Captured By The Cold Detective (BL)-Chapter 59: VIP Member Card

"Two years of relationship, da-ge..." Su Xieren raised his eyelids, revealing a pair of bloodshot eyes filled with unspeakable pain. "Two years... and it wasn’t until her death that I knew that she had been lying to me about where she lived. It’s so ridiculous now that I think back about it. After each of our dates, I would bring her back to her so-called ’home’ — the high-end apartment right in front of the train station. I didn’t think much when she always refused to let me send her up to her door. Never have I expected that..."

He Juan’s eyes flew wide in shock. Recalling something, he hurriedly took out his notebook and flipped through it until he got to the page of Miss Zhao’s identity. He secretly patted himself on the back for jotting this inconsequential information down. When Captain Li Zhi came to his house, he had given He Juan a short introduction on who Miss Zhao was.

And he clearly said that — Miss Zhao had been living in that apartment for almost three years! That was the entire span of her relationship with Su Xieren!

However, when Su Xieren dropped by to hand him the rut medicine two days ago, he obviously had no idea who the person living next door to He Juan was. It meant that... Miss Zhao had really been lying to Su Xieren about where she lived...

But what did she do something like that for? Even if she was insecure about her poor living environment, she should have known that Su Xieren was not the kind of person who would judge her based on wealth!

"At first, I still refused to believe it." Su Xieren chuckled mirthlessly at his own stupidity. "Before I drove to Mount Yixing, I stopped by the apartment I have always assumed was her house, and asked the security guards and the management office whether Xinya had lived there. And guess what... they told me they have not even seen her before!"

He Juan pursed his lips tightly. He could not even begin to comprehend how much shock Su Xieren had gone through for the last 24 hours. First, to discover that your ex-girlfriend — whom you obviously still cared very much for — had been a victim of a murder case, and then found out all the lies she had carefully crafted during two years of relationship.

Apparently, you did not know her as much as you assumed, despite having the closest relationship that two strangers could ever form...

He Juan reckoned that... the answer must lie in Mount Yixing where Su Xieren had gone.

As much as he wanted to know what Su Xieren had found there, he could not bear to see the Beta so miserable like this. Tentatively, he reached out to pat Su Xieren’s shoulder and offered a consolation that sounded so dry even to his own ears. "...I am sure Miss Zhao has a solid reason for doing it."

"Solid reason..." Su Xieren’s lips tilted into a mockery sneer, whom it was directed to, only he knew. He heaved out a long sigh and without any warning, divulged a piece of information. "Xinya started to act weird last year."

He Juan had already gotten used to Su Xieren switching the topic out of nowhere. He willingly went through that line of thought. "Act weird?"

"Mn-mm. More often than not, she didn’t answer my calls, even the messages I sent would be left on read. When I asked to meet up, she gave me all kinds of excuses," Su Xieren counted one by one with an expressionless look. "When I called her and said that I was coming to get her, she started to scream at me and threatened that she would call the police if I dared to knock on her door. Then finally, she told me through the phone that she wanted to break up."

He Juan’s eyes flew wide in astonishment. "Xieren, did that happen... last winter?"

After all, it was the only time when Su Xieren suddenly lost contact with them. He and Jia Molei simply assumed that Su Xieren was spending time with his beloved girlfriend and had no free time to spare for his two good brothers anymore. The possibility that the couple might be in a precarious state did not even cross their mind because Su Xieren had informed them just a month ago that he had bought a new apartment and intended to settle down with her!

"You knew?" Su Xieren shot him a surprised look. "At that time, I searched for all kinds of ways to meet her but she, too, was desperately trying to avoid me. I thought that something must be wrong. How could Xinya suddenly want to break up with me out of nowhere?"

"Then... what changed your mind?"

Su Xieren revealed a bitter smile. "I saw her one day... on a shopping street, walking arm in arm with another man. She never even showed such an intimate gesture when walking together with me. Then it all dawned on me that she was serious. Nothing happened to her at all and... she had merely found another man whom she liked better than me."

He Juan was getting dizzy from this onslaught of information. If Miss Zhao had really found another boyfriend, it was only reasonable that she wanted to break up with Su Xieren. He Juan could understand that. But... why did her secret message addressed to Su Xieren instead of her so-called new boyfriend?

"I don’t know, da-ge..." Su Xieren suddenly clutched his head with a pained look. "I also have no idea what she was getting up to. Just when I thought that I could finally let her go and continue with my life, this kind of disaster happened. Tell me, if you were me, what would you do?"

He Juan was at an utter loss of words. He had no idea how to comfort Su Xieren in such a situation. To begin with, he did not know Miss Zhao at all and could not even guess what she was thinking when she acted like that toward Su Xieren. He thought for a moment, then decided to divert Su Xieren’s attention a bit. "Then... at Mount Yixing, what have you found?"

Hearing that, Su Xieren’s expression became serious. He straightened up and took out another letter from his pocket. "On the top of Mount Yixing where the maple trees are the most beautiful, there is a cozy and beautiful tree café. That café has a famous service for couples. Customers can choose to hide something inside the tree trunk to surprise their other halves. Each tree has a unique code to them. I found Xinya’s, she..." Su Xieren had a complicated look on his face as he pushed the letter to He Juan. "...she has chosen our anniversary as the code. I found this letter inside the tree trunk. You should read it..."

This time, He Juan did not hesitate to open the letter. The handwriting was indeed Miss Zhao’s, but different from the delicate and neat structure of the secret message, this letter was clearly written under extreme state of agitation.

[Xieren, I am sorry. I owe you a lot of apologies. If, one day, you found this letter in our tree, then something must have happened to me. I wish that this day would never come, but... they are too powerful! Against them, I can do nothing at all... nothing...]

He Juan did not even realize he was holding his breath while reading. He let out a long exhale and asked tensely, "...Who are they?"

Su Xieren flipped his hand to show a well crafted black card that looked expensive as hell. It was rimmed with gold and the decoration on it was both elegant and sophisticated. A majestic phoenix with its wings spread wide was engraved on the front.

"This...?" He Juan’s eyes snapped to Su Xieren, doubtful. For some inexplicable reason, he could not shake off the feeling that they had gotten themselves into a mire, one that they could not pull away from.

Su Xieren scrunched his brows deeply as he replied, "I have asked around my network. This is a VIP member card that is only given to the top 1% of the patrons. It belongs to the most high-end club in this city, Phoenix Ablaze."