The noisy crowd at the funeral dispersed as the person in question left, realizing there was no point in continuing the conversation.
"What are you all standing there for? Let's go." Pei Yang saw that Xu Tingchuan and Shen Muzhi hadn't moved, so he walked over and put his arm around Xu Tingchuan's shoulder.
Xu Tingchuan pursed his lips, stared at Shen Muzhi, and asked in a low voice, "When did you find out?"
Shen Mu's eyes were dark and unfathomable; he guessed it would only be a week.
"You and her..." Xu Tingchuan was still in shock, not knowing where to begin. He didn't understand why Shen Muzhi hadn't mentioned Su Yan to them since he already knew she was alive, and it seemed he had no intention of acknowledging her.
The most important question is, since Su Yan is alive, why doesn't she come back? Is it because her appearance is so badly disfigured that she can't get over it and that's why she hasn't returned?
But he didn't think Su Yan was that kind of person. If she didn't come back, Su Chengwen and the others would know how heartbroken they were when they lost their child. She should know that even if her appearance was disfigured, no one in the Su family would despise her because of it.
Xu Tingchuan was filled with surprise and doubt, but Shen Muzhi said nothing and turned to leave.
His steps looked heavy, and Xu Tingchuan narrowed his eyes slightly.
"What kind of riddle are you and Lao Wu talking about?" Pei Yang looked at them with puzzlement, finding the two of them rather strange.
Xu Tingchuan frowned slightly, not answering Pei Yang's question, then relaxed his brow and suddenly said, "Jia Yue brought Han Shizhao home yesterday, and my mother is very satisfied with him."
Pei Yang was taken aback. A month ago, Xu Jiayue said that she would break up with Han Shizhao after he returned from his mission. How come she suddenly wanted to meet his parents?
Looking at Pei Yang's expression, Xu Tingchuan said meaningfully, "Han Shizhao was injured during a mission and returned to recuperate in the middle of the month. Jia Yue didn't want to break up with him at this time, so after taking care of him for a few days, she somehow agreed to his marriage proposal."
Pei Yang's eyes darkened slightly, but only for a moment. He quickly regained his suave and roguish demeanor, raising an eyebrow and smiling, "Why are you telling me this? Are you showing off that you're going to have a brother-in-law?"
"Coward," Xu Tingchuan said indifferently, putting one hand in his pocket and walking down the mountain.
Pei Yang watched Xu Tingchuan's back and twitched his lips. He thought he had hidden it well, that he had even fooled himself, but Xu Tingchuan had seen through him. When exactly did Xu Tingchuan find out?
Regarding this point, Xu Tingchuan didn't actually figure it out himself. It was because Ni Sitian mentioned it so much that he paid attention to Pei Yang's actions towards Xu Jiayue a few times. Although Pei Yang concealed it very well, they were old friends of twenty or thirty years, so he naturally noticed it when he paid attention.
He had genuinely believed that Pei Yang treated Xu Jiayue like a younger sister, and their playful banter and teasing had never been anything more than innocent and aboveboard. It wasn't until Jiayue moved into Pei Yang's house because of her parents' situation that he secretly visited her a few times. Pei Yang was incredibly good at hiding his true feelings; he seemed to have even fooled himself. Only on that one occasion did he sense something different in Pei Yang's eyes as he looked at Xu Jiayue's retreating figure.
He once told Ni Sitian that Pei Yang was the one among them who hid his thoughts the most and was the hardest to see through, and that was indeed the case.
Even his old friend Pei Yang had no idea when he started liking Jia Yue, let alone Jia Yue. She probably never even thought that Pei Yang liked her.
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