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"Yes, that's what puzzling to me too," Yun Jian said.

"And according to what I can decipher from their information about Mr. Mo is that his fiance was absolutely right. Mr. Mo was extremely cautious of his safety," Qin Yan said thoughtfully.

"You should look into this case properly. I think your doubt is correct. It doesn't seem to be an accident, rather it is made to seem like an accident," a cold glint passed across Qin Yan's eyes.

Yun Jian thought for a while and agreed with Qin Yan, "Okay I will look into this case. Now let's have dinner."

"Okay," Qin Yan smiled.

*

The next day, Yun Jian bade goodbye to Qin Yan and left for capital city.

After Yun Jian left, Qin Yan arranged her things properly in her new place before getting ready and leaving for the school.

As she was about to reach the school, she got a call from Qin Mufeng.

"Yan Yan.."

"Good morning, brother," Qin Yan greeted cheerfully.

Qin Mufeng ignored her greeting and said, "Yan Yan, I heard what happened at home. I am sorry."

"Brother, why are you sorry? You have done nothing wrong to me. You don't have to say sorry," Qin Yan consoled her brother.

Qin Mufeng felt worse seeing his little sister's understanding nature. This was the age of rebelling, still his sister was so mature that she understood everything and rarely threw a fit.

Qin Mufeng wanted his little sister to be pampered like other young misses but he knew the partial nature of his parents, especially their mother.

He felt bad for Qin Yan and thus wanted to fill the gaps between their relationships by doting on her. Alas, Qin Yan didn't give him any chance for making up the love that she was deprived of.

Qin Mufeng controlled his emotions and said, "Yan Yan, where are you living now? When will you return back to home?"

Qin Yan thought for a while and replied, "Brother, I won't be going back home. As for where I am living now, you can consider that I am staying at a friend's place and can stay here indefinitely. So, don't worry about me."

Qin Mufeng said from the other side, "Yan Yan, I know mom is wrong. But our home is ours, we cannot stay at other people's places like this. I still think you should return back."

Qin Yan understood the concern of her brother but there was no way that she would return to that place, "Brother, do you know that when I left the house, I got almost 150 calls from mother because she wanted me to plead mercy for Muran."

"But once Muran apologized in front of whole school, I haven't got a single call from either mom or dad. What do you think this means? Do you think that they care about me? If they don't care, why should I burden them with my matters? It's better that I stay out of their sights," Qin Yan added while sobbing silently.

Qin Mufeng heard his sister crying and felt his heart ache, but he was tongue-tied after what Qin Yan said.

He didn't expect his parents to behave like this. He couldn't say anything which would make Qin Yan realise that she was misunderstanding her parents because she was not.

He still said, "Okay Yan Yan, stop crying. You can stay outside. I will not try to force you to return back. But you have to promise me that if you face any problem, you will contact me immediately."

Qin Yan promised, "Okay brother, I promise. Don't worry, I will be fine here."

While speaking to Qin Mufeng, Qin Yan had already reached the school.

*

When Qin Yan returned to the condo from the school, she saw that the door of the condo opposite theirs was wide open.

Some labourers were transporting the furniture and necessary items there. These were just additional items so Qin Yan guessed that someone must be moving opposite her today.

She did not bother about it and opened her door and got in.

After returning to her abode, Qin Yan looked around to see that the house was squeaky clean. It seemed that the cleaner aunty had come and cleaned the place when she was at school. She was quite satisfied with these arrangements.

She then lazed around for a while before taking a shower.

*

Meanwhile, Xi Ting had landed on the helipad of Peaceful Retreat by his private chopper. He directly entered the building from above, all the formalities already completed by his subordinates.

When he came to the floor he was staying on, he became quite satisfied seeing only two condominiums on the floor.

He entered his condo which was exactly of the same layout as that of Qin Yan's. The difference was just that it had an additional bedroom.

Before he moved in, all the renovation was completed and the four bedrooms were designed for different purposes. One was the master bedroom, one was converted to study room, one was a child's room and last one was converted into a gym.

Before deciding that Xi Ting would move in, other than the child's room, all other bedrooms were the same as designed by Xi Jung.

The last bedroom, which was Xi Jung's gaming room was converted to the child's room for the little guy to stay at weekends.

Other things did not undergo much change.

Xi Ting settled down in the condo comfortably. He realised that his health was far from better as an air travel of just one and a half hours had exhausted him.

'I need to get back to my prime state as soon as possible,' he thought.

He rested for a while before showering. After a few day of physiotherapy, Xi Ting could stand up and walk for a few minutes but not more than that. So he moved by a wheelchair which was more convenient and stood up only when it was necessary.

He could have recovered more till now, but the sniper attack brought his health back to square one.

After the shower, he realised that it was already the dinner time. So he called for a takeout as cooking was not his forte. He did not want to keep a maid as well because he was very concerned about his private space. A cleaning lady was already his limit.

The moonlight villa had a butler as well as other maids which were arranged by his mother for him and the little guy.

He was very reluctant for this many domestic workers but his mother insisted as there was no one to take care of the little guy and ordering takeout was not a good option everyday.

But here in a small condo there was no need for any maids. Also since the little guy would come only on the weekends, they could adjust somehow.

Meanwhile, Qin Yan opened the fridge and found that there was nothing that could be cooked. This was understandable since Yun Jian had zero idea of cooking.

Since she had time, she decided to go for grocery shopping. She changed into casual clothes and went downstairs. It was very convenient since the society had a grocery store for it's residents and they did not need to go out.

Qin Yan entered the store and saw that it was quite big. As she walked into the store, the first section noticeable was fresh fruits and vegetables. Qin Yan picked up some fruits that she liked and three vegetables for cooking.

Then she walked to the back end of the store where seafood and meat were stored. She didn't like seafood that much so she picked up some meat for cooking.

She then walked to the right side of the store from where she picked up milk which she had a habit of drinking before sleep.

She walked further and there she picked up some rice and other grains.

In the middle of the store were unhealthier foods like pop tarts, cookies, chips and frozen foods. Though Qin Yan like them very much and wished to eat them while watching television in the free time, she did not buy them.

'If I don't buy them, I will not eat them,' she thought while moving her eyes from the cookies reluctantly. Her eyes dimmed because of ignoring her favourite cookies. But to maintain her health she had to sacrifice them.

She reluctantly walked away from this section and purchased some cooking ware and utensils along with the spices.

She also bought some storage compartments and boxes from storing everything.

Her trolley was filled till the brim after picking out all the things that she needed. As she reached the billing counter, her self control was to be tested once again.

Near the billing counter were small cakes and candy varieties for a last minute buy. Her eyes lingered on the cakes for a while as she looked at them with a pitiful expression.

'Dear cakes, I cannot eat you now because if I do, I would have to work out double. But don't worry, we will definitely meet on Sunday,' she said in her mind while looking at the cakes.2

She then reluctantly moved her eyes away and paid the bill before leaving the store as soon as possible.

'Out of sight, out of mind,' she thought.

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