Ultraman was carefully selected by Jiang Yue.

The child always gave her a strong sense of being needed, as if without her love, she would slowly wither away like a plant without oxygen and water.

Wither and die.

Jiang Yue couldn't quite explain the subtle feelings in her heart. In this unfamiliar world, there was almost no one who made her feel needed.

These subtle emotions sometimes make her feel that the world isn't so bad after all.

But Zhou Ji's "liking" was like a vine, always trying to entwine and bind her.

He was born with such a strong personality, but he was good at disguising it. He could always put on a gentle and indifferent mask and quietly suppress his oppressive aura.

They rarely reveal a sharp and aggressive side.

If she hadn't been emotionally sensitive enough, she might have fallen into the trap that the man had silently laid long ago.

However… Jiang Yue also had to admit that she was no longer as annoyed with Zhou Ji as she had been at the beginning, and she found him much more agreeable now.

It might be because he's a good cook.

It's also possible that he would gently pat her back on nights when she's plagued by nightmares.

Or perhaps it was the moment when the man devoutly chanted sutras and prayed for her in the temple, closing his eyes and clasping his hands together in front of the Buddha statue that touched her for a moment.

Is Zhou Ji an utterly wicked person?

She knew in her heart that it wasn't true.

She didn't hate him that much, but she wasn't as head over heels in love with him as the original owner of this body.

Jiang Yue naively and optimistically thought that maybe she and Zhou Ji could become friends.

That way, he can cook for her at her house from now on.

She won't need to spend any more money.

…

At the police station on the other side, Sun Chengfeng had been detained by the police for more than 24 hours and had been officially issued a detention notice on suspicion of extortion.

When Qin Qin received the call from the police, her face turned deathly pale. She slowly calmed down and rushed to the police station after being notified.

She certainly wasn't there to bail people out.

Instead, it was to ensure that Sun Chengfeng wouldn't say anything detrimental to her.

Grandma answered her call this morning. Although she didn't agree to help her, she showed some pity for her and secretly transferred some money to her, earnestly telling her to live a good life.

Qin Qin never expected that her usually soft-hearted grandmother would become so difficult to talk to this time.

She could only pretend to be understanding, and against her will, she said that she was just returning to her original life, and then returned the money.

Qin Qin wasn't exactly strapped for cash, but Sun Chengfeng's creditors kept coming to her door to cause trouble.

They targeted her because they couldn't get the money.

Qin Qin had no choice but to repay some of the money to Sun Chengfeng, which left her with very little money in her account.

The spring breeze is cold.

On the way to the police station, Qin Qin kept checking her phone. The news headlines were calm and uneventful, with no eye-catching reports.

She bit her lip until it hurt, before belatedly realizing what was happening.

Qin Qin was unwilling to accept this.

The dark side grows with each stripping away of her, why is it always Jiang Yue? Why does she always have to pick on her?

The more Qin Qin thought about it, the more uncontrollable her jealousy became.

However, she remained rational and logged into Sun Chengfeng's anonymous email address with a blank expression.

The photos were sent to Ding Ru's fiancé's office email.

During this period, she endured many cold shoulders and whispers behind her back.

She also wanted Jiang Yue to experience what it felt like to be surrounded by strange looks.

Let's see if she can survive all those malicious glances.

After doing all this, Qin Qin arrived at the police station.

In the police station lobby, the two tall men standing in the middle made the entire space seem narrow and cramped.

Zhou Ji was the one who reported the case; it was Sun Chengfeng who had blackmailed him a few months ago.

Qin Zhao came to deal with the photos that Sun Chengfeng had archived. Logically speaking, since these matters had already been suppressed, there was no need for Qin Zhao to make a big fuss about them.

Qin Zhao's arrival at the police station also alarmed many people.

He didn't abuse his power; he followed the proper procedures to file a lawsuit against Sun Chengfeng.

Zhou Ji was not going to let it go either. The charge of extortion could be serious or minor, but it was enough to give Sun Chengfeng a hard time.

Qin Qin was slightly surprised to run into them at the police station, but she quickly put on a haggard expression, as if she were completely innocent and knew nothing, and was even implicated by her birth mother.

Qin Zhao turned his head coldly, his gaze fixed on her like a sharp ruler, measuring her from head to toe, inside and out.

Qin Qin swallowed the bitterness in her throat and whispered, "Brother."

Qin Zhao's eyes were sharp, and his thin lips coldly uttered, "I am not your brother."

Qin Qin bit her lip, almost bursting into tears. Her tears were like pear blossoms in the rain, making her look pitiful: "I didn't know she would do such a thing. I have no way to deal with her."

"I'm sorry, brother."

Qin Zhao remained unmoved by her tears; his eyes had seen far too many schemes.

Qin Qin always does this: using others to do her dirty work.

Afterwards, they try to absolve themselves of all responsibility.

Sun Chengfeng had already been warned by Zhou Ji once, and it's impossible that no one encouraged her to have this idea again.

Qin Zhao curled his lip and said sarcastically, "Qin Qin, you'll have plenty of places to cry in the future, so save your tears."

Qin Qin's face turned deathly pale instantly.

The police also called Jiang Yue, since she was the person involved.

Jiang Yue arrived at the police station with sleepy eyes. She hadn't fully woken up when she received the call. The other person was babbling incoherently, and she ran over without fully understanding what they were saying.

Seeing the people in the police station made him even more confused.

The police explained the whole story to her in detail, and only then did she understand what had happened.

Those photos that Sun Chengfeng had secretly hidden for many years, which she had never even seen, were sent out and were now laid out in front of her. The gray and white memories were like ashes from burning grass and wood.

One by one, scene by scene.

The embarrassment, struggle, and fear of her teenage years are all brought to life at this moment.

The original owner was forced to work part-time at a bar, enduring repeated harassment and the rampant rumors circulating at school.

The sharp words were like knives cutting into her flesh, one cut after another, slicing open her heart.

My internal organs felt like they had been repeatedly deep-fried in a pot of boiling oil.

pain.

My heart clenched and ached a few times.

She thought there were only a few drinking parties for adults after she became an adult, but it turns out there were others she had never seen before.

Beyond the pain, there was also barely contained anger.

Jiang Yue's expression slowly turned cold. "So she's locked up now?"

The police officer nodded.

Looking at her slightly pale face, Qin Zhao felt no better than her. When he received these photos, even the usually calm Qin Zhao was so angry that he wanted to kill someone.

These photos.

It was also a knife plunged into their hearts.

The girl in the photo, timid and with a somewhat numb look in her eyes, is so pitiful it breaks your heart.