Peng Shiyi glanced at the photos on the table.
The photos showed Yang Fan meeting one of the thugs, as well as the thug driving in the direction of the eastern suburb factory.
In an attempt to distance herself from the incident, she had been staying at home for some time recently, hardly going out at all, creating an alibi.
Peng Shiyi wiped away the tear from the corner of her eye with one finger. "When you were scheming against the Cheng family, didn't you also go to great lengths and use all sorts of means? But now you're blaming me because of Lu Sheng. I've said before that no matter what I do, you can't blame me. It was you who forced me to be like this."
As if she thought this wasn't enough, she then roared, "You know better than I do what kind of person Lu Sheng is. She's still emotionally entangled with Lu Qianzhou. She approached you with an ulterior motive. She doesn't really like you. Don't delude yourself! She shamelessly stole my boyfriend. I'm just giving her a taste of her own medicine!"
"You made your own choice. No one forced you." Fang Jiangyi seemed utterly disgusted with her methods and didn't even want to look at her.
He had made a mistake once, indirectly harming someone because of his own selfish desires. So he could clearly distinguish between advantages and disadvantages. In many cases, women would become victims in business or wealthy family struggles.
So even when he used Cheng Yanxi to take revenge on the Cheng family, he always had his own bottom line. He never harmed Cheng Yanxi even at the last moment. He had basic respect for women.
"I'm asking you one more time. Did you do this?" Fang Jiangyi suddenly roared.
Peng Shiyi stared at him in disbelief. She had been looking at Fang Jiangyi, and a strange emotion flashed across her eyes, as if she were looking at a complete stranger.
The Fang Jiangyi in her memory was calm and self - composed. Even when extremely angry, he would never roar at her like this. Had she misjudged him from the start? Was it his true nature, or was it just because of Lu Sheng?
Her heart was completely chilled.
Peng Shiyi propped one hand on the sofa. When she looked into his eyes, there were no tears. But the moment she lowered her head to avoid her emotions embarrassedly, the tears fell hard on the back of her hand.
After a moment, she said in a trembling voice, "Since you've already decided in your heart that I did it, why bother calling me here to ask? Yes, I did it. I sent people to kidnap Lu Sheng and rape her, but they failed. Now that I've admitted it, what can you do to me? Send me to the police station? Fang Jiangyi, now you look down on me, but don't forget that if it weren't for me back then, you wouldn't be where you are today!"
Fang Jiangyi's heart tightened suddenly. His jaw gradually tightened, and his face darkened.
As if she knew that there was no turning back between them, and she should have seen the true nature of this heartless man earlier. She stood up, faced Fang Jiangyi, and stepped closer, enunciating each word clearly.
"Do you really love Lu Sheng, or is it for your own ambition? Fang Jiangyi, others may not understand you, but do you think I don't? You're selfish. You've never truly loved anyone. You've always relied on women to get ahead. First Cheng Yanxi, then me, and now Lu Sheng. You've done it, so why are you pretending to be so noble in front of me now!"
She didn't care about the man's self - esteem at all and laid all these things bare.
Fang Jiangyi's angry face gradually sank. He looked at her coldly.
Actually, there was no need for them to reach this point of never seeing each other again. But she knew that he was a man with extremely strong self - esteem, yet she used these words to severely wound his pride.
So he had every reason to be angry, extremely angry.
She had once dreamed of following him for a lifetime, with the innocent admiration from her teenage years. Those memories flashed through her mind one by one and were now shattered right in front of her eyes. Only the hatred and the rift were real.
Peng Shiyi could see that he was really angry, and only then did she realize that what she had said was too extreme.
Her hands trembled a little. "Brother Jiangyi, why have I become like this? Why did I do all this? It's all because of you... How much more cruel do you have to be?"
"When I helped you regardless of anything by asking my father for financial support, when I accompanied your mother in another identity. When I did all this for you, where was Lu Sheng? What was she?"
"Yes, she was nothing. So what did she do wrong?" Fang Jiangyi's voice was a bit stiff.
Peng Shiyi shrank back. He still wanted to protect Lu Sheng and still didn't want to believe her.
Peng Shiyi said with tears in her eyes, "Lu Sheng approached you with an ulterior motive. You don't believe me now, but one day you'll regret it."
Fang Jiangyi remained unmoved. He picked up the photos and papers on the table and tore them all up. He wouldn't use these pieces of evidence to report Peng Shiyi, nor would he have any more ties with her.
He said, "From now on, we have no more ties. Our relationship is over."
Seeing that he was about to leave, Peng Shiyi suddenly shouted.
"Fang Jiangyi!"
She laughed with a pale face. "I don't regret anything I've done, but I know you'll definitely regret it. One day, when Lu Sheng and Lu Qianzhou join hands to take everything from you and ruin you, you'll come back crying and beg me!"
Fang Jiangyi continued to walk out.
"Everything I did for you was based on my love for you. Now that you insist on turning against me, do you think I'll let you off easily?"
"Humph... Don't dream."
Her face gradually sank. The more proud she used to be, the more humble and cautious she was in front of Fang Jiangyi. Now, the pride in her bones rebounded even more strongly. She stared at Fang Jiangyi with cold and determined eyes.
Peng Shiyi took a few steps to catch up with him. In front of him, she took off all the bracelets and necklaces he had given her before. Then she took out all the jewelry he had given her from her bag and threw them into the air.
The precious gifts scattered on the ground. He saw her livid face.
She didn't say anything else and turned around to leave in big strides.
As if not wanting to look too pathetic, she put on a mask and a hat.
...
On the second day of Yan Xia's recuperation at home, Lu Qianzhou still didn't leave and stayed at home to accompany her.
Early in the morning, they got some explosive news.
Shengshi announced a full withdrawal from all cooperation projects related to Huihua Wood Industry.
All the shares of Huihua Wood Industry that Fang Jiangyi originally held were sold and transferred. He was completely cutting off all ties.
The Peng family was stunned, especially Peng Chao. Before, because of Shengshi's support, the performance and popularity of Huihua Wood Industry had been on the rise. Now that Fang Jiangyi was doing this, he was completely abandoning Huihua Wood Industry.
He did it cleanly and without any hesitation.
Moreover, he ignored the public opinion outside. He even had the leisure to remind Yan Xia to recuperate well and not to care about any public opinion.
Peng Shiyi knew in her heart that the main reason Fang Jiangyi was doing this was that she had humiliated his male pride. But she didn't want to admit it and instead blamed all the faults on Lu Sheng even more severely.