My sister regretted sending me to the correctional facility.

Lin Xia was very clever and saw through it.

She said, "The 30 million in Lu Yi's account alone doesn't prove anything. On the contrary, we can have reason to suspect that you deliberately transferred the money to Lu Yi's bank account to frame him."

These words immediately reversed the momentum and atmosphere on the field.

Although Lin Xia is a woman, her aura is no weaker than Zhao Ming's.

Even at this moment, her aura overwhelmed Zhao Ming.

Zhao Ming saw Lin Xia.

He suddenly looked shocked.

"Manager Lin! It's you! What are you doing here!"

The woman in front of me.

Isn't that the woman who led the inspection team during the day?

She is said to be the biological daughter of the chairman of the Xia Tian Group.

He will be the successor to this multinational corporation in the future.

Suddenly, Zhao Ming saw it in the pitch-black night.

Lin Xia actually took my hand.

At that moment, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

An ominous premonition lingered in his mind.

"Why can't I be here?"

Lin Xia responded to Zhao Ming in a firm tone.

Zhao Ming's mind raced, and he spotted Gu Yao walking towards him from a distance.

He originally planned to frame me tonight.

This made my image in Gu Yao's eyes even worse.

In this way, Zhao Ming can solidify his position in Gu Yao's heart.

The matter of postponing the wedding.

This made Zhao Ming, who was already suspicious, even more prone to overthinking.

He was worried that I would tell Gu Yao.

This caused Gu Yao to develop a sense of distance from him.

Originally, Zhao Ming planned to use the same method as before.

They orchestrated a frame-up and smeared me in front of Gu Yao.

No matter how I tried to explain, it was no use.

Because Zhao Ming's arrangements were so comprehensive, there was no room for me to defend myself.

But tonight, this time.

Zhao Ming made a mistake.

Because Lin Xia became the woman who was unexpected in his plans.

The most crucial point is that Zhao Ming and Lin Xia reached a cooperation agreement during the day today.

The cooperation was hard-won, so don't let a conflict with Lin Xia ruin it.

Zhao Ming realized he had said the wrong thing.

He quickly tried to salvage the situation: "Manager Lin, that's not what I meant. Of course you're allowed to be here, but what's the relationship between you and Lu Yi...?"

His gaze swept over Lin Xia and my hands, which were clasped together.

I felt a pang of pain in my heart; Zhao Ming never hesitated to humiliate me.

But deep down I was also cowardly, because my instincts made me feel that I was not good enough for Lin Xia.

I think Lin Xia holding my hand in front of Gu Yao was just her sense of justice kicking in, and she wanted to help me.

I shouldn't, and can't, use holding hands as a reason to continue to manipulate her sense of justice and morality.

So I took the initiative to let go of Lin Xia's hand.

When Lin Xia saw this, she was slightly taken aback, her beautiful eyes filled with puzzled surprise.

She seemed not to understand why I was the one who let go of her hand.

She was prepared for people to misunderstand her if she didn't let go.

I said, "We are friends."

When Zhao Ming heard me speak, he gave me a look of deep disdain.

That seemed to be saying:

"Lu Yi, you toad, you dare to dream of eating swan meat? You don't even know if you're qualified!"

Lin Xia seemed a little angry.

I looked at her expression, silent and frosty.

He simply stared in the direction where no one was, without uttering a sound.

Zhao Ming is suspicious and very vigilant.

He will not take any rash actions before he is completely certain of the outcome.

For example, right now, he originally came to settle accounts with me.

But Lin Xia was there.

He chose not to discuss the matter.

Zhao Ming said, "Lu Yi, I will continue to investigate the matter of the 30 million. If I find out that you took it secretly, I will not hesitate to sue you in court!"

After making those harsh remarks, Zhao Ming immediately looked at Lin Xia with a fawning expression.

"Manager Lin, after our two companies finished discussing the cooperation today, I was thinking of treating your people to dinner..."

"Next time."

Lin Xia coldly interrupted Zhao Ming, "I'm tired, I'm going back first."

This time, Lin Xia didn't even glance at me.

I feel empty inside.

Perhaps she's disappointed in me?

Just like Gu Yao was disappointed in me.

I smiled bitterly to myself: "It's fine if you're disappointed in me. Someone like me is destined to be a bad person in this life. I'm hopeless, so don't ruin your future."

Soon, Lin Xia got into her expensive Ferrari sports car.

The sports car roared away, leaving everyone else in the dust.

It's just like Lin Xia's feelings.

Zhao Ming bowed and scraped all the way, watching Lin Xia leave.

After confirming that Lin Xia had left.

Zhao Ming and his gang of henchmen immediately broke into fake smiles in private.

This group of people immediately surrounded me.

Zhao Ming's expression turned even more ferocious: "Tell me! What exactly is your relationship with Lin Xia!"

"normal friend."

"How could that be? You're just a friend, how could you hold her hand? Lin Xia is the heiress of the Xia Tian Group. You're a shady, low-class trash, you wouldn't be trying to hook up with Lin Xia, this golden phoenix, would you?"

I shook my head: "I don't have that idea."

But Zhao Ming didn't believe it.

"Lu Yi, you're not being honest! After all these years, you're still a habitual liar. I can tell you're faking it right away!"

No matter what I say.

Zhao Ming always has various reasons to doubt me.

So I chose to remain silent.

They will not respond, just like before.

Zhao Ming got a bad night.

He glanced at his underlings and then gave them a look.

The henchmen understood immediately and suddenly bumped into me, knocking me to the ground.

Seeing this, Zhao Ming quickly called out, "Oh dear, Lu Yi, how could you be so careless as to fall to the ground!"

After I was knocked to the ground, I was kicked several times.

Let me help you up!

Zhao Ming pretended to help me up.

They secretly stomped on my head a few times.

He was still not satisfied.

He spat a few more times on me.

Finally, Zhao Ming's men spent five minutes.

They finally helped me up from the ground.

My clothes were filthy and wrinkled.

at this time.

Gu Yao's voice came from afar.

"Zhao Ming, take me home!"

These words drifted over.

Zhao Ming quickly put on a fawning smile: "Alright, Gu Yao, I'll take you home right away!"

I covered the bruised and swollen areas on my face and glanced awkwardly in Gu Yao's direction.

This time, Gu Yao only glanced at me coldly.

The look in his eyes seemed to express disdain and contempt for me.

Even though she just saw Zhao Ming stepping on me.

But she didn't try to stop it at all.

He didn't say a single word.

Finally, I watched Zhao Ming drive away with Gu Yao.

Now I am all alone again.

I looked around and saw that the streets were desolate and deserted.

It was late, and the night was deep.

But I have nowhere to go.

go home?

I haven't had a home for a long time.

Where can we go back to?

I limped aimlessly down the street.

Finally, I found a pipe opening under a bridge.

Then I slowly crawled into the cave entrance.

I discovered that deep inside the cave, there was another homeless beggar, just like me.

He was covered with a simple quilt.

I told him I would stay at the edge of the cave entrance and hoped he would let me stay there for the night.

He nodded and handed me a dirty, salvaged bed sheet.

I covered myself with the sheet and fell asleep leaning against the dark, smelly pipe.