Imperial Treasure

Chapter 648 - 421: One Night

Unlike Gong Jiu and Flower Demon who show up uninvited with everything prepared for themselves, Pu Qinghan wasn’t as casual as Lin Yun—they were insiders after all. She was excessively polite, brimming with a sense of distance, but it wasn’t a distance that could be widened, rather she was very self-possessed... In Gong Jiu’s words, for someone who has been in the entertainment industry for so many years to still have such a character without being destroyed by others truly indicated that she was under divine protection...

This kind of person was worth befriending, or else someone like Sui Yi, whose gaze seemed to possess the ability to see through one’s character, would not have repeatedly gone out of his way to help her.

But conversely, wasn’t it Pu Qinghan who had first offered her help to Sui Yi, thus leading to such an outcome?

Sui Yi had taken Pu Qinghan to a room on the second floor.

Sui Yi opened the door, "Inside the bathroom and wardrobe, there are unused pajamas, as for your clothes..."

"I’ll have Sister Li bring them tomorrow,"

Sui Yi nodded, "My room is next door, if you need anything, just call me..."

As a person not given to much talking, a couple of words of advice sufficed, and Pu Qinghan saw Sui Yi out, watching her descend the stairs.

Downstairs, Sui Yi went into the kitchen, where Yhan Qingwu was making a soup with red dates and goji berries, naturally for Pu Qinghan.

To be honest, when it came to life skills like taking care of others, Yhan Qingwu was actually better than Sui Yi. In fact, Gong Jiu and Flower Demon were also more adept than Sui Yi; perhaps it’s a case of having different strengths. Towards unrelated people, Sui Yi was usually quite indifferent, and the more she was familiar and close with someone, the less likely she was to indulge them for everything...

"Do you think the killer will come tonight?" Yhan Qingwu asked.

"No," Sui Yi replied curtly, then fell silent. Bringing up the topic of the bloodstains on the wall again, she said, "Either that person is deliberately creating panic or it’s intentional. Along with leaving Qinghan alive, it could be a ploy to mislead and shift attention elsewhere."

"You mean, his target is someone else?"

"The second target," Sui Yi added.

"Who?"

"Not sure, but definitely among the people here tonight..." Sui Yi mused. She wasn’t a deity and couldn’t perceive everything, but the doubts she observed hinted faintly at the things Yi Chilian had reminded her of...

However, since there was no certainty about it, Sui Yi didn’t mention it, and Yhan Qingwu didn’t ask further. After being frightened enough in the deep of night, to bring it up again would be self-torture, "Then we better rest well tonight... We might be busy tomorrow."

Sui Yi nodded, "Once you’re done here, go take a shower. Your room is the same one as before."

"What about Gong Jiu and the others?"

"The two of them are squeezing together."

Yhan Qingwu laughed, and after finishing with the stew, she followed Sui Yi out of the kitchen, only to see Xu Zhengmao sitting alone in the living room.

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Xu Zhengmao sat on the sofa, gazing out of the large floor-to-ceiling window at the neon lights and skyscrapers of the city, his thoughts drifting far far away...

After seeing Sui Yi’s silhouette through the glass, he stood up to address her, "I think people from Yue Beiqing will contact me tomorrow."

With the knowledge of his background, it would only take Yue Beiqing’s people one night to find out enough.

The regular authorities could spend a lifetime and still come up with nothing.

"That makes four," Sui Yi said indifferently.

"Mahjong?" Xu Zhengmao tugged at the corner of his mouth.

"Bait."

He really didn’t like this word.

Xu Zhengmao licked his somewhat dry lips, "Yue Beiqing will find out before Li Zhang."

Meaning that Li Zhang would also eventually find out.

"Maybe when he does, his first reaction will be that his despicable illegitimate son killed his most beloved son..."

Sui Yi didn’t say anything. Xu Zhengmao lowered his eyes, "God as my witness, I really wish it had been me."

"Then you wouldn’t be here right now,"

"Heh," Xu Zhengmao chuckled, but Sui Yi pointed to the sofa, "You sleep here..."

After saying this, she turned to leave but suddenly spoke halfway up the stairs, "The Li Family might be one of the links in the killer’s design. If Yue Beiqing looks for you... consider carefully before you decide."

Xu Zhengmao considered himself clever, and he indeed was, but at that time he truly didn’t understand her words, which is why he looked so pale the next day. Gong Jiu mockingly said it was because he was scared all night long... But it wouldn’t really be polite to say he had been tossing and turning because of something Sui Yi said.

Having an unpredictable boss was genuinely exhausting.

But they did indeed have a safe night. He quickly had breakfast with Lin Yun and left. In fact, among all of them, Lin Yun was the safest, Sui Yi and the others weren’t worried about her well-being. As for Gong Jiu and Flower Demon, they had disappeared early in the morning, naturally, Yhan Qingwu also had to go back and see her mother, who lived nearby...