Chapter 161: A Lover Whispering Sweet Nothings to Another Woman

Just like when Bai Xue was sent to the mental hospital, the fire at Wang Yingzhi's Villa appeared on the surface to be Bai Xue's doing, but it could not withstand scrutiny.

The conflict between the two had lasted for decades; although their resentment was deep, analyzing it from another angle, if they could have reached the point of life-or-death struggle, they would have done so long ago and would not have waited until today.

Firstly, the claim that Wang Yingzhi admitted to sending Bai Xue to the mental hospital does not hold up; it is more likely she was being used, with her weaknesses exploited to guide her step by step into doing so.

Secondly, arson is something Sheng Yukai is skilled at.

Burning down the villa five years ago, burning the Lishui Apartment five years later, plus the fire in the study of the Sheng Family Mansion...

These three incidents were all done by Sheng Yukai, but he left loopholes in all three places, and Sheng Hanyu could quickly find evidence.

This time, when his parents' villa caught fire, although Sheng Hanyu did not show himself, he secretly sent people to observe the fire scene and also conducted a detailed investigation!

The scene was handled cleanly and efficiently, leaving not the slightest trace.

Not to mention Bai Xue and Sheng Yukai, even if you added Sheng Hai, the three of them planning it together could not have done it so perfectly.

Furthermore, the Sheng Family currently has Shi Yuke, who is both an enemy and an ally; if this matter were truly done by Bai Xue, Shi Yuke would definitely provide them with evidence. If she could topple her mother-in-law without using her own hands, Shi Yuke would be very willing to do so.

However, she did not, and Shi Yuke could also prove that this matter had nothing to do with either Bai Xue or Sheng Yukai.

With the biggest suspects all cleared of suspicion, who exactly did this?

Recently, more and more things indicate that there is a hand in the unseen places secretly manipulating all of this.

Sheng Hanyu's behavior these past two days has been a bit abnormal; he is always preoccupied, and even his passion at night has faded significantly.

At first, Shi Youxuan thought it was because he had been too tired lately, and she even learned to cook soup for him by hand.

She learned very diligently from the chef; she spent the whole day doing nothing but soaking in the kitchen to study seriously, wasting quite a lot of ingredients, but fortunately, the result was good—she succeeded!

The milky-white crucian carp and tofu soup had a whole fish, the tofu was white and tender, the overall aroma was overflowing, and after turning off the heat, she sprinkled on some chopped green onion and cilantro.

It looked appetizing, and a taste was also excellent.

The chef praised: "Eldest Young Mistress is truly clever; you learn as soon as you are taught."

In fact, it took her all day to make one bowl of decent fish soup, but it still filled Shi Youxuan with a sense of accomplishment.

She personally carried the fish soup to the dining table, but the housekeeper came over with a troubled expression and said: "Eldest Young Mistress, Eldest Young Master said he won't be eating dinner at home, and told you to eat by yourself."

"He went out?"

Shi Youxuan's heart was full of joy, but it was as if a basin of cold water had been poured over her head; she was full of disappointment.

Not just disappointment, but also a little angry.

Was it easy for her to busy herself in the kitchen all day just for this bowl of fish soup? Yet after she finished making it, he actually went out.

"Where did he go?"

The housekeeper looked embarrassed, hesitating to speak.

Shi Youxuan found it strange: "Zhang Ma, what is wrong with you today? Can't you tell me where Eldest Young Master went? Do you have secrets you are hiding from me?"

The more the housekeeper refused to say, the more she wanted to know.

Finally, unable to hold out, the housekeeper told the truth: "Eldest Young Master went to the villa across the way."

Shi Youxuan had lived across the way for quite a few days and was not at all unfamiliar with that place; since Sheng Hanyu went across the way and it wasn't far, she would just go over and find him.

Walking into the villa, it was quiet inside as if there was no one there.

"Hanyu, Hanyu."

Shi Youxuan called out softly, but no one answered.

She searched every room upstairs and downstairs, but didn't see Sheng Hanyu, so she wondered if Sheng Hanyu hadn't come at all, or had already left.

However, the front door wasn't locked, so he should still be in the villa.

But she had turned over every room upstairs and downstairs, and there was no one?

Shi Youxuan remembered that there was a basement at home, usually used for storing vegetables and ingredients; could there be a basement here too?

So she walked toward the kitchen; when she lived here before, she had limited times going to the kitchen and had never noticed where the basement was.

Fortunately, it wasn't hard to find; looking carefully, she discovered a small door near the back door of the kitchen, which one really wouldn't notice if not paying attention.

Shi Youxuan gave it a light push, and the door opened.

A staircase that only allowed one person to pass appeared before her eyes; there was light and the sound of talking under the stairs!

To be precise, it was Sheng Hanyu talking to himself.

As if possessed, she lightened her footsteps and slowly stepped down the concrete stairs without making a sound; after walking down a dozen steps, the sound of the talking became clearer.

Everything in the basement was also revealed before her eyes.

It was a square room, decorated like a girl's room, with mostly items used by girls, but the room's decor was only in black and white tones.

In the middle was a table, and on the table were black-and-white photos, offerings, and white candles.

Sheng Hanyu sat in front of the table with his back to the stairs, speaking to the girl in the photo: "Yixin, do you know? All these years I knew you were here, but I didn't dare to walk in, because I was afraid that if I came here I would collapse, and I wouldn't be able to control myself..."

"I pretended to be blind back then because I couldn't accept a world where you had left; you left, and you took my heart with you. Since this world no longer has you, my eyes would not see anything beautiful..."

"... The only reason I survived was to avenge you. Every day after you left, I lived like a walking corpse. Yixin, do you know? My heart died the moment you left me..."

Sheng Hanyu lowered his head and wiped the corner of his eye with his sleeve.

He was crying?

Shi Youxuan had never seen Sheng Hanyu shed tears, and had never heard him express himself with such affectionate words!

She felt very uncomfortable inside, and even though her fingernails pinched her palms until they bled, she didn't feel any pain.

That's right, she was jealous; she was jealous of a dead person, and Shi Youxuan knew it in her heart.

Every word she had just inadvertently heard felt as painful as a knife stabbing her heart.

It wasn't that she didn't know that Sheng Hanyu was deeply in love with Jian Yixin and could not forget her.

But at that time, the two of them didn't have an intimate relationship, and her love for Sheng Hanyu wasn't as deep as it was now, so even if she knew, she didn't have much of a feeling, and it even wiped away the little bit of affection she had initially developed for Sheng Hanyu.

But the two of them walking step by step to where they are now, while it looks like it happened naturally, was actually not easy at all.

Shi Youxuan thought he had walked out from the influence of Jian Yixin, and that he was with her because of love, not anything else.

But now it seems she was wrong, wrong in a way that was completely outrageous!

Her nose felt sour, and tears fell down one after another.

She forced herself not to make a sound; it was enough for her to be sad and heartbroken on her own, she wouldn't let others watch a joke!

Shi Youxuan had an innate stubbornness in her bones; she carried her own sadness and heartbreak, and in front of others, she was always sunshine.

She didn't want to listen anymore, so she turned around and left quietly.

Sheng Hanyu was too absorbed and didn't notice at all that Shi Youxuan had been there, continuing, "Yixin, today is the first time I've come in, but it is also the last time. I didn't come before because I didn't dare to face you; today I came to say goodbye to you."

A happy smile appeared on his face, and in his mind appeared that little face that always liked to smile, smiling as brilliantly as sunshine.

"Yixin, I don't know if you will be sad hearing this? But I still have to tell you, I have fallen in love with someone else, fallen in love with my current wife."

"Her name is Shi Youxuan, she is as kind as you are. She came to my side by a twist of fate; originally I was very resistant to other women approaching me, I felt my heart should be reserved for you forever."

"But Xuanxuan walked in, and before I knew it, she walked into my heart. I love her very much..."

Sheng Hanyu faced the quiet, smiling face in the photograph and said all the words from his heart.

These words he had never said in front of Shi Youxuan; he couldn't bring himself to say them!