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In the following days, we received no news from the key witness.
"Will he come forward?" Su Wanqing asked.
"I don't know," I replied, shaking my head helplessly. This was beyond our control. But I believed that as long as we could provide enough protection, he would be willing to step forward.
"We need to be more proactive," Su Wanqing suggested. "We should meet him in person."
"Okay." I agreed with Su Wanqing's proposal. We needed to understand his position and offer sufficient protection. We carefully selected a secret meeting location. To ensure that the Zhao Family wouldn't find out, we took various precautions. Now, all we had to do was wait for the key witness to appear.
When the key witness finally stood before us, both Su Wanqing and I felt a sense of surprise. He actually showed up. We tried to persuade him, but he seemed very hesitant.
"If I testify, the Zhao Family will retaliate against me," he said. "My family and I will be in danger."
"I won't let that happen," I said firmly. "I will protect you and your family. You don't need to fear the Zhao Family's retaliation. We can provide adequate protection."
Su Wanqing also urged him, "This is an opportunity. If you choose silence, the Zhao Family might let you go. But will your conscience let you go?"
The key witness's expression showed some signs of being moved, but in the end, he still left.
"What does he mean by this?" Su Wanqing asked, confused.
"I don't know," I replied, shaking my head helplessly.
"But he hasn't rejected us yet."
"We should give him a little more time."
"He will make a choice."
A day passed, then two days.
We still hadn't heard from the key witness.
"Where has he gone?" Su Wanqing said anxiously. "He hasn't gotten into trouble, has he?"
"I don't know either."
A sense of unease lingered in my heart.
At that moment, we received some news.
The key witness was missing.
"What?" I exclaimed. "What happened?"
"I don't know," Su Wanqing said, her face pale.
"We also don't know what's going on."
"But he's just gone."
I felt a chill run through me.
Su Wanqing held me tightly.
"What should we do?" she asked.
"I don't know," I shook my head helplessly.
The situation had already spiraled beyond our control.
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In the dead of night, a raging fire burned at the office.
Inside the office, it was already empty.
But a large amount of crucial evidence was consumed by the flames. When Su Wanqing and I arrived at the scene, all we saw was a wasteland.
“Lin Lyu, what happened here?”
“Lin Lyu, do you have anything to say about this fire?”
Faced with the reporters' questions, both Su Wanqing and I were at a loss for words. Our hearts were filled with immense pain. Everything we had insisted on, everything we had worked for, had now turned to dust. Tears streamed down my face uncontrollably.
Su Wanqing fought back her tears, but I could see deep pain and despair in her eyes.
“What should we do?” Su Wanqing asked.
“I don’t know.” I shook my head in agony.
After the fire, Su Wanqing and I sat in the temporary office in a daze. We looked out the window, our hearts filled with confusion and loss. I had never felt so exhausted before. This exhaustion was not just physical; it was also psychological. All our efforts and persistence had now turned to nothing. We might have to accept the fate of failure.
“We must start over,” I said firmly. Although I said this, I felt no confidence in it.
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