Hearing Dai Weiwei's suggestion, Xiao Yi restrained his smile, and looked at Dai Weiwei with a suddenly cold look in his eyes. Dai Weiwei was so scared that she took a step back, but with Xiao Yi's arms around her back, she couldn't maintain a suitable distance.

Dai Weiwei's heart trembled, and she smiled awkwardly: "Since you like living here, then stay here forever. I suggested this because I saw that you were not in a good state just now. Are you angry?"

After hearing her words, Xiao Yi turned back to his gentle and warm self. He turned his head and glanced at the green forest path below. There was no one there. The girl walking the dog seemed like an illusion. He suppressed the chill in his heart and looked at Dai Weiwei affectionately, "It's cold outside, let's go in."

Dai Weiwei stiffened his body and said "hmm".

Shen Zhao brought Xiao Bai back to the old lady and naturally found a chair to sit down. She looked at the old lady and asked, "Grandma, what happened in our building? Why is it so sinister?"

The old lady's face became more serious. She carefully took Shen Zhao's hand and asked her to sit next to her. In the empty hall, she said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Ai Ai, don't get involved in the affairs of this building."

"Hey?" Shen Zhao looked at the old lady in surprise, "Grandma, tell me, what's going on?"

The old lady suddenly stood up from Shen Zhao's side. She walked carefully to the door and turned the cover of the peephole with her hand. She looked outside the door, probably to see if there was anyone there. After a while, she returned to Shen Zhao's side and said, "There's a resident in this building who died a month ago. The house has been empty for a month."

Shen Zhao thought the old lady's words sounded quite meaningless, but how did the old lady know that someone had died in this building? A month ago? When she came here today, she only saw a cordon on the sixth floor, but not at the main entrance of the lobby. Besides, the news didn't report where the person had died...

She glanced at the old lady and shook her arm coquettishly, "Grandma, tell me, he hasn't been back for a month, how did you know?"

The old lady was obviously very pleased with this trick. She tapped Shen Zhao's forehead and said, "You are so clever. I didn't know it earlier. I only knew that one day, the police came and sealed off the house on the sixth floor! It was a big scene. Guess what happened?"

"How could you guess that, Grandma?"

"Of course there were people in other buildings who were curious about the situation. They came over to ask the police officers what was going on. The police officers were very tight-lipped and didn't reveal anything! Later, several people asked again, but the police officers rejected their questions one by one. Even the odd jobs didn't know! Don't you think this is a mystery?"

“That’s a mystery indeed.”

The old lady nodded. "At first, we didn't know anything. We just knew that those people entered that family's house and took out a lot of things, boxes and boxes. We thought it was not a big deal. We thought it was an economic crime. They wanted to collect information or something. Isn't that what they show on TV?"

"Indeed, and then what?"

"Then," the old lady said with a flash of fear in her eyes, "Ai Ai, I told you not to get involved in this!"

"But you haven't said anything yet!"

The old lady glanced at the door again, and she became quiet, as if she was listening to the noise outside. After a long while, she stared at Shen Zhao, "Ai Ai, you've been out for a month! One day, probably before the police came, I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't fall asleep, so I went to the living room to get a glass of water. It was late at night and there was a sound outside, right outside our door, a tapping sound. I put on my clothes and walked out, without turning on the lights and closing the door. I walked out quietly. When I passed the emergency exit, a dark shadow flashed across the glass window and I almost fell down!"

Shen Zhao's face was also full of solemnity when he heard this. Who would be so bold as to walk in the safety passage in the middle of the night? And leave the elevator unused.

She patted the old lady's hand and said, "Don't be afraid, grandma, I'm here!"

"Yes! Yes!" The old lady nodded with emotion, and then continued: "I didn't follow him, I didn't dare, who knows who that person is! I didn't even dare to open the door of the emergency passage, I just returned home, I was very energetic at the time, I just sat in the living room," she pointed to where Shen Zhao was sitting, "I sat here, about half an hour later, there was a tapping sound outside again, I went out again, this time I almost scared to death!"

"I heard him talking. He said that the house had been ransacked a long time ago, and there weren't many things left, but he still found them in a hidden corner. He said that the owner of the house would always cause trouble for others after his death!" The old lady clenched Shen Zhao's hand, "You said Ai Ai, the owner of that house might be dead! I later contacted the police officers and found out. Although they didn't say it, I guessed it."

Shen Zhao's eyes flashed with coldness after hearing this, but when he looked up at the old lady, his eyes quickly retreated, "Yes, according to what you said, that family should have died completely, with no remains left!"

"That's so scary! So, Ai Ai, don't get involved in this matter! You must be careful!"

Shen Zhao patted the old lady's dry hands and said, "Don't be afraid, grandma. I won't get involved. Don't worry."

"That's good, that's good..." the old lady said several times in a row.

Shen Zhao packed up her things and left the house with the old lady's farewell. She paused when she passed the security door on the side of the corridor. The glass window was not transparent. There was a small window in the security corridor, from which some light could shine in. It was not surprising that the old lady saw a dark shadow in the dark night. She raised her eyes to the ceiling, as if she wanted to see through the wall to see her house. What was hidden in the house that she didn't even know about? Did those people want to kill her in order to get that thing?

Shen Zhao felt that a lot of questions lingered in her mind, and she couldn't come up with a definite answer for a while, but the old lady's words undoubtedly gave her a lot of clues.

She took out her cell phone and looked at the time on it. It was getting late and there was still time to go back to school. As for the secret in her room, she probably wouldn't find anything useful if she broke into it now because those things had already been ransacked. The old lady only heard the noise for one day, but a month is so long, and it's unknown how many groups of people have gone in.

Shen Zhao suddenly felt fortunate for the decision she had made. She did not rush back when she woke up again. If she had really come back, she might have died a second time. Those people must have been monitoring her during this period!

She came out of Luhu Yajing and quickly hailed a taxi back to the back street of Deyan. To her surprise, the group of young men were still waiting at the exit of the back street, but the one named Ji Zhengxuan had already left.

She walked over without looking around, and didn't want to cause any trouble, but to her surprise, the group of people actually made way for her leisurely. She glanced suspiciously at the golden retriever who had been squatting at the exit blocking the way, and murmured, "Why are they so well-behaved this time?"

The golden-haired man was a little angry after hearing this, and even his eyebrows seemed to stand up. He raised his eyes and stared at Shen Zhao impatiently, "If it wasn't for Brother Xuan's order, I wouldn't do this!"

Shen Zhao just raised his eyebrows and said "thank you".

The backstreets were very desolate at night, but the group of people added a bit of life to the desolation.

The ordinary-looking young man, Du Ren, got off the taxi not far away when Shen Zhao walked towards the back door of Deyan. He walked slowly to the golden-haired man.

The golden-haired man looked at him provocatively, "How did you complete the task that Brother Xuan asked you to do? If I hadn't dyed my hair golden, this task would have been given to me."

Du Ren glanced at the golden-haired boy calmly, "Where's Brother Xuan?"

"I fell asleep in the club."

"I'll go find him." After saying that, Du Ren walked towards the club.

Shen Zhao took big steps and soon entered Deyan from the back door. At this time, only two floors of the teaching building were still brightly lit. That was the world only for senior high school students. She suppressed her melancholy and walked towards the main entrance. It should be time for the driver to pick her up.

Shen Zhao thought that her deployment was very secretive, but she didn't know that all of this had already fallen into the eyes of someone. If she was really Shen Zhao, Mu Yanchen would do as she wished and not care about anything. As usual, he would see her once a month, or even not at all. But now it is different. Mu Yanchen has discovered her difference. Her every move is destined to not escape Mu Yanchen's sight, and he wants more.

When Situ Rui was sent by Mu Yanchen to find out Shen Zhao's every move, he thought that Shen Zhao might betray Mu Yanchen, but the information he collected surprised him. She didn't do anything. She didn't go home at night but just helped an old lady walk her dog. This was very incredible, but the place she went happened to be that person's residential area. Was it a coincidence?

Situ Rui suppressed his doubts and handed the information to Mu Yanchen.

When Mu Yanchen knew that Shen Zhao would not be able to go home after finishing her midterm exam, he changed his habit. He often sat by the window on the side where he could see the driveway of the manor, and sat there for the whole day. When Shen Zhao came back, he would move from there to her room. Situ Rui was secretly shocked to see such a change. This was the treatment that only that person had. Could it be that someone else has changed now?

Mu Yanchen took the information and read it slowly, as if he wanted to study it word by word. Situ Rui, who was standing nearby, prayed silently for Shen Zhao, hoping that she would not die miserably when she returned today. After all, Mu Yanchen could not accept deception.

Mu Yanchen finished reading it silently, and then Situ Rui watched him put the information into the shredder, watching the originally good information become shredded and could no longer be pieced together to its original appearance.

Mu Yanchen looked up at the clock on the wall and said, "She should be back soon."

There was no anger, and even the tone seemed to be filled with anticipation. Situ Rui suspected that he had heard it wrong.

As if in response to Mu Yanchen's request, the lights on the driveway of the manor came on, and the driver brought Shen Zhao back.

Soon, the sound of Shen Zhao coming upstairs was heard. Situ Rui was already waiting in front of the study. "Miss Shen, you're back."

Shen Zhao felt that Situ Rui's attitude towards her had changed recently, from distrust at the beginning to respect now, but she was not the manager of this manor, and Situ Rui had no reason to treat her like this. This was something she couldn't figure out recently, but forget it, as long as it was not directed at her.

She nodded in response, "How are you today, Mr. Mu?"

"Pretty good." Everything is normal except when you are not around, Situ Rui complained in his heart, but he couldn't say it out loud because the people sitting in the study might have been eavesdropping.

"I'll go see him." Shen Zhao said.

Situ Rui quickly gave up his position and completely handed Mu Yanchen over to her.

After confirming their relationship that night, Shen Zhao returned to school the next day. Before she had time to feel shy, many things came flooding upon her. Tonight was probably the first time she officially faced him since then. Her heart beat faster involuntarily, and her face turned red. She felt her face and even her limbs were hot.

She was silent for a moment, then reached out and knocked on the door.

"Come in."

The magnetic male voice inside started to speak.

Shen Zhao didn't care about being shy. As long as the treatment was not over, she couldn't be separated from him for too long, so she pushed the door and walked in.

Maybe it was a problem with her eyes, but Mu Yanchen was much gentler tonight than usual. His peripherals were no longer sharp spikes, but seemed to be coated with a layer of faint warm light, and his whole body seemed to have a faint tenderness, but the look in his eyes when he looked at her was full of heat, which made her blush.

"Come here," he said to her.

Shen Zhao seemed to have lost self-control and walked towards him slowly. When she was half a meter away from him, he pulled her forward. She felt dizzy and sat on his thighs. Although his legs were thin and a little uncomfortable, Shen Zhao could still feel his body temperature rising rapidly.

She placed her hands on his chest and moved a little further away so that she wouldn't be completely nestled in his arms.

She looked up at him, and all she saw was his perfect jawline and his chin which had not grown much flesh yet. She felt distressed and wondered when she could get him back to health. "How do you feel today?" she asked softly, her voice as small as a firefly, but he still heard it.

He buried his head in her shoulder, sniffing her faint fragrance. "It's good. I don't feel tired waiting for you to come back today."

After hearing what he said, Shen Zhao suddenly felt a little guilty, but that was about the truth of her life, and she couldn't give up any related clues.

She put her arm around his back and stroked it gently, "I'll try to finish my homework quickly and come back to accompany you?"

Mu Yanchen suppressed the slight disappointment in his eyes. He knew that she was investigating now, but after establishing a relationship with her that day, he expected more. He hoped that she would be like him and could not live without him. He put his arm around her back, pressed her heavily into his arms, and responded faintly.

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