“He is being wary of you,” said Hu Ran helplessly to Third Brother.

  “There are things that I can close one eye to. But some, I must let Grandpa know about them. This is my limit.”


  Hu Ran smiled at Third Brother. “You are still so loyal to Huang Yao despite how your grandfather treats you.”


  “They are two different matters. Huang Yao is not just the hard work of Grandpa alone. It is the hard work of every Sheng family member. Huang Yao is the home built by the Sheng family bit by bit. Nobody is willing to give up unless it is a last resort. Eighth Brother chose to leave the Sheng family and established Zhongteng only because he could not take it anymore at that time.”


  While they were talking, a servant suddenly knocked on the door.

  Third Brother looked at the door. He quickly jumped onto the bed and pulled the blanket to cover himself and Hu Ran together. “Who is it?”


  “Third Young Master, Master asked me to send the medicine to you.”


  Third Brother got up to open the door. He asked the servant to leave the things on the table and leave. The servant could not help observing the room. When he was sure that there was nothing weird in the room, he walked out of the room and closed the door for them.

  The two let out a breath of relief only after the servant had left. Third Brother wanted to sleep on the couch, but Hu Ran stopped him. “Just sleep on the bed.”


  “Huh?”


  “We are husband and wife anyway. It is a fact. Switch off the lights and sleep already.” Having said that, Hu Ran closed her eyes somewhat awkwardly, leaving Third Brother standing beside the bed, confused……

  In the other room, Sheng Kai and Gu Ziling were resting after an intense workout on the bed.

  Sheng Kai felt rather uneasy about having Third Brother in the company. “I was not at all easy when Third Brother came to the meeting today. I have always thought that he was a quiet one and never bothered about the fights for power in the family. But looking at him in these few days, I’ve changed my mind. Maybe it’s because I sensed danger, I am being very wary of him.”


  “He can sense it,” said Gu Ziling, “I am just worried that he will want to fight with you!”


  “You mean him?”


  Sheng Kai obviously did not believe it. “He has no interest in the position as the crown prince.”


  “Kai, it’s different now. You know how Grandpa treated him. Grandpa treated him as if he was a criminal. So, I don’t think he was willing to marry Hu Ran because he had accepted his fate. I think he wants to retaliate. He wants to make use of Grandpa’s guilt toward him. Haven’t you seen how good he is in making use of this advantage?”


  Sheng Kai was stunned when she heard her words.

  “If he really is competing with you, what will happen to you?”


  “It was me who settled the mess Eighth Brother had left behind. We worked so hard to finally improve the business of Huang Yao. Do you think I will hand over the result of my hard work to another person?” Sheng Kai was determined. “Third Brother is just a deputy CEO. I can easily find faults with him in many things. I will find a chance to do that in the next few days. I must let him know who the boss is in Huang Yao.”


  And before going to bed, Gu Ziling received a phone call from Hu Ran’s stepmother.

  She had no idea how that woman obtained her phone number.

  The woman invited her to meet up tomorrow. Since Hu Ran’s stepmother was most probably the person who knew Hu Ran the best, Gu Ziling thought it might be a good thing to meet up. She did not believe that she could not find a way to control Hu Ran.

  “Right, now that it is almost reaching year end, the charity dinner is also around the corner. I am not going this time. You can attend the dinner in Huang Yao’s name,” Sheng Kai said to Gu Ziling before falling asleep, “Those kinds of occasions are meant for the ladies anyway.”


  “Mmm.” Gu Ziling agreed.

  In the meantime, her whole mind was not thinking about how she could punish her retarded sister-in-law anymore. Instead, she was thinking about how she could steal the spotlight from Mu Qiqi.

  But it was all under the presumption that Mu Qiqi was going for the occasion.

  Although Mu Qiqi was focusing on her studies, she would still make time to attend the public affairs for Zhongteng. Whenever there were occasions that she had to attend in the name of Zhongteng to attract publicity for the company, she would never waste the chance.

  Since her man had been working so hard to build a new business network, she would of course need to mingle around with the rich women and ladies to broaden their network. Otherwise, she would look rather immature.

  Hence, Gu Ziling’s wish was considered achieved, barely.

  On one hand, she was dealing with Hu Ran. And on the other, she was jealous of Mu Qiqi. What a busy life she had!

  Apparently, Feng Shanshan wanted to invite Mu Qiqi to conduct an experiment that night, but Mu Qiqi turned down her offer. “I am going to a charity dinner that day. You can just go by yourself.”


  “Does that mean that that person from the Sheng family is going as well?”


  “Who? You mean Gu Ziling? I’m not sure.” Mu Qiqi shook her head.

  “Please teach her a lesson for me. She never forgot to humiliate me when I went to Sheng Mansion to report you.”


  Mu Qiqi glared at her, pretending not to hear anything. “Is there any progress on the case that night?”


  Feng Shanshan stopped talking when she thought of what they saw that night.

  “Since there was a baby in the stomach of the man, I think it must carry some meaning. It looks like a revenge or something, as if wanting the man to feel the pain of giving birth to a baby.”


  “I have gotten in touch with the professor. You can tell him your opinion about the case.” Feng Shanshan passed her phone to Mu Qiqi.

  Although they were frightened, they were still curious about the progress of the case.

  Their desire to seek the truth was unstoppable even if they were not officially recruited into the police force yet.

  “Professor told me that the man had five children. And they were all girls.”


  “Seems like he had been wanting a son?” Feng Shanshan made such a guess as some families were still very much holding on to a patriarchal mindset.

  “But his wife died after giving birth to the fifth daughter. And the weird thing is, this man had been doing his best for his daughters although eight years had passed since the incident.”


  “How deep is the hatred the culprit has toward that man that he could hide it for eight years, only to explode now?”


  Mu Qiqi shook her head. “It’s still very difficult for us to make comprehensive deductions with the little experience that we have.”


  “Regarding this, I bet the young mistress of the Sheng family will definitely use your occupation to cause trouble during the charity dinner.”


  “Did I conduct an autopsy on the body of her family?” Mu Qiqi was aware of it. “She could humiliate you, but not me.”


  “Then I shall look forward to the outcome.” Feng Shanshan winked at Mu Qiqi.

  What an ill-wisher!

  If Third Brother brought along Miss Hu Ran, things would get rather interesting. However, Hu Ran might not go to such gatherings. Because there was a high chance of her secret being exposed. Besides, would Qianqian go for the dinner as well?

  It had been a long time since she had confronted the Shengs. She was somehow looking forward to it.