“Please get in the car, Young Lady Ye.” Xiao Su thoughtfully opened the car door for Han Muzi. Just as she was about to enter the car, a figure suddenly rushed toward her. It happened so quickly, and before she could react, Xiao Su’s figure swiftly shielded her from the front. He grabbed the figure who was rushing over like a madman and pushed it away. The attack came out of nowhere and shocked Han Muzi greatly.
“Hurry and get in the car, Young Lady Ye!”
She was still in shock. Although she was worried, considering her current state, she hastily got into the car. She was afraid that if the situation became dangerous, it would harm the baby. If she wasn’t pregnant, a few scratches wouldn’t matter, but it was different now. After getting in the car, she turned back to look out the window. Xiao Su was commanding the security guards by the entrance to capture the person.
The person being held down was a woman with unknown origins that was dressed in tattered clothes. Her hair was matted and disheveled; she looked extremely dirty and unkempt. Upon closer inspection, Han Muzi suddenly realized that the woman seemed rather familiar. Where have I seen her before?
At this moment, the person rushing toward Han Muzi began screaming in her direction, “Qi! Shen Qi! Come out here! Come out!” The screaming voice sounded odd, but also strangely familiar. The dirty and unkempt figure before her seemed to overlap with a figure from her memories. Startled, she quickly recognized who the person in front of her was.
Hastily rolling down the car window, Han Muzi shouted out of the car, “Xiao Su!”
He turned around, perplexed. Seeing her sticking her head out of the window, he hurried over to protect her as he anxiously urged, “Please close the window immediately, Young Lady Ye! This is too dangerous!”
“Wait.” She stopped him. “I think I know that person.”
“What? You know that person?”
He looked back at the person quizzically. It was a dirty, unkempt, and dangerous person; why would Young Lady Ye know that person? Wait, that’s not right… The name that person is calling out; isn’t it ‘Shen Qi’? Isn’t that… Young Lady Ye’s previous name?
“She’s calling out your previous name, Young Lady Ye. Don’t tell me it’s somebody you knew in the past?”
Nodding, she lifted her head and looked at him. “You know her too.” At that time, she remembered Xiao Su had stood up for her once. However, it had been so long ago that she couldn’t quite remember when exactly that incident had occurred.
Hearing that he knew her too, he couldn’t help feeling curious. Studying the figure closely, he finally recognized who it was. “It’s her?”
Is he shocked by it too? When Han Muzi realized who it was, she had been just as shocked as Xiao Su was. It wasn’t that long since they last met; in fact, it was only recently that the person had been flaunting and boasting in front of her. How did she fall into this state? Knitting her brows together, she pondered over it. After a moment, she said, “Xiao Su, ask those men to let her go. At least let her stand up.”
Discerning her intentions, he asked the security guards to help the person up. The moment that person stood up, she struggled and tried to rush toward Han Muzi again. “Qi! Is that you, Qi?”
Han Muzi kept silent.
“You finally came back! Qi… My best friend.”
Hearing those words, her knitted eyebrows furrowed even deeper than before. Why does listening to these words give me a strange feeling? Why is she calling me ‘Qi’? And calling me her best friend, too? Didn’t the relationship between us end five years ago? Furthermore, she sent a dead rabbit to my neighborhood and even went so far as to send somebody to harm me.
That was right; this person was somebody they have not met in a long time—Meng Xueyou.
Noticing that something was wrong with the person, Xiao Su came over and warned Han Muzi, “I think there’s something mentally wrong with her, Young Lady Ye. It’s best to be careful.”
Glancing over at the person, Han Muzi realized that her eyes were glassy and she definitely looked like something was wrong with her. “Is it a mental breakdown?”
“It’s best if you don’t get out of the car, Young Lady Ye. Let’s observe a little more. Besides, this person has already done many unforgivable things toward you five years ago. For her to appear so suddenly at the manor today, I fear things may not be as simple as they seem. Why don’t you go back, and leave this matter to me, Young Lady Ye?”
Mulling over it, she felt like there was nothing she could do even if she stayed behind, so she nodded. “Alright, I’ll leave this matter in your hands. Call me if there is anything else; I’m going back to the company.”
Afterward, the driver sent Han Muzi back to her company. Returning to her office, she sat down and poured herself a glass of water. Then, she brooded over the person she just met. Meng Xueyou… How did she end up like that? What happened in this short period? She seemed to have had a mental breakdown of some sort. Be that as it may, for her to appear at the manor suddenly is worth serious consideration.
Thinking back on all the things Meng Xueyou had done to her, and all the pain she had caused, Han Muzi began to feel that her presence there might not be a simple matter after all. Still mulling over it, she walked over to her desk. Before she even had the time to drink her water, she picked up her phone and called Xiao Su.
“Young Lady Ye?”
“Xiao Su.” She then told him everything she was thinking about. “I want you to help me investigate why Meng Xueyou appeared there so suddenly. Was it a coincidence, or was it intentional?”
“Don’t worry, Young Lady Ye. The event seemed a bit strange to me too, so even if you had not told me to, I would have thoroughly investigated it for the sake of your safety.”
“Good.” Ending the call, she gripped her phone tightly. She spared Meng Xueyou before purely out of her past affection for her; she was unable to completely crush somebody who had once been as close as a sister to her. However, this time around, if Meng Xueyou pulled another dirty trick against her, then… she would not tolerate it again. After making her decision, her gaze became firm.
Xiao Su was very efficient. When Han Muzi finished taking her afternoon break, she heard from Leng Yueyue that he was here looking for her. Thus, she went to the lounge to meet him personally. “How is it?”
“I’ve finished investigating the matter, Young Lady Ye. It seems like Meng Xueyou’s appearance at the Ye Family’s manor was not a recent occurrence. She has been wandering about the place for quite a long while, and she goes there every day. Apparently, this situation has been going on for approximately a month.”
A month? At that time, we were still out of the country. She frowned at the thought. “What has she been doing at the entrance of the Ye Family manor?”
“We don’t know her real intentions, but she has been searching and calling out for you, Young Lady Ye. According to passersby, she goes there every day and shouts out the same name. Moreover, she seems to be spouting something like ‘I’m sorry’ and whatnot.”
Han Muzi puzzled over it in silence, then she frowned and said, “Why does it feel like something isn’t quite right?”
Meng Xueyou is looking for me, calling out my name, and apologizing to me?
