Chapter 160: Yellow-Faced Youngster

Chapter 160

At the entrance of the villa, a man in his forties wearing a black suit with a white flower pinned to his chest was greeting guests.

Next to the memorial altar, a gentle-looking woman in a black knee-length dress with waist-length hair stood with a young boy with short hair.

The visitors bowed to the memorial tablet and black-and-white photo, and the woman and boy bowed back in response.

During the bows, the little boy secretly wiped away tears.

Seeing the boy who wasn't even as tall as his mother, the guests wanted to offer words of comfort but felt too heartbroken to do so.

They could only bow and hurry away, leaving the living room to lament the unfairness of fate with their friends.

In a corner of the living room behind the memorial altar, a worker tasked by his superiors was miserably watching surveillance footage at high speed.

The Second Young Master Fu was about to ask why they were sitting in this position, feeling puzzled.

Just then, they heard a nearby staff member exclaim, "Here it comes!"

Shi Li immediately turned her head towards the nearby LCD screen.

Fu Huixing also turned his head like Shi Li, their movements very practiced.

The Second Young Master Fu noticed the actions of the two beside him and, following human herd mentality, he also turned his head.

The timestamp in the lower right corner of the surveillance footage showed 2 AM. The screen was brightly lit, with only Mrs. Lin keeping vigil by the memorial altar; everyone else had retired to their rooms.

Mrs. Lin sat lost in thought next to the memorial tablet.

The staff member muttered, "This isn't right. With Mrs. Lin keeping watch, neither rats nor thieves should be able to appear."

The timestamp in the corner sped up, showing about 15 minutes passing in the footage. Suddenly, a man in a suit with perfect posture appeared on screen, his back to the camera so his face wasn't visible.

From his position of entry, it was clear he was a member of the Lin family.

"I'm guessing. It's possible I'm wrong."

In truth, the man's height and build were very similar to the suited man greeting guests at the door. Though the suited man's face wasn't clear in the video, he had walked over from the direction of the stairs. This was a Lin family member staying overnight in the villa.

From the style of his suit, it was clear this man wasn't a Lin family servant.

The only ones likely to stay overnight were Mr. Lin's brother and parents. The suited man in the video was middle-aged, ruling out the elderly father. That only left the Second Lin.

Of course, part of the guess came from Shi Li's reaction. Her emotions were so intense, it likely wasn't just about the intimacy in front of the memorial. There were probably other issues at play.

The Second Young Master Fu scoffed, "Here I thought you had some inside information. Turns out you're just guessing. Boring."

Still, this business of getting intimate in front of a memorial was quite intriguing.

No matter who the adulterer was, it was very interesting.

Meanwhile, Shi Li's inner thoughts confirmed Fu Huixing's guess: [Fu Xingxing guessed pretty accurately!]

While the three were quietly muttering amongst themselves, the staff member brought over the supervisor. He rewound the video to about 10 seconds prior, replaying the process of Mrs. Lin knocking over the eternal flame.

The supervisor's face turned ghastly pale, definitely not from the video's yellowish tint.

It must be said that this staff member was truly dedicated to his job. Even upon seeing such a provocative, racy video, he wasn't curious about the male lead's identity and didn't watch the whole video before fetching his supervisor.

"Boss, our staff didn't knock over the eternal flame. The Lin family did it themselves."

Supervisor: I have eyes, you don't need to tell me.

The staff member lacked curiosity, but the supervisor didn't. He very much wanted to know who this adulterer was.

However, out of professional ethics, and because there were outsiders watching (Shi Li and the other two), the supervisor didn't feel right asking his subordinate to continue playing the video.

The Second Young Master Fu had exceptionally thick skin. He said, "Come on, keep playing the video. Mr. Lin's body is barely cold and those close to him are already doing such things. Don't you want to know who that man is?"

Of course they wanted to know. Curiosity is human nature, after all.