After learning her true identity, I began to distance myself from her (Part 2)

It was dark, then dawn again. Chao Rirou didn't wait for Yue Lanxiu to come back, but instead waited for the gossip about Yue Lanxiu spending the night with a sexy woman!

She didn't call Yue Lanxiu to ask what was going on. She believed the media was just exaggerating the situation! Even though he had been with a woman all night last night, she didn't believe he would do something rash at such a critical moment!

Ever since Xia Tianhan's accident, the Xia family has become the darlings of the media. All major media outlets are constantly watching their every move!

Xia Tianhan got into trouble, and it was said that the real culprits of the Tang family murder case killed each other! Xia Tianhan was exposed, and his accomplices killed him to protect themselves!

She had no idea what the truth was.

Did Yan Mingchi really kill Xia Tianhan? Why did he want to kill Xia Tianhan? These questions became more and more confusing after she began to doubt whether the person she saw at Hongye Villa was Yan Mingchi himself.

Unsure of what to do next, she only thought of Yue Lanxiu. She wanted to find the answer with him!

Unexpectedly, it was dark again and he still hadn't come back.

Asahirou sat at the dining table, unable to enjoy her food. She was a little worried about his safety.

"Miss, I know you are very sad now and have no appetite, but for the sake of the baby in your belly, you have to eat something even if you can't!" The housekeeper said earnestly, "Besides, if the master saw you like this, he would not rest in peace in the afterlife! He is already pitiful enough, at least let him rest in peace in the afterlife!" As he spoke, tears flowed down his face again.

It can be seen that the relationship between him and Xia Tianhan is not just an ordinary servant relationship!

"Don't worry, I won't starve myself, let alone the child. I'm just thinking about something!" When he mentioned the child, he wanted to see Yue Lanxiu immediately! This idea was really weird!

"That's good!" the butler said, wiping his tears. He was very relieved that his young master didn't collapse like his mistress, otherwise he really didn't know what to do! "So, young lady, what are you thinking about? You're so worried that you can't even eat or drink? Can you tell me and I can explain it to you?"

Zhao Rirou let out a faint laugh. She must have looked troubled, which was why he wanted to explain it to her. "I was wondering where Yue Lanxiu had gone. Why hadn't he been there all day?" she said casually.

"The young master must be busy investigating the old master's case!" As if realizing something, the butler spoke hastily, "Miss, please don't believe what the media says. They're all making up stories! The young master is not stupid. Why would he be looking for a woman at this critical moment? Isn't he afraid that the old master will turn into a ghost and look for him? The mistress will beat him to death! And although the young master may be a bit careless, he is a very principled person and would never do anything that goes against his conscience! I've watched him grow up, and I can guarantee that!"

It was obvious that the butler liked Yue Lanxiu very much and also understood his character to some extent! Zhao Rirou smiled lightly and said, "Don't worry, I believe he wouldn't dare to do anything reckless!"

The butler nodded repeatedly, feeling very relieved that the young lady was so wise! "When the young master comes back, I will definitely ask him where he went, who he met, and what he did! Don't ask me, young lady, I will tell you!"

Zhao Rirou thought, this old man must have watched too many family ethics dramas, and he was afraid that she would ask Yue Lanxiu where he was and make Yue Lanxiu feel annoyed, and that they would quarrel and hurt each other! It was really hard for him! He was so considerate of them!

"But, young lady, please believe that the young master loves you!" the butler concluded solemnly.

"Oh? How did you know that?" How could she not feel that way? How precious is the word love? How could one fall in love with someone so easily?

How could he, if he loved her, think of erasing her memory instead of taking responsibility after having sex with her? This matter would always be a knot in her heart!

The housekeeper began to rattle off examples. "There are things you just don't know, young lady. Even though the young master was so busy lately, he still called me every day to ask about your condition and whether you were feeling well. It was as if he couldn't sleep without asking!"

Zhao Rirou raised an eyebrow, "Are you sure you're not just concerned about his seedlings?"

The butler immediately replied firmly, "Of course not! Miss, look at this table full of dishes. Are they all your favorites? The young master remembered them all and asked us to prepare them for you! This is the first time I've seen the young master treat a woman so attentively! Even his wife, who gave birth to him and raised him, doesn't treat her this way. Believe it or not, if you asked his wife what her favorite food was, he would definitely look at you in amazement!"

"You are so good at talking, I can't refute you!" Asahirou said this, but she felt a little sweet in her heart.

"Uh..." When the butler was about to say something, he heard Yue Lanxiu coming back.

"Master, you're back!" The housekeeper called out to the figure who was walking upstairs as soon as he came back. The figure looked very tired and heavy.

Asahirou was slightly stunned. He looked like he had lost his soul and was not angry at all.

Yue Lanxiu seemed to have just noticed the people dining in the restaurant. He turned around and his eyes fell on Zhao Rirou. He was stunned for a moment, unable to equate her with a demon who killed people without blinking an eye!

Although she was overbearing, rude, and unruly, he always believed that she was not a bad person by nature! Even now, she still gave him that feeling!

Is it an illusion?

"Have you eaten?" Chao Rirou frowned in confusion, feeling that there was something strange in the way he looked at her.

He snapped back to his senses from his thoughts, looked at her with deep and complicated eyes, and said in a deep voice, "Not yet, please help me prepare it, I'll go upstairs to change clothes and come down to eat."

"Okay." Zhao Rirou said slowly, the doubt between her brows deepening.

His eyes were serious, with a hint of judgment! It was like he was probing, and there was confusion in the exploration, disappointment in the confusion, and pain in the disappointment! Why was he looking at her like that?

Asahirou waited for him for a long time but he didn't come down, so she went upstairs to check, only to find him in the study. When she opened the door to the study, his serious and almost indifferent face came into her sight.

I was shocked. I had never seen him like this before.

As soon as he saw her, his deep eyes became confused and filled with resistance.

What was he resisting? Was he resisting her? Chao Rirou's heart sank. She asked, "I'm waiting for you to eat. Why are you sitting here in a daze? You haven't even changed your clothes yet."

"Don't worry about me, I'll go down in a while!" When he thought of the scene where she pointed the gun at Xia Tianhan, he didn't know how to face her!

But he still came back, because there were still many things waiting for him to do! He couldn't afford to back down because of personal feelings!

She was Zhao Rirou, and it was definitely Yan Mingchi's person! Even though he still couldn't believe she would do anything to hurt them, he couldn't let his emotions get the better of him. His remaining rationality told him to be on guard, to stop her, and not let anyone around him get hurt again! He had to keep an eye on her every move!

But she was also his wife now. More than that, they had shared hardships and experienced life and death together. This kind of relationship could not be erased or abandoned by listening to one-sided words from others. He would not sentence her to death like this!

As a husband, a lifelong friend, he had to verify certain things. Was she always a cold-blooded, cruel killer without a trace of emotion? Was everything she had done in the past just an act? Did everything she did come from the heart, or did she have other ulterior motives? What were her thoughts now? Was she still on the same page with Yan Mingchi?

First and foremost, he had to verify whether she had actually killed Xia Tianhan! Although he knew she wasn't innocent and there was a video of her pointing a gun at Xia Tianhan, she didn't fire the gun in the video, so it couldn't be 100% proven that she had killed him! He wouldn't let anyone with ulterior motives take advantage of him!

Asahirou was stunned. His voice was very cold. She had no recollection of him ever speaking to her in such a cold manner.

He looked like he didn't want to talk any more. Was he telling her to go away?

Zhao Rirou looked at him for a while, but finally held back and didn't ask anything! If you ask, he might not tell you!

As he walked out the door, he suddenly said to her, "I'm sorry, I'm upset that I can't bring the murderer to justice immediately!"

Chao Rirou turned back, puzzled. "You don't have to apologize to me." She really couldn't understand what was wrong with him. Did he realize his tone was bad and apologize? But his face and eyes didn't show any apology at all! On the contrary, his eyes were sharp, as if they could pierce through people's hearts.

Did she do something to make him angry? No, it wasn't anger! The look in her eyes was like she was looking at a criminal! Asahirou's heart skipped a beat, thinking that she had indeed done something that could make him more than just angry! Could it be that he already knew before she had a chance to tell him?

"Have you found out who the murderer is?" she asked tentatively, only to find that his eyes were full of mystery.

"Not yet, but the murder weapon was found. There are fingerprints on the murder weapon. It must have been left by the murderer." He said slowly in a deep voice, his eyes fixed on her face, not wanting to miss any of her reactions.

"He casually threw away the murder weapon with fingerprints on it. He must have been extremely confident that the police wouldn't catch him!"

Her reaction was surprisingly calm to him, but he didn't rule out the possibility that she was a good actress.

However, he also had some doubts about this! The cases Xia Tianhan was involved in, the Tang family murder case, and the kidnapping case not long ago, all showed that the mastermind behind the scenes was a very cautious person, not someone who would casually drop a murder weapon and leave fingerprints! From this, it can be inferred that the mastermind behind Xia Tianhan's murder may not be the same group of people as the masterminds of the previous two cases!

"What was the murder weapon?" Chao Rirou asked. The police hadn't announced how Xia Tianhan died, perhaps because they felt it was inappropriate to reveal too much before the case was solved.

"It's a gun," Yue Lanxiu said slowly, staring at her. From her expression, it looked as if she genuinely didn't know what the murder weapon was. He'd deliberately kept it a secret, waiting to see if she'd let it slip. Now, she was asking him directly. Was she being meticulous, or was she simply clueless?

Asahi nodded softly. It wasn't surprising at all that he'd been shot. Guns are personal weapons, but who would throw one away? Did he drop it accidentally? That didn't seem like something a killer would do! If it wasn't accidental, was it intentional? Why would someone leave a murder weapon behind, especially one with fingerprints on it?

Her heart suddenly shuddered, and she suddenly remembered that she had received a gun from Yan Mingchi's men that day. She didn't remember what the men looked like, but what impressed her most was that they were wearing gloves! So there were only her fingerprints on the gun?

She later casually threw the gun away. Now that she thinks about it, she was careless. If a gloved hand had picked up the gun and used it to kill Xia Tianhan, wouldn't she have become the prime suspect? Because her fingerprints were the only ones on the gun?

So the murder weapon with fingerprints on it was thrown away to frame her? Although it was just a guess, the more Asahirou thought about it, the more likely it was!

Why did Yan Mingchi do this? Because that person wasn't Yan Mingchi at all!

Yue Lanxiu's gaze remained fixed on her face, so he naturally didn't miss any of the subtle changes in her expression. He didn't know what she was thinking about, but her expression was no longer as calm as before. It wasn't panic, but rather that she had encountered some difficult problem.

"What's wrong? Have you thought of any important clues related to the case?" Yue Lanxiu was waiting for her to confess to him on her own initiative.

Zhao Rirou looked at him with hesitation. She trusted him, but she also didn't trust him!

She believed that he would not hurt her, but would he believe her words 100%? If he did not trust her, there would be a gap, a barrier, suspicion between them, and they would become estranged from then on!

The two looked at each other, and the air was suddenly silent. Even the other's breathing could not be heard. Perhaps both of them were tense.

After an unknown amount of time, she suddenly exhaled, a few smile lines appeared on her lips, and she seemed to be much more relaxed. If she had chosen not to say it, they would be estranged now!

Just as she was about to say something, there was a knock on the door. The two of them were so focused on each other that they didn't even notice someone approaching.

Yue Lanxiu said, "Come in."

The door opened immediately and in came Yatang, who was supposed to be serving Yue Lanhuan.

"Oh, Miss, you're here too. Am I disturbing you?" Yatang asked in fear, always looking timid. "Sorry, you guys continue chatting. I'm leaving now!" She closed the door and prepared to leave.

Asahirou called her, "Do you have something to ask the young master?"

Ah Zhen nodded. "Madam has something to ask the young master. Since she couldn't get through to him on the phone, she asked me to come back to check on him. Madam is also worried about you, young lady!"

"I understand. You can talk to the young master first about the matter. Madam's matter is more important!" Besides, what she wanted to say to Yue Lanxiu would not be finished in a short time.

Zhao Rirou closed the door and left, planning to change her clothes and go to the hospital to see Yue Lanhuan. She was filled with remorse and guilt towards Yue Lanhuan for not being able to save Xia Tianhan!

She always wondered, if she had told Yue Lanxiu the truth earlier, would the result be different? Would Xia Tianhan survive?

"What's wrong, Madam?" Yue Lanxiu asked, rubbing his eyebrows.

"Madam wants to be discharged from the hospital, but she's too weak and the doctor doesn't agree. So Madam asked me to call you to the hospital to complete the discharge procedures no matter what!"

"Please make sure she stays in the hospital and listens to the doctor and takes care of herself, okay?" Yue Lanxiu was exhausted and begged for her help.

"Actually, Madam is concerned about the Master's funeral arrangements. Madam is worried that the Young Master has handled the Master's funeral arrangements without informing her. Madam doesn't want to miss out on seeing the Master for the last time. Madam said she would crawl to see the Master for the last time even if she had to!"

Yue Lanxiu's eyes dimmed, and he sighed helplessly, "I know. I'll go to the hospital later. You can leave first." After losing his father, his mother suffered a severe mental breakdown. She fainted at the slightest provocation and went into shock. She really couldn't leave the hospital! But how could he bear not to let her see her beloved one last time?

Seeing that she didn't leave and looked troubled, as if she had something else to say but didn't know whether to say it or not, he asked, "Anything else?"

"There is indeed one more thing, but I don't know whether I should tell it or not. I'm afraid I'm overthinking it, but I won't feel at ease if I don't tell it." Yatang said gritting his teeth.

"Go ahead."

Yatang hesitated before finally speaking, "This is what happened. Just now, when I passed by the kitchen, the young lady was preparing dinner for you. I saw her pouring a strange little bottle into your food. In the end, she actually put the bottle in her pocket to hide it from others. Her expression and behavior were so strange!"

Yue Lanxiu's face turned pale, and his expression gradually fell into great pain.

"Master, are you okay?" Yatang approached him with concern.

"It's okay! I know about that bottle. It's just vitamin C. You must not tell anyone else, lest they make a fuss like you and worry about something they shouldn't!" Yue Lanxiu said casually.

"Sorry, I was overthinking it. That's all right!" Yatang Wuxie said with a smile, "Then I won't bother you anymore, young master. I still have to rush to my mistress!"

Yue Lanxiu nodded and said gratefully, "Thank you for your hard work!"

The moment she left and closed the door, he collapsed into the chair, as if the last bit of strength that supported him had been drained away!

Is she really that cruel?

He asked her to prepare his dinner just to see if she'd put drugs in it. Apparently, he already knew the result without even having to take it for testing!

It seems her position has been made clear!

He showed a self-deprecating smile. The so-called hardship and helplessness were just his way of comforting himself!