On the way back, sunlight streamed into the carriage through the window, warmly bathing Ye Yun and making her feel drowsy.
"young married woman."
"Um?"
What do you think of the man next to Liu Xiaoyun?
"Um?"
Upon hearing this question, Ye Yun was puzzled and looked at Qin Zheng, who was driving the car, with a questioning gaze.
"The man next to Liu Xiaoyun?"
Qin Zheng nodded. "Mm."
Upon hearing this, Ye Yun recalled for a moment, and after two seconds, she remembered what the man next to Liu Xiaoyun looked like.
He was dressed casually, wearing a scarf and glasses; nothing particularly special about him.
"Why did you bring up this person?"
"It's nothing." Qin Zheng glanced at her through the rearview mirror and chuckled. "Honey, what was your first impression of him?"
"I don't remember."
Ye Yun told the truth.
That man was so ordinary, so ordinary that she didn't even give him a second glance.
Qin Zheng hummed in agreement.
His calm demeanor made Ye Yun sense something was amiss.
"Is there something wrong?" She became interested, leaning against the car window and resting her head on one hand. "Qin Zheng, you usually don't pay attention to these insignificant people."
Qin Zheng chuckled, "As expected of my wife."
At the crossroads, he rubbed the steering wheel with one hand and turned the car onto the main road back to the company.
Half of the sunlight vanished instantly.
The once bright and warm carriage instantly became dimly lit, causing one to involuntarily shiver.
"He was Liu Xiaoyun's childhood sweetheart."
Qin Zheng gazed at the road ahead, his calm tone carrying a subtle air of seriousness.
"I only recently learned about this person, Xie Jiaming. His father and Director Liu are longtime friends. They were childhood sweethearts and were betrothed when they were very young. Xie Jiaming has been with Liu Xiaoyun all along."
"To be precise, Xie Jiaming gave Liu Xiaoyun all the affection that Sister Liu didn't give her."
oh?
Upon hearing this, Ye Yun immediately became interested; childhood sweetheart stories were naturally appealing.
Does Liu Xiaoyun like that person?
She grabbed Qin Zheng's arm with great interest and looked at him expectantly.
Qin Zheng glanced at her, "Hiss... Honey, why don't you ask that guy if he likes Liu Xiaoyun?"
“Of course he likes her.” Ye Yun waved her hand. “That man was following Liu Xiaoyun around like glue. If he didn’t like her, would he have come to the hearing with her? Besides, didn’t you just say that Xie Jiaming gave Liu Xiaoyun a kind of love that even the Liu family couldn’t give her?”
Qin Zheng thought about it and realized that it seemed so.
"Tsk, honey, this isn't the point of our focus."
"Oh?" Ye Yun asked, puzzled. "What's that?"
Qin Zheng pondered for two seconds, then tapped the steering wheel lightly with his fingertips and said, "Xie Jiaming is very protective of Liu Xiaoyun. He is one of only two people besides you involved who know that Liu Xiaoyun took your place in school."
Ye Yun was stunned.
Qin Zheng continued, "What I mean is that during Liu Xiaoyun's upbringing, he handled many things for her. He was the one who cleaned up many of the things that were detrimental to Liu Xiaoyun, including the matter of her taking your place in school, and possibly the matter of Ye Xue this time."
Ye Yun fell silent for a moment.
After a moment, she nodded. "I understand."
In other words, Xie Jiaming is very likely the mastermind behind Ye Xue's abduction of her.
"Ye Xue once said that the person who gave her advice had a mole on the back of his hand."
“Yes.” Qin Zheng’s tone rose noticeably when he mentioned this. “It was because of Ye Xue’s words that I began to suspect Xie Jiaming, because I just noticed that there was a bandage wrapped around the back of his hand and it smelled of blood.”
Having fought on the front lines, he has an exceptionally keen sense of the smell of blood.
If he hadn't seen the bandages wrapped around Xie Jiaming's hands, he wouldn't have even thought of Xie Jiaming, after all, he was just a stranger following Liu Xiaoyun.
Liu Xiaoyun had no ill intentions towards Ye Yun.
Judging from her past actions, she only wants to discuss the matter properly with Ye Yun and resolve it appropriately. If nothing unexpected happens, the people around her should also have this idea.
Therefore, after the incident, Qin Zheng never suspected that Liu Xiaoyun was involved.
What a coincidence!
The person who gave Ye Xue advice had a mole on the back of his hand, and Xie Jiaming's hand was injured. How could this not arouse suspicion?
Ye Yun also fell into deep thought.
If Xie Jiaming is indeed the mastermind behind it all, she doesn't know what that would mean.
As the car slowly drove into the company gate, and just before getting out, Ye Yun made up her mind: "I'll spend more time with Liu Xiaoyun during this period, and find opportunities to get to know Xie Jiaming better, to see if he really is the mastermind behind everything."
Qin Zheng was slightly taken aback.
"Honey, it's not safe to do this."
If that person really is Xie Jiaming, Ye Yun's initiative in getting close might give him an opportunity to eliminate her.
"fine."
Ye Yun noticed the worry in the man's eyes, smiled slightly, and reached out to smooth his furrowed brow.
"If he really is the murderer, he should have some brains. He just failed once, so he can't possibly dare to launch a second attack so quickly, otherwise he would easily give himself away. His second attack will probably be planned for a long time. After all, he has now realized that he underestimated us, and only a more meticulous plan can take me down in one fell swoop."
"Of course, that's a story for another time."
"I'll go check if he has that mole on his hand first. It wouldn't be good if I wrongly accused him."
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