Chapter 282 Secret Room
Ye Xi threw away the tools used in the crime and walked into the secret room.

There was a switch at the door. Ye Xi turned it on while groping. The lights came on and everything in the room appeared before her.

It looks like a small bedroom, with all the necessary items for living. It seems that the owner often rests here. But what is shocking is the picture frames everywhere in the room.

There are different photo frames everywhere, big and small, on the bedside, desk, and cabinet. However, what is placed in the photo frames are not photos, but paintings!

In the information Ye Xi found about Fu Linchuan, there was a sentence in the column of interests and hobbies: I had a hobby of painting when I was a student.

At the time, she'd assumed it was just a hobby to pass the time, a hobby she'd never seen him paint since they were together. She only knew his casual lines were neat and beautiful. But only today did she realize she'd been completely wrong. He not only loved painting, but was a master at it. These drawings were so intimate, they must have been created by him, stroke by stroke.

Ye Xi casually picked up a picture frame. The girl in the picture looked very similar to her, except that this time she was much younger. She was wearing her high school uniform, holding an umbrella, standing quietly in the rain, her eyes clear and penetrating, as if she could see through the picture into people's hearts.

Ye Xi put down the photo frame and picked up the one next to it, looking at one after another.
Each painting depicts a different time and scene. Some depict only one girl, while others depict a girl and a boy. Although the boy is only sketched with a few strokes, it can be seen that he is Fu Linchuan himself. As for the girl, every stroke is detailed and profound, as if he is afraid that if he paints too lightly, the girl will be erased like the painting.
These paintings almost record the entire process of two people getting to know each other and falling in love. Just by looking at them, it is as if one has witnessed a beautiful love from campus to wedding.

On the last painting, Ye Xi saw the girl's name.

This painting, the largest of all the frames, depicts a single portrait of a young girl. There's no setting or story, just a clean portrait. The girl gazes into the camera, a faint smile on her face. Yet, this painting is the most vivid of the three. The girl's eyes, eyebrows, lips, every frown and smile, even the strands of her hair are meticulously detailed, so exquisitely lifelike that she seems as if she were about to step out of the painting.

To be able to paint to this level requires not only superb painting skills, but also extremely deep emotions.

Ye Xi couldn't even imagine how much love it took to reach this point.

On the back of the painting, there was a line of small words written: "Don't forget. Tang. Zhiyi"

The further back you go, the messier the handwriting becomes, as if the owner of the words is going through some painful torture.

Forgetting her would make him feel miserable, while giving up on her would bring him torture.

Ye Xi stood quietly in the secret room.

When she first saw all this, she was shocked and angry. Later, when she saw more and more paintings, she felt jealous and desperate. Until now, she didn't even have the feeling of jealousy, and even felt inexplicable heartache.

It's really funny, could she be moved by other people's love?

She rarely really likes someone.

Perhaps this relationship based on marriage made her feel more secure, and she also wanted to make the future days more interesting, so she allowed herself to indulge in the gentle circle given by Fu Linchuan, acquiesced to his approach when she was uneasy, allowed her dependence on him to deepen step by step, and let him enter her heart little by little.

She was almost, just almost, about to really fall in love with him.

Fortunately, there is still time. She has not fallen into the trap of being unable to extricate herself. The short-term pain can be healed by time as long as she pulls away now.

When Fu Linchuan returned home, he instinctively felt that something was wrong.

The villa was pitch black. Normally, when he returned at this time, the house would be completely silent, but there would always be a light on for him. But today, not only was there no sound, there was no light either.

Growing increasingly uneasy, Fu Linchuan drove into the villa complex, got out of the car without even taking the keys out, and ran inside. The villa gate opened with a click, and upon seeing the figure sitting quietly in the living room, Fu Linchuan instinctively breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, she is still there and did not disappear this time.

"Why don't you turn on the light?"

Fu Linchuan closed the door and turned on the living room light. The sudden light made Ye Xi, who had been immersed in darkness, subconsciously cover her eyes. When she opened her eyes again, Fu Linchuan was already sitting next to her. He held Ye Xi's hand, having noticed that something was wrong with her, but he just wanted to comfort her with concern: "What's wrong?"

Fu Linchuan asked and guessed, could it be that they haven't seen each other much in the past few days and he is angry?
"Don't worry, I've been working overtime these days to finish all the important tasks. After tomorrow, I'll be able to stay at home with you." Fu Linchuan lowered his head to look at Ye Xi's face. His tone was gentle, but his expression became more and more solemn.

No, that doesn't seem to be the reason.

Before he could guess anything, Ye Xi raised his head with a cold expression.

"Fu Linchuan, is it fun to play tricks on me?"

Fu Linchuan froze. What did that mean?
Ye Xi smiled, but her eyes pierced his heart. She asked, "Tang Zhiyi, who is it?"

Fu Linchuan had tried his best to appear calm, but Ye Xi had been closely watching his reaction, so the instantaneous twitch in his eyes did not escape her sight.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Ye Xi already had the answer in her heart.

"Fu Linchuan, do I look like her?" She called his name tenderly, her lips curled, as if they were not arguing but just chatting and laughing.

She took out the portrait, looked at it, and then turned towards him.

"It looks very similar, right? When I first saw it, I almost thought it was me."

"Does her name also contain the character 'xi'? Otherwise, why do you always call me 'Xiaoxi' so affectionately?"

"Does she like musical instruments, too? Otherwise, why would there be an entire floor dedicated to a musical instrument studio in your and her home?"

"What other similarities does she have with me? Why don't you tell me everything and I'll change it."

"Xiaoxi." Fu Linchuan tried to grab her helplessly, but Ye Xi pushed him away.

She stood up and threw the portrait in her hand at him. She was very strong, but the paper was too thin. It floated slowly in the air for a few times before falling into Fu Linchuan's hands.

"So, you saw the secret room."

"Yes," Ye Xi admitted generously.

When she walked out of the secret room, she realized that according to the location, the secret room was located next to their bedroom.

She couldn't help but wonder, was it that every night, while he held her in his arms and fell asleep peacefully, in his dreams, his soul was with the person in the secret room through a wall?


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