Qi Jincheng looked at her with firm eyes and said resolutely, "I will always respect your decision. If you want to acknowledge him, I will not stop you, but I absolutely cannot let him hurt you."

Qiao Xi said rationally, "He told me some things about my mother. At first, I believed him, but now that I think about it, there are still many loopholes."

“I need to figure this out.”

"I'll stay with you." Qi Jincheng gripped her hand tightly.

They had timed it perfectly. Since there was no sound coming from outside, it meant that Ninth Master and Yan Luoheng had already left.

Qiao Xi and Qi Jincheng left the room together and walked outside.

The bodyguards quickly spotted them. "Quick, someone come here! The young lady is here!"

A masked man then appeared before them. "Miss, why are you out here?"

Qiao Xi said calmly, "The people at the door were asleep, so I came out for a stroll."

When they discovered Qiao Xi was there, they went outside the door to check what was going on. Someone immediately returned to report, "We checked, she's been knocked unconscious."

"What about the other two?" the masked man asked.

The subordinate replied, "No trace of him."

"Miss, where did your two friends go?" the masked man asked Qiao Xi.

Qiao Xi feigned ignorance and said, "I don't know, aren't they inside?"

"They were still there when we came out."

"Go find someone," the masked man gestured to his subordinate.

"Yes." The subordinate immediately led his men to go and look for it.

The masked man gestured respectfully to Qiao Xi, "Miss, please go back."

"I have something to say to Wen Shaoqing," Qiao Xi said directly.

The masked man understood and said, "Please wait a moment while I go and inform them."

"I'll wait for you," Qiao Xi said frankly.

The masked man returned quickly and took Qiao Xi to Wen Shaoqing's room, but Qi Jincheng was left outside.

"Daughter, do you have something to say to me?" Wen Shaoqing looked at Qiao Xi with a smile.

Qiao Xi couldn't laugh. "Now that things have come to this, you don't need to hide it from me anymore."

Wen Shaoqing's smile slowly froze on her lips as she asked, "What do you want to know?"

Qiao Xi didn't want to beat around the bush, so she asked directly, "Is your mother's death really unrelated to you?"

Upon hearing this, a barely perceptible hint of panic flashed across Wen Shaoqing's face. He said angrily, "You know that Qiao Guangyuan caused that car accident."

"Is that really the case?" Qiao Xi stared at him intently with a scrutinizing gaze.

Although Wen Shaoqing's eyes did not dodge, she could still see the guilt in them.

Qiao Xi continued, "What if I told you that my mother gave me her last words the night before the car accident?"

Wen Shaoqing was slightly taken aback and said, "What did you say?"

"Did you see her that day?" Qiao Xi asked with certainty.

Unable to contain herself, Wen Shaoqing asked, "What did she say to you?"

Qiao Xi told him without reservation, "She told me to take good care of myself and specifically instructed me to keep that necklace safe."

"A necklace?" Wen Shaoqing asked urgently.

Qiao Xi nodded and said, "Yes, it's a necklace she gave me."

Wen Shaoqing hurriedly asked, "What does that necklace look like?"

Qiao Xi didn't answer his question directly, but instead asked him, "Did you meet with her to find that necklace?"

Before she could finish speaking, she realized her expression was inaccurate and changed her wording, "No, to be precise, you're after what's inside the necklace."