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"You—you—what do you know?!"

A chill rose up from the soles of his feet, straight into his head. Sun Jinren felt his scalp go numb from fear and alarm. He had never been wrong about anyone before. When he had heard Xiao Yuanmu say such words, he became certain that it must have been Xiao Yuanmu behind the acquisition of his company.

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Gazing into Xiao Yuanmu's indifferent eyes, Sun Jinren widened his own and said, "It's you! The mastermind behind the malicious acquisition of Jinren Group is you, isn't it?!"

Sun Jinren raised his voice abruptly. Although his voice wasn't sharp, it was hoarse and cracked. Therefore, it had managed to make everyone in the dining room turn their heads. Y JHA7

But, he didn't care that others were watching him. Scenes flashed through Sun Jinren's mind. There was Xiao Yuanmu's first expression of appearing indifferent to the point of looking like he had been ignoring Sun Jinren. There was also Xiao Yuanmu's unchanging, emotionless expression from when Sun Jinren had been dallying with him. And then, there were also those dark, cold eyes from when Xiao Yuanmu had run out of patience and kicked him away.

Sun Jinren's mind was a mess. Bewildered, he stared at the calm, seated Xiao Yuanmu. An aura of loftiness was etched into the other's bones—how could this be a mere orphan?!

When he thought of this, his suspicious gaze swept over Song Xuanhe and the other people at the table. He couldn't help but wonder if this really had been a coincidence or if the two Song men from the Capital had teamed up with the intention of ruining him. Could it be that they had orchestrated this on purpose, because they had wanted a piece of his company?

Song Xuanhe frowned as he felt Sun Jinren's gaze fall on him. He exchanged glances with Zhou Nan and then turned to look at Xiao Yuanmu, whose expression hadn't changed throughout this whole exchange. The idea he had suppressed to the back of his mind once again floated back up. This time, he couldn't continue to deceive himself. He rescinded the emotion in his eyes and beckoned for the System.

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【System, there's been something weird going on with Xiao Yuanmu since the car accident. It's even more suspicious that he's suddenly gone back to how he had been prior to the accident. What's going on with him?】Song Xuanhe's voice was calm, but it contained a trace of nervousness that he didn't even notice himself.

The System had naturally been watching what had been happening. However, it really hadn't detected anything：【After Xiao Yuanmu's car accident, I had detected a fluctuation in his soul. However, when I had investigated it later, I hadn't been able to find anything. It was only recently that I've been able to see that there is indeed something fishy upon analyzing his emotions ratio.】

Song Xuanhe furrowed his brows slightly. Although he didn't know what an 'emotions ratio' was, he didn't ask about it. He just said：【And?】

【I discovered that the emotions ratio of Xiao Yuanmu prior to his car accident had been very unstable, especially when he had been in front of you. It would frequently fluctuate. After analyzing it, I realized that this meant that he had probably "liked" you as you humans call it. But after his accident, Xiao Yuanmu's emotions ratio has almost never changed. Even if there have been any fluctuations, it has only changed in negligible amounts....】 x4ygu7

Song Xuanhe's pupils constricted slightly. Actually, with what the System had just said, he was already able to confirm his conjecture. To be honest, he had already sensed Xiao Yuanmu's change since a long time ago. This had been precisely why he had never gone back to live with Xiao Yuanmu even though the atmosphere within the Song Residence was so murky.