Young Master Is Being Jealous Again!
Chapter 398 Ruanruan: Grinding his bones to dust is not enough to quell my resentment

Chapter 398: Chapter 398 Ruanruan: Grinding his bones to dust is not enough to quell my resentment

Qin Ruan frowned at the weak male Puppet, and asked, "Do you have anything else to say?"

The male Puppet shook his head: "No."

"Go aside, next one."

A female Puppet stepped forwards and explained concisely, "When Li Manning was sick and bedridden, I slapped her."

Her matter-of-fact attitude made Qin Ruan frown.

She stared at the female Puppet and fired off three questions in a row, "What disease did Li Manning have? Why couldn’t she get out of bed? Why did you hit her?"

The female Puppet’s face flushed with anger, she replied resentfully, "Her health was poor, she always needed medication. Whenever she couldn’t attend an event due to weakness from her illness, she was usually bedridden.

As for why I hit her, it’s because she’s a slut! She seduced my boyfriend!"

Qin Ruan glanced doubtfully at the female Puppet who seemed to have been dismembered in her past life, the patchwork scars on her body were too evident.

She stated confidently, "You are Li Manning’s publicist?"

"Yes!" The female Puppet nodded, so high and mighty.

Qin Ruan’s gaze turned icy, expressing her distaste, "Apart from hitting Li Manning, what else have you done?"

"Nothing else!"

Qin Ruan waved dismissively at her, calling out, "Next one!"

Another female Puppet came forth. She wore a provocatively aesthetic makeup. Before Qin Ruan could ask a question, she confessed, "I was Li Manning’s makeup artist. While she was with the young master Nangong, I took advantage of a loophole and climbed into Nangong’s bed. Li Manning broke up with him around that time."

Qin Ruan stared at the decent-looking face of the female Puppet and muttered internally, Nangong’s taste was rather indiscriminate.

Curiosity piqued, she queried, "You managed to climb into Nangong’s bed? You are quite resourceful."

"He was drunk and mistakened me for Li Manning." The makeup artist didn’t choir about using her cunning methods.

She had a look of disdain and scoffed, "Li Manning is indeed naive, she had backing from Nangong but didn’t try to cozy up, instead, she played the deeply affectionate type and infuriated people. They broke it off and I only got to sleep with Nangong once as a result."

The resentment in her tone was both ironic and laughable.

She clearly did wrong, yet she insists on blaming the victim.

Qin Ruan curved her gaze, her face breaking into an admiring smile, but it didn’t reach her eyes.

She cocked her head questioningly, cryptically asking, "Anything else?"

"Of course!" The female Puppet arrogantly declared, her pale face expressing pride, "I slept with her child’s father, right in front of Li Manning."

Before, Qin Ruan thought her tolerance had reached her limit, but she never expected a new low.

A hint of sympathy for Li Manning rose in her heart. Li Manning was surrounded by wolves and leopards, everyone scheming for her fall, stealing her sweetheart, and bullying her.

Qin Ruan’s eyes shone with a gloomy light, the curve of her smile froze ice-cold.

She exhales in a calm attempt to control her anger, her voice equally tranquil as she queried, "Who is the father of Li Manning’s child?"

"I don’t know what his status is, all I know is he’s one handsome stud, with a great physique, and he’s not bad in that field either."

Finishing her sentence, the makeup artist licked her lips with relish.

Qin Ruan: "Apart from these, what else have you done?"

The makeup artist Puppet arrogantly responded, "All the men who had a fancy for Li Manning, who had ambiguous relationships with her, I tried to seduce them all. Some were successful, and others were not.

I must say, those chaps are seriously superior. They are really generous and brought me many benefits."

Qin Ruan couldn’t bear hearing the other woman’s smug narrative, so she blurted out, "Are you that desperate for men?"

The Puppet looked at her distastefully and said, "Of course not, but the men who pursued me actively were far less attractive than those quality men around Li Manning. They were wealthy and of high quality, and I could gain a lot of benefits."

"Hehe..." Qin Ruan laughed dryly twice, unsure how to judge the other party.

This person couldn’t be merely described as cheap, but rather absolutely shameless.

As Li Manning’s makeup artist, she lacked even the basic professional ethics.

If Li Manning sought revenge by killing her, reducing her to ashes wouldn’t be enough to erase the hatred.

Qin Ruan lost interest in looking at her punch-deserving face, dropping her gaze and waving dismissively, she moved on to hearing other Puppets’ misdeeds against Li Manning.

Every one of these Puppets was a back-stabber in their past life.

Each of them did something to Li Manning that Qin Ruan considered unforgivable.

Li Manning’s studio was actually controlled by her parents. Every project and endorsement that Li Manning took up, every event she attended, was arranged by her parents.

Years of overwork weakened Li Manning’s health to the point where medication was required to keep her working.

Despite their daughter’s deteriorating health, her parents showed no mercy, forcing her to accept film and tv projects, major brand endorsements, and demanded her presence at all entertainment industry events.

With her star status, she made earnings in billions annually, but all this wealth was controlled by her parents.

The amount of money that Li Manning herself could receive was very little, so little that it was almost equal to the salary of an ordinary white-collar worker.

She did have a boyfriend, but none of the members of the studio knew who he was.

All they knew was that Li Manning had a son who was two years old this year.

Two years ago, after giving birth to her child, Li Manning’s health deteriorated to the point where she needed occasional injections to maintain her physical strength for work.

There were a few times when she fainted at work, resulting in the loss of several good opportunities.

To keep Li Manning earning money, her parents increased her dose of medication, forcing her to work hard every day.

Under long-term heavy work, Li Manning’s health was almost drained.

Even so, she couldn’t rest and needed to take high-dose injections to maintain her physical strength.

Knowing the harm these drugs could do to her body, Li Manning had resisted her parents, but she was forced to take the medication and injections.

The majority of the studio’s members were aware of this and, under the instruction of Li’s parents, they closely monitored all of Li Manning’s actions and reported to her parents every day.

There were several people guarding Li Manning every day, including doctors who followed her, for fear that she might collapse from exhaustion.

These people were all hired by her parents at high prices.

Li Manning watched helplessly as the money she earned by exhausting her health was spent by her parents on hiring people to imprison her, torment her, and live a life of utter despair every day.

Hearing the Puppet’s narration of such a sad experience, Qin Ruan felt a bit suffocated.

With today’s advanced network information, she didn’t believe that Li Manning had no other way to escape her parents’ control.

The key was her mysterious boyfriend and child.

Through the testimonials given by the Puppets, members of Li Manning’s studio, Qin Ruan could not get any clues about the child and his father.

Finally, only agent Zhao remained silent. Qin Ruan sent a cold gaze towards him, not speaking, just staring at him deeply.

Agent Zhao felt a chill down his spine under her gaze, feeling the dangerous aura filling the air.

He licked his lips, and his pale face showed a hint of indescribable expression.

Qin Ruan’s black eyes narrowed slightly, and the corner of her mouth curled up emotionlessly, her voice cool and indifferent: "Agent Zhao, they don’t know about Li Manning’s child and his father. As her agent, surely you know this matter very well, why not speak up?"

Agent Zhao shook his head and slowly said, "I don’t know..."

"Slap!"

Before he could finish his words, a strong and forceful sound echoed in the morgue.

Qin Ruan’s Golden Whip fell to the ground, intimidating the Puppet.

She stared coldly at Agent Zhao, her tone ominous, "I advise you to think carefully before you speak!"

Agent Zhao was trembling uncontrollably with fear, almost collapsing.

His gaze fearfully fixated on the Golden Whip in Qin Ruan’s hand, the memory of its painful strike still fresh in his mind.

"I’ll tell, I’ll tell..." Agent Zhao slowly began to speak, "The story is old-fashioned. Li Manning’s boyfriend was an engineer in a private company, named Bo Minghui."

He secretly glanced at the emotionless expression on Qin Ruan’s face, swallowed, and continued, "Three years ago, Bo Minghui and Manning met in a heavy rain.

That day, I personally sent Li Manning to an event site for a certain brand. Suddenly it started raining, causing me to be late picking her up.

At the time, Bo Minghui was working nearby. He saw Manning waiting for someone outside in the rain and offered her his umbrella. They met each other that day and left contact information on both sides.

When I came to pick her up, they had separated. I didn’t pay attention to this matter until later when Mr. and Mrs. Li found out that Manning and Bo Minghui were dating.

In order to prevent Manning’s romance from affecting her career, her parents tried to separate her from Bo Minghui. A lot of things happened, and in the end, Bo Minghui died."

At this point, Agent Zhao closed his mouth and his facial expression twisted alarmingly.

Qin Ruan’s eyes were deep and pitch-black as she stared at Agent Zhao, "How did Bo Minghui die?"

Agent Zhao’s pale face showed a suppressed expression. He looked directly into Qin Ruan’s eyes and said coolly, "Mr. and Mrs. Li killed Bo Minghui."

Qin Ruan:" Why would they kill him?"

Agent Zhao:" Li Manning was pregnant and she wanted to marry Bo Minghui."

"What did you do in this?" Qin Ruan didn’t believe he was innocent.

Agent Zhao’s gaze was complex as he looked at his former subordinates who used to obey his commands but who had now become Puppets.

He sighed in a barely audible voice and slowly said, "Manning wanted to give up her career for Bo Minghui. I suggested to her parents to use Bo Minghui to blackmail Manning. When Bo Minghui found out that Li Manning was being blackmailed because of him, he confronted Mr. and Mrs. Li for the sake of his child.

There was a conflict, and they accidentally killed Bo Minghui. Mr. and Mrs. Li spent a considerable sum of money to settle the matter. When Li Manning found out, she almost went insane, but she soon calmed down and continued to work as usual.

It was not until I found out that she was collecting some evidence in secret, preparing to expose us, including the fact that her parents had killed Bo Minghui, that I told her parents about it in order to prevent her from ruining the careers of myself and everyone else."

Agent Zhao’s tone was particularly unsettling, giving off a sense of abnormality.