After that failure, she became a discarded pawn. She wanted to see the person she loved most, but he would no longer see her.
She had to find another way out.
She went on a dating show.
Unexpectedly, she became an instant sensation, pursued by various male guests on the dating show.
Later, Ning Chen came to find her.
He told her about Zhan Xiaojun and Ning Yecheng being together.
He made a promise to her, saying that when he saw her flirting with other male guests, he was very jealous, and from that moment on, he knew she was the woman he loved most.
Then, at his suggestion, she deliberately approached Old Mrs. Ning.
Under the pretense of knowing Zhan Xiaojun and being good friends with her, she made Old Mrs. Ning drop her guard and invited her to the old mansion. Old Mrs. Ning wanted her to provide some things that Zhan Xiaojun liked, saying she wanted to give Zhan Xiaojun an unforgettable engagement ceremony. While there, she seized the opportunity to poison Old Mrs. Ning's drink.
Everything was done flawlessly.
She succeeded!
But she never expected to be caught. She had almost escaped just now!
Zhan Xiaojun looked at Yang Yizhi with a blank expression, "Do you still have anything to explain?"
While Yang Yizhi was lost in thought, the man in a suit beside her recounted the events between Yang Yizhi and Ning Chen.
She had a general understanding of what had happened.
She also understood clearly that Yang Yizhi had been used.
However, Yang Yizhi still didn't seem to think she had done anything wrong.
Nor did she believe she had been used.
"I have nothing to explain. It's just as you see. I poisoned Old Mrs. Ning. You don't need to interrogate me, just send me to the police station. I admit defeat," Yang Yizhi said stubbornly, biting her lip.
It was just a few years in prison.
She wasn't afraid of anything.
When she got out, Ning Chen would treat her even better, and she could marry him because of these sacrifices.
Looking at Zhan Xiaojun before her, jealousy gradually grew in her heart.
Why could Zhan Xiaojun receive Ning Yecheng's protection, and they even had a grand engagement ceremony, while she could only accompany Ning Chen in secret?
Yes!
From the moment she learned that Zhan Xiaojun and Ning Yecheng were together, her feelings towards Zhan Xiaojun became complicated. Before, she was indeed grateful to Zhan Xiaojun, remembered her life-saving grace, and truly had a dream of opening a shop with Zhan Xiaojun.
However, Zhan Xiaojun had become a wealthy young madam. How could she cling to that insignificant dream alone?
"Do you think by poisoning Grandma Ning, you'll only spend a few years in prison? No, once you're in, you'll never get out. Yang Yizhi, you've been used," Zhan Xiaojun sighed softly.
Yang Yizhi froze. She looked at Ning Yecheng, who stood beside Zhan Xiaojun like a god of death, making people tremble with fear.
Fear slowly enveloped her heart.
A lifetime in prison?
"No, it's impossible. Ning Chen wouldn't just watch me spend a lifetime in prison. He'll save me! Besides, Ning Chen is a member of the Ning family. What the Ning family wants to do, they can achieve. He will save me!"
Yang Yizhi began to panic. She looked at Zhan Xiaojun in disbelief, then at Ning Yecheng.
She had clearly succeeded in poisoning!
She should have gotten what she wanted!
But seeing Zhan Xiaojun look at her with a grave expression felt like a bucket of cold water being poured over her.
She realized that she might truly...
"No, Ning Chen said he liked me. He said he had never met a woman as unique as me in his life, that I had a strength and bravery that other women couldn't match. Even though I come from a humble background, he didn't mind me. He said he would only love me in this life and that he wanted to marry me."
Zhan Xiaojun glanced at Ning Yecheng beside her, knowing that he had stopped the men in black from acting against Yang Yizhi because of her.
Ning Yecheng gave a look to the man in the suit.
The man in the suit took out his phone, opened his photo album, and showed it to Yang Yizhi.
The photo showed Ning Chen kissing a woman passionately.
Yang Yizhi had never experienced such a passionate kiss with Ning Chen.
His kisses to her were always fleeting.
"The woman in the photo is Ning Chen's fiancée. They are set to get married at the end of the year," the man in the suit said expressionlessly.
Yang Yizhi went from shock to confusion, then to disbelief. "How is that possible? He told me he wouldn't get engaged to another woman and would wait for me forever."
"Ning Chen has at least fifty, if not a hundred, people like you," the man in the suit said without mercy.
These people, used as pawns, all believed they were unique.
They all thought they could make Ning Chen love only them.
What a dream!
The man in the suit added, "Ning Chen also has venereal disease."
As soon as this was said,
Even if Yang Yizhi was dense or in denial, she knew she had been deceived!
She was just a pawn!
"Moreover, Ning Chen has several WeChat accounts, all used by people around him to reply to people like you," the man in the suit continued to add fuel to the fire.
Zhan Xiaojun sighed inwardly.
Yang Yizhi's eyes widened. "What?"
"How is that possible? How could this happen?"
The person who had been professing his love to her on WeChat wasn't Ning Chen?
She suddenly recalled that Ning Chen had always been very passionate towards her on WeChat. When they talked, he would ask her to send photos, and they even had some video calls.
He always praised her for being sexy.
And that he wanted to marry her as soon as possible.
But when they met in person, he became somewhat cold, not like the person he was on WeChat. At the time, she thought he was just reserved, and that on WeChat, without the pressure of meeting face-to-face, he could be uninhibited.
Now, she finally knew the truth: he had been using her!
"You were used, Yang Yizhi," Zhan Xiaojun said softly.
She didn't know whether to call Yang Yizhi naive or deserving of her fate.
She had saved Old Mrs. Ning, and she knew how potent the poison Yang Yizhi had given her was.
Yang Yizhi panicked immensely. "No, no, I was used. Xiaojun, we are good friends. You saved me once before. Can you save me again this time? I'm also a victim. I never thought Ning Chen would just treat me as a pawn and never truly liked me! It was him who wanted to harm Old Mrs. Ning. Ning Yizhi and Old Mrs. Ning had no enmity between them. I never intended to harm her. It was all Ning Chen!"
"Ning Chen will pay for his crimes, but you must also take responsibility for everything you've done," Zhan Xiaojun said with a deep and stern expression.
She could save Yang Yizhi once because Yang Yizhi had not committed an unforgivable crime at the time.
But this time, she couldn't save her. Old Mrs. Ning had nearly lost her life because of Yang Yizhi.
Ning Yecheng put his arm around Zhan Xiaojun's shoulder. "Leave the rest to me. You go and rest."
Seeing this, Yang Yizhi's eyes filled with hatred as she cried out, "Zhan Xiaojun, are you too heartless and cold?! Didn't you say I was your best friend? Now that I'm in this situation, you won't save me and will just watch me go to prison?!"