The heavy door was shut so tightly that even the faint light of morning could not pass through. Inside this place, there was no way to tell day from night.
Chen Chi worked quickly. In total, he found 9,999 people with similar voice profiles.
But after a series of eliminations, only 20 people were finally left on the list. Their occupations varied—some were medical interns at the hospital at the time, some were caregivers, and others were patients.
“After big data comparison, these are the people on the list. But since it was three years ago, there may still be omissions. Look at these few—they had thyroid surgery and lost their voices…”
Pei Yanzhi flipped through the roster, and suddenly a name caught his attention.
Pei Yu.
“That period, he was doing an exchange program there.”
Pei Yu was officially considered the second young master of the Pei family—Pei Yanzhi’s half-brother on his father’s side.
However, because he was an illegitimate child, the Pei family had never acknowledged his identity.
“But he was still in high school at the time, so his age doesn’t quite match. As for these others, I’ve asked them—they all said they don’t know Jiang Zhi. A Yan, why are you suddenly investigating…”
Pei Yanzhi frowned slightly, his gaze still fixed on the roster. Aside from Pei Yu, the other men all looked rather ordinary.
He didn’t believe Su Yi would abandon him for a man like that.
Everything seemed perfectly logical, without a single flaw—but something still felt wrong. He just couldn’t put his finger on it.
“Keep investigating!”
Chen Chi nodded, his gaze falling on Pei Yanzhi’s neck. The clear bite mark was impossible to ignore.
“A Yan… the mark on your neck… who left it there?”
Pei Yanzhi lightly touched his neck and looked up at him.
“Who do you think?”
“Don’t tell me… it was Assistant Su? You two… did that?”
Pei Yanzhi didn’t answer, which to Chen Chi looked like confirmation.
Thinking that Pei Yanzhi might have just come down from Su Yi’s bed, he sighed helplessly. Although love and desire were normal human instincts—
“A Yan, even though Jiang Zhi is gone, don’t degrade yourself like this by casually getting involved with a woman like this…”
Those words sounded especially harsh.
Pei Yanzhi’s expression instantly darkened.
“Who did you say?”
“Assistant Su is indeed very beautiful, but she’s already married, and her child is already a year and a half old. Even if her background is clean, the Pei family would never allow a married woman to become your wife, and even less allow you to raise someone else’s child. You’re not—”
Pei Yanzhi loosened his tie, his voice irritated.
“I’m not that much of a beast!”
After speaking, he pushed the door open and walked out.
As he reached a private room, he suddenly heard chaotic crying and shouting from inside.
He stopped in his tracks.
The voice coming from inside sounded somewhat familiar.
“Stop hitting me, stop hitting me! I know… I shouldn’t have come here, I was wrong.”