Episode 19 recap: Xu Mai's suspicion cleared.
After a busy day, Lu Jiang returned home and found that there was no sign of anyone in the house. Lu Shan had taken all his personal belongings, which made Lu Jiang anxious. He quickly messaged Lu Shan to find out if he had moved out. Lu Jiang reflected on being too busy with work and not being able to take care of the family and the company. If he had done something wrong, he hoped Lu Shan would speak up. He didn't want Lu Shan to just leave without saying a word.
While listening to Lu Jiang's voice message, Lu Shan was driving. He was most concerned about his mother's death, but now everything he did seemed unrecognized, which frustrated him. Seeing Lu Jiang getting close to Xu Jia Yin and feeling sorry for Su Pan, Lu Shan decided not to reply to Lu Jiang's message. He quietly went to the company to find Su Pan. When he saw Su Pan troubled by Pan Shi Group's affairs, he didn't disturb her and quietly went to the meeting room, unknowingly closing his eyes.
Uncle He noticed that the lights were still on in Su Pan's room and advised her to go home and rest early. But with the current situation in the company, Su Pan couldn't sleep even if she went home. Uncle He had tried every possible way but couldn't find a breakthrough. He planned to report the situation to Pan Yue Yang. Su Pan immediately opposed it because Pan Yue Yang was in poor health, and she didn't want him to suffer any further. She decided to discuss it with Lu Jiang before making a decision.
Su Pan woke up Lu Shan and noticed that he was preoccupied. She asked if Lu Shan had a fight with Lu Jiang, but he shook his head and denied it. Instead, he asked Su Pan about her relationship with Lu Jiang lately, expressing his wish for her happiness and even inquired about the wedding date.
Su Pan decided to hold the wedding once Pan Yue Yang recovered. She knew in her heart that Lu Jiang didn't love her, and her once firm determination wavered. Lu Shan was unaware of all this and left in a despondent state. Lu Qi had done a lot of work but still couldn't find anyone who knew both Ma San and Hou Ping An.
Lu Jiang encouraged Lu Qi to keep trying because Hou Ping An was likely waiting for them to rescue him. So no matter what, they had to continue to exert all their efforts. Jia Lin went to pick up Xu Mai and knocked on the door for a long time before Xu Mai reluctantly opened it with sleepy eyes.
Seeing that Xu Mai had no intention of going to the public security bureau, Jia Lin immediately got angry. He warned Xu Mai that if Xu Ke Ji gave up on them, he would be finished. Only then did Xu Mai go to change clothes. Before leaving, he saw the red wine on the table and remembered the kind of wine he drank at the bar. He picked it up and took a sip.
Xu Ke Ji had just started talking to Xu Mai when Xu Jia Yin suddenly appeared. Xu Mai mentioned that he had been calling Yan Qing Qing all day yesterday, but no one answered. He reminded Xu Jia Yin to go and find Yan Qing Qing.
Upon hearing this, Xu Ke Ji felt a bit guilty because he was the one who had sent Yan Qing Qing to the hospital. Dai Zhi Yong proactively approached Lu Jiang, hoping that Lu Jiang, who had extensive experience, could accompany him to take Xu Mai's statement.
Lu Jiang humbly agreed, but deep down, he also wanted to see for himself. So he refused Su Pan, who came to meet him and discuss matters, and decided to take Xu Mai's statement first. Xu Mai was getting impatient with the police constantly asking him about the events of the night of the 6th. He wanted to know the reason, but no one would tell him.
Lu Jiang helped Xu Mai recall the events of the night of the 6th when Yan Qing Qing smashed a vase in the hospital. Xu Mai remembered feeling physically and mentally exhausted at that time and wishing to die immediately. So he drove around aimlessly on the road. When he reached the outskirts of the city, he felt better because there were fewer people. He even encountered a maintenance vehicle from the power company on the road.
Lu Jiang had already visited the villa area near the incident location and learned that there was indeed a call for power maintenance that night. Although Xu Mai's car resembled the car they had identified, through his analysis of the timing, it proved that Xu Mai was not lying. Xu Mai was allowed to leave the police station. Xu Ke Ji sarcastically insinuated that Pan Yue Yang had been in jail, but the Xu family had always been law-abiding and had never frequented the police station so often. He hoped that Lu Jiang wouldn't deliberately cause trouble.
Lu Jiang assured himself that he was handling official business and wasn't afraid of Xu Ke Ji's nonsensical remarks. Xu Mai learned that Xu Jia Yin hadn't found Yan Qing Qing and immediately called the driver. He learned that Yan Qing Qing had gone to meet Xu Ke Ji and hadn't returned home. He was convinced that Xu Ke Ji was up to something and went to confront him.
Xu Ke Ji showed a video of Yan Qing Qing stabbing him and claimed that he had arranged for her to be taken care of. He hoped that Xu Mai would focus on his career and not go looking for Yan Qing Qing. Xu Mai refused to agree. He knew that Yan Qing Qing had gone to the hospital, but Xu Ke Ji refused to tell him which hospital specifically. So he decided to find out on his own.
After finishing his interrogation work, Lu Jiang finally went to see Su Pan and was shocked to learn that Pan Shi Group was about to sink like a big ship.
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