I don't know how long it took, but the cell phone on the coffee table rang in the quiet living room. Xu Qingyue slowly raised her red face, and her girlish eyes were now full of red bloodshot.
She took the phone woodenly, without even looking at the screen, and hung up.
After being silent for a few seconds, the phone suddenly rang again, as if it would keep ringing as long as its owner didn't answer the call.
Xu Qingyue frowned, and her gaze finally shifted to the phone. When the light from the screen illuminated her dark eyes, her expression seemed stunned for a moment.
Why does this number look so familiar?
"Hello?" She answered the phone, her voice hoarse and low.
"It's me." A strange yet familiar woman's voice came from the other end of the phone.
Xu Qingyue was stunned for a few seconds, then as if she remembered something, her brown pupils suddenly contracted, and the hand holding the phone suddenly tightened. Her voice was filled with uncontrollable tension, "How did you get my contact information?"
"If you hadn't looked for Yan Zheng in a high-profile manner, I probably wouldn't have known about it." The woman spoke with a smile, her tone like old friends reminiscing about the past.
Xu Qingyue stood up suddenly, her vision went dark and she almost fell down. She put one hand on the sofa and said through gritted teeth, "What do you mean by looking for me now?"
"I need you to help me solve a problem."
"I can't help you." Xu Qingyue refused without thinking, "I'm just an ordinary person now, please find someone else."
The phone went silent. Just when Xu Qingyue thought the other party had given up, a crackling sound of electricity came over, and then a sound like that from an old tape suddenly rang out -
"As long as you help me get this done, you can name your price."
"Don't you like him? Why are you doing this?"
"Haha, I do like him, but I get angry when I see that arrogant face of his. He really thinks he's a loser. I, Xu Qingyue, have always gotten whatever I wanted since I was a child, and no boy has ever dared to refuse me. I want to see if Yan Zheng can still be so arrogant after being toyed with by a woman."
The electric sound disappeared, and the woman's voice sounded again, with a slight chill through the microphone: "You know what to do."
Xu Qingyue closed her eyes tightly, her heart beating so fast that it seemed like it was about to burst through her chest, every cell in her body was clamoring, and those nightmare-like past events emerged in her mind.
After a moment, she opened her clear eyes and asked, "What are you talking about? I don't understand."
"It seems that the young lady has indeed suffered a lot during her time abroad. She must have been a very innocent little girl before," the woman said frivolously. "Don't play dumb with me. Others are fooled by your elegant clothes, but I know what you are really like. This recording is just an appetizer. The main course is to come."
"Xia Chun, what on earth do you want?" Xu Qingyue growled, almost unable to control herself. "If you hadn't instigated me back then, how could I have come up with such a ruthless trick, you despicable villain!"
"Miss, you're kidding. I'm just an ordinary person. How could I afford to pay millions to hire someone to bully a male classmate with whom I have no grudges?"
"You overestimate me. Without you behind the scenes, I wouldn't be able to do this kind of thing."
"When your courtship failed, you used your Xu family's power to coerce and bribe me, forcing me to commit a series of illegal and criminal acts. As a result, my wonderful life was ruined."
"After I went in, you pretended to be a savior and started dating the victim."
"Tsk tsk, I've never seen anyone as shameless as you, Miss, in my entire life. What would Yan Zheng think if he knew that the greatest pain in his life was caused by you, his first love?"
"Sometimes I can't help but wonder, could it be that the Xu family has committed too many evil deeds, that's why so many people died or fled overnight..."
"Shut up!" Xu Qingyue's body began to tremble like a sieve, her face turned pale, and a series of images flashed through her mind.
My mother was slumped under the desk with a leather belt hanging from the handle around her neck. My father was sitting in a bathtub full of water, his bleeding wrist staining the water bright red.
Her throat seemed to be blocked by something invisible. Her eyes widened, one hand pressed against the wall, and she began to gasp violently.
As if hearing Xu Qingyue's movements, Xia Chun comforted her, "You don't have to be too sad. Your parents raised you to this age, but I've never met my biological parents. If you think about it this way, won't it make you feel better?"
"...You, what exactly do you want?" Xu Qingyue panted and forced herself to calm down. She must not let herself be led by the nose by this pervert Xia Chun.
"I don't want to see Zhang Han again." Xia Chun's originally gentle voice suddenly became deep, without a trace of emotion, "You know."
As soon as he finished speaking, a busy tone sounded from the phone.
With a "bang", the cell phone flew out of Xu Qingyue's hand, broke into pieces and slid for a distance on the wooden floor.
"Xia Chun! Xia Chun! Xia Chun!" Xu Qingyue muttered to herself with a ferocious look on her face, looking like a devil crawling out of hell.
When Yan Zheng returned home, Sang Tianen had not come back yet. He sorted the baby clothes, bottles and other things he bought at the mall in the afternoon into different categories, and then took out ingredients from the refrigerator to make dinner.
She skillfully put the dried tofu and chili peppers into the pot and stir-fried them. The pungent spicy smell came and Yan Zheng started coughing.
He had to increase the suction power of the range hood while quickly stir-frying chili peppers and dried tofu while coughing.
As soon as Sang Tianen entered the room, he smelled an appetizing aroma. Without even washing his hands, he rushed into the kitchen. Seeing Yan Zheng busy cooking, he jokingly said, "Hey, which snail guy is cooking?"
Yan Zheng turned around and said with a smile: "The food is ready, go wash your hands."
Sang Tianen immediately rushed to the bar to wash his hands like lightning.
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