Jiang Yu's eyes looked into the distance as he spoke.
His clear eyes had been covered with a layer of mist. No one could see through.
Jiang Yutang suppressed the surging emotions in her heart.
The tone was dull.
"Why didn't you answer the phone just now?"
Jiang Yu answered in a familiar manner. It seemed as if there had been no two-year gap between them.
"My phone was on silent mode. I didn't see it."
Jiang Yutang did not hesitate to expose Jiang Yu's lies.
"Liar."
Jiang Yu couldn't help but chuckle.
"I'm wronged."
The man's long and narrow eyes gleamed with a soft light. It resembled a pool of water with ripples.
"Ah Tang, the last person I want to lie to in my life is you."
Jiang Yutang's originally dull tone gradually turned cold.
"Jiang Yu."
She continued, "I already said it two years ago. If you lie to me again, I will never believe you anymore."
Once the words fell, there was a moment of silence between the two of them.
"And I also said that I will leave everything to you, Ah Tang. I have no complaints."
Jiang Yutang, who was on the opposite side, stopped for a moment before speaking.
"Jiang Yu, let me ask you one last time then. Why did you leave without saying goodbye?"
It took Jiang Yu a long time before he answered.
"Everything is my fault."
Jiang Yutang lowered her eyes a little. Thereafter, a cold and ethereal voice came out.
"Jiang Yu. From now on, if we meet again, we will treat each other as strangers."
After finishing the sentence, Jiang Yutang hung up the phone. Meanwhile, Jiang Yu was stuck holding onto his phone.
After a long time, the man's drawn-out voice could be heard again in the empty medical room.
"Not good."
***
At a street corner in the city center, Qin Ruo walked into a well-decorated store.
With Qin Ruo arriving, the man in the store rushed out to greet her.
"Miss Qin, here. Please sit down."
Qin Ruo flashed a soft smile. "Mr. Mu, thank you. Let's get straight to the point then."
From the day Qin Ruo ran into Qin Qing buying a house, Qin Ruo asked someone to investigate Qin Qing's recent financial transactions.
Suspiciously, only the tens of millions spent on purchasing the house could be traced, but there was no trail on the entry of funds.
So Qin Ruo asked a private detective to continue investigating and check those people who recently came in contact with Qin Qing. It came in handy this time.
If Qin Ruo could find a handle on Qin Qing, she could also use it to control Qin Qing.
"Tell me about Qin Qing's recent situation."
Mu An rubbed his hands together and took out a stack of photos from the drawer.
"Miss Qin, it's all here."
Qin Ruo picked up the photo and slightly frowned.
"Why are you so confused?"
Mu An awkwardly said, "Miss Qin, you can't blame me for this. It's because this woman is too sensitive. I almost got caught after attempting to get a little closer to her. Even that little brat is sharp."
Qin Ruo raised her voice a bit.
"Little brat?"
"Yes, you asked me to investigate these days, and I found out that this woman took a little boy, who was about six or seven years old, to the supermarket. Although I couldn't take a picture, the child was probably living in her house."
Qin Ruo picked up another photo of Qin Qing and Gu An entering the supermarket together and asked.
"Did you do any background checks on this kid?"
"I have investigated it. Based on my findings, Qin Qing picked up the boy halfway. The boy was waiting outside when Qin Qing was playing the piano in the restaurant."
Mu An added, "Back then, the boy looked like a little beggar."
Qin Ruo stared at the little boy in the photo, and for some reason, she felt that something important had been snatched away.
Why did Qin Qing pick up a little beggar for no reason?
Qin Ruo couldn't figure it out, but maybe she could start with this child.
She always faintly felt that there was something behind this child whom Qin Qing wanted to covet.