Chapter 45: The Villainess Walks Into Her Own Trap

Song Ying was the first to react.

He gave Zhong Yueyi a cold glare and was about to step forward to speak for Sang Zhiyi.

But before Song Ying could speak, Zhong Yueyi immediately pinned the blame firmly on Sang Zhiyi’s head.

“Aren’t you supposed to be Sister Yingru’s best friend?

How could you do something like this?!

What has Sister Yingru ever done to wrong you?!”

The cameras in the guest rest rooms were fixed to the walls and did not require staff to operate them.

By now, many people had crowded into the room, and the staff had no time to turn off the cameras.

Although the live stream audience could not see what was happening in the bathroom, they could hear everything clearly.

[???

Huh??!]

[Ah???

What?!

No way, oh my god, is this melon this huge?!]

[Are Ren Xiaoqian and Jiang Yingru only friends on the surface?

Actually, Ren Xiaoqian can’t wait to harm Jiang Yingru?!]

Zhong Yueyi’s purchased bots seized the opportunity to fan the flames.

[Now I understand the saying “you can’t judge a book by its cover.”

Ren Xiaoqian looks soft and weak, but she’s actually so ruthless!]

[Hasn’t Jiang Yingru treated Ren Xiaoqian well enough?

She even fainted for Ren Xiaoqian before!

And this is how Ren Xiaoqian repays her?!]

[If it weren’t for Zhong Yueyi discovering this, Ren Xiaoqian would have succeeded!

Thank goodness for Zhong Yueyi!]

Faced with Zhong Yueyi’s accusations, Sang Zhiyi looked very helpless.

She looked at Zhong Yueyi, her voice trembling as she spoke.

“Sister Yueyi, could you please stop yelling at me?”

Her voice did not stop.

“Could you move aside first and let me give the medicine to Sister Jiang?”

A line of tears slipped from the corner of Sang Zhiyi’s eye.

“Sister Jiang is in grave danger!”

At these words, the entire scene fell silent.

Everyone belatedly realized that Zhong Yueyi was standing right in front of Jiang Yingru.

Although she was verbally condemning Sang Zhiyi for Jiang Yingru’s sake, appearing to care about Jiang Yingru, after the emergency medication was found, she hadn’t even thought to administer it to Jiang Yingru!

It seemed that Zhong Yueyi… didn’t actually care that much about Jiang Yingru’s safety either.

Jiang Yingru’s assistant, Xiao Sun, immediately reacted.

She pushed Zhong Yueyi aside, quickly took the emergency medication from Sang Zhiyi, and hurriedly prepared to give it to Jiang Yingru.

But before Xiao Sun could bring the medicine to Jiang Yingru’s mouth, Jiang Yingru’s eyelashes fluttered, and then she slowly regained consciousness.

“Sister Yingru!”

Xiao Sun wept with joy.

“The food.”

Jiang Yingru’s face was deathly pale as she spoke, word by word.

“There’s something wrong with the food!”

After such a major incident, even the slowest of those present could more or less sense that there was more to this story.

Not only did they need to call an ambulance, but they probably also needed to call the police.

As soon as Sang Zhiyi tearfully said she wanted to give Jiang Yingru the medicine first, Zhong Yueyi had sensed something was wrong.

Zhong Yueyi knew all too well that Sang Zhiyi was not such a weak and tearful person.

The other party was only acting!

Then, when Xiao Sun pushed her aside and Jiang Yingru actually woke up, Zhong Yueyi was completely certain that things had spiraled beyond her control!

Although Jiang Yingru looked very weak now, she did not appear to be in the condition of someone suffering from a severe heart attack!

Zhong Yueyi’s hands were trembling as she turned her head and met Sang Zhiyi’s gaze.

On Sang Zhiyi’s delicate face, still marked with tears, a clear expression of mockery and pity emerged.

Zhong Yueyi: “……!!!”

It was as if a dull blow had struck her head.

Zhong Yueyi felt stars exploding before her eyes.

Sang Zhiyi, and Jiang Yingru… the two of them had joined forces to put on an act!

Zhong Yueyi finally saw through the truth of this farce.

But it was too late.

The fact that “Jiang Yingru is Lou Yanchen’s white moonlight, and Ren Xiaoqian is the substitute Lou Yanchen found for his white moonlight” had been deliberately leaked to Zhong Yueyi by Sang Zhiyi through Lu Yaqi’s side.

After all, with Sang Zhiyi’s intervention, Zhong Yueyi had never had the chance to discover this until now.

In the original plot development, Zhong Yueyi had used precisely today’s method to frame Jiang Yingru.

Zhong Yueyi wouldn’t have needed to bother framing anyone else.

She could have directly bribed the production team staff and simply destroyed the emergency medication herself.

But Lou Yanchen had discovered Jiang Yingru’s distress midway, rushed to her side, and taken her to the hospital in time.

As a result, Lou Yanchen had flown into a rage and conducted a thorough investigation, finally exposing Zhong Yueyi.

And Zhong Yueyi’s fate was no better than that of the original Ren Xiaoqian.

As the key turning point in the relationship between the male and female leads, this segment of the plot was described in considerable detail, and the information Sang Zhiyi had learned was quite comprehensive.

Rather than letting an unstable bomb like Zhong Yueyi lurk by her side, Sang Zhiyi felt it was better to take the initiative and eliminate her.

So she applied pressure on Zhong Yueyi from multiple directions, forcing her to act.

Sang Zhiyi had also informed Jiang Yingru in advance about the hidden relationship between her and Jiang Yingru.

Sang Zhiyi was indeed accustomed to using others, but she had her limits.

She would never do something like let Jiang Yingru be genuinely shocked without warning just to achieve her own goals.

Sang Zhiyi had even specifically advised Jiang Yingru to skip this episode of the show altogether.

But Jiang Yingru had not agreed.

Jiang Yingru had knowingly participated in this act, working with Sang Zhiyi to deceive the real culprit, Zhong Yueyi.

Sang Zhiyi had specifically warned Jiang Yingru not to eat the dishes that Zhong Yueyi had prepared for her.

Jiang Yingru had a small appetite to begin with.

During lunch at the table, with Sang Zhiyi covering for her, Zhong Yueyi had no idea that Jiang Yingru had actually not touched those two dishes.

The other three male guests had tastes completely different from Jiang Yingru’s, so there was no accidental ingestion.

The ambulance arrived quickly, and Jiang Yingru was helped into the vehicle by Xiao Sun.

Although she had not actually suffered much shock, having a virtual stranger try to take her life still stirred some emotion in Jiang Yingru.

To spare her feelings, Sang Zhiyi had been very tactful when telling her about those things, far less impactful than Zhong Yueyi shoving a pile of evidence in her face.

Regarding the bullying Sang Zhiyi had suffered in the past, even though she knew it was over and that Sang Zhiyi had made the bullies pay, Jiang Yingru still found it heartbreaking.

Just because she looked somewhat similar to her, how much undeserved suffering had Sang Zhiyi endured?

As Jiang Yingru was getting into the ambulance, several staff members were concerned and escorted her.

Lou Yanchen, also worried, followed closely beside her.

When he learned that Jiang Yingru had fainted again, Lou Yanchen was the most panicked among everyone present.

The last time, when Sang Zhiyi had been in trouble first, by the time Lou Yanchen learned about Jiang Yingru’s condition, she had already been taken to the hospital by Zhongli Miaomiao and was properly cared for, with no danger to her life.

This time was different.

When Zhong Yueyi had been framing Sang Zhiyi, Lou Yanchen had also believed it for a moment.

After all, Sang Zhiyi had ample motive to harm Jiang Yingru.

She loved him so much; it was perfectly understandable that she would harbor murderous intent toward another woman in his heart.

His cinnabar mole might have just been a dirty mosquito blood, beautiful on the outside but rotten within.

Fortunately, there was soon a turning point, and nothing was set in stone.

Lou Yanchen finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, Lou Yanchen very much wanted to go to the hospital as he had last time.

But Jiang Yingru was not Sang Zhiyi; he was not at all familiar with his white moonlight and had no valid reason to follow.

Just as Lou Yanchen was watching Jiang Yingru leave, Jiang Yingru suddenly turned her head and accurately met his gaze.

Lou Yanchen: “…!”

His heart skipped a beat.

“I know everything about why you brought Xiaoqian to Starlight,” Jiang Yingru said, looking at Lou Yanchen with obvious disgust in her eyes.

“I had thought you were a promising young talent, but I never expected you to be so… despicable.”

“Mr. Lou Yanchen, you have greatly disappointed me.”

With that, Jiang Yingru turned away decisively, not wanting to look at Lou Yanchen again.

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