BXBX NOVEL Chapter 428 - Bribe
Yunru narrowed his eyes. "I haven\'t mentioned anything about the accident yet, Huang Rong. Why are you panicking so much?"
"Anybody would if she was brought to the police station."
"It\'s just some questioning, which we did with the other witnesses too. We saw you in the street where the accident happened so wanted to know what you were doing?"
Huang Rong seemed agitated. "Why do you want to know!? It\'s my personal business! It\'s not like the street belongs to Zhiyuan, right?"
"Please don\'t misunderstand my questions, Huang Rong. I want to know if you saw the driver of the car who caused the accident."
She wiped her head and shifted uncomfortably in her seat. "I don\'t know...I didn\'t see her. I reached pretty much after the accident happened when the ambulance was already there."
Yunru narrowed his eyes. "Her? I never said that the driver was a woman."
She stiffened.
"By the time you reached the site, the car was already gone. So, how do you know that the driver was a woman?"
Huang Rong paled. She bit her lip.
"I-I...I.." she clenched her fists, "I just heard some people whispering to each other. Otherwise how would I know?"
"Is that so? But all the people whose statements the police took didn\'t mention that the driver was a woman. Everybody was confused, and nobody could see clearly who sat in the driver\'s seat. It was quite rushed, and they said they were more focused on brother-in-law\'s car that took the hit."
She gritted her teeth. "Soo Yunru! What do you want to imply?"
"I am just asking questions, nothing else. You understand, right? After the incident at the conference, this is the second time that brother-in-law is hurt. Coincidentally or not, you were present in both the scenes."
Huang Rong trembled.
"It\'s just a coincidence. I-I don\'t know anything about this…" she cried.
"I want to believe you, but unfortunately, you do have a motive against the Han family. Brother-in-law destroyed your company, and you were left penniless. Isn\'t it possible that you would want revenge?"
"I don\'t! I-I have already put the past behind me," she burst into tears.
Yunru leaned. "Huang Rong. Things are really serious. Apart from the fact that this is the second time for brother-in-law to get injured, you should understand that a child was involved this time too. Siying could have been gravely injured or even lost his life. That\'s why I am taking this very seriously, and I want you to be on the same page. If it was you, then I advise you to confess right now."
"Why are you targeting me like this Soo Yunru!? Are you taking out your grudge on me because I insulted Xinyi that night?"
"I don\'t bring my personal feelings into a case, Huang Rong. If you are innocent, then I won\'t send you to jail just to take my revenge. I am advising you this because…"
He slid a photo on the table towards her. "Do you recognize this waiter?"
She took a look and froze.
"You are seen handing him a small envelope. I guess it might be cash?"
"T-This…" her face was becoming more ashen.
"Yes. How do you explain this? This is the same day the conference took place. Can I assume you fed him the bribe to tamper with the light instrument?"
Huang Rong was visibly shaking.
"T-that\'s not it...This is a misunderstanding! I-I have nothing to do with the accident!"
"Then what did you hand the waiter? We have questioned him and guess what he has to say? It was a thick bundle of cash indeed."
"No! It\'s not what you are thinking!" Her shoulders trembled, and she cried hard. "The money wasn\'t for dropping the light incident. I-It was…"
"It was?"
She breathed heavily. She was shivering all over. She bit her lip once again as she admitted. "It was for...for winning the business deal…I had finally got a job at Liao Corps, and Liao Yuan put me in charge of making the proposal. W-when I learned that Xinyi was taking part in it too, I-I just got afraid. I was scared that the Han Corps would win the deal, and I didn\'t want that! It was my first big job that Liao Yuan entrusted me with. If I lost, then he would have become d-disappointed in me...What if he fired me too for losing the deal!? It was hard for me to come out of the mess I created. I didn\'t want to lose my job, so I bribed the waiter to pull some strings. He knew somebody who would bag the deal for me."
She broke down. "I am sorry...I am really sorry. I-I know I shouldn\'t have done this to Xinyi. B-But I couldn\'t help it. I thought I would lose for sure, and then I would lose Liao Yuan\'s favor too...I just wanted to impress him and show that I was capable…" she sniffled.
Silence.
Yunru then spoke, "This is not the story that the waiter told us. He said that you bribed him to tamper with the instrument."
She widened her eyes. "N-No! It\'s a lie! He is lying! I have nothing to do with the accident, believe me!"
"If your story is true, then can you explain why you didn\'t win the deal? If you had bribed your way, then the deal should have been gone to the Liao Corps. But the Han Corps won nevertheless."
"I-I don\'t understand that either! When I heard that Han Corps got the deal, I was shocked. This wasn\'t supposed to happen. I tried calling the waiter to get an answer from him, but he didn\'t pick up my calls!"
"You say that the bribe was for snatching the deal, but the waiter says it was to hurt my sister. So, who should we trust?"