Ji Wei shook her head, her voice indifferent: "No, I still refuse."
Jin Xuan’er shrieked, momentarily doubting whether she had misheard.
Impossible! She had already played her trump card, yet Ji Wei remained unmoved!
Ji Wei didn’t want to stay a second longer and turned to leave.
Jin Xuan’er unwillingly yelled, "Miss Ji, if you want to see yourself disgraced in Rongcheng overnight, becoming a target of public disdain, then go ahead and try!"
Ji Wei ignored her words and continued walking forward.
Seeing all her efforts yield no results, Jin Xuan’er grew even more indignant and rushed forward again to entangle Ji Wei.
"Let go!" Ji Wei looked at the brightly manicured hand grabbing her, her voice icy.
"I won’t let go. Right now, you must be panicking and trying to flee, aren’t you? Don’t pretend to be calm in front of me, Miss Ji. This won’t do you any good."
"Security!" Ji Wei called out toward the security booth several meters away.
Two security guards immediately approached upon hearing her.
"Miss, please let go. Director Ji still has work to attend to." The security guards, recognizing Ji Wei, quickly stepped forward to intervene when they saw her being hassled by a heavily made-up woman.
The two security guards pulled Jin Xuan’er away from Ji Wei. Struggling in vain, Jin Xuan’er furiously yelled, "Let me go! Do you know who I am? How dare you lay a hand on me!"
"No matter who you are, this is the Gu Family’s project site. Please leave immediately," one of the guards said sternly.
"Are you blind? I’m the famous Jin Xuan’er! Let go of me this instant!"
"Let go of me! Did you hear me!"
Behind her, Jin Xuan’er was still shouting at the two security guards, but Ji Wei had already walked briskly through the project building’s main entrance.
Once she reached her office, Ji Wei immediately picked up her landline and dialed Ye Cheng’s number, instructing him to be cautious of Jin Xuan’er’s retaliation and to assign an additional assistant to Xia Duoduo.
But the mention of the compromising video by Jin Xuan’er indeed left Ji Wei feeling troubled.
She had never expected that Huo Yan not only kept the video but also shared it with Jin Xuan’er!
Though she maintained her composure in front of Jin Xuan’er, the matter still bothered Ji Wei. She forced herself to act as though nothing had happened and worked through the entire morning.
During her lunch break, Ji Wei decided to call Huo Yan to get to the bottom of it.
"Little Wei, is it really you?"
Upon hearing Ji Wei’s voice on the other end of the phone, Huo Yan could hardly believe his ears.
The two hadn’t been in contact for ages. Every time he tried to call Ji Wei, he would get a notification saying the call couldn’t go through. Huo Yan had long suspected he’d been blocked.
But what was going on today? Ji Wei had reached out to him on her own!
Compared to Huo Yan’s excitement, Ji Wei’s response was ice-cold: "I have something to ask you."
Unexpectedly, Ji Wei opened with such a blunt statement, catching Huo Yan off guard. He froze for a moment before replying, "Go ahead, what is it?"
"Do you still have my videos? And did you give them to Jin Xuan’er? Huo Yan, I didn’t think you could be this despicable!" Ji Wei’s voice was clearly tinged with fury.
At that moment, Huo Yan finally understood why she had called.
Feigning surprise, he said, "Little Wei, you misunderstood. The videos and photos were all deleted back then. I don’t have them anymore. If you don’t believe me, you’re welcome to come check yourself."
Huo Yan knew that Ji Wei avoided him like the plague—there was no way she would actually come look for him.