Hearing that, Xia Chuyi said, "Dad, I have some doubts about this. I feel like they were coming for me."

"It’s just that I can’t figure out why they’d target me." Xia Chuyi told her father her suspicions.

After listening to his daughter, Ou ZhenTing pondered for a while, then shook his head and said, "I don’t really see it that way..."

"Like you said, you yourself can’t figure out why they’d come after you..." Ou ZhenTing said, "That’s because, if they were only aiming at you, there really wouldn’t be much to gain."

"So on this matter, I don’t agree with your view." Ou ZhenTing said.

"Dad..." Xia Chuyi opened her mouth, wanting to say something.

But in the end she didn’t.

Because she couldn’t very well say that the only reason she suspected this was because of some strange intuition, right?

At this moment, she heard Ou ZhenTing say, "I’ll go talk this over with our in-laws first."

"I suspect this whole thing... might be aimed at Shiqian." Ou ZhenTing voiced his guess.

"After all, you feel like this looks as if it’s only directed at you..." Ou ZhenTing said, "But in reality, you and Shiqian are basically one unit, so going after you is going after him."

"And to be able to pull so many strings behind the scenes like this..." Ou ZhenTing shook his head and said, "That probably isn’t your enemy, but Shiqian’s."

Hearing this, Xia Chuyi was stunned.

Listening to her father, she felt... this actually sounded pretty reasonable too?

But that weird feeling in Xia Chuyi’s heart still wouldn’t go away.

"Enough, Chuyi, the child is with your mom, go check on the baby." Ou ZhenTing said, "For the next couple of days, don’t go out."

"As for the rest, we’ll decide after I’ve talked it over with our in-laws." Ou ZhenTing said to his daughter.

"Okay." Xia Chuyi did not voice any objection to what Ou ZhenTing said. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

Very soon, Ou ZhenTing went to the Huo Family.

Just like Ou ZhenTing, Huo Zhongcheng also suspected this matter was aimed at Huo Shiqian.

Then the two of them started going through Huo Shiqian’s enemies and his network of rivals one by one, trying to identify any suspects.

And in the process, in the Capital City circle, rumors quietly began to spread that Xia Chuyi had "killed her mother."

Upon hearing this, the first to become furious was Ou ZhenTing.

"What ’killed her mother’?" Ou ZhenTing exploded with rage. "My wife is alive and well!"

"’Killed her mother’? What ’mother’ did Chuyi kill?" Ou ZhenTing raged. "What is Zhao Chunxiao supposed to be, some kind of ’mother’? The nerve of her!"

"Junjun, where exactly did this come from? I told you to look into it—have you found out?" Ou ZhenTing asked Ou Jun.

Ou Jun nodded. "I did. It was that male college student who helped Mother Xia before."

"His family has connections in the media..." Ou Jun said darkly, "But the public security bureau hasn’t released any findings yet. I never imagined he’d leak this first."

After he finished with his father, Ou Jun said to Xia Chuyi, "Chuyi, don’t let this get to you. It’s just idle gossip that doesn’t hold weight. Once the truth comes out, it’ll die down quickly."

"Mm, I won’t dwell on it." Xia Chuyi nodded and said.

To be honest, far from feeling upset about this, Xia Chuyi actually felt a bit guilty.

Because she had long anticipated this outcome.

From the moment she let Mother Xia leave with that hotheaded college kid, Xia Chuyi had been waiting for this moment.

Lying in wait was far too passive.

You might never catch the rabbit and end up waiting to be slaughtered instead.

So from the very beginning, Xia Chuyi had planned to lure the snake out of its hole.

And Mother Xia was her bait.