Into the Night, Jiao Jiao Gets Kissed by a Business Tycoon
Chapter 150: It Really Makes One Sigh.

Chapter 150: Chapter 150: It Really Makes One Sigh.

"I really do like you," Lin Wei hastily explained.

"Do I look like someone who doesn’t keep his word?" His voice had already taken on a note of displeasure, and his face was expressionless.

Lin Wei gritted her teeth but ultimately agreed with Cheng Yi, "Okay, I believe you."

Even if Cheng Yi was truly deceiving her, she’d accept it since she simply couldn’t say no to him.

And even if she couldn’t get the rest of the money, the two million she had was enough for her to spend.

"Then give me the photo," Cheng Yi extended his hand towards Lin Wei.

After hesitating for a moment, Lin Wei still handed it over to him.

"Is this the only one?"

Lin Wei nodded, "Yes, just this one."

"Are there any other copies?" Cheng Yi asked again.

"No."

Actually, Lin Wei had planned to make a backup at first, but then she thought that someone as smart as Cheng Yi would definitely notice it, and she feared it would backfire, so she abandoned the idea.

Cheng Yi nodded, took a sip of his coffee, and finally a smile appeared on his face, though it seemed to be shrouded in a faint mist, inscrutable, "Very well, you’ll get the rest of the money in three days."

"Thank you, Mr. Yi," Lin Wei said in a soft voice, a flicker of joy passing through her eyes.

Cheng Yi scoffed but did not reply to her. He smoothed out the creases in his clothes and then stood up.

Seeing this, Lin Wei struggled internally, still clenching her phone tightly in her hand. After a long hesitation, she finally spoke up, "Even so, you still like her, don’t you?"

Cheng Yi paused in his steps, slowly turned around, and looked at Lin Wei with an icy demeanor, as if she were a stranger.

"Yes." His simple answer was enough to pierce the heart.

Lin Wei shivered under his gaze, but she eventually forced down her fear and apprehension and said through gritted teeth, "But she has been..."

"What happened?" Cheng Yi’s gaze flashed dangerously, his tone turning somber.

Lin Wei dared not continue.

"Do you know when people keep their mouths tightly shut?" he asked coldly.

Lin Wei swallowed hard, trembling all over because only the dead keep silent.

"Now that you’ve taken the money, don’t go around talking nonsense, otherwise I won’t mind silencing you forever." His gaze became even colder, as if it could freeze someone in place.

Having said that, Cheng Yi turned and walked out of the café.

After Cheng Yi left, Lin Wei’s whole body collapsed, she gasped for air, her mind filled with the words he had just said...

She was truly afraid because Cheng Yi could easily kill her with just the flick of his finger.

After leaving the café, Ye Rui approached Cheng Yi, "Mr. Yi, the surveillance footage has been retrieved."

Cheng Yi took out his lighter and set the photo in his hand on fire, his eyes shimmering with a light that was obscure and uncertain.

"Ye Rui, how many years does extortion carry?" he asked, squinting his eyes, a hint of playfulness in his gaze.

Ye Rui answered, "If the amount is substantial, it could lead to a fixed-term imprisonment of more than ten years."

Cheng Yi curled his lips in a smirk, "Give her the rest of the money in three days, then hand the recording of the call and the surveillance footage over to the police."

Since she so loved courting death, he would grant her wish!

"Yes!"

-

Xinan learned of the news that Lin Wei was wanted one week later. The reports only mentioned that she had extorted a wealthy man for a large sum, but did not reveal who this wealthy individual was.

In fact, Xinan hadn’t seen Lin Wei for a long time and had heard that she had been frozen out by her company. He thought he would never see her again, but he didn’t expect to hear about her again and in such a manner.

Xinan suddenly remembered the first time he saw Lin Wei. She was working as a waitress at a bar, being bullied by customers. He and Jiang Yurou had stood up for her. At that time, Lin Wei seemed genuinely kind and very simple.

But Xinan never imagined that such a pure and kind person would end up like this, it was truly lamentable.

In truth, Xinan had also asked himself if he would have helped her knowing she would end up this way, and the answer was obviously no.

Now that things had come to this, it was all irretrievable.

Lin Wei had been somewhat popular before, so once the report came out, the internet exploded.

"Damn, I really didn’t expect her to do something like this. She looked so innocent, I was even a fan of her for a while."

"I heard that Lin Wei extorted a really powerful bigshot in the circle. She’s really bold! Daring to mess with someone like that."

"The person above, please go on."

"Is she crazy about money or what, I hope the cops catch her soon."

"If I remember correctly, wasn’t it Lin Wei who leaked that video of Xinan and Shen Yan before?"

"..."

Within less than a day of the news spreading, netizens began exposing Lin Wei’s dark history, saying that she used to be the mistress of some entertainment company’s boss who also had a wife, and she was caught in the act, beaten half to death by the wife.

Xinan didn’t know whether it was true or false, so he treated it as gossip.

With this, Lin Wei had truly become famous; overnight, everyone in the country knew her name. However, she probably never imagined that after striving for so many years, she would become known in such a manner.

As Xinan was reflecting on this, Jiang Yurou sent him a message.

"Nannan, have you seen the news online? I really didn’t expect Lin Wei to turn out like this."

Xinan had never told Jiang Yurou about the things Lin Wei had done behind the scenes, so in her mind, the impression of Lin Wei was still that of the harmless young girl from before.

If Jiang Yurou knew it was all an act, she might be very angry, especially since she had genuinely treated Lin Wei as a friend before.

Xinan sighed deeply and replied, "Life is unpredictable, she chose this path herself."

Jiang Yurou: "Sigh, that’s why they say the entertainment industry is a place that will chew you up and spit you out. A perfectly good person ends up changed like this..."

Xinan: "It’s her fault for being blinded by fame and fortune, forgetting her original aspirations."

Jiang Yurou: "I hope she will turn herself in, maybe she can even get a lighter sentence."

Xinan: "Yeah."

After a while, as if remembering something, Xinan asked Jiang Yurou, "By the way, how are things going with you and Zhou Ming?"

Jiang Yurou sent a sighing sticker and replied, "The same as before; I feel like he’s just a piece of wood."

Xinan asked, "If he’s just a piece of wood, then why do you still like him?"

Jiang Yurou: "Can’t help it, I just like wood."

Xinan shook his head helplessly; indeed, beauty is in the eye of the beholder!