"All of them?" Lin Yang adjusted to the pressure on her waist, and the blush on her face slowly faded.

It seems he really just wanted to massage her back.

“Yes, all of them, including his distant relatives,” Xu Chengzhi explained to Lin Yang, then added, not to be outdone, “Of course, this was my idea too.”

"Then... what did he say?" Lin Yang ignored his last sentence and continued to press for the truth.

"What else can you say? Tell the truth." Xu Chengzhi paused, then turned and reached behind him to take out a bottle of mineral water that he always kept on hand.

After unscrewing the cap and taking a sip, under Lin Yang's inquisitive gaze, he continued, "The last person to see Wen Yuli was actually Ding Zhong. He admitted it himself; he threw away the new nitroglycerin pills Wen Yuli had bought, leaving the empty bottle behind, pretending that you had poured out all the medicine."

Lin Yang remained silent, frowning as she gestured for Xu Chengzhi to continue.

After meeting Lin Yang, Xu Chengzhi felt that he was talking more and more, and his mouth, which he didn't usually use much, would feel thirsty after saying a few words.

So he unscrewed the bottle cap and took a few more sips, then said, "Ding Zhong deliberately said some filthy and insulting things to Wei Xu in front of Wen Yuli, which made Wen Yuli have a heart attack."

As expected, Senior Wen Yuli's death was not an accident!

Lin Yang's fingernails dug into her palms, her heart filled with sorrow for Wen Yuli's death.

May he find his true love in the next world and spend his life with her in another way.

"Why did Ding Zhong want to kill Senior Wen? If I remember correctly, there was a time when Ding Zhong clumsily broke Director Zheng's equipment. It was Senior Wen who persuaded Director Zheng to stop scolding Ding Zhong and even paid for his compensation, right?" Lin Yang's fingernails dug into her palm, drawing blood.

How could Ding Zhong... how could he bear to force such a good person to his death?

"According to the recording provided by Ex, Ding Zhong's original words were that he found homosexuality disgusting." Xu Chengzhi sighed, feeling sorry for Ding Zhong's reasons for killing Wen Yuli.

"Just... because of this?" Lin Yang couldn't accept this reason.

The fault doesn't lie with people like them. Why should they both pay the price with their lives just because they loved each other?

The world discriminates too much against people like them.

“From what he said, it was because of this.” Although Xu Chengzhi also felt that this reason was far-fetched, that was exactly what he heard in the complete recording.

"Then why did he frame me?" Lin Yang composed herself and tried to remain rational as she continued to ask.

“His exact words were…” Xu Chengzhi paused, “I happened to run into her helping Wen Yuli up to the plateau, so she was perfect as a scapegoat.”

Xu Chengzhi's emotionless tone made Ding Zhong's obsequious words sound incredibly jarring.

"Xu Chengzhi, do you believe his bullshit reasons?" Lin Yang stared into Xu Chengzhi's eyes and asked seriously.

Ding Zhong was just a lowly staff member. Wen Yuli had no grudge against him and had even helped him before. If Ding Zhong said he found homosexuality disgusting, it wouldn't be enough to kill Wen Yuli, would it?

Moreover, Ding Zhong comes from a very ordinary family background, so how could he possibly have managed to buy his way into trending topics and release a bunch of press releases?

There must be someone secretly manipulating Ding Zhong, or even holding a bigger advantage over him, which is why he willingly takes the blame himself when threatened, instead of exposing the person behind the scenes.

Who exactly is that person?

Why did they target her, even at the cost of harming the innocent Wen Yuli?