Chapter 217: Chapter 195 Chen Xi Exposed
When they left Huai Speed Racing Track, Shang Chen and Qiao Yuxian went to Jingxian Building.
They had dinner together there that evening before going their separate ways home.
Shang Chen and Qiao Yuxian first sent Qiao Lech and Qiao Zhiang back to the Qiao Family.
When they arrived at the Qiao Family’s home, Qiao Zhiang was already asleep.
He had been playing outside all day and after eating, he soon dozed off.
It was still Shang Chen who carried him back to his room.
During the process, the little rascal even kicked him once.
Leaving a small shoe print on Shang Chen’s custom-tailored suit.
Chen Hui felt embarrassed to trouble him, repeatedly urging Qiao Yu to take the child from Shang Chen’s arms, but Qiao Yu acted as if he didn’t hear, just watching Shang Chen hold him.
Especially after Qiao Zhiang kicked Shang Chen, Chen Hui also stepped on Qiao Yu’s foot.
Qiao Yu silently endured the pain, but he just stood still.
It wasn’t until Shang Chen and the others left that Qiao Yu mumbled softly, "He took my daughter away, what’s wrong with letting him carry my son back to the room? So what if my son kicked him once?"
"What did you say?" Chen Hui asked, not catching his murmurs.
Seeing her look over, Qiao Yu immediately said, "Nothing?"
Qiao Lech was drinking water in the kitchen, stifling a laugh as she drank.
After leaving the Qiao Family, Shang Chen drove Qiao Yuxian back to Fenglin Villa.
As the distance was quite far, they drove onto the outer ring.
Having played for a long time, Qiao Yuxian was also a bit tired, but in a better state than Qiao Zhiang. She leaned on the seat, not yet asleep.
Shang Chen glanced at her occasionally as he drove.
Qiao Yuxian, drowsy, stared ahead. Just about to fall asleep, Shang Chen called her name, "Qiao Yuxian."
"Hmm?" Qiao Yuxian suddenly opened her eyes wide and looked at him, "What’s up?"
"Call Su Qi. Someone is following us." Shang Chen’s voice was light, with no hint of tension.
Qiao Yuxian immediately looked back through her side mirror.
Shang Chen and Su Qi’s car was right behind them.
Behind Shang Chen and Su Qi’s car, there were quite a few other vehicles. They all seemed to be driving normally on the road.
Qiao Yuxian looked for a moment and indeed noticed three cars that seemed out of place.
Although Shang Chen and Su Qi hadn’t noticed anything unusual, Shang Chen was the first to detect it.
Qiao Yuxian quickly called Su Qi to inform him.
In less than five minutes, she saw through the rearview mirror that the three cars behind them were surrounded by several other cars approaching from behind.
Shang Chen glanced backward slightly, continuing to drive normally on the road, neither speeding up nor slowing down.
Shang Chen and Su Qi maintained a steady pace behind him the whole time.
Soon, the three cars following them disappeared from view.
Qiao Yuxian raised her eyebrows slightly and said, "So many people have been following you all along."
"Yes." Shang Chen responded.
There were too many people who wanted Shang Chen dead. Even if Shang Chen and Su Qi were not trailing him, many would secretly protect him.
Qiao Yuxian nodded, looked through the rearview mirror again, and then... she fell asleep.
Knowing someone was following her, she was excited for a moment. After the excitement faded, she turned her head and slept.
She slept all the way to Fenglin Villa.
The car stopped, she opened her eyes to look outside, realizing they were at Fenglin Villa, and closed her eyes again.
Shang Chen carried her out of the car, upstairs, directly to his bedroom.
He placed her on the bed, and Shang Chen began taking off her coat.
Just as he removed the coat.
Her phone inside the coat began ringing incessantly.
All were notification alerts.
Shang Chen intended to take out her phone to mute it when Qiao Yuxian suddenly opened her eyes and looked at him, "Our dorm group."
Shang Chen turned on the screen and indeed saw that it was their dorm group chat, with messages still coming in.
"Is that so?" Qiao Yuxian asked, her eyes open, filled with deep sleepiness.
"Yes."
Qiao Yuxian reached out for her phone.
Shang Chen handed the phone to her.
Qiao Yuxian opened one eye and tapped on the messages. She scrolled up and briefly read through the chat history.
She instantly woke up and sat straight up on the bed.
Shang Chen neatly placed her coat and his coat, watching her sit cross-legged on the bed, head down, staring at her phone, her expression quite serious.
He watched her for a moment, then asked as she began scrolling through the messages, "What’s wrong?"
Qiao Yuxian looked up at him, then pulled his hand, making him sit by the bed. She showed him the messages in the group chat.
Zhao Meng had posted a thread and also shared a short video.
The two contained the same content.
The short video was a screen recording of screenshots from the post.
Moreover, the short video was something she recorded and saved.
It’s all about Chen Xi.
And the person who posted it is Chen Xi herself.
She recounted how she was working at the night market last year, and one night after getting home, she was drugged and raped.
The man who raped her is called Gu Yao.
He also took her nude photos.
Afterwards, he threatened her with the photos and sought her out a few more times.
With the photos in his hands and his background being complicated, Gu Yao threatened her.
She dared not resist and could only silently endure.
Until she found out she was pregnant, she bought abortion drugs on the black market and went to the hospital.
She temporarily escaped Gu Yao’s clutches.
But after returning home during the New Year, Gu Yao sought her out again.
Because she aborted his child, Gu Yao was furious.
To get back at her, he threatened and intimidated her, teaching her a lesson so she would obediently listen in the future.
Letting her know the consequences of her disobedience.
Gu Yao had someone rape her twin sister Chen Xu.
Chen Xu was humiliated, became distraught, and slit her wrists to commit suicide.
Chen Xi was determined to get justice for her sister and bring the criminals to justice.
But after calling the police, they refused to handle it and only gave perfunctory responses.
Chen Xi went to the police station multiple times, but was ultimately warned for disrupting the agency’s order.
Having exhausted all avenues, she chose to expose it online.
Hoping that public pressure would bring about a resolution.
Qiao Yuxian showed Gu Yanjing the messages and then checked the dormitory group’s chat records.
Zhou Yunbing: [The post has been deleted and can’t be found.]
Han Yangliu: [Reposts on short video platforms are being deleted one by one. Not just that, even comments are flagged with sensitive words.]
Zhao Meng: [The trending topics were directly removed.]
Han Yangliu: [Who is this Gu Yao? With such a big background, he can kill without facing consequences, not even bearing any responsibility.]
Zhao Meng: [Never heard of this person. But the one backing him must have some serious influence.]
Zhou Yunbing: [Exactly. The police don’t deal with it, trending topics aren’t allowed, comments can’t be posted. The post is deleted, and videos are swallowed. No wonder he dares to brazenly abduct people on the street and force them to suicide.]
Han Yangliu: [The power of capital is too strong, what will Chen Xi do?]
Zhao Meng: [What else can be done, keep fighting. If it were me, unless he kills me too, I’d fight him to the end. I refuse to believe there’s no law.]
Han Yangliu: [My Brother Meng is as resolute as always.]
Zhou Yunbing: [I suddenly realized a problem. Among the major short video platforms, only YM hasn’t deleted the video, nor controlled the comments.]
Han Yangliu: [Really? Really? That’s so bold? I haven’t downloaded YM yet, I’ll go check it out.]
Qiao Yuxian lingered on this comment.
Zhao Meng: [Hopefully, it can remain bold to the end.]
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Qiao Yuxian leaned on Gu Yanjing’s shoulder as they read through the chat records together.
She said, "Who is Gu Yao? Do you know him?"
Gu Yanjing looked at her long eyelashes and said, "I don’t know him. There’s no such person in the Gu Family."
Qiao Yuxian leaned against him and didn’t say anything more.
Gu Yanjing watched her for a while, pinched her cheek, and said, "Not tired anymore?"
"Tired," Qiao Yuxian murmured, "Why did you bring me back to your room again."
Gu Yanjing didn’t say anything.
Qiao Yuxian flipped through her phone, sat up, and said, "I’m going back to my room."
After she spoke, she got out of bed.
As soon as one foot hit the ground, Gu Yanjing grabbed her hand.
Qiao Yuxian turned around: "Huh?"
Gu Yanjing’s cold gaze fixed on her.
They exchanged glances for a while, then Qiao Yuxian chuckled, leaned closer to look at him: "I’ll go back to wash up, and I’ll come back after."
Gu Yanjing watched her without moving.
Qiao Yuxian smiled and said, "I’ll definitely come back. I won’t lie."
Only then did Gu Yanjing let go of her hand.
Qiao Yuxian glanced at him for another two seconds, then suddenly reached out to tickle Gu Yanjing’s chin, and turned and ran away.
She laughed mischievously while running: "La la la la la..."
The chin-tickling action was very much like teasing Dou Jin, and the triumphant little voice was like she had touched a tiger’s head.
Perhaps because she was too triumphant, she tripped when she went out: "Ouch."
Gu Yanjing moved slightly, seeing she didn’t fall, he sat back down.
Then he chuckled softly.
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