strictlysupreme Chapter 24 The Heiress Who Was Rejected from the Engagement
Chapter 24 The Heiress Who Was Rejected from the Engagement
The gauze wrapped around the woman's face almost completely covered her features, and one of her two eyes had bloodshot whites, making her look terrifying and chilling.
Gao Qianning sat quietly, letting Ling Yi scrutinize her. The resentment and bitterness she once felt towards her had been transferred to another person when her fellow inmates nearly disfigured her.
That man was her bedmate, the one who had made promises to her and then betrayed them.
Now, he won't even let her live a good life.
"Speak," Ling Yi said after scrutinizing Gao Qianning for a long time.
Now that things have come to this, she knows that the only thing Gao Qianning wants to tell her is Qi Qingran's sore spot.
What this once beautiful face suffered will ultimately be made up for elsewhere.
“I will tell you some things about Qi Qingran.” Gao Qianning stared at Ling Yi and said coldly, “But you have to give me money, give me enough money!”
It was just an attempted poisoning, and it wasn't even a highly toxic substance. She might only get a suspended sentence, and after the verdict, she would have limited freedom. She would have to think about her future life.
Whether it's plastic surgery or maintaining her previous affluent lifestyle, she needs a large sum of money.
In the past, Gao Qianning had never thought of using Qi Qingran's weaknesses to exchange for this money, but now that he had gone to such extremes, she would not be polite either.
She wants revenge!
Ling Yi shook her head: "You should know that I am the only one who can help you get revenge."
"You have no choice but to hand those things over to me."
Gao Qianning clasped her hands together, the cold handcuffs making a faint crackling sound: "Ridiculous, I don't believe that no one would want this kind of trade secret!"
During her time by Qi Qingran's side, Gao Qianning had witnessed the ruthless way these well-dressed businessmen torn each other apart. She believed that as long as there was profit to be made, Qi Qingran's rivals would not hesitate to acquire her secrets!
“But you need time.” Ling Yi looked at her prison uniform and said softly, “Maybe by the time you get out, the Qi family will no longer exist, and your secrets will be worthless.”
Without the timeliness of confidentiality, secrets are nothing more than gossip for entertainment.
Gao Qianning's expression froze. She never expected that the Qi family, which she considered unshakeable, would fall so quickly.
Was Lingyi lying to her?
The throbbing pain on her face told her that perhaps not.
If Qi Qingran hadn't been driven to the brink of despair, why would she have done something so crazy?
How could she possibly tell her other enemy this valuable information for free?
“If you insist on exchanging something,” Ling Yi suddenly became understanding, and said to Gao Qianning’s suddenly bright eyes, “you can exchange it for the fact that Zhou Ziheng will not retaliate against you after you are released from prison.”
"I'm already in jail, what right does he have to retaliate against me?" Gao Qianning blurted out these words without thinking, only to see Ling Yi looking at her with a smile.
That look in his eyes was like he was embracing a child who didn't know the immensity of the world.
Suddenly, Gao Qianning shivered.
Why?
Based on his ability, based on his vindictive nature, and based on the fact that she once tried to ruin his love life.
These reasons were enough to make her die in an accident the day after her release from prison, just like her father and brother in the legend.
Her blood relatives, who hated him to the core and wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible, had warned her, "If you don't want to die, leave the country."
With her teeth chattering slightly and feeling a threat to her life, Gao Qianning agreed to Ling Yi's conditions without hesitation: "Okay, but how can you guarantee it?"
What if Lingyi can't make a decision for Zhou Ziheng?
“I am his lover, that’s the best guarantee.” Ling Yi’s confidence made Gao Qianning slightly avert her gaze, and she said self-deprecatingly, “I was also Qi Qingran’s lover, but what could I guarantee?”
She couldn't even guarantee that Qi Qingran wouldn't marry someone else; she could only watch him walk away to other people time and time again.
"We are different."
Those few simple words, like the resounding toll of a great bell, left Gao Qianning dizzy and disoriented.
"What's different?" She looked up abruptly, as if she had been greatly humiliated, her bloodshot eyes glaring fiercely at Ling Yi.
"The gap in wealth between you and Zhou Ziheng is even greater than the gap between me and Qi Qingran. Aren't you also the one who's trying to climb the social ladder?"
"Don't think that just because you're the victor, you can laugh at me at will. One day, when Zhou Ziheng no longer loves you, he will take back everything he gave you, and you will become just like me!"
"You'll suffer even worse. He's a real psychopath, a real lunatic. You'll die just as tragically as his family!"
One basic attack was exchanged for an ultimate skill and a flash, and Ling Yi was shot at for a long time without being able to react.
Since we have different values, we cannot work together. Not wanting to waste any more time with Gao Qianning, she stood up and said, "The difference between us is that I never ask for anything from others."
Trying to control things beyond one's capabilities is foolish, and artificial intelligence has already ruled it out of the question.
Even if Zhou Ziheng goes mad one day, she has plenty of ways to send him to a mental hospital instead of letting him go mad in prison.
“My promise has always worked. If you've thought it through, you can tell your lawyer.”
As Ling Yi's hand gripped the doorknob, Gao Qianning finally spoke: "The evidence is in the leg of my dining table, in several USB drives."
Ling Yi turned around, looked at Gao Qianning who was breathing with difficulty as if she were drowning, and smiled lightly: "Thank you."
Gao Qianning turned her head away and sneered: "No need."
The relationship between them is not one where they can simply express their gratitude.
"By the way, I've already donated your embezzled money to African children in your name. No need to thank me."
"what!"
The moment the door closed, Ling Yi heard heart-wrenching screams coming from inside the room.
Under Zhou Ziheng's surprised and raised-eyebrow gaze, she shook her head: "I also told her a little secret."
Even if the money stolen at the cost of harming others cannot be recovered by law, she will still give it a proper place.
In this process, impoverished children gained the right to live, and Gao Qianning received the title of honorary citizen of the country, allowing her to go to Africa anytime to see lions baring their teeth.
Isn't this a win-win situation?
"Well, you always have so many secrets," Zhou Ziheng said with a hint of bitterness.
What secrets could Gao Qianning and she possibly have?
They haven't yet.
“But you have no secrets from me,” Ling Yi said, pulling his hand to comfort him.
Zhou Ziheng's lips curled up for a moment, then he said quietly, "Isn't this even more unfair?"
"But I can love you a little more." Just a tiny bit less than how much you love me.
Zhou Ziheng instantly regained his composure, understanding the greater good: "You can have more of these unimportant little secrets in the future."
You can love him a little more.