CHAPTER 503: CHAPTER 503: A PIECE OF BAD NEWS

Yan Qianyi asked, "What do you mean?"

Xia Ziyu replied, "Didn’t you take Chu Hua to the Mu Family yesterday because you wanted her to use her special ability to do you a favor?"

"Did she tell you everything that happened at the Mu Family last night?"

"No, she won’t say a word no matter how much I ask. But I can guess that you needed her help, and it must have involved using her special ability. Otherwise, I really cannot think of any other way she could be of help."

"That’s good, it’s a Mu Family affair. You should stop prying."

"Alright, I won’t pry; I’m not interested anyway. But what I want to say is, since you suspect Mu Huaner, why not just have Chu Hua hypnotize her and ask her? Wouldn’t that solve the issue?"

"I’ve thought about that, but it won’t work."

"Why wouldn’t it work?" Xia Ziyu asked, puzzled.

"People in the Mu Family don’t know that Chu Hua’s special ability also includes charm, but Ah Lie has connections with the Federation Military Academy, so he must be aware of Chu Hua’s abilities. After all, he’s very close to Mu Huaner. It wouldn’t be right for me to let Chu Hua do that."

"What’s not right about it? You’re overthinking."

"You don’t understand. Alright, you better get some sleep. I won’t talk about it anymore."

After speaking, Yan Qianyi hung up the voice call.

Because Mu Yunlie’s relationship with Mu Huaner was different, she couldn’t deal with Mu Huaner in the same way she had dealt with Mu Chen.

She had to produce solid evidence and ensure that Mu Huaner was subject to legal punishment.

Information garnered through Chu Hua’s special ability could not be used as evidence in court.

Without other evidence, she couldn’t do anything to Mu Huaner.

The people she was contracted to assassinate within the organization were all villains who couldn’t be sanctioned by the law.

If it weren’t for the relationship between Mu Yunlie and Mu Huaner, she could have handled Mu Huaner privately.

But with Mu Yunlie in the picture, she had to consider his feelings and couldn’t treat Mu Huaner like she did others.

Moreover, Mu Yunlie must know about Chu Hua’s current special ability to charm.

So even if she allowed Chu Hua to question Mu Huaner, the approach would always lack integrity.

This was what troubled her the most.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t need to go through so much trouble to find someone like Xu Zhiqiang.

In the afternoon, while Yan Qianyi was researching in the lab, Xue Xiaoguang made a heavy-hearted voice call to her:

"Sister, I have some bad news. Prepare yourself."

Yan Qianyi’s brows tightened, "Stop beating around the bush and tell me."

"Nurse Li Ying is dead."

"What?" Yan Qianyi abruptly stood up, "When did this happen? How did she die?"

"Last Friday night, she died in a car accident."

Yan Qianyi recalled the timeline.

Last Thursday, Li Ying had come to Yan Group to ask her for money, and the very next day she was involved in a fatal car accident. This accident was too odd to be a mere coincidence.

"Who caused the accident?"

"The person fled the scene and hasn’t been found. The police suspect that the individual has a special identity, possibly a professional assassin of some sort, who had planned an escape route in advance, making them untraceable."

"I see. Come back then."

Xue Xiaoguang asked anxiously, "Sister, now that the person is gone, won’t that cause problems for you?"

"No, the matter has already been resolved on my end."

Mu Chen had already confessed to the crime; there was no need for Li Ying to testify.

She had initially planned to inform Xue Xiaoguang and Yun Mu that Li Ying wasn’t needed on Capital Star anymore.

After finishing the call with Xue Xiaoguang, Yan Qianyi immediately made a voice call to Mu Huaner.

This time, Mu Huaner promptly answered.

Before she could speak, Yan Qianyi got straight to the point and asked, "After reading my diary, when did you go to question Mu Chen?"

"What’s wrong?" Mu Huaner sounded utterly confused, "Hasn’t my second brother already confessed to the crime?"

Yan Qianyi’s voice was stern, "Answer my question!"

"I went to ask him right away."

"The day you left here, last Friday?"

"Yes, what do you want with these questions now?"

Yan Qianyi clenched her teeth, "A nurse I had intended to call as a witness died last Friday in a deliberate murder."

Mu Huaner gasped in shock, "So... what? You suspect my second brother did it?"

"That nurse was just an ordinary citizen with no enemies, who else could it be but Mu Chen? And it just happened after you had gone to Mu Chen to inquire about the hospital."

Mu Chen must have realized Li Ying had gone to Yan Group.

If Li Ying hadn’t come to Yan Group that day, perhaps Mu Chen wouldn’t have done what he did.

He must have killed to cover his own tracks!

"Could there be some kind of misunderstanding?" asked Mu Huaner.

"You already know what kind of person Mu Chen is, are you still trying to speak in his defense?"

"It’s not that I’m speaking for him, it’s just... it’s all your speculation at this point."

"I will ask him myself!"

With that, Yan Qianyi hung up the call, changed her clothes, and headed towards the Mu Family.

On the other side, Mu Huaner quickly got out of her bed in the hotel and drove back to the Mu Family.

The two ran into each other in the manor’s parking lot.

Mu Huaner hurried up to Yan Qianyi wanting to say something, but Yan Qianyi preempted her, "Are you trying to stop me?"

Mu Huaner’s momentum suddenly faltered.

After learning the truth about the past year, she no longer had the nerve to stand up to Yan Qianyi, "I won’t stop you, I just hope that this matter can be handled quietly. The old master can’t take another blow."

Yan Qianyi ignored Mu Huaner and stepped towards the building of the second branch.

She had warned Li Ying not to appear on Capital Star ever again, but Li Ying, driven by money, still found her way to Yan Group.

Although it was Li Ying who exposed herself,

It was ultimately her who dragged Li Ying into this matter.

Now that Li Ying was dead, she had to seek justice for her!

Mu Ziqing was accompanying Old Master Mu for a walk in the garden and from a distance saw Yan Qianyi approaching, she quickly said, "Grandfather, look, Qianyi is here!"

A glint of vitality flashed across Old Master Mu’s somber face, he looked up in the direction Mu Ziqing was pointing.

He saw Yan Qianyi hurrying along, with Mu Huaner following behind.

Mu Ziqing called out several times, but neither Yan Qianyi nor Mu Huaner heard her.

"Grandfather, it looks like they are heading to Second Uncle’s place."

Old Master Mu’s eyebrows furrowed tightly, "Let’s go see!"

Mu Chen’s children were not welcoming when they saw Yan Qianyi arrive.

Mu Lingling glared at Yan Qianyi fiercely, "Our family has already suffered enough because of you, what more do you want?"

Wen Shurou had already returned to her parents’ house the previous night.

This morning, Old Master Mu had made an announcement to expel Mu Chen from the Mu Family and disinherit him.

Since returning from the main house the night before, Mu Chen had locked himself in his room and hadn’t eaten anything. No matter how much his children shouted outside the door, he didn’t respond.

Yan Qianyi sneered coldly, "No one has harmed him, he brought this upon himself. Move aside, I have something to ask him."

Mu Lingling spread her arms and blocked Yan Qianyi’s path, "I won’t let you take another step inside! Leave immediately!"