Chapter 93 The Man Behind the Scenes

Zhou Chunyu opened the door and let Lin Guantang and Yuan Zhixin into the house he rented.

Although he let them in, it was because it was not convenient for them to stand in the corridor and chat, not because he admitted anything.

"I'm not hiding anything, and I don't understand what you're saying."

Zhou Chunyu still insisted:

"If you didn't come here to let me see Brother Yuan, then go away. I really don't have the energy to play around with you right now."

Who is kidding you?

Hara Chixin was originally planning to say this, but he didn't know what Kobayashi had discovered from the surveillance video, so he could only look up at Kobayashi.

"You probably guessed it as well."

Lin Guantang nodded to Yuan Zhixin, then smiled at Zhou Chunyu and said slowly:

"He was an out-and-out gambler. When he was caught cheating at a card game, his right hand was chopped off. Everyone hated him and he had nowhere to go. He finally ran to District 35. But even though he lost his right hand, and it was cut off because of gambling, he still racked his brains to play cards and gamble with others in District 35."

"Compared to him, you don't even have a single glimmer of yearning for cards, and you don't show any signs of addiction when you play. You're terrible at it, and you don't enjoy it, so why would you lie and pretend to be a gambler?"

District 35 is a mixed bag of people, but there is no shortage of gamblers, drunkards and the like.

Lin Guantang was very familiar with them, so when he saw Zhou Chunyu for the first time, he felt something was wrong. He was completely different from the people he had come into contact with. The most basic point was that there was no joy in gambling cards in his eyes.

"So that's why you played cards with me before?"

Zhou Chunyu pursed her lips, and at this moment she finally understood why he had asked her to play cards with him before.

But I still find it incredible that he doubts himself because of this:

"Brother Yuan was murdered and his life or death is unknown. I am also a living person. How can I still be in the mood to play cards at a time like this?"

"That's why I asked you to go to the Glass Pavilion to monitor the gambling cards."

Lin Guantang cast his eyes on the photos on the table and said:

"Before the incident with Hara Zhiren, you didn't seem that keen on gambling. You were just going through the motions."

"Of course, you can also say that you've gambled enough elsewhere and promised Hara Zhiren that you wouldn't gamble anymore, so you won't act addicted in places like the Glass House. If he sees you, he'll be disappointed in you. But are you sure you want to keep hiding it? If..."

Zhou Chunyu was completely dejected and said weakly:

"I don't see how this has anything to do with Brother Yuan's matter."

"Are you really pretending?!"

Yuan Zhixin stared at the two of them with wide eyes. He didn't expect that Kobayashi could actually discover this, and he didn't expect that Zhou Chunyu was pretending everything - no, what's the point of pretending to be a gambler!

He was puzzled, and then immediately thought of a possibility:

"So you're just a liar, trying to cheat my brother out of his money?"

This is too unconventional.

Seeing that he didn't refute, Yuan Zhixin was almost laughing:

"Are you stupid? What good will this do you? Just be a normal person and interact with Big Brother normally. Will Big Brother not give you money? Even if you have any difficulties..."

"It's not good for him, but it's good for others."

Lin Guantang took over his words and said:

"Perhaps his difficulty is that he was threatened to use this method to get close to your eldest brother."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Zhou Chunyu again and continued to answer his previous question:

"Can't you see? The person who asked you to do this was trying to damage Hara Chixin's reputation and prevent him from inheriting the position of head of the Hara family. Didn't Hara Chixin's murder today also directly disqualify him from inheriting the position of head of the family? Maybe it was done by the same person."

"If we can't disqualify him by damaging his reputation, then we can only let him die."

Such words were extremely sharp. The other two were stung by the coldness in his tone. Yuan Zhixin quickly reacted and said angrily:

“Who on earth is it!”

Then he looked at Zhou Chunyu and said:

"Hurry up and tell me! Who is trying to harm my brother? If you need money, I can give it to you. I will pretend that everything you did before never happened. Otherwise, I will tell everyone about your theft and put you in jail. Hurry up and tell me."

"Xiao Lin, you shouldn't have brought Xiao Xin here."

Zhou Chunyu was helpless under the pressure, sighed and said:

"This is not a topic suitable for him to listen to."

Lin Guantang's eyes moved. Since he said so, he almost knew the answer.

The person who asked him to pretend to be a gambler was one of Hara Chixin's brothers and sisters.

Then again, he actually didn't really want to bring Hara Chixin here.

But Yuan Zhixin treated himself as a grasshopper on the same rope as her, spending almost all his free time with her. He even ran directly to Lin Guantang's villa after school to do his homework and stayed overnight.

According to his own words, even if he had to face Huo Shizhen's murderous gaze, he had to endure the humiliation and stay to ensure that he would be the first to know whatever Xiaolin discovered.

Although Huo Shizhen was just passing by the living room normally, he glanced at the test paper he had finished and said casually:

"To be this wrong is a skill."

But who knew that he was born with a bad look, and he had once caused a big disturbance in the living room, which made people afraid to approach him and thought he was too scary.

If Yuan Zhixin was younger, she might have been scared to tears.

——And it was really just two or three wrong questions on the test paper!

His own subject teachers are not so strict.

Hara Chixin has always been praised for his good grades, so how could this not be considered a heavy blow?

Unfortunately, he was angry but dared not speak out. He really didn't dare to confront the big devil Huo Shizhen, so he could only endure it.

This is what it means when you live under someone's roof, you have to bow your head.

Yuan Zhixin also secretly asked Xiaolin who he would help if he and Huo Shizhen had a quarrel and Huo Shizhen threw him out.

After careful consideration, Xiaolin replied very seriously:

"But this is his house. He threw you out. I can only choose whether to sleep on the street with you, but I can't choose whether to pick you up or not."

"Will you choose to live on the streets with me?"

"Won't."

It was rejected without hesitation, leaving him no chance to rally forces to resist the big devil.

However, this has nothing to do with today's meeting.

In short, when Lin Guantang brought Yuan Zhixin here, he had no choice but to do so, but he had to admit that his other purpose was to ask Yuan Zhixin to help persuade Zhou Chunyu to give out the person who made him lie.

But the effect was not very good, because no matter how Yuan Zhixin used threats and inducements, there was still no result.

In the end, I could only leave with regret.

When they left, it was already completely dark, and a black car had been waiting downstairs at some point.

It was the car that came to pick up Yuan Zhixin to go back home. Lin Guantang felt embarrassed to follow, so he stood at the intersection and said goodbye to him. Facing Yuan Zhixin, he repeatedly emphasized that no matter what clues there were or if he wanted to help, he must tell him in time. He smiled and nodded, then watched the car drive away and disappear at the end of the street.

After standing there and waiting for about a minute or two, another car drove over quietly and stopped next to Lin Guantang.

——Actually, it’s not completely fruitless.

Lin Guantang opened the car door, sat in the back seat, looked at the other person in the car, and greeted her:

"Good evening, Miss Yuan."

Yuan Zhiyi sat on the other side, sighed, and said with a half-smile:

"Just come in like this, I'm not afraid of you being taken away and sold."

Lin Guantang tilted his head and said:

"The Yuan family probably isn't so desperate that they need to resort to the human trafficking business to survive."

Yuan Zhiyi chuckled:

"You weren't surprised at my appearance at all. It seems he told you everything. You have some skills."

"I just shamelessly took advantage of his affection."

Lin Guantang stretched out his hand, and in his hand was something Zhou Chunyu had quietly stuffed into his hand before leaving - it was a commemorative badge.

Zhou Chunyu is indeed not a gambler, but he has obviously put a lot of effort into playing this role well. He has become quite skilled in doing small movements quietly.

Lin Guantang didn't think it would be Yuan Zhiyi. After all, someone had already revealed some information to him before.

But he didn't take it too seriously at the time. Now think about it, if it is true that Yuan Zhiyi instructed Zhou Chunyu to get close to Zhou Chunyu, then how true are the other statements about her?

Yuan Zhiyi took a look at the badge, clicked his tongue, and a look of nostalgia appeared in his eyes.

"This was the commemorative badge for the first event I was solely responsible for. He was also a scheming person, actually ready to expose me at any time."

Lin Guantang felt it was necessary to clarify something for Zhou Chunyu:

"People are not made of wood. How can they just believe whatever others say? They really didn't make any preparations. Besides, before today, didn't they reveal any information to anyone? It's just that it involves Yuan Zhiren's life and death, so he can no longer stay out of it."

"When I signed the contract, I didn't ask him to fall in love with Hara Chihito, and...never mind, it's just all self-righteous unnecessary feelings."

Yuan Zhiyi opened the car window, lit a cigarette, and after a moment's silence, he said:

"The Yuan family will hold a press conference tomorrow morning to explain the mess left behind by my eldest brother. If anyone asks about the relationship between Huo Shizhen and my eldest brother's murder, I will also clarify it."

She turned her head to look at Lin Guantang and said sincerely:

"That night, Zhizhi said the wrong thing in a hurry. I apologize to you on his behalf. If you're not satisfied, or if Huo Shizhen feels it's insincere, you can name a time and have Zhizhi go and apologize to him in person. I can go with you. After all, I shouldn't have called him that day, making people think he was involved in Big Brother's murder."

She did not hide her mistakes and took positive actions to solve the problems.

Although the purpose is to cover up another answer.

"Honestly, I don't think Young Master Yuan falling in love with a gambler has anything to do with whether he can inherit the position of family head. At most, it just shows that he has poor vision."

Lin Guantang spoke, but brought up another topic:

"If they really wanted to tarnish his character and completely lose his position as head of the family, they should have at least tricked him into becoming addicted to gambling. Besides, there are other options that would be easier to bring him down and more convincing."

"But you only found a gambler to deceive him. In order to prevent Young Master Yuan from becoming addicted to gambling because of his love for the house, you even found a fake gambler. So, in fact, you are not good to Young Master Yuan—"

"It's not hate, but love, am I right?"