The woman remained silent and said nothing.
The middle-aged man paused for a moment before continuing: "Our Jianian has been chasing Gu Moqian for years, but nothing has ever come of it. I’ve long seen through it—Gu Moqian has no feelings for Jianian. Yet our daughter stubbornly refuses to give up. If the two of them end up having relations tonight, I refuse to believe Gu Moqian can act as if nothing happened! Even if he doesn’t marry Jianian in the end, he’ll at least compensate us with a massive payment. After all, it’s a fact that he ruined Jianian’s purity."
"But Gu Moqian has been drugged. Will he even remember what happened the next day? What if he refuses to admit it?"
"What are you afraid of?"
The middle-aged man glanced back at a certain room on the second floor, his eyes gleaming with cunning calculation: "I already installed surveillance cameras in Jianian’s room—five of them in total. No matter which corner they choose to... engage, it won’t escape being recorded. By then, with evidence in hand, we won’t have to fear Gu Moqian refusing to comply."
"But my heart still feels uneasy about all this."
"Enough. Do you think I want to sacrifice Jianian? If it weren’t for the good-for-nothing son you gave birth to, running around gambling and racking up billions in high-interest debt, would I be this desperate? On top of that, the Zhu Family’s stock price has been plummeting drastically these past two weeks. If we don’t hold tight to the Gu Family now, the Zhu Family is finished sooner or later! You don’t need to meddle in this anymore—focus on maintaining a good relationship with Nan Huiru. As long as she stands on our side, Jianian marrying into the Gu Family will just be a matter of time!"
"Huiru genuinely treats me as a close friend... I feel uneasy doing this."
"You’re always so indecisive! If we’d planned ahead and had Jianian betrothed to the Gu Family when she was a child, we wouldn’t have to go through all this trouble now."
At this point, the middle-aged man had grown impatient. "Enough. Go check on the fire outside—I don’t know if it’s under control yet."
The sound of their footsteps gradually faded, and the living room returned to silence. Only then did Ji Wei cautiously creep out from under the staircase.
The conversation she just overheard had completely upended Ji Wei’s worldview, leaving her utterly shaken.
To think that Zhu Jianian’s family could be so insidious and ruthless, scheming even against their own daughter for profit!
Right now, she had to hurry and find Gu Moqian. He’d been drugged—if something really happened between him and Zhu Jianian...
Ji Wei forced herself not to spiral into overthinking and quickly bolted up the stairs to the second-floor hallway.
The second floor had seven or eight bedrooms, each door looking identical.
Which one was Zhu Jianian’s room?
Ji Wei went to test each door. When she reached the third bedroom, she suddenly froze.
Faint sounds came from inside.
Ji Wei’s expression changed, and she silently approached the door, pressing her ear against it to focus on the noise within.
A woman’s muffled whimpering and moaning came intermittently from inside.
The sounds were low, tinged with a few suggestive gasps, enough to make one’s imagination run wild.
Ji Wei’s face instantly turned pale.
Was it Zhu Jianian and Gu Moqian inside...!!!
Her whole body stiffened, and she felt as if her blood had frozen in her veins.
Ji Wei grew frantic, grabbing the doorknob and desperately attempting to push the door open.
The door had clearly been locked from the outside with a key.
Unwilling to give up, she bit her lip and rammed her shoulder against the door repeatedly—once, twice, three times...
The heavy solid wood door didn’t budge an inch.
Ji Wei’s shoulder ached intensely, and she hissed through gritted teeth.
At this point, her brain felt short-circuited, incapable of logical thought—she could only act on instinct, slamming against the door.
"What are you doing?"
A sudden, fierce shout came from behind her, jolting Ji Wei into turning around abruptly.