going to the countryside isn’t the best choice for you.”

She wasted no time. She went to make a phone call immediately.

Zhao Hui called an office at the military district.

“Commander Ning, this is Zhao Hui.”

She got straight to the point: “I’m calling to ask if you’d agree to let our Xiao Yu marry your youngest son, Ning Zhiyuan?”

If Commander Ning agreed, then she would arrange the meeting.

If not—well, forced love is never sweet. She’d come up with another plan.

The person on the other end fell silent for a while before replying slowly, “To tell you the truth, my wife already arranged several matchmaking meetings for Zhiyuan, and he refused to go to any of them.”

“I can’t guarantee he’s willing to do one, so could you give me a little time to talk to him first?”

Zhao Hui couldn’t figure out what he was thinking, so she asked directly, “Commander Ning, putting Zhiyuan’s feelings aside, would you personally be willing for Xiao Yu to marry into your family?”

Commander Ning answered without hesitation, “All things considered, our family would be a pretty good match.”

Not many people could protect someone like Sang Feiyu.

Sang Youde had once been his superior and had helped him a great deal. Just for that reason alone, he was determined to help.

The only concern was whether or not Zhiyuan would be willing to marry Xiao Yu.

So he couldn’t make any promises to Zhao Hui.

“Commander Ning, then please contact Zhiyuan. I’d like to know what he thinks as well.”

After hanging up the call, Zhao Hui felt uncertain.

Forget it—she’d talk it over with the old man and see if there were any other good candidates.

Meanwhile, after Commander Ning ended the call, he immediately contacted the military district where Ning Zhiyuan was stationed.

An hour later, Ning Zhiyuan finally returned the call. “Dad, you called?”

Commander Ning carefully chose his words. “Zhiyuan, do you still remember Sang Feiyu?”