Stars In His Eyes
Chapter 535: No Debt 11_1

Chapter 535: Chapter 535: No Debt 11_1

In the afternoon, Jiang Biyun and the others went to class. In the dormitory, only He Zhilan was left alone. Around three o’clock, Zhou Hongjin went to see her.

While He Zhilan was in the hospital, Zhou Hongjin was busy too. The police department, due to familial reasons, Zhou Hongjin also knew that Chen Yun’s superficial friendly demeanor was all pretense. Hence, he had been investigating the matter these past few days without any clues.

The capital was, after all, vast. Without the police’s involvement, it was challenging to find the truck driver’s identity. Despite utilizing his connections and asking several favors, there was no substantial progress except establishing that the truck driver had been waiting at the intersection since noon on the day of the incident, confirming that it was a premeditated murder.

It wasn’t until today, when Chen Yun - uncharacteristically - took the initiative to discuss the case that he found time to return to the university and learned that He Zhilan had been discharged from the hospital.

The Zhou family had spared no effort to assist Gu En, but after all, their influence was limited. Zhou Hongjin then learned that He Zhilan had been threatened and coerced by the Gu family to drop the case.

Truthfully, this was Zhou Hongjin’s first distaste for political power, and he even somewhat regretted his family’s push for him into this direction. If power was meant to oppress ordinary people, Zhou Hongjin would rather have none of it.

"I’m sorry, I genuinely couldn’t help you with Gu En’s situation," Zhou Hongjin apologized in a low voice to He Zhilan, "I also didn’t find the time to visit you in the hospital in these past few days."

"Senior Zhou, there’s no need to apologize. After all, you aren’t the one to blame," He Zhilan shook her head and smiled, "If anyone should apologize, it should be me. It’s very likely that your car turned into scrap metal because of me. The truck driver’s real target might have been me that day, and you were just an incidental victim. Gu En might be behind this too."

He Zhilan didn’t hide anything from Zhou Hongjin; she trusted that he wouldn’t divulge her investigation into the accident to the Gu family.

"Gu En?" Zhou Hongjin exclaimed in surprise. Then he thought about it; given that Gu En had dared to drug and attempt to kill He Zhilan, together with the veiled threat from Gu En’s visit to him on Gu’s old man’s birthday morning, and the fact that the accident site was on the way to the Gu Mansion, everything suddenly clicked for Zhou Hongjin.

Thinking it through, if Gu En had intended to kill He Zhilan, and thereby endangering him in the process, it was highly plausible.

After all, Gu En’s threatening glare and words outside his teacher’s office that day were ominous enough. Only Gu En could have known when he would leave the university and roughly pass by that route. Therefore, if Gu En were indeed the culprit, it would explain why the truck driver was waiting there in advance; everything would make sense.

If not for the coincidence that day of Zhang Xiao driving his car away, passing by that intersection at the right moment, and randomly stopping to buy a cigarette due to a sudden craving, things might have turned out very differently today.

Thinking back on the accident scene, Zhou Hongjin couldn’t help but feel horrified. If he had indeed driven He Zhilan to Gu Mansion that day, their cold bodies would undoubtedly be in the hospital’s morgue by now.

Gu En had become far more terrifying than he could have ever imagined. A nineteen-year-old girl capable of killing, failing once and still daring to try again.

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