When they reached home, Fang Yusheng walked into the courtyard and smelled a very special scent.

  He sniffed the air and doubtfully asked Qiao Jiusheng. “What soup is Aunt Jin making? It smells weird.”


  Qiao Jiusheng just smiled mysteriously.

  When Fang Yusheng entered the house, Aunt Jin shouted at the top of her lungs, “Young Master Yusheng, quick. Go upstairs and take a bath!”


  Although his room had been moved downstairs, Fang Yusheng’s bathtub was still upstairs.

  He looked confused as Qiao Jiusheng and Aunt Jin led him upstairs. When he saw the grapefruit leaf bath water in the bathtub, his expression finally changed. “You want me to use this to bathe?” He hated this bath water that had a smell.

  Fang Yusheng used to shower with some spices in it. But grapefruit leaves…


  “It’s good to bathe in grapefruit leaves to get rid of bad luck!” Aunt Jin’s chubby body blocked Fang Yusheng’s escape route.

  Qiao Jiusheng leaned against the window and faintly looked at him. Her eyes were filled with a cold smile.

  Fang Yusheng saw anger in those eyes.

  “Are you still angry?” He actually felt quite guilty.

  “Shouldn’t I be?” Qiao Jiusheng’s voice was lazy, but her anger was not mild.

  Fang Yusheng had not told Qiao Jiusheng about the plan he and Yan Nuo had created. Hence, Qiao Jiusheng had been really worried about him these few days. Qiao Jiusheng did not tell Fang Yusheng that she seldom closed her eyes these three days. Whenever she did, she would dream of his tragic death.

  She had been a little afraid.

  Without Fang Yusheng, this small building was extremely empty, and it made Qiao Jiusheng panic.

  However, she did not tell Fang Yusheng any of this. She did not want Fang Yusheng to see her in such a fragile state. Furthermore, if Fang Yusheng were to find out about that, he would probably be secretly delighted.

  Although Qiao Jiusheng did not say anything, Fang Yusheng could sense the grievance and resentment in her smiling eyes.

  He suddenly felt a strong sense of guilt and heartache for her.

  “Ah Sheng.” He raised his hand and waved at her, saying, “Come here, let’s go in together.”


  Qiao Jiusheng stood there without moving. Just when Fang Yusheng thought that she would reject him, she walked over to him.

  Aunt Jin went downstairs.

  Qiao Jiusheng took off her pajamas, and Fang Yusheng carried her into the bathtub.

  The bathtub was huge, and the two of them could easily sit in it.

  Fang Yusheng picked up a leaf and tapped Qiao Jiusheng’s eyebrows. Suddenly, he said, “The past is the past. No matter how bitter the past is, you will be happy in the future.”


  Qiao Jiusheng was moved. She did not say anything and only looked at him.

  Fang Yusheng took the leaf and washed it in the water again. Then, he patted her forehead with it and said, “May the three of you be safe and the children be born healthy.”


  Qiao Jiusheng’s eyes softened.

  Fang Yusheng did the same thing a third time and said, “I’m willing to give you all my good luck. I wish you a peaceful life and no more hardships.”


  Qiao Jiusheng reached out a finger at the right time and blocked Fang Yusheng’s mouth. She said softly, “Keep your good luck for yourself.”


  Compared to her previous life, she was lucky enough in this life.

  Staring into Qiao Jiusheng’s serious eyes, Fang Yusheng fell silent for a moment. He then smiled. “Alright.”


  Qiao Jiusheng picked up a leaf, imitated Fang Yusheng, and tapped his forehead. After thinking for a while, she said, “One time to eliminate bad luck.”


  On the second tap, she said, “Two times for you to find peace.”


  On the third tap, she said slowly, “Three times for health.”


  On the fourth tap, she smiled and said, “Four times for you to get rich.”


  Fang Yusheng was speechless.

  If the last part weren’t mentioned, they could still be considered good friends. Really.

  After showering, the two of them headed downstairs to the bedroom without having dinner. They lay on the bed and chatted about their experiences over the past three days.

  Qiao Jiusheng had nothing to say. Other than worrying about Fang Yusheng, she did not do anything else. It was almost always Fang Yusheng who spoke. He told Qiao Jiusheng everything that had happened.

  When they were in Junyang City, Fang Yusheng was controlling the direction of the public opinion in Binjiang City from afar. He made Cheng Ke call the news agency and said that he wanted to expose Fang Mu’s secret information to agitate Fang Mu. When Fang Mu couldn’t tolerate it anymore, he would definitely act ruthlessly.

  Fang Mu did not disappoint Fang Yusheng and indeed made a move.

  There was only one assassination website in the world, and that was K web.

  Fang Yusheng had already contacted Yan Nuo and asked him to keep an eye on K web. Therefore, the moment Fang Mu sent out the mission, Yan Nuo accepted it. Yan Nuo was not only the head of a mercenary family but also a top assassin.

  Almost everyone would give him face.

  Therefore, when they saw Black accepting the bounty mission from Fang Mu, the other killers didn’t say anything.

  Fang Mu had planned everything but had failed. Black was a trap Fang Yusheng had set up for him. From the moment Fang Mu had evil intentions and logged into the K web to release the mission, he was destined to fail.

  Fang Yusheng and Black had worked together to put on a show to trick Fang Mu.

  Fang Mu had been utterly defeated this time.

  After listening to Fang Yusheng’s explanation, Qiao Jiusheng remained silent for a long time.

  Seeing her stay silent, Fang Yusheng was a little unhappy. “Do you think I’m too cold-blooded?” Fang Yusheng’s voice was low as he hid his anger.?

  Qiao Jiusheng stared at him before shaking her head.

  “I was thinking about something.”


  “What are you thinking about?”


  Qiao Jiusheng said to Fang Yusheng, “About Fang Mu’s childhood…”


  Fang Yusheng’s heart tightened. “What happened to his childhood? Who said anything to you?” He had always been paying attention to the people around Qiao Jiusheng. Under his intentional surveillance, Qiao Jiusheng almost did not know about Fang Mu and Cheng Ke.

  Qiao Jiusheng did not think much of it at first, but when she saw how much Fang Yusheng cared for this, she became suspicious.

  “What exactly happened to Fang Mu when he was young?” she asked.

  Fang Yusheng’s expression turned ugly. He didn’t say anything.

  Qiao Jiusheng only looked at him. When she saw him like this, her pretty face turned cold. She suddenly asked, “Yusheng, are you hiding something from me?”


  If possible, Fang Yusheng really did not want Qiao Jiusheng to know about Fang Mu’s childhood. After all, she had loved Fang Mu before. If she knew about his childhood, she might sympathize with him and side with him.

  This was something Fang Yusheng did not want to see.

  Qiao Jiusheng saw Fang Yusheng’s reaction and suddenly realized that her questions were unfair toward him.

  “Forget it, I won’t ask anymore. Let’s go down and eat.”


  Qiao Jiusheng stood up and pretended to go out to eat.

  Seeing her get up, Fang Yusheng thought that she was angry. He panicked and tightly grabbed her hand. He said to her, “Ah Sheng, Fang Mu’s childhood was indeed very… but I wasn’t wrong. His mother did ruin my parents’ marriage. I didn’t like his birth either, but I didn’t harm him. He wanted to get rid of me many times.

  “Ah Sheng, I-I’m not as cold-blooded as you think.”


  Fang Yusheng was afraid that Qiao Jiusheng was afraid of him.

  Upon hearing this, Qiao Jiusheng smiled again. “What are you thinking about? I don’t mean to blame you. I’m just curious.”


  Fang Yusheng was relieved.

  He avoided the main point and said, “Mu Chen was an incompetent mother. She gave birth to a child but didn’t take care of him. Fang Mu was always hungry when he was young. He didn’t like living that kind of life. When he returned to the Fang family, he was afraid that we would chase him as my grandfather and I didn’t like him. To stay in the Fang family, he did many wrong things…”


  Fang Yusheng did not hide the stupid things that Fang Mu had done. He said frankly, “There’s something fishy about my grandfather’s death. It’s said that when he died, only Fang Mu was at home. I suspect that Fang Mu did not save my grandfather when he fell ill.” It was the same as him watching Fang Pingjue get bit by a poisonous snake and not helping him.

  “Also, he didn’t just want to kill me. He didn’t even let Mu Chen off.”


  When Qiao Jiusheng heard this, a look of disbelief appeared on her face. “How could that be? That’s his mother.”


  “So what?”?

  ?Fang Yusheng sneered and said, “To lead a good life and return to the Fang family, Fang Mu was so ruthless at a young age. He deliberately planned a car accident to kill Mu Chen. Do you know why Fang Mu suddenly released a snake to bite Father?”


  Qiao Jiusheng shook her head.

  After some thought, she understood. She probed on. “Because your father found evidence of his crime? Fang Mu was afraid that your father would find trouble with him, so he wanted to get rid of him?”


  “Smart.” Fang Yusheng scratched her nose and said, “Someone sent the video of Mu Chen’s car accident to Father. When Mu Chen was in a car accident, she didn’t die on the spot. She asked Fang Mu for help, but Fang Mu didn’t save her. Not only did he not save her, but he even stood beside her and watched her slowly die.”


  Fang Yusheng did not tell Qiao Jiusheng that he had gotten someone to pass the video to Fang Pingjue.

  Whether he was despicable or not, Fang Yusheng did not want Qiao Jiusheng to know what role he had played behind the scenes to kill Fang Mu step by step. He only wanted Qiao Jiusheng to see his good side.

  When Qiao Jiusheng heard his words, her heart turned cold and she felt that it was incredulous.

  “Let’s stop talking about it.” Afraid that she would hear more about Fang Mu’s cruelty and cold-bloodedness from Fang Yusheng, Qiao Jiusheng got up and left the room to go to the dining room.

  Seeing Qiao Jiusheng’s reaction, Fang Yusheng was satisfied.

  Before Qiao Jiusheng fell asleep, she browsed a shopping website to look at things related to baby toys and clothes.

  Fang Yusheng had not had a good rest for the past few days. He said to Qiao Jiusheng, “Ah Sheng, sleep early. Don’t play for too long. I’m going to sleep first.” He lay down, and after a while, his breathing became gentle.

  After he fell asleep, Qiao Jiusheng logged out of the shopping website, opened Tianya Forum, and searched for the topic on Binjiang City and Fang Mu. The young, rich, and handsome Fang Mu had always been popular among the netizens of Tianya Forum before he got married.

  The first few hundred posts were all topics of netizens discussing Fang Mu attempting to murder his brother.

  Qiao Jiusheng skimmed through all that. She flipped through more than ten pages before she found the old news.

  Qiao Jiusheng opened one article after another. When she clicked on the third article, she finally discovered something fishy.

  In this post, someone dug up the relationship between Mu Chen and Cheng Ke and mentioned that an artist had once given their beautiful son to Cheng Ke as a toy. There were many replies under the post. Many people were asking the original poster if the woman who gave the child to Cheng Ke was Mu Chen.

  The blogger’s reply was very thoughtful. He said, “Look through it carefully. Among the artists I mentioned who were involved with Cheng Ke, how many of them had children when they were with him? I won’t say much about the rest.”


  Qiao Jiusheng continued scrolling down and saw someone commenting that only two artists following Cheng Ke had children at that time.

  One was a man named Jiang Nan, and the other was Mu Chen.

  That person had even posted a photo of Jiang Nan’s daughter. His daughter looked ordinary and had small eyes. She really couldn’t match up to the “pretty and exquisite” child that the owner had mentioned. Hence, Mu Chen was the only candidate left.

  There was no need to continue.

  Many people agreed with the post. Some said that the original poster was spreading rumors, some said that Mu Chen would die a horrible death, and some said that Fang Mu was pitiful. Some even mocked and ridiculed Fang Mu, saying that he had slept with a man.

  Qiao Jiusheng felt depressed after reading the post.

  If what these people had guessed was true, then what Fang Mu had said in the afternoon about him having enough of hard times was probably not referring to his days of poverty, but the experiences of being used by his mother and being played by Cheng Ke.

  Qiao Jiusheng put down her phone and did not sleep for the entire night. She only closed her eyes when it was almost dawn.

  The next morning, Fang Yusheng woke up and realized that Qiao Jiusheng was still sleeping. He thought that perhaps she had not slept well because she had been so worried for him. Therefore, he did not disturb her. He got off the bed softly, changed his clothes, and went downstairs to eat.

  It was almost noon, and Qiao Jiusheng was still sleeping. Fang Yusheng decided to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau another day.

  He made a call to the police station and found out that Fang Mu’s interrogation had been completed. Fang Mu was currently locked up in the detention center, and Fang Yusheng would not be able to visit him again after the trial results were out. After thinking about it, Fang Yusheng decided to make a trip to the detention center.