Ji Wei reached out to grab the phone, but Huo Yan quickly stuffed it back into his pocket.
Just then, a servant’s voice came from outside the door, startled by Ji Wei’s earlier shouts: "Miss, are you alright?"
Upon hearing the servant’s voice, Huo Yan’s face turned pale. While he was momentarily distracted, Ji Wei sank her teeth into his arm!
Seizing the opportunity, she broke free. "Huo Yan, you bastard!"
After cursing him, Ji Wei wasted no time and yanked the door open.
"Miss, what on earth happened?" The servant was shocked to see her stepping out wrapped in a bath towel, her body still dripping wet.
"Call the bodyguards in and throw Second Young Master Huo out for me!"
As soon as Ji Wei finished speaking, a panicked Huo Yan suddenly darted out, shoving past the servant and fleeing in a hurry.
Ji Wei changed her clothes right away and immediately called for the driver to take her to the Huo Family estate.
Huo Yan had the video he secretly recorded of her. Keeping it was a risk, and she had to make sure it was deleted!
When she arrived at the Huo Family estate, Huo Yan started playing the innocent act. As soon as he saw Ji Wei barging in furiously, his face turned pale with fear, and he quickly hid behind Mrs. Huo.
Huo Yan stubbornly refused to admit he had recorded the video and even handed his phone to Ji Wei to inspect.
Of course, there was no video on the phone; he had likely stored it elsewhere long ago.
Grandma Huo looked at her grandson’s timid and aggrieved demeanor in front of Ji Wei and was convinced that Ji Wei was making an unreasonable scene. After all, Ji Wei had bullied Huo Yan since they were children.
Grandma Huo sided with Huo Yan. Out of consideration for the families’ reputations, Ji Wei stopped causing a stir and temporarily returned to the Ji Family.
The next day, Ji Wei received a message from Huo Yan, threatening her to agree to be his girlfriend, or else he would release the video.
At that time, Ji Wei was the pampered and adored young lady of the Ji Family—when had she ever been threatened?
Huo Yan’s actions were utterly despicable, and she vowed to teach him a lesson!
Over the phone, she pretended to agree to be Huo Yan’s girlfriend. Huo Yan couldn’t contain his excitement and immediately proposed meeting up.
Ji Wei brought a group of bodyguards along and stormed into the meeting.
Before Huo Yan could figure out what was going on, the bodyguards beat him up mercilessly, leaving him bruised and swollen like a pig’s head. In the end, he had no choice but to hand over the video.
He offered Ji Wei a USB drive, claiming it contained the video.
Ji Wei wasn’t about to trust him so easily. She thoroughly searched Huo Yan’s computer and phone to make sure there was no way he could have hidden the video elsewhere.
To her surprise, aside from the video, she found many photos Huo Yan had secretly taken of her over the years without her consent—some even focused on close-up shots of her thighs when she wore shorts.
Seeing those photos, Ji Wei felt a wave of nausea and disgust toward Huo Yan from deep within her soul.
This man was a complete and utter pervert!
Ji Wei deleted all the photos down to the last one. After finishing, she didn’t hesitate to slap Huo Yan across the face several times and warned him to stop harboring any illusions—being his girlfriend was impossible in this lifetime!
Half a month later, Ji Wei went abroad to study. Four years passed, and by the time she returned, she and Huo Yan were practically strangers.
Although Huo Yan had tried calling her during that time, Ji Wei mercilessly added his number to her blacklist and never took it off, even to this day.
After hearing all this, Gu Moqian silently pulled Ji Wei into his arms and held her tightly.
After a long pause, he suddenly blurted out, "...I’m a little jealous of Huo Yan."
Ji Wei was revisiting those unpleasant memories when Gu Moqian’s unexpected comment made her lift her eyes to look at him. "Why would you envy that bastard?"
Gu Moqian answered, "He grew up with you. He witnessed you during your most youthful and innocent days."
That was a time Gu Moqian had missed.