A Qing's "Confession" / Kirara's "Concert"

"Alright, stop pretending. Your mother already knows."

"Ah?"

Seeing the shock and confusion on Anna's face, Yaqing patiently explained, "Your mother is an intelligence officer under my command. She can even find out what medicine those old guys on the board of directors took this morning, let alone your little boyfriend."

"Then why did Mom..."

"You're asking why you agreed, right?" Yaqing paused for a moment. "Froglay felt that you had the choice to pursue your own happiness, instead of being arranged to marry by your family like him. Even if your father loved her very much and was even willing to marry into her family, that's still not true freedom."

"Mom..." Anna had never heard of her mother's past.

"She wants you to stay away from the vortex of power, preferably in the Far East."

Anna lowered her head.

Yaqing couldn't stay awake any longer and fell asleep.

The flight time from Central Europe to the Far East is very long.

Anna thought a lot during this time, but she still couldn't hold on and fell asleep on Yaqing's shoulder.

When they woke up again, the plane was about to land. They hadn't even eaten their in-flight meal. Perhaps this is a common trait among the Schariac Family: as long as they're not piloting the plane themselves, they can definitely sleep until they reach their destination.

"Master... Uncle... Brother, I'm sorry..." Anna looked at the drool stain she had left on Yaqing's suit and panicked, frantically trying to pull out a tissue to wipe it off.

"It's okay, this dress isn't very expensive."

I'm so sorry!

In the waiting hall of the Far East Airport, Mobius, who had come early to pick up passengers, felt like he was being followed. Upon closer inspection, he spotted World Serpent Company's new batch of interns in the crowd.

A boy named Chen Tianwu.

"Chen Tianwu?"

"Doctor!" Chen Tianwu was surprised to run into Dr. Mobius at the airport and asked, "Doctor, are you here to pick someone up too?"

"Hmm." Mobius hummed in response, his gaze shifting to the bouquet of roses in Chen Tianwu's arms. "You took the day off today?"

Mobius wasn't curious about who Chen Tianwu was there to pick up; she was more concerned about whether Chen Tianwu was absent from work or on leave.

Mobius's serious tone made Chen Tianwu, who had just graduated from university, very nervous.

"I... I've already asked for leave from my superiors."

After receiving a clear answer, Mobius nodded.

The flight landed at that moment.

"Anna! Here..." Chen Tianwu waved excitedly, but his enthusiasm faded halfway through his sentence, and his eyes seemed to have lost their light.

Mobius followed Chen Tianwu's gaze.

The girl, dressed in a white short dress, possessed an ethereal beauty. A unique blue moon necklace adorned her swan-like neck, and the beret she wore on her head made her truly resemble an angel who had just descended to earth.

Her legs were fair and long, with pale stockings revealing a hint of flesh, and she wore black striped canvas shoes, which added to her vitality.

A hand wearing a black fingerless glove was intimately embracing a man's arm.

Mobius was feeling sad for Chen Tianwu. He shook his head, and then realized that the man the girl was holding looked familiar. After looking closely, he realized something was wrong.

Isn't that... her man?!

Without a word, Chen Tianwu placed the bouquet of roses on the ground, turned around and left without the slightest hesitation.

"Chen Tianwu, wait!" Anna knew he had misunderstood when she saw Chen Tianwu put the flowers on the ground and leave. She quickly let go of Yaqing's hand, gave her an apologetic look, and pulled her suitcase to chase after him.

Yaqing stood still.

Mobius walked slowly toward him and said sarcastically in a lukewarm tone, "Oh, little guinea pig, it's been such a short time, and you've already hooked up with another one at headquarters. You're quite capable."

"Stop messing around, senior." Yaqing said helplessly, "I don't believe you couldn't figure it out from our identical hair color and pupils."

"What use is it for me to analyze it?" Mobius sneered. "Someone didn't analyze it, which shows how close they are. Tell me, which relative is she to you?"

Let's talk as we walk.

Yaqing and Mobius walked towards the parking lot.

"She is my niece, Anna Schariac."

"Niece?"

"That's right. Her mother is from my clan and is also my most loyal subordinate. Why did I have the courage to send her abroad? It's because I kept her at headquarters to monitor the board's every move."

Meanwhile, Anna caught up with Chen Tianwu.

Chapter 194 Yaqing's "Confession" / Kira's "Concert"

Mobius and Yaqing followed stealthily behind. They saw Chen Tianwu walking quickly ahead, with Anna pulling a suitcase and walking a few steps behind him.

"Chen Tianwu!"

Anna quickly stepped forward and grabbed Chen Tianwu's arm.

Chen Tianwu did not shake off Anna's hand, but stopped walking.

On the street corner, Yaqing watched the two people talking with curiosity and asked, "What are they talking about?"

"Why don't you go and ask them?" Mobius noticed that Chen Tianwu's expression had changed from indifference to smiling again, and said irritably, "Your niece is just like you, glib and smooth-talking."

"What does the senior mean?"

"Nothing."

There was no fun in watching any longer, so Mobius pulled Yaqing away and drove back to the Golden Courtyard. Sitting in the car, Yaqing had a strange sense of foreboding.

Mobius took Yaqing's hand and pushed open the courtyard gate.

"Oh, isn't this Xiao Yaqing who suddenly left without saying a word?" Elysia put down the broom, put her hands on her chubby little waist, and puffed out her little mouth.

"It's my fault, it's my fault, Elysia."

Just as Yaqing finished speaking with Elysia, he saw a head pop out of the kitchen. The person was wearing a face mask and had a blank expression. It was Jie Ge. The emotion contained in his pupils startled him and made him take a step back.

Only then did they realize that Mobius had closed the courtyard gate at some point.

Yaqing looked at the people coming out from all directions of the courtyard.

Su, Ying, Kevin, Mei, Eden...

Aside from Kosma, Ling, Griseo, and the two Fu sisters who were at school, almost everyone from the courtyard showed up. Yaqing understood that they were here to interrogate him!

Who... who is trying to assassinate me?!

"I am a sinner!"

"I am a menace to humanity!"

I have failed the people!

"I am willing to give up everything and sincerely repent to you!"

Yaqing recited the apology he had just written in a hoarse voice, which made Kevin, who was standing behind him, feel itchy. He had an urge to take out a rattan cane and whip the guy's back hard.

"Yaqing, you've gone too far with this!" Mei was both amused and exasperated.

"Alright, alright, I'll stop teasing him." Sakura chuckled.

Kevin grabbed Yaqing by the neck and laughed, "Will you dare to leave without saying a word next time?"

Yaqing pushed Kevin's face away in annoyance.

Sitting on the sofa.

"Eden, are you free for the song in the next movie?"

While Eden was still pondering the itinerary, Elysia came over, grabbed Yaqing's hand, shook it, and said coquettishly, "Yaqing, my dear Yaqing, please tell me, what exactly is the meaning of that last Easter egg? Otherwise, Miss Fairy won't be able to eat or sleep well."

"That's perfect, Elysia, you can lose some weight."

"Professor Mobius, Elysia is NOT fat at all!" Elysia emphasized, enunciating each word clearly.

"Elysia, you're not asking about the Easter egg, are you?" Yaqing bluntly pointed out the deeper meaning in Elysia's words. "What you really want to ask is whether the machine survived or not?"

"Hehe." Elysia smiled, then looked at Yaqing with even more hopeful eyes.

"Uh... like alive."

Yaqing planned to use this excuse to get by.

"What does 'like living' mean?" Elysia pressed.

"So, is she actually alive or not? If she is, and you think she is alive, then she has always lived..." Yaqing suddenly realized she had said a bit too much.

"Never mind, you should know by the end of this year."

"If it's two months from now, I should have time," Eden replied.

After receiving Eden's answer and having a short gathering with the people in the courtyard, Yaqing rushed to the company. He really wanted to know what Salome and the others had been doing at the company during the days he was away.

When Yaqing arrived at the company building, everything seemed normal. Employees were clocking in and out as usual, and the receptionist greeted them politely.

However, Salome and other high-ranking officials were nowhere to be seen.

Upon arriving at his office, Yaqing seemed to hear a commotion. Considering that his office was equipped with the best soundproofing materials in the world, the fact that he could still hear noise from inside spoke volumes.

Yaqing pushed open the door, and a sound wave-like attack entered her brain.

I am in great pain.

Yaqing was dumbfounded to find that his office seemed to have been transformed into a nightclub. Under the colorful lights, Shigure Kira was singing "Nightglow" at the top of her lungs. The others seemed to be used to it, all wearing earphones and doing their own thing.

Shub is drinking.

Rita was secretly looking at the photos of the three Kaslana sisters from childhood to adulthood saved on his computer, especially the folder containing Bianka Kaslana's photos, which she kept opening repeatedly.

Patrick was lying awkwardly on the table with Cheng Lixue on his back.

Cheng Lixue pressed her forehead against the table, tears streaming down her face.

"That's right, her skin used to be so different, how come she looks like a haggard old woman now..."

"You forced her to drink?" Salome said expressionlessly.

"No, just a drink." Patrick felt truly wronged.

"You... that's enough!!!"

Yaqing's roar was drowned out by Shigure Kira's singing, which was comparable to a sonic weapon. None of the women wearing earplugs heard it, and they didn't even notice Yaqing's arrival.

Left with no other choice, Yaqing simply unplugged Shigure Kira's speaker.

Unexpectedly, even without accompaniment, Shigure Kira still sang "affectionately" with her eyes closed.

Yaqing felt that if she listened any longer, her eardrums would perforate.

They directly pulled the power switch off the office floor.

Anyway, the top floor office is his alone.

The lights went out.

The women realized what was happening.

Shigure Kira stopped her agonizing singing, looking at Yaqing standing expressionlessly at the door with a mixture of surprise and guilt. "Ya... Yaqing, you're back?"

"Yes, if I hadn't come back, you guys would have torn the house down," Yaqing said with a forced smile.

The women felt a pang of guilt.

At this critical moment, only Rita reacted, quietly deleting her browsing history and silently saving the photos to her phone.

"Is this a dance hall or a nightclub?"

Upon hearing Yaqing's question, none of the women dared to answer, and they lowered their heads guiltily.

Yaqing was helpless against them. After all, they were her sister's former subordinates and had worked together for seven or eight years. They were more like friends than colleagues.

Yaqing's punishment was not severe; she only deducted their performance bonuses.