The male supporting character was actually myself.

Seeing him reminds me of your sin of betraying my mother. You are the one who is wrong—Ye Zhong!

When you needed to use the Gu family's connections and assets to save the Ye Group, you married my mother. Once the crisis was over and you no longer needed her, you discarded her like a used tool.

You said you thought she was too strong-willed and had a bad temper, didn't you know that before you got married?

They say your grandparents forced you to marry her, so why didn't you elope with your true love? You married her, had children, and then started to despise her because she was no longer useful.

You want to have your cake and eat it too? Do you even deserve to be called a man?

Ye Zhong, the thought that half of my blood flows in my veins makes me feel nauseous!

Ye Zhong trembled with rage. He realized he truly didn't understand this child. He had never known that Ye Xingluo possessed such eloquence and patience, managing to restrain herself from attacking.

His mind was a jumbled mess, and before he could catch his breath, he heard his eldest son pause and ask, "I was too young back then, and I don't remember many things."

Did my mother leave any messages before she passed away?

Chapter Thirty-Six: Triggering a Key Clue

"No." Ye Zhong answered without even thinking.

A lie repeated too many times becomes the truth; he told it so many times that he even fooled his own instincts.

[A lie, currently undergoing factual analysis...]

[Analysis results: Ye Zhong had a conversation with the deceased Gu Yurou, and the content of the conversation was very unfriendly.]

Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, one hand in his pocket, serving as a backdrop, Jiang Chen couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, a slight smile playing on his lips as he secretly gave him a thumbs up.

Cat's series of intense questions, coupled with the sudden turn of events, was simply a highlight!

It seems that with the system's assistance, he is about to reach the core.

"Where's the driver who rescued my mom and took her to the hospital? Have you asked him if my mom left any words behind?" Ye Xingluo continued her attack without giving the other party any room to back down.

Ye Zhong took a deep breath to calm himself down, then shook his head and said, "When I arrived, the driver had already gone to the relevant department to give a statement. I only managed to see him after several transfers, and he didn't say anything."

He was busy saving people at the time, and your mother was extremely weak, so even if she said something, he probably didn't hear it clearly.

Why did you suddenly decide to ask these questions?

[A lie, currently undergoing factual analysis...]

[Analysis Result: Upon arrival, Ye Zhong met directly with the rescue driver and engaged in close conversation to finalize the deal.]

As Ye Xinglu listened to the system's continuous notifications, her poker face remained expressionless, but her legs tensed for a long time before she managed to suppress the anger in her heart.

“My birthday is coming up soon,” he replied coldly. “You probably don’t remember, but my mom rushed back from out of town just to celebrate my birthday.”

Unexpectedly, she was in a car accident and passed away without leaving a word. My birthday, which I had been looking forward to so much, turned into the anniversary of my mother's death.

I haven't celebrated my birthday since then. It's laughable that you don't even remember my birthday or the anniversary of my wife's death, and you still have the nerve to ask me why I suddenly remembered to bring these things up?

A deep sense of apology welled up in Ye Zhong's heart.

My affection for Xingluo wasn't feigned; after all, he was my first child, and the joy and novelty of becoming a father for the first time was unique and irreplaceable.

He had considered not to involve innocent children in the grudges between adults, but things didn't go as planned and he gradually deviated from the original plan, ultimately leading to a big mistake.

A perfectly good son has become estranged from me.

"Starfall? Why did you come up with such a name for me? Fallen Star? Did you never intend for me to live a good life in the first place?"

Hearing his sarcastic speculation, Ye Zhong shook his head helplessly and said, "I didn't mean that."

The night your mother gave birth to you, the rain had stopped and the sky was clear. The stars were bright and there happened to be a meteor shower, with stars streaking across the night sky.

Your mom said she vaguely saw a star fall onto her belly, and then she heard you crying. That's why we named you "Starfall," meaning a star from the sky fell into our house!

Does my mother know about the existence of the stars?

"I know." Ye Zhong's heart was heavy, a mixture of guilt and other emotions welling up inside him. His voice became low, hoarse, and trembled slightly as he replied, "Ha, she not only knew but also did it. She drove Xingchen's mother to her death. If he hadn't been lucky enough to escape, I'm afraid..."

Ye Xingluo said dismissively, "Oh, the same method as my grandma. It's a pity my mom wasn't as lucky as my grandma. She forced the mistress to her death, and then she herself got into trouble and died."

My grandma was different. She steadily and methodically cleared away obstacles for you, making sure that the illegitimate child born to a mistress didn't even dare to show his face.

Otherwise, how could Chairman Ye be so powerful and influential now? He might be sidelined and not valued like me.

You really have to thank my grandma for this. Without her hard work in dealing with the mistress, how could you have so easily acquired the Ye Group?

Look at me now, I'm fighting tooth and nail with an illegitimate child and someone with a different surname.

They even teamed up and almost destroyed my body to cover up the crime.

By the way, did my mother leave any belongings?

"No." Ye Zhong choked for a moment, filtering out the previous words, and replied vaguely, "It was just some jewelry that I carried with me. Your grandmother took it afterward."

[A lie, currently undergoing factual analysis...]

Analysis results: There is a safe in the walk-in closet of Ye Zhong's bedroom, which contains Gu Yurou's belongings.

Congratulations, host, for triggering a key clue: the relic.

Obtain the relics to unlock more detailed information about the past.

Ye Xingluo looked at the progress bar, which was already more than halfway through, stood up, straightened her clothes, and reminded him: "Be careful of your precious illegitimate child. Back then, he even tried to kill me to clear obstacles. He was ruthless and didn't hesitate for a moment when he did it. I think he would still shudder when he recalls that scene."

This time, you kicked him out of the house and out of the company so he could have to fend for himself. If he doesn't understand your good intentions, he might even kill you in a fit of anger.

No one gets up early without a reason; think about it carefully.

"Dr. Han, let's go!"

Jiang Chen, who silently and dutifully served as a background figure, followed him out of the hall. Ye Xingluo took a few steps and, seeing that no one was around, called out to him, "Hurry up, hurry up!"

"What's wrong? Need to pee?" Jiang Chen teased, following closely behind him as he jogged.

“That old bastard doesn’t tell the truth!” Ye Xinglu got into the car and sat in the passenger seat, lowering her voice and said, “Just now, I took advantage of his upset state and deliberately provoked him to ask a few important questions.”

He's lying about everything!

Jiang Chen guessed that the system must have given a notification in some way, so he pretended to be surprised, "You could even tell that? Mr. Ye, you have a great ability to read people!"

"Well, he's my own son after all," Ye Xingluo mumbled, changing the subject. "He must have done something between the time he arrived at the hospital and the time I got there!"

He was also lying about his belongings.

This means my mother left behind something he didn't want me to know.

Jiang Chen started the car as the driver and replied, "The clues are a bit vague, but we can try to investigate further."

Without the system's assistance, we will definitely need a loyal and capable lieutenant to help us find clues.

But now that the system has given the answer directly, Ye Xingluo didn't beat around the bush. She leaned closer to the other person's ear and whispered, "As far as I know, he has a safe in the walk-in closet of his bedroom on the second floor."

He usually hides the most important things there.

We need to find a chance to get in and open the safe; maybe we'll find something.

"Hey? I'm good at this!" The little white cat immediately perked up upon hearing this, stroking its fluffy ears excitedly, "I can use my 'Little Cat Scooping the Moon' move to completely ransack his safe in seconds!"

Jiang Chen gave it a disapproving look.

The fluffy ball suddenly lost interest, stretched, and meowed, "I know, I know, let Cat Master find the belongings himself!"

Honestly, is it really that fun to play along and fool each other like this?

“Having a target makes things easier. Anyway, everyone else has been kicked out, and there aren’t that many spies in the villa. We can take it one step at a time.” Jiang Chen replied, stepping on the gas pedal, and the car roared away from the Ye family villa.

Chapter Thirty-Seven Strange Events

"Who could have done this?" Yang Yingying stood on the bedroom balcony, watching Ye Xingluo's car drive away and disappear from sight. She frowned slightly, unable to figure out the strange thing.

Originally, I was planning to address the root cause by targeting Ye Zhong's weakest point and pinning the blame on Ye Xingchen for coveting his stepmother. However, things took an unexpected turn.

Early in the morning, she personally stuffed the things under Ye Xingchen's bed sheet;

Ah Wei also secretly kept watch to make sure he didn't have the time or opportunity to go upstairs and discover anything amiss;

Fearing confusion, she made arrangements in advance that no servants would come to the building early this morning, and even breakfast was delivered by a trusted confidant.

There are only a few people in the entire building!

Ye Xingchen didn't have time to notice; judging from his expression and reaction, he clearly didn't know what had happened either.

Who could it be?

Ye Xingluo, who also lives on the second floor?

Is it Dr. Han, who lives on the third floor but is inseparable from Ye Xingluo?

What reason would they have to help Ye Xingchen?

What methods were used to take the items and place them in Ah Wei's locked bedroom without anyone noticing?

"This is truly bizarre!" Yang Yingying was completely baffled.

Although the result was satisfactory, the numerous loopholes in the reversal made Ye Zhong suspicious of Ye Xingchen. However, if he didn't figure out the mystery, he might not even know that he had been tricked one day!

Standing on the balcony, watching Yang Qingwei, Ye Xingchen, and Ye Zhong's cars drive out of the villa one after another, she realized that she was now the only woman in charge of the house.

Yang Yingying turned around and went downstairs to check the surveillance video.

The entire Ye family villa was originally equipped with surveillance cameras. It is said that the cameras were installed to deter a dishonest servant who had been caught stealing things by the housekeeper.

Later, when she moved in as the new Mrs. Ye, she felt that the cameras were like cold, icy eyes watching her, so she removed them all, leaving only a few in important locations.

One at the main entrance; two at each of the stairwell corners; and one at the back door.

Although the shooting area was not large, it was able to clearly see everyone's whereabouts this morning.

Yang Yingying sat in front of the computer and carefully reviewed each surveillance video clip.

As of 7:05 a.m. when the incident occurred, no one had entered or exited through the front or back doors.

Yang Qingwei's figure flashed briefly in the two cameras at the corner of the stairs, clearly indicating that he had finished washing up and getting ready early in the morning, locked the door, went downstairs to the restaurant to prepare for breakfast.

The same goes for Dr. Han. He hasn't gone back up since he came downstairs this morning. Judging from the surveillance footage at the main entrance, he has been moving around in the lobby the whole time.

Ye Xingluo was captured by the security camera at the corner between the first and second floors when he went downstairs for the first time. Five minutes later, he went up to the second floor again, and about two minutes later, he came down again and moved around in the lobby.

Ye Xingchen did not go back upstairs after going downstairs, which is exactly what the surveillance equipment recorded and what Awei said.