On the day of graduation, I was dragged by my rich father to get the certificate

The bed was flat, still the same as when Gu Wan left, with no signs of having been disturbed at all.

Bathroom, kitchen... Si Yehan searched every corner, even the closet and under the bed. There was no Gu Wan, no intruder, no clue.

"This is impossible..." He staggered back to the living room, his legs weak. Half an hour ago, Gu Wan was still on the phone asking for help, but now he has disappeared. He took out his cell phone, and Gu Wan's number went directly to voicemail.

A wave of dizziness hit Si Yehan, who held onto the wall to avoid falling. His ears were buzzing, and the edges of his vision were beginning to go dark.

"No, I can't fall down. Wanwan is still waiting for me." He bit the tip of his tongue hard. The taste of blood and the severe pain made him sober up a little.

Back in the corridor, Lou Yue's condition was even worse. His face was pale, and the pool of blood beneath him had expanded. Si Yehan knelt beside him, took off his coat and pressed it on the wound on his abdomen.

"Hold on, the ambulance will be here soon." He dialed 120 with one hand and reported the address at a rapid speed.

Lou Yue's fingers suddenly grabbed his wrist with surprising force. His lips moved, and Si Yehan leaned in closer.

"Black...Rose..." Lou Yue was barely breathing, "She...was...Black Rose..."

"What black rose? Who took her away?" Si Yehan asked anxiously, "Did you see who it was?"

Lou Yue's pupils began to dilate, but he still struggled to take something out of his pocket and put it into Si Yehan's hand. It was a small earring, stained with blood.

"Go...save..." These were Lou Yue's last words. His body suddenly tensed up, then completely relaxed, and the light in his eyes went out.

"No! Don't sleep! Tell me where Wanwan is!" Si Yehan shook him, but Lou Yue no longer responded.

The sound of rain, sirens, and his own rapid breathing mixed together. Si Yehan sat in a pool of blood, his palm aching from the earrings in his hand.

He picked up the earrings and examined them carefully. "Earrings... Black Rose..." At this moment, a name popped up in his mind, "Jin Ling!"

That's right, this pair of earrings was bought by Jin Ling, the aunt of Jin Han, the eldest daughter of the Jin family, at an auction two months ago for eight million. There happened to be a black rose tattooed on her waist.

At the same time, the phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated. It was an unfamiliar number. Si Yehan answered the call but said nothing.

"Si Yehan." A strange electronic voice came from the receiver. "Miss Gu is here with us. If you want to see her alive again, do as I say."

Si Yehan's blood froze instantly. In order not to anger Jin Ling, he had to pretend that he knew nothing.

“Who are you? Let me hear her voice!”

"Tsk tsk, don't be impatient." The other party chuckled, "First, don't call the police. Then, go to the abandoned textile factory in the east of the city alone. Remember, if you call the police or let anyone else know, you will never see her again..."

A faint sob came from the other end of the line, and Si Yehan's heart tightened. It was Gu Wan's voice.

"Wan Wan!"

"It's twelve o'clock midnight. No waiting after this time." The phone was hung up.

Darkness enveloped Gu Wan's consciousness like a thick curtain. She felt a dull pain in the back of her head, as if someone was hitting her skull with a hammer.

The cold concrete floor eroded her body temperature through her thin clothes, and her wrists were painfully tightened by the rough rope.

"woke up?"

A sickeningly sweet female voice sounded in his ears. Gu Wan instinctively wanted to step back, but found that his limbs were firmly tied to the chair.

The black cloth in front of her eyes deprived her of her vision, but made her other senses more acute—the air was filled with the pungent smell of disinfectant, mixed with some sweet perfume, which was suffocating.

"Who are you? Why did you kidnap me?" Gu Wan tried hard to make his voice sound less trembling.

She was answered with a sharp laugh, like glass scratching against metal. "Who am I?" The voice suddenly turned cold. "I am the one whose everything you have destroyed."

Gu Wan felt a chill running down her spine. She tried to recall if she knew the owner of the voice, but her mind was blank.

"I...do we know each other?"

"Do you know him?" The voice suddenly approached, and the warm breath sprayed on her face, "It doesn't matter, you must know Jin Han, right?"

"Jin Han..." Gu Wan was about to speak when a sharp pain suddenly came from her arm. She screamed and felt the warm liquid sliding down her skin.

"It seems that he remembered." The voice was filled with twisted joy. "Do you know? This knife was for Jin Han - my dear nephew. He loves you so much that he is willing to give up everything for you. But what about you? You let Si Yehan destroy him!"

Gu Wan gasped in pain, trying to understand what the other person was saying.

"What does Jin Han's affairs have to do with me? I don't know what you are talking about..." Gu Wan said weakly.

“Shut up!” A sharp shout was followed by another wave of pain, this time at her collarbone. “Do you think you can get away with this?

Si Yehan bought all the assets of our Jin family for you! He had someone frame Jin Han and ruined his reputation at the peak of his glory!

Now, Hanhan has to spend the rest of his life in prison. He is the only child in our Jin family... and all this is because of you! "

Gu Wan almost fainted from the pain, but what frightened her even more was that with every word, some fragments of memory did begin to emerge - the occasional tenderness revealed under Si Ye's cold and indifferent appearance, and Jin Han's possessive eyes.

"You know what?" The voice suddenly became soft, like a poisonous snake spitting out its tongue, "Ye Han and I grew up together. The Jin family and the Si family are 'old friends', and everyone thought we would get married." Her tone suddenly became sharp, "Until you appeared! He never let any woman get close to him, but he looked at you differently!"

Gu Wan felt the black cloth being pulled off suddenly, and the sudden light stung her eyes. When she finally saw her surroundings clearly, the scene in front of her made her stomach cramp.

This was a closed room without windows. The walls, ceiling, and even the door were covered with photos of Si Yehan.

Since Si Yehan never took photos in public, all the photos here were taken from candid angles - Si Yehan in the car, in the office, and even... in the bedroom wearing only a bathrobe.

The photos are connected by red lines, forming a creepy network.

“Do you like my collection?” Jin Ling—now Gu Wan finally saw her face clearly—stood in front of the photo wall, stroking one of the close-ups in ecstasy.

She was wearing an exquisite white dress, which formed an eerie contrast with the gloomy space, and her pretty face was distorted by madness.