“Xie Shijun already went to the city?”
Tang Guo really hadn’t expected Xie Shijun to leave so quickly. “And he brought Chen Ying with him too?”
Normally, Xie Shijun should have spent some time adjusting there before bringing Chen Ying over.
“Yes, he bought a house in the city and brought Chen Ying along. The two kids are staying with Xu Qiulan. Chen Ying agreed too. She seemed very eager to go to the city.”
Song Ye didn’t hide anything and immediately shared his thoughts. “Guo Guo, I keep feeling that there’s something strange about Chen Ying.”
“What’s strange about her?” Tang Guo asked with a smile. She had always known Song Ye was suspicious of Chen Ying.
Song Ye thought for a moment and said, “Back then she really did try to curry favor with me, but Guo Guo, I promise you, I never had any thoughts about her. I didn’t accept anything from her, not even a glass of water.”
“Alright, stop explaining, I know my Ah Ye isn’t that kind of person.”
Hearing her say “my Ah Ye” successfully made Song Ye laugh. He hugged his wife and rubbed against her forehead, then continued, “In the first two months back then, she was especially attentive. Then one day, I noticed she changed, so I started to feel she was odd.”
“That day the way she looked at me was really like she wanted to eat me alive. She looked so full of hate that if she had been holding a knife, I’d have thought she was going to come stab me.”
Hearing Song Ye describe it that way, Tang Guo could picture the scene. “And then?”
“After that I didn’t interact with her anymore, but the way she looked at me always felt like it carried hatred. I really don’t remember doing anything to her,” Song Ye said. “Later on after I married you, I saw her less often, but from time to time I still noticed her looking at the two of us with a chilly gaze, even with a hint of gloating.”
He had always felt there was something wrong with this woman.
“It’s good that she went to the city.”
What Song Ye didn’t say was that sometimes he noticed Chen Ying looking at his Guo Guo with malice too. He wasn’t sure if it was just his imagination, but he always felt that some things back then had been too coincidental.
Thinking of this, he asked, “Guo Guo, do you still remember why you went to the river that day?”
Tang Guo raised her eyebrows. This man was actually suspicious to this point? Of course she would fully cooperate. If it was something Chen Ying had done, she would never help her hide it.
“Let me think… Oh, right, I think Chen Ying had asked me to meet the day before, said she had something to tell me. I went out at the agreed time and happened to see you fall into the water.” What happened next didn’t need to be said. Of course she would rescue him.
Song Ye pressed his lips together. He felt more and more that this matter wasn’t simple.
But it had been so long. Even if he had suspicions, there was no evidence now. Unless there had been some other eyewitnesses at the time.
He walked that path every day and had never seen any part of the riverbank collapse. That day just happened to collapse. It didn’t make sense no matter how he looked at it. Back then, caught off guard, he hadn’t checked afterward either. Thinking about it now, there really were a lot of suspicious points.
After being rescued by Guo Guo, a bunch of people suddenly showed up, as if they had arranged to be there. Vaguely, he remembered a voice saying something like, in broad daylight, a man and a woman hugging each other like that was improper, it had ruined the reputation of the Village Flower Tang, and no matter who it was, someone had to take responsibility.
That voice… Song Ye’s face darkened. It was Chen Ying.
“Ah Ye?”
Song Ye hugged Tang Guo. “It’s nothing. I just need to go out for a bit. What do you want to eat tonight, Guo Guo? I’ll make it when I get back.”
“Everything you make tastes good.” Tang Guo said contentedly. Everything this man made was delicious.
Song Ye had something on his mind. He just nodded and quickly left.
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