Hearing Auntie Ya’s promise, Jiang Youli let out a cold laugh. To Auntie Ya, it sounded like an icy wind blowing through a winter night, making her shudder.
“Let you go? After everything you’ve done—just like your mother—you can forget about getting away unscathed.” Jiang Youli’s voice was cold and merciless.
Auntie Ya’s eyes widened in disbelief. “Miss Jiang, you’re breaking your word!” Her voice was filled with despair and fury.
The corners of Jiang Youli’s lips lifted into a mocking smile. “As an irredeemable villain, you didn’t really believe in keeping promises, did you? Besides, all I agreed to was considering whether to let you go. I’ve thought it over now. Someone like you deserves to live every day in agony, wishing you were dead.”
Auntie Ya’s face turned deathly pale. She realized that begging was completely useless—Jiang Youli had never intended to spare her.
“Jiang Youli! Don’t push your luck! I’m warning you, if you really dare do anything to me, you’ll be digging your own grave! I work for Long Yuan. He’s ruthless. If he finds out that you kidnapped me, he’ll never let you off. He’ll tear you limb from limb!” Auntie Ya finally lost all patience and completely dropped her hypocritical facade, revealing a vicious and terrifying expression as she roared at Jiang Youli.
Despite Auntie Ya’s arrogant threats and sudden change in attitude, Jiang Youli remained extraordinarily calm.
She simply continued driving in silence, allowing Auntie Ya—bound hand and foot in the back seat—to curse and rant like a shrew. Jiang Youli did not even bother responding.
The car sped along before finally stopping in a secluded area.
Ye Ying had been waiting for some time.
The moment she saw Jiang Youli, she stepped forward and greeted her respectfully. “Boss.”
Jiang Youli gave her instructions in an indifferent tone. “Lock this poisonous woman up. Break both her hands and feet. Remember, keep her alive—barely. I still need to use her for testing medicine.”
Ye Ying nodded. “Yes, Boss. Understood.”
Auntie Ya seemed to realize that she was in serious trouble. She stopped cursing and stared at Jiang Youli and Ye Ying in terror, her voice trembling as she begged, “Miss Jiang, please let me go! I know I was wrong. I’ll never trick innocent girls again…”
Jiang Youli remained unmoved. After Auntie Ya was dragged from the car, she said coldly, “Save those words for the girls you deceived. Let’s see whether they’ll forgive you.”
After pulling Auntie Ya out of the car, Ye Ying dragged her mercilessly into the alley.
Auntie Ya’s pleas and curses echoed through the alley, but they were soon cut short.
There was a sharp crack.
Auntie Ya let out a shrill scream as two of her front teeth fell out. Blood gushed from her mouth, mingling with her vicious curses as they dissolved in the pool of blood.
Ye Ying pulled back her fist. “Say one more word, and I’ll pull out the rest of your teeth too.”
Her gaze stabbed into Auntie Ya like a blade. Auntie Ya could not meet her eyes. The anger in her gaze gradually turned into fear once more.
“No, Miss Jiang! Please, let me go! I’ll do anything for you. I’ll work like a beast of burden and serve you with everything I have for the rest of my life…”
Unfortunately, she received no response from Jiang Youli. Ye Ying had already grabbed her by the hair and dragged her away.
Jiang Youli turned around and got back into the car.
Go to hell?
Hah. She preferred sending villains there herself!
…
Night fell.
At Nightless City.
After receiving a call from Jiang Yonghe, Long Yuan’s assistant leaned over and whispered into his ear, “Young Master Long, Jiang Yonghe just called to say that Auntie Ya has gone missing. No one has been able to reach her.”
The hand holding Long Yuan’s wineglass paused. “Bring Jiang Yonghe to me.”
“Yes.”
An hour later, Jiang Yonghe was brought before Long Yuan. She tried to move over and sit beside him, but his intimidating gaze stopped her. She had no choice but to stand obediently in front of him.
Long Yuan asked coldly, “What happened to Auntie Ya?”
Jiang Yonghe truthfully told him what had happened before Auntie Ya disappeared. “Auntie Ya left the facility to pursue a woman who escaped from it. Now that woman has disappeared too.”
Long Yuan’s eyes were deep and unreadable.
In the entire capital’s elite circle, who would dare lay a hand on one of his people so openly?
It was either Qi Huan or Jiang Youli.
Whoever it was, the two of them were now grasshoppers tied to the same string!
Long Yuan crushed the wineglass in his hand. Crimson wine stained his broad palm.
Jiang Yonghe immediately stepped forward. “Young Master Long, is your hand all right…”
She was about to take a tissue and wipe his hand clean when he coldly warned her, “Get out.”
The hand holding the tissue paused. Jiang Yonghe forced a smile. “…All right. I’ll have your assistant clean it for you, Young Master Long.”
After Jiang Yonghe left the private room, Long Yuan asked his assistant in a low voice, “Have you found those two yet?”
The assistant took out a clean handkerchief and handed it to him. “Not yet.”
After a brief pause, he continued, “But if Young Master Long wants to vent some of his anger, I do have some news. Zhou Zerui, the leading-man candidate previously dropped by Dafeng Entertainment, immediately went to Starlight Entertainment for an audition—and Jiang Youli personally selected him.”
Long Yuan’s gaze darkened. He took the handkerchief from his assistant and leisurely wiped the wine from his hand.
“So… he knew perfectly well that Starlight Entertainment and Dafeng Entertainment are sworn enemies, yet he still dared to run straight to Starlight Entertainment. It seems it’s time to make an example of someone.”
…
The next day.
After Zhou Zerui got up, he received a call from an unfamiliar number.
When he answered, he was surprised to hear Jiang Youli’s voice.
“Zhou Zerui, send me your address. I’ll come by at noon to take a look at your uncle’s condition.”
“Okay!”
Zhou Zerui was overjoyed.
After hanging up, he immediately sent Jiang Youli his address. As soon as the message went through, he began thinking about how Jiang Youli would be coming over soon and that he needed to prepare a proper welcome. He put on his clothes and went downstairs to the supermarket, where he bought a large amount of supplies.
At half past twelve—
The doorbell rang.
Zhou Zerui quickly set down the plate of freshly cut fruit and hurried to open the door, not even having time to untie his apron.
However, when he opened the door eagerly, he froze.
The person standing outside was not Jiang Youli, whom he had been expecting. Instead, it was a face he knew all too well.
Wu Kai!
The director he had once beaten at the filming site!
Zhou Zerui’s face instantly went pale, and his body trembled involuntarily. He instinctively tried to shut the door.
But he was too slow.
The two thugs standing beside Wu Kai quickly reached out and grabbed the door, preventing Zhou Zerui from closing it.
Zhou Zerui’s face remained deathly pale. He knew that today’s matter would not be resolved peacefully.
A cold sneer curled at the corners of Wu Kai’s mouth. He slowly reached out and pulled the door all the way open, then fixed Zhou Zerui with a venomous glare.
“What are you hiding for? Zhou Zerui, you were pretty cocky when you hit me on set. So why are you acting like a gutter rat now that you see me?”
Zhou Zerui clenched his teeth and said nothing.
It wasn’t that he was afraid of Wu Kai. It was just that Uncle Ya was still unconscious, and he really didn’t want his own problems to drag Uncle Ya into this.
After all, there was no way he could hold off so many people by himself!
“Young Master Long, this is Zhou Zerui.”
Wu Kai suddenly turned respectfully toward the person standing beside the staircase.
