Chapter 269

When Xu Guimin heard what Xu Xiuhe said, he turned his head directly to look at Yang Cui.

Yang Cui was also stunned. When did she have a daughter? How come she didn't know?

"Can't remember?"

"You should be able to recall that before you married him, you had a child."

Xu Xiuhe's words seemed to stir up that segment of Yang Cui's memory. Her face wrinkled like a bitter gourd.

Xu Guimin understood everything at a glance. Yang Cui indeed had a child before marrying him.

"Why didn't I know about this? Yang Cui, how many more things are you hiding from me?"

Xu Guimin gritted his teeth in anger.

"Honey, that's all in the past. Let me explain." Yang Cui clung to Xu Guimin's arm.

"Shut up. Xiuhe, tell me, did that daughter also go in, or how did she end up there?"

Yang Cui looked terrified. Zhou Man, Zhou Man was the one she sent in. Could Zhou Man be the girl she abandoned over 20 years ago?

Realizing this, Yang Cui suddenly became aware of something else. Zhou Man was someone Zhengyang knew? Given Zhengyang's personality...

"Unbelievable? The sins you commit will always be repaid by someone." Xu Xiuhe said calmly.

"Impossible, impossible!"

Yang Cui shook her head and suddenly sat down on the ground.

"What do you mean? What's impossible?"

Xu Guimin asked. Why did he feel like he knew nothing about what Yang Cui and Xu Xiuhe were talking about? He felt like an outsider, completely in the dark.

"Hahahahaha, how absurd! I never imagined it would end up like this. Hahahahaha, Xu Guimin, you coward! Your own son gets arrested and you're not even trying to save him, you're still here. I... you... why didn't you just drown in that swimming pool back then?"

Yang Cui's words became somewhat incoherent.

"What do you mean, Yang Cui?"

"Hahahahaha, what do I mean? I've been sick of you for a long time. Where has your sincerity gone? I've been so good to you all these years, and you still won't give the company to Zhengyang. Tell me, how could I not be anxious?"

Yang Cui seemed to have gone mad, sprawled on the ground, mumbling to herself.

"Yang Cui, was it you who caused me to nearly drown?"

"Yes, I added something to your water, but who knew you'd be so lucky? You didn't even drown. How are you still alive? Fate really does play tricks on people."

"Cough, cough, cough." Xu Guimin coughed continuously in anger.

"Indeed, my intuition was right from the beginning. Xu Guimin, have you ever wondered why my mother appeared in your dream?"

Xu Guimin carefully recalled that dream. In the dream, Sun Wenting threatened him, not allowing him to return.

Was she trying to save him?

As he pondered, Xu Guimin began to feel a bit dazed. How many years had it been?

"You don't deserve to think about it."

After saying this, Xu Xiuhe turned and left.

At the entrance of the Xu family villa, Yang Cui sat on the ground while Xu Guimin stood.

Online, the hot search topics continued unabated, all about the Xu family affairs and Xu Zhengyang's case.

At Ziyue Manor.

Shen Yin was also following the various online information, and at the same time, she received quite a few private messages. After all, she was one of the parties involved in one of the cases. Some were curious, some were concerned.

[Yin Yin, all this evidence, it wasn't all obtained from that woman Ge Xinxin, was it?]

[Sort of, but not entirely? Ge Xinxin got some information, and Xu Xiuhe also did some investigation. When we combined the evidence from both sides, it was pretty much complete.]

Shen Yin replied.

[Impressive, you two really make an efficient team.]

[So what's the situation with Yang Cui now? Has she been taken into custody?]

Shu Yi's gossip instinct was flaring up again.

Shen Yin replied with a "don't know" emoji.

Xu Xiuhe had gone to the Xu family, but he hadn't returned yet, so she really didn't know.

Just as she was thinking about it, Xu Xiuhe came home.

"Honey."

"You're back!" Shen Yin trotted over.

"Slow down, slow down. There's still a baby in your belly." Xu Xiuhe was afraid Shen Yin might lose her balance and reached out to catch her.

"But you're back now."

"How's Yang Cui? Was she involved in the things Xu Zhengyang did?"

Shen Yin held onto Xu Xiuhe's arm.

"Not only was she involved, but she also confessed. The incident where Xu Guimin nearly drowned was her doing. She must have drugged Xu Guimin."

"Oh my god, it really was her! A woman's heart can truly be the most poisonous! What happened next? How did Xu Guimin react when he found out?"

Everyone has a bit of a gossip-loving heart, and Shen Yin was no exception. She was quite curious about Xu Guimin's reaction.

How would a man like Xu Guimin react upon learning that he had been betrayed by his loved one?

Chang Zhiyuan was standing downstairs, looking up at her. She leaned out, their eyes meeting.

"Are you coming down, or should I come up?"

"You come up," Shu Yi said, too lazy to go down and open the door.

"How am I supposed to get up? You won't let me in."

"Don't you know the door code?"

Shu Yi said nonchalantly.

Chang Zhiyuan smiled again at her words.

Shu Yi sat by the mirror to fix her hair, only unlocking her bedroom door after making sure it wasn't messy.

When Chang Zhiyuan came up, he knocked on the door.

"It's unlocked, come in."

"I brought you some treats," Chang Zhiyuan said as he entered the bedroom, holding a small box of pastries in one hand and a large bag of skewers in the other.

"Oh come on, aren't you afraid I'll get fat? If I can't get any roles, you'll earn less money too."

"It's fine, you'll earn less, but my money is all yours anyway."

"Sweet talk. I don't believe you."

Chang Zhiyuan didn't respond. Whether it was sweet talk or not would be clear in the future. There was no point in saying more now.

"Don't worry, you won't get fat. The pastries are from that special place in the west of the city, and for the skewers, I'll eat the meat, you eat the vegetables."

"..."

"You might as well not have come," Shu Yi pouted.

"How could I not come? I haven't won you over yet, I have to keep working on it."

"But it's so late."

There was a clock in the bedroom, its second hand ticking away. Shu Yi always had this habit of keeping a clock in her bedroom. Listening to the ticking of the clock as she fell asleep gave her a sense of security. She even brought a small alarm clock with her when staying in hotels.

"I'll come earlier next time. Something came up tonight that delayed me," Chang Zhiyuan explained.

"You weren't having dinner with some new starlet, were you?" Shu Yi said deliberately.

As soon as she said it, she realized it sounded a bit off. Why did it come out so jealous? It didn't sound like something she would normally say.

"Are you jealous?"

"Of course not, I'm just making a reasonable guess. After all, you're usually so busy."

Shu Yi started to get defensive, refusing to admit it no matter what.

At the same time, she started to panic. Love really could change a person, imperceptibly making her act unlike her usual self.

"You're half right. I am busy, that's true, but having dinner with a new starlet is false."

Chang Zhiyuan was secretly delighted. The things left unsaid were often the most intriguing.

"So busy, huh?"

"Well, I am the CEO of a media company, after all. I just dealt with some company business today."

"What kind of business?"

"Curious?"

Chang Zhiyuan laid out the food on a small table on the carpet.

"Yu Dan's relationship almost got exposed."

"No way!"

Shu Yi was shocked. Yu Dan was a top-tier celebrity at the peak of her career. Although Shu Yi herself was quite famous now, Yu Dan had been a force in the entertainment industry for many years. To think she had a relationship.

"You didn't know?"

"I had no idea! Who's the lucky one? Are they good-looking?"

Shu Yi had met Yu Dan before. Her style had become increasingly powerful lately, even a bit like Chang Ningjing. To think she had a partner now, a relationship.

"It's not someone from the industry. Yu Dan was photographed going out with him."

"Then what happened?"

"The company's PR team intercepted it. That's what I was dealing with at the company tonight."

"How did you handle it?"

"We bought the news. With money. Otherwise, tomorrow's top trending topic would have been 'Best Actress's Relationship Exposed'."

"Sister Yu Dan is such a veteran, does she still care about this kind of public opinion?"

"Of course she does. Female actors have always been very restricted. Limited roles, limited by age, and even relationships can't be freely made public. The fans certainly wouldn't accept it. She's in the middle of transitioning her image, and if a relationship was exposed, it would definitely affect her career to some extent. Her transition hasn't been completed yet, so she can only maintain a single persona for now. She wants to go public, but the price is too high. It's not the right time yet."

Shu Yi sat down too, and they started drinking beer and eating skewers.

"Sigh."

"What are you sighing about? You don't have any worries. If you wanted to go public, you could do it right now. Us going public would be what everyone's been waiting for."

...

That's right, she and Chang Zhiyuan were in what he called an "adjustment period". She hadn't acknowledged Chang Zhiyuan as her partner yet, but Chang Zhiyuan felt that he was already Shu Yi's boyfriend. But outsiders didn't know this. At most, only Shen Yin and Qi Ji knew.

The hashtag for their "couple" had never stopped trending, and their fan forum was always bustling with activity.