Xia Duoduo’s face was slightly pale, as if the budding feelings she had just developed were suddenly crushed.
She stood there, watching the woman on the deck crouching down slowly, burying her head between her knees, her shoulders trembling. A sharp pain instantly pierced her heart.
For a long time, she finally withdrew her gaze and left slowly.
The top floor of the luxurious yacht.
Jin Xuan’er led Ji Wei to a door and pushed it open. "Huo Yan is inside. I won’t get involved in your private matters anymore; you can go in and talk to him yourself. But let me give you a word of advice, Miss Ji—control yourself a bit. Don’t cause a scene here. The guests downstairs are still enjoying themselves, and I doubt you’d want them all to climb up here to watch, would you?"
It seemed like Huo Yan had even told Jin Xuan’er about the incident from years ago when Ji Wei beat him up.
Ji Wei couldn’t help but find it bizarre. How had a coward like Huo Yan managed to get close to someone like Jin Xuan’er?
Although Jin Xuan’er spoke with such certainty, Ji Wei cautiously stood by the door and didn’t go in immediately. Instead, she leaned her head in to glance around the room. "Are you sure he’s in there? I don’t see him anywhere."
"Listen, the sound of water running in the bathroom. He’s obviously taking a shower," Jin Xuan’er explained.
"Alright then," Ji Wei said as she stepped inside.
Once inside, the sound of running water from the bathroom became clearer.
Suddenly, the door behind her slammed shut!
Ji Wei rushed back in quick strides, raising her hand to pull the doorknob, only to realize that the door had been locked from the outside.
Jin Xuan’er’s smug voice echoed through the door. "Miss Ji, you’d better stay in here obediently. I’ll go downstairs in a bit and make sure to spread your scandalous video far and wide. By the time you come out, you’ll be greeted by a crowd of media reporters at the door. With you alone in a room with Second Young Master Huo, you’ll have a hard time explaining yourself."
After saying this, Jin Xuan’er walked away but then quickly doubled back to add, "Oh, right. If Miss Ji wants to escape, there’s still one possible way—jump out the window into the sea. It’s probably better than being surrounded by reporters, isn’t it?"
Ji Wei snorted coldly. It was already late autumn—jumping in would either drown her or freeze her to death. Was she really that stupid?
The sound of Jin Xuan’er’s voice outside the door slowly disappeared. She had probably gone downstairs to carry out her triumphant plan.
Ji Wei scanned the room. Though it was lavishly decorated, the space was limited—it was still part of a yacht, after all. Besides the living room and bedroom, only the bathroom remained.
The sound of water running from the bathroom hadn’t stopped, likely because the person inside hadn’t noticed her presence yet.
With Gu Moqian downstairs, there was no way Jin Xuan’er could succeed in releasing the video. As for this situation here—Ji Wei decided she would handle it herself.
Ji Wei’s gaze landed on an ashtray on the coffee table. She walked over, grabbed it in her hand, and slowly approached the bathroom.
She tried to make her footsteps as light as possible to avoid alerting Huo Yan in the bathroom. Then, stopping in front of the bathroom door, she took a deep breath, tightened her grip on the ashtray, placed her other hand on the doorknob, and forcefully pushed the bathroom door open!
The man in the bathroom had his back to her. The showerhead had already been turned off, and he was in the middle of putting on a bathrobe.
Ji Wei hadn’t seen Huo Yan in years. Although the man’s back looked slightly different, she didn’t think much of it. She charged forward, raising the ashtray in her hand, ready to strike down on the man’s neck!
At the last critical moment, the man suddenly turned his face around.
In that instant, Ji Wei’s eyes widened in shock, utterly stunned.
No way, how could this be possible!
The man in front of her wasn’t Huo Yan!