"I want her dead, but not at the cost of ruining my reputation."
Compared to the towering Ji Chu, Zhou Yun's strength was like that of a chick, utterly useless, so she simply gave up resisting.
Ji Chu whispered in her ear, "Yunyun, why wasn't it you under the locust tree back then? You and I have been together for so many years, don't fall for someone else so easily, okay?"
Zhou Yun found it ridiculous.
"Mr. Ji, are you putting on a show of deep affection for me? Or are you planning to make me your lover? Or do you just find this kind of game amusing?"
Ji Chu gripped her hand tightly, looking up at her from her shoulder.
"Give me some more time. Xiao Jin's condition can't withstand any more blows right now. Once she's better, I'll make it clear to her that this marriage is impossible."
Zhou Yun felt that he was beyond redemption. The renowned gentle and refined young master of Kyoto had lost all his noble demeanor.
Zhou Yun said, "Mr. Ji, you've gone too far by saying these things."
She saw only indifference and aloofness in his expression.
Ji Chu lowered his eyes, not daring to look at her, and their breathing became even clearer in the confined, dark space.
His hands were trembling, and his breathing was getting heavier. Taking advantage of his distraction, Zhou Yun pushed him away forcefully.
Ji Chu snapped out of his daze. "I'm sorry, I offended you."
"It's good that you know. Please remember your place next time."
She turned to leave, but Ji Chu grabbed the doorframe. "Xiao Yun, I accept that you hate me. But...please stay away from Song Heng, okay?"
Zhou Yun turned her head and looked back, "Go back and find a mirror before you come and lecture me."
After saying that, he left the room without looking back.
Ji Chu lowered his head and looked at his trembling hands. His tense body gradually relaxed after a long time.
"Bang!"
The door was opened from the outside, startling Lu Jin and her daughter.
Zhou Jin stared at the woman at the door with red eyes, his resentment and venom in his eyes now completely undisguised.
"You flirted with Brother Ji Chu right in front of me, what have I ever done to wrong you?!"
Thinking about what Ji Chu had said to her earlier, and his overt and covert protection of her, her resentment towards Zhou Yun had reached its peak.
"What? You don't want to pretend anymore?" Zhou Yun sat down on the sofa with a calm expression, looking at her with a half-smile.
"Zhou Yun! Xiao Jin has never hurt you. How can you face us with your ambiguous relationship with Ji Chu now?!"
Lu Jin was indignant.
Zhou Yun pressed her fingertips to her temples and glanced at the two of them with a half-smile.
Lu Jin felt a chill run down his spine from her stare.
"Mom, can you go out first? Let me talk to Xiaoyun." Zhou Jin let go of Lu Jin's hand and gave her a reassuring smile.
"But..." She wanted to say something more, but Zhou Jin interrupted her.
"She wouldn't dare do anything to me, it's alright." Zhou Jin gently shook her head.
"Okay, if she does anything to you, you must call me. Mom is right outside the door."
"good."
Smack! Smack! Smack!
A round of applause rang out. "How wonderful, such a touching mother-daughter bond." Zhou Yun smiled brightly.
Lu Jin left with a sullen face, not forgetting to warn Zhou Yun as he passed by, "If you dare to hurt Xiao Jin, I will never let you off the hook."
Zhou Yun's eyebrows were indifferent, and the corners of her mouth curled up with a hint of disdain.
The door was closed.
"How much longer do you want to keep acting?" he asked, looking at the woman on the bed.
"Hehe, Xiaoyun, you're still the same, you have no compassion."
The woman who was as fragile as a porcelain doll just a second ago deftly threw off the covers and got out of bed, looking at Zhou Yun with a smile on her lips.
Although she no longer appeared as frail as before, her pale lips, pale face, and loose black hair made her seem even more crazed and yandere.
Zhou Yun laughed wildly, "Is that so? For some scum, sympathy will only get me killed."
"Zhou Jin, you don't think I didn't know you were behind that incident in the capital, do you?"
"So what if he knows? Would Brother Ji Chu blame a frail patient? Especially one who could have an attack at any time?" Zhou Jin walked up to Zhou Yun.
Zhou Yun scoffed, "You think he can't find out what kind of medications you're taking? Long-term medication can easily lead to drug poisoning. Treating everyone like an idiot will only harm you."
"So what? Right now, Ji Chu only has me in his heart and doesn't care about my feelings. You'll never get him." Zhou Jin's dark eyes were like a venomous snake eyeing its prey.
"Back then, you seduced Ji Chu while I was abroad. Now that he's seen your true colors, does it feel good to be dumped?"
Zhou Yun said calmly, "If he sees your true colors, do you think he'll still forgive you?"
“What do I have that he doesn’t know?” Zhou Jin leaned back on the sofa, beaming.
Zhou Yun walked to the tea table, poured herself a glass of water, and stirred the spoon in her hand. "Can you still remember the way those children abroad looked at you?"
"And what about those dirty deals? Can you hear those girls crying in the dead of night?"
He paused in stirring the cup, then naturally walked over to Zhou Jin with the water in his hand. "Also, why did those children in the orphanage disappear so mysteriously? Do you think Ji Chu might know?"
The girl stared at Zhou Jin with a smile, but the temperature in her eyes dropped to the lowest point. "Oh, I forgot something. On the night you tricked me into going to the banquet, the owner of that house died suddenly for no reason. All the servants in the house either died or went to jail. His underground business in E Continent was completely wiped out."
"Do you think he was just unlucky, or did he mess with someone he shouldn't have?"
Zhou Jin gritted her teeth, "Do you have any evidence that I have a relationship with Zhang Cong?"
"Oh? That person's name is Zhang Cong? I really didn't know that," Zhou Yun said, blowing on the scalding hot water.
"You!" Zhou Jin's face turned pale and then red.
"You've done so many organ transactions and you've never been interested in any of them, so why are you only eyeing my kidney?"
"Zhou Yun, knowing too much will only harm you." Zhou Jin's face was extremely grim.
The Zhou family funded the construction of several children's welfare homes, which were personally managed by Zhou Yuntao and Lu Jin. Every year, children were adopted or died suddenly in these welfare homes, in fact, they were secretly sent abroad for human trafficking.
Some attractive children are sold to wealthy men for their amusement and to satisfy their perverse desires, while those that can't be sold are only valued for their organs.
Even Grandpa Zhou didn't know about these things, so how did Zhou Yun find out about these transactions?
Zhou Yun didn't even lift her eyelids. "Zhou Jin, since I know these things, do you think I'm still afraid? Did you drug me that night to take nude photos of me and ruin my reputation?"
"You're still angry because you didn't achieve your goal, right? Well, it's your partner's fault for being so stupid. He thinks everyone else is doing illegal business like him."
Early in the morning, she received an anonymous email containing evidence of her family's involvement in human organ trafficking both domestically and internationally.
Page after page of English emails contained evidence of Zhou Jin's human trafficking activities in cooperation with underground illegal organizations in Ezhou over the past few years, as well as evidence of the Zhou couple abusing children in welfare homes under the guise of charity.
Zhou Jin loosened his clenched fist and forced a smile, "I can sue you for defamation if you say things without evidence."
Zhou Yun ignored her and stared at the water in the glass, saying, "The water's cold."
After saying that, he grabbed Zhou Jin by the neck, pushed her onto the sofa, and then poured the liquid from the cup into her mouth.
Faced with Zhou Yun's sudden attack, Zhou Jin didn't react in time and fell onto the sofa, where she was forced to drink several mouthfuls of an unknown liquid.
Unfortunately, she was delicate to begin with, and after realizing what was happening, she could only struggle desperately with her limbs, yelling, "Are you crazy!"
But how could she escape Zhou Yun's long-term fitness routine?
Zhou Yun continued working until all the liquid was poured out, then casually tossed the cup to the ground.
Zhou Jin was pale, supporting his neck with one hand while trying to vomit up his throat with the other.
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