Just as Shen Meiyan was marveling at how smoothly everything was going, and pulled a towel soaked in a sedative from her bag, preparing to take action, suddenly, all the tents lit up. The blinding light stunned Shen Meiyan instantly; her pupils contracted slightly due to the sudden change in light.
She looked around and found herself completely exposed to the bright lights, surrounded by shallow grass, with nowhere to hide.
While Shen Meiyan was still in shock, a burly man emerged from the tent in front of her. His face was expressionless, but his eyes gleamed with a bloodthirsty light. He grabbed Shen Meiyan's arm, his movements swift and decisive, as excited as a hunter catching his prey.
Shen Meiyan struggled in terror, but the man was incredibly strong, and her struggles seemed utterly insignificant. The man quickly wrapped a rough rope around her hands several times, binding them tightly and rendering her immobile.
"Good, good, bring the light closer!" A man's voice broke the silence. A man holding a cell phone emerged from the nearest tent, a wicked smile on his face.
Shen Meiyan's heart sank; she felt an unprecedented fear. She tried to calm herself down and look for a chance to escape, but the surrounding lights and crowd terrified her.
"Shen Meiyan, didn't expect this, did you?" At this moment, Song Shiyao's voice rang in her ears. Shen Meiyan turned her head and saw Song Shiyao walking out triumphantly. She lifted her skirt and gave Shen Meiyan a smiling bow.
"You, you did this on purpose?" Shen Meiyan couldn't believe her eyes. She stared at Song Shiyao in front of her, so shocked that she stammered.
"What else?" Song Shiyao curled her lips into a sneer. "I'm not that stupid to wait for you to kill me." Her words were full of sarcasm and disdain, which made Shen Meiyan feel a surge of anger.
"Yaoyao, stop wasting your breath on her, the police are already on their way." The man filming the video stepped forward, grabbed Shen Meiyan's handbag, and threw it to the ground. The contents of the bag scattered all over the floor, and a sharp knife rolled out.
"Tsk tsk tsk, how ruthless!" Song Shiyao curled her lip. "Is she planning to drug me and then stab me?"
Upon hearing the word "police," Shen Meiyan's face turned deathly pale, and she couldn't hear anything after that. It was as if all the blood had been drained from her. She felt as if an invisible hand was tightly gripping her heart and then squeezing it violently, the intense pain making it almost impossible for her to breathe.
"Yaoyao, listen to me, I didn't mean it, I was just too scared! Really, Yaoyao!" Shen Meiyan could no longer remain calm, she knelt down on the ground and pleaded desperately.
However, Song Shiyao was not moved by her pleas; instead, she laughed even more smugly. She gently pushed away Shen Meiyan's hand, looking down at her as if she were a pitiful creature.
"Stop it. Let's talk about it in prison. Tsk tsk tsk, murder and escape plus this attempted murder, Shen Meiyan, you can expect to rot in jail." Song Shiyao laughed, playing with her long hair, her tone full of sarcasm and disdain.
Hearing these words, Shen Meiyan's despair intensified. She knew she was completely finished, feeling like a wild beast trapped in a cage with no way to escape.
"You! You forced me to do it!" Shen Meiyan shouted in her death throes. Her voice was filled with anger and resentment, as if she wanted to vent all the pent-up resentment in her heart.
"Oh?" Song Shiyao smiled smugly. "Do you have any evidence?" Her words were like a sharp knife, piercing Shen Meiyan's heart.
Shen Meiyan was speechless. She knew she had no evidence. Everything was just her own conjecture and speculation, which couldn't prove Song Shiyao's guilt at all. She felt like a clown who had been completely fooled, both laughable and pathetic.
"So, you've been setting a trap for me all along?!" Shen Meiyan finally realized what was happening. She glared angrily at Song Shiyao, "You treacherous and cunning woman!"
"What else could it be? But you forced me to do it. Shen Meiyan, don't try to portray yourself as so virtuous; you're not at all." Song Shiyao looked at her with a grin, her eyes filled with disdain and mockery. "By the way, the Xiaoling you hid has already been taken away by the police, and your mother too. None of them can escape. You think you can transfer money abroad without anyone noticing? What a joke. Heh."
Hearing these words, Shen Meiyan completely broke down. She felt her world had collapsed, and everything had become meaningless. She slumped helplessly to the ground, tears streaming down her face, her heart filled with endless regret and pain.
While news about the Gu family was still trending, the Shen family's scandal also made it to the top of the trending list.
As Shen Zhi Qiu scrolled through the news, she saw that after Shen Yan Shan learned everything, he had an argument with Lin Yue Shan on the balcony, and in a fit of rage, he pushed Lin Yue Shan off the building. When the police arrived, he desperately chose to jump off the building. She still sighed.
From the moment the Gu family fell, she knew that the Shen family's collapse was imminent. After all, the dirty deeds Shen Yanshan had committed were inextricably linked to the Gu family; neither was truly clean.
However, she never expected that Shen Meiyan would do such vicious things behind the scenes. Turning off her phone, Shen Zhi Qiu felt a mix of emotions, with many thoughts swirling within her.
Logically, she should have felt a sense of satisfaction at having avenged her great wrongs, but instead she felt an overwhelming sense of sorrow.
South City.
After the Gu family's downfall, Huang Lin never visited Gu Qingyan again. The medical team, who used to treat him with utmost respect, also stopped paying him any attention. All that remained for him was to live, to simply have a breath left.
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