Chapter 554: 557: Confused Heart

She was already in her forties, but thanks to her good upkeep, the years had barely left any traces on her face, and she remained youthful and elegant.

Ye Wuwei was thin, his face a sickly pale color. He was handsome with a profound scholarly air about him as if he had stepped out of a painting. Despite his advanced age, he looked astonishingly young.

The pair seemed very well-matched as they sat face to face engrossed in their game of chess. The Lingzhi Double Ear Incense Burner next to them wafted fragrant plumes in the air, illuminating their striking appearances and making them look like a pair of immortals in a world of their own.

Gu Junzhu looked at them and sneered.

Just goes to show that faces can be deceiving.

Just by looking at their appearances, who could imagine that these two stunning individuals were rotten to the core, cold-hearted, cold-blooded? They had tossed away Ye Xiaobei, whom they had raised for five years, as if he were nothing.

They discarded him and yet denied it, pretending as if nothing had happened.

Ye Xiaobei had been fighting for his life several times, while they sat here, partaking in tea and chess, acting like reclusive sages.

Sarcasm flashed in Gu Junzhu’s eyes as he stepped forward abruptly and flipped over the chessboard.

The white jade chess pieces fell onto the table and floor, making a series of distinct sounds.

As the chess pieces hit the floor, Ye Xinglan, drenched in sweat, burst into the room. Seeing Gu Junzhu, his face filled with urgency, he asked in a panicked voice, “Fifth Brother, has Beibei been found?”

Ye Zhitong stood up abruptly and glared at Ye Xinglan, chiding him coldly, “Ah Lan, what’s with the panic? Get a grip!”

With her husband’s health in decline, the Ye family depended on Ye Xinglan to uphold their status, so she had always had strict expectations of him since he was young.

Ye Xinglan indeed justified her faith, showing his father’s maturity from a young age, capable of handling matters on his own.

She hadn’t seen Ye Xinglan so frantic for many years.

“Mom!” Ye Xinglan was sweating profusely, looking at her pleadingly, “Please, tell me if you or dad have anything to do with Beibei’s disappearance? If you know anything about Beibei’s whereabouts, you have to tell me!”

At noon, Gu Junzhu had called him, saying that Ye Xingbei had run into Liao Qing at the hotel and had been brought to see his parents.

And then, Ye Xingbei had simply disappeared.

Liao Qing claimed that Ye Xingbei had only spent a few minutes in his parents’ room before leaving, and the hotel surveillance had failed, capturing nothing.

Gu Junzhu didn’t believe him and asked him to confront his parents about Beibei’s whereabouts.

His heart had been in turmoil since the phone call.

He did know about the relationship between his mother and Wu Qizhen.

His mother and Wu Qizhen were devotees of each other, and had been intimate friends for years. They shared a bond as strong as that of sisters.

Ye Xingbei had just offended the Shi family yesterday. Today, after encountering his mother, she disappeared. This couldn’t merely be a coincidence.

Thinking that Ye Xingbei might have been kidnapped by his mother and handed over to the Shi family, his hands trembled as he dialed the number.

His parents had always believed Ye Xingbei to be Jiang Zhengxing’s daughter and had never warmed up to her.

But Ye Xingbei was not that, was she?!

She was Jiang Zhengwei’s daughter!

She was the daughter of his uncle who had looked after his father like his own son!

He had held back from revealing this truth to his father because he was worried about his recent ill health and feared that the shock might be too much for him to handle.

Lately, with the change in climate, his father’s health had improved, and he had been planning to reveal Ye Xingbei’s real lineage during her visit.

But before he could open his mouth, Ye Xingbei had vanished.

If Ye Xingbei was indeed offered up to the Shi family by his mother, and something happened to her, how would his father deal with the shock after discovering that Ye Xingbei was his brother’s daughter?