Cen Yu knew this person's identity, of course; he was Pei Heng, the adoptive father of the protagonist Pei Leyun.

He had never liked Cen Yu. Even after graduation, when Pei Leyun wanted to get him a position in her family's company, Pei Heng never agreed. Now that Pei Leyun was dead, their relationship became even more awkward.

Cen Yu guessed that Pei Heng had always known that he had a white moonlight in his heart, so he had always had some thoughts about Cen Yu, who had a sweetheart but still tried to seduce his adopted son, especially since the incident of falling into the water was suspicious.

That was Pei Heng's private island, and Pei Hengjun said he wanted to go on his honeymoon and be closer to his family, so he gave all the servants on the island a holiday.

By the time Pei Heng learned of this, Pei Leyun had already met with an accident.

It is said that he accidentally fell into the water at night.

Besides the main villa on the south side, a row of bungalows was specially built near the beach on this small island. Before it became Pei Heng's island, it was originally used as a resort island. When Pei Lejun was discovered, it was floating on the water like this.

Cen Yu was distraught, seemingly never expecting that what should have been a sweet honeymoon would turn into a murder scene.

As for why Cen Yu didn't notice, the explanation is that the wind and waves were too strong at night, and he didn't hear Pei Leyun's cries for help at all.

He didn't wake up until the early hours of the morning to find his side empty and Pei Leyun missing from the water house... After searching around, he finally found Pei Leyun's body.

The water villa where they were located happened to be a blind spot for surveillance cameras, and since there was no one else on the island at the time, even though Pei Heng had some suspicions, he couldn't find any evidence.

Pei Leyun's body has now been brought back and is being kept in a coffin in the mourning hall.

“Xiao Le liked you so much when he was alive,” Pei Heng said, looking at the black and white photo. “Don’t you want to see him?”

As he spoke, his gaze shifted to the coffin placed in the mourning hall.

"Why don't you see him one more time?"

As he spoke, bodyguards dressed in black came to the coffin placed in the middle of the mourning hall, as if they were about to open it.

Cen Yu hadn't forgotten that Pei Leyun had drowned.

Even though Pei Heng had his own plane, it still took some time to transport the body back from the island, plus the time spent keeping the body at rest... Even with measures in place to prevent the body from decomposing in the coffin, Cen Yu was still a little apprehensive.

He stood up slightly, pressed down on one side of the coffin, and then looked at Pei Heng—

"Dad," Cen Yu thought of how he used to address him, "let Xiao Le rest in peace."

There were other people in the mourning hall at this time. Perhaps because Pei Heng had accumulated great prestige, no one dared to come out and stop this. They all stayed in place like quails, not daring to speak. Many of them turned pale when they saw the bodyguards about to open the coffin. They all knew how Pei Leyun had died and understood why there was such strong incense in the mourning hall. The timid ones had already turned their heads away, afraid of seeing something they shouldn't have seen.

When Pei Heng heard the word "Dad," he frowned. "Call me Mr. Pei. You've forgotten again."

No matter what Pei Leyun said at the time, Pei Heng never acknowledged that title and always had Cen Yu call him Mr. Pei.

"Mr. Pei," Cen Yu changed her form of address.

He'd love to change how he's addressed; he doesn't want to suddenly have a father out of nowhere.

“So many people…” Cen Yu’s gaze lingered for a moment among the quail-like crowd. “Let’s not bother Xiao Le.”

“Okay,” Pei Heng said.

"Then check on Xiao Le again after everyone else has left."

Pei Heng laughed, "Xiao Le must also want to see you again."

Cen Yu knew, of course, that Pei Heng was determined to let him see Pei Leyun... To be honest, he himself didn't know how Pei Leyun died. The original work explained the background, but he couldn't recall the scene of their honeymoon. He probably felt that such a background story wasn't very important.

While the two were talking, another man in a black suit walked into the mourning hall.

The man had light brown hair and an inherently melancholic air. His face grew even more sorrowful after seeing the black and white photograph of Pei Leyun on the table.

He seemed to know Pei Heng very well, and greeted him as soon as he came in, saying, "Uncle, please accept my condolences."

"Hmm." Pei Heng didn't seem to be in the mood for small talk, and simply nodded.

Then the man looked at Cen Yu and said, "You too. Everyone is feeling bad about this."

Looking at his appearance, Cen Yu immediately understood who he was—

It's the white moonlight that Cen Yu mentioned in the original text.

He was Cen Yu's senior, but Cen Yu in the original work gave up on the idea after hearing that the senior was heterosexual.

Chu Yichen didn't seem to care much about Cen Yu, his "junior and simp." He continued talking to Pei Heng with his head down. Cen Yu was eavesdropping and heard Chu Yichen ask Pei Heng if he could stay and keep watch.

Logically speaking, since he's not a relative, there's no reason for him to be keeping watch here at night.

But Chu Yichen said that he had known Pei Leyun since childhood and always regarded him as a younger brother. Seeing that Pei Leyun had passed away at such a young age, he wanted to send him off on his final journey.

Pei Heng nodded absentmindedly, whether he was too immersed in grief or simply didn't care about having another person keep watch.

As evening approached, most of the guests who had come to offer their condolences had already left.

In the vast mourning hall, only Pei Leyun, who was smiling and talking in the photo, and three other people sitting on prayer mats beside the coffin remained.

Cen Yu went over and added some more oil to the ever-burning lamp before sitting cross-legged on the futon again.

The incense in the room was still burning, and the strong, pungent smell made Cen Yu want to vomit... He looked up at the coffin in front of him, and there was a brazier between the three of them, used to burn paper money.

To be honest, Cen Yu never expected the Pei family to be so primitive.

They put another stack of yellow paper into the brazier, as they needed to guard the place and the ever-burning lamp all night to prevent either from going out.

Even the incense burning in front of the portrait must be replaced with fresh incense before it goes out.

The smell of incense, burning paper money, and candles filled the large space with an unpleasant, deathly atmosphere.

“Mr. Pei,” Cen Yu tossed in some more paper money, then looked at Pei Heng sitting to his right, “Shall we see Xiao Le one last time?”

He specifically changed "I" to "we" in preparation for taking Pei Heng to see it together.

“Look.” Pei Heng lowered his eyes and threw some paper money into the brazier.

"The master said that it can only be viewed at a specific time." He said, turning to look at Cen Yu with a somewhat sinister expression. "If we view it at other times, Xiao Le might come back to life."

"The master told me that Xiao Le's wish has not been fulfilled, so he probably won't leave easily."