Chapter 1405: Chapter 1405: Secret Maneuvers (1)

“Since you know Du Qingyu is targeting Ye Qilan, you should warn him to keep his distance from Du Qingyu…”

Qiao Qiao kept rambling on, but Su Hongxing’s thoughts had drifted far away.

She couldn’t exactly tell Qiao Qiao that Ye Qilan was deliberately getting close to Du Qingyu for a purpose—just to uncover the mastermind behind everything, could she?

The fewer people who knew about this, the better. Mainly, she was afraid of eavesdroppers, so even Qiao Qiao was kept in the dark. Unless something unexpected happened, only Ye Qilan and she knew the real reason Ye Qilan approached Du Qingyu.

What she feared was the plot unfolding the same as in her previous life.

In her past life, it was precisely because of Ye Qilan’s scandals with other women that she stayed in Qingmu Garden, overthinking, and ultimately lost trust in him.

Of course, in this life, she and Ye Qilan didn’t have so many misunderstandings, and she was also aware that Ye Qilan’s intentions with Du Qingyu were not pure.

Just now, when Du Qingyu called her, she had deliberately acted jealous, unreasonable, and furious.

Even though Ye Qilan hadn’t given her any heads-up about this, she felt that this was the best way to lower Du Qingyu’s guard.

Blurring truth and lies, mixing the real with the fake, would leave the enemy baffled and in the dark.

Not long after Su Hongxing arrived at the office, she found that once again, there were online posts from enthusiastic netizens—this time, even a video of Ye Qilan walking out of Du Qingyu’s house, timestamped at 11:30 last night.

Even more curious was that, when entering Du Qingyu’s apartment, Ye Qilan had been wearing one shirt, but when he left her house, his shirt was completely different.

The onlookers, delighting in the gossip, were maliciously speculating that Ye Qilan was cheating during his marriage, having an affair with Du Qingyu.

While some criticized “Ding Ye” on the internet, others took the opportunity to kick Su Hongxing while she was down, claiming that this was karma for how quickly Su Hongxing remarried after Ye Qilan’s death in her previous life.

The internet was abuzz with rumors. After browsing for a while, Qiao Qiao, feeling annoyed, saw Su Hongxing still reading the news and went over to close the webpage. “Stop looking at it—it’s all negativity.”

“It doesn’t hurt to take a look,” Su Hongxing replied as she reopened the page.

The screen was flooded with gossip about Du Qingyu and Ye Qilan. Some even claimed that before they got married, Ye Qilan and Du Qingyu had already been secretly involved.

None of this was unexpected, but what unsettled her was the strong sense of déjà vu. After thinking about it for a while, she recalled a similar scene from her previous life.

Back then, it had been Cao Shiyu tied to the rumors with Ye Qilan. Even then, Ye Qilan had been spotted at Cao Shiyu’s place, changing into a different outfit before leaving, leading everyone to speculate that Ye Qilan had an affair with Cao Shiyu.

Of course, in her past life, she had been a discarded wife kept in Qingmu Garden by Ye Qilan. But in this life, she and Ye Qilan had already remarried.

“Su, stop looking! Don’t you trust your husband’s character by now? You can’t seriously believe the nonsense these entertainment reporters come up with, can you?” Qiao Qiao leaned over again and closed the webpage.

Seeing how serious Su Hongxing looked, Qiao Qiao thought she might actually be buying into these absurd rumors. But as far as she was concerned, Ye Qilan had been through thick and thin by Su Hongxing’s side—death itself couldn’t separate them—so how could he possibly be cheating on her now?

Su Hongxing, noticing Qiao Qiao’s anxious expression, snapped back to reality and said, “I’m just thinking.”

“What’s there to think about? Your husband cheating is a groundless accusation. That’s all you need to remember,” Qiao Qiao vowed confidently.