After Rebirth, I Married the Great Demon King

Chapter 275: Are You Hiding Something from Me?

Chapter 275: Chapter 275: Are You Hiding Something from Me?

But, Cheng Lie thought, there was still a very urgent matter he needed to resolve immediately.

"Mr. Cheng, did you say... Mu Chengzhu came to Beijing?" Zhao Pan looked shocked.

Cheng Lie grunted softly, "Can you help me figure out his motives?"

"Of course." Zhao Pan agreed without hesitation.

Such minor tasks were his specialty.

However, Zhao Pan couldn’t help but ask, "Mr. Cheng, where exactly did you see Mu Chengzhu?"

Surely, it wasn’t just a chance encounter on the street, was it?

"I went to Shi Fei’s school today to meet her, and I saw them together." Cheng Lie recalled the scene, and despite the anger that had consumed him earlier, a trace of sadness lingered within.

Still, he had never been willing to admit that he could be someone who gets hurt.

Over the years, even though outwardly he seemed fragile, deep down, he refused to acknowledge any vulnerability.

Only an inner toughness could sustain him, yet now, he was wounded.

She shared secrets with Mu Chengzhu—secrets that belonged solely to the two of them. He felt like an extraneous presence.

She was still angry with him now, not even willing to maintain a friendship.

Zhao Pan also noticed the fleeting vulnerability in Cheng Lie’s gaze.

It shocked him; he had never seen such an expression from the cold, ruthless young man before.

In the past, Cheng Lie had committed heinous acts with ease, treated everyone with detached indifference, and whenever angered, had responded with reckless ferocity.

Back then, Zhao Pan had even wondered if Cheng Lie was borderline antisocial.

But now, things seemed different from how he had envisioned.

Cheng Lie could be saddened?

Was it because of his meeting today with Yun Shifei and Mu Chengzhu?

The more Zhao Pan thought about it, the guiltier he felt.

to the scene where he had met

he had accidentally spoken too much—revealed things

about the matters

of

to Cheng Lie, "Mr. Cheng, don’t feel too upset. I don’t think Miss Yun has anything significant with Mu Chengzhu. During summer break, I delivered gifts to her and observed her.

couldn’t admit that he had inadvertently sold

alone his safety—would be jeopardized.

Qin Yumo, even the eldest son of the Qin Family wasn’t spared. As for someone like himself, with no background, a mere

hearing this, Cheng Lie reverted to his usual unperturbed demeanor, casting a cold glance at Zhao Pan

a shiver down Zhao Pan’s

course not, Mr. Cheng. Why would you

their coldness utterly untrusting of

he had done to expose himself to Cheng Lie’s scrutiny

be because he talked

was practically ready to slap himself across the

from overspeaking—was this truly the legendary fate

before finally saying, "I always thought Qin Chi Jin handed you over to me. I considered you half my

Zhao Pan: "???"

him later and have you sent back to

Pan was

young man paid no heed to Zhao Pan’s pitiful expression. Cheng Lie’s features seemed to

was unhappy, this was

Lie’s side long enough to know

hurt to try—it was just words. Maybe confessing would offer him

said, "Fine, I’ll spill everything! Mr. Cheng, please don’t tell Fourth

the day he had met

me. She said she wanted to learn more about you, but I didn’t tell her anything confidential.

the explanation, Cheng Lie lowered his

out

what this meant and quickly added,

"I know."

transpired. She had learned everything and

really be blamed on Zhao Pan. How could Zhao Pan

Cheng Lie still couldn’t figure out why Yun Shifei had suddenly

did she look for you to

assumed it might be because she wanted

had thought Yun Shifei was very simple and easy to deceive. But now,

if Yun Shifei truly wanted to know something, she would come to

through Zhao Pan, it was likely because she didn’t