“He…he’s lost his memory. It’s normal that he suspects me. Trust between people can’t be established in a short time, and I’m not hurt. Forget it. I allow him to be confused. I’ll try harder when he knows how good I am; he won’t blame me for no reason anymore.”
Ning Qing had completely forgotten her complaints in front of Lu Shaoming.
Xiao Zhou watched Ning Qing nervously explain it to her and talk about a lot of good things about Lu Shaoming. She smiled and shut up. Actually, she had deliberately scolded Lu Shaoming.
Otherwise, Ning Qing would be sad for a long time.
People in love were so strange. It doesn’t matter that she had been wronged; she couldn’t tolerate others saying anything bad about him.
“Ning Qing, what shall we do now?”
Ning Qing thought for a moment, “The celebration banquet shall still be held tonight. I’ll call Xuemei later and invite her to join us. Let’s catch the mole then.”
In the evening, in the hotel’s luxury room
Ou Luo Xi and Xia Xiaofu were busy, so they didn’t come. It was Old Master Ou’s birthday and they had all gone to the Ou family house to congratulate him.
There were two tables of food in the room. Everyone was drinking and chatting and the atmosphere was very lively.
Lin Xuemei sat beside Ning Qing. From time to time, people came to toast Ning Qing. They all called her “Director Ning” and were full of respect and friendliness towards her.
Lin Xuemei’s hand under the table quietly clenched into a fist. Her eyes flashed with bitter hatred.
Ning Qing stood up with a glass in her hand. “Everyone, thank you for your hard work and outstanding performance in the play. Come, let me offer you a toast.”
“Thank you, Director Ning,” the group replied.
At that time, Xiao Zhou looked at Lin Xuemei and laughed. “Miss Lin, where are you working now? I don’t think you need to work. Ning Qing is a director now. Her star journey has just begun. She will become more and more famous in the future. If you work for Ning Qing, you’ll be able to earn a year’s salary after a month.”
“Yes, Miss Lin, Director Ning is so popular nowadays that you will be well-known if you show your face casually behind her.”
Ning Qing looked at Lin Xuemei through her peripheral vision. Although she was smiling on the surface, her smile was so forced.
Ning Qing put down her wine glass, hugged Lin Xuemei’s shoulder, and laughed loudly. “Alright, don’t make fun of my Xuemei. No matter how successful I am, Xuemei will still be my good friend. This will never change.”
Xiao Zhou and Ning Qing looked at each other and continued, “Miss Lin, you have a good friend like Ning Qing. It’s a blessing in your life.”
Lin Xuemei looked down, took a sip of her drink, and said nothing.
Then, Ning Qing staggered and stood up half drunk. “Sorry, I have to go to the bathroom.”
Lin Xuemei quickly rose to hold her arm and said with concern, “Ning Qing, look, you’re going to fall. I’ll take you to the bathroom.”
“Ok.”
When they got to the bathroom, Ning Qing stood by the bathroom sink and washed her hands. She sadly covered her face with her small hands and wept.
When Lin Xuemei saw her crying, she patted her slim back and asked, “Ning Qing, what’s wrong with you? Why are you suddenly crying?”
Ning Qing leaned her head on Lin Xuemei’s shoulder and cried, “Xuemei, I’m so sad.”
“Sad? Your career is so successful now; what’s there to be sad about?”
“Those are superficial things. So what if I get fame and fortune, I’ve lost my beloved man. He doesn’t remember me, and he’s so indifferent to me. He didn’t go to my play. He also suspects that I stole his formula. Xuemei, tell me; what I should do? I really like him. I love him. Without him, I can’t live.”
Lin Xuemei sneered, but she feigned sympathy and said, “Ning Qing, don’t be too sad. You’re drunk now. I’ll take you home. Go to sleep, and when you wake up, you’ll have nothing to worry about.”
“Really?”
“Yes.”
Lin Xuemei took Ning Qing to a hotel room. They opened the door and went in. Ning Qing asked drunkenly, “Xuemei, where are we? Didn’t you say you were taking me home?”
Lin Xuemei’s face was completely cold. She snapped her fingers and four huge men came out of the bathroom.
The men rushed forward, and someone hugged Ning Qing’s waist and threw her onto the big bed.
Ning Qing sat up in great alarm and curled up in fear. “Who are you, and what do you want to do?”
The men rubbed their hands together in indecently. “Miss Ning, film queen Ning, Director Ning, what do you think we want to do? Of course, we want to spend some pleasurable time with you. I didn’t expect that we could meet such a special object like you today. Even if we didn’t take the money, it’d be enough for us to enjoy ourselves.” Lin Xuemei said with a dark sneer, “I’ll give Ning Qing to you guys. Take more pictures and videos and send them to me. Later.”
Lin Xuemei turned and left.
The men rush to bed and held down Ning Qing eagerly. Ning Qing screamed uncontrollably at Lin Xuemei, “Ah! Xuemei, Xuemei save me. How can you do this to me? Why do you do this? I’m so kind to you? Why do you want to harm me?”
Lin Xuemei stopped when she heard Ning Qing’s words and said, “Kind to me? Hah, you treat me well by inviting me to dinner. Letting me be the plain green leaf to the beautiful flower that is you? Showing me how successful you are now?”
“No, Xuemei. Have you forgotten Mu Yunfan? Last year Mu Yunfan deceived you and used you. I also helped you then. I…”
“Enough!” This sentence immediately poked at Lin Xuemei’s sore spot. She suddenly turned around, rushed at Ning Qing, and slapped her. She stared fiercely and roared, “Ning Qing, shut up, you are not qualified to talk to me about Mu Yunfan!”
Ning Qing was slapped so hard her head whipped sideways. She reached out her trembling little hand and touched her slapped face. She looked at Lin Xuemei weakly. “Xuemei, you slapped me!”
“Yes, I slapped you, Ning Qing. Do you know that you were the one who hurt me and destroyed me? Mu Yunfan approached me because of you. I innocently became a tool and lost my first time. I really loved Mu Yunfan, but why did Mu Yunfan only like you and not me?
“It’s alright. If Mu Yunfan only likes you, then why don’t you cherish him, Ning Qing? You are so cruel! You caused Mu Yunfan to die without a full corpse. You turned him into ashes. You did not shed a single tear for him! He died so miserably; why are you so successful?”
Ning Qing looked at the grim-faced girl in front of her eyes and shook her head in agony. “So last night you intentionally went to Guang Qing’s Gate to find me? You deliberately framed me for stealing Cabbage Plume’s formula?
Lin Xuemei laughed. “Yes, I just wanted to make Young Master Lu misunderstand you. I wanted him to wrong you, Ning Qing. Didn’t you want to get Lu Shaoming back? Dream on. You want to have both love and career; I will not let you have them both! I want to get revenge for Mu Yunfan.”
Ning Qing no longer recognized the girl in front of her. Was she still Lin Xuemei?
She was crazy!
Ning Qing calmly said, “You set me up and stole the formula. Who disclosed the real formula to you? There must be someone in Guang Qing who is cooperating with you. Who is this person?”
When Lin Xuemei saw Ning Qing’s sudden calm appearance, she felt a little uneasy. She sniffed, “Do you think I’ll tell you? You’ll never know. What are you guys still standing there for? Enjoy the popular big shot Director Ning.”
“Yes, ma’am.” The indecent men stretched out their dirty palms.
Ning Qing’s face remained unchanged and her calm voice was tinged with sadness. “Xuemei, I didn’t expect that we would come to this. You’ve developed hatred because you couldn’t get what you wanted, and because of jealousy, you’ve distorted your nature. I hope you can turn over a new leaf. Everyone has to pay for their mistakes. If you don’t want to tell me who the mole is, it’s alright. I’ve already reported the case. You can talk to the police.”
Reported the case?
The men shrank back in fear. “Lin Xuemei, what’s happening? Is what she said true?”
Lin Xuemei was also shocked.
Then the door clicked open and someone came in.
Ning Qing looked up at Lin Xuemei. “Xuemei, my men are coming.”
Xiao Zhou had set up an ambush nearby.
But a tall figure came into sight when she looked up. It was not Xiao Zhou, but Lu Shaoming, who was followed by Zhu Rui and a group of bodyguards.
The bodyguards came forward and quickly restrained the four gangsters.
Ning Qing was surprised to see Lu Shaoming. “Lu Shaoming, why are you here?”
At that time, Xiao Zhou appeared slowly behind Lu Shaoming. Xiao Zhou gave Ning Qing a look, indicating that he had beaten her to it.
Lin Xuemei was restrained by the bodyguards, and she glared at Ning Qing viciously. “Alright, Ning Qing, you deliberately set up this entire trap and waited for me to dig my own grave. At the celebration banquet, you let Xiao Zhou deliberately say those words to provoke me. You pretended to be drunk and let me bring you into the hotel room. You’ve even deliberately talked about Mu Yunfan to hurt me and trick me into talking. Now you are joining Young Master Lu to catch me. You are so scheming.”
Ning Qing shook her head lightly. “You’ve guessed everything right, except for one thing. I didn’t join Young Master Lu.”
Ning Qing looked at Lu Shaoming and said, “If I’m not wrong, Young Master Lu deliberately made me walk away in anger in the office this morning to relax your vigilance. In fact, you and the mole, you guys are already under Lu Shaoming’s control. There should be a camera in this room. What you’ve just said has been recorded and is proof of your crime.”
Lu Shaoming looked at the girl, and his appearance gave her an instant insight into the whole story. He didn’t have to say much. She got it in an instant; she was very smart.
In fact, he was not surprised. When he found her assistant, Xiao Zhou, lying in ambush, he knew that he had coincided with her. Both of them had chosen to start with Lin Xuemei.
Just now, he was watching the monitor. Every word she said in bed provoked Lin Xuemei. She knew Lin Xuemei’s character and hatred. She went deeper, step by step, and was not in a hurry.
Lu Shaoming’s black eyes were still deep, but a hint of light appeared at the bottom of his them. It was the light of a…man’s appreciation of a woman.
“Take them all away to the police station,” Zhu Rui told the bodyguard.
“Yes, sir.” The bodyguards brought Lin Xuemei out.
Lin Xuemei said with a grim sneer as she walked out, “Haha, Ning Qing. Today I lost by your hand and have nothing to say. I didn’t expect you to have such a tacit understanding with Young Master Lu. Congratulations, you’ve got another big fish on the hook!”