Chapter 361
Once she was out of thepany building, Su Ziyue headed straight for the carpark with quick steps.
Someone had stuffed a leaflet in the car door and she couldn’t open it even after several attempts.
Frustrated, she kicked the car a couple of times and yelped in pain afterward.
…
Qin Muchen didn’t return home again that night. Gong Shuzhe’s incident gradually lost its novelty after
everyone discussed it feverishly for a period of time. Meanwhile, Su Ziyue went to visit him once.
Through the cold ss, she asked him calmly, “Uncle Gong, do you still remember how my father
looked?”
Gong Shuzhe was silent for a while before answering, “I don’t dare to think about it. The thought of him
makes me restless for a long period of time.”
“Were you that worried about my fathering out of jail alive? He had no idea that you were the
murderer,” she said through gritted teeth at the mention of this. They had deliberately set up Su Yizi, so
Su Yizi himself didn’t even know that Gong Shuzhe was the real killer, even until his death.
He was speechless for a moment before opening his mouth again. “In the beginning, I did want him to
die. But when I changed my mind about it, he was already dead. Although this sounds like an excuse
now, I really regretted it back then.”
Sniffling a couple of times, Su Ziyue fought back her tears; she couldn’t ovee the sadness
everytime she thought of Su Yizi.
“Qin Muchen is my son, but he…” Gong Shuzhe stared at her, holding back his tongue.
Her face turned sullen. “Qin Muchen is my husband, and I understand without you telling me.”
“Yeah,” he nodded sadly and continued, “Actually, this period of time has been the only time when I
could sleep peacefully, ever since more than a decade ago.”
Su Ziyue had no interest in listening to his feelings of remorse, so she stood up and left.
…
Su Ziyue made a trip back to the old vi before returning to Cloud Bay. The moment she entered the
vi, she could feel the presence of another person in the ce. When she turned to look at the side of
the door, she saw an extra pair of leather shoes. Qin Muchen had returned?
Recently, Qin Muchen would return irregrly, and they seldom ran into each other. Overjoyed, she ran
up the staircase without changing her shoes. When she was halfway up, she saw him standing silently
like a ghost at the top of the staircase.
“You’re home.” She stopped in her tracks and lifted her head to look at him.
Qin Muchen fixed his gaze on her for a few seconds before speaking in a gloomy voice, “Did you go
and visit him?”
“Yeah,” she replied when she realized who he meant, and nodded.
Smirking, he said, “Because of you, he is now dead.”
Her brows knitted as she eximed in shock, “What?! How is that possible?”
Gong Shuzhe was still fine when she visited him earlier. She merely made a trip to the old vi, and
now he was dead?
“If you really hated him so much and wanted him dead, you could’ve let me know. I could’ve made your
wishe true, since he deserved it anyway,” he said with an odd look on his face.
Piqued, she shouted at him, “Qin Muchen, be careful with your words!" What did he mean that she
wanted him dead? "I told you very clearly thest time, even though it''s true that I do hate him a lot, I
don''t wish for his death, nor do I want him to pay with his life. Even if he''s dead, it''s impossible for my
father to return. His death is meaningless to me!" She had made it so clear, but he was obviously
suspecting her from the way he spoke. Did Qin Muchen suspect that she had something to do with
Gong Shuzhe''s death?
Qin Muchen remained on the same spot without moving an inch, and said in a quiet, eerie voice, "Yes,
it''s true that you hate him."
"Qin Muchen!" She could tell that he still didn''t believe her at all. "Speak your mind. You''re thinking that
I have Gong Shuzhe murdered in jail, just like how he did it before, aren''t you?"
His expression flinched a little, but he didn''t say a word. Su Ziyue felt her heart drop, for his silence
meant that he admitted it. This was a trait he had always disyed.
"So what now? Are you suspecting me and questioning me now? Or, have you already decided to
convict me that I have a direct connection to Gong Shuzhe''s death?" After she finished speaking, the
air felt stale and it became hard to breathe.
Su Ziyue waited for Qin Muchen to say something, but he simply stared at her with chilly eyes. So there
they stood, one at the top of the staircase and another at the middle, facing each other in silence. After
a long pause, he finally made his way downstairs. When he brushed past her, he stopped for a while
and said, "I''m going away on a business trip, and I won''t be back for a long time."
Then, he left in big strides and the sound of him closing the door echoed through the vi, followed by
the sound of the car engine.
Frustration washed over Su Ziyue, and she grabbed a bunch of her hair as she threw the handbag in
her hand to the side. Sitting on the spot with her head buried, she stayed there for quite a while before
giving An Xia a call.
…
At the bar, Su Ziyue ordered a round of shots as she was enjoying them slowly.
Next to her, An Xia had a worried look on her face. “What are you doing? Don’t drink so much!”
Su Ziyue smiled sarcastically with a hint of bitterness. “I’m happy because the man who caused my
father’s death is now dead.”
With knitted brows, An Xia snatched the drink in her hand away from her and asked, “What
happened?”
“I went to visit Gong Shuzhe today, and by the time I got home, Qin Muchen told me that he had died,”
Su Ziyue said as she mmed on the table loudly a few times. “You know, Qin Muchen actually
questioned me! Damn it, he thinks that I am the one who had him killed!”
Speechless, An Xia swept her gaze around, relieved that they were actually sitting in a corner. “Are you
sure? Why would Mr. Qin suspect you?” She still found it unbelievable that Qin Muchen would do this
to Su Ziyue.
“I didn’t think it was possible too, but that was what he said. And then, he left right after that. He’s rarely
home nowadays, and he’s even going on a business trip now…” Su Ziyue babbled and took another
shot. Suddenly, something seemed to cross her mind and she muttered, “That’s right, where is he
going on his business trip? How could I forget to ask him that? Hang on, I’ll give him a call.”
Su Ziyue then picked up her cell phone and called up Qin Muchen. Surprisingly, he picked up the call
very quickly. A trace of indifference could be heard in his voice as he asked, “What is it?”
“Where are you going on your business trip?” Su Ziyue inquired.
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“Jingcheng City.”
“What? Where did you say it is?” She thought she heard him say something, but she didn’t catch it.
Qin Muchen repeated it again, but she was still not hearing it. So she turned to An Xia and eximed,
“He’s not telling me where he’s going on his business trip!”
Seeing that An Xia had nothing to say, she turned her attention back to her cell phone and yelled, “Qin
Muchen, are you going to tell me? If you don’t, I’ll throw Beef out the moment I get home!”