Quan Jiu’s body went limp, and she collapsed onto the ground.
Guo Dongmei glanced around nervously, ensuring no one was watching. Only then did she hoist Quan Jiu onto her back and walk further down the corridor. She entered the hotel lobby, produced a room card, and took the elevator upstairs.
Soon, Guo Dongmei, room card in hand, entered a guest room.
She placed Quan Jiu on the bed, then took out her phone and dialed He Miao.
“I’ve brought the person over. When will you arrive?”
He Miao exclaimed excitedly, “Take a picture for me to see.”
Guo Dongmei snapped a photo of Quan Jiu on the bed and sent it to He Miao.
After confirming the photo was correct, He Miao immediately drove to the Juyuan Hotel.
…
In the guest room, He Miao leered at Quan Jiu, “Bitch, you never thought you’d end up like this when you offended me back then.”
Guo Dongmei asked, “Do you have what I want?”
He Miao scoffed, “Don’t worry, my He family has plenty of money.”
She pulled out two cards from her bag and tossed them casually to Guo Dongmei. “This bank card has five hundred thousand, and the other is a membership card for Xinyuan Gym.
However, I advise you not to get your hopes up too high. Even if you get a card to enter the wealthy circle, it won’t change your identity. People like you, to be honest, wouldn’t even catch a coach’s eye once you’re inside.”
Guo Dongmei clenched her fists tightly. “That’s none of your concern. She can hook up with a wealthy family like the Chu Group with just her face. Once I have a face like hers, I can do the same.”
He Miao took a moment to understand, then laughed heartily, “You want plastic surgery? Five hundred thousand won’t be enough. I’m telling you upfront, if you ever try to blackmail me over this, her fate will be your future fate.”
Guo Dongmei gritted her teeth. “I have my own money.”
He Miao played with her hair. “It’s best if that’s the case.”
She took out her phone and made a call. “When will you arrive?”
A lewd laugh came from the other end of the line. “Already downstairs, waiting.”
He Miao hung up and said to Guo Dongmei, “Go check if the camera is working properly.”
Guo Dongmei, suppressing her resentment at being ordered around, checked the camera. “No problem.”
He Miao, practically dancing with excitement, went to the head of the bed. “I’ll strip you first, Quan Jiu. When I send the video of you with some random man to Brother Nan Chen, I’ll see if he still likes you.”
She leaned closer to Quan Jiu and reached out to remove her clothes. But as quick as lightning, her wrist was seized by a strong hand. Before she could cry out, her neck felt a sharp pain, and she slumped down, going limp.
The scene happened so fast that Guo Dongmei didn’t even have time to react. When she finally realized the person on the bed was awake, she fumbled to grab the spray again. However, Quan Jiu had already moved forward, delivering a swift chop to her neck.
Guo Dongmei cried out in pain, swayed, and also fainted.
Quan Jiu shook her hand. She had practiced self-defense for five years, and dealing with He Miao and Guo Dongmei was child’s play.
Moving Guo Dongmei to the bed, Quan Jiu’s eyes were cold.
If she hadn’t also studied medicine and been prepared, she would have fallen into these two women’s trap today.
The consequences, she dared not imagine.
To persecute her in such a vicious way, as women themselves, was one thing for He Miao, given their existing grievances. But Guo Dongmei…
Quan Jiu remembered back in college, when Guo Dongmei couldn’t afford tuition, she had given Guo Dongmei the three thousand yuan she had, her entire savings, to pay for it.
She still remembered Guo Dongmei’s profuse thanks at the time. Yet now, with the same face, she wanted to push her into an abyss.
At the young age of twenty-seven, she had experienced the warmth and coldness of human relationships, the insidious nature of hearts.
At this moment, Quan Jiu felt no trace of friendship or camaraderie left.
What one sows, one reaps.
Quan Jiu slipped into the wardrobe. Not long after, a card-swiping sound came from the door.
Through a gap in the wardrobe, Quan Jiu saw a stout man enter the room. The man’s eyes immediately fell on the person on the bed. He showed a moment of confusion, perhaps wondering why there were two people instead of the one he was told about.
But the man was clearly overcome by lust. Three people meant even more fun, so he didn’t think much of it and lunged forward.
The man had likely been instructed beforehand to leave quickly after he was done. Thus, after relieving himself, he didn’t linger. He put on his clothes and left, disappearing swiftly.
Quan Jiu waited for a while before emerging from the wardrobe.
After confirming that the camera had recorded everything, Quan Jiu downloaded the footage onto her phone, then cropped out her counter-attack. She then flushed the memory card down the toilet and meticulously wiped away any of her biological traces left on the camera and other surfaces.
By the time she finished, the person on the bed was slowly waking up.
He Miao woke up first. Feeling a chill on her body, she looked down, and the next moment, a piercing scream nearly shattered the entire floor.
Guo Dongmei was awakened by the scream. She then realized what had happened. However, compared to He Miao’s panic, Guo Dongmei stared at Quan Jiu nearby with disbelief.
“Why are you okay? This is the ‘truth serum’ I made myself. It’s ten times more effective than the ordinary kind. How are you fine?” Guo Dongmei asked, her eyes wide with shock.
Quan Jiu looked at Guo Dongmei coldly. “Gamma-hydroxybutyrate. Although I dropped out, did you forget I studied medicine for two years?”
He Miao, catching up, started to put on her clothes while cursing, “Bitch, how can you be so cruel? This is illegal, I’m going to sue you.” She picked up her phone as if to make a call.
Quan Jiu smiled icily. “Cruel? Illegal? If I remember correctly, you two conspired to set this up for me, didn’t you?”
“And,” Quan Jiu stood up and walked closer, her beautiful, fierce face like a Medusa dripping with venom. “What did I do? Did I contact anyone? Did I drug anyone? Did I kidnap you or trick you into coming here? From start to finish, I did nothing. You drugged me and wanted to harm me. I merely fought back and knocked you unconscious.”
“You…” He Miao was speechless and didn’t know how to retort. Enraged, she threw things and cursed, and the room quickly became a mess.
Quan Jiu chuckled softly. “I advise you to keep this evidence. Think about it, who caused you to end up in this situation? And who should be held responsible for this?” Her gaze drifted subtly towards Guo Dongmei.
Guo Dongmei’s hands and feet turned cold.
She gritted her teeth and cursed, “Quan Jiu, you’re not human! I considered you a good friend, and this is how you treat me. Even if I was wrong first, you weren’t actually violated, yet you could stand by and watch a dirty man defile me. Are you even human?”
Quan Jiu burst into laughter, her exquisite beauty dimming the entire room. “Dongmei, Dongmei, I’m surprised you can say such shameless words.
A good friend? When you and He Miao plotted to frame me, did you remember how good I was to you? When you set up the camera, fantasizing about me being humiliated, did you think about how we were once good friends?
You say I’m not human, but when you sent me into this hellish gate in exchange for five hundred thousand and a luxury gym membership card, did you ever think if you yourself were human?”
“You deserved it, it’s what you should get. You betrayed our friendship, so you should be as lowly as me. Why should you live so happily and brightly? You don’t deserve it. You, like me, don’t deserve it,” Guo Dongmei roared.
Quan Jiu smiled gently and brought up the video, playing it for He Miao. “If you don’t want this video exposed, if you don’t want He Miao to be labeled as having lost her chastity, then you know what you need to do today.”
She paused, then smiled at Guo Dongmei, her voice as soft as a spring breeze. “No matter what, there should be someone responsible for this, shouldn’t there?”
The moment He Miao saw the video, she collapsed onto the ground like a madwoman, clutching her head. “No, don’t play it. I beg you, don’t play it.”
Quan Jiu squatted down and lifted He Miao’s chin with her finger, her face full of pity. “Poor Miss He, if you knew this would happen, why did you do it in the first place?
This matter started with Shen Lu colluding with you, right? Then you contacted Guo Dongmei, and she secretly planned this class reunion.
And it was Guo Dongmei who made the anonymous call to me, just to get me to attend the gathering so you two could take advantage, right?”
He Miao looked at Quan Jiu as if she had seen a ghost, tears streaming down her face as she knelt on the ground. “I was wrong, Quan Jiu. I shouldn’t have plotted against you. I’ve learned my lesson. Please delete the video. I beg you. If the video is exposed, my life will be ruined.”
Quan Jiu smiled softly and wiped He Miao’s tears. “Don’t worry, how could I expose it? But… everything here can’t be explained. Tell me, where did the harmful drug come from? And who harmed you?”
He Miao followed Quan Jiu’s gaze to Guo Dongmei. The next moment, her eyes hardened, and she said with hatred, “It’s all your fault, it’s all because of you. If it weren’t for you, how could I have ended up like this?”
Quan Jiu whispered in He Miao’s ear, “The evidence is in her bag. Don’t let her destroy it. Remember, whether she manufactured the drug herself or bought it on the black market, it’s enough for her to spend a few years in jail.”
He Miao, receiving the hint, jumped up the next moment and lunged at Guo Dongmei. Before Guo Dongmei could react, she snatched Guo Dongmei’s bag.
Opening it, she found the spray still inside.
Quan Jiu reminded her again, “Don’t touch it. If you leave your fingerprints, it’ll be troublesome.”
Guo Dongmei understood the implication and tried to snatch her bag back.
But He Miao was faster. She rushed into the bathroom, locked the door, then took out her phone to call home and asked them to call the police.
Quan Jiu watched Guo Dongmei desperately bang on the door, then turned and left that hellhole.
…
Exiting the Juyuan Hotel, Quan Jiu finally relaxed her defenses.
She sat on the flowerbed, feeling drained, and felt the cool night breeze.
Her phone suddenly rang. It was Wang Feifei calling.
Quan Jiu composed herself. Fortunately, she still had a true friend.
“Feifei, is something wrong this late?” she asked.
Wang Feifei’s voice was excited. “Jiu Jiu, you’re amazing! Jin Xue is finished this time.”