"If you understand it that way, then so be it. But this kind of exploitation isn't one-sided.
Haven't you also been using me?
It would be more accurate to say we had the same goal, and were mutually exploiting each other." Lu Yushan forcefully pulled her hand away.
Yin Xi, however, thought to herself, "I think calling it 'colluding for evil' or 'conspiring together' is more accurate."
Meng Qi shook her head vigorously. "No. I'm not as vicious as you.
I wouldn't scheme against someone's unborn child, nor would I poison Uncle Qin, who has always doted on me."
Hearing their conversation just now, she finally understood the depth of animosity between them.
The things Lu Yushan had done back then made her heart tremble with fear.
"Meng Qi, don't pretend to be so virtuous. Do you think you're some kind of saint?"
Lu Yushan scoffed at her,
"You didn't drug Mr. Jin and frame Yin Xi, did you? Wasn't that at your instigation?
And last time at the Qin family's, although the poison wasn't initially intended for Qin Xiuzhi, it was also at your behest, meant for Xu Zhilan.
Your heart isn't any purer than mine.
If you had been in my shoes back then, you might have been even more vicious than I was.
And what about today's events? Were you unaware or uninvolved?"
"No, that's impossible." Meng Qi seemed to come to a sudden realization, her eyes widening. She grabbed Lu Yushan's arm again.
"It was all you, guiding me step by step onto this path of no return."
Lu Yushan's face was filled with frustration. After shaking her off, she raised her hand and slapped her. "Meng Qi, I truly look down on you. What good is it to back out now?
We're on the same boat now; we can only move forward, not backward."
The slap sent stars spinning before Meng Qi's eyes. She staggered back two steps, nearly falling to the ground, and clutched her face.
"You... you slut, how dare you hit me. Don't forget, I'm your boss."
"Go to hell with your damn boss. I've had enough. This slap settles the score.
Don't you dare flaunt your wealth in front of me. When I was basking in glory in K City back in the day, you were still being trampled underfoot by someone else."
Lu Yushan's face contorted with ferocity. She glanced down at her wristwatch.
"Don't bother me anymore. I don't have time to argue with you about this. If you want to survive and leave here, you must follow my unified command.
Where is Qian Feng? Why hasn't he arrived yet? He was so impatient earlier. Why is he so well-behaved now?"
Saying that, she walked towards the door.
Yin Xi immediately called out to her, "Wait, Lu Yushan, I have one last question for you."
"You've already asked enough, wasting valuable time." Lu Yushan stopped and glanced back at her. She shouted towards the door,
"Send someone to call for Mr. Qian. Tell him that if he doesn't come to enjoy himself soon, the beauty might turn into a corpse."
On the third floor, Qian Feng knelt on the ground, trembling, his head bowed, daring not to lift it.
Immediately, Qin Siye stood up and delivered another vicious kick to his face.
He said coldly to the bodyguard behind him, "Gag him and break both his arms."
For a moment, two "crack" sounds and muffled groans of agonizing pain echoed in the room.
"Lu Yushan, there's one question that has always perplexed me." In the room on the second floor, Yin Xi's voice remained calm as she continued,
"Back when we were in college, we were so close, inseparable.
What exactly caused you to hate me, and to make your father and you ruin me so badly back then?"
Lu Yushan glanced down at her wristwatch again. "Before Qian Feng arrives, I'll satisfy your curiosity.
After all, no one in K City will come to save you now.
Do you remember in our junior year, there was a play organized by the student union? The teacher had chosen me as the protagonist, but you snatched it away."