Chapter 42 Dust-covered Doubts
—-—＜A mysterious dividing line＞
“Almost.”
Those two words seemed to carry some ominous magic, instantly chilling the aura around Huo Shen. He quickly picked up his phone, unlocked it, read the message in its entirety, and quickly tapped his reply across the screen. The entire process took only a dozen seconds, but to Su Yan, who was secretly observing from the side, it felt like a century.
What was coming soon? Was it a plot against Su Chen? Or something else?
Huo Shen put down his phone, and the laziness and casualness on his face disappeared, replaced by a kind of concentration and coldness that was almost like before hunting. Without even looking at Su Yan again, he stood up and walked towards the study, his steps steady and swift.
Su Yan was left alone in the living room, his heart in turmoil. The message and Huo Shen's reaction were like a huge rock thrown into his already turbulent heart. He felt like he was being sucked into an ever-deepening vortex, and all he could hold onto was the diary and the bottle of medicine of unknown origin.
Diary… The painful records in the diary flashed through his mind again, especially the few sentences about Ah Xi’s death——
[I dreamed about him again...blood, lots of blood...I'm useless.]
My father brought up another marriage proposal today. Ridiculous. In my current state, why would I bother causing trouble for others?
At the time, he was shocked by Huo Shen's mental state and secret medication, and didn't think much about it. At this moment, combined with Huo Shen's almost paranoid cruelty towards leakers and betrayers, an extremely terrifying thought that he had ignored exploded in his mind like thunder!
Ah Xi was kidnapped and murdered because Huo's father chose technical data over ransom. This was the source of Huo Shen's pain and the starting point of his twisted personality.
But...what if...what if it wasn't?
What if Ah Xi’s death was not just due to the kidnappers’ brutality and her father’s “betrayal”?
The sentence in the diary, "I'm useless", and the deep guilt and self-blame, really just stem from "not being able to rescue in time"?
A darker speculation emerged uncontrollably: Could Ah Xi's death be directly related to the "core technical information" that Huo's father chose to hand over? Or even... did Huo Shen himself, under those circumstances, make some kind of choice, either passively or actively?
This thought chilled Su Yan's entire body, his blood seemingly freezing! If this were true, then Huo Shen's extreme hatred for "leaking secrets" and "betrayal" wasn't just due to the loss of his business and the pain of losing his brother, but also because... it was a poisonous thorn in his conscience that could never be removed! It was the original sin of all his suffering!
That's why he secretly took medication to control the mental stress and emotional breakdown caused by it.
That's why he has such a complex and twisted obsession with himself, who is similar to Ah Xi - it is both a comfort and perhaps a living evidence that reminds him of his sins at all times?
This speculation is too shocking, but it perfectly explains many of Huo Shen's irrational behavioral logic!
Su Yan suddenly stood up from the carpet and paced back and forth in the empty living room, his heart pounding. If his guess was close to the truth, then the secret buried in Huo Shen's heart was far darker and heavier than he had imagined.
This meant that the "chips" in his hand might be more lethal than he anticipated. But it also meant that he was prying open a Pandora's box that could drive Huo Shen completely insane. If handled improperly, not only would he be shattered, but unpredictable consequences could also result.
He needs verification! He needs more clues!
There must be some crucial information in that diary that he had overlooked! And what about that medicine bottle? If he could figure it out, perhaps it would indirectly confirm his suspicions.
However, sneaking into the study again was extremely risky. Huo Shen had just entered and wouldn't be coming out anytime soon. Furthermore, after the last incident, the security level in the study and even the entire apartment might have been raised.
Su Yan's anxious gaze swept across the living room, finally settling on the intelligent control panel connecting the study and the living room, responsible for the entire apartment's security system. A more risky plan, but one that might just lure the tiger away from the mountain, was gradually taking shape.
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