Reborn in the 80s: My Whole Family Secretly Hears My Thoughts and Goes Wild with Success! - Chapter 174

On the way back, Xu Wan recalled her interactions with Chen Can and suddenly realized he did indeed often bring up the name “Zhiqiu.”

And the way he had looked at Ye Zhiqiu that day was completely different—he had never looked at her that way.

It wasn’t that she hadn’t harbored suspicions before; she simply felt it couldn’t be possible. In truth, she was deceiving herself, unwilling to acknowledge the fact that there was another woman in Chen Can’s heart.

“Xiao Wan, what’s the matter?”

Seeing Xu Wan looking sullen, Kang Zhimiao stepped forward and pulled her down to sit on the sofa, guessing, “Did you quarrel with Xiao Chen, or did he bully you?”

Xu Wan looked at Kang Zhimiao. “Sister-in-law, I remember your younger sister, Zhixin, is also in the Red Star Song and Dance Troupe, right? Does she know that daughter-in-law of the Yue family, Shen Zhiqiu?”

“Yes, she mentions that Shen Zhiqiu often.”

Kang Zhimiao frowned slightly. “Her reputation seems… not very good.”

“I want to see Zhixin and ask her about some things. Could you ask her when she’s free?”

“Alright, I’ll call her right now.”

After making the call home, Kang Zhimiao turned back to Xu Wan. “Xiao Wan, you can go see her anytime. She sprained her ankle and has to stay home and rest lately.”

“Then I’ll go right now.”

Xu Wan stood up. Before Kang Zhimiao could try to stop her, she was already out the door.

Kang Zhimiao thought it was strange, muttering quietly to herself, “What’s gotten into her now, asking about the Yue family’s daughter-in-law?”

Xu Wan soon arrived at the Kang residence. Kang Zhixin, leaning on a crutch, hobbled to the door to greet her. “Sister Xiaowan, I haven’t seen you in such a long time.”

“Is your foot alright?” Xu Wan glanced at the foot Kang Zhixin was holding up, not daring to put weight on it.

“The doctor said if I don’t take good care of it, I might not be able to dance again.”

Speaking of this, Kang Zhixin was filled with resentment. “It’s all that Lu Shuangshuang’s fault for getting me into this state.”

“Lu Shuangshuang? The one from the recent rumors, who gave her own brother some sort of fertility drug, and then her father cut ties with her?”

Xu Wan tilted her head. “I remember you used to be on pretty good terms with this Lu Shuangshuang, right? And there was someone else… a Shen something? It couldn’t be Shen Zhiqiu, could it?”

“No! Who was on good terms with her? I used to be somewhat close with Shen Liya, mainly because we were in the same dormitory, so we naturally became a bit closer. But it wasn’t that great anyway.”

“You must know all about the things Shen Liya did. That kind of person is terrifying.”

Kang Zhixin shuddered. “As for Lu Shuangshuang, I don’t know what got into her. I think she’s probably gone mad.”

“Gone mad?”

Kang Zhixin was seething with anger at the mention of Lu Shuangshuang. “You don’t know—she used to hate Shen Zhiqiu the most, but now she’s actually become good friends with her.”

“Lu Shuangshuang has no brains. It’s probably that Shen Zhiqiu who put her up to harming me.”

She’d been thinking about it this whole time, and the more she thought, the more something felt off.

Noticing Xu Wan’s expression had turned rather unpleasant, Kang Zhixin didn’t dare continue and quickly changed the subject. “Sister Xiaowan, why did you come to see me? Is there something you need?”

“I wanted to ask you about someone.”

“Who?”

“Let’s go inside to talk.”

After the two went inside and sat down, Xu Wan spoke. “It’s about that Shen Zhiqiu you mentioned. What kind of person is she?”

“A very, very, very hateful person.”

Kang Zhixin was quite worked up. “Sister Xiaowan, really, I’ve never met anyone so detestable.”

“Specifically… how is she hateful?”

“A fox-spirit, really knows how to seduce men.”

Kang Zhixin started counting off Shen Zhiqiu’s crimes one by one on her fingers. “A brown-noser, has our troupe leader completely wrapped around her little finger.”

“A liar. She was clearly using the troupe’s makeup in secret, but she had the nerve to say it was ‘for learning.’ How does she even have the face to say things like that?”

“She’s good at seducing men?” This was the only point Xu Wan cared about.

“If she weren’t good at seducing men, how could she have been with Chen Can and married Yue Mingyuan?”

Kang Zhixin curled her lip. “If she weren’t running around seducing men everywhere, how could she have done that kind of thing with a man in the reed marshes?”

“I bet she’s hooked up with who knows how many men. That time in the reeds probably wasn’t even her first.”

Xu Wan’s left hand unconsciously clenched her right hand. “Is she… very beautiful?”

“Not at all!” Kang Zhixin’s face was full of jealousy, her back teeth clenched. “Her? She’s just pure trashy!”

“How can someone like that still be in the song and dance troupe? Doesn’t it bring shame to the whole troupe?”

Kang Zhixin nodded vigorously. “Exactly! But there’s nothing to be done. She knows how to play the game. Before, she had Chen Can protecting her. Now she has Yue Mingyuan protecting her. Forget the troupe leader; even if a higher-up leader came, they probably wouldn’t dare touch her.”

“Zhixin, what else do you know about her? Tell me everything.”

“Okay!”

Although Kang Zhixin didn’t know why Xu Wan had suddenly shown up asking about Shen Zhiqiu out of the blue, judging by her manner, Shen Zhiqiu must have offended her somehow.

Hahaha, a chance for revenge has come! This time, I’m definitely going to make Shen Zhiqiu pay!

Just like Shen Liya, Kang Zhixin exaggerated and added many bad things about Ye Zhiqiu.

The more Xu Wan listened, the more uncomfortable she felt inside. That such a woman could make Chen Can unable to forget her!

Where was she inferior to her?

Xu Wan wasn’t someone who could keep things bottled up, especially when it concerned her future happiness. She had to get to the bottom of this.

After leaving the Kang residence, she decided to go straight to Chen Can and ask him directly.

Arriving at his workplace, she saw from a distance that he was driving off in another direction.

Xu Wan instructed her driver, “Follow that car ahead.”

Chen Can should be working at this hour. Where was he going?

Could it be to a secret rendezvous with Shen Zhiqiu?

Shen Liya said Chen Can still had feelings for Shen Zhiqiu. Kang Zhixin said she had seen Chen Can and Shen Zhiqiu alone together several times, their behavior very intimate.

Chen Can drove straight to Sanmiao Hutong and parked his car at the entrance.

Xu Wan got out and secretly followed Chen Can from behind. She saw him stop in front of a courtyard, look left and right, and then climb over the wall to get in.

She was just about to step forward when she saw a very beautiful woman also stop in front of the courtyard. However, this woman used a key to open the door.

The courtyard was now empty. Ye Zhiqiu came by every few days to check on it.

After Shen Daqiang and Wang Fengqin were sentenced, she planned to complete the transfer procedures and thought about renovating and tidying up the place.

Later, when her second uncle and aunt retired, she would bring them over to live here.

To be honest, Ye Zhiqiu didn’t have much personal attachment to this courtyard—not like the house on Yangxi Hutong—but it was something that belonged to her mother.

Whenever she missed her mother, she would come here alone to sit for a while.

She had already placed her mother’s ashes in the newly purchased cemetery plot. But as long as Shen Daqiang and Wang Fengqin remained unsentenced, the resentment in her heart could not fully dissipate.