Thinking of this, Shen Lin looked at Ye Xinning with a complicated expression and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Ye Xinning didn't know what he was thinking, but right now, her most urgent thing was to find Huo Yanzhi.
She needed to know what had happened back then, and before that, she needed to get rid of Shen Lin.
She thought for a moment and then asked Shen Lin.
"Is there something you want to talk about here?"
He was clearly surprised that she would ask him about his affairs. "Want to come with me?" he asked, his hand resting on her waist, his voice low and deep.
"Xiao Chen and I have work to do. You go take care of your business, and we'll go back together tonight?"
"You're not letting Xiao Chen take you home?"
Ye Xinning sensed something else in his words. Her eyes gleamed, and she leaned closer to Shen Lin, asking in a low voice, "Are you jealous?"
He kept his head down, his eyes revealing no emotion, and remained silent.
Ye Xinning felt a little bored; she already knew what he was thinking.
This tacit attitude means he doesn't need to say anything more.
She waved her hand, "Let's talk about it later, I'm leaving now."
She left first, but the person who was smiling just a second ago turned around and her gaze turned completely cold.
She was going to find Huo Yanzhi. She needed an explanation for what happened back then, and she also needed to know what else had occurred.
After parting ways with Shen Lin, Ye Xinning sent a message to Xiao Chen, telling him that she had something to do and had to leave first.
Xiao Chen had no objections, only reminding her to be careful.
After leaving the banquet, Ye Xinning drove directly to the Ye family home. The servants were overjoyed to see her return, as this was Ye Xinning's first visit to the Ye family home since the incident with Mu Yinjing.
"Young Miss, you're back. Have you eaten?"
Ye Xinning nodded. "I've already eaten."
"Chairman Ye hasn't returned yet, Miss, please wait..."
Just as the maid was about to ask Ye Xinning to sit down and wait, Ye Xinning spoke first, "Has Huo Yanzhi returned?"
"Mr. Huo?"
"Um."
"In the study upstairs, Miss is back to see Mr. Huo."
Having received the answer she wanted, Ye Xinning went upstairs without hesitation.
Ye Xinning pushed open the door to the study upstairs and went in. Huo Yanzhi, dressed in pajamas, was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window making a phone call.
Seeing her return, Huo Yanzhi raised an eyebrow and said, "You're back."
Ye Xinning walked straight up to Huo Yanzhi and stopped in front of him. "Aren't you going to give me an explanation for what happened back then?"
Huo Yanzhi remained calm and was not affected by her words at all.
"What is it?"
Some memories caused Ye Xinning unbearable pain whenever she recalled them. But Huo Yanzhi's pretense of peace and tranquility only made her feel utterly disgusted.
She didn't want to recall the past, nor did she want to bring it up again and cause herself more pain, but given the current situation, it seemed she had no choice but to bring it up.
“I ran into Mu Yinjing today, and she mentioned the scar on my wrist that you forcibly removed back then.”
"Oh, really? I was just washing away some minor things for you, and besides..."
After Huo Yanzhi finished speaking, he looked at her wrist meaningfully, "It's not good for a girl to have scars. I thought you would thank me."
Ye Xinning clenched her hands, only by venting her emotions externally could she control herself and prevent herself from impulsively slapping Huo Yanzhi.
“You knew perfectly well what that scar meant to me, yet you still removed it against my wishes.”
That scar is a testament to her relationship with Shen Lin, and it's also a way for her to prove the existence of that relationship.
But back then...
Thinking of that dark period, Ye Xinning felt her whole body tremble and couldn't control her emotions.
"Huo Yanzhi, you have given me endless torment, casting an indelible shadow over my life. So many years have passed, and I know I can't do anything to you, but are you still unwilling to give me the truth?" She said this with a pained and struggling expression, the powerlessness of being deceived and concealed was threatening to engulf her.
Huo Yanzhi stood up from his seat, walked over to Ye Xinning, and looked down at her, seeing that her pain stemmed from that past memory, in other words, from Shen Lin…
His eyes were brimming with a storm of anger, and the suppressed fury made them bloodshot, giving him a frightening and sinister look.
"So you want to know?"
"Can you tell me?" Ye Xinning looked into his eyes.
Huo Yanzhi curled his lips into a strange smile. If outsiders were to see him at this moment, they would surely be terrified and think he had gone mad.
He brushed a strand of Ye Xinning's hair aside, his voice low yet seemingly casual.
"Ningning is too trusting. Mu Yinjing doesn't like you, she lies to you and makes you unhappy, that's her purpose. Can't you see that she's trying to sow discord between you and me?"
Ye Xinning took her hair from Huo Yanzhi's hand, took several steps back, and kept a great distance from him. "You mean, Mu Yinjing is lying to me?"
"She's lying to you. Does Ningning really want to believe a stranger rather than me?"
With each subsequent note Ye Xinning listened, he could sense something was amiss.
Huo Yanzhi is trying so hard to cover it up; he can't be so naive as to believe that what he says is true.
Compared to Mu Yinjing, Huo Yanzhi was the one she couldn't see through. This man was as deep, terrifying, and cunning as ever for ten years.
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