Because I Cannot Hurt You

An Guoting looked at her, expecting what explanation she would give this time. He thought it was strange too.

An Yueqin stared at Yunru.

This man…

Shuang narrowed her eyes. "Have you really forgotten everything or are pretending to fake amnesia?"

An Yueqin calmly said, "It just slipped out of my mouth by accident. There is no meaning behind it. Caihong is, of course, younger than me, almost like…if she would have been my daughter. Even Shuang too. I didn't feel it was necessary to call them so formally."

Caihong pursed her lips in disappointment.

Shuang nudged her and nodded silently. She whispered, "Don't take this to heart. My sixth sense is telling me that something is fishy. Don't believe anything until it's proven."

Caihong found comfort and hope in her words and nodded. "Thanks Shuang."

Yunru asked, "Alright. Then where were you when the other two incidents happened?"

She quickly said, "Home. I usually don't go out. I teach some neighborhood children for work, so I am at home anyway."

An Guoting silently curled his fingers. "Teach children? Yueqin loved teaching too. She used to regularly visit orphanages to teach art and craft to children. English too."

She squinted her gaze. "I told you I am not your wife."

"Then what reasons will you give for so many similarities?"

"I don't know! Please stop bothering me with this already!" She impatiently exclaimed.

She looked at the time, and it was already way over two hours.

Shit.

"I agree. Please stop bothering her."

Keung walked inside, making everybody shocked. He smiled as he looked at Yunru. "Chief Soo. It doesn't look good for such a noble officer like you to frame innocent people."

An Yueqin stayed completely still. She showed nothing on her face. No sign of any recognition.

Yunru narrowed his eyes. "Han Keung. What are you doing here?"

"What do you think? I am here to help my Aunt."

He raised his brow. "Aunt? The one who you hired to do all those accidents?"

"You shouldn't charge someone with false accusations when you don't have the evidence~"

"Mrs. An Yueqin or should I say, Miss. Long Qiu says that she doesn't know anybody here. She isn't Mr. An Guoting's wife nor Mrs. Zhu's mother. But you are calling her Aunt and are here to help her too. I am pretty sure she wouldn't…shouldn't recognize you either. Then why such kindness?"

Keung chuckled. "I know she doesn't recognize me. But we have met before. It was a coincidence shortly after I came back from abroad. Do you remember me, Aunt?"

An Yueqin glanced at him but said nothing.

"I was so shocked seeing her alive. At that time, I desperately told you that I am your nephew, but you didn't believe me."

"...Yes."

Shuang smirked. "Oh really? Then how come you are here to help her now if that was the end of it?"

"Because I gave her my number. She doesn't remember us, but I know her identity. How could I let her go? She is my Aunt, after all. I wanted her to have my contact."

An Guoting angrily said, "Keung! If you had already met her before, then why didn't you say anything to me about her? How could you hide it from me!?"

Keung coldly looked at him. "My dear uncle. You shouldn't forget that you abandoned my mother, that is your sister, long ago. You didn't even help her when she was in prison. You threw away your brotherly responsibilities.?I hate you naturally. How could I let you have your happiness?"

"You!"

"I just wanted to help her recover her memories."

Yunru asked, "And what motive would you have for doing this? You just said you hate Mr. An. You wouldn't want his family to reunite and let him find his happiness."

"Of course not. But I thought that considering what my Grandpa did to my dear cousin Caihong…"

Caihong froze.

"She would be willing to lend me a hand against him," he sighed, "Alas, she is adamant about not being Mrs. An Yueqin."

Shuang snarled. "You just admitted you have intentions against the Han family and you claim you are innocent?"

He laughed. "So? The police cannot arrest someone only based on imaginative motives or 'thinking' to do something. I just thought about it but didn't commit a crime. As long as I don't put those motives into 'action' and you have evidence of it, you cannot touch me."

Shuang really wanted to slap him hard.

Keung smiled at Yunru. "Right, Chief Soo?"

He said nothing.

Keung said, "As for the allegations against my Aunt, I am the witness of her innocence. I had seen her busy taking home tuitions because I regularly used to visit her even if she didn't like it."

"Why should we believe your testimony when you are the prime suspect?"

He shrugged. "Go interrogate her neighborhood then. The families that send their children to her for tuition will say the same thing."

Yunru smiled. "We will do that. But for now, Miss Long. Even if you claim otherwise, it's the truth that you are connected to the An family. So, you cannot leave this city until further notice. I hope the address in your driver's license turns out to be real."

"It is," she said without much emotion.

"You can leave for now, but you must be present whenever I call you."

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Caihong grimly sat down. "I don't understand what is going on at all."

Shuang asked Yunru, "What are you thinking?"

"...Nothing. Honestly, I don't know what I should think either. Somehow, I feel that we are missing something."

"If she is involved with Keung, then that was a good performance of acting indifferent. She didn't even twitch a muscle of recognition when he came in."

"Indeed…It was almost as if she knew somebody would come for her. So, she was ready."

An Guoting stayed silent.

I won't let this go…Yueqin definitely knows us. She is pretending for sure! I will get that answer at any cost.

I won't lose her now.. Not again.

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