At that moment, Gu Qiangwei raised her eyes, "Twelve years ago."
That single statement, like a bolt from the blue, made Tang Yuyan’s face change abruptly.
Her car accident also happened twelve years ago, was it a coincidence?
But her incident was a car accident, while Qiangwei’s mother, as she heard, had vanished into thin air. If the accident back then had caused a huge stir, she couldn’t possibly be unaware of it, could she?
"Why did she suddenly disappear? Didn’t you look for her? It’s unreasonable for someone to just disappear into thin air."
When the matter of twelve years ago was mentioned, Gu Qiangwei inevitably felt a shadow fall over her face, and she lost her appetite for lunch.
She hung her head, trying as much as possible to appear calm, but deep inside, she was filled with bitterness.
"We searched, searched for many years, but there were no leads."
Back then, she even suspected that Chen Peifang had secretly killed her mother to seize the position of Mrs. Gu, but after more than a decade, she had no evidence, and her mother became a mystery, her life or death still unknown.
"How did she disappear?"
"I don’t know, after I came back from school, my mother wasn’t at home, and after that day, I never saw her return."
As her voice trailed off, it began to choke, and Tang Yuyan clearly saw a tear slide down and drop into the plate of spaghetti before her.
She hesitated, then hurriedly said, "Let’s not talk about it."
Gu Qiangwei wiped away her tears, looked up, and gave Tang Yuyan a smile, "It’s okay, it’s been many years anyway, perhaps, she was already killed by Chen Peifang."
She blurted out what was on her mind.
"The woman from earlier?"
Gu Qiangwei nodded, "Ever since I can remember, she’s been trying to push my mom out, to leave the Gu Family, so she could take her place as the mistress."
That’s what she thought in her heart, how else could a living person just disappear without a trace?
Tang Yuyan looked at her, but said nothing more.
Lunch ended, and both Tang Yuyan and Gu Qiangwei were immersed in their own emotions until they left the restaurant and bid each other farewell.
Just as Gu Qiangwei was about to turn around, Nangong Xi suddenly called out to her.
She turned her head, fixing her gaze on the little guy, "What is it?"
"Can you take a few photos with me?"
Facing his sudden request, Gu Qiangwei was stunned at first, but without overthinking it, she nodded, "Of course!"
The little guy was thrilled upon hearing this, and hurriedly took Tang Yuyan’s phone to take many close and intimate photos with Gu Qiangwei!
After the photographs, he asked again, "Sister Qiangwei, can you give me Qin Sijue’s number?"
Gu Qiangwei was taken aback, but then, seemingly understanding his intention, couldn’t help but smile, "Sure!"
Nangong Xi beamed, getting Qin Sijue’s number from Gu Qiangwei.
After getting it, they said goodbye to each other and left.
In the dim private room, Qin Sijue held a glass of wine, sitting in a corner of the sofa, his posture somewhat bored.
The phone laid on the coffee table suddenly rang, he put down the wine glass and picked up the phone.
Frowning, it was a strange number.
He was about to ignore it, but then that strange number sent a text: Qin Sijue, if you don’t look at the photos, you’re a puppy!
He frowned, the sender actually knew his number?
And such a childish taunt...
In his mind, the image of Nangong Xi’s face flashed by, and the next second, he opened the message.
When he saw each of the photos, his brows knitted tighter and tighter.