C101 She Urgently Wanted an Answer

The two of them fell silent for a moment before Ye Tian burst out laughing.

"I'm just joking with you. Why are you so angry?"

Gu Qinian's thin lips moved as he denied, "I'm not angry."

"Alright, let's go." Ye Tian raised her eyebrows and turned around to return to her original route.

Gu Qinian looked at her back and his eyes darkened. He followed her a few steps.

As he walked beside her, he glanced at her out of the corner of his eye and pursed his lips, as if he was asking something unintentionally.

"Where did you go after your college entrance exam? Why are you in such a hurry? You didn't even notify your classmates."

Ye Tian didn't expect him to remember Mrs. Chen's words, nor did she expect him to suddenly mention it. She was stunned for a moment.

Sensing Gu Qinian's slightly scrutinizing gaze, her heart skipped a beat. She quickly took a bite of the kebab and replied vaguely.

Sensing Gu Qinian's slightly scrutinizing gaze, her heart skipped a beat. She quickly made up a lame excuse and said, "Hiss, it's so cold. Hurry up, hurry up. Let's go back!"

With that, she quickened her pace and avoided Gu Qinian's gaze.

On the way back, Gu Qinian didn't ask anything else. He went back to Jinghao Apartment in silence.

On the way back, Ye Tian was worried that Gu Qinian would ask her again out of the blue. She purposely yawned and waved her hand before going straight back to her room.

In the corridor, Gu Qinian looked at her quick footsteps, and a thought flashed across his eyes.

...

In the bedroom, Gu Qinian stood on the balcony.

The winter night was even colder. The cold wind was bone-chilling. He had already taken off his coat and was still wearing the thin shirt, but he did not feel cold.

Looking at the night sky outside the window, his angular face was hard to distinguish. His dark eyes were even darker than the night sky.

After a while, he took out his phone and dialed Yan Siyuan's number.

The other end of the phone was quickly picked up, and a deafening music came from the receiver.

Gu Qinian frowned and put his phone away.

"Qinian? Wait for me."

Yan Siyuan looked at the name on the screen and then gestured to his friend beside him. He got up and walked out of the room. He leaned against the corridor and asked, "What's wrong?"

Gu Qinian went straight to the point, "How's the investigation going?"

Hearing that, Yan Siyuan's indifferent face became slightly serious and he replied to him seriously.

"There is no result yet. The other party is very cunning and has already concealed himself. He has not made any movements during this period of time, so it's not easy to catch him."

After saying that, he raised his eyebrows. "Are you really so suspicious about this matter? When you were doing the operation that year, you didn't know anything?"

Gu Qinian raised his hand and pinched the space between his eyebrows. There was a hint of fatigue in his eyes.

"When I was doing the operation that year, my parents were not around. It was Ye Yongcheng who arranged for the operation to be done in the hospital branch. No one knew about it."

"You suspect Ye Yongcheng?"

"All the medical staff in the hospital who had operated on him before have resigned. It's very hard to not suspect him."

"It is indeed suspicious," Yan Siyuan nodded, but he did not deny it. "But even though it's very suspicious, it can't be used as a decisive evidence to prove anything."

Gu Qinian was silent.

After a few seconds, Yan Siyuan raised his eyebrows and asked, "But if Ye Yongcheng and his daughter really did something, they probably didn't expect you to investigate. Didn't you believe it too? Why did you suddenly suspect them?"

Gu Qinian stared at the dark night, his eyes dark.

"What does a woman say to another woman that she has taken over the nest?"

Yan Siyuan was stunned for a moment before he reacted.

"You mean... Ye Tian said that Ye Ziyan has taken over the nest?"

He paused for a moment, then continued with a slightly dark expression, "The two of them are in the Ye family, and there is no family conflict. The only conflict is... you."

Gu Qinian's eyes flashed, and his voice was low, "Ye Tian went missing for a period of time after the college entrance examination four years ago. She said that she went abroad, but I checked. During that period of time, she didn't have any record of entering or leaving the country. She was lying."

"Do you think she's covering up something?"

Gu Qinian did not answer but asked, "Isn't the answer obvious?"

Yan Siyuan pursed his lips and said cautiously, "Maybe it's something else that has nothing to do with you."

This time, Gu Qinian did not answer.

After a while, his face turned cold, his eyes dark, and his voice was cold and firm.

"We must find out what happened four years ago as soon as possible."

He had never been so persistent in the past twenty years.

But now, he was eager to get an answer, an answer that could open up his heart.

...

The next day, Ye Tian woke up and did not see Gu Qinian. Instead, Mrs. Liu came back.

"Morning, Miss Ye. Go downstairs to eat after packing up."

Ye Tian smiled. "Morning, Mrs. Liu. What happened at home yesterday? Why did you suddenly go back?"

She asked casually, but Mrs. Liu was confused. "Nothing happened. The Young Master gave me a day off, so I went back to see my wife."

Ye Tian was stunned when she heard that.

She suddenly remembered what Gu Qinian had said yesterday and could not help but feel puzzled.

This doubt lingered in her mind until she went to eat at the table. It was only after Mrs. Liu's words did it clear up.

"Oh right, Miss Ye, I heard that you won the first place in the competition. Congratulations. I wonder where the Young Master took you to celebrate. You must be very happy."

Ye Tian choked on her porridge before she could swallow it. She coughed continuously.

Mrs. Liu patted her back to help her catch her breath.

After a while, Ye Tian stopped coughing, and her eyes were filled with surprise.

Several seemingly unrelated matters were pieced together, and everything seemed to suddenly have meaning.

She thought of his phone call after the competition, thought of him sitting on the balcony with a dark light, thought of his early return yesterday afternoon, and thought of the beef hotpot yesterday...

Her heart felt like it was melting. The sweet taste spread through her blood to her entire body. The corner of her lips curled up silently. There was something quietly climbing up in her heart.

...

After arriving at the company, Ye Tian sat in her seat for the entire morning, thinking about Liu Yuqing's magazine cover.

In the public office hall, other than the occasional chatter, there was only the sound of the chair moving and the pages flipping.

However, when it was almost noon, the office hall suddenly became lively. The whispers were getting louder and louder.

Ye Tian's thoughts were interrupted. She curiously raised her head and looked around.

With a glance, she was surprised to find that there were many gazes that were focused on her from time to time.

"..."

What was going on? Why were they all looking at her? Was there a horn on her head?

Just as she was puzzled, the sound of high heels stepping on the ground could be heard. It came from afar and stopped beside her.

Immediately after, a mocking voice sounded above her head.

"Ye Tian, I thought you were very capable, but it turns out that you are so unscrupulous just for the first place in a small competition."