Nangong Shanshan fiercely pushed Lu Zelei away, glaring at him threateningly.
"If you dare to say a word about what happened today, I'll deal with you!"
Lu Zelei said teasingly, "You're the one asking for my help now. When you ask for a favor, you should have the right tone and attitude. Stop putting on airs with me, Miss."
They were all living their first lives; why should he indulge her and give her face?
"You!"
It was one thing for Ye Fengxing to cold-shoulder her, but for an actor who relied on his looks to not even acknowledge her, Nangong Shanshan was instantly enraged and slapped Lu Zelei hard.
*Slap!*
"You'd better know your place. In front of me, you are nothing."
To Lu Zelei, this slap from Nangong Shanshan was no different from crushing his male dignity underfoot.
He had seen plenty of arrogant women like her; she just needed to be taught a lesson.
"You need to pay a price for your actions!"
With that, Lu Zelei used his physical strength and height advantage to forcefully shut Nangong Shanshan's mouth!
...
The store manager apologized from outside, "Miss Nangong, I'm very sorry. The power line was cut. We've already notified someone to repair it. We can only open once the power is restored."
After a moment of silence.
"Miss Nangong?"
"Uh... okay, I understand."
"Miss Nangong, we are truly sorry. We will definitely strengthen our security in the future and ensure this never happens again."
"Mm."
Nangong Shanshan was uncharacteristically good-tempered.
Lu Zelei's assistants said.
"Where did Lu Zelei go? Has anyone seen him?"
"No."
"Haven't seen him."
"He probably heard the paparazzi were coming and ran off. I'll call him."
The user you are calling is out of service...
...
At night, near the Nangong family's luxurious private villa, Tang Xiaomin and Zhong Li parked their car in the shadows, watching the gate.
They were waiting for someone: Ji Xuezheng, the Nangong family's hypnotist.
Tang Xiaomin was very curious whether Ji Xuezheng was truly that capable, able to hypnotize someone within half an hour, making them confused enough to commit suicide.
In a real case, a man played a specific piece of music in a certain setting, breaking through the victim's psychological defenses and inducing them to commit suicide.
He had killed seven or eight people in this manner before he was finally caught.
What was terrifying was that he was a master of psychology.
At eleven-thirty at night, a Mercedes drove out. Tang Xiaomin recognized it as the target's car.
"Follow it."
"Yes."
The car drove for over half an hour in the darkness, passing through a desolate suburban area. Zhong Li then deliberately rear-ended it.
Ji Xuezheng got out and went to knock on their car door to argue.
"Hey, how are you driving... Hey..."
The next second, Tang Xiaomin opened the car window and, with one hand, pulled Ji Xuezheng into the car through the window.
Immediately after, the car sped towards Xianfu Group.
"Who are you people? What do you want?"
Ji Xuezheng, wearing gold-rimmed glasses and with his hair meticulously combed, looked like a gentle, educated man.
At that moment, he was trying to pull open the car door.
However, Tang Xiaomin had waited for him so meticulously, and the car door was already locked securely.
Tang Xiaomin issued a warning, "You'd better be quiet."
"What you're doing is kidnapping. It's against the law. Let me out, I want to get out!"
...
Tang Xiaomin's ears were hurting from his complaints, so she immediately punched him, knocking him unconscious.
Finally, it was quiet.
Zhong Li asked puzzledly, "Miss Tang, this hypnotist has committed many evils. Killing him directly would be eliminating a menace."
Tang Xiaomin shook her head helplessly and thought to herself, *He's so foolish.*
"Let's take him back and interrogate him properly."
"Miss Tang, what you said makes a lot of sense."
Utterly speechless.
He would sell Zhong Li out and still help count the money.
Sometimes, Tang Xiaomin envied Zhong Li. Having a good boss meant his quality of life already surpassed that of most people in the world.
However, when he saw Lu Xing working day and night, his envy turned into deep sympathy.
As Yan Jue had said, it was all because Lu Xing was too capable.
When Ji Xuezheng woke up, he found his hands and feet bound to some instrument.
"Ah! Help! Help!"
"Let me go!"
"Heh..."
Tang Xiaomin walked over with a smile.
"Dr. Ji, is it? I'm truly sorry for 'inviting' you here in this manner."
"Who are you? What do you want to do to me? I warn you, I work for the Nangong family. If you hurt me, the Nangong family will not let you go!"
In his desperation, Ji Xuezheng invoked the Nangong family.
The moment Tang Xiaomin heard the Nangong family, she thought of Nangong Shanshan, which then reminded her of bad memories.
In her past life, Nangong Shanshan had caused her a great deal of trouble.
Tang Xiaomin, without hesitation, punched Ji Xuezheng in the face.
"Stop trying to pressure me with the Nangong family. I'll ask you, do you know this person?"
Tang Xiaomin showed Ji Xuezheng a photo of Zhang Meiyu.
Ji Xuezheng shook his head vigorously.
"I don't know her. I've never seen the person in the photo. What do you want?"
*Beep beep beep*, the lie detector alarm sounded.
Tang Xiaomin grinned wickedly.
"It seems, Dr. Ji, that you're not being honest."
Proving one's innocence had become one of the biggest challenges of this century.
Ji Xuezheng also noticed the lie detector, so he remained silent.
*Clap clap clap!!!* Tang Xiaomin applauded appreciatively.
"Very good, I knew you weren't being honest. I've prepared a gift for you. Once you accept the gift, you should become honest."
Tang Xiaomin went out and came back in, holding a large hornet's nest with hornets buzzing around it.
Tang Xiaomin smiled evilly and said to Ji Xuezheng, "You recognize hornets, don't you?"
Ji Xuezheng had a bad premonition, his legs trembled.
"You... you... what are you going to do? I warn you, this is illegal, you'll go to jail."
Who was she trying to scare?
"For the past five years, anyone who had a conflict of interest with the Nangong family has committed suicide. More than ten people. Do you know what it means if you go to the police? It's called a confession."
"With more than ten lives, even if you become a ghost, you'll go to the eighteenth level of hell."
Ji Xuezheng knew the other party was trying to break through his psychological defenses.
It was precisely at times like this that he could not back down.
The more he spoke, the more mistakes he would make. Ji Xuezheng simply closed his mouth and stopped talking.
Seeing his demeanor, Tang Xiaomin punched him again.
"Why aren't you speaking?"
"Because I want to resist you in this silent way..."
"Alright, if it's a silent method, then don't speak."
Saying that, Tang Xiaomin smashed the entire hornet's nest violently onto the ground. A large swarm of hornets immediately swarmed out, covering everything and buzzing loudly.
*Bang!*
She closed the door.
"Help!"
"Help!"
"Ah!"