27 1.24
"I have warned you before. You might think that I am just another woman that you can get past using your trickery, but think again." With that, Xu Jiaqi left Bai Mengxue, who was still confused as to what Xu Jiaqi entailed.
Naturally, a person like Xu Jiaqi wouldn't just accuse people out of nowhere. Even though Bai Mengxue didn't like the big miss, she understood this quality of hers. She really was known to be an upright person in the high society.
Even though her parents pampered her through and through, she still became a dazzling figure. A perfect role model that everyone aspired to be and loved. She was known to have little interactions with people, but there were still many that wanted to approach her.
Xu Jiaqi's assumptions were correct. Bai Mengxue was extremely uncertain about herself. That was why, she resorted to framing Xu Jiaqi to make her look bad in front of Zhou Yuan's eyes. This plan did not fully succeed, and even caused her detrimental reactions instead.
Because Bai Mengxue was intertwined with Zhou Yuan, a successful and bright young man, she had paid special attention to the people around him. Xu Jiaqi was an eyesore. Someone who could threaten her.
After being dumbstruck for minutes, everything finally sunk in for Bai Mengxue. Although Xu Jiaqi usually did not get angry or use force, she was still a dragon. A sleeping dragon. And she had just offended this dragon. Not once, not twice, but thrice.
Naturally, revenge would come.
An eye for an eye.
Bai Mengxue shuddered and began to flee from the place, leaving Zhou Yuan without any warning. She remembered that Xu Jiaqi had mentioned her father and immediately ran off to contact said man, wanting to confirm if what the miss said was true.
If it was, then wouldn't she be doomed? Zhou Yuan definitely couldn't protect her family if Xu Jiaqi was the one pursuing the case. Not to mention, the miss seemed to have special connections with the Qin heir. Bai Mengxue entered a taxi, anxiously directing the driver to her father's company while biting her nails.
[Host, Bai Mengxue fled. Zhou Yuan is still in the restrooms.] The System reported. Although it couldn't directly spy on random people, it was able to sense the leads' location if they were nearing her.
'Hmm? Fled? It seems like Bai Mengxue isn't that irrational after all. I thought that female leads like her would be dumber.' Xu Jiaqi commented.
She did not expect to fish out the maximum result from Bai Mengxue this fast. She had originally planned to manipulate her resources a bit more. With this, she should act in fear from now on.
No more petty tricks hurled down her way. In a battlefield like this where Xu Jiaqi's continuous life was as stake, she would go all out without mercy.
Seeing his Host's bloodthirsty gaze, the System shuddered and quietly shielded itself.
Xu Jiaqi's days went peacefully.
Meanwhile, Bai Mengxue was panicking on her side. She had confirmed the accusations with her father. She had to interrogate him for a couple days until he finally spilled the beans. Xu Jiaqi wasn't lying. Her father really did get involved in covert operations. He was set to be in jail if she doesn't do anything.
Xu Jiaqi did not tell her when she was going to launch the court cases. How much time did she have left before her father gets in trouble?
Gritting her teeth in nervousness, she searched up Zhou Yuan's number to seek salvation, but her hands stopped before the call button was pressed.
Previously, after she left Zhou Yuan alone in the restaurant, the man had called her. His voice was laced with bits of anger and frustration. He told her that she had been causing him so much trouble recently.
Being conscious of that, she was afraid that once she told this matter to him, Zhou Yuan would be even more disappointed in her and ruin her chances of looking good.
"No, no. I can't call Yuan ge.. There must be someone else who can help. There must be someone else! Think, Mengxue. Who can help you? Who can bypass the court.." Bai Mengxue's heart was racing as fast as a galloping horse as she frantically looked through her phone.
After a hot minute, her fingers stopped scrolling. Her eyes landed on one specific contact. Grinning evilly, she rang that number up. The other party picked up in a matter of seconds.
"What's the matter, Xue er? Have you finally realized that Zhou Yuan isn't suitable for you?" The man asked. His voice was gruff and low. Bai Mengxue was actually rather scared of this man, but she had no other choices. If she wanted to save her father- no, save her future, she had to turn to this kind of man.
"Tian ge.. should we meet up? I miss you." Bai Mengxue acted coyly. She felt disgusted because this man, unlike Zhou Yuan, was a pest that once terrorized her. Because Zhou Yuan blocked him off, Bai Mengxue never saw him again, but she knew that this suitor of hers was actually quite powerful.
He worked with the underground goons, doing deceitful and treacherous crimes left and right.
He would be able to do something about her situation.
Picking up her confidence, she chatted with the man for several minutes before hanging up, a murderous look present in her 'pure' face.
"Let's see who will have the last laugh, Xu Jiaqi!" Bai Mengxue chuckled darkly as she banged her fist on the wall beside her.
Signs of blackening. When a lead became too usurped in negative emotions, they can transform into a condition called 'blackening'. Because leads are meant to follow a set 'script', when these foreign emotions that were unaccounted for strikes, they will have troubles managing it. As such, their heart could become polluted, and their decisions would be influenced to a high level.
Bai Mengxue, in particular, was an archetype female lead who had a simple mindset and was easily influenced by a sudden change suffered
The worries and frustration that piled up inside her mind quickly turned into a dense ball of hatred that was directed at the one who indirectly caused her heart to spiral out of control: Xu Jiaqi.
The System picked up this change even from far away because of his internal favorability meters.
