Tan Ziting frowned in confusion. "Her sister, Zhan Fanfan? I've barely even met her. The only person I've ever liked is Zhan Pingping."
Ming Jiayi, resting her chin on her hand, asked with a curious expression,
"She also said that you suddenly disappeared a few years ago, and that her sister—no, I should say her—also disappeared along with you when she had a boyfriend at that time. What's going on here?"
"When did I disappear? Haven't I been here the whole time? Speechless," Tan Ziting replied impatiently.
Gu Shaojin squinted his eyes and stared intently at Tan Ziting, causing Tan Ziting to tremble involuntarily.
"You're probably referring to what happened four years ago, after I failed my last attempt to get into the Beijing Drama Academy, right?"
Tan Ziting pouted and said reluctantly,
“Back then, Pingping did have a boyfriend, and I was furious. I repeated my senior year for two years and took the entrance exam for the Beijing Drama Academy three times for her. But she actually cheated on me and dated someone at school.”
So in a fit of anger, I hit that guy. I was thinking of just wishing them both well afterwards, but then I found out that the bastard was cheating on me with several women at the same time.
I spat at him, you shameless bastard! He's so ugly, how dare he cheat on me? Then I hit him again, but I accidentally hit him too hard and crippled him. After that, I was imprisoned for two years.
Ming Jiayi suddenly realized that the whole line was now connected.
However, Zhan Pingping acted as if it had nothing to do with her. Tan Ziting had seriously injured someone because of her, but she acted like a complete outsider.
I have to say she really has a talent for acting.
Du Yan gave a cold laugh for no reason, and then said sarcastically, "How audacious!"
"Tsk, don't even think about it. I'm not the same kind of person as you. I'm doing this for my baby," Tan Ziting replied dismissively.
Ming Jiayi looked at Tan Ziting with a dark expression and suddenly asked,
"So why is your darling praising me to the point of ruin? Did you register this 'gossipmonger' account because of Zhan Pingping?"
"Why should I tell you?" Tan Ziting retorted arrogantly. "Besides, someone like you must have a lot of enemies, right? Even if we don't flatter you to death, there will still be people who will try to ruin you. You might as well just do us a favor."
Ming Jiayi smiled wickedly, "If you have the ability to bring me down, then try it."
…
the next day
Ming Jiayi and Gu Shaojin personally accompanied Tan Ziting to the jewelry store on Central Second Street to arrest the person.
From the moment Tan Ziting took the envelope containing the photos inside, Ming Jiayi kept her eyes glued to the shop entrance.
Gu Shaojin, meanwhile, sat in the back seat of the car, preoccupied with handling Gu's business.
Du Yan and a few others stood guard around them, ready to rush in and protect them should anything happen.
Not long after Tan Ziting left the jewelry store, he was taken back to GF's headquarters by GF's people.
Time passed by, second by second.
It was almost 10 p.m., and the employees in the jewelry store were starting to clean up and prepare to leave, but the suspicious person still hadn't appeared.
Ming Jiayi yawned leisurely.
Is that person not coming?
"Boss Gu," Du Yan said to Gu Shaojin over the phone, "the person who came to pick up the photos hasn't shown up yet. I'm wondering if it was Tan Ziting who was instructed by that shop assistant?"
Gu Shaojin put the call on speakerphone, and upon hearing Du Yan's question, Ming Jiayi immediately replied leisurely.
"Impossible. That shop assistant is obviously just an ordinary person."
If that's your guess, then I think the shop assistant is probably an underling of the mastermind. Maybe the shop assistant will personally take the photos to the mastermind in a bit.
“Yes, sister-in-law is wise,” Du Yan replied thoughtfully, “that possibility is indeed more likely.”
Another twenty minutes passed...
The shop assistant cleaned the store spotlessly, then stood inside and pressed the switch on the roller shutter door.
Ming Jiayi frowned.
Why did the shop assistant close the door?
Could she be staying at that shop?
wrong!
There's definitely no room for her to stay in this shop, and she looks like just an ordinary shop assistant; this shop couldn't possibly be hers.
She closed the roller shutter because...
Oops!
Ming Jiayi opened the car door and quickly slipped out.
Gu Shaojin frowned, not quite understanding why Ming Jiayi had suddenly run away.
But he didn't have time to think about why. He opened the car door and immediately followed Ming Jiayi.
Do Yeon, who was watching and protecting the two from a short distance away, also quietly followed them.
Ming Jiayi ran to the back of the building where the jewelry store was located.
Sure enough, there really was a back door there.
Just then, the shop assistant came out from inside.
Ming Jiayi calmed her breathing, then politely walked up and said with a smile, "Hello."
The shop assistant stared at Ming Jiayi, somewhat bewildered. "You are...?"
Gu Shaojin's pace gradually slowed down. He glanced at the small door behind the shop assistant and instantly understood why Ming Jiayi had suddenly run out of the car.
Ming Jiayi smiled and asked gently, "Excuse me, are you an employee of this store?"
The shop assistant nodded slowly. "Yes... oh. You're that big star Ming Jiayi, right? You look so familiar."
Ming Jiayi chuckled lightly, then immediately asked with a serious expression, "Yes. I'd like to ask, did someone give you an envelope this afternoon?"
The shop assistant scratched his head. "Yes, that person said the letter was for my boss."
"Did your boss come to pick it up?" Ming Jiayi asked.
"No. I just called my boss, and he told me to just put it in the drawer."
Gu Shaojin and Ming Jiayi were standing there listening attentively to the shop assistant's answer when suddenly, Du Yan's shout came from not far away.
"Stop right there!"
Ming Jiayi and Gu Shaojin looked toward the source of the sound and saw that Du Yan was chasing a woman wearing high heels.
The sky was getting dark, and in the dim light, one could see that the woman was wearing a deep red dress, with her curly hair cascading down her back, and her figure was particularly exquisite and shapely.
Soon, the woman ran to a red car, opened the door, and quickly got inside.
Before Du Yan could catch up with her, she had already started the car and driven onto the road.
Du Yan quickly ran to his car and then drove after the woman.
Ming Jiayi tilted her head, searching for memories in her mind...
That figure and that car...
It looks very familiar.
"Excuse me, what's your boss's name?" Ming Jiayi asked the shop assistant.
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