Chapter 654: 657 Silly Girl

Ye Xingbei withdrew her finger, glaring at him, “Your preferences are not at all elderly-like!”

“Preferences for biting fingers? Or preferences in bed?” The Fifth Lord of Gu raised an eyebrow: “If it’s bed-related preferences, then it absolutely can’t be elderly-like, that would be an insult to men!”

Ye Xingbei blushed, striking him: “Get away, get away! It was a perfectly serious question, why do you always manage to steer it towards the bedroom, it’s excessive!”

Gu Junzhu chuckled softly, seizing her hand, then bent down and kissed the back of her hand, giving a gentle sigh: “Don’t you think we should be grateful to Ye Xinglan? At least he didn’t let you endure the same suffering as Chi Qing.”

“Given Chi Zhan’s reaction today, if we were to repeat that day’s situation with Chi Qing, perhaps before Chi Qing recover, Chi Zhan’s emotions would’ve crumbled—he would have become a big devil with a warped mind…”

He paused, then thoughtfully said: “If it’s decided that Chi Qing must go through that kind of treatment, Chi Zhan definitely cannot be allowed to watch.”

“Yes,” Ye Xingbei agreed, nodding her head: “That’s too cruel! I hope they can find Shi Muqiao. If Shi Muqiao works, Qingqing won’t have to suffer again.”

Gu Junzhu shook his head, “I’m not very hopeful.”

Ye Xingbei asked: “Why?”

“I’m more inclined to believe that Shi Muqiao was silenced,” Gu Junzhu said: “If my guess is correct, the whole thing was orchestrated by Chi Zhen. Given Chi Zhen’s ruthless and merciless nature, why would he leave a living witness who could testify against him? He would definitely find ways to get rid of Shi Muqiao.”

“Also, the Chi family is a prominent family in Y country. If they are still unable to locate Shi Muqiao even after deploying all their family resources, it only means that there is a mole in their midst.”

“Because of the mole, the Chi family’s movements are completely transparent, thus allowing the mole to disappear in advance. That’s why the Chi family has been searching for so long without even finding a trace of Shi Muqiao.”

Ye Xingbei asked: “You suspect the mole is Chi Zhen?”

Gu Junzhu nodded: “Yes.”

Ye Xingbei frowned, “Just because Chi Zhen had a conflict with Shi Qianying?”

“Not just that,” Gu Junzhu said: “I had someone ask Chi family’s bodyguard about Chi Zhen and Chi Qing’s relationship. They said it used to be good, but in the past few months, Chi Qing has always been avoiding Chi Zhen, looking nervous whenever she saw him.”

Ye Xingbei pondered: “What does this imply? Is Chi Qing scared of Chi Zhen? What did Chi Zhen do to Chi Qing? They are cousins after all, what can a cousin possibly do to his younger cousin?”

Gu Junzhu chuckled, “They are only cousins in name. Chi Yu’s second aunt was in poor health and unable to bear children, therefore his second uncle adopted Chi Zhen. But a few years after the adoption, his wife passed away from illness. He is a researcher, and after his wife’s death, devastated, he moved to the research institute to drown his sorrows in work, leaving Chi Zhen in the care of Chi Yu’s family.”

Ye Xingbei pondered, “So you suspect Chi Zhen holds romantic feelings for Qingqing? And Qingqing is avoiding him because she rejected him?”

Gu Junzhu nodded.

“But doesn’t this contradict common sense?” Ye Xingbei was puzzled: “If your guess is correct, how could he bear to see the girl he likes being deceived by Shi Muqiao and even abused by others? This defies logic.”

“Silly girl!” Gu Junzhu shook his head, pinching her nose and sighing: “You are trying to reason with a pervert, to speak logically? If their mindset was the same as normal people’s, could they still be called a pervert?”