"It's windy out here. Let's go inside."
Huo Nanchen held Gu Ruochu's hand, and they walked into the company. The police officers followed them inside. "How can you accuse me of obstructing your investigations? You have no reason to interrogate my wife without any evidence. After all, we are good citizens."
'Good citizens?' The police officer was not fooled by Huo Nanchen's argument.
Everyone knew that the rich always used the law to their advantage.
The policewoman wanted to say something, but her colleague stopped her. "I told you not to come to Madam Huo's company without evidence, but you didn't listen."
"We're here on official business. Don't we have the right to summon her?"
"Come on! Are you willing to offend Huo Nanchen? If you dare to provoke his wife, stomping you to death will be as easy for him as stomping an ant. Haven't you heard about all the rumors concerning him? Besides, we don't have any solid evidence."
The policewoman had no choice but to give up on her plan of summoning Gu Ruochu to the police station. She had thought of the idea after coming under a lot of pressure from her bosses, who wanted her to make some quick progress in her investigations.
Besides, Gu Ruochu and Gu Yanwei's conflict had been highly publicized. It would be diligent of the police to get a statement from her.
Soon, the police and the reporters left Gu Ruochu's company.
A man who had been observing the whole scene emerged from the garage.
He looked ordinary, but the look in his eyes had an infinite shrewdness and darkness. He had observed everything that had happened with keen interest.
"..."
Gu Ruochu's heart was finally at ease after the police left. Huo Nanchen also left after giving her a goodbye kiss.
Gu Ruochu realized that the news about Gu Yanwei and Yang Ziyu had been suppressed by most of the reporters. Compared to the previous day, fewer media outlets were running the story.
The Ning family had been quick to act. Zhang Yuan had already started to suppress the news.
Although the story was temporarily suppressed, the mainstream media still reported on the link between the First Lady and the Gu family.
The Gu family was doing all it could to distance itself from Gu Yanwei. The did not want to tarnish the First Lady's reputation.
"I didn't expect the news to be suppressed. It's not satisfying enough. Such an evil woman should be exposed in front of everyone." Rong Xiao bit on a cigarette. "Gu Yanwei's scandal teaches us that if we walk around at night, we can easily encounter ghosts."
The city was a dangerous place, especially for women, and they needed to be more cautious.
Such scandals usually spread quickly, especially if the victim belonged to a powerful family.
"The president's wife and the Gu family won't let Gu Yanwei off." Xu Yichen looked up at Chu Xinlan. "Xinlan, do you not know Gu Zexi?"
"Yes," Chu Xinlan replied in a low voice. "He used to be my boyfriend. It's been three years since we broke up."
Rong Xiao put his legs down from the coffee table in surprise. "You two were in a relationship? Tell me how you met him. How could someone like you date Gu Zexi?"
The Gu family was mysterious in Nan Cheng. Gu Zexi, the family's eldest grandson, rarely appeared in public.
"My father asked him to teach my sister photography, so we got to know each other."
Rong Xiao did not continue his interrogation when he heard Xinlan mention the Chu family.
She did not like talking about her extended family.
Gu Ruochu fell silent as well. She and Xinlan shared the same family situation. They had not received much a lot of love from their parents.
It was probably one of the reasons why Gu Ruochu's view of love was so distorted. She wanted to love someone with all her heart, but her childhood experiences had always been full of hate.