Although the funeral had ended, many things were still not removed such as the memorial tablet, the incense burner, and the flowers sent by mourners.
The Mu family followed the old ceremony, by which the deceased would be offered incense every seven days such as on the seventh, fourteenth, and twenty-first day, right up to the forty-ninth day. Only when the last incense stick had been burnt that everything in the mourning hall would be removed.
Bai Wei offered incense sticks for Su Zi.
Mu Zi then followed suit by burning three incense sticks.
They passed by the living room as they left, which was when she saw Mu Zening, her husband.
He seemed drowned in his sorrows as he drank glass after glass of whiskey on the couch.
The handsome man who used to have a graceful bearing became thin and pale with reddened eyes.
Mu Zi slowed down in her tracks when she saw the familiar face.
Bai Wei on the other hand had left without knowing that her daughter was far behind.
...
The dark green veil over the French window was as dark as green algae at the bottom of a lake, thus it hid Mu Zi's shadow perfectly.
She was like a ghost as she stood there quietly to look at her husband.
Of course, she wanted to recognize him...
However, her heart ached when she thought about the possibility of him causing her death!
She did not trust him!
Even if Mu Zening had taken great care of Su Zi when she was alive, he had left her alone in the dark river after she died, and did not bother when her body swelled and rotted—
She should hate him!
Mu Zi was suddenly agitated. She clenched her fists and shut her eyes as she breathed slowly to calm herself down.
All of a sudden, the loud sound of high heels echoing off the floor was heard from upstairs. When Mu Zi turned to look, she was surprised to see… Someone who should not be here.
'Why is she here?'
Mu Zi was startled.
Qiao Jingjia carried a storage box downstairs, then approached Mu Zening to say to him softly, "Zening, I'm almost done packing Sister Su's stuff. The others are work documents, so I'll pass them to the prosecutor's office's archives department. Take a look if you'd like to keep any of her personal items."
Mu Zening held his whiskey glass without responding to Qiao Jingjia. He was muddle-headed.
Qiao Jingjia sighed, then put the box down to snatch his glass. "Stop drinking. Sister Su, who's in Heaven, won't want to see you like this…"
Mu Zening looked up at her, and asked with a hoarse voice, "... Was it you who did it?"
Qiao Jingjia's face turned pale at once, and tears began rolling down from her limpid eyes. "Are you suspecting me? Do you view me as that kind of a person?"
"Jingjia, I'm sorry…" The man pulled her into his arms, and spoke deeply with grief, "I just can't figure it out. Why did she… Why…"
"Sister Su did it for you!" Qiao Jingjia hugged Mu Zening while tears streamed down her face. "We can't let her effort go to waste! If the others find out that she committed suicide, you won't get the insurance!"
Mu Zi was completely baffled when she saw the man and woman hugging each other in the living room.
She was shocked initially, but she soon felt ashamed!
One was her husband, who had been her faithful companion.
One was her assistant, who had worked with her for many years.
The two people whom she trusted and relied on were actually hugging each other openly soon after she had died!
She hated that she had been clueless about this when she was alive! She felt like she was slapped hard by the heartless reality!
Qiao Jingjia said tearfully while she laid in Mu Zening's arms, "Zening, you must pick yourself up, Sister Su did everything for you! You must get the insurance to help Mu Group out of the crisis, and I'm sure that Sister Su will be glad in Heaven!"
Mu Zening shut his eyes painfully. "I did this to her…"
Mu Zi did not know what to think when she saw this.
She felt as though she fell into an ice cave, where her body and even her heart turned cold.
Her husband believed Qiao Jingjia word's so easily, and actually thought that she committed suicide...