Ding Muyun let out a startled cry and quickly stood up. Only then did Mu Ziyue notice that Ding Muyun was sitting in a corner of the sofa, seriously taking notes.
Mu Ziyue frowned and asked, "Why are you here at my place again? What do you want from me?"
Ding Muyun looked up. Unexpectedly, she didn't show any annoyance at Mu Ziyue's impatient attitude. Instead, she gave a cheerful smile.
"Today I went to that small mountain village and asked around about Lu Xue along the way. Guess what I found out?"
Mu Ziyue felt a bit deflated. She had thought Ding Muyun came to her because there was something fun and she was going to invite her to join.
But unexpectedly, after all the talking, it still turned out to be about Lu Xue.
Couldn't she get away from Lu Xue's business? These days, she increasingly found that there wasn't much intersection between her and Lu Xue's lives. As long as she had less contact with Lu Xue on a daily basis, her life would still be quite pleasant.
Not to mention that now Lu Xue spent most of her time in her brother's company, so there was even less intersection between them.
"I think you really don't need to target Lu Xue like this. It doesn't seem to have changed much since she came to our house. It's just one more pair of chopsticks at the table."
Mu Ziyue paused for a moment. As if thinking of the room that had been taken over by Lu Xue, she added,
"Although the space she occupies is quite large, but when you think about it, there are so many empty rooms in our house. It doesn't really matter if we just give one to her. Let her stay there."
Ding Muyun skipped this topic. Staring intently at Mu Ziyue, she said,
"Do you know? When I went to that small mountain village to inquire today, I found out that Lu Xue only moved to that small village two years ago."
Mu Ziyue didn't understand what this meant. She shrugged and said indifferently, "So what? Whether she lived there for two years or three years, what does it matter to us?"
Ding Muyun said, "This shows that she wasn't born and raised in that small mountain village. She just moved there in recent years. So before that, where did Lu Xue live? Who did she stay with? What kind of job did she have? How did she support herself?"
This series of questions made Mu Ziyue more and more puzzled.
Lu Xue was like a mystery deeply wrapped in darkness. There seemed to be nothing special on the surface, but the more layers you peeled off, the more questions you found inside.
But then she thought that it didn't seem to have anything to do with her.
So Mu Ziyue continued walking upstairs. As she walked, she said, "If you're really that interested in her, why don't you just go and ask Lu Xue herself? I think she should be willing to tell you."
Ding Muyun sneered, thinking that Mu Ziyue was still too naive.
How could Lu Xue tell her own dark history by herself? She would rather cover it up properly.
Ding Muyun sorted out the clues she had obtained today and came to a bold conclusion.
"You know, Lu Xue always associates with so many middle - aged men on a daily basis. What exactly are they doing? What does she have that those men want? I guess she knew these men before. I also heard from some villagers that when Lu Xue lived in that small mountain village, she often stayed out all night. Sometimes she would be picked up by some middle - aged men and no one knew where she went. She would only come back a few days later."
Mu Ziyue stopped walking and stood there for a while. Then she said, "What exactly are you trying to say?"
Ding Muyun said, "I suspect that before, she might have been kept by a man and lived in that man's place. But recently, maybe because she fell out of favor or for some other reason, she moved back to the small mountain village. But her private life is still promiscuous, so she associates with so many men."
Mu Ziyue frowned. She felt uncomfortable hearing this.
"How can you say such things about Lu Xue? I don't think she seems like that kind of girl!"
"Do you know much about Lu Xue? You can know a person's face but not their heart. Many things can't be judged just by appearance. Besides, haven't you noticed that since she came back to the Mu residence, the family has never given her any living expenses. But she still has a lot of expenses on a daily basis. Where did she get this money? How does she support herself?"
Mu Ziyue was reminded by Ding Muyun and then remembered that the family really didn't give Lu Xue any money.
Although Lu Xue didn't have to worry about food and clothing, she should have little money to spend.
She herself would get a large amount of living expenses every month. But this money was transferred from her brother's personal account by his assistant. It was equivalent to that her living expenses were basically given by her brother every month.
"So you mean that Lu Xue gets her income from these men she associates with?"
Ding Muyun thought for a while and carefully distanced herself from the matter. Then she said gently, "I didn't say this. I heard it from other villagers. Many families have some gossips about Lu Xue. Although these are just everyone's guesses, if so many people can think the same way, it means this matter should not be groundless."