Meng Jingwei’s unfathomable eyes glanced at her, and she smiled without speaking.
Afterward, with a complicated feeling in her heart, she leaned back in the passenger seat and closed her eyes, pretending to sleep.
The car traveled for half an hour and arrived at a secluded private villa.
After parking, Shu Yao patted Meng Jingwei’s shoulder, “Hey? Get out. I’m truly impressed. You can actually fall asleep when something like this happens, you really are something.”
She mumbled as she got out of the car.
When everyone else had gotten out of the car, Meng Jingwei still hadn’t.
Frowning, she unhappily walked to the passenger side and opened the door, “Meng Jingwei, get out!”
“Oh. Where are we?”
Meng Jingwei, groggy, rubbed her eyes and stepped out of the car, looking as if she hadn’t woken up yet.
Shu Yao turned and pointed at the villa, “Come in with me. This is my…”
However, before she could finish her sentence, her arm was suddenly grabbed, and she was pulled back, pushed against the car. The next moment, a sharp, cool dagger was pressed against her neck.
“Tell me, who exactly are you?!”
Meng Jingwei, who had appeared groggy moments before, suddenly had a sinister expression, her face devoid of any trace of weariness.
It was clear she had been putting on an act.
Shu Yao was stunned, then she smiled, “Meng Jingwei, stop messing around. I’m saving you. Is this how you treat your savior?”
“Savior? Hmph.”
Meng Jingwei’s red lips curved slightly, a sarcastic cold smile appearing in her beautiful eyes. “Will you talk or not? I’ll give you five seconds to think. Otherwise, don’t blame me for being merciless!”
From the moment she first met Shu Yao, she had been suspicious of this woman, always feeling that she had ulterior motives.
Later, when they met again in Lancheng, Meng Jingwei observed and remembered Shu Yao’s various reactions.
“You… don’t mess around. Swords and knives have no eyes, it’s not good to hurt someone.”
Shu Yao waved her hand, couldn’t help but swallow, “I really just want to save…”
“Five!”
“I’m serious, I’m really just saving you.”
“Four!”
“Meng Jingwei, are you crazy? Why would you…”
“Three.”
“I bet you won’t lay a hand on me.”
“Two.”
“Go ahead.”
“One!”
As Meng Jingwei finished counting down, Shu Yao stared at her intently. Meng Jingwei’s sharp eyes narrowed, she retracted the hand holding the dagger, and in the next moment, thrust it directly towards Shu Yao’s face.
The speed was astonishing, but at the critical moment, Shu Yao’s pupils contracted. She suddenly raised her hand, catching Meng Jingwei’s wrist with her bare hand, and with the other, she clenched her fist and punched Meng Jingwei hard in the abdomen.
Meng Jingwei cried out in pain, stumbled back a few steps, and barely managed to stabilize herself.
Instead of being angry, she laughed, “So you’ve revealed your skills so quickly, huh?”
Earlier, she had deliberately aimed the dagger at Shu Yao’s face. Based on a person’s instinctive reaction to extreme danger, they would naturally resist.
Meng Jingwei had only tried it out of curiosity. She hadn’t expected it to reveal Shu Yao’s abilities.
To be able to disarm a knife bare-handed in an instant, her capabilities were not to be underestimated, perhaps even equal to her own.
Shu Yao, realizing she had been tricked, pursed her lips and said nothing.
“Does today’s incident have anything to do with you?”
Up to this point, Meng Jingwei only felt that Shu Yao’s identity was strange and suspicious, but there was no evidence to prove that what happened in the banquet hall today was related to Shu Yao.
It was just her speculation.
“It has nothing to do with me,” Shu Yao shook her head.
“Since it has nothing to do with you, why did you save me? What’s your purpose in approaching me repeatedly?”
If Meng Jingwei hadn’t suspected her deeply before, Shu Yao’s reaction now had explained everything.
However, up to this point, Meng Jingwei still didn’t understand what significance or value she possessed that made Shu Yao so eager to approach her.
Was it because of Qing Muye?
No, impossible.
She had ruined Qing Muye’s wedding banquet. The banquet video clearly showed her kidnapping Li Yun’er and threatening to kill her unborn child, which was tantamount to retaliating against the Qing family.
She was now an enemy of the Qing family. For Shu Yao to save her at this time meant making an enemy of the Qing family.
Therefore, it was absolutely not because of Qing Muye.
But if it wasn’t because of Qing Muye, then what was the reason?
“What purpose? Do you believe me if I say our first meeting was an accident? I just thought you were a good person, and that’s why I saved you today. You must believe me, I would never do anything to harm you… Bang!”
Midway through Shu Yao’s words, the dagger in Meng Jingwei’s hand suddenly flew out. With a bang, the dagger was embedded in the doorframe next to Shu Yao.
The force and accuracy were astonishing.
“Shu Yao, I don’t care what your purpose is in approaching me, but from today onwards, don’t appear before me again. Otherwise, don’t blame me for being impolite!”
Meng Jingwei snorted coldly and walked past her.
Whether Shu Yao’s words were true or false, Meng Jingwei couldn’t fathom, but the thought sent a shiver down her spine.
If Shu Yao was telling the truth, then who was protecting her in the shadows?
If her words were false, then what was Shu Yao’s purpose in approaching her?
She left.
Leaning against the car, Shu Yao looked back at Meng Jingwei’s retreating figure and sighed helplessly, not knowing what to do.
Meng Jingwei walked from the suburbs towards the city. With a complicated mood, she called Xiao Cheng, but there was no answer.
Guessing that Xiao Cheng must be busy, she didn’t call again.
After much hesitation, she found Qing Muye’s number in her contacts and dialed it.
“Beep, beep…”
The phone rang twice, and no one answered.
Suddenly, a black car braked sharply and stopped beside her.
Meng Jingwei paused her steps and tilted her head to look at the car stopped beside her. She realized it was Qing Muye’s car.
The car door opened, and indeed, a familiar figure appeared before her.
Dressed in a suit, he looked exceptionally handsome and dashing today, radiating charisma.
However, his exceptionally handsome face held a grim expression, adding a touch of coldness.
She looked at him, and he looked at her.
They stared at each other for a few seconds. Qing Muye lowered his head, glanced at the phone in his hand, slid his thumb across the screen, and answered.
Holding the phone to his ear, he gazed at the woman before him with complex, deep eyes and spoke softly, “What is it?”
Meng Jingwei gripped her phone tightly, never expecting Qing Muye to actually answer.
She pursed her red lips and, after much hesitation, said, “If I say it wasn’t me who did this today, would you believe me?”
As Meng Jingwei finished speaking, Qing Muye remained silent.
The two of them gazed at each other from a distance of two meters, letting the autumn breeze tousle their forelocks and stir their hearts.
“Heh.”
The little woman let out a self-deprecating scoff, “How could you possibly believe me? It’s simply wishful thin…”
“I believe you.”
Two words, spoken with immense tenderness, hidden within them was endless affection.
But it was precisely these two words that struck Meng Jingwei’s heart like a blow, stunning her into silence for a long time.
He said he… believed her?!
“You… how could you possibly believe me? I was in charge of your wedding venue. When something like that happened at the banquet, and the video explicitly stated that I forced her to abort her child, shouldn’t you think I was seeking revenge for my child?”