Chapter 101: The Secret Chamber in the Study

Su Xiyan returned to the Yan Family Old Residence; Yan Laotaiye and Yan Moci were not at home.

Although she had already developed a silent understanding with Yan Moci, to avoid outsiders discovering it, Su Xiyan still stayed in the guest room.

After finishing the dinner Zhang Ma had prepared for her, she thought of her previous research, turned and went to Yan Moci's study, intending to use his computer to construct models and run simulation algorithms.

Time passed quickly, Su Xiyan's research made great progress, and she felt very happy inside.

After stretching and standing up, her steps while moving became much more lively.

Su Xiyan couldn't help but walk over to the string of Jade Ruyi, carefully examining this one that was exactly like hers, and she couldn't help but think of the Jade Ruyi she had accidentally lost.

She murmured, "I wonder how Madame Su is doing..."

While she was thinking, Su Xiyan became a bit absent-minded; as she turned, she accidentally knocked over a vase and hurriedly reached to catch it.

But just as she picked up the vase, she bumped into a larger vase beside it; seeing the vase about to fall, Su Xiyan had no choice but to close her eyes.

However, the expected sound of the vase shattering did not come.

Instead, there was a sound of a door opening.

Su Xiyan looked in surprise at the suddenly opened secret chamber door of the study before her.

After frowning in confusion, Su Xiyan walked inside.

After passing through a long, dark tunnel, Su Xiyan arrived at a room.

The room was filled with photos of a strange woman, and her expression gradually shifted from youthful gentleness to increasingly miserable as time passed.

By the last photo, merely through the pictures, Su Xiyan could feel the sorrow and despair the woman conveyed.

It was as if this woman's brief life, after her affection had been worn away, left only endless suffering.

Seeing the woman's eyebrows and eyes so similar to Yan Moci's, Su Xiyan knew without guessing that this woman was Yan Moci's mother, Ding Yingxue.

This name, which cannot be mentioned anywhere in the Yan Family, is a taboo.

According to Yan Moci, when Ding Yingxue met with misfortune years ago, he was abroad; the signal there was blocked, and by the time he received the news, Ding Yingxue had already been cremated and buried.

Yan Moci, who hurried back to the country, received only this message:

Ding Yingxue was caught in the act of adultery; ashamed to face the world, she committed suicide a few days later, and the man with whom she had the affair, upon hearing of her death, soon hanged himself at home.

To preserve the Yan Family's reputation, Yan Laotaiye announced outwardly that it was the fault of Yan Moci's father, Yan Qinian, and covered everything up.

But Yan Moci never believed his mother could be such a person; after that, he never left the capital city or the Yan Family.

All this was to investigate the truth of his mother's cause of death.

Not long after, Yan Qinian slipped and fell from a hill during an outing; his death was ultimately ruled an accident by the police.

Half a year later, Yan Moci had a car accident on his way home from work; the driver died on the spot, and Yan Moci became a vegetative state for five years.

To this day, the true mastermind behind Yan Moci's car accident has not been found.

And as Yan Moci remained comatose from that time, Ding Yingxue's death is no longer mentioned by anyone.

Even if it is brought up, the only thing spoken of is that adulterous wife.

Looking at the photo of that gentle, water-like woman, she almost burned herself out to raise Yan Moci.

Su Xiyan suddenly understood Yan Moci's deep affection for Ding Yingxue; although his father was worthless, he still felt the love from his mother.

Only after waking would Yan Moci ignore even the tumor in his brain and be determined to first investigate his mother's past.

As Ding Yingxue turned into a pile of yellow earth, the longer time dragged on, the harder it became to verify what happened back then.

Seeing how this small room bears all the love a boy growing into a man has for his mother, Su Xiyan wants to help Yan Moci!

As the top detective on the Celestial Jade Ranking, Su Xiyan is confident she can sift through the details and uncover the truth of those years.

Coincidentally, over these years Yan Moci has placed all the useful evidence he gathered in this secret chamber.

Su Xiyan carefully picked up these case files and began to read them.

They detail what Yan Moci investigated regarding the events of the last few days before Ding Yingxue's suicide.

She had always stayed at home as usual, admiring flowers and drinking tea.

Perhaps because of her husband's cold-heartedness, Ding Yingxue's mood grew increasingly gloomy and withdrawn; she refused to go out, and even her old friend Luo Yin rarely saw her.

Ding Yingxue suffered from a certain degree of depression, and the day she was caught in adultery happened to be when her psychological counselor came to provide her with therapy.

The psychological counselor, named Fu Yanshan.

Generally speaking, psychological counseling sessions last about an hour and a half.

But that day, Fu Yanshan stayed inside for a full two hours.

Coincidentally, at that time Yan Qinian, who rarely returned home, suddenly appeared, hearing the servants say that a psychological counselor had actually stayed in his wife's room for already two hours.

Yan Qinian flew into a rage and immediately suspected he had been cuckolded.

Men are like that; even though Yan Qinian himself spends years abroad indulging in debauchery, he absolutely cannot tolerate Ding Yingxue having the slightest disloyalty toward him.

Without bothering to knock, he kicked the door open and saw Ding Yingxue and Fu Yanshan entwined in passion.

Yan Qinian immediately had his bodyguards beat Fu Yanshan half to death and locked Ding Yingxue up.

Seeing this, Su Xiyan's eyes showed suspicion.

It was just so convenient that Yan Qinian, who never comes home, appeared at this moment; just as conveniently, Ding Yingxue would be careless enough to openly fool around with a psychological counselor in her own home?

No wonder Yan Moci doesn't believe it; even looking at it, she feels there are many doubtful points.

Su Xiyan continued reading,

From that day on, Ding Yingxue never left the house again; she was placed under house arrest.

Yan Qinian refused to believe that the wife he had always loved deeply would commit adultery; he was furious and, in addition, used various means to torment her.

He wanted Ding Yingxue to wish she were dead; perhaps because she truly could not endure such humiliation any longer, and also because she no longer wanted to face a husband who would not believe even half a word she said.

Taking advantage of the moment Yan Qinian stepped away, Ding Yingxue resolutely ended her own life.

Ding Yingxue's life was like an extreme tragic novel, ending in utter tragedy.

This truly makes Yan Moci unwilling to let her depart so tragically.

Continuing to read on, it was Yan Moci's investigation into Ding Yingxue's death.

Ding Yingxue was cremated swiftly, and all her possessions from life were burned along with her.

After her death, it seemed as if all traces of her existence had been wiped out.

The following content consists of the daily investigations of Yan Qinian and Yan Huaian.

Until, Su Xiyan saw:

【Today, Yan Qinian will go outdoors for a spring outing; there is a high mountain peak there.】

Just as Su Xiyan was about to continue reading downward, a voice suddenly came from behind....