Not far from the school, a new hair salon had opened!
The owner here was a woman named Sister Lan. At this moment, she held a cigarette between her fingers and asked with a smile, "Xiao Yi, is it her?"
Li Ya sat on a small sofa, feeling a little flustered. Although this looked like a hair salon, she felt uncomfortable with the way "Sister Lan" was looking at her.
Before Zhang Yi could answer Sister Lan, Li Ya stood up and hurriedly said, "Zhang Yi, I... I'm not doing shampooing. I'm going back."
Zhang Yi quickly pulled her back, pressing her onto the sofa and comforting her, "Li Ya, this pays well. Don't rush off. Listen to what Sister Lan has to say first."
Sister Lan appraised Li Ya with a knowing smile, her lips curling slightly, "Quite shy, aren't we? Judging by your posture, you really are a virgin!"
Zhang Yi also revealed a sly smile and nodded, "Don't worry, Sister Lan. My roommate here is a well-known good girl. She's never even dated a boyfriend at school, so there's absolutely no problem!"
Sister Lan nodded, "Just in time, there's a big shot looking for a young girl like this! Xiao Yi, you'll be well compensated!"
"Thank you, Sister Lan!"
As their conversation grew increasingly strange, Li Ya's expression finally changed. While she was simple and kind, it didn't mean she was foolish.
Therefore, without any hesitation, she instantly stood up and ran towards the exit.
Zhang Yi was taken aback, but Sister Lan seemed to have anticipated this. She said coldly, "Stop her, don't let her get away!"
Soon, two men suddenly appeared at the entrance, grabbed Li Ya, and threw her back onto the sofa.
This hair salon was indeed problematic. It wasn't a hair salon at all, but a shady establishment masquerading as one.
Li Ya's face turned pale, and she glared at Zhang Yi, "Zhang Yi, why would you harm me!"
Zhang Yi finally dropped her pretense and sneered, "I'm helping you, how could I harm you? It pays more here! You can earn a lot of money just by lying down."
She had been looking for an opportunity to retaliate for a long time, so she had been seeking an opportunity these past few days, deliberately hiding her hatred and playing the emotional card to get closer to her.
"Zhang Yi, I should have known you were this kind of person. I shouldn't have trusted you!" Li Ya said indignantly, placing her hand into her pocket.
Although she was terrified, her mind was exceptionally calm. In such a situation, the best approach was to find a way to save herself.
She tried to call for help on her phone, but she couldn't see her contacts. She didn't know who to call, so she randomly fumbled and dialed a number.
Seeing them argue!
Sister Lan crushed her cigarette butt in the ashtray and began to persuade, "Little Li Ya, it's actually quite good to be in our line of work. Earn some money while you're young, and later you can build a big house back home, buy a small car, and return home in glory!"
This was her usual brainwashing technique. She brainwashed every girl she deceived in this manner.
And under coercion and temptation, most would give up resisting.
However, as she was persuading, a voice suddenly came from the phone, "Hello, is this Xiao Ya? Why aren't you speaking?"
At this moment, Zhang Yi was still stunned, but Sister Lan's expression changed slightly, and she jumped to her feet.
Soon, Li Ya's phone was forcibly taken from her pocket.
"Brother Ye, save..." Li Ya was about to cry for help, but as soon as she uttered the name, Sister Lan abruptly hung up the call and smashed the phone to the ground.
The phone shattered!
Sister Lan's face turned ashen, and she turned around and slapped Li Ya.
...
When Ye Cangtian received Li Ya's call, he had just returned to his apartment and was preparing to make a simple meal for himself.
The last time they ate together, Li Ya had saved Ye Cangtian's number. At that time, Ye Cangtian had also said that if she ever encountered any trouble, she should call him.
He was a bit surprised to suddenly receive a call from her.
But after hearing her conversation cut off mid-sentence, his expression instantly turned grim.
He dialed her number, but the phone indicated that she had turned it off.
"Li Ya is in trouble!"
Ye Cangtian quickly turned and headed out, also calling Li Dazhuang and asking him to rush to the school to check.
He quickly went downstairs and happened to see Xu Weiwei returning from work.
"Where are you rushing off to?" Xu Weiwei asked as she got out of her car.
Ye Cangtian thought for a moment and said directly, "Lend me your car. A friend of mine seems to be in trouble!"
Seeing that his expression wasn't a joke, Xu Weiwei nodded her head, "Get in, let's go together!"
She had finished work early today, so she didn't mind going with Ye Cangtian, and she was also curious about what could make him so anxious.
Could it be that this guy's fiancée was in trouble?
Half an hour later!
They arrived at Yangzhou University's girls' dormitory building. They asked the dorm supervisor and also went to Li Ya's dorm, but she wasn't there.
After some inquiries, Ye Cangtian learned from another roommate of Li Ya's that Li Ya had no classes that afternoon. The roommate remembered that Li Ya was the only one in the dorm reading when she left.
"Are you looking for Li Ya? I saw her leave with Zhang Yi earlier!" said a girl from the neighboring dorm.
Ye Cangtian immediately realized that Li Ya's disappearance was related to Zhang Yi.
Ye Cangtian had encountered Zhang Yi before. She was still quite pretty, but her character was very poor. The fact that she could intentionally frame others was enough to show what kind of person she was.
So he guessed that Li Ya must have been tricked into leaving by Zhang Yi. As for why she was tricked, and what danger Li Ya encountered, Ye Cangtian had no clue at the moment.
Therefore, the most urgent task now was to find Zhang Yi.
At this moment, Li Dazhuang also rushed to the school, and upon learning that his sister was missing, he became frantic and clueless.
Ye Cangtian comforted him while inquiring about Zhang Yi's whereabouts at the school.
Soon, they saw two heavily made-up girls at the school entrance. Ye Cangtian recognized them; they were with Zhang Yi when she framed Li Ya last time.
So Ye Cangtian directly pulled the two girls into a corner.
"What are you doing! Don't get handsy!" the two girls said impatiently.
"Where is Zhang Yi?" Ye Cangtian asked sternly.
"How should we know! Let us go quickly, or we'll call the police!" Although the two girls were wary of Ye Cangtian, they didn't believe he could do anything to them.
Xu Weiwei, standing beside him, took out her police badge and said, "I am a police officer!"
This made the two girls freeze, momentarily at a loss. They didn't know what had happened, and even the police had shown up.
Ye Cangtian scoffed, "I just want to know where Zhang Yi is. You are her friends, and only the two of you might know where she is."
The two girls exchanged glances. One of them shook her head and said, "We really don't know where Zhang Yi is. We haven't been in contact with her for a long time."
The other girl hesitated for a moment and said, "Zhang Yi has changed. After she framed Li Ya last time, she changed."