She also pretended that nothing had happened, but Qin Yaxuan's words, Chen Ma's past accounts, and the harsh words she overheard Tianyi say on the phone by chance kept surfacing in her mind.
And the tragic state of Qin Yaxuan's death, all of these swirled in her mind, impossible to ignore.
After the children were asleep, Su Su returned to the bedroom and sat on the bed reading.
Tianyi emerged from the bathroom, vigorously drying the water droplets from his hair, and said as if casually, "Qin Yaxuan is dead. You know about it?"
Su Su's heart tightened, her eyes still fixed on the book in front of her. "Yes, it's such big news online, who wouldn't know."
Tianyi sat on the edge of the bed and said thoughtfully, "What kind of wealthy heiress was she? Does the death of an ordinary person warrant such extensive media coverage? Someone must be manipulating public opinion behind this."
Su Su suddenly understood something and said, "You suspect the Xie family? Xie Zhendong is using Qin Yaxuan's death to make a big fuss?"
"It's not suspicion, it's certainty. Besides him, who else has such capability and is willing to care about Qin Yaxuan's death."
"Why do you keep saying Qin Yaxuan is dead, and not that she committed suicide? Do you think she didn't commit suicide?" Su Su looked at him, subtly asking the doubt in her heart.
Tianyi met her gaze for a few seconds, somewhat bewildered by her question. He stated objectively, "Because I wasn't present when she committed suicide, how can I be sure whether she did or not? But she's dead anyway. It's a pity she had some ability, but she was born into the wrong family, falling into the hands of a mother like Huang Xiuli. What good end could she have?"
Su Su hummed and stopped looking at him, returning her attention to the book. For some reason, she always felt that Qin Yaxuan's death was related to Tianyi.
Tianyi chuckled and put his arm around her. "You've changed today. Why aren't you indignantly calling me cold-blooded and uncompassionate? You seem to agree with everything I say. Have I really assimilated you?"
Su Su closed the book, leaned into his embrace, and said leisurely, "A dead person is like a extinguished lamp. Just as you said, she's already dead. No matter how much you pity her, she won't know, so what's the point?"
"Listening to you, it seems you're still blaming me for not agreeing to her request not to sue Huang Xiuli?"
"I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare. How could I?" Su Su deliberately yawned and said, "I'm tired. Let's go to sleep."
Tianyi took the book from her hand, then pressed her down, his gaze fixed on her. "That's not right. In the past, you would show any dissatisfaction with me on your face. Today, you've learned to hide and swallow your words without expressing them. Tell me honestly, what are you really thinking? Blame me if you want, curse me if you want, I won't eat you!"
"I know you have your own principles in doing things," Su Su said calmly, looking at him. "Our views on how to treat people are completely different, but that doesn't matter. I only know that you love me very much, and I love you very much. I want to spend my life with you, so we need to be understanding of each other."
"You really don't blame me?"
"I believe you have your reasons for handling things. Everyone has their own fate, and I won't blame you." As she spoke, Su Su tilted her head slightly and kissed his lips first, then quickly said, "It's uncomfortable with you pressing on me. Let's sleep."
Tianyi rolled over and lay on his side, holding her tightly. He felt that with her by his side, his world would always be warm.
Su Su held his hand, now only thinking of Chen Ma's words. She was determined to be good with Tianyi, always good.
Since she had chosen him, no matter what he had done, she would follow him through thick and thin, whether it was to heaven or hell, she would go without hesitation.
...
A few days later, the public opinion surrounding Qin Yaxuan's suicide finally subsided.
Qin Tianyi sat in his office, flipping through documents related to the Xie family and Xie Group.
Although Qin family's third grand-uncle refused to admit he was bribed by Xie Zhendong, and Huang Xiuli insisted at the police station that no one else was involved and that she acted impulsively out of hatred for Qin Tianyi, Qin Tianyi still believed his guess was correct: Xie Zhendong should be the biggest mastermind behind them.
He couldn't let Xie Zhendong continue to attack him from the shadows. He needed to know himself and his enemy to devise a corresponding plan.
Just then, his phone rang. He saw it was Sophie calling.
Sophie rarely called him. Could something have happened to Su Su?
He answered immediately. Before he could speak, he heard Sophie's tearful voice on the other end of the phone, "Mr. Qin, something's wrong. Su Su has been taken away by people claiming to be from the police. They said she needs to assist in the investigation of a murder case... What should we do, what should we do?"
Qin Tianyi was a bit stunned. "What murder case? What does Su Su have to do with it? Could those people be impostors?"
"I don't know, but the identification they showed doesn't seem fake..."
"Where are you now? Where did they take Su Su?" Tianyi asked urgently.
Sophie also spoke faster. "I'm at the studio. I don't know which police station they took Su Su to."
"Wait there, I'm coming over right away."
"Okay."
After Sophie hung up, she appeared very anxious and worried. She said to the other colleagues at the studio, "Everyone, get back to your work. Su Su's husband will be here soon. Even if Su Su isn't here, with her husband to arrange everything, you don't need to worry. It won't have a significant impact on the studio."
Most people returned to their desks, only Xu Shishi and Zhang Ting remained with Sophie.
Xu Shishi said, "Sophie, we're not worried about whether the studio can operate normally. We're very worried about Sister Gu. What exactly is going on? Why would the police need to question Sister Gu about a murder case?"
"I'm as surprised as you are. I don't know the specifics," Sophie said helplessly.
Zhang Ting said, "The police must have made a mistake. Don't worry, Sister Gu will be fine soon."
Xu Shishi chimed in, "Yes, we don't need to worry too much..."
"That's what we say, but I'm afraid the police will discover Su Su has a criminal record and wrongly accuse her. What then?" Sophie was still very anxious.
"Criminal record?" Zhang Ting asked incredulously. "This, this murder case can have a criminal record? Did Sister Gu kill someone before?"
Although Zhang Ting was the one asking, everyone else in the studio heard it. They all sat at their positions with their ears perked up, wanting to know if their boss had any unknown prior offenses.
Xu Shishi said coldly to Sophie, "What do you mean by that? Stop talking nonsense. Sister Gu is not that kind of person."
"Yes, she would never kill anyone. She only accidentally killed her university professor and served three years in prison," Sophie said sadly. "I also know she was framed. I'm just afraid the police will think she has a criminal record... Forget it, pretend I didn't say anything. We can't do anything anyway. Let's wait for Mr. Qin to arrive and see what happens."
Saying this, her eyes welled up with tears, and she turned and went into her office.