Chapter 421: Chapter 421

Zhuo Yao was scolded by her mother, and her panic grew even more intense—the news had reached her family way back in Wutong County.

Could the whole world possibly know now?

If it had been only one or two people who knew, she might have been able to conceal and beautify the truth, but what now?

Thinking of others’ judgments, Zhuo Yao felt powerless and awkwardly ended the call with her mother. She lowered her head and hurried home.

Once home, Zhuo Yao dead-bolted the door from inside and collapsed to the floor.

Who could be trying to harm her this way?

Zhuo Yao racked her brain, then suddenly, she stood up, rushed into her bedroom, didn’t even bother to take off her shoes, and climbed onto the bed, looking up at the ceiling strenuously.

The photo’s angle was from the ceiling’s direction, but even as she climbed a chair and felt every inch of the ceiling, she found nothing.

She could not help but think, could someone have entered her room unnoticed, installed a camera, captured what they wanted, and then came back to remove it?

Thinking about this possibility scared her. If it was so easy for someone to enter her room, it might be just as easy for them to silently kill her.

Zhuo Yao thought of something and quickly dove into her wardrobe, pulling out a black bag from the bottom.

That floppy disk was deadly, but as her hand touched the black cloth, her heart skipped a beat.

Hoping against hope, she tremblingly opened the bag, only to find the money and floppy disk gone, replaced by a small note.

"So smart!" – The note said, four words plus an exclamation mark.

The handwriting was forceful, suggesting a man’s hand, or perhaps it was intentionally written this way to warn her.

Thinking of the contents of that floppy disk, Zhuo Yao’s legs turned to jelly.

The content on it was truly life-threatening, these people could even kill her for it.

After a bout of fear, Zhuo Yao couldn’t help but wonder—she had been so secretive, who knew she had this?

And those fifty thousand yuan, that was her own money! She felt as though her heart was bleeding.

After overcoming her fear and panic, Zhuo Yao quickly packed some clothes and left, resolutely finding a hotel to stay in.

She dared not to stay in that apartment anymore, and once Ke Fei’s mother found out it was rented by Ke Fei, she would surely drive her out.

Zhuo Yao hid in the hotel for three days, switched off her phone, and did not contact anyone.

On the third day, she used the hotel’s phone to call home. After much coaxing, she found out from her mother that the same photos had been sent to Wutong County, postmarked from Beijing.

If she had been suspicious of others before, now she was sixty percent sure that Wan Chu’er was behind this.

Thinking of Wan Chu’er, Zhuo Yao felt a surge of jealousy.

Why is it that both coming from the unremarkable Wutong County, both having fathers who were soldiers, Wan Chu’er has always been more liked since childhood, and her life only seems to become more glorious!

Just thinking about Wan Chu’er living a better life than her ignited a fire of envy in Zhuo Yao’s heart.

This must have definitely been the work of Wan Chu’er!

Surely, it was because of an article she had written that Wan Chu’er had known about, and suddenly people were coming to her, inquiring about Wan Chu’er, even implying that they wanted dirt on her. She was more than willing to do so, since there was money to be made—and those fifty thousand yuan were the payment.

After this thought surfaced in her heart, Zhuo Yao became even more certain that Wan Chu’er was the one who did it.

That meant taking secret photos, taking her fifty thousand yuan, and that floppy disk, sending photos to a bunch of people... all of these were done by Wan Chu’er.

Thinking that she had been schemed by Wan Chu’er, Zhuo Yao went mad and furiously threw the lamp in the room.

Wan Chu’er was very happy to see Zhuo Yao hiding in the hotel, not daring to meet people, giving Zhuo Yao three days to slowly feel the panic.

Although Mai Qiqi was heartbroken by An Zihao, she was still concerned about Wan Chu’er’s affairs, asking about the progress every other day, and the Mai family naturally liked Mai Qiqi to interact more with Wan Chu’er.

Wan Chu’er found it both funny and irritating, claiming to be heartbroken every day, yet she didn’t miss any gossip.

"You’re not going to just let this be the punishment, right? That cheap Zhuo woman could still thrive elsewhere."

Mai Qiqi already saw Zhuo Yao as Chu Xueli, hoping in her heart that Wan Chu’er would truly terrify Zhuo Yao.

"Don’t worry, I guarantee you’ll be satisfied. Quickly ending it all would be boring, I want her to gradually lose her desire for life, let her thoroughly enjoy the fear and despair."

As soon as Wan Chu’er heard that Zhuo Yao had come out of the hotel again, she immediately picked some information from the floppy disk, then wrote a blackmail letter and sent it to the relevant people.

Then, she waited for the good news from Zhuo Yao while spending time nurturing two little ones.

When Zhuo Yao returned to her apartment, indeed the lock had already been changed.

She was so furious she called Jiang Kefei, who coaxed her and gave her another five thousand yuan before she got Wan Chu’er’s phone number from Jiang Kefei.

That day, while Wan Chu’er was playing with the two little ones, Mrs. Zhu brought her the phone.

"Chuchu, your phone has been ringing for ages."

Wan Chu’er took it and saw, to her surprise, that there were ten missed calls, instantly recognizing the number—it was Zhuo Yao’s phone.

Zhuo Yao actually had her number, it looked like Zhuo Yao had guessed it was her doing.

Turns out she is not brainless.

After telling Mrs. Zhu, Wan Chu’er took the phone to a secluded place.

"Wan Chu’er, it was you, wasn’t it?" Zhuo Yao started the conversation straight to the point; although it was a question, the certainty was clear.

Wan Chu’er did not deny it, knowing that even if she did, Zhuo Yao would pin it on her anyway.

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Hearing Wan Chu’er’s affirmation, Zhuo Yao was so angry her eyes were about to turn red, "How could you do this to me! How could you be so heartless, after I was so good to you when we were young."

"Stop!" Wan Chu’er coldly interrupted, "Don’t play these insincere games with me, I picked up your call just to tell you, since you’re stubbornly causing me trouble, I’ll make sure you’re truly tormented!"

Zhuo Yao paused, a bad feeling rising in her heart, desperately saying, "What else do you want to do?! Isn’t this enough torment? I lost my job, my boyfriend, now I can’t even meet anyone, what more do you want!"

Wan Chu’er snorted and hung up the phone, not bothering with further words.

Zhuo Yao, from your past life and this life, that wasn’t enough.

Wan Chu’er calmed her churning emotions for a moment, but when she turned around, she saw Yan Hui standing behind her.