The moment I heard that man's voice, I regretted it. I regretted setting Ah Xiu free to avenge me.
From the lounge on one side of the banquet hall, a graceful young man emerged.
Dressed in a moon - white silk summer robe, his thick black hair setting off a somewhat pale face, Du Peiyun, the patriarch of the Du family, immediately caught everyone's attention at the banquet.
"Mr. Du, you're late. You should drink three cups as a forfeit!"
As soon as Wei Wenzhao saw Du Peiyun, he immediately seemed to find his backbone. All the anxiety between his eyebrows disappeared. He greeted him with a laugh and firmly grasped his hand, shaking it vigorously a few times.
"Hehe, I went to handle some family affairs, so I'm a bit late."
Du Peiyun's way of speaking and doing things was completely in the old - fashioned style. While saying "please forgive me", he pushed aside a waiter standing in front of him and walked to Lin Shuya's side.
He was wearing a long - sleeved traditional Chinese summer robe, with the sleeves slightly rolled up to reveal a section of his forearm. There was clearly a talisman engraved on the inside of his arm. In just a flash, I recognized it. It was actually the most domineering "Five - Thunder Ghost - Slaying Seal" in Taoism!
"Wait a minute!"
I couldn't hide anymore.
Ah Xiu was set free by me. If something happened to her under Du Peiyun's hands, I would blame myself for the rest of my life!
Although the fear of being hunted down over the years had been deeply ingrained in my bones, I still gritted my teeth and pulled Lin Shuya behind me.
"Hehe, Du Xinghe?"
Du Peiyun was a bit surprised that I dared to face him directly. "I thought you were as timid as a mouse, only capable of sneaking around and running for your life."
"Ah! Mr. Du, you know Miss Xinghe?"
Wei Wenzhao showed an expression as if he had just discovered there was something between us. "You both have the surname Du... Could you be from the same clan?"
"Du Xinghe is not from my clan."
This time, Du Peiyun didn't pretend anymore. He stopped talking about those empty things like changing fate and directly pointed at me. "She stole our Du family's heirloom. We've been chasing her for years!"
"A thief?!"
"Oh my god! I'm afraid she came to our banquet to steal things too!"
"Mr. Du has such good manners! He looks like the head of a big family..."
As soon as Du Peiyun's words came out, countless whispers rose around. Du Peiyun then pointed at Lin Shuya behind me and said, "This woman even raises ghosts!! She specifically uses red - clothed vengeful spirits to harm people. Ms. Lin has already suffered a lot. Fortunately, I gave her a life - saving talisman, which prevented that vengeful spirit from succeeding!"
"No! Xiao He is my friend!"
Wang Yingxiu, who was attached to Lin Shuya behind me, couldn't come out, but her consciousness was still there. She tried to defend me. "I followed her voluntarily!"
"Hehe!! Voluntarily?"
Du Peiyun laughed even more heartily. "I've investigated you, Wang Yingxiu! There was a singer surnamed Song in Taoran Media who had an accident and became paraplegic. It was you who did it, right?"
I couldn't help but be shocked. Du Peiyun had never shown up around me, but it turned out that he had been investigating my actions. He even knew every detail of what had happened to Song Yixuan.
"No!! It was me who did it! It has nothing to do with Xiao He!" Wang Yingxiu didn't expect that the experience of me helping her teach that scumbag a lesson would be used by Du Peiyun as a stain to slander me. She shouted anxiously.
"You? What are you? Just a ghost who doesn't want to leave this world. Song Yixuan was at the peak of his popularity and was protected by gods. You're just a newly - formed ghost. Don't overestimate yourself!"
Du Peiyun squinted at Lin Shuya, his eyes full of contempt. "Du Xinghe, I know you won't admit it, so I've brought a witness here today."
Saying that, he slightly stepped aside. A young man in casual clothes was following behind him. I'm severely face - blind. I just thought he looked familiar, but I couldn't remember where I had seen him.
"When Song Yixuan was pushed downstairs, it was this police officer who received the call. He saw the scene at that time!"
Du Peiyun said to the young man gently, "Officer Fu, please tell us what happened at that time."
"Officer Fu?!"
Suddenly, I remembered the two police officers who came to our room in Wang Yingxiu's Lvyuan Apartment to investigate after Song Yixuan fell from the building. One of them was this "Officer Fu"!
I couldn't help but take a step back.
...Wasn't this a family banquet to celebrate Si Tong's recovery today?
Why was Officer Fu here? And why did Du Peiyun show up here?
This seemed like a complete conspiracy against me! But I couldn't connect the key points at all. What was the use of them going through so much trouble to deal with me?!
Du Peiyun could have just secretly tracked and captured my grandpa and me like before!
I didn't have time to think more. Officer Fu glanced at me and started to describe what had happened that day.
Of course, from his perspective, there was no sign of Wang Yingxiu, let alone any little ghosts.
All he saw was me waiting alone in the small apartment for Song Yixuan, and then pushing him downstairs.
"I went to find Song Yixuan."
Officer Fu glanced at me. "He said that it was the General Manager Si of Fir Capital who asked him to go there that day."
"What? General Manager Si?!!!"
"Si Jiangchen?!"
"Isn't Du Xinghe his girlfriend? Is he finding a gigolo for his girlfriend?"
"Can't General Manager Si satisfy his girlfriend?"
"Hehe..."
The noisy voices rose again. Although this was a private banquet, the guests were all well - known celebrities in Beijing. Officer Fu's words suddenly turned to Si Jiangchen, which immediately made me feel that the situation was getting even more strange!
This time, Du Peiyun didn't seem to be targeting me, but Si Jiangchen?!
I looked at Du Peiyun, who seemed confident, and then at Wei Wenzhao, who was still smiling amiably. Suddenly, I understood their trick!
They were targeting Si Jiangchen in a way we had never expected.
Si Jiangchen had always presented himself as a clean - living person in the upper - class circles.
He was not interested in women, didn't drink, and didn't like any luxurious environments. Fir Capital was a large financing and operating group company. Having such a president would give shareholders and investors a sense of security.
If Si Jiangchen's image that he had built for years suddenly collapsed, the most affected might not be himself, but the various businesses of Fir Capital!
In an instant, Wei Wenzhao, who smiled like the Maitreya Buddha, seemed like a ghost waiting to devour people in my eyes.
No wonder he always liked to stuff women into Si Jiangchen's room. No wonder he gave him a large dose of medicine. It was all to ruin Si Jiangchen's reputation!
Even... I suddenly thought of the Gu worm refined from the ghost who died of lust that Du Peiyun released in Lu Village. At that time, he wasn't trying to harm me at all!!
He was trying to make Si Jiangchen fall victim to my "poison"!