The hustle and bustle of the cafe was cut off in an instant when Dai Shiya turned around, leaving Wei Qing staring at the elegant figure in a daze, with mixed feelings in her heart. Dai Shiya's words echoed in her mind, "Take back everything that belongs to me", what kind of story is hidden behind it?
A few days later, Zhao Lei asked Wei Qing to meet him. He was restless and kept rubbing his fingers, which was completely different from his usual confident appearance. "Shi Ya, has she contacted you recently?" Zhao Lei asked tentatively, with a barely perceptible nervousness in his tone.
"No." Wei Qing answered indifferently, but her eyes were fixed on Zhao Lei, trying to catch any clues.
Zhao Lei breathed a sigh of relief, but soon fell into deeper anxiety. Dai Shiya's abnormality made him restless. He was like a chess piece being played on the chessboard. Dai Shiya held his secret, but he didn't know her intention. This unknown fear almost suffocated him.
That night, Dai Shiya took the initiative to ask Wei Qing to meet. Under the dim light, Dai Shiya looked tired, but her eyes were firm. "I know you have a lot of questions. I will tell you something today, but you have to promise me that you can't tell anyone, including Zhao Lei, before I ask you to."
Wei Qing was stunned for a moment, then nodded seriously. Dai Shiya took a deep breath and said slowly: "Zhao Lei... is not what you see. In order to get the project, he would not hesitate to..."
Dai Shiya's voice was very soft, but it hit Wei Qing's heart like a heavy hammer. She looked at Dai Shiya in shock, and all the speculations she didn't want to believe were confirmed one by one.
"I will make him pay the price." Dai Shiya's tone was calm, but there was a chill in it.
Wei Qing looked at Dai Shiya in front of her, as if she saw a girl who once fought for her dreams, but now there was more determination and resolve in her eyes.
"What are you going to do?" Wei Qing asked, her voice trembling slightly.
Dai Shiya did not answer directly, but took out a document from her bag and handed it to Wei Qing, "This is..."
Wei Qing took the document, but before she could open it, she heard Dai Shiya say in a cold voice, "He is planning to attack your family..."
Wei Qing felt her blood freeze instantly, and the document slipped from her hands. "What...what did you say?" Her voice trembled, and she couldn't believe her ears.
A trace of grief flashed across Dai Shiya's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by determination. "This document contains evidence of his embezzlement of public funds and malicious manipulation of the stock market. He originally wanted to use it on your family's company, but I had someone intercept it."
Wei Qing was completely stunned. She thought of the recent problems of her family's company, and Zhao Lei had "kindly" helped and even offered to inject capital. She had always thought that Zhao Lei was sincere, but she had never expected that there was something sinister behind it.
"Impossible... This is impossible..." Zhao Lei's face was pale, and he denied it incoherently. His eyes were erratic, and he didn't dare to look directly at Wei Qing. He tried to grab the documents on the ground in a panic, but Dai Shiya stepped on them quickly.
"Zhao Lei, how long are you going to deceive yourself?" Dai Shiya looked at him coldly, her tone full of disappointment and disgust, "Do you think that what you did was really perfect?"
Zhao Lei sat on the ground dejectedly. He knew he was finished. The evidence in Dai Shiya's hands was enough to ruin him. He stared at Dai Shiya with hatred and said through gritted teeth: "Do you think you can defeat me like this? I have a backup plan!"
Before he finished speaking, Zhao Lei suddenly jumped up, pushed Dai Shiya aside, and rushed out the door like crazy. Dai Shiya was prepared, and when he rushed to the door, two burly bodyguards appeared and pushed him to the ground.
"Let me go! Let me go!" Zhao Lei struggled frantically, but to no avail.
Dai Shiya walked up to him and looked down at him, without a trace of pity in her eyes. "Do you have any last words?"
Zhao Lei glared at Dai Shiya fiercely. Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something and a sinister smile appeared on his face. "Do you think you won? I tell you, don't even think about it..."
"That's enough!" Wei Qing suddenly interrupted Zhao Lei. Her voice was trembling as she said word by word, "Zhao Lei, you really make me feel sick!"
Zhao Lei was stunned. He had never seen Wei Qing's eyes so cold before. It was as if she was looking at a stranger. No, it was even more chilling than a stranger. It was a look of utter disgust and contempt.
Dai Shiya squatted down and threw a document in front of Zhao Lei, "Look, this is what you call a 'backup plan'."
Zhao Lei opened the file with shaking hands, his expression changed from disbelief to despair, and finally to deathly silence. He slowly raised his head, staring at Dai Shiya with dull eyes, his lips moved, but no sound came out.
Dai Shiya stood up, clapped her hands, and said to the bodyguard behind her: "Take him away."
Two bodyguards carried the limp Zhao Lei and left the cafe.
Dai Shiya and Wei Qing were the only ones left in the cafe, and silence spread. After a long while, Dai Shiya walked over to Wei Qing, gently held her hand, and said in a low and firm voice, "It's all over."
Wei Qing raised her head and looked at Dai Shiya, her eyes filled with tears, and all she could say turned into one sentence...
Tears burst out, Wei Qing threw herself into Dai Shiya's arms, crying bitterly. She tightly grasped Dai Shiya's clothes, as if grasping the last straw, and her body trembled slightly because of crying.
Dai Shiya gently patted Wei Qing's back, letting her warm tears soak her shoulders. At this moment, she could feel Wei Qing's sadness, regret and fear, and these emotions were so real and strong that she was moved.
"I'm sorry... I'm sorry..." Wei Qing choked up and spoke intermittently, "I was wrong about you... I..."
"Shh..." Dai Shiya gently covered Wei Qing's mouth and said softly: "It's all over, everything is over."
The two hugged each other tightly, feeling each other's body temperature, until the crying gradually subsided.
Dai Shiya helped Wei Qing sit down, handed her a glass of warm water, and asked softly: "Can you tell me now what happened?"
Wei Qing drank a few sips of water and gradually calmed down. She took a deep breath and slowly told how Zhao Lei framed her step by step, how he threatened her with despicable means, and forced her to do something he didn't like Dai Shiya, and even...
Listening to Wei Qing's story, Dai Shiya's face became colder and colder, and a cold light flashed in her eyes. She didn't expect Zhao Lei to be so despicable and shameless, and he would not hesitate to hurt innocent girls to achieve his goal.
"Don't worry, from now on, he won't dare to harass you again." Dai Shiya held Wei Qing's hand, her tone firm and powerful, "I will protect you."
Wei Qing looked at Dai Shiya with gratitude, tears in her eyes flashing again. After this incident, her misunderstanding of Dai Shiya was completely eliminated, replaced by deep trust and dependence.
Dai Shiya walked up to Zhao Lei, who was lying limp on the ground, and looked down at him with an icy tone: "Zhao Lei, I can let you go today, but you remember, if you dare to harm Wei Qing and me again, I will make you pay a heavy price!"
Zhao Lei stood up dejectedly, looked at Dai Shiya with fear, not daring to say another word, and turned and left in a hurry.
In the cafe, Dai Shiya and Wei Qing sat side by side. The afterglow of the setting sun shone on them through the glass windows, as if coating them with a layer of golden light.
"Thank you, Shiya." Wei Qing said sincerely, "I really don't know what I would do without you."
"We are friends, aren't we?" Dai Shiya smiled slightly, but a barely perceptible coldness flashed in her eyes.
Although Zhao Lei's problem was solved, Dai Shiya knew that this was just a small episode on her road to becoming a wealthy family. She had to face more enemies than just Zhao Lei.
"If I want to gain a foothold in this family, it's not enough to rely on friends alone..." Dai Shiya looked at the scenery outside the window and muttered to herself, "I need a stronger force..."
Her eyes gradually became firm, and she had already made up her mind...
As the sun sets, the city sky turns a brilliant orange-red. In the cafe, Dai Shiya and Wei Qing sit opposite each other. The estrangement between them has disappeared, replaced by a deeper friendship.
"Shi Ya, you are so amazing! How did you know Zhao Lei's weakness?" Wei Qing held her cheek with admiration in her eyes.
Dai Shiya took a sip of coffee and a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "If you want to deal with someone, you must first understand him, right?"
Wei Qing nodded as if she understood, then asked with some concern: "But will Zhao Lei retaliate against us?"
"Don't worry, he won't dare." Dai Shiya's tone was full of confidence. "I have already warned him. If he dares to act rashly again, I will make him pay the price."
Wei Qing looked at Dai Shiya's determined eyes and felt more at ease. She knew that although the woman in front of her looked weak, she was very strong inside, as if no difficulty could knock her down.
"Shi Ya, what are you going to do next?" Wei Qing asked.
Dai Shiya was silent for a moment, looking out the window, with a lot of thoughts in her mind. Zhao Lei's matter was just the beginning, and she had to face many enemies. In this family, everyone had ulterior motives, and she had to move forward step by step to finally gain a foothold.
"I need more allies." Dai Shiya murmured to herself.
"Ally?" Wei Qing was a little confused.
Dai Shiya retracted her gaze and turned to look at Wei Qing, with a wise light in her eyes: "Yes, it's an ally. In this family, besides the enemies, there are many people who remain neutral. These people may not have great ambitions, but they don't want to be involved in the vortex of struggle. If I can win their support, I can greatly enhance my strength."
Wei Qing nodded in sudden realization, and then asked with some concern: "But how can we win their support?"
Dai Shiya smiled mysteriously and did not answer directly. Instead, she took out a document from her bag and handed it to Wei Qing: "This is..."
"In-depth cooperation agreement?" Wei Qing took the document and asked doubtfully, "Who are you going to cooperate with?"
Dai Shiya didn't say anything, she just stood up, walked to the window, looked at the lights of thousands of houses gradually lighting up in the distance, and said slowly: "Follow me."
She turned and walked out, leaving Wei Qing standing there alone, her heart full of confusion and expectation.
"Where are we going?" Wei Qing asked.
"Private library." Dai Shiya said without turning her head, "There are some things we need to discuss..."