Chapter Eighty: The Murderer!
The room was completely silent.
"My goodness, this plot is so melodramatic and addictive, I love it." A little excitement appeared on Xia Yu's face. The real and fake young master is great, it's super popular right now.
Qin Huai couldn't help but push up his glasses again.
[The story is getting more and more interesting.]
[So Yunxi is the Duke's only child? No, then what about President Pei's marriage partner?]
Oh my god!
[I won't listen, I won't listen! Anyway, the Duke is gone now, so let's just leave it at that.]
[This is so mind-bending! So far, I suspect everyone.]
[I second that proposal.]
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Just as everyone fell silent, the computer in front of them suddenly beeped with the sound of new information.
Gu Yunlan sat in the chair and skillfully clicked on the red dot on the computer.
A chat box popped up instantly.
The person I was chatting with was a lawyer, and the message he sent me contained information about the Duke's estate.
The data shows the territory's area and various kinds of wealth.
"Xu Wang, you still want to inherit the Duke's fortune even though you know you're not his biological child." Gu Yunlan watched with great interest.
Xu Wang blinked.
"Wait a minute, I think I've made another major discovery!" Yunxi suddenly shouted, holding up the report in her hand.
All eyes turned to him.
Yunxi placed the report in his hand next to everyone again, and this time, he turned to one of the pages.
At the very bottom of that page was a doctor's signature, and in that column it read "Dr. Gu".
Qin Huai first looked at Gu Yunlan sitting next to him.
Gu Yunlan pointed to herself with a bewildered expression: "Am I a doctor?"
"My God, it all seems like a series of interconnected events. Could we have conspired to kill the Duke?" Xia Yu's face was filled with complex emotions.
"It's possible. The clues we've uncovered so far all suggest that everyone wants him dead," Hou Yunqi nodded.
After processing her identity, Gu Yunlan once again focused her attention on the computer in front of her.
After closing the chat window with the lawyer, Gu Yunlan suddenly noticed Pei Yanchuan's name in the contact list.
Gu Yunlan instantly sensed the gossip and quickly opened their chat window.
You wouldn't believe it until you see it; it's a huge bombshell!
"OMG!" Gu Yunlan's exclamation drew everyone's attention, and everyone stood behind him.
On the computer screen, Gu Yunlan scrolled to the very top of the history bar, which showed a chat from five years ago.
Duke Pei: "I love you."
Young Master Xu: "I love you too."
Based on their conversation, it can be seen that they had a crush on each other for a long time and had realized their feelings for one another.
The timeline continues to unfold, reaching a conversation between the two a few days prior.
Young Master Xu: [Pictures of Bloodline Reports ×2 (One picture is of the Duke and Xu Wang, and the other is of the Duke and Yunxi)]
Young Master Xu: I found this in my father's study. (Panic)
Duke Pei: Don't worry, leave this to me.
Young Master Xu: Yes, I love you.
There are only these two paragraphs on the computer.
Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan exchanged a glance. Pei Yanchuan grabbed Xu Wang's hand and opened his mouth, but no sound came out.
Xu Wang's eyes widened slightly because he could see the other person's lips forming the words, "I love you."
"Looking at it this way, things make sense. Xu Wang discovered this in the Duke's study and learned that the Duke already knew he wasn't his son, but Yunxi was. He panicked and told his most trusted lover, Pei Yanchuan, about it. Pei Yanchuan, for his lover's sake, decided to personally handle the matter." Jiang Xiubai summarized the current situation.
"So what was Pei Yanchuan's solution? He probably only had two options at the time: either get rid of Yunxi or get rid of the old duke," Xia Yu speculated.
Yunxi looked at the two of them with a look of horror.
“Pei Yanchuan is currently a prime suspect.” Qin Huai tapped the table with his finger.
The fans in the live stream also got excited because of the chat on the computer.
I love you, I love you, I love you~
[President Pei: I'm tired of saying "I love you" to him.]
[Yunxi almost lost her life, hahaha.]
[Yunxi: My life actually brushed with death without me even knowing.]
[Let's congratulate my favorite couple! They're not only real in real life, but also in the story!]
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After checking Xu Wang's room, everyone went to Pei Yanchuan's room. The clues in Pei Yanchuan's room were interconnected with those in Xu Wang's room. The only new clue they found was that Pei Yanchuan was collecting information about Yunxi in his room, especially the routes she frequently took.
After reading the information, Yunxi felt even further away from Xu Wang and Pei Yanchuan. What if one of them stabbed her on the road? Her life was more important.
The last room searched on the second floor was Dr. Gu's room.
Xu Wang picked up a photo album from the bedside table. The album contained all sorts of photos, but the main subject of the photos was not Gu Yunlan but Qin Huai: Qin Huai with a smiling, narrow-eyed expression, Qin Huai with a blank face, Qin Huai with an angry expression...
Xu Wang then opened the bedside cabinet, where there was another box full of Qin Huai's glasses.
Qin Huai's movements as he adjusted his glasses became increasingly stiff, and the more you looked at him, the more perverted he seemed.
Yunxi lifted the covers, and in the closet were the same butler's clothes that Qin Huai was wearing at that time.
"Wow! This is so exciting!" Xia Yu looked at Qin Huai and Gu Yunlan with a smile.
At this moment, Gu Yunlan's face stiffened slightly, and her neck looked rusty when she turned it.
"This is something Dr. Gu did, it has nothing to do with me." Gu Yunlan quickly covered the bed with the blanket again.
He won't take the blame for this!
[Wow, I love this setup too, a butler and a doctor.]
[I love this kind of twisted plot, hehe.]
[Your laughter upstairs startled me.]
[Butler Qin, why don't you just give in?]
[Thinking about it makes my face turn ashen.]
[Director, I admit once again that you truly understand us, you understand what we want to see.]
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Pei Yanchuan walked to the desk and picked up the phone on it. The phone had no password, and opening it led to a chat interface.
Pei Yanchuan took a closer look and realized that the contact person on the other end was actually Xu Wang.
Xu Wang sent Dr. Gu a list, which was the list of servants to be distributed next month, and Qin Huai was the first person on the list.
Dr. Gu did not reply. After Pei Yanchuan exited the chat, he discovered that there was another contact, Hei Zi, on the phone.
Dr. Gu contacted the other party and purchased a slow-acting poison.
Things started to get a little confusing again.
In the evening, the chef once again prepared a sumptuous dinner for all the guests.
After finishing their meal, everyone prepared to return to their rooms to rest.
Just as everyone left their seats, a servant suddenly walked up to Pei Yanchuan.
"Duke Pei, will you be staying with the young master again tonight?"
The servant's words made everyone present stop in their tracks.
Xu Wang looked at the man beside her.
Pei Yanchuan's lips curled up slightly as he nodded to the servant.
The servant understood and withdrew.
"Ah, I'm so envious. I also want to sleep with my wife." Gu Yunlan winked at Qin Huai.
Qin Huai covered his face with his right hand, looking utterly disgusted.
Although Hou Yunqi didn't say anything, his expression revealed a hint of envy.
Upon seeing this, Xia Yu quickly hugged her beloved husband and gently comforted him.
Jiang Xiubai glanced at Yunxi.
Yunxi yawned, looking sleepy, and didn't receive the signal at all.
[After hearing this, President Pei's expression visibly improved.]
[President Pei: Being able to sleep with my wife makes me incredibly happy.]
[Gu Ying rolls around on the spot: This isn't fair! This isn't fair! His sister-in-law covers her face: Sorry, I forgot to hold the rope, please excuse the mess.]
[Haha, Gu Yingdi (〃'▽'〃)]
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As night deepened, the lights in the castle dimmed, leaving only the corridor lights on.
Just when the fans in the live stream thought the live stream was about to end, they suddenly discovered that the live stream did not end on time this time.
The live stream was showing the entrance to Xu Wang's room.
Half an hour later, two figures appeared in the live broadcast room. The director and assistant director quietly walked to the door of Xu Wang's room.
The director took a file bag out of his pocket and placed it in front of the door.
The assistant director knocked gently on the door, and only after confirming that footsteps came from inside did the two feel relieved and leave hand in hand.
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