Reborn to Outshine My Ex and His White Moonlight-Chapter 153 Nothing Left

Moments later, outside the hospital room.

Old Mr. Gong and Gong Chen walked out together, father and son flanking each other, exuding an intimidating presence.

Old Mr. Gong, with his hands clasped behind his back, spoke calmly, "Were you with Wanqiu last night?"

"Mm."

Gong Chen responded.

Old Mr. Gong nodded, "You’re not getting any younger, it’s indeed time to settle down and start a family. If Wanqiu solves the issue with the mine, don’t be too tough on the Song Family."

"Mm."

"Alright, no need to see me out, go keep Wanqiu company, and stop getting distracted."

Old Mr. Gong didn’t say much, but with these few words alone, he knew Gong Chen would understand the deeper implications.

As the elevator doors closed, Chen Jin stepped out from the adjacent door.

"Third Young Master, the butler did indeed check the surveillance footage of yesterday’s road section."

"Gong Yan."

Gong Chen stood by the window and lit a cigarette, his half-closed eyes and brows blurring in the lingering smoke at his fingertips.

He radiated a deeply dangerous and hostile aura, his dark eyes intense and simmering, causing the long-serving Chen Jin to feel a chill run down his spine.

It was as if some terrifying force was spreading around him.

Chen Jin swallowed hard, and after some thought decided to bring out the item he was hiding behind his back.

A scarf.

"Third Young Master, Miss Lin threw this to me, saying if I give her another one, just... burn it."

Gong Chen took the scarf without showing any emotion, "Let’s go."

"What about Miss Song..."

Chen Jin pointed to Song Wanqiu’s hospital room but immediately shut his mouth and pressed the elevator button upon seeing Gong Chen’s cold glare.

They went downstairs and got into the car.

Chen Jin promptly stowed the cheap scarf on the car seat away.

"Give it to me." Gong Chen took Lin Zhiyi’s scarf and handed his own expensive one to Chen Jin, "Put it away."

Chen Jin hesitated for a moment but folded the cashmere scarf neatly and placed it in the box.

Gong Chen lowered his gaze, concealing any hint of expression in his eyes.

His fingertips lightly stroked the scarf. The feel of the synthetic material was somewhat harsh, but it seemed to still carry a hint of something on it.

...

Lin Zhiyi led Liu He all the way, and Liu He cried the entire time.

In the end, Lin Zhiyi dared not walk where there were many people.

They could only stop in a small, sparsely populated garden.

"Stop crying. If someone didn’t know better, they’d think I had done something terribly wrong."

"I’m sorry, Zhiyi, I’m really so useless," Liu He choked up with self-reproach.

"It’s not your fault. In fact, you got into trouble because of me. If it weren’t for me being a burden, maybe your life in the Gong Family wouldn’t have been so difficult."

Lin Zhiyi offered Liu He a forced smile.

As soon as Liu He saw her strained smile, she embraced Lin Zhiyi and wept bitterly.

"Nonsense! You’ve never been a burden to me! Don’t think that way!"

"I know, I know."

As Lin Zhiyi heard this, tears welled up in her eyes, threatening to spill over. Just when she was about to cry, Liu He suddenly gasped.

"Oh! I almost forgot about the important matter."

Lin Zhiyi sniffed and pulled away from Liu He, "What is it?"

Liu He took out a handkerchief to dab the corners of her eyes and calmed herself before saying, "Didn’t you ask me to keep an eye on Liu Xinna’s gatherings? I just heard that she’s going to have a party at a bar the day after tomorrow, and Song Wanqiu will definitely be there."

With that, she pulled out a card from her bag, red with black text.

Lover, next to it was a silhouette of a woman formed by lines.

Strangely familiar.

Liu He pointed at the card, "I’ve inquired about it, and this bar is owned by the man Liu Xinna is interested in."

Lin Zhiyi paused, then looking again at the silhouette of the woman on the card, it somewhat resembled Song Wanqiu.

Even in her state of undress.

It seemed to be no mistake.

Liu He asked worriedly, "Zhiyi, what are you going to do?"

Lin Zhiyi safely stored the card and spoke indifferently, "Nothing much, just want to clear up some things. Don’t worry."

Seeing that she was not willing to elaborate, Liu He could only offer a few words of advice and let it be.

After seeing Liu He off in her car, Lin Zhiyi just received a call from a local express delivery service.

"Miss, are you home? There’s an item here that requires your signature for delivery."

"I’ll be home in about half an hour."

Lin Zhiyi knew her phone must have been fixed.

She had been worried about any further complications and had paid the phone repair shop owner extra to prioritize fixing her phone.

The courier replied, "Okay, I’ll be there to deliver the package in half an hour."

As soon as she hung up the phone, Lin Zhiyi hailed a cab and headed back.

She happened to meet the courier at the building entrance and quickly signed for the package before hurrying upstairs to open it.

As the phone powered on, she felt an inexplicable nervousness.

She had to figure everything out.

But when she opened the photo album, she became completely stunned.

Her gaze became unfocused, as if she had lost all sense of scale, and everything before her seemed blurred.

The phone crashed to the floor with a clatter.

She slumped down next to it and, after a few seconds of paralysis, she picked up the phone and desperately searched for the items she wanted, over and over again.

However, everything had been wiped from the phone.

There was nothing left!

Lin Zhiyi’s mind went blank, and it took her a while to regain a shred of thought before she quickly dialed the repair shop owner’s number.

Before he could say a word, she demanded loudly, "Where’s the stuff that was on my phone?"

The owner paused, clueless, "Miss, it was like that when you gave it to me."

"That’s impossible."

"Miss, I’m really not lying. We have the unboxing and repair videos, and I can send them all to you."

Soon, the owner sent over the videos.

There was surveillance for the entire process, from receiving the package to placing it in the machine for testing.

The testing also showed that the phone Lin Zhiyi sent contained nothing, like an empty shell.

She watched the surveillance footage and almost instantly understood everything.

She grabbed the fixed phone and threw it away.

"Ah!"

It was Gong Chen.

The last time she left the phone store and was followed, she had run into him.

He only needed to interrogate someone briefly to find out what they were after.

Lin Zhiyi, for fear of being followed again, had specifically chosen to send the package late at night in a sneaky way.

But this had given Gong Chen the opportunity.

Lin Zhiyi lay helplessly on the ground, pounding the floor, unable to accept that her efforts had been thwarted again.

Gong Chen, since you can tolerate Song Wanqiu even in such matters, why can’t you let me go?

Why?

Why!

Lin Zhiyi felt so distressed that she lost her voice and could only curl up on the ground.

Until the doorbell rang.

She initially didn’t want to answer, but the person outside seemed intent on not letting her be, ringing over and over.

She could only muster the strength to stand up, took a few deep breaths and looked through the peephole.

It was her neighbor.

"Miss Lin? Miss Lin! Are you okay?"

Lin Zhiyi opened the door, "I’m fine."

Her neighbor was startled by her complexion, "You call this fine? Lucky I got off work early today. A new dessert shop opened near our company, and I brought you something. Eating something sweet can help when you’re feeling down."

Lin Zhiyi looked at the small cake her neighbor had brought and her nose started to sting again.

Her neighbor hesitated, "Did my old habit kick in again? I really shouldn’t pry today, should I? You should eat something first."

"Thank you, Sister Zhou."

She remembered her neighbor’s surname was Zhou, known as Love to Eat Sunflower Seeds Sister Zhou in the owners’ group chat.

Sister Zhou laughed heartily, "Come on. Let’s eat together."

She took Lin Zhiyi to her place.

She even took out a set of English tea service with great ceremony for Lin Zhiyi.

She didn’t relax until Lin Zhiyi had eaten half the cake and then comforted her, "Don’t think too much, as long as you’re alive there’s a way. When you’re feeling down, just munch on some seeds like me."

"..."

Lin Zhiyi really felt awful, but after hearing Sister Zhou’s words, she felt like crying and laughing at the same time.

After chatting for a while, Lin Zhiyi’s mood gradually stabilized.

Sister Zhou was right; as long as you’re alive there’s a way, and besides, she had already "died" once before.

At that moment, all Lin Zhiyi could think about was the card Liu He had given her...