Before he died, my grandfather forced me to marry the richest man in the capital.

Tang Junyao had just finished showering and was sitting on the bed preparing to watch an anatomy video. Two seconds after the video started, she heard the sound of an engine coming from downstairs.

An impulse was churning inside me.

I'm torn between asking and not asking.

After a few seconds of thought, I made a decisive decision to ask and find out the truth, even if I die, I want to die knowing why.

We did it right away.

I jumped out of bed, grabbed a coat and put it on before heading out the door.

She met the man's icy gaze head-on; without needing to look too closely, she knew he was very angry.

Tang Junyao stared at him for a few seconds, a little puzzled: she hadn't seen him all day and hadn't done anything to offend this Buddha.

Ji Hancheng ignored the woman who came out and stepped towards his room.

"Do you know who poisoned the Tang family?" Unable to suppress her true feelings, she finally asked.

As time ticked by, the man did not respond immediately.

At the same time, she also harbored a faint glimmer of hope.

After a long silence, lasting about ten seconds, the man turned his slender body, his eyes carrying a hint of flippancy: "Are you questioning me?"

Tang Junyao thought, should she question him? No, she just wanted to find out the truth and also wanted to give up on him completely.

Questioning her? What right does she have to do that?

She answered calmly, without the slightest change in expression, "No, I just wanted to ask if Young Master Ji knows who's behind it all."

Ji Hancheng took a few steps toward her, looking down at her condescendingly. "So what if you know? So what if you don't? Aren't you and Su Yu on good terms, eating hotpot together every day? Ask him to investigate for you."

Upon hearing this, Tang Junyao's eyes widened. "You saw us last night?"

That's all she could think of; she wasn't so narcissistic as to believe that Ji Hancheng would send someone to keep an eye on her.

He wouldn't waste any time on her.

However, she hadn't done anything shameful, and there were four of them eating hot pot, not just her and Su Yu, so there was nothing to explain.

The thought of Lu Manfa's photo made his eyes darken, and a chill ran through him.

"Do you think I would go to such a boring place? Where do you get the confidence that I would go to a place like that to find you?"

One day in the future, Ji Hancheng will be proven wrong by those words.

Tang Junyao tried her best to calm herself down, taking a deep breath and exhaling: "Young Master Ji, I'll ask you one last time, do you know who's behind this? Whether I ask Su Yu for help or not is my private matter, and I don't need to share every detail with you."

Looking into the woman's eyes, which were desperately seeking the truth, his gaze became complex and unfathomable, a hint of suspicion creeping into his heart. "Has someone been looking for you?"

"Can you answer this directly?" She didn't want to keep going in circles with the same question; it was too exhausting.

He avoided her gaze, and moved his lips slightly: "I know, I..."

Having received the answer, Tang Junyao didn't want to stay a moment longer. She quickly cut him off, not wanting to hear anything more. Knowing the answer she wanted was enough. "OK, thank you for your answer, Young Master Ji. Goodnight."

Actually, it's very simple to give up; it only takes a sentence or two.

She stopped before entering the door. "I will move out tomorrow. As for Grandpa Ji, I will explain it to him myself. The agreement does not state that I need to live with you for three months. If Grandpa stipulates a time limit before giving you what you want, I will take responsibility for that. I will explain it to him. Young Master Ji, you don't need to worry."

After saying that, Tang Junyao didn't give Ji Hancheng a chance to speak, and went straight into the room and locked the door.

Ji Hancheng did not leave immediately, but stood outside her door for several minutes before returning to his own room.

The first thing I did upon returning to my room was not to take a shower as usual.

Instead, he took out his phone and called Xu Mingkai. As soon as the call connected, his tone was very unfriendly: "What did you say to her?"

Xu Mingkai, completely bewildered, asked, "Young Master Ji, what?"

Realizing his mistake, he changed his tune, "Didn't you call her?"

"Who is it?" Xu Mingkai was genuinely at a loss when he answered the phone.

Ji Hancheng pinched the bridge of his nose, trying to control his temper. "Xu Mingkai, have you been taking too much Brain Gold lately? Is your brain malfunctioning?"

Xu Mingkai, who had been scolded, suddenly snapped out of it and said, "Oh, you mean the young mistress? No, I haven't been in contact with her recently."

No, something sounds so awkward.

Well, there's absolutely no lie in that.

Ji Hancheng's expression darkened further, becoming icy. "Investigate who she met this afternoon."

He already knew about her having hotpot with Su Yu that afternoon. In the photo, the two were head to head, and the woman was taking care of Su Yu's eating in every possible way.

From behind, they looked like a loving couple; the entire private room was empty except for the two of them.

This shows they completely disregard their own words; it seems the previous warning had no effect whatsoever.

Just now, because she felt guilty and knew that the person who drugged her hadn't told her, she temporarily gained the upper hand.

Little did Lu Man know that the moment she took the photo was when the waiter came to change the hot pot base. The four of them stood to the side, and Lu Man happened to see Tang Junyao and Su Yu standing there.

The timing was perfect.

Furious, Tang Junyao tossed and turned, unable to sleep. She opened a rental website and searched for apartments near the hospital.

Hmm, the price is a bit high. How come rents in Beijing are sky-high? A one-bedroom apartment costs 15,000 yuan, and that's for 45 square meters.

Having never rented a house before, she felt that looking at them like this was too troublesome and a waste of time; she didn't have that much time to look at each suite one by one.

I've decided to go to the agency after get off work tomorrow and if the price is reasonable, I'll sign the contract directly.

It takes about a month.

After figuring it out, she put down her phone and prepared to go to sleep.

However, just a few minutes after putting down her phone, a voice call rang. She turned to the side, picked up the phone, and answered it, holding it to her ear.

Su Xue could tell she was in a particularly good mood: "Yao Yao, what are you doing?"

Tang Junyao was a little sleepy and replied listlessly, "You won the lottery, so happy?"

"What are you thinking? You might as well ask my mom if she praised me today, that would be more realistic."

These words made Tang Junyao laugh and come to her senses. "Hahaha, that seems to make sense. So what exactly is it?"

"My brother asked me to go to the bidding meeting with him tonight, and I'd like you to come along."

"I don't like those kinds of occasions; there are too many people."

"Oh, come on, come on! It's just a small bidding conference. Please support my brother. Are you really willing to let him fight alone? What about all those years of friendship?" Su Xue pleaded, trying to appeal to his emotions.

Unable to resist his persistent pleading, she said, "Then come with me to the real estate agency to look for an apartment after get off work tomorrow."

"OK, deal, no backing out, I'll go tell my brother right now."

After hanging up the phone, Tang Junyao shook her head helplessly. Her mood also improved a lot along with Su Xue's. Indeed, positive energy and a good mood can be contagious.

However, Ji Hancheng, who was in the master bedroom, was also not asleep and was standing on the balcony enjoying the cold wind.

The phone rang, and seeing the caller ID, he quickly answered, "Speak."

Having found the information, Xu Mingkai truthfully replied, "Young Master Ji, did the young mistress meet with Miss Lu this afternoon?"

Not entirely unexpected, "What did you say?"

"To protect Ke Ren's privacy, Sui Xin Cafe did not install cameras in the private rooms. However, there were scenes of Miss Su laughing heartily in the corridor, and..." Xu Mingkai hesitated to say more.

Ji Hancheng commanded, "Speak, what else is there?"

Xu Mingkai, prepared to die, said, "Also, um, Miss Su said you're not good at that..."

There was complete silence on the other end of the phone. After a long while, Xu Mingkai suspected that the call had been disconnected. He picked up the phone and saw that it was still on the call screen. Was the signal bad?

As I was staring at my phone, the voice that had been waiting for me came through the line: "Who's she with tonight?"

Even though I already know, I still want to know more.

"Last night, the young mistress, Miss Su, the young master of the Su family, and Qin Kai drove to Renwang Hot Pot Restaurant for a meal. The young mistress and Miss Su went in first, and about an hour and a half later, the young master of the Su family went into the private room, followed by Qin Kai."

Ji Hancheng said coldly, half-believing, half-doubting, "Four people, not two?"

"There were four of them, Young Master Ji. I checked the surveillance footage," Xu Mingkai said confidently.

Did Young Master Ji misunderstand something? He watched the surveillance footage for half an hour without daring to fast-forward, afraid of missing any details.

So, does Young Master Ji think that the young mistress and the young master of the Su family are two different people?

Feeling much better, Ji Hancheng said, "Okay, you don't need to pick me up tomorrow."