"Miss... Miss Gan?!" The young girl looked timid, "I... I really didn’t do anything..."
Gan Yuan walked over and stood in front of her, her gaze sweeping across the girl’s face, feeling that she looked somewhat familiar.
As the young girl hesitated, Helen already approached, squatted beside her, and stretched out her right hand, pressing a dagger against her face.
"Think carefully before you answer!"
The girl’s face instantly lost all color as she began to tremble and speak.
"Don’t... don’t kill me, Miss Annie sent me!"
Gan Yuan’s lips curled up.
Meanwhile, Moses, staying in another guest room, finally suppressed his cough, took the cup of water Jessica handed him, took a sip, and then lifted his face to give an order.
"Go to the rooftop, and remember, you must ensure her safety."
Jessica nodded, signaled Paul to take care of Moses, and then quickly turned and walked out of his room.
The rooftop of the building.
Annie held a DV camera, crouching in a concealed corner of the rooftop.
At first, she waited patiently, but as time passed without any sign, her patience gradually wore thin.
Another ten-odd minutes passed, and a cold breeze prompted her to sneeze. She raised her hand to rub her sore nose.
B City, located in the Northwest of F Country, had very low temperatures in the evenings at this time of the year, and naturally, her thin evening gown was no match for the chill of the rooftop.
After waiting a few more minutes, she finally couldn’t resist pulling out her phone and dialing her assistant’s number.
"Has Gan Yuan made any movements?"
"She has left and is heading upstairs."
"He... he has also left."
"Very good," Annie’s lips curled upward in the darkness, "Immediately contact the list of reporters I gave you. I’ll bring the photos over soon, and make sure to send them out to be published first thing tomorrow morning."
Annie, excited, failed to notice that her assistant’s voice trembled slightly—a natural reaction for a girl with a gun to her head, terrified.
Helen withdrew her pistol, and the female assistant looked pleadingly towards Gan Yuan.
"Miss Gan, this was all Miss Annie’s idea, I... I was just following her orders, it really isn’t my fault..."
"I believe you," Gan Yuan smiled back at her, "So, you’ll help me to testify against her, right?"
The female assistant was taken aback, then nodded emphatically.
"I... I will definitely testify for you."
Gan Yuan nodded in satisfaction, "Good, record her confession."
A bodyguard immediately took out a recorder and placed it in front of the assistant, who began to speak tremblingly. Gan Yuan then went upstairs with Helen.
Soon, the two of them reached the rooftop. Hearing their footsteps, Annie was overjoyed. She held her breath and pointed the camera lens toward the rooftop entrance.
A moment later, a familiar figure entered her camera’s view, and seeing Gan Yuan’s face in the lens, Annie just sneered.
Gan Yuan, oh Gan Yuan, you’ve been clever all your life and now you’re still going to fall into my hands.
By tomorrow morning, when all the newspapers and online platforms splash the news of her "secret rooftop meeting" with Moses, not only will she face humiliation—being fiancée to the Duke and embroiled in such a scandal—Gan Yuan’s reputation will surely suffer.
Then she will not only have to contend with the media’s questions but also explain to Huangfu Jue, and under such circumstances, the idea of her winning the election would be far-fetched!