The police tried to dissuade him for a long while, but seeing Ou Minghan's persistence, they finally let him try.
The moment Ou Minghan stood on the ground, he felt his legs stiffen, and then he immediately fell towards the ground.
The surrounding police officers helped him up. Ou Minghan's face was pale, and despair filled his heart. He realized he couldn't even walk on his own. This fact shattered his unrealistic hope of escaping from the police.
It was all Ou Tiantian's fault! It was all this woman's fault!
"Hurry up and arrest Ou Tiantian! It was this woman who deliberately harmed me! She's the murderer, a devil! A pervert!" Ou Minghan's eyes were bloodshot, filled with hatred.
Even if he couldn't survive, he would never let Ou Tiantian off easily!
The police said, "Don't worry, we already have another team looking for her..."
Ou Minghan continued to curse, and the police impatiently dragged him away.
By the seaside, Ou Tiantian stood on the cliff edge. The sea breeze ruffled her hair. She looked down at the sea below, her heart filled with confusion.
She had known the moment the police arrived on the island.
Everything was about to end, but what about her?
In the past, she had lived only for revenge. Now that she had tormented and retaliated against Ou Minghan, and she also understood the situation in the country, Ou Minghan's crimes had been exposed. Many of the victims' families hated Ou Minghan to the bone and would never let him go.
She knew Ou Minghan would not have a good outcome, which was why she had let Ou Minghan call for help.
However, her sole objective had always been revenge. Now that revenge was gone, her life seemed to have nothing left.
Seeing the police entering the villa to search for someone, she took out her phone and dialed the number she had long since found but had never dialed.
The call was connected quickly. Ye Zhi's voice came from the receiver, tinged with confusion, "Hello?"
"I am Ou Tiantian," Ou Tiantian said calmly.
Ye Zhi was a little surprised.
There was a time difference between them. It was nighttime where she was. Today was the day the police abroad were apprehending Ou Minghan, so neither she nor Qi Xuan had gone to bed early, and they were waiting for the results together.
But Ye Zhi never expected to receive a call from Ou Tiantian.
"What's wrong?" Ye Zhi recovered and asked, her voice full of doubt.
Ou Tiantian gripped her phone and was silent for a moment.
Although she had told Ou Minghan before that she had a dream, the dream's realism and detail had been so profound that it felt like her own experience, like her past life. Now, she felt as if she had been reborn.
She had never treated it as a dream; she even felt that those things had truly happened. She also remembered that in that dream, Ye Zhi was not present.
She had also thought that if Ye Zhi hadn't existed in this life, no matter how she deceived Ou Minghan's trust, she wouldn't have been able to retaliate against him so successfully like she had now.
She could deceive Ou Minghan, but she couldn't destroy Ou Minghan's career. Without Ye Zhi, Ou Minghan and Cen Ya would still be happy and united as they were in her past life. And she, after becoming completely useless, would still be abandoned by Ou Minghan. At that time, she would truly have no chance for revenge.
But Ye Zhi appeared. Ye Zhi destroyed Ou Minghan's career, turning him into a stray dog. Without his foundation, Ou Minghan had no sense of security and didn't even trust Cen Ya.
The disparity between Ou Minghan and the Cen family also widened the gap between them, which was why Ou Minghan had tried to trick money from the Cen family and then sent the ill-gotten gains to her. It was also for this reason that Ou Minghan, after losing everything, would trust her and seek refuge with her.
Her successful revenge was inseparable from the favorable conditions Ye Zhi had created for her.
Ou Tiantian pondered for a moment, "Actually... I know you are not from this world."
Ye Zhi's heart skipped a beat, but she quickly calmed down.
She hadn't been from this world before, but she no longer dwelled on it. She had long ago accepted herself as part of this world. She had accepted her background, her current family, friends, and her lover.
As for why Ou Tiantian knew this secret, Ye Zhi wasn't too surprised. One couldn't allow only her to transmigrate into a book while others couldn't have some extraordinary encounters, could they?
When Ou Tiantian had imprisoned Ou Minghan and even tormented him to the point of begging Cen Ya for help, Ye Zhi had already guessed that Ou Tiantian must have some secrets of her own, just like her.
"It seems you're not the old Ou Tiantian either," Ye Zhi said calmly.
Ou Tiantian gave a wry smile. "Yes... Do you know? When I was on the island, I often wondered why you weren't my sister?"
This statement was too sudden, and Ye Zhi was slightly taken aback, but she quickly understood what Ou Tiantian meant.
"Because you don't need a sister to protect or save you; what you need is an opportunity to seek justice with your own hands."
Ye Zhi's words were calm yet powerful, striking Ou Tiantian's heart.
Yes, she didn't need anyone's protection or to live under anyone's wing. All she wanted was to seek justice for herself, to repay kindness with kindness and grievances with grievances.
So, someone understood her.
Ou Tiantian finally couldn't hold back her tears. She had always been stoic and never cried, but Ye Zhi's words easily broke through her defenses.
Hearing her cry, Ye Zhi sighed softly and comforted her, "Ou Tiantian, it's all over. You have a new future. Don't waste yourself on people who aren't worth it."
"Can I have a future too?" she asked, lost.
"Of course. Your life is still long, and you still have choices."
Ou Tiantian suddenly calmed down. Although she hadn't found her path forward yet, as Ye Zhi had said, her life was still long, and she could still make other choices.
Seeing the police approaching in the distance, Ou Tiantian hung up the phone.
*
In Kyoto, Ye Zhi put away her phone and sighed. Her investigation journey had ended, and she had already returned to the villa on the mountainside.
"Who was on the phone?" Qi Xuan asked in a low voice.
"Ou Tiantian," Ye Zhi replied, not hiding it from him.
Qi Xuan was very surprised. Clearly, he hadn't expected Ou Tiantian to call Ye Zhi.
Ye Zhi's brows furrowed slightly, and she asked with concern, "Do you think... her sentence will be very severe?"
"It's hard to say," Qi Xuan said gravely. "She has changed her nationality and committed a crime abroad. It depends on how the local laws will judge such a situation. She has quite a bit of money, so if she hires a good legal team to fight for her, she should get a lighter sentence."
Hearing his words, Ye Zhi asked no further questions.