manynovel Chapter 596
Chapter 596
"What clues did you get from Nan Feng today?"
After Xie Yuchen and Hei Xiazi returned from the Crescent Hotel, Hua Yu and Zhang Qiling started playing chess under the pear tree in the garden again.
On the chessboard, black and white pieces intertwine, fighting back and forth in a fierce, almost unstoppable battle. However, this seemingly evenly matched situation actually conceals a hidden mystery. While the white dragon appears menacing, a closer look reveals signs of weakness.
Just when everyone thought the game was decided, Zhang Qiling's lips suddenly curled up, revealing a barely perceptible smile. He gently opened his red lips, holding a white piece, and slowly placed it in a place no one expected.
This move was like a bolt of lightning. The White Dragon, which was originally at a disadvantage, instantly became like a dragon in water, with great momentum. It turned the situation around in one fell swoop, and attacked the Yellow Dragon directly, launching a fierce attack towards the center of the Black Dragon.
"Father, Zhang Xishan has an informant in the Crescent Hotel, and he's buried very deeply. We went there today and just caught an abandoned pawn they threw out." Xie Yuchen stood behind Hua Yu, holding some reports that Yin Nanfeng handed to him today.
His voice was not loud, but it was filled with a hint of solemnity. Hua Yu frowned slightly when he heard this, put down the black piece in his hand, and turned to look at Xie Yuchen.
"Aunt Feng recently checked herself. The obvious problems have been marked out, and some that are less certain have also been marked out, but..." Xie Yuchen paused, seeming to find it difficult to speak.
"But you don't trust the people from the Xie family, nor do you trust the people from the Zhang family, right?" Hua Yu's voice was calm and steady, as if he had seen through everything.
He just glanced at the report briefly and then put it back where it belonged, seemingly not interested in its contents.
"Don't interfere in what happens next, and don't contact those two people anymore." Hua Yu's tone was firm, leaving no room for negotiation.
"Dad, I'm not..." Xie Yuchen wanted to explain, but when the words came to his lips he didn't know how to say them.
He really couldn't understand why his father knew about his contact with those two people. He was about to open his mouth to explain a few more words, but at this moment, Hei Xiazi suddenly reached out to stop him.
Xie Yuchen looked at the scene before him, feeling a deep sense of helplessness and frustration. His head slowly drooped, as if he had lost all his strength. His hands unconsciously clenched the corners of his clothes, stirring them intermittently, as if this could ease his inner uneasiness and anxiety.
Time passed minute by minute, and Xie Yuchen remained silent, like a child who had done something wrong, not daring to look up at his father. Finally, after a long while, he said in a muffled voice, "I understand, Dad. I won't have any contact with them anymore."
However, Hua Yu didn't feel the slightest bit relieved by Xie Yuchen's answer. He was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "Xiaohua, I'm not completely forbidding you from contact with them. It's just that some things are far more complicated than you imagine. Now that they've chosen that path, no matter how much regret and resentment they feel, there's no turning back."
Hua Yu stared at the child he had raised, his heart filled with conflict and helplessness. He wanted to say a few more words to teach his son a lesson, but he felt that the reasons were too complicated and could not be explained in a few words.
"Xiaohua, you have been tired all day today. You should go back and have a good rest." Hua Yu looked at the exhausted man in front of her. Although she had a thousand words in her heart, she did not say them in the end. She just whispered and asked him to go back and rest first.
Xie Yuchen lowered his head somewhat disappointedly, and followed Hei Xiazi gloomily, with the grievances and dissatisfaction in his heart surging like a tide.
"Why did you stop me just now?" After walking for a while, Xie Yuchen finally couldn't help but ask, with a hint of complaint in his voice.
Hei Xiazi didn't turn around, his steps still firm and steady, as if he hadn't heard Xie Yuchen's question. However, this time, he didn't comfort Xie Yuchen as usual. Instead, after a moment's silence, he slowly said, "Xiaohua, some things aren't as simple as they seem. For example, that document they sent over, no one knows whether it's real or fake."
Xie Yuchen paused involuntarily after hearing Hei Xia Zi's words. He stared at Hei Xia Zi's back with wide eyes, and suddenly felt a sense of strangeness. He recalled everything that had happened before, those interrupted words, those ignored feelings, all of which kept circling in his mind.
"Why do you all think that I have forgiven them! You don't even listen to me finish my words, you just interrupt me!" Xie Yuchen's voice unconsciously rose eight octaves, his cheeks puffed up slightly with anger, his hands tightly clasped across his chest, as if to protect his wounded heart.
When Hei Xia Zi heard the voice behind him, he was stunned and turned around, only to see Xie Yuchen standing there with a furious look on his face.
"Oh, my dear Jiaojiao Huaer, what's wrong with you? Who made you so unhappy? Tell the blind man quickly, and the blind man will beat him up for you!" said the black blind man with a grin.
Xie Yuchen was already furious, and when he heard Hei Xia Zi's name for him, he was even more furious. His face instantly turned red, like a ripe apple, and even his ears were red.
Xie Yuchen was about to pull out the dragon-patterned stick from his waist and strike Hei Xiazi with it. Hei Xiazi was quick-witted and grabbed Xie Yuchen's wrist. With a strong push, he pushed the dragon-patterned stick, which had been pulled out a little, back to his waist and fastened it again.
"Is this what I want to talk about?" Xie Yuchen glared at Hei Xia Zi and said indignantly, "We haven't even had time to tell my father and the others about the things Zhang Xishan brought and that incident! And yet you just dragged me away without saying a word. Do you even take this matter to heart?"
Xie Yuchen's yelling suddenly woke Hei Xia Zi from his dream and he suddenly remembered the incident. He slapped his forehead and said in frustration, "Oh my god, how could I have forgotten this! It's all my fault for having such a bad memory. I really deserve a beating! How about this, let's go back now and tell Da Hua and the mute about this, what do you think?"