Marry Me Quick

Chapter 361

Once she was out of the company building, Su Ziyue headed straight for the carpark with quick steps. Someone had stuffed a leaflet in the car door and she couldn’t open it even after several attempts. Frustrated, she kicked the car a couple of times and yelped in pain afterward.

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Qin Muchen didn’t return home again that night. Gong Shuzhe’s incident gradually lost its novelty after everyone discussed it feverishly for a period of time. Meanwhile, Su Ziyue went to visit him once. Through the cold glass, she asked him calmly, “Uncle Gong, do you still remember how my father looked?”

Gong Shuzhe was silent for a while before answering, “I don’t dare to think about it. The thought of him makes me restless for a long period of time.”

“Were you that worried about my father coming out of jail alive? He had no idea that you were the murderer,” she said through gritted teeth at the mention of this. They had deliberately set up Su Yizi, so Su Yizi himself didn’t even know that Gong Shuzhe was the real killer, even until his death.

He was speechless for a moment before opening his mouth again. “In the beginning, I did want him to die. But when I changed my mind about it, he was already dead. Although this sounds like an excuse now, I really regretted it back then.”

Sniffling a couple of times, Su Ziyue fought back her tears; she couldn’t overcome the sadness everytime she thought of Su Yizi.

“Qin Muchen is my son, but he…” Gong Shuzhe stared at her, holding back his tongue.

Her face turned sullen. “Qin Muchen is my husband, and I understand without you telling me.”

“Yeah,” he nodded sadly and continued, “Actually, this period of time has been the only time when I could sleep peacefully, ever since more than a decade ago.”

Su Ziyue had no interest in listening to his feelings of remorse, so she stood up and left.

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Su Ziyue made a trip back to the old villa before returning to Cloud Bay. The moment she entered the villa, she could feel the presence of another person in the place. When she turned to look at the side of the door, she saw an extra pair of leather shoes. Qin Muchen had returned?

Recently, Qin Muchen would return irregularly, and they seldom ran into each other. Overjoyed, she ran up the staircase without changing her shoes. When she was halfway up, she saw him standing silently like a ghost at the top of the staircase.

“You’re home.” She stopped in her tracks and lifted her head to look at him.

Qin Muchen fixed his gaze on her for a few seconds before speaking in a gloomy voice, “Did you go and visit him?”

“Yeah,” she replied when she realized who he meant, and nodded.

Smirking, he said, “Because of you, he is now dead.”

Her brows knitted as she exclaimed in shock, “What?! How is that possible?”

Gong Shuzhe was still fine when she visited him earlier. She merely made a trip to the old villa, and now he was dead?

“If you really hated him so much and wanted him dead, you could’ve let me know. I could’ve made your wish come true, since he deserved it anyway,” he said with an odd look on his face.

Piqued, she shouted at him, “Qin Muchen, be careful with your words!" What did he mean that she wanted him dead? "I told you very clearly the last time, even though it's true that I do hate him a lot, I don't wish for his death, nor do I want him to pay with his life. Even if he's dead, it's impossible for my father to return. His death is meaningless to me!" She had made it so clear, but he was obviously suspecting her from the way he spoke. Did Qin Muchen suspect that she had something to do with Gong Shuzhe's death?

Qin Muchen remained on the same spot without moving an inch, and said in a quiet, eerie voice, "Yes, it's true that you hate him."

"Qin Muchen!" She could tell that he still didn't believe her at all. "Speak your mind. You're thinking that I have Gong Shuzhe murdered in jail, just like how he did it before, aren't you?"

His expression flinched a little, but he didn't say a word. Su Ziyue felt her heart drop, for his silence meant that he admitted it. This was a trait he had always displayed.

"So what now? Are you suspecting me and questioning me now? Or, have you already decided to convict me that I have a direct connection to Gong Shuzhe's death?" After she finished speaking, the air felt stale and it became hard to breathe.

Su Ziyue waited for Qin Muchen to say something, but he simply stared at her with chilly eyes. So there they stood, one at the top of the staircase and another at the middle, facing each other in silence. After a long pause, he finally made his way downstairs. When he brushed past her, he stopped for a while and said, "I'm going away on a business trip, and I won't be back for a long time."

Then, he left in big strides and the sound of him closing the door echoed through the villa, followed by the sound of the car engine.

Frustration washed over Su Ziyue, and she grabbed a bunch of her hair as she threw the handbag in her hand to the side. Sitting on the spot with her head buried, she stayed there for quite a while before giving An Xia a call.

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