Gu Chu asked worriedly, "Did he recognize you?"

When Su Wan returned, she realized that she was now a spirit host and Su Qi was an exorcist, so he might have noticed her unusual behavior.

She said uncertainly, "Probably not."

Gu Chu then realized that something was wrong.

Su Hu's grave is in City A, so why would Su Qi go to City C?

"Wait, where did you see him?"

Su Wan realized she had given herself away, and stammered, "At... at the Qi family's 30th anniversary banquet."

Gu Chu was shocked: "You went back to City A today!"

Su Wan knew she was in the wrong and felt guilty, so she didn't dare to say anything.

Seeing that Su Wan didn't speak, Gu Chu understood that Su Wan had tacitly agreed.

So, Su Wan really did sneak back.

She said angrily, "Wanwan! You're getting more and more willful. Do you know how dangerous this is? If Shen Baiyan finds out, our plan will be ruined. Do you want him to know you're still alive, or do you think he won't try to take the child from you?"

Knowing she was in the wrong, Su Wan had no choice but to back down in the face of Gu Chu's accusations: "Chu Chu, I won't do it again. I received a mysterious text message yesterday saying that my master would be at the Qi family banquet today, so I went. I'll just stop believing it in the future."

"Short message?"

Gu Chu was very puzzled.

Su Wan was still using her old number, so who sent her the message?

This reminded Gu Chu of Suzuki Motoyo.

When Suzuki Motoyo kidnapped Su Wan last time, Su Wan also received a strange text message.

After Suzuki Motoyo was arrested, Gu Chu met him once and asked him about the text messages.

At that time, Suzuki Motoyo said that he had never sent a text message to Su Wan, and that he had only mentioned Su Hu's death casually.

Now, looking back, there are too many doubts about this.

Whether Suzuki Motoyo was lying or someone was really behind it remains to be seen.

They seemed to have been caught in a trap, a trap they couldn't understand or figure out, and the person who set it up was very powerful, even knowing them very well.

Thinking about all this sent a chill down Gu Chu's spine. She exhaled a breath to calm herself and told Su Wan, "From now on, no matter what text messages you receive on your phone, don't believe them easily. You should change this number."

"Okay, I understand." Su Wan nodded obediently.

The next day——

Shen Baiyan woke up in a fright in his hospital bed.

"Wanwan!"

Hearing the commotion, Xu Han rushed forward to help him.

"President, you're awake?"

Shen Baiyan opened his eyes and looked around. After realizing he was in a hospital, he raised his hand to rub his temples, his voice a little hoarse: "Xu Han, have you found the cleaning lady who dumped the trash can on my head?"

Last night, someone dumped a trash can over him. As someone with severe mysophobia, this was undoubtedly as disgusting as falling into a cesspool. If he could have his head replaced, he would definitely replace this head that was stinking from the trash can without hesitation.

God knows how devastated he was after being suffocated by the stench yesterday. Even the aphrodisiac Qi Mingxuan gave him was neutralized by the stench of that garbage can.

He frantically called his assistant, Xu Han, who rushed over and then drove him back to the Platinum Villa.

As soon as he got home, he plunged into the bathtub and washed himself three times, but he could still smell the nauseating stench from the garbage can.

Even his body felt faintly smelly, so he asked Xu Han to drive him to the hospital.

The doctor diagnosed it as a psychological problem.

Shen Baiyan insisted on receiving treatment, and the doctor had no choice but to give him an IV drip of glucose.

“Xu Han, I think I saw Su Wan at the Qi family banquet yesterday. She was the one who dumped that trash can on my head. Go check the surveillance footage from yesterday’s banquet.”

"yes!"

Xu Han left the ward.

Shen Baiyan leaned against the hospital bed, looking up at the ceiling, his mind replaying everything that had happened at the banquet the previous afternoon.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that the cleaner's figure resembled Su Wan, especially her eyes that were visible through the mask.

Also, his style of dumping everything in the trash.

These are things that others wouldn't dare to do, but Su Wan dared to do them.

A few hours later, Xu Han returned to the ward.

"President, the surveillance cameras at the banquet venue malfunctioned yesterday."

"It's broken?" Shen Baiyan asked, somewhat surprised.

What a coincidence that things turned out badly?

"Um."

"How's the investigation on Gu Chu's side going?" Shen Baiyan asked.

“Ms. Gu has been to City C twice recently. The first time was on October 25th, shortly after you returned from Country D. The second time was ten days ago.”

What was she doing in City A?

"I didn't know the first time, but the second time, a batch of flowers from City C was shipped over from the Spirit Story."

"I understand, you may leave now!"

"yes!"

After Xu Han left, Shen Baiyan pondered for a moment and then picked up his phone.

He had never used the number his father had given him, but now he had decided to ask that person for help.

He got up, locked the door, and dialed the number.

The phone rang a few times before being answered, and a middle-aged woman's voice came through: "Who is this?"

“My father is Shen Qishan,” Shen Baiyan said.

The woman hesitated for a moment, then said, "Speak, what is it?"

"I want to restore the Shen Group to its pre-crisis state and take back the Yufeng project."

"Okay," the woman agreed readily.

The other party hung up after speaking.

Shen Baiyan's gaze deepened as he stared at his phone screen.

Soon, the Shen family will turn things around.

——

Gu Chu checked the time and prepared to go to the high-speed rail station to pick up Rong Shi. As she was leaving, she suddenly saw Rong Shi standing at the entrance of Lijing.

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