江城，夜幕低垂，華燈初上。陸氏酒店的咖啡廳，柳思涵的影顯得格外醒目，黑的風在燈下泛著冷冽的。的腳步匆匆，顯然是有所急事。

推開門，柳思涵直接走向了包廂，一眼便看到了靠在沙發上的陸逸思，那副悠閑的神態似乎在等待著。

“我來晚了。”柳思涵摘下口罩，語氣中帶著歉意。

陸逸思溫和地點了點頭：“不晚，孫夫人請坐。”

柳思涵坐下，下外套，服務員適時地送上了咖啡。柳思涵端起咖啡杯，激地看了陸逸思一眼：“今天的事，多謝瑞琪和陸總了。”

“小事一樁，我哥剛剛給我電話說，都搞定了。現在賀老爺子一定會認為是賀晨曦為了葉涵文在算計賀凌波，絕不會相信賀晨曦。”

“這就好。”柳思涵長舒一口氣，“還是瑞琪和陸總有能力，幫我想了這樣一個辦法，要不然我這次就手忙腳了。”

“孫夫人謬贊了，我并無什麼能力，只是湊巧人在江城比孫夫人多點人脈罷了。”

柳思涵努力打破尷尬的沉默：“陸小姐，您長得漂亮又有才華，真的是太了。”

“孫夫人就不要夸我了，我要是有能力就不會輸給葉涵文。算了，不說這些傷心事，我們來說說賀凌波的事吧。”

“現在賀凌波已經是一個非常危險的存在，孫夫人只有把理了才能高枕無憂，對不對？”

“是，賀凌波的確是個大麻煩，我早就有這樣的心思了，只是一直沒有實施。瑞琪，你有什麼好辦法和建議嗎？”

陸逸思眼中閃過一寒，“我的建議之前電話裏和孫夫人說過，就是在葉涵文舉辦聚會當天手。我可以給孫夫人提供便利，讓一切在神不知鬼不覺的況下發生。至于怎麼把賀凌波引過來，就看孫夫人的手段了。”

柳思涵皺眉，“場地是我哥安排的，安保森嚴。賀凌波出現勢必會引起人的注意，在聚會場地殺人弊端太多了，只要一子錯，滿盤皆輸，我覺得太危險了。”

“孫夫人，你知道我為什麼要讓賀凌波死在葉涵文的聚會場地嗎？我并非是為了嫁禍葉涵文，賀凌波的死因不會是謀殺，只能是自殺。畢竟葉涵文和夢綺霜會有不在場的證明，們也犯不著為了一個喪家之犬手。我這樣做的目的只是為了制造矛盾而已。”

“制造矛盾？你的意思是想讓賀老爺子以為賀凌波是被葉涵文和夢綺霜死的？”

“對，賀凌波的死不只是讓你沒有麻煩，我還希的死能夠發揮重大的作用。至要讓賀老爺子以為賀凌波的死是被迫的。而這個迫的人是葉涵文母。這樣一來，賀家對葉涵文母就會恨之骨，我們可以坐山觀虎斗不是嗎？”

柳思涵沉默了片刻，“如果只是為了讓賀老爺子把賀凌波的死算在葉涵文和夢綺霜上，我有一個更好的辦法。”

“孫夫人說說看！”

“賀凌波現在窮途末路，連殺父的事都做得出來了，更極端的事肯定也會做。所以只要鼓一下，讓拍攝一個自殺視頻，到時候把賀凌波自殺的視頻放到網上去，轟效果肯定非同凡響。”

“孫夫人果然高明，只是賀凌波會拍攝這樣的視頻嗎？”

“會！我會想辦法讓拍的！”

“那我等孫夫人的好消息！”

陸逸思舉起咖啡杯，與柳思涵了。

elsewhere, Hè Yùchéng and Mo Wǎnxī returned to the villa unexpectedly to find the lights on inside, with Jiang Mò's car parked at the entrance. “Isn’t he supposed to send someone to deliver it?” Hè Yùchéng muttered. “He came himself?”

Taking hold of Mo Wǎnxī’s hand, they entered the living room to find Jiang Mò lounging on the sofa watching TV, a glass of red wine on the coffee table in front of him.

Seeing Hè Yùchéng and Mo Wǎnxī return, Jiang Mò stood up and smiled, “I have something to discuss with you, so I came myself and brought it over.”

“Just clothes, you cheeky fellow. Why did you sneak into my cellars to drink my fine wine? You’re not planning to stay, are you?” Hè Yùchéng laughed mockingly as he sat down on the couch.

“I have this idea, so I decided to skip the driver and come myself. Shall I be kicked out, Miss Mo?”

“No, you won’t,” Mo Wǎnxī replied, her eyes twinkling with amusement.

“Then I’m set!” Jiang Mò chuckled.

Hè Yùchéng and Jiang Mò had business to discuss, so Mo Wǎnxī retreated to her bedroom to fetch her jewelry and evening gown. As soon as she was gone, Hè Yùchéng settled back on the couch, addressing Jiang Mò, “What’s on your mind?”

“I detected that Guò Yìqiú dressed inconspicuously went to Lu Zǐhán's hotel and met with her in secret. Since it was on Lu's property, the trackers were wary and couldn't get any closer. They couldn't determine the content of their conversation.”

“So Lu Zǐhán has joined forces with Guò Yìqiú? Lu Zǐyán should also be involved, right? This mysterious incident might not be unrelated to Lu Zǐyán.”

Hè Yùchéng's senses were sharp, “Lu Zǐyán should have something to gain from this. It seems my oversight led to this mess. The reason he's intervening might be because of the incident where Lu Zǐhán was manipulated by Wén Zhé.”

“What do we do now?”

“I need to think about it,” Hè Yùchéng leaned back, lost in thought. After a while, he slowly spoke, “Hè Wǎnzhōu's end might be near.”

(End of chapter)