Knowing that Gongze Yu will give it to her, she prepares to leave.
"Mayor Gong..."
"Please call me Gongze Yu." Gongze Yu emphasizes again how she should address him.
"But, Mayor Gong, that's not right." Bai Xue feels slightly annoyed. Can't he understand what she means? She doesn't want to have anything to do with him!
"Xiao Xue, you don't have to be so guarded against me. I won't hurt you. I just want to be your friend." Gongze Yu gives a bitter smile.
If he cannot become her lover, being her friend and silently supporting her is fine too.
"I am a married woman, it is inappropriate for me to be friends with men." In this world, platonic friendships between men and women are too rare. Even though having a male best friend is trendy, she does not want one.
"You are very loyal to him." The better she treats Su Yan, the more he feels it is unrequited.
"Loyalty to the marriage is the most fundamental morality for every married person."
"Is he worth you doing all this for him?" He's treating her so poorly!
"As long as I think it's worth it, that's enough." The man she chose, no matter how much she suffers, that's her man. She chose him herself, no matter what it's worth it.
"Let's eat." Gongze Yu doesn't want to discuss anymore, doing so only brings more heartache.
Gongze Yu is a very humorous and learned person. He can guide a conversation, so even though Bai Xue has no intention to associate with him, she is engaged in conversation with him, spending an enjoyable dinner together.
His manner of speech, his personality, makes her feel that if he truly only wants to be friends, being friends wouldn't be so bad.
Without Bai Xue's prompting, Gongze Yu takes the initiative to give her a kraft paper bag.
Bai Xue says thank you but has no intention of opening it.
"Aren't you going to open it and take a look?"
"There's no need for that since I already know. I hope Mayor Gong can keep this matter confidential as well."
"You already knew?" Gongze Yu is somewhat surprised.
"Hmm."
"Then have you made any progress on your side? Have you found out who the person behind Cheng Tianhao is?" Gongze Yu has only found out about this person, but he doesn't know who they are. Since his enemy is hiding in the dark, this is very unfavorable for Bai Xue, and he's worried.
So, upon hearing that Bai Xue already knew about what he discovered, he is somewhat rushed, wanting to know who that person is.
Bai Xue is startled. "The person behind Cheng Tianhao?"
"Don't you know?" Gongze Yu frowns. Her expression doesn't seem like she knows.
Bai Xue opens the file. After reading it, her face darkens.
In the bag are several photos. They are all of Cheng Tianhao with a man whose face isn't visible.
From these photos, it can be seen that the man is very wary, always guarding against his identity being exposed.
"After I saw you that day, I began an investigation. Cheng Tianhao was my first suspect because he benefited the most after your incident with Su Yan. During the stakeout, it was discovered that he had frequent interactions with this man. It's highly likely that Cheng Tianhao's poison came from this man." Gongze Yu had Cheng Tianhao followed for two days and found no other suspicious activities, so he suspected the poison used to poison Su Yan came from this man.
Regrettably, his men weren't able to capture a frontal photograph of the man and therefore can't confirm his identity.
"Thank you." Bai Xue is very grateful to Gongze Yu. Without the information he provided, she wouldn't have known someone else was also after Su Yan's life.
If it wasn't for Gongze Yu, this matter would have been overlooked. The opponent played the game of killing with a borrowed knife very well.
"I told you there's no need to thank me. You can come to me anytime you need help in the future." He will help her as much as he can.
"Why?" Bai Xue stares at him directly.
"Why what?" Gongze Yu feigns ignorance.
"Why are you helping me so much? What is your purpose?" Bai Xue asks very directly, leaving no room for vague excuses.