Wei Yumeng held her breath and turned sharply. A silhouette walked towards her. She shone her phone's flashlight directly onto the person's face.
Startled by the bright light, Mu Bai instinctively shielded his eyes, "It's me."
Seeing it was him, Wei Yumeng moved the flashlight away from his eyes, "Mr. Mu, why are you here so late?"
The hotel had been contracted by the Zhan family for the past two days and was not accommodating other guests. By rights, even if Mu Bai was an invited guest, he should have arrived the next day. He shouldn't have been behind Wei Yumeng at this hour.
Mu Bai didn't answer her question, instead asking, "So late, Mrs. Zhan, aren't you supposed to be taking care of the children? Why are you here alone?"
Wei Yumeng replied truthfully, "I'm afraid there will be problems with tomorrow's ceremony, so I came to check the items that will be used."
Mu Bai chuckled, "Mrs. Zhan, you and Lin Jing have such a good relationship, checking everything so meticulously for her."
Faced with his compliment, Wei Yumeng didn't think he was being sincere and continued to press him about why he was there.
"Like you, I'm afraid of something going wrong with tomorrow's ceremony. After all, what happened to Lin Jing before was too serious. I don't want her to experience any unhappiness on her very important day."
Wei Yumeng understood from his words that he wanted to imply he was close to Mu Linjing and that she trusted him, otherwise she wouldn't have told him about the dangers she experienced at the Qiao family's wedding.
Knowing his intentions, Wei Yumeng not only couldn't trust him but felt even more wary of Mu Bai. He was calculating and knew how to gain people's trust, but he overlooked a woman's intuition.
Adding to this, she was well aware of his past provocations towards Zhan Yichen. Now, his attempt to win her over backfired, making Wei Yumeng even more vigilant.
Furthermore, she believed Mu Bai was a smart person and should understand that she wasn't asking why he was still awake at this late hour like herself, but rather why he was at the hotel today, a place he shouldn't have been.
His evasiveness was more indicative of guilt.
Since he deliberately wouldn't say, Wei Yumeng saw no need to ask further. After all, this person needed to be watched closely.
As for how to definitively judge him, she would have to wait for the results of the drug analysis.
She created some distance between herself and Mu Bai, saying, "All the items have been checked, and there are no problems. You can go back and rest. Shall I escort you?"
Mu Bai gave her a meaningful look, then smiled gently, "That would be very kind of you, Mrs. Zhan."
Wei Yumeng forced a smile and walked with him, outwardly playing the host and escorting him back, but inwardly not wanting him to wander around and do anything detrimental to tomorrow's ceremony.
Despite Mu Bai's status, he had too many suspicious aspects, and Wei Yumeng had to be cautious.
When they reached his room, Wei Yumeng deliberately stated, "Mr. Mu, please get some good rest tonight. This hotel has an advanced security system with cameras everywhere. You can rest assured about the safety."
She believed Mu Bai would understand her implied meaning. Even if he had any ulterior motives, he would have to curb them tonight, as stepping outside would mean being caught on camera, leaving him nowhere to hide.
Mu Bai glanced at the camera at the end of the corridor, nodded with a smile, "That's good. I feel reassured, and Mrs. Zhan can be reassured as well."
"I hope so."
Wei Yumeng made her displeasure apparent, intending to warn Mu Bai against harboring impure thoughts.
However, she wasn't sure if Mu Bai would heed her warning.
Returning to her room, anxious and uneasy, she found Zhan Mohan had already coaxed the children to sleep. Seeing her troubled expression, he assumed there was an issue with the hotel arrangements.
Facing Zhan Mohan's inquiry, she sighed and recounted her encounter with Mu Bai, "Although Mu Bai hasn't done anything beyond provoking Yichen, I feel uncomfortable whenever I see him. Besides, there shouldn't be any outsiders in the hotel today. Why is he here?"
Zhan Mohan surmised that perhaps Mu Bai had a room booked here long-term. While they had contracted the hotel, they didn't have the right to evict guests who were already long-term residents.
If there was no issue with the hotel management, then this was the only possibility.
"Even though he has a plausible reason to be at the hotel, the timing is too coincidental. I don't quite believe his story."
Wei Yumeng didn't believe Mu Bai at heart. Today was not the day she was supposed to encounter him.
Zhan Mohan shared the same view, "Regardless, as long as tomorrow's ceremony goes smoothly, it's fine. As for whether Mu Bai is truly problematic, we'll have to wait for the drug analysis results. However, from what I know, the initial tests on that drug have indicated issues."
Upon hearing this, Wei Yumeng's heart tightened, "What do you mean?"
"This drug indeed contains addictive components. However, this doesn't prove anything yet. In medicine, many drugs have side effects, and addiction is one of them. The hospital is currently conducting further component separation to determine the drug's exact efficacy and whether the addictive component was intentionally added."
Listening to Zhan Mohan's analysis, Wei Yumeng also calculated the time, "It's been quite some time since this drug was sent over, why are they still doing component separation?"
Zhan Mohan explained, "This drug is quite complicated to produce. Without exceptional medical talent, it's difficult to independently complete its synthesis. Whether the drug is problematic or not, it's clear that Mu Bai put considerable effort into it."
The more this was the case, the more dangerous Wei Yumeng found him, even starting to suspect if his saving Mu Linjing was a coincidence or a deliberate arrangement.
If it was a deliberate arrangement, wouldn't that imply he was colluding with Feng Shiming and others?
The thought made Wei Yumeng feel sleepless.
She tossed and turned all night, waking up the next day with dark circles under her eyes.
With only a few hours until the engagement ceremony, she applied makeup, trying to conceal her haggard appearance, while still worrying if the ceremony would proceed smoothly.
In response, Zhan Mohan could only wake up early and, along with Zhan Yichen, re-examine the props to ensure everything was in order.
Meanwhile, the Mu family, also unable to sleep peacefully due to their daughter's engagement, woke up early and were getting themselves ready when a knock came at the door.