Chapter 54 Worry
After the fire was put out, Wen Eryu was exhausted and sweating. She sat down on the lawn and looked at the charred land.
How could a fire suddenly start? There was no fire source nearby. The more she thought about it, the more puzzled she felt.
After Aunt Sun entered the house, she called Shen Jize and told him that the backyard was on fire.
Then she poured a glass of water and handed it to Wen Eryu.
"Ma'am, please drink some water."
"Okay." Wen Eryu took the cup and drank all the water in it in one breath.
She was very thirsty, but fortunately she had recovered some strength after resting for a while.
Aunt Sun returned to the kitchen with the empty cup and continued to prepare side dishes for lunch.
Wen Eryu stood up and walked around the yard. Not finding anything unusual, she walked back. The next second, she suddenly stepped on a hard lump.
She squatted down and looked down, and saw half a cigarette butt.
"Auntie Sun, do you have disposable gloves in the kitchen?"
"Ma'am, I'll get it for you."
After Wen Eryu put on her gloves, she picked up the cigarette from the ground. She observed it carefully and found that it was not the brand that Chen Jize usually smoked.
Aunt Sun, an experienced person, took a look and said puzzledly, "I see that these cigarettes are more likely to be smoked by girls, but there are only you and me at home, and neither of us smokes. So where did these cigarettes come from?"
Wen Eryu put the cigarette butt into a sealed bag. She already had the answer in her mind. Although there was no surveillance camera installed in the villa, Xu Wenrou was the most suspicious today.
"Let's go and wait for Shen Jize to come back."
*
Wen Eryu went upstairs to change her clothes, and then she remembered Zhuzhu.
I don’t know where this child went to play again. She was nowhere to be seen in any corner of the first floor.
"Zhuzhu?"
Wen Eryu searched everywhere he could but couldn't find anyone.
Her heart sank, and her thoughts were suddenly pulled back to the end of the dream. Could Zhuzhu have been taken away by Xu Wenrou?
Thinking of this, Wen Eryu became even more panicked, just as she was about to go upstairs.
Suddenly, something poked her in the back.
When she turned around, she saw Zhuzhu laughing behind her.
After seeing the person, Wen Eryu finally felt relieved.
"Where have you been?" She tidied up Zhuzhu's messy hair. "I was so scared just now. I couldn't find you."
Fortunately, people are still here.
If Zhuzhu disappeared, Wen Eryu would have no idea how to explain it to Lin Cheng.
"Auntie, I want to eat ice cream." Zhuzhu said in a baby voice.
When Wen Eryu heard this voice, her heart melted and her eyes softened: "Auntie will get it for you right away."
Zhuzhu jumped up happily.
Wen Eryu touched her little head, turned around and took out a Menglong from the refrigerator and gave it to her.
"Don't run around now. Just sit here and eat."
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of a car shutting down was heard outside the house. It was Shen Jize who came back.
Wen Eryu looked at the person at the door, stunned for a moment, then walked towards him: "You're back so soon?"
Shen Jize's eyes were full of worry, and he quickly checked her whole body.
"Are you okay?"
Wen Eryu shook his head: "No."
Shen Ji Ze was obviously relieved, and his frown relaxed. He didn't know how many red lights he had run on the way back from the company.
"I'm fine, except that a corner of the yard behind me was burned." Wen Eryu lowered his head guiltily.
Shen Jize reached out his hand and gently stroked her face: "It's just a yard. Even if the whole house burns down, we can just buy another one."
Wen Eryu: “…”
As expected of the richest man in H City, he can do whatever he wants when he has money.
Xiada got the news from somewhere and hurried over.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw his brother and that woman being intimate together.
In fact, when he learned that they had remarried, he almost fainted.
Why doesn't his brother listen to advice? His whole life will be ruined by Wen Eryu.
Xia Da stood at the door and coughed awkwardly: "Brother."
Shen Ji Ze turned around after hearing this: "You are here."
"Yeah." Xia Da changed her shoes. "I heard the house was on fire, so I came to check it out."
"It's not a big deal, but you came at the right time. I was just about to look for you."
Xia Da: "What's the matter, brother?"
"Come to the study and talk."
"……good."
Seeing this, Wen Eryu smiled and said, "I'll go make coffee for you."
She knew that Xia Da had not changed his opinion of her, and now she had to let him know that she actually had no ill will towards Shen Jize, and she was no longer the Wen Eryu before.
Shen Ji Ze nodded, then turned and went upstairs.
Xiada glanced at her and followed closely.
*
"Brother, I suspect that Wen Eryu was the one who started the fire."
"Xada, you can't doubt anyone without absolute evidence."
"Don't you know what she did before?" Xia Da said angrily, "Women are very good at disguising themselves. Don't let her fool you."
Shen Jize threw his phone on the table and angrily said, "That's enough. I believe her."
Xia Da: “…”
Just as he was about to sit down, he noticed the pillow on the sofa.
Shen Ji Ze also saw it at this time. He quickly stood up, picked up the pillow and planned to put it in the compartment of the study first.
Xia Da murmured softly, "If she loved you, you wouldn't be sleeping in the study."
Shen Ji Ze pursed his lips tightly and said nothing.
At this moment, Xia Da suddenly interrupted and said, "Wait."
He stepped forward and snatched the pillow from Shen Jize's hand.
"Brother, there's something wrong with this pillow."
Shen Ji Ze frowned and looked at the place he pointed. There was a small water stain on the tip of the pillow, which could not be seen without careful observation.
When Xia Da saw this, she immediately reacted reflexively. Wen Eryu had often used these little tricks to torture Shen Jize before.
After Xue Fenghua's death, it was Shen Jize who supported the family, so in Xia Da's heart, no one can bully his brother.
"It's just a water stain." Shen Jize disagreed.
Xia Da's intuition told him that something was wrong.
At this time, Wen Eryu knocked on the door and walked in. She was holding two cups of coffee and looked at the two people holding pillows in confusion.
"You...what are you doing?"
Are the pillows she sews so popular?
Shen Jize took the pillow back from Xia Da's hand. At this moment, Zhu Zhu suddenly popped her head out from behind Wen Eryu.
The girl pointed at the pillow and said with a smile: "The weird aunt sprinkled water on this pillow, so you can't sleep on it."
When the three people in the room heard this, they immediately frowned and looked at Zhuzhu.
"Zhuzhu, what are you talking about?" Wen Eryu put the coffee on the coffee table beside him, half squatted down and asked.
Shen Jize and Xia Da looked at each other.
Xia Da's suspicions were confirmed. He walked up to Wen Eryu and said unhappily, "Don't act like a good guy here. This girl saw that it was you who did it. I advise you to just admit it. You just want to harm my brother!"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Wen Eryu stood up and confronted him. "You haven't even asked clearly, and you're making biased assumptions about me, Xiada. You weren't like this when you were a child."
"I'll say it again. I didn't see you when I was a child," Xia Da said. "Besides, you did this kind of thing a lot before, didn't you?"
“…”
Wen Eryu was too lazy to talk nonsense with him. After calming down a bit, he asked Zhu Zhu again: "Zhu Zhu, who is that weird aunt you were talking about?"
"Who else could it be? It's you," Xia Da interrupted.
"Shut up." Wen Eryu clicked his tongue.
Zhuzhu grabbed her hand and said, "I was hiding in there playing, and then there was an aunt with long hair and strange red glasses walking around the room. When she left, she was holding a small bottle in her hand and sprinkled it on the pillow."
Zhuzhu pointed to the partition in the study.
Wen Eryu turned to Shen Jize and said, "Zhuzhu is still a child, don't be angry with her."
She knew that no one could come into his study without Shen Jize's permission, so she hurried to speak for Zhuzhu.
Shen Jize said lightly: "Yeah."
Wen Eryu breathed a sigh of relief and shifted his attention to the second half of Zhuzhu's sentence.
Suddenly, she remembered that Xu Wenrou was wearing a pair of red sunglasses when she came today.
It seems that Zhuzhu happened to see her doing something bad.
"It's her. The person Zhuzhu was talking about is Xu Wenrou." Wen Eryu said with certainty, "She came to apologize to me today, wearing these sunglasses. I was wondering why she would lower her head to look for me."
Shen Jize's eyes darkened: "It seems that the lawyer's letter should be sent to her early."
"I just found a half-burned cigarette butt in the yard. This should be the cause of the backyard fire."
Wen Eryu paused.
"So, I suspect Xu Wenrou was also responsible for the fire."
"I will send someone to test the DNA residue on it. If it is really her, then she will have one more piece of evidence against her." Shen Ji Ze said.
At this moment, the study fell into silence.
Wen Eryu sighed and said, "It seems that this pillow cannot be used anymore. Let's throw it away."
But Shen Jize held on to the pillow tightly and refused to let go.
Wen Eryu said helplessly: "Oh, I'll make you another one later. Besides, this one is really ugly."
Seeing that Chen Jize was indifferent, Xia Da stepped forward, took the pillow from his hand and handed it to Wen Eryu.
"Who knows if this is poisonous? Throw it away."
Wen Eryu nodded and pulled Zhuzhu out.
Then she went outside and threw the pillow in the trash.
Wen Eryu happened to meet Lin Cheng who had just finished her work and told her what had just happened.
Lin Cheng complained: "Damn, this woman really wants to die. Think about it carefully. Not only did she poison you, but more importantly, after this is discovered, everyone will suspect that you did it."
Wen Eryu suddenly realized and opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Lin Cheng: "If Zhuzhu hadn't seen her hiding in the study, you wouldn't be able to clear yourself even if you jumped into the Yellow River. Shen Jize's brother is so hostile to you, he would definitely believe that it was you who did it in front of Shen Jize. Then the relationship you just built with him would be..."
Lin Cheng made a chopping gesture towards her.
Wen Eryu looked at her: "So her purpose is not just as simple as poisoning, but to use this to sow discord between me and Shen Jize, killing two birds with one stone."
"That's right." Lin Cheng nodded.
After Wen Eryu handed Zhuzhu to Lin Cheng and said goodbye, she walked back in a daze.
As she walked into the front yard, Xia Da happened to come out.
When he saw Wen Eryu, his eyes avoided her, but he still took a step towards her.
In fact, he had struggled for a long time in the room just now. He had indeed wronged Wen Eryu in this matter, but he couldn't bring himself to apologize to her.
When Wen Eryu looked up, he saw Xiada speaking very awkwardly.
"Hey, sorry."
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