Pei Yan opened the folder, inside which was a recording. He clicked on the recording file, and a voice started playing.
First came a rustling sound. Apparently someone had used a recorder to capture this voice. Then came the noisy voices of people and the background music.
"Wu Tian, what should we do about this?" It was Miao Yue's voice.
"What can I do? You're not trying to extort me, are you? There were so many people there that day, and your boyfriend was there too. How can you just insist it was mine?" Wu Tian's voice.
"I was with you that day." Miao Yue's voice sounded a bit shrill.
"It was just a case of getting carried away after drinking. If you say it's your boyfriend's, I think he was blackout drunk that day. He won't remember."
But the conversation was suddenly interrupted by Miao Yue.
"Liu Ai, why are you here?" These were the last words Miao Yue said in the recording, and then the voice stopped.
Pei Yan frowned. He never expected to find such a conversation here.
This USB flash drive had once been used by Miao Yue, so it was not strange that there were some of her materials in it. Liu Ai actually had such thoughts. As a close friend of Miao Yue, she was surely of the same ilk and in cahoots with her.
Pei Yan made a copy of the audio and sent it to his own email. Then he started searching on Sun Yang's computer for the source of the people who had attacked Su Yao.
An hour later, he turned on his phone and came across a video of Su Yao and Chu Dianlan participating in a promotional event together. The two interacted frequently, and there were screams from the audience at the scene. Pei Yan watched for a few more minutes and then turned off his phone. He packed up his computer and headed to Su Yao's place.
On the way, Pei Yan sorted out what he had discovered that day. He had already locked down the source account and collected evidence.
But he still needed Su Yao to say something in person to finally complete a full chain of evidence. It seemed that this matter originated from Yuyan Entertainment, and the mastermind was Wu Tian.
He first used online trolls to boost the popularity of the negative news about Su Yao. Then he hired a large number of writers to write articles to guide public opinion and post them online. Finally, he released so - called evidence to make the on - lookers believe that the false information he had spread earlier was true, so as to smear Su Yao.
All of this was to force Su Yao to sign a contract with Yuyan Entertainment. But why couldn't he just invite Su Yao openly instead of smearing her? What was the benefit for Yuyan Entertainment to sign an artist full of negative news?
Pei Yan couldn't figure it out, so he had to confirm it with Su Yao.
When he arrived at Su Yao's house and was about to knock on the door, he heard laughter and joking sounds from inside. The atmosphere in the house was very jolly. He could even hear Su Yao swearing.
Pei Yan hadn't heard Su Yao being so unrestrained for a long time. Just as he was wondering who had made Su Yao so happy, the door opened, and Chu Dianlan appeared.
He was facing away from the door. With one hand stroking Su Yao's head and the other holding the doorknob, he said, "I'm telling you, next time... ouch!"
Before he could finish, he bumped into Pei Yan. He was a bit shorter than Pei Yan, and his forehead hit Pei Yan's nose. One covered his forehead and the other covered his nose. Chu Dianlan acted extremely exaggerated. After he saw it was Pei Yan, he shouted loudly, "Sister Yao, who is this? Hanging around your door sneakingly. Do you want me to beat him up for you?"
"No need. He's my friend." Su Yao poked her head out. Seeing Pei Yan covering his forehead, she couldn't help laughing. "You go back first. I'll tell you when I have an idea."
Seeing Pei Yan's distinguished appearance, Chu Dianlan was very angry. He suddenly turned around and went into the house, hugging Su Yao into his arms. While pretending to show his intimacy with Su Yao, he provocatively said to Pei Yan, "This is my woman. Offend my woman, and you offend me. You'd better behave."
Before he could finish, he was kicked out of the door by Su Yao. "Get out of here. Keep acting like a jerk here, and I'll make sure you won't have a woman for the rest of your life."
So Chu Dianlan quickly disappeared from Su Yao's door.
Seeing how familiar Su Yao and Chu Dianlan were with each other, Pei Yan was extremely jealous. Coupled with the continuous work in the past few days and their sweet interactions, Pei Yan's mania was about to flare up again.
"Come in. What's up?" Su Yao pulled Pei Yan and invited him into the house.
"You and him? What's going on?" Pei Yan was close to his limit of self - control, but he still tried his best to endure in front of Su Yao.
"Nothing. He came to discuss the case with me." Su Yao turned around to pour water for Pei Yan.
"Crash!" A small tea table in Su Yao's house was overturned by Pei Yan. Several ceramic cups on it were smashed to pieces.
Before Su Yao could react, she was pinned against the wine cabinet by Pei Yan.
"Do you like investigating cases so much?" Pei Yan's eyes gradually turned blood - red. "I'll give you some. I have plenty of them!"
"Yanyan," Su Yao knew his mania had flared up again. "Calm down."
Pei Yan felt a rush of blood to his head. He tore open Su Yao's dress with both hands, bit her lips, tightly wrapped his body around hers, and undid his belt, ready to go further.
Su Yao was stunned by Pei Yan's actions and didn't react at all. She just watched Pei Yan go crazy on her. Just when Pei Yan was about to succeed, he stopped and silently walked to the sofa and sat down.
Su Yao was first molested and then suddenly let go.
Pei Yan's series of actions left her in a daze. After standing there for a while, she saw Pei Yan sitting dejectedly, like a defeated rooster.
Su Yao walked towards him, looked at him carefully, and then reached out her hand, poked him, touched him, and felt him.
"Yanyan, you're not... having that problem, are you?" Su Yao asked carefully.
Pei Yan didn't say a word, and his face turned as red as a liver.
Su Yao squatted down, facing him. She poked his face again and again. Then she held his face and kissed him.
"Yanyan, no matter what it is, I'll face it with you. You have to believe me. I'll stand by your side." Su Yao sort of understood why Pei Yan had said that Miao Yue's child wasn't his.
Pei Yan moved. At this moment, he looked like a wronged big child, looking innocent.
"Okay, we'll go for a check - up together tomorrow for this problem of yours." Su Yao was like a kindergarten teacher at this moment. She stood up and told Pei Yan that they would go for a check - up together the next day.
Actually, Pei Yan knew his own problem, but he just thought he was uninterested. He never expected that even when facing Su Yao, he was still like this... It was time to cure his embarrassing problem in front of Su Yao.
The next day, the two walked into a department of the hospital together.
After the doctor's diagnosis, there was nothing wrong with Pei Yan's organs. The problem was in his mind. He needed psychological counseling to get rid of this symptom.
After they left the hospital, Su Yao looked at Pei Yan, and Pei Yan looked at Su Yao. Neither of them said a word. They silently returned to Pei Yan's office.
No one would have expected that a handsome man like Pei Yan actually had such a hidden problem.
Su Yao sighed silently in her heart.