NOVPUBYue Ran took the TV remote in her hand.
Rui Qin immediately felt uneasy in her heart.
When she had performed the crime, she had made sure to be very cautious with her deeds. She had first asked someone to check the whole area of the trading and made sure to get rid of any monitoring equipment that was there during the transaction—an illegal transaction, to be exact.
So why does Yue Ran look so confident? It was as if she had already won the game from the start. What other cards could a spoiled and naive little girl have against her?
Rui Qin's thoughts inevitably calmed her down.
Right, there was no way this spoiled little girl would have evidence against her.
Yue Ran watched Rui Qin from the corners of her eyes.
Sure enough, the female protagonist looked blank and panicked. There was no doubt that there was a ghost in her heart.
This female protagonist's expression management was not so good. She'll need to practice for a few more lifetimes to be able to catch up to Yue Ran herself. But by then, Yue Ran's acting skills would've increased by leaps and bounds.
For Yue Ran, Rui Qin was fated to never catch up to her.
With a click, the TV was turned on, and a video began playing.
What greeted the five was Rui Qin's own figure in the video, or rather, recording. There were even time and date details down below. The time in the lower-right corner of the screen was increasing with every second.
Rui Qin: !!!
"Isn't that Rui Qin?!"
None of the four knew who among them spoke, but their eyes were unmistakably glued to the screen.
All of them had their own thoughts in their hearts.
The most entertaining one would no doubt be Rui Qin's.
Yue Ran had the urge to crack open the female protagonist's head just to see if she could read her mind.
What a joy it must be to read Rui Qin's mind right now!
"Five million and not a single cent less!" A big and burly man stood opposite Rui Qin in the video and spoke in a rough voice.
Behind him were several other threatening-looking men.
"But we agreed that it would only cost three million!"
Rui Qin's gnashed her teeth in anger; her voice sounded unpleasant and grating to the ears, very unlike how she was when she was speaking to the three male protagonists.
The Rui Qin in the video and the Rui Qin next to them were like two completely different people.
"I checked the target you want us to frame; isn't it Yue Ran, the Yue family's only daughter? If the Yue family decided to pursue us, is money more important or is life more important then? If the Yue family is unhappy, even if we brothers sit in jail, our lives would not get any better!"
Everyone could see from the video that Rui Qin still felt that the price was too high. But just as she was about to counter the man's words, the burly man started speaking again.
"Ms. Rui, don't think that this money is too expensive; after all, this is a business that also gambles on your reputation and wealth."
"What do you mean gambling on my reputation and wealth?" Rui Qin replied sharply, a little confused at the man's words. "Speak quickly!"
"Well, what do you think would happen if we sold this news of you, Ms. Rui, doing an illegal transaction that you currently have to the news reporters? I'm sure we can get a hefty sum of money from it, not to mention that the Yue family would greatly reward us for preventing such a disaster from happening in the first place. So, five million isn't all that much now, huh?"
Rui Qin's face was ugly, but she still had to agree.
Then the screen went black.
Yue Ran played soft background music in the palpable silence and tension in the room that filled the air. She was rather dissatisfied to see how no one was reacting to the video.
"Do you guys have nothing to say?" She rested her hand on her chin and sneered. "How about you, Rui Qin?" She turned her attention to the female protagonist. "Nothing from you too?"
As much as Rui Qin doesn't want to answer Yue Ran's question, she still has to maintain her image, no matter how much it may crumble at this moment, and try to defend herself.
Maybe, just maybe, she could somehow recover her reputation and image in the three men's minds.
"This is impossible! The video must be fake! I've never seen the abandoned building in the video! Someone must have intentionally harmed me!"
Rui Qin's response was a little too emotional. Even a blind man doesn't need to see her to feel the lies radiating off her.
"Uh-huh." Yue Ran rolled her eyes. "I don't think anyone mentioned anything about an abandoned building."
Rui Qin clenched her fists in panic.
She had said the wrong words!
Her plan was obviously foolproof! How could Yue Ran even obtain such a high-quality video that clearly showed everyone's faces and the transaction she agreed upon?
Her men obviously told her that all cameras and monitoring were cleared on scene, so why? Why does this still happen?
How could she have this recording in her hands?
Who else knew about it?
Yue Ran!!!
She will never, never let her go!
She will never forgive Yue Ran for putting her in this situation!
She will definitely let Yue Ran pay the price!
Yue Ran took a sip of her glass of juice, feeling bored at the current situation. Why can't anything get more exciting?
She would've thought that a mature female CEO protagonist would be tougher and smarter than this.
If Yue Ran was in this same situation, she could've gotten out in a hundred different ways safely, even without sullying her reputation; even increasing the male protagonists' affection for her was simple.
