BXBX NOVEL Chapter 399: 399: It's Him
I immediately realized there was an issue and hurriedly asked another question.
“It’s just that she went to the room Ayun used to live in before. She was lamenting how now that Ayun is gone, she didn’t leave anything behind to remember her by. Right on the dressing table, there was an old comb, so she took it as a keepsake. I thought, since Ayun can’t use it anymore, and I’m old with few hairs left myself, such a fine comb would be a pity to just leave here. Might as well give it to her.”
An old comb, no matter how exquisite, is still just an old comb.
Jiang Jiaying was an heiress to a wealthy family; why would she take an interest in an old comb, and one that belonged to a deceased person at that? Wasn’t she disgusted by it?
This abnormal behavior seemed to be hiding some kind of conspiracy.
Although I couldn’t guess what Jiang Jiaying was thinking at the moment, I believed it wouldn’t be long before I knew the outcome.
Right then, Song Zexi came down from upstairs, wearing a grey casual outfit and greeting me.
“You’re here!”
“Good to see you, Mr. Song!”
“Stop with the formal ‘Mr. Song’, it feels so distant. If you don’t mind, just call me ‘Cousin’ like Ayun did.”
“Alright, Cousin, hello!”
“Come on, let’s have some tea first!”
Song Zexi seemed to be accustomed to this leisurely life, his demeanor calmed.
He led me to the tea room and started making tea for me.
“About your father’s case, have you hired a lawyer?”
As far as I knew, Song Shixiong was still held in custody, and the trial had not yet begun…
Song Zexi gently lifted the purple clay teapot, and the clear tea flowed like a thread into the teacup made of the same material.
The tea’s clean and elegant fragrance wafted through the air as well.
“I really didn’t expect that you, Cousin, would have such authentic tea-making skills. I’ve always thought that you wouldn’t understand tea culture after being abroad for so long.”
I held the teacup with both hands and gently sipped. The tea’s aroma blossomed on the tip of my tongue.
Song Zexi chuckled heartily, rolling up the sleeves of his white silk shirt to reveal a wrist adorned with a string of walnut wood beads.
“Even though I lived abroad, my heart was always here. A lawyer… we didn’t get one.”
A hint of bitterness crossed Song Zexi’s face,
“To be honest! Given all the treacherous things he’s done, I think it’s no loss for him to rot in prison for a lifetime.”
I was silent.
Yes, especially what Song Shixiong had done to the Gu Family, it was truly chilling.
After finishing two cups of tea, Song Zexi went to his study for a moment and then brought out a stack of documents.
“Take a look, is this what you wanted?”
“Thank you!”
That stack of documents, I had actually seen them before in that secret room, but at that time, Gu Yuanzhou took them and refused to let me know.
Now I held the thick stack in my hands.
“May I take these with me?”
“Take them, they’re of no use anymore.”
In the presence of Song Zexi, I didn’t open them.
He already loathed Song Shixiong and wasn’t on the same side as him, so I didn’t want to reveal these things in front of him.
After leaving the Song Family’s house, I returned to Zhenyi Company.
I made myself a cup of coffee, sat in the office chair, and slowly opened the folder in my hands.
It contained several contracts, all signed between Song Shixiong and a person named Gu Chen.
Both of their signatures were on them.
It was clear that the two of them had a very close relationship. The fine print even specified that if something happened to one party, the other would have full control over the company.
Obviously, Gu Chen had great trust in Song Shixiong.
The business deals in the contracts were worth hundreds of millions…
This excessive trust cost the Gu Family a painful lesson.
Looking at these contracts, my heart felt incredibly heavy.
However, what I wanted to see was not the content of the contracts, but rather the information about the Gu family members within them.
I tried to find more relatives of Gu Yuanzhou from the information.
But I failed, as there was no clue regarding other relatives of the Gu Family in those documents.
After finishing this pot of tea, I left the Song Family.
Lin Nansheng seemed to be really affected by that rumor; he hadn’t contacted me for days, which disappointed me a lot.
The hope that had risen so difficultly was shattered once again…
Jiang Jing was furious about this,
“This Jiang Jiaying is just too damn despicable, I really want to slap her a few times.”
“Forget it, fighting is the most meaningless thing.”
“But knowing that she did it and not being able to grasp any evidence on her, letting her manipulate us—this feeling is just so suffocating.”
Jiang Jing walked back and forth with her arms folded; after a while, she turned her head and looked at me again,
“In my opinion! Why not just recognize Uncle Lin as your biological father since you suspect him to be, and acknowledge it right now?”
“I’m no longer Song Yun, the ages don’t match up, and if a DNA test was done, it wouldn’t match up either. This identity has no credibility. Moreover, if he really is my father, I really don’t want him to find out that his daughter has actually died. After all, no one in this world would believe in something like reincarnation.”
After listening, Jiang Jing sighed,
“If this won’t do and that won’t do, are you just going to watch that wretched woman swagger around here? Actually, having the identity of the daughter is better, acknowledging it would end the rumors!”
In the midst of all the cursing, the receptionist brought in a bouquet of flowers from the outside.
“Sister Song, someone has sent flowers.”
“Are they from Shen Yishu?”
“No, it wasn’t Mr. Shen, it was delivered by a courier!”
I picked up the bouquet, with white baby’s breath paired with the fresh fragrance of lilies, wrapped beautifully in vintage newspaper.
The point is, there was no sender’s name on the flowers.
This really was a good deed done anonymously…
“It’s not from Shen Yishu?” Jiang Jing asked.
I shook my head, “No, if it were Shen Yishu, he’d come over in person at the very least. Moreover, I reprimanded him before; he wouldn’t dare to repeat it.”
“Then who is it? This bouquet is quite beautifully arranged.”
Actually, I recognized this bouquet, it contained all my favorite types of flowers.
“It’s from Gu Yuanzhou!”
I blurted out without thinking…
“Don’t scare me!”
“Just wait and see!”
I began to unwrap the bouquet, knowing that when Gu Yuanzhou sent me something, he would always hide a small gift inside.
He did this to leave an easter egg, to let me always feel the presence of a surprise.
After unwrapping the bouquet, indeed, a mysterious little box fell out.
Opening the small box, inside were the chocolates I loved.
“It’s him, it’s definitely him!”
This brand of chocolate was purchased from Singapore and was a very niche brand that Gu Yuanzhou had bought on a trip there by chance.
I tried one and instantly loved it; I later found out that the chocolate was traditionally handcrafted, with special spices added that other brands couldn’t replicate.
Because of its unique taste, which I really liked, Gu Yuanzhou would make a detour to Singapore to buy me a box each time he went abroad on business trips.
I opened the box and took out a piece, eagerly peeling off the wrapper and stuffing the chocolate into my mouth. The silky sensation slowly melted on my tongue, spreading throughout.
The familiar taste brought me to tears!
It was him!