The woman trembled as if she had been startled.
Shen Muzhi almost opened his mouth, but then swallowed his words back.
The woman stood there frozen, as if she didn't dare to turn around and look at him at all.
"Dumb girl, go check on the kitchen," Madam Su suddenly appeared and instructed the woman.
Shen Muzhi glanced at Madam Su and slowly released his hand from her wrist.
The woman fled in panic. Madam Su looked at Shen Muzhi, remained silent for a long time, and said, "Your Uncle Su and I didn't attend your wedding. We're really sorry."
Shen Muzhi didn't understand why Madam Su suddenly brought this up. Just as he was about to reply, she turned and left.
He suddenly realized that she was reminding him that he was already married.
Why did she remind him? Was it because he grabbed the woman's wrist and she misunderstood?
That doesn't make sense either. The woman's face was covered in mottled scars, her features were blurred, how could she possibly misunderstand that he was harassing her, unless...
Shen Muzhi was suddenly startled and turned to look in the direction Madam Su had left. Could it be that she also had the same guess as him?
If that's the case, then his original guess was...
"Fifth Brother, you're here so early." Pei Yang walked in, patted Shen Muzhi on the shoulder, and seeing that his face was a little pale, asked, "Are you feeling unwell?"
Shen Muzhi snapped out of her daze, looked at Pei Yang, and her lips trembled.
Xu Tingchuan and Gu Chen also entered one after another.
Xiao Yi also came; Su Chengwen was, after all, his uncle.
When Shen Muzhi saw Xiao Yi, he really wanted to talk to him and hear his analysis of whether he was overthinking things.
But there are too many people here, so it's not a good place to talk.
Shen Muzhi calmed down and decided to prioritize Su Chengwen's funeral.
Mrs. Su had been a Buddhist for many years, and her funeral customs were quite traditional, including a seven-day vigil.
They planned to take turns, and the night's vigil would only last tonight.
The children should have been keeping vigil, but unfortunately, Su Yan was a fugitive suspect, and Su Yan...
Shen Muzhi pursed his lips. As night slowly fell, everyone else left, and the mourning hall returned to silence.
He knelt down and burned paper money for Su Chengwen. In the middle of the night, he got up to go to the toilet and entered the main living room of the Su family from the side of the mourning hall.
When I came out of the restroom, I heard a low, suppressed sob.
He followed the sound and saw a woman squatting beside Su Chengwen's coffin.
All the signs were telling him that he had no choice but to know, whether he wanted to or not. He could no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb. She was Su Yan.
This made everything fall into place: the email that alerted Xu Tingchuan, providing him with evidence of Su Yan's crimes. She came to avenge Su Chengwen and expose Su Yan's crimes.
Shen Muzhi stopped behind her, his voice strained and hoarse: "Ayan, is that you?"
Su Yan seemed to freeze, remaining silent. She stood up, sobbing and biting her head, still trying to pretend to be mute.
Shen Muzhi's throat tightened. He looked at her face and hands, covered in scars under the dim light, and wondered how many more such devastating scars were hidden in the unseen areas.
He wanted to ask many questions, but he couldn't speak and didn't know where to begin.
Su Yan saw him looking at her with complicated emotions, but he didn't say anything. She seized an opportunity and ran outside.
Shen Muzhi wanted to call out to her, but he couldn't make a sound.
Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye, and everything has changed.
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