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Chapter 809 Don’t Overthink It

Chapter 809: Chapter 809 Don’t Overthink It

Suizi racked her brain but still couldn’t understand why Chen Tong would plot against her and Yu Jingting.

She searched her conscience, wondering how she and Yu Jingting treated the child. Although they weren’t very close to Chen Tong, they hadn’t excluded him either; they treated him like any other relative.

Yu Jingting might have played some tricks in the hobby class, but it was certainly not to the extent of drugging someone.

Last time when Chen Tong put a snake in the car, Suizi and her husband didn’t hold it against him.

The boy not only didn’t restrain himself but went on to do such a thing.

It was truly baffling.

"His dad should have no second thoughts about us," Suizi ruled out the possibility of Chen He’s instigation.

Chen He was a very utilitarian person. Now that he wanted to rely on Suizi and her husband to make money, he almost worshipped the young couple as if they were his God of Wealth. How could he possibly let his son feed Yu Jingting pig feed to fatten him up?

"Let’s start with his social relationships. I’ll have Xiao Pang keep an eye on him to see if other forces are instigating him and trying to sow discord between his father and us," was the only thing Suizi could think of.

"That kid... he couldn’t possibly be in love with you, could he?" Yu Jingting suddenly said.

Whenever Chen Tong saw Suizi, he seemed overjoyed, his eyes bright and shining, showing she was different in his heart.

"What are you talking about, he’s my adopted son—even if that was a thing of the past, how old is he? How could a boy who hasn’t even hit puberty possibly like a woman so much older than him?"

Suizi outright rejected the idea. It was too absurd.

"Remember that painting hanging in my mother’s house, with a naked man holding what looked like a dung fork?"

"...Oedipus? That’s his weapon, not a dung fork."

"What it is doesn’t matter, what’s important is that this guy killed his own father and married his own mother. It’s an Oedipus complex."

Chen Lijun’s house had all sorts of paintings. When the children asked about them, Yu Jingting just so happened to hear this story while she was explaining.

"Didn’t mom say that children who are overly dependent on their mothers and those raised by their fathers from a young age are more likely to have this problem?"

All of these fitted Chen Tong perfectly.

Chen Tong’s mother was bedridden for years, and he was raised by Chen He, living on others’ charity until he grew up.

With the appearance of Suizi, she almost fulfilled all his fantasies about a mother. In his heart, he wished for a perfect mother like Suizi.

Just on the brink of entering puberty, a crucial stage of development, this need became magnified and began to develop pathologically.

Thinking back to the snake incident in the car, which happened after Suizi had distanced herself from Chen Tong, her face grew even more troubled.

She strived to sift through her past life’s memories for some evidence to support this theory, but all she could think of was the boy’s complete compliance with her. She couldn’t imagine the child she had raised as a son viewing her as...

Suddenly, Suizi thought of Que Wuyu. There had been a period when Dayu was very unlucky, nearly dying in a car accident, and barely escaping objects falling from above while walking on the street.

During that time, Suizi had a project and often ran to Dayu for approvals. They had frequent interactions. Could it be—

Did Chen Tong also do those things?

Suizi also remembered that in her previous life, she had secretly had someone investigate Yu Jingting.

Although she forcibly repressed the memories of her early marriage, which she was most afraid to confront, she still hadn’t officially divorced Yu Jingting and wanted to know about his well-being.

However, what she found out was that he had moved on long ago, surrounded by other women, and had even threatened to kill her if she ever appeared again.

Suizi had been too afraid to contact him until after her death, when she saw how much he missed her, she started to wonder if there was a problem with the investigation results. And the private detective she had hired was recommended by Chen Tong!

It wasn’t just Dayu; anyone who wanted to pursue Suizi would end up very unlucky.

In her past life, she always felt that she was cursed, as everyone who got close to her met with a bad end. But after her rebirth, she realized she was actually quite lucky. Later, she suspected that it was Li Youcai causing the trouble, but now it seemed it might not be only him.

How could Li Youcai, with his intelligence and abilities, have accomplished this?

It was Chen Tong, however, who had not only the financial resources but also the intelligence. If it was him, it would indeed be difficult for Suizi to discern.

So young, yet so ruthless in action. If this child were to grow up...

Suizi couldn’t tell if she felt more fear or disappointment, but above all, there was an emotion, a desire to ask "why."

It was as if a black hole had engulfed her.

Her shoulder was pressed, and Suizi snapped back to reality.

Yu Jingting was looking at her with a grin, his eyes still conveying a serene calmness that had weathered many storms, providing a sense of safety that instantly pulled Suizi out of the black hole.

"I’ve told you, leave the little brat’s matters to me; don’t worry about it. I’ll handle the follow-up, don’t even think about it."

"But—" If the misfortunes of the people around her in her previous life were because of Chen Tong, she would find it hard to let go.

"First," he said, "you are one of the victims in this whole affair, and you shouldn’t bear any blame that isn’t yours. Second, if you plant cucumber seeds, they won’t yield tomatoes; he was born this way. How hard would you have to try to reform him? And I seriously suspect that your depression, was it also orchestrated by him?"

"Ah!?" Suizi covered her mouth.

"I actually asked a psychiatrist about it."

He had never told her these things before, which made Suizi realize that he had always cared a lot about her without her knowing.

"The concept isn’t recognized here yet, only neurasthenia is, believed to be brought from the Russians. I even asked a doctor abroad, through a classmate."

After going around in circles, the conclusion was that the illness was related to genetics, personality traits, and external influences, but it was unclear how exactly one contracted it.

But one thing was for certain: under current circumstances, Suizi’s likelihood of developing this illness was slim.

"I specifically asked, and indeed, some medicines can cause depressive side effects if misused. With just a little bit more stress, it wouldn’t be surprising for you to fall ill. And since there aren’t many people close to you, who knows if it was that kid’s doing?"

"Ah..." This information was too shocking for Suizi.

"I had considered Li Youcai before, which is why these past years, I’ve taken ’special care’ of him."

After Li Youcai was put away by Yu Jingting, he lived a life worse than death. While others received sentence reductions, his sentence didn’t shorten by a day. Instead, because of his restlessness inside, he even had his sentence extended. Yu Jingting would frequently make sure the prison bullies "took care" of him.

"How have I wronged him...?"

"Hey, do you question why when a dog bites you? It’s just bad luck. Let’s go, stop thinking about these things," Yu Jingting pulled her to leave.

"Where are we going?"

"You’ll know when we get there."

Yu Jingting led Suizi out, and compared to the previous experience of being bitten all over when going out at night, today he had sprayed a lot of Floral Dew as a mosquito repellent.

Having not eaten anything that evening, he took Suizi to the Night Market.

This was no ordinary night market.