Chapter 2003: Is Miss Gu Still Outside?
After speaking, without waiting for Gu Zhiqi and Su Yunling to open their mouths, Ling Yilin lowered his head and strode straight into the ancestral hall.
Up to this moment, he still wished to believe that Ling Muyan was the murderer.
Only, he also knew that since Su Yunling had personally led a team to arrest her, he must already have conclusive evidence in hand.
Whether he was willing or not, he had to believe it.
He just didn’t understand why Ling Muyan would do such a thing.
As soon as Ling Yilin stepped into the ancestral hall, he caught sight of Ling Muyan.
Ling Muyan had her back to him, kneeling straight in the middle of the ancestral hall, her back ramrod straight, like a stalk of upright green bamboo.
Ling Yilin’s steps faltered slightly, and he stared at Ling Muyan’s back for a long time.
His lips moved several times, but he couldn’t make a sound.
In the end, it was Ling Muyan who spoke first. "Has Senior Brother Yilin come?"
Only then did Ling Yilin lift his feet and walk toward Ling Muyan, yet he walked very slowly.
When he reached Ling Muyan’s side, it took him a great deal of effort and quite a while; his lips moved several times again, and in the end he only managed to ask three words, "Why did you?"
Clearly, she and the Third Elder were as close as father and daughter, yet why?
Why kill the Third Elder.
Hearing Ling Yilin’s question, Ling Muyan finally stopped kneeling so rigidly; she lowered her head a fraction, confusion tinting her eyes. "Why?"
"I also want to ask why."
Listening to her, Ling Yilin frowned lightly. "Were the Great Elder and the Third Elder killed by you?"
Ling Muyan’s body stiffened slightly. After a long silence, she finally lowered her voice and said, "So you really did find out, huh?"
"I didn’t expect it to be so fast."
Ling Muyan’s gaze dropped slightly as she murmured to herself, then she let out a bleak little laugh. "Well, that girl is capable. It’s no surprise she uncovered it so quickly."
Ling Yilin took in every word of her muttering and asked, "Were the Great Elder and the Third Elder really killed by you? Why?"
"The Great Elder has a bad temper, but he never offended you. The Third Elder treated you like his own child. How could you bear to do it?"
"Junior Sister Muyan, can you tell me why? Hm?"
As Ling Yilin spoke, his tone and enunciation grew heavier and heavier, his heart aching fiercely.
At his question, Ling Muyan only said lightly, "Hasn’t it already been found out? Didn’t Miss Gu tell you the reason?"
Only, when she said this, her expression was somewhat dazed.
Ling Yilin said, "I did not ask her. I want to hear your answer."
Ling Yilin’s tone was extremely persistent, but Ling Muyan no longer spoke. She tilted her head back slightly, looking at the two newly added spirit tablets above.
In the end, she pressed her palms together, bowed to the two tablets, and then stood up.
When she turned around, she was still that gentle, courteous, and approachable Ling Muyan.
"Is Miss Gu still outside?" Ling Muyan asked, her lips curved in a mild, faint smile as she looked at Ling Yilin.
Ling Yilin stared at Ling Muyan for a few seconds, unable to understand why, even at a time like this, her expression was still like that.
In the end, he only nodded to Ling Muyan.
Ling Muyan inclined her head slightly to Ling Yilin, then walked unhurriedly toward the doorway.
As Ling Muyan passed by him, Ling Yilin turned as well, looking after her.
Ling Muyan’s pace was neither fast nor slow, as if she were not walking toward the people who had come to seize her, but to attend some very important banquet.
He stared at Ling Muyan for a long time, and only when she was about to step out of the ancestral hall did Ling Yilin finally move, striding after her.
At the instant she crossed the main threshold of the ancestral hall, Ling Yilin caught up with her.