The sudden sight startled her, and she immediately screamed, "Who are you? How did you get in?"
Bai Fangzhen was really frightened. Before she could react, the person who came upstairs grabbed her neck with lightning speed. Bai Fangzhen fell backwards and half of her body hit the railing on the second floor heavily.
There was a hall below, and at such a high distance, while someone was strangling me, just looking at it made me feel dizzy.
"Who are you? What do you want to do? Let me go, let me go... otherwise I will call the police." Bai Fangzhen screamed in fear.
The nanny standing downstairs was also shocked by this scene and didn't know how to react. She kept begging: "Let go of the madam, let go of the madam quickly..."
Xia Yunxi was not moved at all. She looked at Bai Fangzhen, whose face turned pale with fear, and felt a sense of relief in her heart.
The Chinese concept of filial piety can truly be the last straw that breaks the camel's back. Just because Bai Fangzhen followed her father and was considered her elder, Xia Yunxi knew to endure it no matter how unfairly she was treated. She hoped her life would improve when she grew up and moved out.
Whether it was unfair treatment, real abuse, or mental harm from cold words... for Xia Yunxi, all she had to do was endure it and it would be fine when she grew up.
She never knew that the evil of human nature will not be let go just by tolerating it.
Just like five years ago, I deliberately lied to her and said I was celebrating her birthday, saying that her dad was out of town and couldn't come back... A girl's eighteenth birthday represents her adulthood and should be treated well.
So he tricked her into going to that hotel, put drugs in her wine glass, and personally sent her to the bed of such a disgusting man.
Xia Yunxi took a deep breath and asked, "You were the one who spread those rumors outside, weren't you?"
Bai Fangzhen was stunned, and the fear on her face eased a little. She suddenly looked up at the person in front of her who was strangling her neck.
Xia Yunxi didn't feel the need to hide. She pulled off the scarf and mask around her face. When her face was revealed, she clearly saw Bai Fangzhen's changed expression.
"Xia Yunxi." A vicious voice, without any concealment.
After figuring out who the person in front of her was, Bai Fangzhen was no longer afraid. She stood up and tried to shake off the force on her neck, but Xia Yunxi suddenly exerted force, and Bai Fangzhen's waist hit the railing again, causing her to groan involuntarily.
Then he realized what was happening and was furious.
But just as an expression of anger appeared on her face, Xia Yunxi suddenly tightened her grip on her neck.
"Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough—"
Xia Yunxi looked at her with disdain, "Why are you so excited? After all, we are mother and daughter. We haven't seen each other for so many years. Can't we just have a good talk?"
She responded with a suppressed cough that burst out: "Cough cough cough cough..."
"Stop." Xia Yunxi restrained Bai Fangzhen while keeping an eye on the nanny downstairs. She suddenly sneered, "Are you going to call the police?" As she said this, she turned around and her eyes fell on Bai Fangzhen's face: "You should have seen the news outside, right? Anyway, I'm ruined, and there's no place for me in Jiangcheng. What do you think, why don't I drag you to death with me? That way, I can avenge you for hurting me."
"Cough cough cough, it's not me, no, it's not me..." Bai Fangzhen was frightened by the viciousness in Xia Yunxi's eyes, and her body began to tremble uncontrollably.
"My dear stepmother, weren't you deliberately slandering my reputation and spreading all those nonsense? Rumors can melt gold, and there's no way to explain it. I've already thought it through..."
"Think, what have you thought of?" Xia Yunxi's expression made Bai Fangzhen instinctively feel danger.
Her mind raced, thinking quickly, how could she escape his control?
But there is no extra person at home.
Xia Wei returned to the Zhao family, and Xia Chenghai also went to the company early. She was the only one at home with a nanny. Bai Fangzhen regretted it very much at this time. Why did she only hire one servant in order to save money?
Now even if she asks for help, she can't find anyone who can help her.
"Of course you guys won't let me have an easy life. So even if I die, I'll take someone with me."
Bai Fangzhen's eyes widened as she heard Xia Yunxi's icy voice, like a demon from hell, echoing in her ears: "Anyway, you've already spread such a terrible story about me."
"No, no, no, you can't do this. It's illegal... you will go to jail." Perhaps she was really frightened by the gloomy look on Xia Yunxi's face. Bai Fangzhen no longer had her previous elegance and composure. She wanted to break free, but couldn't.
As soon as she showed the slightest sign of struggling, Xia Yunxi would press harder on her neck, causing half of Bai Fangzhen's body to hang in the air on the railing, and she screamed uncontrollably in fear.
"No, no, no, you can't kill me, you can't kill me..."
"I didn't do it. I didn't spread those rumors. Yun Xi, Yun Xi, please let me go, let me go..."
"If it's not you, then who is it? Even if you make up a story, it won't be so logically clear." Xia Yunxi frowned and said gritting his teeth.
"I was wrong, I was wrong... But I really didn't leak this information. I admit that I was wrong to drug you and send you to that CEO's bed five years ago, but didn't it end in failure? And you escaped... Please let me go, please let me go. I will personally explain to the media that none of that happened."
Xia Yunxi pursed her lips, lost in thought. After a long pause, she asked, "Xia Wei said that I was dating that CEO, and then I offended him, so he came to my house and smashed things up. What's going on?"
As soon as she mentioned it, Bai Fangzhen immediately remembered it. Her face was ferocious for a moment, but when she met Xia Yunxi's cold eyes, she didn't dare to act rashly.
Half of his waist was still outside the railing, and the lobby downstairs was right below him. If he fell from the second floor, he would be crippled even if he didn't die.
Bai Fangzhen was not a courageous person to begin with. Apart from scheming in every way in dealing with Xia Yunxi, she would never be able to refuse to surrender even if she was asked to.
"Yes, it was that boss. He didn't achieve his goal..." Bai Fangzhen stared at Xia Yunxi without blinking, "He thought I'd cheated on him... so he hired someone to smash our house. I, I didn't lie to you. We can't afford to offend that boss."
"Oh, then why didn't you give Xia Wei away?" Xia Yunxi asked lightly.
Bai Fangzhen was about to cry. Her body was shaking obviously. Her waist was pressed against the railing, and the pain was not as great as the fear in her heart.
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