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"If you can't get anything out of him, check his dashcam footage," Xie Mingyi said. "He can lie, but a dashcam can't lie."

Pei Xingzhi: "But what if his dashcam is broken?"

"This..." Xie Mingyi's eyes turned cold, and he was speechless for a moment.

Pei Xingzhi adjusted his glasses, his eyes no longer capable of stirring any emotion: "Qin Wushuang is an exceptionally cunning person. Since he could come up with such a convoluted idea, he would never leave any loopholes."

"So Uncle Chen, we must be prepared that we won't be able to get anything out of you."

“Yes.” Chen Jingxuan nodded in agreement. “The concerns you mentioned are exactly what the task force is worried about. The task force also anticipated this situation, so it has already sent people to retrieve surveillance footage from the intersections near the repair shop, intending to check each vehicle one by one.”

"Hmm." Pei Xingzhi forced a smile, showing no sign of relief despite the news.

He was not released from the police station until half an hour later.

It was completely dark, and two rows of dim yellow streetlights stretched to the horizon.

Pei Xingzhi took his phone out of his coat pocket, but before he could turn on the screen, Lu Yibai called.

"Om-"

"Om-"

The phone kept vibrating incessantly. Xie Mingyi walked over and patted Pei Xingzhi on the shoulder: "Xingzhi, let's go home."

Pei Xingzhi raised his hand: "I'm going to take this call. You and Dad go first."

Xie Mingyi: "Okay, Dad and I have to go back to the company for a meeting, so we won't wait for you. Go home as soon as you finish your call, and don't get cold."

Pei Xingzhi nodded: "I understand, be careful on the road."

Xie Mingyi hummed in agreement, then turned and left.

"Shh, shh, shh—"

The sound of footsteps crunching in the snow gradually faded into the distance. Pei Xingzhi answered the phone before the ringing stopped.

"Hey."

"Pei Xingzhi, is this how you take care of people?"

Without even bothering to greet him, Lu Yibai immediately launched into a questioning.

Pei Xingzhi remained silent.

"A living, breathing person, you just throw them away like that? Are you really a piece of trash?"

Lu Yibai's voice, filled with intense anger, rang noisily in Pei Xingzhi's ears.

"Pei Xingzhi, Qin Song has been missing for a whole day. Instead of hurrying to find her, you're spreading news of her disappearance all over the internet. What, are you trying to use this opportunity to create a deeply affectionate and tragic persona online to promote your crappy game?"

Pei Xingzhi remained silent.

He looked up at the dim streetlights, his breath freezing into a hazy white mist that swirled and clung to the light.

Lu Yibai on the other end of the phone was still hurling insults.

"Speak up, are you mute? Didn't you swear you'd take good care of Qin Song? Didn't you believe you were the only one in the world worthy of Qin Song? Didn't you promise to love Qin Song for a lifetime? Have all your vows been eaten by dogs?"

"A living, breathing person just vanished right under your nose. Pei Xingzhi, what's the difference between a piece of trash like you being alive and dead?"

Pei Xingzhi remained silent.

Lu Yibai thought he was feeling guilty, so she scolded him a few more times with a straight face until she felt satisfied, and then finally changed the subject.

"Pei Xingzhi, I've already sent people to investigate Qin Song's disappearance. Once I find Qin Song, you can expect to sign the divorce papers."

"Hmph..." Pei Xingzhi sneered, finally speaking, "Me, sign the divorce papers? On what grounds?"

"Why should I divorce A-Yuan?"

"...Why should I?!" These three words ignited Lu Yibai's anger to its peak. "Pei Xingzhi, how dare you ask me why?"

Pei Xingzhi curled his lips into a cold smile: "Why wouldn't I be embarrassed to ask?"

Lu Yibai: "...Fine, since you have the nerve to ask, then I'll have the nerve to tell you. I'll tell you why."

"With your hopeless studio, with your nonsensical romance game, with your negligible sense of responsibility, with your empty promises and useless love!"

"You can't even keep an eye on one person, how can you still be Qin Song's husband?"

Pei Xingzhi still smiled: "I'm embarrassed to be A-Yuan's husband, but you're comfortable with it? A crazy, cheating man from a poor background?"

"Stop trying to frame me like that!" Lu Yibai's voice was quite loud, so Pei Xingzhi had to move his phone a little further away.

"Yes, I did wrong Qin Song before, but compared to your cowardly good-for-nothing behavior, what are my mistakes? At least Qin Song wasn't kidnapped when he was with me, right?"

"Hmm." Pei Xingzhi was too lazy to argue with Lu Yibai about these useless things, so he simply let him say what he wanted.

"and then?"

Lu Yibai: "My reputation is indeed not as good as it used to be, but my Lu Group is still the same Lu Group as before. I have money and power, I can give Qin Song the best life, and I can also help Xie's Technology climb to the next level."

"So Pei Xingzhi, if you have any shame or self-awareness, you should divorce Qin Song as soon as possible. Don't delay Qin Song from going to someone better than you."

"Someone better than me?" Pei Xingzhi raised an eyebrow. "Lu Yibai, are you referring to yourself?"

Lu Yibai said proudly, "Pei Xingzhi, aren't I better than you?"

Pei Xingzhi: "You keep saying I'm shameless, but I don't think you've ever wanted that ugly face yourself."

Lu Yibai was furious: "Pei Xingzhi, what did you say—"

"Lu Yibai," Pei Xingzhi interrupted him coldly, "You might not have a mirror at home, but you must pee, right? Don't you ever look down at yourself when you pee? If you're really better than me, why didn't A-Yuan choose you in the first place? Why does A-Yuan hate you so much that she doesn't even want to see you?"

"Have you lost all self-awareness?"

Pei Xingzhi returned Lu Yibai's insults verbatim, and then added sarcastically, "When Ayuan was just an ordinary person, you ignored her, but now that she's a famous jewelry designer in Yuncheng, you're all over her with your sullen face. Do you really want to be with her because you care about her, or because you're after her jewelry design skills, or perhaps because you're after her status as the Xie family's daughter?"

"I..." Lu Yibai was speechless.

Pei Xingzhi raised his wrist and glanced at the watch on his wrist bone, his tone suddenly becoming somewhat strange.

"Lu Yibai, stop worrying about Ayuan. Your backyard is about to catch fire."

"What?" Lu Yibai didn't understand what he said.

He didn't bother repeating himself, only saying, "A-Yuan is mine, and she will only ever love me. Lu Yibai, A-Yuan and I have a child who's almost old enough to run errands, so stop making a scene and get as far away from us as possible! Don't come out and get in our way!"