In the end, Shen Muzhi still left.
Xu Tingchuan, Pei Yang, and Gu Chen all went.
When we drove into the Su family mansion, the flowers and plants in the courtyard had all withered after a night of torrential rain, as if mourning the passing of their master.
They went in together. There were already quite a few people in the room, but they were mostly senior executives of the Su Group.
Su Chengwen passed away at the age of nearly eighty. His friends of the same age had passed away long ago, and the Su family did not have many relatives.
So most of the people in the house now aren't really sad; they're mostly there for utilitarian reasons, looking to see what benefits they can gain.
Madam Su was a truly kind-hearted person, but also weak-willed.
When they went in, they saw her surrounded by a group of executives, all of whom were making things difficult for her, trying to get information from her about how Su Chengwen would handle the shares he held.
Madam Su knew nothing about these things and could only stammer, unable to speak.
After Xu Tingchuan and his group went inside, they first helped Madam Su out of her predicament.
After those people left, seven or eight people remained who genuinely came to help, discussing Su Chengwen's funeral arrangements with Madam Su. The funeral was scheduled to be held in seven days, and according to Su Chengwen's request, his ashes should be buried with Mu Qing, and a new tombstone should be erected.
Shen Muzhi found this strange. Logically, since Mu Qing had cheated on her husband and had an illegitimate daughter, Su Chengwen should hate her and had also cheated on her to retaliate. Why then were they buried together after their deaths?
Madam Su, however, remained remarkably calm about the matter, as if it were simply how things should be.
After the group finished discussing their funeral arrangements, it was already 7 p.m.
Madam Su naturally wanted them to stay for dinner, and Xu Tingchuan wanted to find out about Su Yan's whereabouts from Madam Su, so he did not refuse and stayed with Shen Muzhi and the others.
Speaking of which, Madam Su truly loved Su Yan. She once blamed Xu Tingchuan for Su Yan's death, but ten years have passed, and she has come to terms with many things and understands them.
Shen Muzhi was one of the more frequent visitors to the Su family among them. After Su Yan's plane crash, he would also visit Su Chengwen every year.
The atmosphere around the Su family villa now felt strange to him—dull, oppressive, as if shrouded in dark clouds, perhaps because the owner had just passed away.
After dinner, they said their goodbyes and said they would keep vigil at the funeral hall the next day once it was set up.
As they walked out of the main house, they encountered a woman dressed in black. If it weren't for the streetlights, she would have been lost in the darkness.
Shen Muzhi was slightly taken aback when he saw the woman. She was Xin Zikai's friend, someone they had met before.
Su Yan bumped right into the four of them. She paused for a moment, then hurriedly lowered her head and rushed into the house.
She walked past them, and Shen Muzhi couldn't help but turn his head to look at her back.
"What's wrong?" Xu Tingchuan turned his head to look at Shen Muzhi, who had stopped walking.
Pei Yang and Gu Chen also stopped and followed Shen Muzhi's gaze, only to see that the tall, thin woman had already walked up the steps.
"Fifth brother, you're married now, yet you're still staring at other women so openly. Are you planning to kneel on the abacus when you get back?" Pei Yang put his hand on Shen Muzhi's shoulder.
Shen Muzhi snapped out of her daze, pursed her lips, and walked towards the car.
"What do you think is wrong with him?" Pei Yang asked Xu Tingchuan.
"Didn't you notice?" Xu Tingchuan narrowed his eyes slightly, his expression meaningful: "The woman's back view just now looked a lot like Su Yan."
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