The door opened with two beeps, and Jiang Hehua was waiting at the door, trying to sneak out.
Meng Jiuyi pushed it back and rubbed its head. Wen Qi, brushing her teeth, peeked out from the bathroom and saw that the flowers in her arms almost covered her face.
"Was this given to you by that Koenigsegg guy from last time?"
Tan Yuchen's ostentatious behavior downstairs last time made him known to everyone in several buildings, earning him the title of nouveau riche in Wen Qi's eyes.
Meng Jiuyi mumbled "uh-huh" and then, feeling guilty and not daring to tell her that there was someone else.
She found various vases, put the flowers in them, and piled up colorful lisianthus next to the television, creating a riot of color.
The phone rang at that moment; it was a number Meng Jiuyi rarely used, and she answered it.
"...Jiuyi, that's me, Wang Ru."
Wang Ru said in a low voice, "Last time you asked me to keep an eye out for anyone else around Gao Xian Yue. I've found some clues. Let's meet and I'll give you the things."
Meng Jiuyi asked, "Now?"
“The investors of my two previous films sued me and demanded compensation. I plan to go into hiding tonight. Let me make this clear: this is the last time I'll do anything for you. We're even now.”
Meng Jiuyi's eyelashes drooped slightly, obscuring the expression in her eyes.
"OK."
After hanging up the phone, she scrolled through the names in her phone book. She only had so many friends over the years, and she could easily find them all with a single swipe of her finger.
Meng Jiuyi didn't know who to call for a moment, so she finally dialed Meng Cheng's number.
The continuous beeping came from the other end, echoing in the empty space, and she realized that it was probably still early morning in England.
Meng Jiuyi hung up the phone, put on his coat, and told Wen Qi that he was going out for a while.
"It's so late, what's so important that you need to do it now?"
"Just a little while."
Meng Jiuyi was putting on his shoes by the door when he said to her, "By the way, Qiqi, I put your birthday present on the coffee table."
Wen Qi's birthday is in two days.
Wen Qi immediately went crazy, "Aaaaaah, why did you tell me beforehand? There was no surprise at all!"
Meng Jiuyi couldn't help but chuckle as he watched her from the doorway.
Happy birthday in advance!
After everyone left, unable to suppress her curiosity any longer, Wen Qi opened the gift box under the coffee table.
A bottle of perfume, her favorite scent, sat on the raffia. Her eyes were slightly moist as she muttered something.
The box accidentally slipped off her lap. Wen Qi picked it up and was immediately stunned—hidden under the raffia was a bank card and a property deed, and the property deed showed the ownership of this house.
The card next to it reads:
Your bank card password is your birthday. You can rent or sell this house, or live in it yourself. I wish Qiqi great wealth in the future.
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Thick, dark clouds loomed overhead. Meng Jiuyi pushed open the door leading to the rooftop, and a gust of cold wind carrying a musty smell rushed towards her face.
Wang Ru was in the corner with a shadowy figure from the tour group, who crept up to her furtively.
"Jiuyi, you're here. No one's following you, is that right? I've been hiding from my debt collectors these past few days and I haven't even dared to go home."
Meng Jiuyi said calmly, "No one's here. What happened to what you found out?"
Wang Ru said, "Gao Xianyue has someone protecting her. The two of them don't usually contact each other. I only found out about it when she drove me back last time and I followed her in the car. This is a picture of that man."
She handed the envelope to Meng Jiuyi, who was about to open it when a cold, sharp blade suddenly pressed against his waist.
"Don't move."
Meng Jiuyi immediately stiffened as the woman's slender arms wrapped around her neck like a snake's tongue, and Gao Xianyue whispered words in her ear.
"Knives don't have eyes; if you try to move, I'll have to stab you in."
"You deliberately let her lure me here."
Meng Jiuyi's tone was icy, his eyes fixed on Wang Ru. Wang Ru, feeling guilty, said that she had been coerced, and then staggered down the rooftop.
As the footsteps faded into the distance, the hallway lights suddenly went out, making the rooftop appear eerily silent.
"The sharp blade at my waist didn't move an inch," Meng Jiuyi asked.
"You want to kill me?"
"Kill you?"
Gao Xian Yue chuckled, "I'd rather not get my hands dirty. How come you're still so stupid? One phone call and you're all lured here. Someone as dim-witted as you should have died long ago, but you have so many scapegoats around you."
"Meng Jiuyi, are you some kind of jinx reincarnated? Everyone around you is destined to die a horrible death."
I don't know if I'm a jinx.
Meng Jiuyi smiled slightly and said provocatively, "But you must be very jealous of me. Over the years, you've spent money like water but haven't even raised any lackeys. Those who approached you because of your charity ran away faster than anyone else when trouble came. You look down on sincerity, so in the end, you're surrounded by hypocrites."
"Gao Xianyue, you are so pitiful."
Gao Xian Yue's face instantly darkened.
Taking advantage of her momentary distraction, Meng Jiuyi suddenly grabbed the knife at her waist, the sharp blade slashing directly at her neck. A gust of wind, seemingly appearing out of nowhere, grabbed her neck, lifting her up and dragging her several meters before leaving half her body suspended in mid-air on the high-rise building.
She struggled to breathe, and when she finally opened her eyes, she was met with a pair of fierce, eagle-like eyes.
The man was physically strong with well-defined features, clearly someone who had lived in the lower rungs of society, and his ruthlessness was naturally evident.
Gao Xian Yue slowly approached, looking down at her. "So you wanted to kill me."
The cold wind hit his face, and with his upper body suspended in the air, Meng Jiuyi's face turned pale.
"He's been helping you all along, and he was also involved in your adoptive father's death?"
Gao Xianyue rested her chin on her hand. "Why don't you go down to the underground and ask him how he is?" She gestured to the towering building. "Meng Jiuyi, haven't you always wanted revenge? Let's make a bet. If you jump off this building, I'll turn myself in to the police and let the law judge me."
Meng Jiuyi sneered, "Do you think I'm stupid? Jumping down and dying would be the end of everything. How would I know if you went or not?"
"I already said it's a bet. Whether you take it or not depends on whether you have the guts. It's more dignified for you to jump yourself than for me to push you down."
Meng Jiuyi: "Okay, I choose."
Just then, the urgent and loud sound of police sirens pierced the night sky as they approached. A police car stopped downstairs. The man loosened his grip on her neck as he observed her, and Gao Xian Yue's smile instantly faded.
"You called the police, so we can't play anymore—"
Before she could finish speaking, Meng Jiuyi grabbed her collar and yanked her violently out of the building, and the two of them plummeted downwards.
"No!" Yan Chen immediately reached out to grab it, but missed Gao Xian Yue's hand.
As Meng Jiuyi plummeted from the building, his bones stiffened as if they were rusted.
The world was right before her eyes, but half a second stretched into eternity. She knew clearly what awaited her: to be smashed to pieces, a bloody mess.
What a pity.
I chose the way I hate dying the most.
But there's nothing to be afraid of. Sui Sui is waiting for her in another world. Wen Qi will probably cry her eyes out. Will her godmother be sad for her? She's only halfway through using Xu Yanzhi. Hopefully, he'll blame her less.
In that instant, countless faces flashed before Meng Jiuyi's eyes, finally settling on an extremely unruly and arrogant face.
Fortunately, she doesn't have many social connections, so not many people should be saddened by what happened.
She closed her eyes, calmly accepting her fate, but the imagined fall never came.
With his entire body suspended in mid-air, swaying precariously, Meng Jiuyi looked up along the foot that was gripping Gao Xianyue. Tan Yuchen was half-suspended in the air, tightly holding onto Gao Xianyue's arm.
The cold wind ruffled the stray hairs on his forehead, making his breathing heavy. His dark eyes stared at her intently, trembling with madness.
He gritted his teeth, speaking each word with venom.
"Meng Jiuyi, you fucking hold on tight!"
Meng Jiuyi was stunned for a moment. As she blinked, a tremor ran from the outside in, along her heart, making it hard for her to breathe.
Even the view in front of me gradually became blurry.
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Goodnight, I'm slowly wrapping things up now.
I'll try to update twice tomorrow.
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