After returning to her room, Ye Huanhuan slowly sat on the edge of the bed and gently stroked the sapphire necklace that Tang Yi had given her.
Then, she carefully put the necklace back into the exquisite gift box and placed the box on the bedside table.
She stared silently at the gift box, and the image of the two of them dancing together at the banquet involuntarily surfaced in her mind.
Then, her thoughts drifted back to that night at the hotel, that passionate and crazy night.
Recalling the scene, a blush instantly spread across her face.
She shook her head vigorously, trying to banish these memories from her mind, but for some reason, the more she tried to forget, the more those images flashed before her eyes like a movie.
Oh no, it seems she's fallen for him!
She sighed inwardly, then lay limply on the bed like a deflated balloon.
Just then, her phone rang. At a glance, she recognized it as the number Tang Yi had used to contact her.
She took a deep breath, calmed herself down, and then pressed the answer button.
Tang Yi's deep and magnetic voice came from the other end of the phone: "Huanhuan, the matter that I asked Assistant Zhao to investigate today has yielded results."
Ye Huanhuan sat bolt upright in bed and immediately asked, "How is it? Have you found Xia Pengpeng?"
"Xia Pengpeng has been sent back to the Xia family's old house and is now safe and sound, but..."
Tang Yi paused, and Ye Huanhuan couldn't help but press, "But what?"
Tang Yi said in a deep voice, "However, Xia Pengpeng said that he was not kidnapped. During this time, he has been staying at the Xia family's old house. He also said that Xia Jianguo and his wife went to the hotel to smear you and spread rumors about you everywhere. It was not because they were instructed by someone, but because they were jealous when they saw that you had returned to the Ye family. They wanted to ruin your reputation and make you a laughing stock in S City."
Upon hearing this, Ye Huanhuan fell into a long silence.
At this moment, she truly began to admire Ye Ru's methods, which had actually forced Xia Pengpeng to change his story. Once Xia Pengpeng's statement was posted online, the previous claims by Xia Jianguo and his wife that someone had instructed them to slander Ye Huanhuan in the hotel would be completely unfounded.
From then on, no one believed a single word spoken by Xia Jianguo and his wife.
They would only think that the couple acted this way because Ye Huanhuan provided them with abundant material conditions, and therefore they shifted all the blame and responsibility onto a fictitious behind-the-scenes person.
Some even speculate that this might be a play written, directed, and acted by Ye Huanhuan herself, with the aim of creating a character who is a wealthy heiress who has suffered for more than 20 years, mistreated by her adoptive parents, yet remains kind-hearted and never forgets her original intentions.
Ye Huanhuan asked, "Who exactly arrested Xia Pengpeng? Haven't they found out?"
Tang Yi replied, "The surveillance cameras around the Xia family's old house have all been cut off. Those people operate at night, so it's very difficult to find their whereabouts."
Damn it! They did it so discreetly.
Ye Huanhuan unconsciously clenched her phone, her heart filled with resentment.
It seems that throwing the evidence in Ye Ru's face is not as simple as she imagined.
"Thank you, Mr. Tang. Since we can't find it, then let's just leave it at that."
"That's it?"
Tang Yi seemed to sense the resentment in Ye Huanhuan's tone and suggested, "How about I send more people to investigate?"
Ye Huanhuan sighed, "No need, let's just let this matter go."
Tang Yi reluctantly conceded: "Alright then... I'll listen to you."
After a long pause, Ye Huanhuan took a deep breath, composed herself, and extended an invitation to Tang Yi:
"I wonder if you have time tomorrow? I'd like to invite you to lunch."
Upon receiving the invitation, Tang Yi's deep voice instantly took on a seductive quality.
"Huanhuan, is it just the two of us?"
Ye Huanhuan's heart raced involuntarily, and her voice softened unconsciously, tinged with a hint of shyness.
"Yes, just the two of us."
"I would be delighted, Huanhuan, I look forward to your arrangements."
Ye Huanhuan gave a soft "hmm" and quickly hung up the phone. Leaning against the headboard, her gaze fell on the gift box containing the necklace, and she felt only guilt.
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The Song family.
Song Lin and Song Xue returned to the Song family home looking dejected. Song Yecheng and Cao Cuiping noticed their strange expressions and quickly went to ask them what was wrong.
"What's wrong? You two look so pale. Did something happen?"
Suddenly, Song Xue burst into tears and said to Cao Cuiping:
"Mom, our Song family is finished... our Song family is really finished..."
Hearing Song Xue's disheartened words, Song Yecheng frowned deeply and shouted:
"What nonsense are you spouting! What do you mean the Song family is finished? Explain yourself clearly, what exactly happened?"
Song Xue continued crying and shouting:
"Dad, that Xia Huanhuan... no, I should say Ye Huanhuan, she's actually the Ye family's daughter!"
"What Ye family?" Cao Cuiping still didn't quite understand and continued to ask, "Does it mean Xia Huanhuan has found her biological parents?"
"Found her! Not only that, she's actually Ye Haiming's biological daughter! Who is Ye Haiming? He's a tycoon in S City! With just a flick of their finger, the Ye family could easily wipe our Song family out of S City. What are we going to do? Dad, we've really offended Ye Huanhuan this time. She'll definitely not let us off easily..."
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