The girl, as if not appeased, slapped him several times and then wildly tugged at the man's short hair.
There were faint nail marks on the man's face, from which blood beads emerged. Yet, he still showed no signs of rage. He even leaned his face closer.
"Yueyue... you have to believe me, I really didn't do anything. I know I've done wrong, it's okay, you can hit me however you want, as long as you feel better, anything is fine..."
Towards the end, he pleaded almost abjectly, his eyes a terrifying crimson. "Please, don't leave me..."
Shen Yue ignored him, forcefully shaking off his hand, and walked out without a trace of hesitation.
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Wei Jingzhou rushed towards the villa, but it was empty.
He searched every corner, but Shen Yue was truly not there.
On the coffee table by the sofa, he found a report. Wei Jingzhou suddenly had a very bad premonition. He didn't even dare to look, standing frozen until his legs went numb. Then, like a rusty machine, he walked over.
With trembling fingers, he picked up the report.
The contents, written in black and white, made his vision go dark.
His heart felt as if it had been ruthlessly torn apart, inch by inch, flesh and blood.
Shen Yue... she must have found out.
She knew everything...
Wei Jingzhou's chest ached. He forced his eyes open, but tears blurred his vision, making it impossible to see his surroundings. His lips trembled, opening and closing silently.
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The coffee shop was quiet and luxuriously decorated. Lin Xiaojun ordered two desserts. She didn't touch her cutlery, clearly waiting for someone.
The chair opposite her was pulled open. Lin Xiaojun looked up joyfully, but her smile froze when she saw the gentle, soft smile of the person opposite.
"Shen Yue?"
Shen Yue smiled, her dimples shallow. "You know me?"
Lin Xiaojun's expression turned ugly. It was evident she didn't want to linger. She stood up, grabbed her bag, and prepared to leave.
Shen Yue spoke unhurriedly, "I think we should talk. After all, I have something you care about most in my hands."
Lin Xiaojun stood stiffly, looking down at the girl. The girl on her face wore a bright and beautiful smile.
Finally, Lin Xiaojun sat down. "I don't understand what you're saying."
Shen Yue tilted her head, her movements charming and adorable. "How could you not understand? After all, you've directly caused someone's death. Don't you have nightmares at night? The floor was so high, it must have hurt terribly when Wan'er fell."
Lin Xiaojun's expression remained unchanged. "What you're saying is quite funny. What does this have to do with me?"
Shen Yue changed the subject. She touched her face, smiling like a winter jasmine in early spring. "You might not know, but Tang Zhe likes me. He said he wants to marry me."
The mention of Tang Zhe instantly shattered Lin Xiaojun's calm demeanor. She glared fiercely at the girl, her voice agitated.
"Impossible!"
Shen Yue smiled even more sweetly. "Can't you tell? If I just beckon, Tang Zhe will turn around at my feet like a lapdog. If I called him right now to marry me, he wouldn't even say a word."
Lin Xiaojun clenched her fists, her delicate face contorting into a grimace. "You don't genuinely like Tang Zhe at all!"
Shen Yue propped her chin. "So what? He likes me. He even approached Zhuang Wan'er to get closer to me."
"That's not true!" Zhuang Wan'er's eyes widened, dark and gloomy. Her voice was mocking. "He approached you only to get revenge on you. He would never like a fake woman like you."
"Is that so?"
Shen Yue casually picked up her phone and dialed Tang Zhe's number in front of her.
"Yueyue? Is that you?"
Tang Zhe's gentle voice came from the other end of the phone. It was a voice Lin Xiaojun had never heard. In that moment, a terrible premonition surged in her heart, like a self-deceiving bubble being popped.
Shen Yue stared intently at Lin Xiaojun. "It's me. I remember you said you liked me, right?"
"Yes, yes, yes."
Tang Zhe seemed taken aback by her sudden question, his tongue stumbling as if it were tied.
Shen Yue asked again.
"Then would you be willing to marry me?"
"Of course!"
The two words were spoken without hesitation, even with excitement. His intense impulse could be felt even through the phone.
Shen Yue chuckled softly, tinged with sarcasm. "Fool, I was just kidding."
With that, she hung up without waiting for Tang Zhe to respond, her eyes still smiling at Lin Xiaojun.
Lin Xiaojun's expression instantly froze. She stared at Shen Yue's mocking smile, her face slowly falling, her gaze becoming expressionless.
Shen Yue: "Do you think you can be fearless just because you have the Tang family behind you? If you really think that, you're greatly mistaken. Aren't you curious how I knew it was you? To tell you the truth, Tang Zhe told me. He has evidence of your crimes. As long as I act cute and say a few nice words to him, coaxing him into happiness, getting that evidence will only be a matter of time."
Lin Xiaojun's face turned paler, almost like a lifeless ghost.
"You were jealous of Zhuang Wan'er because she was Tang Zhe's girlfriend. You thought you were no worse than Zhuang Wan'er and wanted Tang Zhe to detest her. So, you hired thugs to strip her and take nude photos of her."
Lin Xiaojun's eyes were vacant and trembling, her thoughts in a daze. Zhuang Wan'er's unclosed eyes seemed to reappear in her mind. She tried desperately to forget, her inner fear chilling her to the bone. The wound that had not yet healed was so easily torn open by Shen Yue.
Shen Yue continued, "Actually, you originally intended to deal with me, but you were afraid of Wei Jingzhou, you didn't dare. So, you took out all your anger on Zhuang Wan'er. You thought no one would discover your actions and were even smug about it."
"You committed murder, yet you show no remorse."
Lin Xiaojun's face was deathly pale, cold sweat breaking out on her forehead. She shivered slightly. "Zhuang Wan'er simply didn't deserve Tang Zhe! I warned her before, but she insisted on walking into danger herself. She didn't even consider her own worth, where did she get the nerve?"
Lin Xiaojun's tone was hurried but quickly deepened. "But I didn't intend to force her to death."
"Yes, you just wanted to post her photos online and let cyberbullying force her to death."
Lin Xiaojun trembled all over, her tightly clenched hands starting to sweat. Her lips quivered as she murmured, "No, it wasn't like that..."
Shen Yue: "Those thugs had Zhuang Wan'er's photos. They used these photos to coerce her daily, doing unspeakable things to her. You knew all of it, you instigated it, yet you feigned ignorance, letting Zhuang Wan'er suffer humiliation. When the photos were finally spread online, you still claimed you didn't kill her?"