After leaving the cave, the more Nina thought about it, the more stifled she felt; when she reached a deserted place, she unleashed a tirade against a tree.
"Aaahh! Jiang Li, you bitch, I’ll never reconcile with you!!!"
"Bitch, bitch, you caused me to lose face so badly, I will never let you go!"
After venting, Nina exhaustedly collapsed to the ground.
Now that this trick had failed and Guan Xiong had abandoned her, she had to think of another escape plan for herself.
For some reason, the words Jiang Li had said suddenly surfaced in her mind.
Grinding her teeth, a cold glint appeared in Nina’s eyes as she then found Zheng Xun’s contact information.
The moment the call connected, she wiped the dirt from her face, and just as she was about to speak, Zheng Xun’s voice came from the other end, dripping with cold mockery, "You couldn’t even handle such a simple task. What use are you? I knew I shouldn’t have involved you from the start!"
Instantly, Nina felt even more frustrated.
She clenched her fist and scoffed, "Director Zheng, there’s no need to be sarcastic. If the job isn’t done, I can’t be at ease. But we still have the terms we agreed upon earlier, right?" freewebnøvel.com
"Terms? You still want to talk about terms? Heh, why don’t you just go back where you came from!"
Nina’s heart turned stone cold.
Just as she had suspected, Zheng Xun was planning to wash his hands of her.
Why should she accept this? She hadn’t gained anything from joining the reality show, and now she had ended up in such a mess that the public opinion would surely be unkind.
If she didn’t seize this last chance, her entire career might be ruined.
With this thought, Nina narrowed her eyes, "What are you implying, Director Zheng? Planning to breach our contract? Fine by me. I’m already in this state; the worst I can face is leaving the industry. But what about you, Director Zheng? You just hit it big. Are you really willing to see your career destroyed?"
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a few seconds before Zheng Xun’s sinister voice came through, "Are you threatening me?"
"Not at all, I’m just reminding you, Director Zheng. We’re in the same boat now—prosperity and adversity together. Now that I’ve ended up , don’t you think about how to get me out of this mess?"
After a minute-long silence, Zheng Xun’s voice, now noticeably softer, arose.
"Fine, stay there and wait for me. I’ll send someone to get you."
After saying that, he hung up.
A smug smile appeared on Nina’s lips; indeed, having leverage over others was exceptionally advantageous.
Once she’s completely free from this wretched island, she would find a way to deal with Jiang Li!
But she was not content to leave it at that. After some thought, she came up with a brilliant idea: she stripped off her jacket, tore it into pieces, and then took out an oil-based pen from her bag and started scribbling on the fabric...
Zheng Xun, who had hung up the phone, was also not in a light mood.
Mostly, he was amused.
"A mere model is now threatening me..."
He chuckled suddenly, and then his eyes gradually darkened.
He called over his confidant.
"... Find that woman and make sure you clean up after her neatly. I will pull back the drones in the vicinity, be careful."
Half an hour later, Nina had completed her plot.
The fragments before her were all written with Jiang Li’s address and information, including how much supplies she had.
Now, the reason no one on the deserted island noticed her was entirely due to the lack of information.
But if she spread all this stuff out, she wouldn’t be able to live such an easy life anymore.
Afterward, she scattered these fragments in the stream and under the cliff, her mood instantly improving.
Soon after, a man wearing a black windbreaker, a duckbill cap, and holding a walking stick approached.
Nina was taken aback for a moment, her instincts kicking in with caution, "Who are you?"
The man smiled, then showed his work ID, "I’m here to pick you up on behalf of Director Zheng, please follow me."
Saying so, the man took some food and drink out of his bag and handed it to her.
Nina, half-convinced, accepted the items, and then began to eat and drink heartily.
"Director Zheng is quite fast, finding me so quickly, but why did he only send you here alone?"
As the man led the way, he answered her, "Director Zheng said that we can’t draw attention, so he sent me alone, don’t worry Lady Nina, there’s a car below, I’ll take you straight to the cruise ship after this."
They walked for quite a while, and Nina only felt that the mountain path under her feet was becoming increasingly rugged, not to mention seeing the car mentioned by the staff.
Her patience was running thin, "Where are you actually taking me? What’s with Zheng Xun, can’t he send a helicopter to pick me up? If we keep going , my legs are going to give out!"
The man stopped, turned around, and looked at her cheerfully, "No rush, Lady Nina, we’re almost there."
He leaned forward and pointed not far ahead, "That’s the off-road vehicle I drove here."
Nina, filled with anger, stamped her foot and walked forward a few steps, "Where? Where’s the car?"
She looked in the direction the man in black was pointing, but where was there a car? Looking ahead, there wasn’t even a path anymore, just a deep, bottomless cliff.
Nina was about to complain when suddenly a huge force pushed her from behind. She didn’t even have time to react before she fell off the cliff.
After a muffled thud, the surroundings returned to calm.
The man leisurely took off the gloves on his hands and threw them into a crack in the rocks nearby, then slowly made his way down the path.
Soon he reached the bottom of the cliff—Nina’s body sprawled like a blossoming flower of blood.
After ensuring there were no suspicious traces, the man dialed Zheng Xun’s phone.
"It’s all taken care of, and I made it look like an accidental fall from a cliff. I assure you, no one will suspect a thing."
"Good job. Let the PR department handle it in a few days, and you come back first."
Su Yinwan never expected Nina to be kicked out so quickly.
"What a fool!" she cursed inwardly.
She had hoped Nina could at least help her deal with Jiang Li, but she turned out to be like Ye Chu, both without any brains.
Watching Nina being sent away, Jiang Cheng actually breathed a sigh of relief.
Then he tugged at Su Yinwan’s sleeve, "Sister Xiao Wan, should we find another place? There are people here, won’t it be bad if we go over?"
Su Yinwan had finally found Jiang Li, how could she give up so easily? She patted Jiang Cheng’s hand and said, "It’s okay, I know someone inside. Sister Jiang Li is a very nice person, she will definitely help us."