While they were in the hallway, Qing Si Huai must have said something to Shu Yao, which was why Shu Yao kept her phone on call with Qing Si Huai. This was the only explanation for Shu Yao’s anxious fidgeting with her phone in her pocket.
“I asked you out for dinner today, why was Xiao Cheng also here?” Meng Jing Wei didn’t directly mention Qing Si Huai’s involvement.
“Oh, Xiao Cheng and Ah Huai happened to be here today. Then you called, so I brought them along,” Shu Yao answered truthfully.
“Heh.” Meng Jing Wei let out a cold laugh, leaned back, tilted her head, her icy gaze fixed on Shu Yao, “Then do you know what Xiao Cheng did to me today?”
“Ah? What?” Shu Yao felt inexplicably nervous, feeling Meng Jing Wei’s gaze was too sharp.
Meng Jing Wei’s intense stare remained on Shu Yao. Instead of answering directly, she asked, “Shu Yao, tell me, should I believe you?”
Her sudden serious demeanor and chilling gaze made Shu Yao’s skin crawl, her heart filled with unease. She pursed her lips, instinctively hugging a cushion, and stammered, “We… we’re good friends, good sisters. Why wouldn’t you believe me? Hehehe, you see… right?”
“Mm, I think so too.” Meng Jing Wei nodded, shifting closer to her. Just as Shu Yao averted her sharp gaze and looked away, Meng Jing Wei’s hand shot into her pajamas pocket, retrieving her phone.
“Meng…” Shu Yao gasped, but Meng Jing Wei immediately covered her mouth, shaking her head to signal her to stay silent.
Meng Jing Wei looked down at the phone. As expected, it was still on call, and had been for three minutes. A slight curve formed on her red lips as she gently placed the phone on the table, not hanging up. This was called trust!
For a moment, Meng Jing Wei truly didn’t want to bother with Shu Yao, wanting to let her fend for herself. But then she thought of Shu Yao as a simple, straightforward, and righteous girl, and couldn’t bear to watch her fall into a fiery pit. She activated the speakerphone, released her hand from Shu Yao’s mouth, and continued, “After you and Qing Si Huai left, Xiao Cheng confessed to me. I didn’t agree. Do you know why?”
Shu Yao nervously swallowed, suddenly finding Meng Jing Wei’s aura powerful, even scarily intelligent. How could she know her phone was still connected to Qing Si Huai’s? Had she been eavesdropping earlier?
“Wh-why?”
“This dates back a month ago. It was at the Qing family’s ancestral home for a family banquet. I went to the Qing family ancestral home, but Qing Mu Ye didn’t go back. I got drunk that night, and Qing Si Huai sent me back. I ended up passing out in a daze. Afterwards, Qing Si Huai handed me over to Xiao Cheng, and Xiao Cheng took me to a hotel.”
At this point, Meng Jing Wei paused, her eyelids lifting slightly. She tilted her head, her dark, inscrutable eyes tinged with a hint of ferocity, “Do you know what he did to me?”
They were adults. What would happen in such a situation was obvious. Shu Yao’s face paled, too shocked to speak.
Meng Jing Wei, however, let out a scoff, then turned her gaze back to the phone, saying with amusement, “Seventh Uncle, Shu Yao trusts you so much. Why don’t you tell her yourself?”
There was a brief silence on the other end of the line, followed by a burst of hearty laughter.
“Hahaha, little girl, what are you talking about? I don’t understand.” Although Qing Si Huai already knew Meng Jing Wei knew everything, he hadn’t expected her to know his phone was still connected to Shu Yao’s. And for her to question him so brazenly felt like a provocation.
“Seventh Uncle, you hide things so much every day, I get tired just thinking about it,” Meng Jing Wei said unceremoniously. “The water you gave me that night, you put quite a lot in it, didn’t you? At Wang Kun’s wedding, you and Xiao Cheng were stirring up trouble behind the scenes, weren’t you?”
“What… Meng Jing Wei, what do you mean by that?” Before Qing Si Huai on the other end of the phone could speak, Shu Yao grabbed Meng Jing Wei, demanding, “Impossible, this can’t possibly involve Ah Huai. How could it involve Ah Huai? Meng Jing Wei, are you mistaken?”
The turn of events was sudden, and Shu Yao found it hard to accept, her voice trembling slightly. She had previously called Meng Jing Wei 'Wei Wei,' but now she was using her full name.
Meng Jing Wei sensed Shu Yao’s surprise and shock. She replied truthfully, “I came here today specifically to tell you the truth. I just didn’t expect you to trust Qing Si Huai more. Since that’s the case, I don’t need to hold back. That night, it was Qing Si Huai and Xiao Cheng working together. Xiao Cheng took me to the hotel, and he… heh, do I need to explain what he did? It’s a pity I only found out yesterday.”
“To verify, I specifically asked Xiao Cheng out and borrowed his phone. I saw the photos he took with my own eyes. Do you know why he did it? It was all because Xiao Mei Yan’s video at Li Yun’er and Qing Mu Ye’s wedding offended Qing Mu Ye. Qing Mu Ye wanted to get rid of Xiao Mei Yan. To save their lives, I ended up injuring them both. But in the end, do you know what ‘farmer and the snake’ means? It’s about me, isn’t it.”
Meng Jing Wei let out a self-deprecating laugh. “I originally considered Xiao Cheng a friend, but I never expected this outcome. He sent the photos to Qing Mu Ye, and after that, Qing Mu Ye didn’t contact me for a month. After Qing Mu Ye ignored me, Xiao Cheng introduced me to Wang Kun’s wedding business. Then, something happened at Wang Kun’s wedding, including Lin Meng’s husband colluding with reporters to falsely accuse me of assault. These were all the doings of your beloved and Xiao Cheng.”
As she spoke, Meng Jing Wei took out her phone and typed a message: [Come out with me immediately.] She showed the phone to Shu Yao, then switched Shu Yao’s phone to speaker mode, saying, “I’m going to the restroom.” With that, she stood up, signaled to Shu Yao, waved her hand, and gestured for her to come along.
Shu Yao wanted to ask more, but Meng Jing Wei shook her head. She sat back on the sofa, falling into silence. A few seconds later, she looked at Meng Jing Wei with firm resolve, got up, and tiptoed out of the living room with her.
The living room door was softly locked. After they stepped out, Shu Yao immediately asked, “Why did you ask me to come out?”
Meng Jing Wei looked at her very seriously and said, “Shu Yao, if you believe me, leave with me now. If you’d rather believe Qing Si Huai, then you can turn around and go back right now.”
If Xiao Cheng could do something so despicable and shameless, Qing Si Huai wasn’t much better. As a woman, Shu Yao never imagined Xiao Cheng would do something so out of line to Meng Jing Wei. But could Xiao Cheng be different? She was hesitating.
Seeing Shu Yao’s indecision, Meng Jing Wei added, “The private room you booked today, I ordered drinks after I arrived. Unfortunately, the drinks were tampered with by Xiao Cheng again, and he took me to a hotel. He pointed a camera at the bed, intending to humiliate me. If I hadn’t fought back with all my might, you would only hear about me as a joke from now on.”