Chapter 275 Montage

Everyone in the room turned their heads to look in the direction of the sound.

Bai Yao leaned on the sofa, holding up the bid card leisurely, with a smile that showed that everything was under control on his face.

Now they couldn't understand it.

"Mr. Bai, you..." Vanessa spoke first.

Bai Yao raised his hand to push up his glasses, his eyes narrowed into slits, and he smiled gently and seductively.

"What's wrong? I want to take pictures of my things back, is that not possible?"

“…”

Hearing these words, Vanessa instantly woke up from Cheng Yi's false illusion of gentleness, and the haziness in her eyes suddenly became sharp.

Bai Yao smiled as he watched the change in Vanessa's eyes.

"Have you figured it out? Miss Vanessa."

“…”

"Oh, no, it should be..."

Bai Yao stood up from the sofa, raised his hand to smooth the hem of his robe, and walked to Vanessa.

"Miss Vanya."

“…”

The moment she heard the name, Vanessa's pupils shrank uncontrollably. Her expression did not change, but her breathing became unstable.

Bai Yao leaned down and stared at Vanessa with a pair of charming eyes, "Are you curious about how I know?"

Vanessa remained calm and feigned confusion as she replied, "Master Bai, why do you call me that?"

Bai Yao ignored Vanessa's attempt to cover up and continued talking to himself.

"As far as I know, among the ancient noble families that have been destroyed in Italy, the descendants with inheritance rights are forced to convert to Catholicism. Even the side branches that are not forced to convert to Catholicism must abide by Catholic doctrine."

"But Miss Vanessa not only doesn't believe in it, she also eats animal blood products, which are forbidden by Catholicism."

Bai Yao took off his glasses, and the teardrop mole under his eyes trembled slightly with his smile, and his pair of cold and charming eyes were fixed on Vanessa's face.

"Unfortunately, I have a strong desire for truth, so I really want to know which noble family Miss Vanessa belongs to."

Bai Yao walked to the auction table, took the small family emblem and played with it in his hand.

"The surname Stewart has branches in both England and Italy. Isn't that a coincidence?"

“…”

Vanessa's face turned cold and her eyes drooped.

"I also thought this was a coincidence, so I found the casino where I redeemed Miss Vanessa."

Bai Yao took the family emblem, walked to Lu Qian and handed it to her.

"But the information I've found is that among those noble descendants, there was indeed a woman named Vanessa. However, that Vanessa was born with a disability, deaf and mute. Moreover, because she couldn't be sold to pay off her debts, she died of plague in the dungeon a long time ago."

"Your scheme was very elaborate, and every word was a montage of lies. You are indeed a fallen aristocrat, but not a true Italian aristocrat. Your Italian Christian name is indeed Vanessa, but not the real Vanessa. You were indeed sold to a casino to pay off your debts, but that happened two years after the fall of the Italian Stewart family."

"Every single one of these cases is a misplaced truth."

"What a pity," Bai Yao chuckled softly, "A montage lie is still a lie. If it's a lie, there will be loopholes."

Vanessa was suddenly stunned as she listened to Bai Yao's well-reasoned analysis, with a flash of fear in her eyes.

Because even she didn't know all of the things Bai Yao was talking about.

She was just a down-and-out noble lady thrown into an Italian casino. Apart from her British identity, the information she told was all she knew.

As for anything else, this was the first time she heard it from Bai Yao.

Bai Yao caught the confusion and fear in Vanessa's eyes. He put on a disgusted expression and sighed, "I've always said that Rex is so shrewd that it makes me sick."

His plan from beginning to end kept Vanessa completely in the dark, making her think she had seen the whole truth.

However, the key to winning a chess game is to make the other player unaware of where he will make his next move. An unpredictable chess game is naturally unbreakable.

"Are you done?"

Cheng Yi spoke coldly, interrupting Bai Yao, with a rather impatient tone.

A hint of surprise flashed in Vanessa's eyes. As if grasping a life-saving straw, she pretended to be coquettish, but in fact she was guilty and called out: "Master..."

She knew it, she knew that Cheng Yi still cared about her.

Cheng Yi smiled at her, without any displeasure in his tone, and was as gentle as before.

"Now it's my turn to speak."

Vanessa was stunned for a moment, "It's his turn", what does it mean?

"I think you are a little forgetful."

Cheng Yi curled his lips evilly, put his arm around Lu Qian's waist, and looked at Vanessa calmly and gently.

"Do I need to tell you who the person was who promised to give Lu Qian to Jesse in Germany two months ago?"

Vanessa frowned. She had clearly done it very discreetly...how could it be...

"If he hadn't really wanted to kill me, and hadn't gone to Bai Yao in private," Cheng Yi lowered his head and placed a kiss on Lu Qian's soft hair, "my most important treasure would have been destroyed in your hands."

When Lu Qian heard this, her brows furrowed. She raised her head and looked at Cheng Yi in confusion.

It turns out that there is such a secret behind what happened at that time.

Looking at Vanessa's incredulous expression, Cheng Yi pursed his thin lips and spoke slowly: "Even if Jesse dies, there will be countless ways to get the truth I want."

"Master... um..."

Vanessa was about to speak, but the syllables were cut off in her throat. She only felt a sudden and powerful force, strangling her throat and violently lifting her up.

In just a moment, the speed was so fast and the attack was so swift that no one present could react.

Cheng Yi pinched Vanessa's neck hard, and there was obvious sinister anger in his eyes.

"It was you who provided Vincenzo with the villa's defenses and allowed him to kidnap them, right?"

Vanessa's eyes suddenly widened, and she kicked her legs wildly, looking at the man in front of her and shaking her head in horror.

Cheng Yi laughed, his wild and attractive face was sexy to the core, like a flirt, yet also chilling and chilling.

"Almost...almost again...she was going to be destroyed in your hands..."

Cheng Yi suddenly tightened his grip on Vanessa's neck, pinching her until her face turned purple.

"Be, be the boss... I... I don't dare anymore... let me go..."

Cheng Yi narrowed his eyes and asked sarcastically, "Let you go? When you wanted to kill her again and again, did you ever think of letting her go?"

"Do you know how much suffering she has endured for so long? How much torment has she endured?"

"Forgive me...I...I will never again...Ah!"

Vanessa's plea for mercy turned into a screaming wail before it could even be fully uttered.

When she reacted, she was pressed down on the sofa by a huge force. With a snap, several ribs were broken.

Cheng Yi raised his eyebrows impatiently, "How dare you beg for mercy?"

"When someone pointed a gun at her head and choked her neck, she never begged for mercy."

Cheng Yi smiled again and whispered to Vanessa in an ambiguous voice: "My housekeeper, you can't be so fragile."