Chapter 490 Plot Development

Chapter 490: The Plot Thickens

"I saw the master and the gardener sneaking around together in the garden yesterday!" Feng Ling's words carried a probing tone, yet her eyes couldn't hide a glint of amusement.

The living room fell so silent it was as if the very air had frozen.

Everyone simultaneously turned to look at the maid behind the sofa, their gazes filled with astonishment, confusion, and even a hint of dazed stupor. Lian Xiangyu also froze in place, his mind seemingly going blank for a moment. He was struggling to recall—what exactly had he missed? What had happened? Was the other person really speaking human words?

But no matter how hard he tried, his mind held only Feng Ling's deafening, shocking statement.

At this moment, Lian Xiangyu had completely transformed into the script's "Lian Xiangyu," the amnesiac CEO male lead who had met his true love and was willing to give up everything for it. He was no longer the powerful player with Beast Form abilities who had already formed a small team, nor the Lian Xiangyu who mistook fear for admiration so that he froze upon seeing Su Bai. He was the script's amnesiac CEO male lead "Lian Xiangyu," who had encountered true love and was willing to sacrifice everything for it.

In Lian Xiangyu's view, although they had been stuck in this villa for the past few days, life had been relatively peaceful—if only they could avoid visits from his ex-fiancée Shen Donger or gain his family's patriarch's blessing for his and Ning Yi's marriage, everything would be perfect. However, he subconsciously shifted his gaze to the "father" sitting nearby, and the more he looked, the more he felt the old man's getup seemed somewhat... strange. But upon further reflection, it seemed he had always been this bizarre, exuding an eerie aura that was impossible to ignore.

Lian Xiangyu's thoughts returned to the earlier incident of being inexplicably tied up. Although he couldn't remember the specifics, he stubbornly believed that someone must have been scheming in the shadows, aiming to seize some hidden agenda. Lian Xiangyu even suspected they had been drugged, which was why their consciousness was hazy and many things were unclear. The person who drugged them was clearly still in this villa.

His "father" had no reason to do such things, meaning those who tied them up were likely Butler Huo, that maid whose name he didn't know, and the gardener? But why had those people shown no further reaction after they woke up? Was it because their awakening was unexpected, thus thwarting their plans?

Lian Xiangyu was suspicious of the villa's maid and gardener. Then, upon seeing his clingy ex-fiancée, he felt irritated and couldn't help but argue with Shen Donger.

He was familiar with such arguments, or rather, he slipped into them effortlessly. Once the quarrel began, he felt utterly at ease, as if every word and phrase touched a certain "comfort zone" that brought him physical and mental pleasure.

It was at this moment that Feng Ling's sudden "revelation" struck like a thunderclap, shattering his original train of thought.

"The master and the gardener were having a secret rendezvous in the garden."

Lian Xiangyu looked at Feng Ling in disbelief, as if hearing an utterly absurd rumor. He quickly turned to look at the "father" standing nearby, as if hoping to find a rational explanation in the other's eyes.

Father... and the gardener...?

He couldn't help but shift his gaze to Gardener Bai standing not far away. Lian Xiangyu was momentarily stunned again, his eyes lingering on the gardener's delicate features and elegant figure. Although just a gardener, the other was undeniably a beauty. Standing there expressionless, he was as cool and clear as a mountain stream, causing a strange flutter in Lian Xiangyu's heart.

This "rumor" didn't seem so ridiculous after all—he was startled to realize he actually found it difficult to completely dismiss the idea!

Lian Xiangyu shook his head vigorously, trying to banish this absurd notion from his mind. He told himself — This was his own father. How could he possibly be entangled with the family gardener? Moreover, they were both the same gender... Really... it truly couldn't be possible, right?

Seeking the truth, Lian Xiangyu finally couldn't resist asking aloud: "Father?"

His tone carried a hint of unease and hesitation, hoping for a firm denial from the other to shatter this absurd rumor.

Meanwhile, Su Bai, standing nearby, could only facepalm. He understood Feng Ling's idea now and knew why she had looked at him so strangely earlier.

Su Bai glanced at Wu Hang sitting over there, clearly already knowing how that guy would respond.

Under everyone's expectant gaze, Wu Hang's eyes beneath his hood seemed to glance at Feng Ling, then at Lian Xiangyu, appearing utterly unperturbed. Then, he nodded slightly, his expression calm, as if stating a perfectly ordinary fact: "She didn't see wrong. I was indeed with the gardener."

The hall instantly fell deathly silent. Lian Xiangyu's eyes grew incredibly complex, his emotions churning like turbulent waves. He stared at the "father's" slightly nodding figure, as if all rumors had become irrefutable reality, and his own doubts had become meaningless. At this moment, he completely lost the ability to speak, as if plummeting into an abyss filled with unknowns.