Who else did she do this with so frantically?
Qing Muye?
After thinking about it, Xiao Cheng could only think of Qing Muye.
Imagining what had happened to Meng Jingwei last night made Qing Muye’s mood even heavier.
“What explanation can you give me?!”
Li Yun’er shouted, crying even harder, “How will I be able to face people in the future… ah…” She cried heartbrokenly.
Xiao Cheng ignored Li Yun’er anymore, extinguished the cigarette in his hand, picked up his clothes and started putting them on, saying, “If you want to call the police, I won’t stop you.”
With that, he got up and swaggered to the bathroom.
With a loud ‘bang,’ the bathroom door was shut heavily, cutting off the sounds from within.
Li Yun’er’s pained expression gradually receded, becoming sinister and venomous. She raised her slender jade fingers to wipe the tears from her cheeks, “I will make each and every one of you pay the price!”
She clenched her delicate fists, gritted her teeth, and trembled with hatred.
More than ten minutes later, Xiao Cheng emerged from the bathroom. Li Yun’er was leaning against the headboard, sitting with her knees pulled up, wrapping herself tightly in the bedding, and not looking directly at Xiao Cheng.
And the man who had never been involved with any other woman had a particularly complex and heavy mood.
“I… I didn’t call the police.”
They had already slept together; what was the point of calling the police?
It would only let the police know about the matter and make her even more embarrassed.
Moreover, sleeping with someone once, she didn’t feel like she had lost anything. On the contrary, she could use this opportunity to truly get close to Xiao Cheng.
Then, dealing with Meng Jingwei and retaliating against Xiao Meiyan would be one step closer.
Xiao Cheng was not surprised by Li Yun’er’s choice. Given her current status, exposing the matter would only lead to her losing all face, a loss that outweighed the gain.
“I, Xiao Cheng, owe you this favor. I will arrange for someone to bring you clothes later.”
He put on his clothes and glanced at Li Yun’er before leaving.
Clearly a woman carved from the same mold as Meng Jingwei, yet even after entwined with her, he felt no anticipation.
Not only that, but it intensified Xiao Cheng’s desire to possess Meng Jingwei.
After leaving the hotel, Xiao Cheng immediately went to investigate the phone number that had called the hotel attendant yesterday.
The investigation progressed quickly.
Within just one hour, the mastermind behind it had been identified.
“Young Master Xiao, it’s been found. The mastermind who arranged for the hotel attendant is… is…” The other party stammered.
“Xiao Meiyan?”
Xiao Cheng had already guessed about seventy to eighty percent.
“Exactly her,”
The other party replied.
Upon receiving the confirmed reply, Xiao Cheng’s temples throbbed with anger. He hung up the phone and rushed to the hospital, where he found Xiao Meiyan lying in bed in her ward.
She was watching short videos and eating fruit, looking quite content.
Xiao Cheng strode quickly to her side. Xiao Meiyan saw him enter and asked, “Brother, why are you here… Ah!”
Before she could finish her sentence, Xiao Cheng slapped her face and yelled, “Haven’t you learned your lesson? Do you need to be amputated before you’ll restrain yourself, huh?!”
Xiao Meiyan, whose face was turned to the side from the slap, was a bit stunned, but she immediately understood what Xiao Cheng meant.
She covered her cheek, shouting with both anger and grievance, “What did I do? I just wanted to ruin that bitch Meng Jingwei.”
Xiao Meiyan roughly pushed Xiao Cheng, “You are my brother, Xiao Meiyan’s brother, but you always side with Meng Jingwei, why? Look at my leg, if it weren’t for that bitch, would I be suffering like this now? My leg hasn’t recovered yet, and I might be crippled for life. Even if it recovers somewhat, I won’t be able to dance again in my life, do you understand!?”
The shot to her knee had shattered her meniscus. Even with surgery, it would have a significant impact on her future life.
Xiao Meiyan, with her arrogant and willful nature, had been doted upon by the Xiao family. How could she endure such grievance!
But what Xiao Meiyan didn’t expect was that the drug she had administered had coincidentally harmed her own brother.
Xiao Cheng narrowed his eyes and pointed at Xiao Meiyan, warning her, “Meng Jingwei is now Madam Qing’s adopted granddaughter, a part of the Qing family. If you continue to act recklessly, you will only bring ruin to the entire Xiao family.”
“Brother, are you confused?”
Xiao Meiyan glared at him furiously, “No matter how much Madam Qing likes Meng Jingwei, she is still an outsider. Do you think Madam Qing and Qing Muye would go so far as to harm our Xiao family with the approach of ‘harming a thousand enemies while damaging oneself by eight hundred’ for the sake of that bitch?”
She ultimately overestimated the Xiao family’s influence in Lancheng.
“Ignorant fool!”
Xiao Cheng’s head ached with anger at Xiao Meiyan, yet he could do nothing about her. “This is your last warning. Don’t try any more tricks on Meng Jingwei, or don’t blame me for not being polite.”
“Hmph, Xiao Cheng, are you even my brother anymore? You’ve been bewitched by that vixen Meng Jingwei, you… Hey, don’t go! Ahhh! So annoying!”
Before Xiao Meiyan could finish speaking, Xiao Cheng had already left the ward, leaving her in a fit of pique.
…
Meng Jingwei worked in the company all morning. At noon, Qing Muye sent her a text message: 【When do you get off work?】
While in a meeting with the sales team members, she glanced at the text message on her phone, then directly flipped her phone over, ignoring the message and continuing the meeting.
Meanwhile, in the President’s office of Songyu Group, Qing Muye played with his phone, looked up at the brothers sitting in front of him, and rubbed his temples with some annoyance.
Tang Si: “Wow~~ Big brother, you haven’t won her over yet? You’re rich, handsome, and have a lot of money, a diamond bachelor, and Little Pepper doesn’t like you?”
Lu Yanming: “Didn’t you say she had a first love? Could it be that she’s still longing for her first love?”
Mentioning first love, Qing Muye subconsciously looked at Han Yu, as if waiting for his answer.
After coming out of the underground palace last time, he had handed the person Meng Jingwei had mentioned, named ‘Ji Lanfeng,’ to Han Yu for investigation.
He had been so busy these past few days that he had almost forgotten about it.
Han Yu, dressed in a black trench coat, leaned back on the sofa and sat up as if realizing something. “I’ve been busy with a drug trafficking case these past few days and forgot about this. Second Brother, I’ve investigated the person you mentioned named Ji Lanfeng. He’s not from Meng Jingwei’s university at all, but rather the campus heartthrob of another university at the time. The key point is that he was several years ahead of Meng Jingwei, so it’s impossible for them to have known each other.”
“That’s it?”
Qing Muye’s handsome face showed a hint of dissatisfaction.
This was not the result he wanted.
“Isn’t that enough? Second Brother, this means Little Pepper was fooling you. It’s highly likely she never even dated.”
Tang Si immediately analyzed the situation.
Lu Yanming nodded in agreement, “Little Four is making a lot of sense.”
Upon hearing this, Qing Muye’s eyes lit up, as if seeing hope. He fixed his gaze on Han Yu, waiting for his reply.
“Not exactly.”
Han Yu awkwardly touched his hair. “Although Meng Jingwei and Ji Lanfeng didn’t know each other, she did have a first love. His name was… Han Junyan.”