Her voice was soft, but it carried an unquestionable determination.
Che looked at her and nodded slightly. Their eyes met. Under the flickering candlelight, it seemed as if time had stood still. The air was filled with a special ambiguity and tacit understanding.
Su Huaiyue returned to the house alone, her mind full of the woman whose tongue was pulled out.
She thought about it and felt that there were many suspicious points in the matter. The woman's calmness was too abnormal, and there must be some hidden story behind it.
In the end, she decided to go to Liuyun Pavilion the next day, perhaps she could find the answer there.
The next day, sunlight shone into the room through the window. Su Huaiyue got up early, dressed carefully, and went to Liuyun Pavilion alone.
Liuyun Pavilion is still as lively as ever, with people coming and going and laughter everywhere.
Su Huaiyue walked into Liuyun Pavilion and looked around, looking for Yan Shu.
Inside the Liuyun Pavilion, the gauze curtains fluttered gently in the wind, the air was filled with the faint scent of incense, and the carved beams and painted buildings exuded luxury and splendor.
At this moment, Yan Shu was wearing the red women's dress that he had seen last time, lazily leaning on the chaise longue, with the low table beside him filled with fine wine and delicacies.
He held a wine glass in his hand and drank leisurely, as if nothing in the world caught his attention.
His makeup was exquisite and almost perfect, his eyebrows and eyes were picturesque, his slender almond-shaped eyes were slightly upturned, and a touch of bright red at the end of his eyes added a bit of charm. Under his high nose bridge, his lips were painted like a delicate and tempting rose.
The red dress was like a burning flame, making his skin look whiter than snow, even more gorgeous and attractive. But for some reason, it also exuded an indescribable coldness that made people dare not approach him easily.
When Yan Shu saw Su Huaiyue coming in, he raised his eyebrows slightly, and his half-closed eyes slowly opened, and a barely perceptible light flashed in his deep gaze.
A faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. It seemed gentle, but it didn't reach his eyes, which revealed a sense of alienation and playfulness. "Miss Su, how come you have time to come to my Liuyun Pavilion today? Are you missing my singing, dancing and fine wine?"
His voice was low and magnetic, echoing in the quiet room with a hint of laziness.
Su Huaiyue ignored his teasing and walked straight to him with a serious expression, her eyes full of determination and persistence.
She looked Yan Shu straight in the eye and asked directly, "Yan Shu, I'm not here to joke with you today. I want to ask you, is that woman really the one who framed the Wei family?"
Her tone was urgent, and her hands unconsciously clenched into fists, as if only in this way could she suppress her inner anxiety.
"Who is Yan Shu? Miss Su has found the wrong person."
Su Huaiyue was stunned for a moment. The man leaning on the chaise longue opposite her slowly poured her a bottle of wine. This look could not be compared to the noble and cold young man holding a folding fan yesterday.
"Chu Yanci, is that woman really the one who framed the Wei family?"
Yan Shu smiled lightly, a hint of amusement flashed in his eyes. He slowly put down the wine glass, and his slender fingers tapped the rim of the glass lightly, making a crisp sound.
"Miss Su, don't you already have the answer in your heart? Why ask me? You are so smart, can't you see the trick?"
He tilted his head slightly and looked at Su Huaiyue with a half-smile in his eyes, as if to say that everything was under his control and he had already seen through Su Huaiyue's thoughts.
Su Huaiyue frowned, becoming even more certain that there was something else going on. Her expression was calm, but her slightly furrowed brow betrayed her inner thoughts. Her eyes held a steady suspicion, but not a trace of anger.
"Yan Shu, don't play dumb with me." Su Huaiyue's voice was neither too loud nor too soft, but it carried an undeniable authority. "I just want a clear answer. Was that woman born without a tongue?"
She took a slight step forward. The seemingly casual movement actually carried a faint sense of oppression. She stared at Yan Shu calmly, as if she could see through all his disguises.
Yan Shu nonchalantly played with the wine glass in his hand, as if Su Huaiyue's question was not worth mentioning at all.
He tilted his head back slightly, drank the wine in the glass, and then wiped the corner of his mouth gently.
"She was talking about me behind my back, so I pulled out her tongue."
He said it lightly, as if it was just a trivial matter, as casually as crushing an ant.
When Su Huaiyue heard this, her heart sank, but she remained calm, except that her hands unconsciously clenched in her sleeves.
The cold sweat on her back soaked her clothes, but she was completely unaware.
She remembered what Jing Zhiwan had said to her last time, that Yan Shu didn't like people talking about him behind his back, and that he would be punished if anyone heard it.
But this is not a lesson, it is clearly torture!
Her hands were clenched tightly into fists, her nails digging deep into her palms, but she felt no pain at all.
"Isn't this a bit too cruel, Master Chu? There are millions, if not tens of millions, of people in this world who talk behind people's backs. Do we have to rip out the tongue of every one of them?"
In response to Su Huaiyue's question, Yan Shu gave a cold and cold laugh.
"inhuman?"
Yan Shu slowly stood up from the chaise longue, his movements graceful and lazy, his eyes always fixed on Su Huaiyue, like a beast staring at its prey.
He walked slowly towards Su Huaiyue, each step was very light, but it seemed to be stepping heavily on Su Huaiyue's heart.
Walking in front of Su Huaiyue, Yan Shu leaned over slightly, reached out and pinched Su Huaiyue's chin.
His fingers were long and cold, and he applied a little force, forcing Su Huaiyue to raise her head and look at him.
"I saved your Wei family," Yan Shu's voice remained cold, but with a hint of teasing. "Is this how you treat your savior?"
He raised his eyebrows slightly, a hint of sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were full of amusement and disdain.
Su Huaiyue's heart tightened, and she subconsciously wanted to break free from Yan Shu's grip, but she knew very well that she couldn't panic at this moment.
She took a deep breath, suppressed the anger and shame in her heart, and said calmly, "Master Chu, I will always remember your life-saving grace, but this has nothing to do with you hurting others. This time, the Wei family made a mistake. You saved the Wei family, and Meiyan Pavilion will repay you in other ways. But that woman was wronged, and I can't just watch her take the blame."
She looked straight into Yan Shu's eyes, her gaze firm and calm, without the slightest fear or retreat.
Yan Shu raised his eyebrows slightly, a hint of sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were full of amusement and disdain.
He crossed his arms and looked at Su Huaiyue as if he was watching an amusing farce.
"Oh? Really?" Yan Shu tilted his head slightly, his tone full of sarcasm. "Then I want to see how you can have it both ways. Su Huaiyue, can you really make the Wei family member who made the mistake go to jail and make the Wei family's accounting fraud a reality? This would be a heavy blow to the Wei family, enough to make them lose face in Youzhou City and never recover from it. Can you bear to watch the Wei family fall into an irretrievable situation because of a person who made a mistake?"
As Yan Shu spoke, he paced slowly, and every step seemed to be stepping on Su Huaiyue's heart.
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