Liu Xinna’s attention had been on Li Huan all night, and only now did she realize that Song Wanqiu was dressed just like the woman in the video.
"You..." She furrowed her brow, staring at Song Wanqiu.
Song Wanqiu said in panic, "You can’t suspect me, right? I was with Third Young Master."
Liu Xinna’s eyes wandered, half believing and half doubting.
Li Huan dropped his cigarette butt and stomped on it forcefully several times, "It seems this was aimed at Miss Song, Xinna was just being used. Miss Song, have you offended anyone recently?"
Song Wanqiu pretended to ponder deeply, "This... must be Zhiyi."
"Even though we’ve had a few unpleasant encounters, she shouldn’t use Xinna like that. She doesn’t have more videos like that synthetic one at her disposal, right?"
"What if it gets uploaded online, how would we live then?"
As she spoke, her eyes began to redden.
Liu Xinna glared furiously, "She wouldn’t dare!"
Song Wanqiu offered soothing words, "Don’t worry yourself over me, as long as you two clear up the misunderstanding, that’s enough. You should go back now."
Without saying much, Liu Xinna turned and left.
Song Wanqiu and Li Huan exchanged a smile.
"The bar’s surveillance was deleted, we can’t confirm it was Lin Zhiyi."
"No matter, if I say it was her, then it was her," Song Wanqiu snorted lightly.
...
After the commotion at the bar, Lin Zhiyi hadn’t slept well all night, and she was out of spirits at work all day.
She even started having hallucinations, always feeling as though someone was watching her from behind.
So as soon as work was over, she just wanted to rush home and sleep.
When she used her key to open the door, suddenly the elevator behind her dinged.
She thought it was Sister Zhou from next door coming back and was about to greet her when two dark figures suddenly rushed out.
Thump.
She was pulled by her hair and slammed against the wall, her grip on her bag tightened as she slumped down.
In a dazed state, she heard two people mention a cell phone.
Then, darkness enveloped her.
She didn’t know how much time had passed when Lin Zhiyi gradually came to her senses, only to find the whole world upside down.
When she finally made out her surroundings, her heart clenched, and she didn’t dare to move her body that had been about to struggle.
Because at that moment, she was hanging upside down from a ten-meter diving platform.
Below was a murky, dirty swimming pool.
This must have been an abandoned swimming hall.
The seats in the stands had long since faded, some buried among weeds, and the window glass around the roof was shattered.
When the gusts of wind passed, they emitted a frightening drone, interspersed with the squeaking of the rope rubbing against the edge of the diving platform.
Lin Zhiyi’s body swayed with the rope, feeling like she could plunge down the next second.
Her cheeks flushed, and she was breathing so rapidly her heartbeat thudded in her ears.
Suddenly, the sound of hesitant high heels came from below.
Liu Xinna, wearing a men’s leather jacket and accompanied by five or six men, walked to the poolside.
She crossed her arms, her eyebrows raised as she stared at Lin Zhiyi’s face, clicking her tongue twice, "No wonder you dared to seduce Third Young Master, you have the face of a vixen. It’s a shame, though, I’m not a man; I don’t understand the finer points of pity and tenderness."
With that, she clapped her hands twice.
Lin Zhiyi hadn’t even had time to react when the rope loosened, and she plummeted toward the water surface.
Even though she had braced herself mentally, she screamed in terror.
"Aah!"
The massive impact made her feel as if her soul had been ripped out, yet with her hands and feet bound, she couldn’t struggle.
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