Mu Shuoqian smoked, his eyes cold and terrifying through the haze of smoke.
In these four years, he had only seen Yufei three times. The first time was when he locked her in the dungeon, throwing her a sentence that those who wanted to kill his wife and child would end up ; the second time, Yufei was self-harming crazily, banging her head against the bars until he had someone modify the bars so that it would hurt but definitely not kill, and it was also then that Yufei told him she had a secret related to his and Gu Qili’s future, and her freedom was the price for that secret; the third time was now, Yufei trying to force him to appear by attempting suicide, still intending to trade the secret for her freedom. Thɪs chapter is updatᴇd by Nove1Fire.net
The things Yufei did back then were exceptionally discrete, neither he nor Qiu Lan had any inkling, and Mu Shuoqian’s suspicions were without substantive evidence, with many conclusions drawn from his own guesses.
He was now almost certain that it was Yufei who had told Gu Qili the truth about the Gu Family’s bankruptcy, and she might have learned it from Qiu Lan, or perhaps she had tampered with Qiu Lan somehow, maybe by installing a listening device.
Since she could overhear his conversation with Qiu Lan, she could also hear other secrets of Qiu Lan’s that were related to Gu Qili or the Gu Family.
Over the years, he had tried many ways to extract this secret from Yufei, but she kept her lips tightly sealed. Having known her for so many years, he had never truly understood her nor had he wished to, but it was this disdain that planted a ticking time bomb by his side.
Yufei was ruthless enough towards others and even more so towards herself; if she did not fear death, what else would she fear?
Before meeting Gu Qili, although he was interested in Yufei’s secret, he wasn’t overly urgent, sometimes even dreaming of reconciling with her.
"The secret you mentioned is merely related to Qiu Lan. If that’s the case, I’ll just ask her clearly and be done with it, you can continue guarding your secret until death here," Mu Shuoqian said as he flicked the cigarette butt onto the damp ground and ground it with his leather-shod foot.
"How could mom possibly tell you? If she could have told you, she would have done so long ago, not wait until now," Yufei said as she harshly shook the bars in front of her, suddenly realizing what she had revealed, she quickly covered her mouth, inadvertently admitting her secret was connected to Qiu Lan as she had spoken out of desperation from concealing it for too long. In a panic, she quickly changed the subject, "Shuoqian, do you realize your actions constitute illegal imprisonment? Once exposed, you will be imprisoned."
After reviewing the hospital surveillance footage obtained by Luo Shangqing, Mu Shuoqian had guessed that these series of incidents were related to Yufei. At that time, Luo Shangqing had warned him not to engage in illegal activities, but he could never just ignore the woman who wanted to kill his wife and children.
Mu Shuoqian looked at Yufei calmly and said, "You should worry about yourself first."
Seeing him striding away furiously, Yufei stomped her feet in agitation: "Mu Shuoqian, Mu Shuoqian, you will regret this, let me go, let me out!"
After the door of the dark room closed, Mu Shuoqian walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and lit a cigarette, then picked up the phone to call Qiu Lan.
The phone rang several times before it was picked up, Qiu Lan’s voice sounding tired, "What’s up, Shuoqian, is there news about Feifei?"
"Do you really understand Yufei?" His answer was not to the point, making Qiu Lan slow to respond.
"Shuoqian, what do you mean?"
"I advise you to thoroughly check everything Yufei has given you," he said, then hung up the phone.
The clock pointed to eight, an hour had passed since Mu Shuoqian made that call, he sat leisurely on the sofa smoking until the phone rang urgently.
Glancing at the caller, he slightly curled his lips upwards.
"Shuoqian, how did you find out?" Qiu Lan stared at the tiny listening device in her hands, this purse had been a birthday gift from Yufei several years ago, she had many purses and almost changed them daily, usually, the ones she used were given away by Yufei, but after her sudden disappearance four years ago, those unused purses were left untouched in the storage.
"Didn’t expect it, did you? Your most beloved daughter planted a listening device on you."