Madam Chu's eyes flashed with a sharp glint, and she said seriously, "Since their activities are so secretive, there must be plenty of lookouts around. How did you get in? And how did you get back out?"
"I secretly followed the patrol team in. But when I wanted to leave later, I accidentally knocked over a barrel and was discovered, so I could only hurry back."
Chu Yihan did not mention the mysterious person.
On his way back, he had already figured it out. That person should be the one who had previously killed Wang Siming and Manager Qian of Wanli Bank.
Although his methods were somewhat brutal, his conduct could still be considered that of a great hero who punished evil and upheld justice.
Marshal Chu looked at his eldest son, who sat silently on the sofa. "Qingyun, what do you have to say?"
The moment the warehouse caught fire, Chu Qingyun had immediately withdrawn and driven back home.
When the servants went to call him, he pretended to have just been woken up. With his hair in disarray and dressed in house clothes, he came out.
After being called out, he was just about to speak and deliver the explanation he had prepared when Madam Chu, anxious, spoke before him.
"What else is there to say? Yihan must have seen wrong. How could Qingyun possibly have gotten mixed up with those foreigners? And to smuggle opium with them and harm his fellow countrymen? Isn't that utter nonsense?"
After speaking indignantly, Madam Chu sat down beside him and said earnestly, "Master, you watched Qingyun grow up and personally taught him. You know better than anyone what kind of person he is. No matter what, he could never do such a thing."
As she spoke, she let out another heavy