“What happened?” Mu Yu quickly asked him when she saw Qin Jinhuan put down his fork loudly.
Glancing toward the stairs, Qin Jinhuan lowered his voice and said, “I have to go to the company. Go upstairs and see Grandpa after you are done eating.”
“Is it related to the crime that happened in Cheng Xi forest?”
“No. I have to go.”
“Sigh…”
Seeing Qin Jinhuan’s figure leaving the dining room, Mu Yu didn’t ask further. She finished her lunch alone and carefully cleaned her scalpel with a paper towel. She kept the scalpel with her and was ready to head upstairs.
When she passed by the living room, she saw Dong Wanqing sitting in the living room. She paused and turned back into the living room.
Probably because she was throwing up so badly before, Dong Wanqing didn’t look very good. When she saw Mu Yu enter, she immediately straightened up and looked at Mu Yu with a displeased look.
Mu Yu ignored Dong Wanqing’s displeasure and sat down at the side of the sofa. She took an apple from the fruit tray and slowly cut it with the scalpel that she had kept.
Dong Wanqing’s face changed again as she jumped up. “H-How dare you use the knife that had touched the dead to cut the steak and apple? Are you sick?”
“It’s nothing. It has been disinfected.” Mu Yu smiled casually and took a bite of the cut apple just in time.
“You’re a psychopath!” Dong Wanqing, who was extremely repulsed, took a few steps away with a face of disgust.
Mu Yu wasn’t angry at all. She ate the apple and smiled. “I’m so sorry. Because I’m so used to using this knife, I’ve made you shocked. But this knife is really good. Normally, other than using it to dissect bodies, I even use it to slaughter the chickens and ducks as well as dissect fish at home. With just a slice through it, the blood would start oozing out. Hehe, it’s even warm.”
“Stop talking!”
Mu Yu ignored Dong Wanqing’s pale face and continued explaining while smiling. “The feeling of dissecting bodies is totally different from slaughtering chickens and ducks because the chickens and ducks are still moving, whereas the bodies are completely still. Normally, the bodies are black and blue when they are sent over. Their complexions are extremely pale, just like—”
“I told you to stop talking! Are you deaf?”
“Yes, they look like your complexion now!”
“Get out! You’re a psychopath! Get out!” Dong Wanqing yelled but quickly covered her mouth. There was another wave of nausea washing over her again.
Of course, Mu Yu wouldn’t leave. Qin Jinhuan had said that this was his home and hers too. If there were someone who needed to leave, it was Dong Wanqing who was the outsider. However, she didn’t order Dong Wanqing to leave. She smiled and looked at Dong Wanqing while she ate her apple bit by bit.
Dong Wanqing was furious at Mu Yu for behaving like this, but she had no one to help her out. Moreover, Mu Yu even had a ‘weapon’ with her. She didn’t dare to act rashly. After patting over her chest, she pointed at Mu Yu and scolded, “You with the surname Mu, do you really think you hold the position as this house’s mistress firmly? Hmph, Let’s see how long you can continue acting so cocky!”
Grandpa had already said that there was no place in this house for this woman.
Mu Yu threw the leftovers of the apple into the trashcan and took some paper towels to wipe her mouth. After that, she wiped her scalpel as she pretended to sigh and said, “Miss Dong, to tell you the truth, I’m actually unwilling to stay in this house for even a moment longer. I wish there was someone to kick me out of this house. Sigh, this is all Huan’s fault for wanting me so much and not letting me go no matter what.”
“Tsk, what you said sounded even sweeter than singing.” Dong Wanqing had a disdainful look. “If you really don’t want to stay in this house, you can leave now. Huan is not here, so no one will stop you.”
“Didn’t you always want me to leave? Because only if I’m gone, you can have the chance to approach Huan.” Mu Yu looked at Dong Wanqing. When Dong Wanqing didn’t respond, she continued and said, “Actually I’ve known it from the start. You like Huan, but I really don’t like him. How about I help you create an opportunity to approach Huan? You must take the opportunity to make him fall in love with you, so he can finally let me go.”
Dong Wanqing was stunned by her sincerity. But at this moment, Mu Yu suddenly hit the back of her head and said pitifully, “Oh, I just remembered that Huan doesn’t like girls like you at all. I can no longer count on you.”
Realizing that she was fooled, Dong Wanqing was instantly furious and shouted, “You with the surname Mu, don’t be so complacent! There will be a time when you cry!”
“Oh, you’re angry? I’m so sorry. I accidentally spoke the truth. I didn’t discourage you, did I?” Although Mu Yu was apologizing, she sounded extremely relaxed.
Dong Wanqing’s face was ghastly pale. She looked toward the stairs and saw no signs of the twins. She knew that Qin Xiaozhi hadn’t woken up yet. Without his assistance, she knew that she couldn’t take any advantage of Mu Yu and decided to ignore Mu Yu. She grunted angrily and turned around to leave.
“Who’s afraid of whom?” Mu Yu didn’t care about Dong Wanqing disappearing through the door as she made a funny face behind her.
Yesterday, she accidentally let Dong Wanqing slap her. Although she didn’t slap her back, she had doubled it up by annoying Dong Wanqing, and it was enough to make her happy. At this moment, she was in a very good mood.
She was not someone who could be pushed around easily.
Keeping the scalpel with her, she happily stood up and went upstairs. When she went to Qin Xiaozhi’s room, she saw he hadn’t woken up yet. After giving a few pieces of advice to the twins who were guarding him by his side, she went back into Qin Jinhuan’s room at a light and fast pace.
She took the whole set of anatomical tools out. Her joyful mood turned into a pitiful one. After caressing the scalpel for a while, she finally put it back to its original place.
By then, she remembered the person who had given her the tools and also remembered the meetup with him tonight.
Sigh!
Suddenly, she felt a jolt all over her.
Today was the third day of Xin Yihan and Yin Xiaotian’s wedding. According to the customs of An City, today was the day the bridegroom would accompany the bride at her parents’ home. It was also known as ‘the return to the bride’s home’. At noon, they had to stay in his parents-in-law’s house to have dinner. How would he have the time to meet up with her for dinner?
Could he and Yin Xiaotian…
That’s impossible!
They’ve always been in a good relationship! One is as gentle as jade, and the other quiet and ladylike. I had never even seen them argue before. They just got married. How could there be a conflict between them?
But there’s always a possibility in everything, maybe…
If they really have broken up, then I will have the chance to…
Mu Yu! Are you shameless?
She hit the back of her head over and over again while cursing herself angrily.
At this moment, a WeChat message from Xin Yihan popped out from her phone. It was the specific location of the Sky International City and the number of the private room that they were going to have dinner tonight.
She hesitated for a while and replied to his message to ask, “Besides Xiaotian, is there anyone else eating with us?”
“Xiaotian has something to do. She can’t go tonight.”
If Xiaotian couldn’t go, would it be only him and her eating dinner tonight?
Mu Yu’s heart skipped a beat again.
All right, stop overthinking. Maybe Yihan had seen the scandals of Qin Jinhuan and me and had wanted to meet up out of concern for me? I should think of a good explanation to give to Yihan later.
She lay on the bed sullenly. Her heart couldn’t calm down no matter what as her head was filled with the images of Xin Yihan smiling.
Although she had repeatedly denied her guesses and warned herself multiple times not to make wild guesses, she couldn’t seem to restrain a certain desire in her heart.
In order to divert her attention, she took out her phone and took a careful look at all the relevant information she had collected for the case that happened in Cheng Xi forest to see if there were any missing details.
After looking at it for a while, she threw her phone to the side of the bed. She had too little information in her hands. Besides the pictures taken at the spot, she only had the basic information of the deceased. Of course, her so-called basic information was only the specific age and real name of the deceased, excluding the anatomy.
If I go to work during these two days, maybe I can get more information.
With this thought in mind, she decided to get ready for work tomorrow.
She raised her hand and looked at her watch. Since it was still early, she stood up and went to Qin Xiaozhi’s room again. After seeing that he hadn’t woken up yet, she turned and walked back to her room again. To avoid her overthinking thoughts, she forced herself to watch the television and fell asleep after that until she was awakened by Qin Jinhuan’s call.
“What is it?” She picked up the phone groggily.
“Are you prepared?”
“Prepared for what?”
“You’re not going for the meetup?”
Looking at her watch, she realized that it was almost six o’clock. Mu Yu jumped up and said, “I-I’m going.”
But she quickly felt there was something wrong. She then asked him timidly, “Are you going too?”
“I’m not going.”
“That’s great.”
Mu Yu was silently happy, but she didn’t expect Qin Jinhuan would add, “Cheng Xiang will be sending you there.”
“What? There’s no need to go through so much trouble. I can call a cab myself…”
“He has already arrived. It’s been decided. I still have things to do here.”
“Sigh, there’s really no need to go through…” When Mu Yu heard the call ended, she had no choice but to put down her phone.
He had insisted on sending someone to drive her to the meetup. Was it because he was afraid that she wouldn’t explain clearly to Yihan about their relationship?
They were just going to maintain a fake relationship for two months at most. Was it really necessary to tell Yihan?
It didn’t matter anyway. If Yihan had really come to see her because of the matter, she would tell him the truth; if he just simply wanted to see her, she wouldn’t say anything then.
While she was thinking, she got up and changed clothes. Then, she simply packed, took her bag, and went out. As she passed by Qin Xiaozhi’s room, she heard faint talking voices and subconsciously paused to listen carefully.
“Grandpa, do you want to have another bowl of rice?”
Realizing it was Dong Wanqing’s voice, Mu Yu immediately knew that Qin Xiaozhi was awake and had regained his right state of mind.
Just as she had expected, she could hear Qin Xiaozhi’s voice after that. “There’s no need. I’m already full.”
“Then let me clean up the tableware.”
“Thank you for all the trouble you’ve taken.”
“Grandpa, if you speak like this to me, aren’t you regarding me as an outsider?”
“Yes, I should not treat my granddaughter-in-law like an outsider.”
“Grandpa, don’t say that I am your granddaughter-in-law again. If that woman hears this, she will come and mock me again.” Dong Wanqing looked like she’d been wronged.
It turned out Dong Wanqing was talking about her behind her back.
Mu Yu sneered disapprovingly.
“You’re going to become my granddaughter-in-law sooner or later. This house has no place for that woman.”
“You have ways to deal with her?”
“Yes.”
Mu Yu’s heart turned cold as she tried to hear more of it. However, they had lowered their tone during this conversation. She couldn’t hear anything and could only leave helplessly.
To be honest, she really wanted to know what their so-called good way was so that she could also lend them a helping hand.
Only God knew how bad she wanted Qin Jinhuan to take the initiative to terminate the marriage contract with her. As long as the reason was not because of her, it meant that she hadn’t broken the rules. So, she could finally leave the Qin family peacefully.
Unfortunately, she couldn’t take the initiative to approach Qin Xiaozhi because Qin Jinhuan was too clever. She couldn’t bet on the safety of her parents.
It didn’t matter anyway.
When she reached the door, she saw Cheng Xiang had already opened the door and was waiting for her. She got into the car and reached Sky International Hotel. After Cheng Xiang had left, she walked to the door of the private room as told. She subconsciously pinched her thigh and tried to take a few steps. Once she no longer felt the pain, she knocked on the door and walked in reassuringly.
“Yu, you’re here?” Xin Yihan stood up and welcomed her. “Come, let me introduce you to a friend.”
Mu Yu then realized that there was also another young and handsome man besides Yihan in the private room.