The two PDs, of course, didn't follow them; they stayed in the corridor. Otherwise, even if they hid inside the house, wouldn't they have directly told Xu Huaizhou that there were people in the house?
As the footsteps slowly approached, Xu Chun instinctively held her breath. The surrounding space was so narrow that she couldn't move at all; even the slightest movement would make a considerable noise. So Xu Chun remained stiff.
His and Xie Jianyuan's position was now somewhat awkward, hunched over and squeezed together, so close that they could even feel each other's warm breath.
The door opened.
Xu Chun's palms were sweating with nervousness. The footsteps circled the room before finally stopping near them, the sound so real it seemed to be right next to his ears, tormenting his nerves.
Xie Jianyuan's gaze remained fixed on Xu Chun's face, and a faint smile appeared in his dark eyes as he saw Xu Chun's nervous and uneasy appearance.
Xu Chun was very close to him, the position making it seem as if he was holding her in his arms. Her cheek was against his chest, and she heard the muffled laughter coming from Xie Jianyuan's chest. For some reason, she felt her heart beating faster.
Xu Chun felt a bit thirsty, and couldn't even tell if her heartbeat was because Xu Huaizhou was nearby or something else.
He lowered his eyes slightly, not even daring to look Xie Jianyuan directly in the eye.
Then, the next second, he felt a tightening around his waist. It turned out that Xie Jianyuan's hand had slowly moved down and had unknowingly landed on his waist.
He looked up abruptly and was met with a pair of beautiful, dark eyes.
Those eyes gazed silently at me, as if filled with a sky full of stars.
Chapter 50 Survival Instinct
Xu Chun lowered her eyelashes, forced herself to calm down, and then whispered, "We'll act out a scene together later."
His voice was extremely low, almost as if it were right next to Xie Jianyuan's ear.
What are you going to act in?
The footsteps were getting closer and closer. Xu Chun knew she couldn't hide any longer. Without time to explain, she quickly said, "We'll pretend we've become enemies to lower his guard, then tear off his name tag when he's not looking, understand?"
Just as she finished speaking, she heard the door open again. It turned out that Shen Zhu had come over after seeing a large group of staff members gathered there.
He spotted Xu Huaizhou first, then covered his name tag with his hand, greeted him with a smile, and cautiously approached him along the wall.
With her plan interrupted, Xu Chun's heart sank slightly upon hearing Shen Zhu's voice. She could only pray that Xu Huaizhou would focus his attention on Shen Zhu.
"What are you doing here?" Shen Zhu asked.
Xu Huaizhou replied calmly, "Looking for someone."
Who to look for?
"The two of them."
Upon hearing that Xie Jianyuan and Xu Chun were together again, Shen Zhu couldn't help but reveal a meaningful expression.
"Now that the two of them have formed an alliance, why don't we give it a try too?"
Xu Huaizhou shook his head and refused directly, saying, "No need." After saying that, he seemed to catch something out of the corner of his eye, his gaze sharpened slightly, and he walked towards that direction.
Hearing the approaching footsteps, Xu Chun instinctively held her breath, gripped Xie Jianyuan's arm, and froze, afraid to move.
"Found it."
Xu Huaizhou's gaze fell on Xu Chun's face, then turned to Xie Jianyuan, raising an eyebrow indifferently.
At this moment, the cameraman also came over and zoomed in on their faces so that the audience could clearly see their expressions.
"Everyone, I've roughly guessed who that illegitimate child is."
Shen Zhu suddenly had an idea and broke the silence by speaking.
"Who is it?" Xu Huaizhou asked.
Shen Zhu glanced at Xu Chun with a smile, then slowly called out his name.
Xu Chun was slightly taken aback when her name was called, and asked in surprise, "What?"
Shen Zhu's words seemed to have completely surprised him. He looked at Xie Jianyuan in disbelief, "Do you believe it?"
Xie Jianyuan wanted to immediately answer that he believed her, but then he remembered Xu Chun's words earlier, and his mind changed, revealing a hesitant expression on his face.
Seeing him like this, Xu Chun seemed to have suffered a great blow. She pursed her lips and then looked at Shen Zhu.
Why would you say that?
Xu Huaizhou also seemed to be deep in thought when he asked, "Where is the evidence?"
Shen Zhu's expression became slightly unnatural, after all, he was just talking nonsense, but of course he couldn't admit that he had no evidence, so he only said, "Xu Chun has been behaving strangely the whole way."
When asked what was strange, he couldn't give a clear answer, and finally even asked Xie Jianyuan to reveal his clues.
Xu Huaizhou nodded in agreement with Xu Chun's idea, since Xu Chun had shared the clues from the beginning.
After a moment's hesitation, Xie Jianyuan said slowly, "B."
"What?"
I got the letter B.
Xu Huaizhou frowned. "What does this mean?"
Shen Zhu asked doubtfully, "Is it pinyin? But none of the names here have a 'B' in their pinyin."
Xie Jianyuan shook his head and said, "This probably refers to Arabic numerals."
Shen Zhu frowned and said, "B can only mean 2." After all, the alphabetical order is the most obvious thing for most people.
He paused, then continued, "If it's number two," his gaze fell on Xu Chun, "Xu Chun is the second one..."
Xu Chun paused slightly, then stared at him and said, "But 2 can also represent a name with two characters, so you'd be included in that category too."
Shen Zhu never expected to get herself involved, and quickly denied it, saying, "It wasn't me."
Xu Chun continued, "Moreover, the phrase 'flowing to the sea never to return' that Xu Huaizhou received is related to water, and among us, only your surname has the water radical."
Everyone's expression changed immediately.
Xu Huaizhou's gaze fell on Shen Zhu with a dangerous glint, like a wild beast scrutinizing and observing before a hunt, making Shen Zhu uneasy.