"Well... I can't do anything about it. After all, your brother didn't do anything substantial to me. At most, he just tore my clothes. Should I file a lawsuit for this? It would be a waste of my energy."
Hearing this, Qiao Zhen snorted coldly: "Miss Chen, you don't think it's unnecessary, but rather that you dare not, right?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Si was startled: "What do you mean?"
“Once an appeal is filed, the nature of this matter changes. It will no longer be a simple matter of public opinion but will become a legal issue. I doubt you would have the courage to cross that line.”
His pensive expression stiffened, and then his tone became somewhat unnatural: "I'm only doing this for your brother's sake, to protect his reputation."
"Don't be ridiculous. If my brother really did that to you, would you still have the heart to protect my brother's reputation? Are you some kind of saint, Marilyn Monroe?"
Qiao Zhen's outburst left Chen Si somewhat embarrassed. She couldn't help but lower her eyes and say, "Miss Qiao, one shouldn't go too far. Your brother has no bottom line, so am I not?"
Upon hearing this, Qiao Zhen fell silent, instead raising her eyes and staring intently at Chen Si, as if she were being stared into a hole.
“Miss Shen, I have always believed in the principle of karmic retribution and the cycle of cause and effect. I hope you will not do anything that would make you feel guilty.”
Just then, someone pushed the door open and entered. Lu Zheng then said with a serious expression, "Miss Shen, I'm afraid this time it's not something you can control just because you don't want to appeal."
"What do you mean?" Looking at Lu Zheng's serious expression, Chen Si felt a little scared for some reason, and her voice became softer.
"We have recovered all the surveillance footage from that day. You should prepare yourself to accept the facts."
"What?" Upon hearing that the surveillance footage had been recovered, Chen Si immediately slammed his hand on the table and stood up: "How is that possible? Mr. Wang told me that the surveillance footage couldn't be recovered!"
"What people do is seen by Heaven. If you do something, you should be prepared to be discovered. Don't pin your hopes on others."
After Lu Zheng finished speaking coldly, he took Qiao Zhen's hand and left.
"Wait a minute!" Chen Si was clearly still somewhat incredulous, but looking at Lu Zheng's figure without turning his head, she felt a sense of powerlessness for the first time.
Once in the car, Qiao Zhen, seeing Lu Zheng's serious expression, couldn't help but ask curiously, "Did you really recover the surveillance footage?"
Hearing this, Lu Zheng nodded. "Yes, the CEO Wang that Chen Si mentioned must have deceived her. It wouldn't be difficult to recover that video."
Qiao Zhen was completely confused: "Shouldn't her sugar daddy be helping her? Why would he lie to her?"
Lu Zheng shrugged and then said nonchalantly, "That's not our business."
“That’s true.” Qiao Zhen raised an eyebrow, deciding to ignore it.
Back home, Qiao Luosheng couldn't help but go up to the two of them as soon as he saw them return, and asked with a worried look, "Sister, you went to have dinner with that Chen Si, did you get bullied?"
Qiao Zhen shook her head: "No, she wouldn't dare to bully me."
"That's good." Qiao Luosheng nodded in relief and then said, "Sister, you've really gone to a lot of trouble. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have suffered so much criticism."
Seeing Qiao Luosheng's remorseful expression, Qiao Zhen couldn't help but pat his head.
"I should apologize to you. Shen Si was definitely after me, but he just thought you were an easier target."
Unexpectedly, Qiao Luosheng shook his head upon hearing this: "No, if I were strong enough, they wouldn't have used me as a threat to you. It's still my problem."
Qiao Zhen chuckled, "We're both victims, so let's not discuss this. Why don't you tell me how you were tricked into that room that day?"
When the topic came up, Qiao Luosheng rubbed his aching head: "That day after work, I was going to go to the parking lot to find you, but a staff member gave me a piece of candy. I saw that she often hung around you, so I didn't think much of it and agreed. I didn't expect that after eating it, I immediately became dizzy, and when I woke up, I found myself on that bed."
Qiao Zhen immediately frowned: "What does the woman who gave you candy look like?"
At this point, she and Lu Zheng exchanged a glance.
Unexpectedly, there were other accomplices in this matter.
"She was just a short-haired girl with glasses, who looked quite quiet. I never expected she would do something like this!"
Hearing this, Qiao Zhen finally understood.
It's Xiao Zhang!
Lu Zheng, who was standing to the side, naturally knew who the person was talking about: "Don't worry, I won't let any of those who should be arrested slip by."
“You can go to work as usual tomorrow. I’d like to see what other tricks they’re up to,” Lu Zheng said to Qiao Zhen.
Upon hearing this, Qiao Zhen nodded: "I know, how could I let them get away with treating my brother like this?"
Meanwhile, deep in thought about what Lu Zheng had just said, she stormed home and the first thing she did was call General Manager Zhang.
"Didn't you say the surveillance video couldn't be deleted? What encryption technology do you have? But why have Lu Zheng and the others already found it, and are you still saying you want to ruin my reputation!" Chen Si's furious voice came from the other end of the phone.
Mr. Wang, on the other end, simply said nonchalantly, "What, you actually believe that? There's no surveillance video that can't be recovered, especially since I deliberately let them find it."
"What?!" Upon hearing this, Chen Si was so angry that her hair stood on end, and her voice rose eight octaves: "What do you mean? Are you siding with outsiders? I'm a female artist under your management. If my reputation declines, who will bear the losses?"
"You think I care about your little bit of money?" Mr. Wang scoffed dismissively, then said, "Do you think that just because I'm keeping you, you can do whatever you want?"
"What...what do you mean?" Chen Si's face turned pale, and his voice became much softer.
"Hmph." Mr. Wang listened to the man pretending to be stupid, so he simply stopped pretending: "Do you think I don't know about those gigolos you've been secretly seeing? I've always turned a blind eye to it before, but I didn't expect you to go even further."
Hearing this, Chen Si's tone softened completely, and she said somewhat ingratiatingly, "I, I was just bored during my breaks from filming, so I wanted to find someone to keep me company... Brother Wang, I was wrong, I'll never do it again!"
Mr. Wang seemed to have anticipated all of this, and his lazy voice came from the other end of the phone: "Consider this surveillance video a warning to you. Don't do it again next time."
"I understand..." she said, her voice choked with emotion. She gritted her teeth, her eyes filled with resentment and anger.
"And also, don't forget why I'm helping you like this."
Upon hearing this, Chen Si swayed for a moment, then regained his composure. "I know, I will consider marriage."
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