I was just playing tricks, how come I became Bai Yueguang

When talking about Jiang Huashan, the smile on Shen Guiling's lips faded a lot, and he even looked at Shen Qingyu with some displeasure.

Shen Qingyu noticed his mood worsening, and suddenly became cheerful. He said compassionately, "To tell you the truth, Shen Lanxi has suspected you for a long time. He deliberately revealed the news that Shen Nian was about to wake up today, hoping to lure you out of your flaws and catch you red-handed."

Shen Guiling had a calm expression, showing no emotion at all.

Shen Qingyu continued, "Shen Guiling, why don't you tell me the truth? Shen Nian and I are not close. As long as you can give me a reasonable explanation, I will help you solve Shen Lanxi's problem. How about that?"

Shen Guiling thought for a moment, then sat down opposite Shen Qingyu with a cup of water in hand, "What truth do you want to hear?"

Shen Qingyu: "Why did you want to kill Shen Nian? Also, why are you involved with the Bai family's royal family?"

"I killed Shen Nian to protect myself. He sent people to assassinate me first, and I was just fighting back. As for the Bai royal family you mentioned, I killed Bai Zheng, and they came to trouble me, it's that simple." Shen Guiling blurted out without thinking.

Shen Qingyu glanced at him sideways, "Do you think I'm stupid? You're just trying to get away with this kind of perfunctory explanation? If you were doing it to protect yourself, why would you risk assassinating Shen Nian now that you're safe? As for the Bai family, since they came to cause trouble for you, why was Shen Nian the one who got shot in the end? The royal guards' guns never miss."

Shen Guiling raised his eyes and looked at Shen Qingyu. The dim light cleverly concealed the undercurrents surging in their eyes.

"This is my explanation. If you don't accept it, there's nothing I can do." He smiled, looking very regretful.

Shen Qingyu knew that Shen Guiling was not someone who could be easily manipulated, and he did not expect to be able to extract useful information from just a few words. He stood up and said in a normal tone, "Don't think that I can't find out just because you don't tell me."

Shen Guiling raised an eyebrow, "Leaving now?"

Shen Qingyu tilted his head and looked at him with disgust, "What? Do you still have something to say?"

Shen Guiling frowned slightly and stared at him, "You don't plan to tell Shen Lanxi?"

Shen Qingyu pulled the corners of his mouth, and raised the corners of his eyes slightly, "No! Who made me promise Xiaohuaer to take you back?"

He waved goodbye, and just after taking two steps, he suddenly remembered something and turned back, smiling brightly and dazzlingly: "Oh, right! When you were not at Shen Garden, Grandpa said that roosters that can't crow should not occupy seats. Brother Aling, I hope you will reflect on this."

"..." Shen Guiling raised her eyelids and looked at him quietly with her obsidian eyes.

Shen Qingyu spread his hands, turned around and opened the door.

The moment light came through the crack in the door, the smile on his lips suddenly froze.

The lights in the corridor glowed with a cold white halo, but no matter how cold it was, it was not as cold as the look in Shen Lanxi's eyes at this moment.

It happened so suddenly that Shen Qingyu was stunned for a moment. He turned around and glanced into the room, then asked in an extremely unnatural tone, "Why are you here?"

"Step aside."

Shen Lanxi had no intention of paying any attention to Shen Qingyu. She put one hand on the door and opened it as wide as possible.

The room was dim, but one could still clearly see someone sitting on the sofa drinking water.

Shen Lanxi glanced at Shen Qingyu indifferently and walked straight into the house. His eyes lingered on the open window for a moment before turning back to Shen Guiling.

"When did you wake up?"

Shen Guilingxu clenched his fist against his pale lips and coughed softly, "Just now."

Shen Qingyu leaned against the door with his arms folded across his chest, glancing at Shen Guiling's acting. He had to admit that this bastard was really shameless.

Shen Lanxi turned around and looked at Shen Qingyu, "Why are you here?"

Shen Qingyu rolled his eyes nonchalantly, "What do you care about me? I can do whatever I want!"

Shen Lanxi said nothing, turned around and walked to the bedside, pulling back the white sheets. Under the moonlight, black shadows shifted, and as the sheets fell, the pistol and equipment he had just unloaded were revealed.

"Tsk!" Shen Qingyu shrugged indifferently and shook his head helplessly at Shen Guiling.

Sure enough, Shen Lanxi was not so easy to fool.

Shen Lanxi turned around, her cold eyes still showing no emotion, but that invisible sense of oppression instantly filled the entire ward.

He pointed at the pile of black objects on the bed, his voice steady but questioning, "I just woke up, why are there these things?"

The air seemed to freeze at this moment.

Shen Guiling suppressed the undercurrent surging in his eyes, but his face showed no sign of panic. He even took another slow sip of the cool water in his cup, as if Shen Lanxi was pointing at something insignificant rather than a deadly weapon.

As the warm water slid down his throat, he finally raised his eyes, his gaze calmly meeting Shen Lanxi's scrutiny. The dim light cast a small shadow beneath his thick eyelashes, making it difficult to discern the truest emotion in his eyes.

"This," he put down the water cup, his tone as calm as if he was discussing the weather, "was given to me by Mo Ran. So, you shouldn't ask me, you should ask Mo Ran."

He paused, as if remembering something, and added, "Oh, right! Let me remind Brother Lan Xi, Mo Ran is my father's man, so I guess... it must be my father's instructions, right? I didn't know anything, and when I woke up, these things were on the bed. Brother Lan Xi, you came at the right time, I was worried about what to do with these things, thank you~"

"6!"

Shen Qingyu, who was leaning against the door frame, raised his eyebrows imperceptibly when he heard the words, and sighed in his heart: You bastard, your mouth is the hardest thing in your body.

Shen Lanxi didn't say anything, but just looked at Shen Guiling quietly, his eyes so sharp that it seemed to want to peel off all his disguises.

He vaguely suspected that Shen Guiling was hiding a secret, but Shen Guiling was impeccable and slippery. Although Gao Zhi had captured evidence of him entering and leaving the Li residence, Shen Guiling was covered in injuries at the time, and there was no evidence of any collusion between him and the Li family.

But his intuition told him that things were definitely not that simple.

The ward fell into an extreme silence, with only the occasional sound of the wind outside the window and the silent contest between each other.

After a long silence, Shen Lanxi spoke again, walking straight to Shen Guiling. His eyes were calm but he could not refuse: "Since you are awake, please help interrogate the assassin who assassinated Shen Nian."

Shen Guiling closed his eyes, supporting his forehead with one hand, looking weak and exhausted. "I'm sorry, Brother Lan Xi, I just woke up and haven't recovered yet. I'm afraid I'm willing but unable to do anything. Let's talk about it in a few days when I feel better."

"We can't wait any longer." Shen Lanxi interrupted him coldly, "My uncle committed suicide, and my grandfather is ill. We don't have time."

As soon as the words fell, Shen Guiling's face suddenly changed, and even Shen Qingyu, who had been watching the show, changed his face instantly.

Shen Lanxi turned around, his lowered eyes flickering. "Grandpa told me to bring everyone back. You've been unconscious, so I sent Shen Nian back early. Calculating the time, we should be at Jinggang Harbor by now."

Shen Guiling's eyelids slowly rose, and she looked up, meeting Shen Lanxi's unfathomable gaze.

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