Rebirth: CEO's Sweetheart Reaches the Life Pinnacle!-Chapter 783 - 700: Is It That Serious?

When Li Si walked out of the police bureau, Leng Mochen’s car was already waiting at the entrance. He stepped out with a faint smile and opened the car door for her. Li Si shot him a surprised glance and asked, "What are you doing here?"

Earlier, he was supposed to be at the company hosting a shareholders’ meeting, which was why she had gone on her own.

Leng Mochen lightly patted her back. "Get in. I’ll explain inside."

Li Si nodded knowingly. This wasn’t the right place to talk.

Once they got into the car and started driving away, two cars filled with bodyguards followed close behind.

Li Si leaned back comfortably against her seat, exhaling softly. Leng Mochen kept his eyes on the road but stole a quick glance at her. "Tired?"

"Yeah! I just went toe-to-toe with someone outsmarting and lying my way through. How could I not be tired?"

Leng Mochen chuckled deeply. "You! Alright, tell me, what exactly happened?"

Li Si shot him a glare, her face serious. "You’re still laughing? I bet you won’t be laughing when you hear this! Guess what the police said?"

Leng Mochen curved his lips slightly. "Oh? It’s that bad?"

Li Si raised an eyebrow and grumbled softly, "Worse than bad! My palms were so sweaty from the nerves! I used to think Tian Yaru’s incident was connected to Li Fei, but turns out it was Zhang Shan and Zhang Yao’s mother stirring up trouble behind the scenes. Then that officer suddenly brought up Zhou Rou, saying her family accused me of being involved in her disappearance! Seriously, how could I not freak out?"

Even as she recalled the conversation, her palms and even her back felt damp with a thin layer of sweat—so sticky and uncomfortable.

She had gone there today intending to ask about Tian Yaru’s case, but who would have thought it would end up being connected to Zhang Shan?

Just as she wrapped her mind around that shock, the officer dropped another bombshell about Zhou Rou’s disappearance.

Her nerves were truly stretched to their limits—it was all just too horrifying.

Especially since Zhou Rou’s matter had left an indelible mark deep in her heart.

And from the way Leng Mochen had occasionally hinted about the consequences, she could infer that whatever had happened to Zhou Rou must have been brutal and gruesome.

Leng Mochen shook his head with a smile. "Why so nervous? They can’t find anything on us."

Hearing his tone, Li Si felt something was off. Her eyes lit up in sudden realization, and she exclaimed, "Wait, did you already know about this? Is that why you’re so confident?"

Feeling a bit wronged, she added, "Then why didn’t you give me a heads-up? At least I could’ve been mentally prepared."

If he had warned her, she wouldn’t have been so flustered earlier. She could have faced it all with far more composure.

As they stopped at a red light, Leng Mochen affectionately ruffled her hair and explained softly, "No, I just found out myself! That’s why I dropped everything to come pick you up. Don’t worry—they don’t actually know the truth. They’re just trying to fish for information from you."

He had only just learned this from Heizi, who mentioned that someone within the system was investigating both him and Li Si. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Piecing things together, Leng Mochen took several precautions. Although he hadn’t been in the country at the time, the measures he had taken with Zhou Rou were exceptionally discreet, leaving little trace for anyone to follow.

However, Zhang Yao’s situation was proving more difficult. The people he’d dispatched had already arrived at Zhang Yao’s current residence, but whether they’d uncover anything useful remained to be seen.

Li Si’s eyes lit up as she couldn’t help but gasp in excitement. "Ah! Spill it! What’s going on? That officer’s questions left me completely confused, you know? I thought they had real dirt on us. Honestly, I wasn’t as worried about us—I was mainly concerned about Long Wu. After all, you weren’t in the country back then, and he was the one who handled things, right?"

Leng Mochen’s deep voice resonated throughout the car as he spoke calmly. "Heizi called me to share that someone within their system is digging into you and me. Back then, when Tian Yaru almost splashed you with acid, he had secretly investigated the incident as well, so he kept a close eye on the situation..."

It turned out that after Li Si narrowly avoided being attacked with acid by Tian Yaru, Leng Mochen had not only employed his own methods to investigate but had also informed Heizi about it.

As a close friend of theirs, Heizi had naturally paid extra attention to this matter.

Today, Heizi had suddenly received news from a colleague within the system—someone was investigating both Li Si and Leng Mochen.

The lead stemmed from a missing person case, in which the complainant alleged that the disappearance was tied to the Leng Group’s president’s wife.

The complainant was none other than Zhou Rou’s mother!

Ever since Zhou Gang and Wang Ye got married, Mrs. Zhou’s life had taken a sharp turn for the worse.

She was well aware of her family’s lack of wealth and influence. The couple’s wedding home was entirely funded by Wang Ye’s family.

As a result, living there left her feeling insecure. To make matters worse, Wang Ye, being pregnant, naturally became more sensitive and demanding over time.

The tension between the two women escalated, but Mrs. Zhou had no outlet for her grievances and couldn’t bring herself to return to North City out of pride.

During moments like these, she missed her daughter Zhou Rou terribly. If her daughter were around, at least she’d have someone she could rely on.

Yet no matter how hard she looked, her daughter remained missing. In a fit of frustration after quarreling with Wang Ye and Zhou Gang, she left the house, hoping to see how they’d react.

To her dismay, her daughter-in-law didn’t bat an eyelid, and even her son Zhou Gang didn’t seem to care enough to look for her. After spending a night outside, she returned home, humiliated.

Recently, however, someone mysteriously approached her and handed her a letter.

The letter was printed out, but its contents enraged and shocked her.

On a single A4 sheet of paper, it claimed that Zhou Rou’s disappearance was directly due to crossing paths with Leng Group’s president’s wife, Li Si.

The letter detailed the events surrounding Zhou Rou’s online post and explained how her disappearance coincided precisely with the post’s release.

Since that moment, Zhou Rou had vanished without a trace.

With her heart in turmoil, Mrs. Zhou took the letter to show Zhou Gang in secret. Zhou Gang immediately suspected that whoever sent it wasn’t just an insider but someone scheming to use them against Li Si.

However, Mrs. Zhou didn’t care about being used. Her only goal was to find her daughter Zhou Rou.

In her old age, it seemed her only reliable support would be her daughter. Her son Zhou Gang, she felt, was impossible to rely on.

The initial plan for Zhou Gang and Wang Ye’s marriage was to use Wang Ye to look into Zhou Rou’s whereabouts.

Yet Zhou Gang, caught up in the joy of having a home, a car, and impending fatherhood, seemed to have no interest in pursuing Zhou Rou’s case further. Instead, he wanted to revel in the comforts of wealth.

Seeing her son’s unwillingness, Mrs. Zhou ignored his protests and secretly reported the matter to the police during a trip to buy groceries.

After hearing Leng Mochen’s explanation, Li Si felt complicated emotions—pity for Mrs. Zhou mixed with scorn.

"Who gave her that letter? Was it Zhang Shan and her group?"