u found it" Shao Sian asked suddenly.Lu Hanchuan said unconcernedly, "Of course we would recognize each other if we found each other."Shao Si Nian smiled, but the smile didn't reach his eyes, "Recogni...Qi Ya was stunned, unable to maintain her expression any longer. Anger rose in her face, "Han Chuan, what are you talking about How could I possibly..."

"Enough, can't you figure this out yourself You know whether you can do it or not. I don't want to hear anything else. All I need to know is who sent you up here Didn't I say that you are only allowed to stay on the first floor and are not allowed upstairs" Lu Hanchuan stared at her with an icy face.

Qi Ya turned her gaze away. "I just came up to bring you coffee, I didn't mean anything else. If you don't want me here, I'll go down."

As she spoke, she turned and prepared to leave.

Lu Hanchuan called out to her, “Wait a moment.”

Qi Ya stopped her steps and turned back to him, "Is there anything else"

Lu Hanchuan didn't respond. He walked to her, reaching out and forcefully pinching her chin, "How long have you been here"

"Not...not long."

"You think I would believe that" Lu Hanchuan coldly narrowed his eyes. "Tell me, what did you hear"

"I didn't hear anything." Qi Ya looked away guiltily.

Lu Hanchuan's mouth curled into a cruel arc, "Is that so You refuse to say it, then you don't..."

"I give up!" Qi Ya shivered and immediately conceded, "Let go of me first, it's hard for me to speak like this."

"Don't play tricks!" Lu Hanchuan warned her with a cold expression, then let go of her hand.

Her chin was free, Qi Ya let out a breath and then glared at Lu Hanchuan with resentment before reluctantly saying, "I haven't been here long, but I heard you mention Fu Xiaoyao. You said that Fu Xiaoyao might have been rescued, Hanchuan, was she really rescued"

She was asking on purpose.

Lu Hanchuan stared intently at her, as if trying to glean something from her face.

But she hid it too well. He looked for a while, then calmly withdrew his gaze, "This has nothing to do with you."

"I know it's okay, I'm just curious, Kankawa. Is my sister really still alive" Qi Ya asked with a flicker in her eyes, but her heart was in turmoil.

In the industrial district, Fu Xiaoyao was indeed still alive, she came back three days ago.

Luckily, Fu Xiaoyao's return timing was bad. There was only her in the villa, so she could burn Fu Xiaoyao once behind her back later.

But this time, it didn't seem to go as smoothly either, because until now, she still doesn't know if Fu Xiaoyao is dead or alive.

Over these three days, she had been following the online news, and she did see reports that the building had been destroyed by fire. But what was strange was that there were no reports of bodies being found inside. What does this mean It means that Fu Xiaoyao might still be alive!

If that were really the case, heaven must be blind! To have escaped Fu Xiaoyao's clutches three or four times already... That kind of luck is truly enviable and infuriating.

"What are you thinking" Looking at the anger in Qi Ya's eyes, Lu Hanchuan leaned in front of her and said coldly.

Qi Ya was startled and took a step back. The tray of coffee trembled with her, spilling two drops onto the back of her hand. It burned her, causing her to scream. Her hand instinctively relaxed, and the tray slipped downward, taking the coffee cup on top with it. It crashed to the ground.

The tray was flung far away, the coffee cup fared worse, shattering into several pieces. The coffee inside splashed everywhere, some even landing on Lu Hanchuan's pant leg.

For a moment, the air fell silent, becoming thick with tension.

Qi Ya was dumbfounded, standing there at a loss.

Only Qiao Mu reacted first, hurriedly squatting down to check Lu Hanchuan's leg. "Lu Zong, are you alright Did you get burned"

"It's nothing!" Lu Hanchuan put the hem of his pants back down and coldly ordered, "Throw this woman down for me and let Aunt Song come up to clean."

"Yes!" Qiao Mu replied.

Lu Hanchuan tightly shut his eyes, forcefully suppressing the anger in his heart. He didn't even glance at Qi Ya, and walked towards the room, preparing to change his clothes.

When he left, Qiao Mu finally breathed a sigh of relief and turned his gaze to Qi Ya. "You just heard it too, President Lu asked me to throw you down, but it's not realistic to actually throw you down, so you still should leave on your own."

Hearing this, Qi Ya finally turned back, her eyes flickering at Lu Hanchuan's leaving direction before she lowered her head, covering her expression, and walked downstairs.

When she got downstairs, she didn't say a word. She went straight to her room, took out her phone, and went to the bathroom to make a call.

"What a surprise! Miss Qi actually called someone like me." the voice on the other end said, crude and unpleasant.

"Alright, Shao Pin, I need your help with something. When it's done, two million!" Qi Ya lowered her voice.

That person paused for two seconds, then a clear sound of swallowing came, "Really two million"

"Of course, you wouldn't think I couldn't bring it out, would you" Qi Ya snorted coldly.

That person chuckled, "No, no, Miss Qi has such a fortune, two million is nothing to you, it's just someone like me who would treasure it."

Qi Ya was flattered by his flattery, and an expression of pride involuntarily appeared on her face. “Alright, shut up first and listen to me, I need a corpse, a female corpse around twenty-five years old.”

"What" The man was startled, "What do you want with the body"

"What can we do, of course, is to pull the wool over their eyes!" Qi Ya narrowed her eyes.

Regardless of whether Fu Xiaoyao is actually dead this time, she must make it seem like Fu Xiaoyao is dead.

Lu Hanchuan has always refused to believe that Fu Xiaoyao is dead and has never given up searching for her. This way of doing things is not good for her at all.

So she had to do something, make Lü Hánchuan completely give up hope, completely believe that Fu Xiǎoyáo was truly dead. Only then could her plans for the future be carried out.

As for the abandoned building, she would make time to visit it and also drop by the news media outlets that reported on the fire. She wanted to find out if they genuinely hadn't discovered Fu Xiaoyao's body or if there was some reason why they chose not to report it.

If the former was true, maybe Fu Xiaoyao wasn't really dead. Then she would have to find Fu Xiaoyao and kill her again to be at ease and not worry about Fu Xiaoyao coming back someday.

If the latter were the case, she would naturally be delighted and rest easy.

"Across the sea Miss Qi, what are you trying to do" the person on the other end of the phone asked curiously.

Qi Ya frowned unhappily, "This isn't something you should be asking. Just do as I say. You're out here mixing with people, so I believe with your abilities, it would be easy for you to get a female corpse that meets my requirements. After you get it, I want you to burn the face and hair of the corpse, then use special techniques to fake the appearance that the corpse had been soaked in water for many days."

If she remembered correctly, there was a lake in the industrial district. If the female corpse was dumped into the downstream of that lake, wouldn't it explain why Fu Xiaoyao's body had never been found

Because it was washed downstream by the lake water.

Thinking this, Qi Ya instructed a few more things to the person on the other end of the phone before hanging up with peace of mind.

After that, she intentionally wetted her hair, changed her clothes, and walked out of the room with a towel wiping her hair, using this image to tell everyone that she had been in the room for a long time taking a shower, not doing anything suspicious.

At this time, footsteps came from the stairs.

Qi Ya stopped wiping her hair and looked up. She saw Lu Hanchuan put on a new suit, his eyes flickering. "Hanchuan, are you going out"he door. "Who is it""Miss Shi, it's me, Qiao Mu!" Qiao Mu's voice rang outside the door.Fu Xiaoyao thought he might be here for Lu Hanchuan, and without hesitation, she turned the doorknob.As soon as...