Stealing Your Heart (Lin Xinyan) novel Chapter 879

Two uniformed policemen walked into the room and said, “A fire broke out this afternoon at an abandoned factory in the eastern suburbs. Here’s what we found at the scene.”

One of the policemen handed over a sealed zip lock bag that contained a mobile phone and a will.

Jiang Mohan’s face paled a little. Coldly, he asked, “What’s the meaning of this?”

“We’ve just began our investigations into the matter, but we believe that the fire was started by your wife as a means for her to commit suicide.”

Jiang Mohan’s heart skipped a beat. Feeling a little light-headed, he wondered if the policemen were lying. How is it possible that Zong Yanxi tried to kill herself? No way!

He took the zip lock bag from the policeman and inspected its contents. The mobile phone did belong to Zong Yanxi. The will, when he unfolded it, was written in her handwriting as well.

It said, Mohan, there’s no meaning in my life anymore after losing you. See you again. No, goodbye forever!

Jiang Mohan froze. Though he didn’t realize it, his voice was shaking a little as he asked, “Where’s my wife now?”

“The fire was too big, so we are still unable to ascertain what happened to her,” the policeman replied. “Right now, I need to ask you a few questions. Have you and your wife been experiencing any marriage troubles recently? Do you think they might have a played a part in causing your wife’s suicide?”

Jiang Mohan didn’t reply. He snatched his phone up from the table and stalked out of the room.

“Sigh…”

Nan Cheng walked over. “If there are any questions, I’m free to take them.”

Ling Wei glanced at him, then ran out of the room and chased after Jiang Mohan.

Jiang Mohan drove back to the villa. He flung open the door, only to find the house completely empty of people. As he walked further in, he realized that everything was exactly as it had been when he left. However, the divorce papers he had left in a neat stack on the table were now scattered everywhere.

He walked over to the table and glanced down at the divorce papers. Zong Yanxi had signed her name on the dotted line, agreeing to the divorce.

She…

Has she really signed it?

She seemed so reluctant to do so previously.

Jiang Mohan fell onto the sofa in a daze. His entire mind was buzzing with fear. As he tried to organize his thoughts, his mind drew a blank.

“Mohan.” Ling Wei walked into the room and stood in front of him. “You’ve already divorced her. Whether she’s alive or dead has nothing to do with you anymore.”

Jiang Mohan looked up and fixed his eyes on Ling Wei. “Nothing to do with me anymore?”

“That’s right. You married her in the first place because you wanted to take revenge on her family.” Ling Wei squatted down before him. “Have you forgotten how your mother died? Are you behaving like this because you have feelings for her? Don’t forget that she’s your enemy!”

“I’ve never forgotten!” Jiang Mohan clenched his fists. He still remembered the events that led up to his mother’s death. Back then, she was working as a helper in the Zong family home. A few weeks into her job, she had met her untimely demise.

His mother was in a car with two other people, but the two of them emerged from the accident perfectly fine. His mother was the only person out of the three of them to have died.

Jiang Mohan had knelt down next to his mother’s corpse and begged his father to seek justice for his mother. To his horror, his father accepted the Zong family’s hush money, and refused to conduct an investigation into his mother’s suspicious death.

“Mohan, have you forgotten how difficult it was for your mother to bring you up as a single mother in the countryside? Just when he started to make money, your father tossed her aside and left her to suffer on her own. You were going to wait till you were older to repay your mother for bringing you up, but she was murdered before you could do that. Are you going to sympathize with the people who caused her death?”

Jiang Mohan looked away from Ling Wei. “No.”

He said this very half-heartedly. Jiang Mohan wondered if there was something wrong with him. He had managed to take revenge after so many years, but he didn’t feel happy at all.

“Since you’ve already divorced her, what happens to her from today onwards is none of your concern. Mohan, think of your mother up in heaven!” Ling Wei continued to press the issue of his mother. She knew that he was deeply devoted to her.

Otherwise, why would he come up with a decades-long plan just to avenge her?

Jiang Mohan placed the divorce papers into a small drawer. Yes, he had nothing to do with Zong Yanxi now. Whatever happened to her from now on was no longer any of his concern.

He took a deep breath to rearrange his emotions. “Let’s return to the office.”

Ling Wei said, “Okay.”

When they got back to the office, the policemen were still there.

“From what I know about her personality, she isn’t the sort of person who would commit suicide. Please investigate this matter further.” Nan Cheng had a pretty clear understanding of Zong Yanxi’s character. Even if Jiang Mohan chose to divorce her, she would never give up her own life so easily.