Chapter 420: So, She Wasn’t Mute After All
’Wow, muting someone with a single needle. That’s just vicious!’
’From now on, no one will dare to cross Shen Nian! Otherwise, one needle from her, and who knows what she’ll disable!’
"You reminded me—I almost forgot. I just used a needle to temporarily block her mute acupoint. It’s only temporary."
Shen Nian had only done it to intimidate Liu Fanglan and stop her from causing any more trouble.
’If she really went around disabling people at the drop of a hat, her actions would be truly malicious. How would that make her any different from Liu Fanglan?’
"We were so distracted. She didn’t run off, did she? After what she did to Yingzi, we can’t just let her get away!"
"Don’t worry. Hurting Mingshan’s wife isn’t the only thing she’s done. Someone has already gone to arrest her."
"Huh? What else did she do?"
’For Zhang Yuanjun to use the word "arrest," it couldn’t be a small matter! That Liu Fanglan, she’s such a troublemaker!’
"Sister Jingyun, she was probably the one who spread those rumors from before."
After she spoke, Shen Nian looked at Lu Cheng, and just as she expected, he nodded at her.
"So it was her! How despicable! Zhang Yuanjun, a menace like that absolutely cannot be allowed to remain in our company!"
Lin Jingyun was so furious she didn’t care that they were in public or that others might be around. She spoke to Zhang Yuanjun in the same tone she would normally use at home.
"AHEM, don’t worry. This time, she won’t be able to stay even if she wants to."
His wife had just dressed him down in public, prompting Zhang Yuanjun to clear his throat in embarrassment, but he hadn’t forgotten to answer her.
Leaving Zhong Mingshan at the hospital to care for Zhang Ying, Shen Nian and Lu Cheng, along with Lin Jingyun and Zhang Yuanjun, left.
"Liu Fanglan has been taken to the company, and Luo Bin is already there. Let’s head over. The sooner we deal with this, the sooner we can have some peace."
"Good, I’m going too. Our company absolutely cannot keep a person like that."
Shen Nian and Lu Cheng had no objections to Zhang Yuanjun’s proposal, so the group of four headed straight for the company headquarters.
Shen Nian had always stayed around the family housing compound; this was her first time visiting the company itself. Although the two areas were adjacent, the atmosphere was completely different.
Soon after the four of them arrived, they learned that Liu Fanglan and Luo Bin had already been taken to the police station, so they headed there as well.
"Minister Zhang, Mr. Lu!"
As the four of them walked in, a company employee who had escorted the suspects over greeted Zhang Yuanjun and Lu Cheng.
"What’s the situation?"
"Vice Group Leader Luo has confessed, but Liu Fanglan hasn’t said a word."
"Pfft..."
Hearing this, Lin Jingyun couldn’t help but let out a laugh, though she quickly realized her mistake and suppressed it.
’It’s probably not that Liu Fanglan doesn’t want to talk, but that she *can’t*!’
Sure enough, as the four of them walked in, Liu Fanglan saw Shen Nian entering beside Lu Cheng, and a look of pure terror immediately filled her face.
If her feelings toward Shen Nian had previously been jealousy and hatred, now, all that remained was a deep-seated fear.
’If I had known this would be the outcome, I wouldn’t have dared to cross Shen Nian, not even if you gave me a hundred times the courage!’
Shen Nian, of course, saw the terror on Liu Fanglan’s face and let out a cold snort. ’She’s made her bed, and now she has to lie in it. Liu Fanglan brought all of this on herself!’
Shen Nian stepped forward, walking toward Liu Fanglan. Seeing Shen Nian approach, Liu Fanglan backed away in terror until her back was against the wall and she could retreat no further.
Shen Nian quickly produced a silver needle, pricked Liu Fanglan with it a few times, and then turned and walked away.
"I... I can speak again!"
Liu Fanglan opened and closed her mouth. Discovering she could speak again, her face lit up with surprised delight.
’I thought I was mute! I thought I would never be able to speak again! But I wasn’t mute after all!’