Chen Ma said firmly, "I believe Miss and Young Master Bai are innocent, otherwise, Young Master Bai wouldn't have left Lancheng."
Susu agreed, "I also believe in Tianyi's mother's character. She must have persuaded that Young Master Bai to let her go."
She couldn't help but think of herself. Hadn't she also been entangled by the childhood sweethearts' feelings for Yang Sijie? In the end, she had made her own choice.
She could completely understand that kind of difficult feeling, but she was luckier than Xiao Yongmei. She had met Tianyi, a man devoted to her, and their circumstances were also different.
Chen Ma continued, "Later, when the young master was born, Qin Zhaoye didn't divorce Miss for his inheritance rights. On the surface, they maintained this marriage. But he was also very indifferent to the young master, not like a father. At that time, although the Qin family had the old lady in charge, no one dared to gossip about Miss and the young master to their faces, but behind their backs, they still talked nonsense. As the young master gradually grew up and understood what these people were saying, and couldn't stop them, he solved it with force. Anyone who dared to speak ill of Miss, he would beat them..."
"So he was very fierce back then, like a little lion," Susu interrupted Chen Ma.
Chen Ma hummed and said, "Later, Miss passed away, and that woman was married into the Qin family by Qin Zhaoye. He could only pretend to be crazy and foolish in the Qin family. When he returned here, although he didn't have to pretend in front of me, he was like a changed person, becoming gloomy and withdrawn. In the past few years, with you, the young madam, accompanying the young master, his temperament has become a little more cheerful."
As she spoke, Chen Ma took Susu's hand. "Young madam, the young master is entrusted to you from now on. You must be good to each other, always good to each other."
"I know, don't worry."
As soon as Susu finished speaking, Sophie walked into the kitchen and complained, "Susu, why did you come back by yourself today without saying anything? I was looking for you everywhere when I got off work."
"Oh, look how forgetful I am, I forgot to tell you again," Susu said, suddenly remembering.
Chen Ma stood up and smiled at both of them, "Young madam, Miss Sophie, you go chat. I'll be busy in the kitchen, this old woman."
Susu was about to offer help, but Sophie quietly asked her, "Do you know, they are all discussing the woman who came to see you that day. Who was that woman, and why did she commit suicide?"
"Let's go out and talk," Susu had no choice but to pull her from the kitchen to the garden.
She didn't want Chen Ma to know about Qin Yaxuan's suicide, so she found a quiet corner to talk about it with Sophie. kanδん
"I don't know why she committed suicide. This also surprised me very much," Susu said.
Sophie asked curiously, "Then who was she, and why did she kneel to you as soon as she saw you that day?"
Susu sighed and replied, "Her name is Qin Yaxuan. She is actually the daughter of the person who threw the hot pot at Tianyi during the first birthday banquet. She's a relative of Tianyi."
"Qin Yaxuan? You said her name is Qin Yaxuan." Sophie repeated the name.
"Do you know her?"
Sophie shook her head and said, "No, but..." She stopped halfway.
Susu asked, "But what?"
Sophie looked around again and whispered, "But last time, I accidentally overheard Mr. Qin talking on the phone in the garden, and he mentioned this name. He said... he told the person on the other end of the phone to never let Qin Yaxuan appear again."
"What?" Susu was very surprised. Could it be that Tianyi had someone behind him who killed Qin Yaxuan?
Sophie said, "From Mr. Qin's tone, I could tell he hated this person. Does telling her not to appear again mean... wanting to drive her out of Lancheng? And then she refused and committed suicide?"
"No, she had uremia, and no relatives around her, so she might have had a moment of despair," Susu didn't want to think in that direction. She believed that no matter how much Tianyi hated the Qin family, he wouldn't directly order someone to kill Qin Yaxuan.
Sophie chimed in, "That's true, uremia is a troublesome illness..."
"Sophie, I'm going back to my room to change. You should rest too. When we have dinner later, don't mention this matter in front of Tianyi." Susu's mind was in a mess. kanδん
"Okay, I know."
Susu smiled at her and turned to leave the garden first.
Sophie watched Susu's hurried back, suddenly realizing that this matter might shake the relationship between them.
She took out her phone and made an emergency call, directly reporting that Qin Yaxuan's death was a murder, and repeatedly emphasized that it was an anonymous tip, unwilling to reveal any of her information.
After dinner, Tianyi and Susu were both home tonight, so they accompanied the children playing in the garden.
Sophie stayed in the living room, standing by the floor-to-ceiling window that overlooked the garden. She saw how happy and warm Tianyi and Susu were with their two children, so why couldn't she integrate into it?
When Susu was around, she felt particularly redundant. If Susu could separate from Tianyi for a while, and she could accompany Tianyi, perhaps she could truly integrate into Tianyi and the children.
When Susu returned then, she wouldn't feel redundant, and everyone could get along harmoniously.
At this moment, her phone rang, an unfamiliar landline call.
She answered it curiously, only to hear the other party say, "Hello, I'm from the police. Did you call earlier to report a suicide as a murder?"
"Yes." Sophie lowered her voice and quickly returned to her room.
"Do you have any specific evidence? If you do, you can provide it to the police. Don't worry, we won't disclose your identity."
Sophie closed the door and said, "I don't have specific evidence, but I just know Qin Yaxuan didn't commit suicide."
"Madam, are you joking with us police by making such a conclusion without evidence?" the other party said sternly.
Sophie said with a laugh, "Evidence? Isn't it the police's job to investigate? If you can't find anything, you can classify it however you want. Anyway, I've said what I needed to say."
"You want to waste our manpower and resources by spouting nonsense. Please don't make false reports in the future, or we will punish you severely."
Sophie was provoked and said angrily, "Okay, I'll tell you, whoever she had a conflict with recently wanted her dead!"
After speaking, she hung up before the other party could question her further.
However, thinking about the police saying they would severely punish false reports, she clutched her phone tightly, feeling a little scared.
If the police really came looking for her, and her report was exposed, Tianyi and Susu would never believe her again.
At that time, she would lose even this place to live. What should she do?
She took out Tianyi's light blue shirt from under the pillow again, letting his scent surround her.
But she found that his scent on this shirt was becoming fainter and fainter, almost imperceptible.
...
Tonight, Susu saw that Tianyi, who had returned home, was no different from usual, not like he was harboring any worries.