Are you stupid? I am the villain behind the scenes

Not wanting to dwell on the past any longer, Ji Xianchen began to work on this wooden sailboat.

There was an imperceptible dent on the hull. Ji Xianchen pressed it down slightly with his thumb. With a "click" sound, a secret compartment popped out from the bottom of the boat.

Then Ji Xianchen saw that there was a letter lying quietly in the secret compartment, and there was a silver ring on the letter.

Ji Xianchen's gaze fell on the ring, and a hint of strangeness appeared in his eyes.

This didn't seem to be the ring that my mother wore on her hand in my memory.

But since it appears here, it must be my mother's.

Without further ado, Ji Xianchen took out the two items and returned to the front.

Qin Shuheng moved the unconscious Elder Lu to a chair, otherwise it would be difficult to explain when he woke up.

Qin Shuheng saw Ji Xianchen coming back and was about to say something, but the latter said first: "Give me the address of the former Xuan Lord."

Qin Shuheng was stunned for a moment. After coming to his senses, he quickly said, "Brother, you're asking me? How would I know the address of the former Xuan Lord?"

Ji Xianchen just stared at Qin Shuheng, "Give it to me, don't make me say it for the third time."

With such a firm tone, no matter how dumb Qin Shuheng was, he still reacted, "Third brother, you...know everything."

Knowing that he was the former Xuan Lord's man.

Ji Xianchen didn't say anything, but the answer was already obvious.

"I really don't know where the former Xuan Lord is. I communicate with him by sending messages." Qin Shuheng said helplessly. He was puzzled in his heart and couldn't understand how he was exposed.

Ji Xianchen: "Then send it to him now and ask him."

Qin Shuheng listened and slowly put his hand into his pocket, but did not take out his phone. Instead, he said, "Third brother, you also know my identity, so I will tell you frankly. If you want the address, you want to hand over the former Xuan Lord to the family. I'm sorry that I can't obey your order."

He held the phone tightly in his hand, ready to destroy it immediately if Ji Xianchen tried to snatch it.

In short, no matter what, he would not betray the former Xuan Lord.

Ji Xianchen looked at Qin Shuheng's tense expression and wanted to ask him, what was so good about Fu Lan that made him protect her so wholeheartedly?

Of course, he just thought about it in his mind and didn't really ask it. This was his choice and Ji Xianchen had no right to interfere.

"I have something I need to ask him in person. It's very important."

Ji Xianchen deliberately emphasized the three words "very important" to let Qin Shuheng know that he had no intention of hurting Fu Lan.

Qin Shuheng also understood what Ji Xianchen meant. He hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed. "Okay, Third Brother, I believe you. I will ask the former Xuan Lord right now."

After saying that, Qin Shuheng took out his mobile phone, slid his fingers quickly across the screen, and edited the message.

He first expressed Ji Xianchen's intention to meet him, and then asked him if he wanted to meet him.

After the message was sent, the other party replied in less than three seconds.

Qin Shuheng looked at the reply and his expression became a little embarrassed.

He pursed his lips and said, "Third brother, the former Xuan Lord said he would not see him."

Ji Xianchen didn't react much, as if he had already expected Fu Lan to refuse.

"Take a photo and send it to him, saying that this is what his wife left for him. See if he still sees it." Ji Xianchen slightly raised the letter in his hand and motioned Qin Shuheng to take a photo.

Qin Shuheng did as he was told, took the photos and sent them over.

The other party still responded quickly, but this time the answer was the opposite.

"Third brother, the former Xuan Lord agreed to meet!"

"This is the address." Qin Shuheng read out the address.

Ji Xianchen wrote down the address and prepared to go find Fu Lan.

Before leaving, he specifically told Qin Shuheng: "Keep an eye on Elder Lu. If I don't come back before he wakes up, you know what to do."

Qin Shuheng nodded solemnly, "Third brother, don't worry, I'm here."

……

After driving all the way to the destination, Ji Xianchen got out of the car and looked at the dilapidated building in front of him that looked like no one lived in. He once suspected that the address given by Fu Lan was fake.

Is he really here?

But on second thought, if Fu Lan really didn't want to see me, he could just refuse directly. There was no need to give a fake address.

This must be the place.

Ji Xianchen strode up to the door covered with vines. Just as he was about to raise his hand to knock, the door creaked open by itself.

It was so dark inside that one could hardly see anything. The only light that penetrated the darkness was a ray of light that came in when the door opened.

Ji Xianchen stepped into the room, and the door behind him closed silently.

The space fell into darkness again.

Ji Xianchen stood there, his eyes slowly adjusted to the darkness, then he looked around and discovered the source of the darkness.

Because all the windows were sealed, no sunlight could get in.

Not long after, Ji Xianchen heard the sound of someone walking on the stairs.

"Dong Dong Dong", again and again, slowly and heavily, it sounds particularly clear in this silent space.

Ji Xianchen just waited quietly for the man to come over without saying a word.

A strong smell of alcohol first entered my nose, and then a deep voice broke the silence -

"Let me know."

After five years, Ji Xianchen couldn't tell what he felt when he heard his father's voice again. Maybe it was resentment, maybe it was sadness, but it was definitely not missing him.

Perhaps because Ji Xianchen had been waiting for too long for a response, Fu Lan urged him again: "Give me the letter."

This time there was some impatience in his tone.

Ji Xianchen stared closely at Fu Lan, whose figure he could only vaguely see in front of him, and said, "You can believe me, but you have to answer a question for me first."

"Just one question? Okay, go ahead." Fu Lan agreed readily.

Ji Xianchen took a deep breath, his hands unconsciously clenched into fists, and then he slowly asked: "Twenty-one years ago, Li Cenyuan, Shen Lanyi and Gu Tu were in trouble one after another. Was it you who did it?"

"It seems that you know a lot. Yes, I did it." Fu Lan admitted it directly without hesitation.

When Ji Xianchen heard this, his whole body froze, as if the blood in his body had stopped flowing.

The last glimmer of hope was completely shattered.

It turns out it was really him...

After a long while, Ji Xianchen finally found his voice, "Why...why did you do this? Is it because they are from the Shi family?"

His voice trembled with deep despair.

Fu Lan replied coldly: "Yes, it's because they are from aristocratic families."

“Why them, why them…” Ji Xianchen murmured, backing away as he spoke. He did not stop until his back was against the door.

He roared hoarsely: "But they have never done anything to harm others!"

"So what if she didn't do it?" Fu Lan asked, "Didn't your mother do it either? But did the family let her go?"

"No! They transferred me and then brutally killed her. I was just taking revenge! Everyone in their family deserves to die!" Fu Lan became more and more excited as he spoke, his face full of twisted hatred.

"So you'd better behave yourself. If you get in the way of my revenge for Yuzhen, I won't hesitate to get rid of you." Fu Lan warned coldly.

No one can stop him from taking revenge, even if that person is his own son.

After these words were spoken, neither of them spoke any more and the surroundings fell into silence.

After a while, Fu Lan was the first to calm down.

"Leave the letter here, you can go."

"You will regret this." Ji Xianchen left this sentence, threw the letter to the ground, turned around and ran out.

The moment the door opened, light shone on Fu Lan's only remaining right eye.

Ji Xianchen left without looking back, and did not notice the pain that flashed in his father's eyes at that moment.

The room lighted up and darkened as the door opened, as if their father-son relationship had been broken into two from that moment on, with one struggling in the light and the other sinking in the darkness.

After looking at the closed door for a few seconds, Fu Lan slowly walked over, bent down and picked up the letter on the ground, but the hand holding the letter was shaking.

Although he had received the letter, Fu Lan did not dare to open it.

He didn't dare to think about the reason for the existence of this letter.

Why would Yuzhen write a letter and leave it there? Did she know she was going to die?

If she knew, why didn't she tell him...

Fu Lan couldn't help but recall the time when he was temporarily called away by the aristocratic family. Ji Yuzhen looked at him with an expression that seemed to be saying goodbye.

The scene of that day was now magnified and clearer in Fu Lan's mind.

He suddenly understood the emotions in Ji Yuzhen's eyes: reluctance, worry, and an indescribable determination.

Thinking of this, Fu Lan's heart suddenly tightened and it hurt so much that he couldn't breathe.

He closed his eyes in pain, squatted down, and grabbed his hair tightly with both hands.

outside the house.

Ji Xianchen almost staggered towards the parking space.

There were several large stones scattered on the ground around the car. Ji Xianchen didn't pay attention to his feet, so he was tripped by a stone and was about to fall forward.

Just when he was about to hit the car, a hand appeared and grabbed him in time.