Yesterday, because he had urgent matters and on top of that, the party the night before had vexed him enough, he didn’t bother thinking about talking to her at all, so he didn’t ask her.
So yesterday, when she was standing there with her luggage, what exactly was she going to do? And why was she on the high-rise bridge?
Ou Mucen’s eyes finally started to darken, "How did you know about my accident yesterday?"
Ye Ning was startled by his very sudden question, "Are you talking about... the time when your exhibition piece was swapped out?"
Ou Mucen nodded, "Right, I remember you didn’t seem to be at the exhibition."
"Mm, I didn’t go. At that time... I went to the airport," Ye Ning lowered her head, somewhat afraid to meet his gaze.
This issue, she had long guessed would raise his suspicions. A woman alone, carrying a suitcase on a high-price bridge, anyone would find that questionable.
Ye Ning didn’t dare to look up at him, so instead, she looked down at her knees, her fingers occasionally twisting her clothes.
"Mm, I was... prepared to return to my country then, the eleven o’clock plane. It was later, while I was in the departure lounge, that I saw on Weibo the exhibition was delayed, then there was news that something went wrong with your Yuzhirun’s exhibit, and then... I came back," she said.
This time she didn’t conceal anything and relayed everything that had happened. Perhaps it was because she felt that, with this man’s intelligence, there was no use in hiding; he would find out sooner or later anyway.
So she might as well come clean about it herself.
However, she did conceal one thing, and that was the real reason she knew he had had an accident.
The Weibo responses at the time, an internal message spoke of a pair of jade bracelets but did not mention Ou’s Yuzhirun; however, she linked it to the Jade Bracelet after seeing that pair, recalling the list Lin Yebai had left in the suite, along with the mark he had made under Yuzhirun’s name. That’s when she thought it was his.
Thus, she had to keep that secret because with his intelligence, seeing that she guessed it was his upon seeing a pair of Jade Bracelets, he would definitely relate the incident to Lin Yebai.
And Lin Yebai, she hadn’t considered harming him.
As her words fell, the man lying in bed, hearing that she rushed back after seeing the news on Weibo, truly held no suspicions.
Not only did he not suspect her, but also, upon hearing that she was about to board her flight yet she chose to come back to help him after learning of his trouble, a strange emotion surged through him. His look at her softened compared to how sharp it was before.
"This is a trap. The exchange of the exhibit was just a bait to lure me in," he said.
Ye Ning looked up at him, her face turning unusually pale, "Are you saying... that the person’s goal was to kill you all along?"
Ou Mucen nodded, "Actually, there’s another thing I haven’t told you. My phone was blocked when we had the accident. That is to say, the moment I left Tokyo, I was completely out of contact with everyone!"
It was as if something exploded in her mind. Ye Ning sat there dazed, the blood in her body seeming to stop flowing, her complexion extremely pale.
So, his real intent had been to kill him all along.