68 THE RATHER UNSETTLING VISI (1/2)
Qiu Dawei felt very uneasy standing in the living room of Shen Rui's apartment. He could sit. But he was too uneasy to sit. Shen Rui could have called him to meet her anywhere but she asked he came to the house. It was just unsettling.
”Here, please take a seat and have a cup of tea.” The uncle who served as a butler at Shen Rui's apartment held out a cup of tea to Qiu Dawei.
Qiu Dawei accepted the tea and smiled at the butler politely. ”Thank you,” He said.
The butler nodded in response. ”I've told Madam Shen you're here. She'll come down any minute now.”
Qiu Dawei smiled uneasily. He neither trusted the butler nor his monotonous voice and unsmiling face. He was certain the butler would be the one to dispose of him if Shen Rui killed him here. He eyed the tea suspiciously and dropped it on the coffee table.
”Why don't you take a seat?” Shen Rui asked, her voice dry and listless.
Qiu Dawei glanced at her wearily. Her sophisticated aura was gone. She was putting on sweatpants and her hair was lazily wrapped in a messy bun. He was surprised at how innocent she looked. It was quite obvious that something was weighing her down and murder was probably the last thing on her mind. Or perhaps, it was the thought of the murder that was weighing her down. Nevertheless, he let down his guard and sat down.
Wordlessly, she stared at him with a piercing gaze that saw his uneasiness return.
He cleared his throat. ”You... You wanted to see me.”
She nodded.
”Why here?”
She looked around. ”In my home?” Shrugging, she added. ”I didn't feel like going out.”
Qiu Dawei furrowed his eyebrows. ”You haven't been to the company for some days now.”
She shook her head. ”I don't feel like going.”
Qiu Dawei looked at her, bewildered, and speechless. She had abandoned her company for a simple lack of motivation. It wasn't like her at all.
”Neither has my son,” she continued. ”And he never misses a day of work. If he's sick, you might even need to restrain him from going to work.”
Qiu Dawei knew she was accusing him of something. He just couldn't pinpoint what that exact thing was. ”Why are you telling me this?” he asked.
”Because the last time we saw, you made very bold claims.” She paused. ”What did you do?”
”Nothing.” Qiu Dawei replied with a sly smile intended to mask his fear.
She released an impatient breath. ”I've been calling Hua Zhendan and he has left my calls unattended and unreturned. You probably don't know this, but it doesn't matter how upset he is at me, he always picks up my call.”
”He takes everyone's call actually. He thinks it's very rude to leave people's calls unanswered. You raised him right.”
”Don't joke around with me, Qiu Dawei.” Shen Rui pointed a straight, angry finger at him. ”What did you do?”
”Nothing really.” He looked into Shen Rui's eyes that were starting to change color and added. ”I was wearing wires the day we met and I played him the recording.”
Shen Rui's complexion turned significantly darker, but she said nothing.
”You were right though. He reacted to it exactly the way you said he would.”
”Then what happened? Why has he disappeared into thin air?”
Feeling bolder, Qiu Dawei said, ”He didn't disappear. He decided he was tired of you and your evil ways and went in search of his birth parents.”
Shen Rui raised one brow at him as if he had said something impossible. Relaxing her features, she asked, ”Did he find them?”
Qiu Dawei wasn't sure if he should say. Since he had already said the first to make her feel threatened, he continued. ”He did. I think he's at their house.”
Shen Rui nodded her head. ”That's good, then.”
Qiu Dawei threw her a surprised look. Then, a worried one. ”You won't try to hurt them, would you?”
She frowned. ”What's wrong with you? Who do you think I am? Some female villain from a movie?”
Qiu Dawei nodded. ”Yes.”
She ignored him and shook her head. ”It's good he went to look for them. I'm glad he found them.”
Qiu Dawei was surprised at how lightly she was taking the news. He added, ”He's very happy. He says they're very nice and innocent people.”
”He's very forgiving, isn't he?”
”Actually, he found out the truth. That you had made a prior agreement that they would be a part of his life. But you bullied them to make them stay away and then led him to believe he was adopted.”