Marry Me Quick

Chapter 357

Qin Muchen opened his mouth and replied in a rather croaky voice, "No."

Initially, he was worried that Su Yizi might really be the one who killed Qin Li, and because of many concerns, he stopped the investigations after that. Back then, he wasn't suspicious of Gong Shuzhe, since he had no motive. And another reason was, he still had an inexplicable longing for this biological father of his, who was never involved in his own life or upbringing. Even when he was the influential and prominent President of LK as everybody knew him as, it didn't mean that Qin Muchen didn't have any expectations of his father.

Qin Li had a free and easy-going personality. When he was really young, she told him that she broke up with Gong Shuzhe peacefully, and had no regrets nor hatred for him. If he wished to see him, she would also approve of it.

This added on to the reasons why he had some expectations of Gong Shuzhe. Since a woman like his mother wouldn’t have fallen in love with a terrible man, his father must be an upright and special person. But at this point now, it seemed that they were not far from the truth. In fact, after questioning Su Yuanming the last time, he already had his doubts on Gong Shuzhe.

He spent some time accepting the possibility of such an outcome, but everything after that was already beyond his control. Before he could properly resolve this matter, someone already exposed it.

Startled, Su Ziyue wiped away her tears in anguish and spoke through her blocked nose, "I'm sorry, but I'm a little confused right now. Let's sleep in separate rooms tonight. I need to calm down a little." With that, she opened the door, got out of the car and headed straight for the villa, while he stared at her back with a sullen face.

In the afternoon, he found out that the dozens of mainstream media who made the report had received an anonymous package with the DNA report attached. It was the DNA report of both his and Gong Shuzhe’s.

Even the media was unaware of the person who sent them the package and dared not report on it in the beginning. After all, it involved Qin Muchen, and it wouldn't have been a smart move to offend him. Despite that, more and more news from the media started to report on it, and the others followed suit one after another. There was no way to find out who was behind this. Did that person find out about this on purpose or it was an accidental discovery? The anonymous person didn't ask for a reward either, so he or she was obviously not after monetary gains. Just who was the one behind this and what was his aim?

…

In the guest room, Su Ziyue stayed up all night without catching any sleep. And for the first time in history, Qin Muchen didn't go and look for her. The next morning, just as she was about to go downstairs, she saw Qin Muchen coming from the opposite direction at the stairway. Although he looked good, he seemed a little pale, which was proof that he didn't sleep well last night too.

Su Ziyue asked, "Did you sleep late again last night? What time did you go to bed?" He is finally feeling better from his gastric problems recently, but is he now sleeping late again? Does he not care about his health at all?

His dark eyes glimmered at her words as he looked at her with bright eyes. "I went to bed early, but I just couldn't sleep that well." He couldn't fall asleep by himself, but he dared not go and look for her for fear that things might backfire on him for being too clingy.

His stare made her feel inexplicably uneasy. Besides thinking too much last night, she couldn’t fall asleep either because she was not used to sleeping alone. And so, both of them stood at the top of the staircase for a few minutes before they finally went down.

“Come with me to meet someone,” Qin Muchen said out of the blue while they were having breakfast silently.

It was a Saturday and they didn’t have to work. Su Ziyue asked, “Who are you going to meet?”

He replied with one word, “Him.”

Immediately, she understood who he meant—Gong Shuzhe. No matter what, she had to meet him once again, and so she nodded her head in silence. Even when things were starting to become clearer now, she was still unable to connect the dots. So how did Qin Li die? Who was the real killer? What exactly did Gong Shuzhe do in between?

In fact, after calming herself down overnight, she could already guess some of the points. Liu Zipei mentioned Qin Li when she was speaking with Gong Shuzhe. According to the pattern in many murder cases, the culprits were usually acquaintances of the victim.

If that was really the case, then there could only be one possibility—Gong Shuzhe was the one who murdered Qin Li, because he was once her lover and they knew each other well before. Astonished by her own deduction, she turned her head suddenly to stare at him.

By now, Qin Muchen and Su Ziyue were already seated in the car, and were ready to set off to meet Gong Shuzhe. While he was driving, besides looking a little pale, Qin Muchen appeared composed as usual, as if he was not affected at all by this matter. This was how this man had always been; regardless of the situation, he would hide his emotions so meticulously that she could only pry it out, not even when she was observant.

“You…” she began to speak with him, but had no idea where to start.

Instead, he suddenly spoke, “I’m sorry for hiding so many things from you from the beginning. At first, I didn’t think that there was a need to tell you. Later on, I didn’t know how to open up about it, and ended up recoiling like a coward.”