Chapter 286: Another Cranium

Shi Qingxue was scared by the weird thought flashing in her brain, so she hurriedly shook her head and tried to get rid of it.

They had never seen each other before, so it was her first time to see this manager today, and they talked only a little. Why did she think that he looked at her with love in his eyes, like an elder looking at a child?

She was out of mind.

Nevertheless, when she turned to Mo Junyang, she saw that he looked cold and stared at the manager of The You’s Pawnshop, with his cold and stern eyes.

It seemed that if nobody stopped him, he would kill this bastard who dared to covet his woman after he went out later.

“Junyang?” Shi Qingxue nervously grabbed Mo Junyang’s sleeve and called in a low voice.

Every time Mo Junyang showed such an expression, she felt restless even though she didn’t realize what had happened.

Then her worried eyes couldn’t stray from Mo Junyang.

It seemed that if she didn’t do anything, she would eventually part with Mo Junyang and they would become strangers like they did in the previous life.

Mo Junyang’s eyes fell on the manager for only several seconds, and soon he returned calm and smiled at Qingxue to comfort her.

He whispered, “I am fine.”

Shi Qingxue deeply doubted Mo Junyang’s words, but the manager spoke again after confirming her identity. “You are Lady Qingxue as expected. It’s great. I can finally live up to my boss’ expectations and give this stuff to you personally today.”

The manager directly put the stuff covered with a red cloth in Shi Qingxue’s hand regardless of anything and didn’t let her refuse.

“Eh, wait. What on earth is it?” Shi Qingxue was curious about Shi Lei’s relic, yet she was surprised as somebody suddenly put something in her hand.

The manager didn’t explain till now but looked at Shi Qingxue seriously. He lowered his voice, which could almost be heard only by him and her. “The stuff…should be given to you, and I don’t know what is in it, yet I need to tell you…something. No matter what decision you will make in the end, please treat this stuff well.”

He spoke on and off, and especially at the critical moment, his voice was so low that even Shi Qingxue couldn’t hear it clearly.

After that, he continued before Shi Qingxue came to her senses, “I have finished the job that my boss told me to do, so I won’t disturb you. Goodbye!”

“Eh, wait!” Shi Junhe also concentrated on this man’s words just now, but he didn’t hear anything clearly. He was confused and prepared to ask this guy.

Unexpectedly, the manager just glanced at Shi Junhe meaningfully and smiled. Then he left without saying anything.

Nobody could persuade him to stop.

Shi Junhe didn’t tell the servants to stop him, and they couldn’t beat this manager, so they had to watch him swagger out of the mansion.

After the manager went away, it was weird in the living room again.

Before the problem became more serious, Shi Junhe ended the meeting forcefully and told all people to return home.

Seeing that Shi Junhe paid attention to the so-called Shi Lei’s relic, Mo Shujun heaved a sigh of relief, even though she was also curious about it. She didn’t ask Shi Qingxue what was covered with the red cloth but went back to the Shou’an Hall.

Shi Junhe led his family to return to the East House.

“Qingxue, open it now and check what’s inside,” Shi Junhe ordered in a hurry after closing the door of the study.

His tone was subtle.

After all, in the misunderstanding in the living room, the one who was hurt most was not Shi Baoning ignored by an outsider, but Shi Lei’s eldest son, Shi Junhe.

Shi Lei had a relic to give to his descendant. Even if it wouldn’t be given to Mo Shujun, it should be given to the eldest legitimate son, right?

Why should it be given to Shi Qingxue?

Even though Shi Qingxue was his biological daughter, Shi Junhe couldn’t help but look her up and down and wonder what charm this girl had to make his father entrust something important to her instead of him.

Shi Qingxue didn’t open the package in her hand at once as Shi Junhe said but asked in surprise, “Father, haven’t you noticed that the man was…a little weird?”

Even Mo Junyang paid attention to the manager, and that man must be more than a lowly manager of a pawnshop.

Shi Junhe didn’t find the problem and just answered casually, “Perhaps his boss told him what to say before he came, so he spoke in his boss’ tone involuntarily, which is not surprising.”

“No, it’s not this problem,” Shi Qingxue responded firmly.

Then she seemed to recall the situation then and lowered her tone, with uncertainty. “When he mentioned his boss later, he said the words such as ‘expectations’, ‘live up to’, as if…”

“As if what? Why are these words weird?” Shi Junhe didn’t think that there was something wrong with these words. For example, he didn’t say anything, yet he still worshiped his father and wanted to live up to his expectations…

However, after Shi Qingxue heard that, her eyes lit up, and she looked joyful as if she found the key point. Then she nodded. “Right, that’s the problem. We would have such feelings more or less for the people we care about, the relatives and elders, but we won’t mention our elders in a reminiscent tone like him, as if the elder has passed away.

“Baoning, you must have such a feeling, right?”

In order to seek resonance, Qingxue turned to Shi Baoning.

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Shi Baoning kept silent since she entered the room. When Shi Qingxue asked her out of the blue, she was stunned yet then sneered. “Grandpa didn’t take me as Father’s daughter. How would I dare to have such a feeling?”

Shi Qingxue was rendered speechless.

She knew that Shi Baoning was sensitive and the manager’s words stabbed her heart like the sharpest thorn.

“…Baoning, you misunderstand it.” Shi Qingxue defended Shi Lei with difficulty. “Grandpa must not think so. It’s…”

She racked her brains but couldn’t find proper words.

Meeting Shi Baoning’s eyes with sarcasm, Shi Qingxue felt that her heart hurt, as if being stabbed by a needle.

Suddenly, she had a brain wave and stated decisively, “Grandpa loved you so much and would never say something like that. Didn’t I say that just now? The boss of the manager might have passed away, and his boss was entrusted by Grandpa and then gave the job to him. Three people were involved, so it is normal if he made a mistake.”

She tried her best to speak for Shi Lei and almost said everything nice as she didn’t hope that Shi Baoning would misunderstand their grandpa.

However, Shi Baoning remained unmoved after Shi Qingxue’s words. She just stared at her younger sister coldly, making her at a loss.

“Fine!” Shi Junhe couldn’t bear to see that and interrupted the two sisters’ stalemate. He forcefully ended this subject. “Now it’s not the time to talk about this issue. Qingxue, just open it first and check what on earth it is.”

Seeing that all of them didn’t pay attention to the suspicious manager, Shi Qingxue had to open the red cloth obediently and show the stuff inside.

“Gee?”

A white piece with an arc was revealed out of the red cloth, and it was like a…human bone.

“Ah!”

When Shi Baoning realized what was in Shi Qingxue’s hand, she screamed and hid behind Wenren Chi. She trembled and didn’t dare to look at Shi Qingxue.

In the beginning, all people didn’t overreact but were shocked by her action.

Although Shi Qingxue also felt frightened, especially when this human bone was grabbed in her hand directly and being watched, she still restrained her fear and continued to observe the bone.

She was so scared that she swallowed, while she still fumbled on the bone tentatively.

Judging from this bone’s arc and size, it must be a cranium.

And…when she touched the inside of the arc with her finger, she paused all of a sudden and subconsciously looked up at Mo Junyang. “Here…”

As soon as she started to speak, she was stopped by Mo Junyang. They were so close that they didn’t need to talk but understood what the other party wanted to express only by a glance.

Shi Qingxue wondered why Mo Junyang stopped her suddenly at this time, yet she shut up by instinct because she trusted this man.

The others were petrified by the fact that the so-called relic was a cranium and didn’t notice their interaction.

After a moment, Shi Junhe said with certainty, “This is definitely not my father’s cranium.”

Shi Qingxue nodded and took it for granted. “Of course, I saw that the skeleton was intact in Grandma’s dark room, and Grandpa would never ask somebody to cut off his cranium and then give it to me as a keepsake in a few years, right?”

Only at this thought, she felt horrified.

If Shi Lei really did that, Shi Qingxue must not be his most loved granddaughter, but the most hated one.

However, there was another question.

If it was not Shi Lei’s, whose cranium was this in Shi Qingxue’s hand?

It couldn’t be that Shi Lei kept an enemy’s cranium after killing him and then told somebody to give it to his little granddaughter after he died, with a purpose to test if she was bold enough.

On second thought…it was incredible.

When all people racked their brains but couldn’t figure it out, Mo Junyang suddenly said, “If I guess right, this cranium must be a woman’s.”

Shi Qingxue didn’t doubt how Mo Shujun made such a conclusion and asked directly, “Whose?”

However, Mo Junyang shrugged to express that he didn’t know, either.

Then he looked at Shi Junhe and stated casually, “We can guess a little when we face only a cranium, and Qingxue said just now that the manager of The You’s Pawnshop is suspicious. General Shi, you can start with this.”

Shi Junhe’s eyes lit up, and he clapped. “Right, let’s investigate that manager first.”

After that, he summoned Shi Jie and told him to investigate.

During the period, Mo Junyang grabbed Shi Qingxue’s hand, and they left the study.

After Shi Junhe finished everything, only Dong Hui, Shi Baoning and Wenren Chi were left in the study.

It became weird all of a sudden.

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