Chen Xu returned to the imperial capital three days after Fu Linxiao and Jiang Luoning went back.
After arriving in the imperial capital, he met Ying Yi once and then returned to the Dong family. Mrs. Dong was filled with suspicion when she saw Chen Xu, who had disappeared for a long time. Looking at the young man in front of her, Mrs. Dong asked casually, "Xu'er, where have you been all this time? Siqing kept nagging you to take her out to play!"
In Chen Xu's eyes, Mrs. Dong at this moment was like a good mother wearing a mask.
"Mother, I've been feeling restless lately, so I went out to relax. I'm sorry to have made you worry!" Chen Xu replied respectfully, with no flaws on his face.
Mrs. Dong just looked at him with a smile and did not answer the questions he was concerned about.
"Chen Xu! Where have you been? Why did you come back? Do you know that Fu Linxiao is engaged to that Jiang Luoning?" A domineering voice came from the door. Without turning around to look, Chen Xu knew that the person was Dong Siqing.
Chen Xu didn't mind Dong Siqing's questioning tone, but Mrs. Dong beside him scolded her: "Siqing, you can't talk to your brother like that!"
Hearing her mother's scolding, Dong Siqing just curled her lips and stopped talking. She rolled her eyes at Chen Xu and stomped her feet away angrily to express her dissatisfaction. Seeing her like this, Mrs. Dong could only sigh helplessly.
"Xu'er, I have spoiled your sister. Don't take what she says seriously!" Mrs. Dong tried to ease the awkward atmosphere between the two, but Chen Xu's expression did not change much.
"It's only natural for a mother to pamper her child!" Chen Xu's lips curled slightly, still maintaining a calm smile. But the next second, he changed the subject and said with a look of sadness, "I just don't know why my parents don't want me."
Mrs. Dong didn't notice the testing look in Chen Xu's eyes. She thought he felt left out because she favored Dong Siqing, so she quickly tried to comfort him, "No, Xu'er! Your father didn't abandon you, did he?"
"No? Then why was I abandoned in an orphanage?" Seeing that the woman had taken the bait, Chen Xu continued to ask.
"That's because..." Mrs. Dong was about to defend Chen Zirong, but she subconsciously stopped talking, fearing that Chen Xu would notice if she said anything more.
Seeing that Mrs. Dong had no intention of continuing, the man sneered, stood up, and prepared to leave. "Mother, you don't have to worry about me. My biological parents didn't want me. Fortunately, you brought me back from the orphanage. As for who they are and what they did, it doesn't matter. Even if my family really comes looking for me one day, I won't recognize them. Don't worry!"
"Xu'er, you can't blame your father like this!" After hearing Chen Xu's thoughts, Mrs. Dong couldn't help but raise her voice and scold him.
Sensing that Mrs. Dong was getting a little furious, Chen Xu added fuel to the fire, "Wrongly accused? Then what on earth could possibly make a father abandon his own son? Oh, he's not even worthy of being a father!"
Bang! A slap landed on Chen Xu's face. Chen Xu covered his face with his hands, feigning disbelief as he stared at the woman in front of him with bloodshot eyes. "Mother, you've never hit me before! Do you...know my father? Where is he? Tell me! Why doesn't he want me?"
"He...he's dead!" Mrs. Dong screamed heartbreakingly, and then collapsed in the chair.
Chen Xu looked at the emotionally broken woman without saying anything, turned around and ran out of the Dong family. But what Mrs. Dong didn't know was that during the conversation just now, the man had already placed the prepared eavesdropping device under the armrest of the sofa.
The eavesdropping device was prepared by contacting Fu Linxiao before returning to the imperial capital, and the meeting with Yingyi was also to get something.
After leaving the Dong residence, Chen Xu arrived at a pre-rented apartment, the location of which was unknown to anyone. After checking the room to ensure it was safe, he pulled out his computer and activated the eavesdropping device he had been using. Fu Linxiao had given him the latest generation of Wuyingtang eavesdropping device, which automatically saved a week's worth of surveillance footage and uploaded it to the cloud in real time. It was also extremely small and difficult to detect! Furthermore, it had a self-destruct mechanism. If the protection system detected any anomalies in the device or was discovered, it would immediately activate the self-destruct mechanism, leaving no trace.
Chen Xu was going to listen to the audio content after he left the Dong family. He was just checking the equipment but he got an unexpected gain.
"Madam, are you okay? Take care of yourself!" A familiar old voice sounded. This was Sister Mei, the housekeeper of the Dong family. Ever since Chen Xu could remember, this woman had been the housekeeper of the Dong family. She was also the person that Madam Dong trusted the most!
"I'm fine, Sister Mei. Do you think my godfather and Xu'er would hate me if they knew that I was the one who set the fire?" Mrs. Dong's voice trembled slightly, and it was unclear whether it was because her anger had not subsided or she was afraid of something.
"Madam, no! Back then, we wanted to help Young Master Rong escape from danger, but who would have thought that an accident would happen! Besides, didn't the old man already believe that the fire was set by the Jiang family at that time? Don't scare yourself!" The voice of housekeeper Sister Mei's persuasion sounded again.
There was a moment of silence in the earphones. Chen Xu continued to listen carefully to the panting sounds inside. Soon, Mrs. Dong's voice came, and she sounded much calmer. "Are you sure you've dealt with those thugs back then?"
"Yes, ma'am. The person handling this matter asked the old man for it. It's 100% credible!"
Although Chen Xu couldn't see the scene at that time, he could still hear Mrs. Dong's relieved sound; it was as if a stone pressing on his heart had fallen away.
"Let's go, Sister Mei, and go see Siqing! The boy from the Fu family is engaged, and she must be feeling very sad these days!" Then the sound of footsteps gradually faded away came from the headphones.
Chen Xu didn't put down his headphones until the sound completely disappeared. He then fell into deep thought, with the conversation he had just heard echoing in his mind.
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