Uncle Lin…? Chen Shiming was a little surprised when he saw the person Chen Qizhao was pointing at. He frowned slightly: "Why him? This is unnecessary."

If these poisonous aromas were replaced or arranged by Lao Lin, then what exactly was he trying to achieve? It is also a confined space. Lao Lin is driving the car and sitting in the driver's seat. He inhales much more aromatherapy than his father Chen Jianhong. Being in such an environment for a long time, his body will be affected just like his father's. Chen Shiming considered multiple suspects, and to be honest, Lao Lin was the least likely suspect.

"He's the one who's been in contact with the car the longest, and he's the one who's been inside the car the longest." Chen Qizhao looked at Chen Shiming and expressed his guess: "You've found out through your investigation that these fragrances have been replaced for at least half a year. He's been driving the car with these fragrances every day for half a year. As the person closest to the fragrances, he didn't notice the problem, which is a suspicious point."

Or maybe Uncle Lin really didn't notice the problem with these aromas, and it doesn't make sense that someone else replaced the aromas. First of all, the aromatherapy was prepared at home. As far as he knew, Zhang Yazhi liked many scents, and there were more than ten kinds of spare aromatherapy scents in the storage room. If someone at the parking lot wanted to change the aromatherapy, they needed to know in advance what the aromatherapy in the car was at that time, and then replace it with the prepared aromatherapy, otherwise the difference in smell would immediately arouse others' suspicion...

The time a vehicle is parked in the parking lot is limited, and the work assigned to the maintenance technician each time may not be the same. If the suspect comes from the parking lot, how can he determine the scent of the fragrance when other maintenance workers may be present, and then make and replace the fragrance. Or maybe the people at the parking lot didn't take the smell of the aromatherapy into consideration and randomly prepared similar-looking spice boxes. In that case, Uncle Lin is more suspicious because as a driver, he would definitely notice the difference.

"The aromatherapy shop may have problems, but these aromatherapy boxes appeared precisely in Dad's car. Don't you think it's strange?" Chen Qizhao said, "There are many servants and drivers in the house who may have come into contact with the cars, but the one who drove those cars for a long time was Uncle Lin."

Perhaps it was Zhang Yazhi who arranged the aromatherapy, but Lao Lin, who often came into contact with the garage, had every opportunity to arrange the problematic aromatherapy on the target vehicle before Chen Jianhong or anyone else came into contact with the aromatherapy. Or he could act as a middleman and tell Zhang Yazhi what scent Chen Jianhong prefers... In the long run, it would be a simple matter for Lao Lin to control the aromatherapy to the exact location without arousing suspicion from others.

Chen Shiming knew clearly that Lao Lin had worked for the Chen family since he was young. He had been his father Chen Jianhong's driver for many years and often picked them up from school when they were young. Lao Lin was indeed the person with whom he had the longest contact. But precisely because it was Lao Lin, Chen Shiming couldn't figure it out. He hoped that the suspect was an employee from the parking lot who benefited from the money, rather than coming from the Chen family villa.

One is Jiang Yuze, one is Lin Shizhong... and now there is also Lao Lin.

Even he found it hard to believe such a result, let alone Chen Jianhong who had trusted them for a long time.

At this time, a voice came from outside the door, and it seemed that Zhang Yazhi came over.

The conversation between the two brothers paused tacitly, and Chen Shiming said, "I will check the rest."

The door opened, and Zhang Yazhi was followed by a servant with Chen Qizhao's dinner on the tray. She urged Chen Shiming to go down and eat, and she was already sitting beside Chen Qizhao's bed, as if she was going to feed him hand-in-hand.

Chen Qizhao was already sober, and not so sick that he couldn't even lift a spoon. "I can do it myself."

Zhang Yazhi felt a little regretful and had to hand over the cutlery. "Are you feeling uncomfortable? Your mouth may not taste good after the fever. You still need to rest more these days. I have already asked for leave from school for you."

"Not uncomfortable." Chen Qizhao was eating, still thinking about the topic he wanted to discuss with Chen Shiming.

In fact, the more subjective reason for suspecting Uncle Lin was the car accident that happened to Chen Shiming in his previous life. He was not sure whether there was such a thing as a GPS locator in his previous life, and Jiang Yuze had also placed people in Chen Shiming's assistant group early on. He was not sure how much Jiang Yuze had done in his previous life, but one thing he was sure of was that he also hired a truck driver.

Assuming there was no GPS locator, Jiang Yuze's route of movement was most likely that he learned about Chen Shiming's itinerary for the day through Chen Shiming's assistant, and asked the assistant or the driver to prepare in advance so that he could hit Chen Shiming's vehicle when it appeared. This plan may sound feasible, but in reality the chances of success are 50-50. First, the truck driver needs to maintain a certain speed so as not to arouse suspicion. Second, he needs to hit Chen Shiming accurately at the winding mountain intersection...

The plan is feasible, but in reality the chance of success is only half.

The location where Chen Shiming planned to have the car accident in this life had a wide field of view and was easy to control, and it was completely feasible to use GPS and road time to judge the artificial car accident. However, there were many obstacles near the winding mountain intersection in his previous life, and the truck driver could not judge the location from a distance... But if in addition to the truck driver, even the driver Lao Lin who was in the car at the time was arranged by Jiang Yuze, then there was every chance that they could jointly negotiate to create the accident in the previous life that even Chen Shiming did not notice.

Regarding the steering wheel change during the accident investigation, most people, including Chen Qizhao, believed that the steering wheel change at that time might have been the driver's instinct to avoid some injuries. But what if the driver did not subconsciously avoid the head-on collision, but deliberately adjusted the steering wheel to ensure that the vehicle would hit it... then the result would be completely different from the guess.

Chen Qizhao had not thought about these things at first, or rather, he was more inclined to trust the driver Uncle Lin in the early days, but now all the signs have made him question this trust. The driver did have many years of driving experience, and he could rely on his instinct to avoid injury when the accident happened. He might also have foreseen the accident in advance and crashed into Chen Shiming with the expectation of death.

But Chen Shiming was lucky and survived.

The driver died.

The dead always bring people sympathy, and more people believe that the dead will not lie.

So the driver's death in some ways made the man-made accident an accident.

"What are you thinking about?" Zhang Yazhi suddenly asked.

Chen Qizhao came back to his senses and said, "No."

"The porridge is cold." Zhang Yazhi smiled and said, "Eat the porridge and drink some soup."

She looked at Chen Qizhao drinking his porridge with his head down, and the smile in her eyes gradually faded.

Zhang Yazhi was paying attention to the child all the time, and she also noticed that the child was in a daze just now. She watched the child scoop porridge for a few minutes without seeing him speak or move. He just stayed there quietly, as if he was thinking about something or daydreaming.

She specifically asked the doctor about Chen Qizhao's fever this time. Rather than catching a cold and having a fever because he didn't keep warm while sleeping in the office as Chen Shiming said, she was more inclined to believe that the child had something on his mind, especially since Chen Qizhao had been getting thinner and thinner and had been silent more and more recently. There were some things she couldn't help but suspect.

After Chen Qizhao finished eating, he felt sleepy again.

Fever brings many physical side effects, such as sore limbs, pins-and-needles headache, and fatigue... Chen Qizhao took two days to relax before going downstairs to eat. Because Zhang Yazhi had ordered him not to go out, he just talked to Yan Kailin and others who came to visit him. The rest of the time he stayed in the living room with Zhang Yazhi watching TV series.

"Aren't you going to work these days?" Chen Qizhao asked.

Zhang Yazhi changed the channel and said, "Mom will be watching you at home these few days and won't go anywhere."

Chen Qizhao: “…”

Various popular dramas were playing on TV. Ms. Zhang Yazhi liked to watch these melodramatic TV dramas in her free time. Chen Qizhao accompanied her wrapped in a blanket. Although he had not watched TV for hundreds of years, he actually accompanied Zhang Yazhi to watch TV for a full two hours.

Zhang Yazhi: "This man is so hateful."

Chen Qizhao nodded, thinking of the fact that this man had been on the hot search list because of domestic violence in real life, so he responded: "This man is a domestic violence man."

Zhang Yazhi was surprised and asked, "Why is he domestic violence? Is he married?"

Chen Qizhao: "You're not married yet? ... He looks like a domestic violence man to me."

Zhang Yazhi pointed at another actor and said, "What about this one?"

Chen Qizhao had no impression, so he replied: "It's just like that."

The housekeeper who was standing nearby was speechless after listening to the conversation between the mother and son. Finally, he asked, "Madam, are we still going to prepare lunch according to yesterday's menu?"

Zhang Yazhi nodded, and suddenly remembered something, so she said, "Prepare food for one more person."

Chen Qizhao didn't think about anything else. Looking at the actors in the TV series, he went back to his phone and looked through the document he had asked Assistant Xu to prepare a long time ago. Previously, he had only signed a cooperation contract with Nie Chenxiao Studio for the Feihong Electric Appliances business. He had also prepared a lot of information on other small artists as alternative plans for the project at the time. Now that he thought about it carefully, since the information had been prepared, it would be better to sign the people first. If he needed a spokesperson in the future, he could switch between them, and he would avoid having to work with unscrupulous artists from outside.

Thinking of this, he counted the remaining money in his hand, sent the document directly to Xiao Zhou, and asked Xiao Zhou to get busy discussing cooperation. The Feihong project was also re-investigated because of the evidence of Jiang Yuze's incident. Feng Ruyi even sent a message to express his gratitude. Chen Qizhao didn't think much of this thanks. After all, he and Feng Ruyi just got what they needed. But he knew that after this incident, the project that the Chen family and the Shen family cooperated on would have Feng Ruyi, a strict person, to help check it, and it was estimated that there would not be any major problems...

He was playing with his cell phone, while Zhang Yazhi started chatting with her sisters, apparently talking about some party.

"What party?" Chen Qizhao asked casually.

"It's a party prepared by the ladies in the circle." Zhang Yazhi said, "It's just these two days. I'm thinking about whether I should refuse it."

It was a social gathering for those ladies and socialites...Chen Qizhao remembered that Zhang Yazhi used to love going there to play.

"Aren't you tired of being bored at home?" Chen Qizhao lowered his eyes and continued to play with his phone. There were no new emails in his private mailbox in the past two days. He said, "Then go. You haven't been out for a party this month."

Zhang Yazhi was surprised: "How do you know that my mother didn't go out this month?"

Chen Qizhao made up an excuse: "I heard from the housekeeper that you have been going home after get off work recently and have not been out."

Zhang Yazhi glared at the housekeeper next to her.

The butler thought about it in confusion. Did he say that?

"Then you must promise mom not to sneak out." Zhang Yazhi frowned and said, "You haven't recovered yet. If I don't watch you, what will happen if you run out and drink?" She then stammered, "Mom is not stopping you from drinking. You just recovered from the illness, so you need to take good care of yourself."

Chen Qizhao had no choice but to say, "Okay, then I won't go out."

He really had no plans to go out these days. Even if he didn't go out, Chen Shiming would give him the documents after a period of investigation. Since Chen Shiming has placed his focus on Jiang Yuze and Lin Shizhong, he will inevitably discover some flaws within the Chen family. In the past, Lin Shizhong's layout relied on Jiang Yuze to coordinate actions. Now that Jiang Yuze can't protect himself, what Lin Shizhong should think about is how to protect himself after losing Jiang Yuze, this great general.

Chen Qizhao was scrolling through his phone aimlessly, trying to figure out Lin Shizhong's thoughts.

In his previous life, when he sent Lin Shizhong to prison, he did not investigate how deep the hatred between Lin Shizhong and their Chen family was. He spent so many years planning just to tear down the high-rise building of Chen. After all, with the good friendship between Lin Shizhong and Chen Jianhong, Lin Shizhong had plenty of opportunities to bring down Chen more than ten years ago, when Chen had not yet expanded to its current scale. However, the other party never did it. Instead, he waited until Chen grew into a behemoth before Lin Shizhong pulled all the strings and caused the building to collapse.

Chen Qizhao had neither the mind nor the time to figure out Lin Shizhong's evil taste. He was certain that this man was a threat to his family, so there was only one thing he wanted to do, he wanted to make Lin Shizhong pay the price.

When Shen Yuhuai arrived at Chen's house, as the servant entered the door, he immediately noticed Chen Qizhao, who was wrapped in a plush blanket and playing with his mobile phone on the sofa in the distance. It seemed that he was sick. The boy was wrapped in a small blanket and did not look as lively as before. He looked sick and tired. The hair on his forehead was slightly curled, and there was a light blue fever-reducing patch on his forehead. His cheeks seemed to have become much thinner.

He kept a close eye on the other person's face until Zhang Yazhi called out to him enthusiastically, and Chen Qizhao's attention shifted away from his phone.

Their eyes met briefly, Chen Qizhao blinked, and then sat up slightly straighter from his half-lying position, with a look of surprise in his eyes.

Shen Yuhuai retracted his gaze, nodded slightly towards Zhang Yazhi, and handed the tonic he brought to the housekeeper beside him, "Aunt Zhang, sorry to bother you."

"I was wondering why you haven't come yet." Zhang Yazhi asked someone to sit down. "You're here now. What else do you want to bring?"

Shen Yuhuai also helped a lot with Chen Qizhao's illness, so Zhang Yazhi wanted to invite Shen Yuhuai to her home for a meal and thank him in person. It just so happened that Chen Qizhao was in much better spirits these two days, so she asked Shen Yuhuai when he would go to the institute, and the dinner was scheduled for today at noon.

"Sit down first. Lunch will take a while."

"Okay." Shen Yuhuai sat down not far from Chen Qizhao, his eyes resting on Chen Qizhao, "Are you feeling better?"

"Much better." Chen Qizhao didn't even cut his hair and just wrapped himself in a blanket. He reached out and scratched his hair. Just as he was about to take off the blanket, he caught a glimpse of Zhang Yazhi's dissatisfied eyes beside him, so he had to put the blanket back on.

Zhang Yazhi didn't tell him that Shen Yuhuai was coming to eat, and he thought that the reason for preparing food for one more person was because Chen Shiming might go home for lunch at noon.

After Shen Yuhuai asked about Chen Qizhao’s health, he started communicating with Zhang Yazhi.

Chen Qizhao was sitting next to them, not joining in the conversation. His original discomfort gradually settled down over time. He listened to Shen Yuhuai's voice, and his memories of the past few days gradually became clearer.

For example, when he was receiving an IV drip in the hospital, he slept leaning against Shen Yuhuai.

For example, he shamelessly took Shen Yuhuai's hand to cool it down...

I don’t know if it’s because I think too much or for some other reason.

Chen Qizhao suddenly felt a little hot, and the first thing he looked at was Shen Yuhuai's hands, and the first thing that came to his mind was the cold touch of those hands. He frowned slightly, forcing his thoughts back on track, but suddenly he heard Zhang Yazhi's voice.

Zhang Yazhi asked casually, "Yu Huai has been in the institute for so long, haven't you met a girl you like?"

When elders chat, they always care about your studies and careers... and after saying all that, they should turn to the topic of relationships. Chen Qizhao would occasionally hear Zhang Yazhi talking about how Chen Shiming was still single despite being old enough to find a wife, but when the story came up with Shen Yuhuai, his curiosity was inexplicably aroused.

He lowered his head to look at his phone, but he had already quietly pricked up his ears to listen to Shen Yuhuai's answer.

Shen Yuhuai answered simply: “No.”

In the last life, Shen Yuhuai never told him what kind of girls he liked. He remembered that there were many outstanding women among Shen Yuhuai's colleagues. If Shen Yuhuai didn't even like them, how high must his standards be.

As he thought about it, his eyes quietly moved away from the phone and fell on Shen Yuhuai.

Shen Yuhuai was just finishing up his conversation with Zhang Yazhi and didn’t notice Chen Qizhao’s scrutiny.

And Chen Qizhao's eyes were unscrupulous, he looked at Shen Yuhuai openly.

He also thought that it was right for Shen Yuhuai to have high standards, and for someone as good as him, the person who was worthy of him must also be excellent.

At this time, Zhang Yazhi said: "It's time to find someone you like. Don't be like Shi Ming, who is almost 30 and still single. I really want him to marry the company in the future." After she said that, she looked at Chen Qizhao and said: "Look at Qizhao, he didn't even tell his family that he had a girlfriend."

Chen Qizhao's hand paused for a moment, and when he noticed Shen Yuhuai's gaze, he looked at Zhang Yazhi in surprise, "When did I have a girlfriend?"

Zhang Yazhi smiled and said, "Didn't you chat with that girl for a long time during the Chinese New Year?"

Chinese New Year... Chen Qizhao recalled carefully and suddenly remembered the misunderstanding that happened during Chinese New Year.

Thinking that the person he was chatting with was sitting next to him, he felt a little strange inside and just said, "We were just chatting, I don't have a girlfriend."

Shen Yuhuai asked, “Is that chatting with your crush?”

Chen Qizhao paused and didn't reply.

After a while, lunch was ready in the kitchen and the housekeeper came over and called them to eat.

At the dinner table, Zhang Yazhi started talking about other things. Shen Yuhuai was very polite and kept talking about Zhang Yazhi. Both sides were very happy after the meal. But Chen Qizhao was a little absent-minded. His mind was completely drawn to the question asked by Shen Yuhuai before the meal. It was obviously an easy question to answer, but at that moment he didn't know how to start.

Chen Qizhao was rarely indecisive. After he came to his senses, he was a little dissatisfied with his performance just now.

After finishing her meal, Zhang Yazhi seemed to have received a work call, so she went to the other side to make the call. Only Chen Qizhao and Shen Yuhuai were left in the living room. The housekeeper had brought the medicine and water early. Chen Qizhao waited until the water temperature was acceptable before slowly unpacking the pills.

The melodramatic TV series was still playing on the TV in the living room, and Shen Yuhuai's mind was on Chen Qizhao.

The boy was leaning slightly to the side, not wearing a blanket, and his cotton jacket was a little loose. When he leaned forward, his fair skin on the side of his neck and his beautiful collarbone were exposed. The pills on the table were torn into pieces. Chen Qizhao held pills of different colors in his hand. There were about seven or eight pills at a glance. After he had opened them, he poured them all into his mouth and swallowed them whole with the water cup beside him.

Shen Yuhuai's gaze stopped at the other person's Adam's apple as he tilted his head back to swallow, moving the cartilage around it, looking free and sexy.

At this time, the boy who was drinking water glanced at me slightly. Unlike the other party's usual well-behaved and round eyes, his side face was stretched and narrow with a few red spots at the corners of his eyes. There was an indescribable... natural charm.

Chen Qizhao has always had a good bone structure, and he looked cute when he had a little baby fat on his face.

But once that little bit of fat was gone, her face became as bright as Zhang Yazhi's, with the extra sharpness between her brow bones that only belongs to boys.

Their eyes met, and Shen Yuhuai's hands on his knees tightened inexplicably. The next second, he heard the sound of choking on water.

Shen Yuhuai came back to his senses, leaned over to take out two tissues, and handed them to Chen Qizhao, who was choking and had red eyes.

Chen Qizhao didn't pay attention to anything else when he drank the water, but he accidentally glanced at Shen Yuhuai's eyes, and inexplicably thought of what happened in the hospital that night, and he choked without getting angry. Fortunately, the medicine had been swallowed. He choked for a while and stopped, then drank two sips of water to slow down. He took Shen Yuhuai's tissue and wiped the water stains on his body. He caught a glimpse of the other party's slender fingers holding the tissue, and his sight suddenly stopped.

Shen Yuhuai asked, “Are you feeling better?”

"Okay." Chen Qizhao took a long time to relax and suddenly felt his face a little hot.

At this time, Shen Yuhuai's fingers suddenly moved closer, and when they were close to Chen Qizhao, they bent into the back of his hand and gently touched Chen Qizhao's cheek.

The cool touch fell on his cheek, and Chen Qizhao's heartbeat inexplicably quickened, and the back of the hand suddenly moved upwards and finally rested on his fever-reducing patch.

In the shadow of his arm, Chen Qizhao blinked slightly.

Shen Yuhuai took his hand back and asked, "Still have a low-grade fever today?"

"I didn't have a fever yesterday." Chen Qizhao touched his face with his hand. It was indeed a little hot. Finally, he simply tore off the fever-reducing patch on his forehead. "It's just that I choked. I feel a little hot."

Shen Yuhuai had some things to do at the Institute in the afternoon, so when Zhang Yazhi came back from her phone call, he stood up and said goodbye.

Chen Qizhao wanted to go out to see him off, but was stopped by Shen Yuhuai.

"That's all. Get well soon and I'll treat you to a big meal when I get back to school." Shen Yuhuai paused after speaking, and then said, "You can bring someone with you."

Chen Qizhao suddenly thought of something and explained, "Don't listen to my mother's nonsense. I'm not chatting with girls."

Shen Yuhuai nodded suddenly, and then smiled and said, “Well, then I’ll treat you to a big meal.”

Chen Qizhao thought that he was tired of eating in the school cafeteria, and he would rather eat the food cooked by Shen Yuhuai.

But he didn't say anything. When he saw Zhang Yazhi sending the person out, he stood by the window and watched.

After Shen Yuhuai said goodbye to Zhang Yazhi and entered the car, when he saw the hand on the steering wheel, the touch of the fingertips seemed to still remain.

It’s a little hot and a little soft...it feels strangely good to touch.

He collected his thoughts and started the car. He felt inexplicably better and drove away from Chen's house.

Chen Qizhao stood by the window and watched for a while. When everyone left, he suddenly saw Zhang Yazhi talking to Lao Lin in the garden.

When Zhang Yazhi came back, he asked, "Didn't Uncle Lin go out with Dad today?"

"Your dad said that Lao Lin hasn't been resting well recently, so he gave him a week off to let him rest." Zhang Yazhi didn't know about the aromatherapy. "Lao Lin is indeed busy. He is an honest person. Even if there is something, he will keep it in his heart. It's good for him to rest more."

Chen Qizhao seemed to be thinking about something. He asked again, "I saw there is still a lot of that smelly aromatherapy you mentioned last time in the storage room? Don't go to that store next time. I have a friend who owns a store. If you want me to let him take it."

"Where does it stink? Don't tell your dad about it." Zhang Yazhi said with a smile, "Your dad likes that smell. If you don't like it, I'll give your dad a lighter smell next time."

Chen Qizhao frowned slightly. After Zhang Yazhi returned to the house, she asked the housekeeper Uncle Zhang to prepare the car, as if she was planning to go out for work.

Zhang Yazhi: "Mom has something to do in the studio and has to go out. You stay home and don't go out."

Chen Qizhao responded carelessly and was about to go back to his room when the phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated.

Xiao Zhou's name appeared on the phone screen. Chen Qizhao frowned slightly and answered the call.

He walked away and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Boss, you asked me to pay attention to Assistant Jiang before. There is some clue about the computer in Assistant Jiang's office." Xiao Zhou stood in the corner, watching the employees coming and going in the company, and whispered: "You asked me to ask Special Assistant Xu, and I asked, and he said that nothing was found in the computer."

Chen Qizhao paused as he was going upstairs: "Nothing was found? What do you mean?"

"They just didn't find anything. They said the contents were very clean, as if they had been deleted, with nothing left." Xiao Zhou thought carefully, "The police tried to recover the data, but it seemed to be completely damaged. They said it might be caused by a virus, so they couldn't recover it, so they copied the source data. I heard that Mr. Chen wanted to ask a professional technician to recover it. The computer is still there, but Special Assistant Xu said that the computer might not be able to find anything. Maybe Assistant Jiang knew something in advance and destroyed the data in the computer."

Chen Qizhao's eyes darkened slightly.

No…this isn't right.