Shi Nian raised her eyes to look at Zhang Ma, who had been ordered to keep an eye on her.
Zhang Ma felt a little uneasy under her gaze.
But she still mustered up her courage and asked, "Miss Shi, what's wrong? Is there anything I can help you with?"
Shi Nian asked directly, "What happened to Grandpa after I left yesterday?"
Zhang Ma was stunned for a moment.
Then she carefully recalled what had happened yesterday.
But after thinking it over, I couldn't recall anything particularly unusual happening.
"It seems...nothing special happened...Oh right, I remember, someone came looking for the old man yesterday afternoon!"
"That person talked with the old man in the study for more than half an hour and then left. After that, the old man kept himself locked in the study."
"Later, Fifth Master went into the study and stayed there for about half an hour. After that, the old man stayed in the study and did not allow anyone to disturb him until Miss Shi came back in the evening. Only then did the old man come out of the study."
Shi Nian's expression darkened, and she asked intently, "Who has come looking for Grandpa?"
Zhang Ma answered truthfully: "It's the person who waited for Miss Shi at home for three days."
"Rong Qing?"
"Yes, yes, that's him!"
"What brings Rong Qing to see Grandpa?"
"I don't know about that. Their conversations all took place in the study, and no one went in. The old man also told us..."
Shi Nian lowered her eyes, her gaze gradually turning cold.
After Rong Qing came to talk to her grandfather, he locked himself in his room.
Grandpa's condition suddenly deteriorated so much, could it be related to Rong Qing?
Thinking of that gentle and refined man, she really didn't want her grandfather's death to be related to him.
However, she always felt that her grandfather could not have committed suicide for no reason.
Rong Qing was the only outsider her grandfather had ever met before his accident.
He's the prime suspect...
Shi Nian pursed her lips.
He decided to go and ask Ye Chen first.
After all, Ye Chen had been called to the study by the old man alone before.
Shi Nian left the room and went downstairs to find Ye Chen.
At this moment, Ye Chen was sitting in the living room, and servants came one after another to report or receive tasks.
There are so many things to prepare and handle for the old man's funeral.
As the newly appointed head of the family, he naturally had to control everything.
Although he was very busy, he still noticed Shi Nian as soon as she appeared.
He waved his hand, signaling the servants to push the cart aside.
He stood up and looked at Shi Nian, "Nian Nian, is something wrong?"
Shi Nian looked at him and said in a deep voice, "I have something I want to ask you alone."
Ye Chen hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "Let's go to the study on the first floor."
The two went to the study on the first floor, one after the other.
As soon as the door closed, Shi Nian immediately asked, "What did Grandpa say to you when he called you to his study alone yesterday?"
Ye Chen's eyes darkened instantly, and his fists clenched instinctively.
Dark emotions welled up in his eyes, a deep sense of guilt.
Looking back now, when the old man talked to him yesterday, he had already shown signs of wanting to commit suicide, but he didn't take it seriously and didn't send anyone to keep an eye on him...
"He told me... to take good care of you from now on, and to unconditionally support and protect you no matter what you do." Ye Chen lowered his eyes and answered her selectively.
As for the old man's statement that he would send Shi Nian to the Shi family and let them arrange Shi Nian's future life, and that he would unconditionally cooperate with whatever arrangements they made, he did not tell Shi Nian, nor did he intend to do so.
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