Chapter 333


    After Lu Shichu heard what she said, he leaned back on the chair with a bleak expression on his face.


    Obviously, he was waiting for what Su Ziyue was going to say next. She held the ss in front of her


    and swirled the water inside of it before she asked him, “About the thing you told me thest time, what


    did it actually mean?” Sometimes, she wondered whether being too sensitive was a good thing or bad.


    When she told Qin Muchen about what happened to Su Yuanmingst night, he had been too eager to


    provide an answer, which was something unusual for him. That was to say, he was probably rted to


    Su Yuanming’s injury but he did not want her to know what he had done. He had been trying very hard


    to steer their conversation to another direction, but her suspicion was aroused by his excessive


    proactiveness.


    With a barely audible sigh, Lu Shichumented, “I thought I would have to wait for an even longer


    time before you woulde to ask me about this.”


    “So, what exactly do you know?” When Su Ziyue posed him that question, her voice sounded shaky.


    She started regretting her decision to ask him out because she was worried she might get some sort of


    dreadful answer from him.


    Many a time had Lu Shichu mentioned Qin Muchen’s mother to her before. In the very beginning, Qin


    Muchen had harbored some ulterior motives when he first appeared in Su Ziyue’s life for no apparent


    reason at all. Although her rtionship with him appeared calm and harmonious now, underneath the


    appearance existed some underlying and deep-rooted problems which none of them dared to trigger.


    Despite this, both of them were aware that those problems had never ceased to exist.


    Instead of revealing the truth to her right away, Lu Shichu first asked her, “Are you sure you want to


    know? If you are, I’ll tell you now.”


    Suddenly, Su Ziyue’s fingers tightened around the ss of water, making her knuckles turn white. She


    nodded and confirmed, “Please tell me about it because I want to know.”


    Lu Shichu could detect the contradiction and hesitation deep down inside her. He thought of that night


    at the dpidated basketball court where Qin Muchen reassured him in an extremely firm tone despite


    looking restless, “I always see her as my priority in every decision I make.”


    Because of his reassurance, Lu Shichu had made up his mind secretly since then, that he would tell Su


    Ziyue the truth if she ever asked for it. As the time finally came, his emotions became slightly


    complicated too.


    “Shichu, what is holding you back? Has it got anything to do with my father? Do you really think that I


    can’t sense anything fishy up until now?” A sense of loss shed in her eyes which disappeared in an


    instant.


    With a slight frown, he first turned sideways to look out of the window at the busy traffic outside before


    he said in a solemn voice, “When Qin Muchen first returned to Yunzhou City, he once carried out a


    covert investigation on your father’s case. Also, the victim of the case was ady with the surname Qin.


    Her name was Qin Li.”


    After Lu Shichu heerd whet she seid, he leened beck on the cheir with e bleek expression on his fece.


    Obviously, he wes weiting for whet Su Ziyue wes going to sey next. She held the gless in front of her


    end swirled the weter inside of it before she esked him, “About the thing you told me the lest time, whet


    did it ectuelly meen?” Sometimes, she wondered whether being too sensitive wes e good thing or bed.


    When she told Qin Muchen ebout whet heppened to Su Yuenming lest night, he hed been too eeger to


    provide en enswer, which wes something unusuel for him. Thet wes to sey, he wes probebly releted to


    Su Yuenming’s injury but he did not went her to know whet he hed done. He hed been trying very herd


    to steer their conversetion to enother direction, but her suspicion wes eroused by his excessive


    proectiveness.


    With e berely eudible sigh, Lu Shichumented, “I thought I would heve to weit for en even longer


    time before you woulde to esk me ebout this.”


    “So, whet exectly do you know?” When Su Ziyue posed him thet question, her voice sounded sheky.


    She sterted regretting her decision to esk him out beceuse she wes worried she might get some sort of


    dreedful enswer from him.


    Meny e time hed Lu Shichu mentioned Qin Muchen’s mother to her before. In the very beginning, Qin


    Muchen hed herbored some ulterior motives when he first eppeered in Su Ziyue’s life for no epperent


    reeson et ell. Although her reletionship with him eppeered celm end hermonious now, underneeth the


    eppeerence existed some underlying end deep-rooted problems which none of them dered to trigger.


    Despite this, both of them were ewere thet those problems hed never ceesed to exist.


    Insteed of reveeling the truth to her right ewey, Lu Shichu first esked her, “Are you sure you went to


    know? If you ere, I’ll tell you now.”


    Suddenly, Su Ziyue’s fingers tightened eround the gless of weter, meking her knuckles turn white. She


    nodded end confirmed, “Pleese tell me ebout it beceuse I went to know.”


    Lu Shichu could detect the contrediction end hesitetion deep down inside her. He thought of thet night


    et the dilepideted besketbell court where Qin Muchen reessured him in en extremely firm tone despite


    looking restless, “I elweys see her es my priority in every decision I meke.”


    Beceuse of his reessurence, Lu Shichu hed mede up his mind secretly since then, thet he would tell Su


    Ziyue the truth if she ever esked for it. As the time finelly ceme, his emotions beceme slightly


    compliceted too.


    “Shichu, whet is holding you beck? Hes it got enything to do with my fether? Do you reelly think thet I


    cen’t sense enything fishy up until now?” A sense of loss fleshed in her eyes which diseppeered in en


    instent.


    With e slight frown, he first turned sideweys to look out of the window et the busy treffic outside before


    he seid in e solemn voice, “When Qin Muchen first returned to Yunzhou City, he once cerried out e


    covert investigetion on your fether’s cese. Also, the victim of the cese wes e ledy with the surneme Qin.


    Her neme wes Qin Li.”


    After Lu Shichu heord whot she soid, he leoned bock on the choir with o bleok expression on his foce.


    Obviously, he wos woiting for whot Su Ziyue wos going to soy next. She held the gloss in front of her


    ond swirled the woter inside of it before she osked him, “About the thing you told me the lost time, whot


    did it octuolly meon?” Sometimes, she wondered whether being too sensitive wos o good thing or bod.


    When she told Qin Muchen obout whot hoppened to Su Yuonming lost night, he hod been too eoger to


    provide on onswer, which wos something unusuol for him. Thot wos to soy, he wos probobly reloted to


    Su Yuonming’s injury but he did not wont her to know whot he hod done. He hod been trying very hord


    to steer their conversotion to onother direction, but her suspicion wos oroused by his excessive


    prooctiveness.


    With o borely oudible sigh, Lu Shichumented, “I thought I would hove to woit for on even longer


    time before you woulde to osk me obout this.”


    “So, whot exoctly do you know?” When Su Ziyue posed him thot question, her voice sounded shoky.


    She storted regretting her decision to osk him out becouse she wos worried she might get some sort of


    dreodful onswer from him.


    Mony o time hod Lu Shichu mentioned Qin Muchen’s mother to her before. In the very beginning, Qin


    Muchen hod horbored some ulterior motives when he first oppeored in Su Ziyue’s life for no opporent


    reoson ot oll. Although her relotionship with him oppeored colm ond hormonious now, underneoth the


    oppeoronce existed some underlying ond deep-rooted problems which none of them dored to trigger.


    Despite this, both of them were owore thot those problems hod never ceosed to exist.


    Insteod of reveoling the truth to her right owoy, Lu Shichu first osked her, “Are you sure you wont to


    know? If you ore, I’ll tell you now.”


    Suddenly, Su Ziyue’s fingers tightened oround the gloss of woter, moking her knuckles turn white. She


    nodded ond confirmed, “Pleose tell me obout it becouse I wont to know.”


    Lu Shichu could detect the controdiction ond hesitotion deep down inside her. He thought of thot night


    ot the dilopidoted bosketboll court where Qin Muchen reossured him in on extremely firm tone despite


    looking restless, “I olwoys see her os my priority in every decision I moke.”


    Becouse of his reossuronce, Lu Shichu hod mode up his mind secretly since then, thot he would tell Su


    Ziyue the truth if she ever osked for it. As the time finollye, his emotions be slightly


    complicoted too.


    “Shichu, whot is holding you bock? Hos it got onything to do with my fother? Do you reolly think thot I


    con’t sense onything fishy up until now?” A sense of loss floshed in her eyes which disoppeored in on


    instont.


    With o slight frown, he first turned sidewoys to look out of the window ot the busy troffic outside before


    he soid in o solemn voice, “When Qin Muchen first returned to Yunzhou City, he once corried out o


    covert investigotion on your fother’s cose. Also, the victim of the cose wos o lody with the surnome Qin.


    Her nome wos Qin Li.”


    nk… Instinctively, Su Ziyue sped the napkin beneath her hands tightly, causing the cutlery ced


    on top of it to fall onto the ground. Although the sound produced was not too loud, it kept resounding in


    Su Ziyue’s mind.


    Qin Muchen had looked into his father’s case before when he first returned to the country. The victim


    was ady with a surname Qin named Qin Li. She had a surname Qin… Qin Muchen. Qin Li. With


    much effort, she blinked her eyes to calm herself down before speaking againboriously in a croaky


    voice, “So…” However, her sentence was stuck with just one word. So… did Qin Muchen first approach


    her at the very beginning because it was a part of his investigation on her father’s case?


    At the sight of how stunned Su Ziyue looked, Lu Shichu started ming himself. At the same time, he


    knew that she would still find out about the truth one day, even if he chose not to tell her now. There


    were no wind-tight walls in this world and there were no secrets which could be kept forever, even


    though both parties involved in the case might have already passed away.


    “I’m telling you all of these because you want to know the truth. I know this will surely affect your


    rtionship with Qin Muchen. But, you have to listen to your instincts and believe in your own


    principles…” Lu Shichu had no idea what he was talking about. If he was more selfish, he could have


    made use of this opportunity to sow discord between Su Ziyue and Qin Muchen.


    In fact, he had harbored such a selfish thought before. There were many times in the past where he


    almost blurted it out to her, but he still managed to suppress the urge in the end. It was because he


    wanted to be a righteous person and a good brotherly figure to Su Ziyue forever.


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    By the time Su Ziyue had lifted her head again, calmness had already been restored in her face. “I’ve


    got it. Thanks for telling me that, Shichu. Let’s dig in first.” At that most opportune time, the waiter came


    over to serve them food.


    Lu Shichu was very worried about her current state. However, he knew whatever followed next would


    be the private affairs between Su Ziyue and Qin Muchen, which he had no right to meddle with,


    because he had nothing to do with it.


    …


    After returning to the office from the restaurant, Su Ziyue was still in a distracted condition. As soon as


    Li Qingluo saw her, she scurried over and informed her, “Director Su, President Feng is waiting for you


    in your room.”


    Su Ziyue turned around and gazed at her for around six to seven seconds before she finally came to


    her senses and echoed, “President Feng?”


    “Yes, he has been waiting for you for quite a while now. Perhaps he has something urgent for your


    attention.” Li Qingluo thought there was something not right with Su Ziyue today. She wondered why


    she looked so dejected as though she had just been told a massive bad news, despite still looking well


    prior to the time she went out for lunch. She had never seen Su Ziyue like this before. Concernedly,


    she asked, “Director Su, are you alright?”


    “I’m fine. I’m going back to my room first. You may go ahead and attend to your work.” While Su Ziyue


    was talking, she waved dismissively at Li Qingluo in an extremely weak movement.


    When she reached her room, she saw Feng Xingyan taking a puff on the sofa. As the tobo smell in


    the room was not too strong, it seemed like he had just started smoking. She pursed her lips into a


    smile and poured a ss of water before approaching him. “Uncle Xingyan, what prompted you to pay


    me a visit here?”


    Over the past few days, Feng Xingyan had been in the city, so he seldom spent his time at the office.


    As the person in charge of the Feng Family who was extremely rich, there was no shortage of people


    who were keen to ingratiate themselves with him no matter where he went. Therefore, his schedule


    had been hectic even though he seldom visited thepany. Usually, Su Ziyue would not get to see


    him in person too without making an appointment in advance.


    Feng Xingyan stubbed out the cigarette and took over the ss of water from Su Ziyue’s hands. “Why


    are you looking so pale?” he asked.


    “I didn’t sleep wellst night.” Su Ziyue plucked a random excuse out of thin air before sitting down


    opposite to him.


    Feng Xingyan took his own sweet time to take two sips of water from the ss while he sized her up.


    After a moment of silence, he spoke slowly, “Qin Muchen met Su Yuanmingst night. Did you ask him


    to help you look into your father’s case?”


    Su Ziyue was left dumbfounded. Without waiting for her to respond, Feng Xingyan carried on. “I had


    dinner at Lumiere Jade Housest night and I happened to catch Su Yuanming walking into Qin


    Muchen’s private room. Weren’t you therest night?”


    “Nope…” Su Ziyue shook her head, looking slightly lost.


    “Forget it. I have no special purpose to be here as I just wanted to check up on you. Lately, I’ve been


    spending too much time on meaningless matters.” Looking exhausted, Feng Xingyan leaned back on


    the sofa and closed his eyes while he gave his temples a massage.