CHAPTER 497: CHAPTER 22: COMING TO THE DOOR

Xu Meimei woke up with a severe headache, followed by an overall feeling of having been trampled, and a tearing pain below.

Her eyes widened as fragmented memories suddenly replayed—

The relentless man, her body’s helplessness, the despair of being taken to a hotel...

With a whoosh, she threw off the covers, revealing bruised and maroon skin, and... blood and semen stains on the sheets.

"Ah ah ah—"

A piercing scream erupted as Xu Meimei tumbled out of bed, staring in horror at the marks on the sheets, muttering continuously, "Impossible, impossible..."

How could she possibly be... How could this have happened to her? How could she have become so tainted?

Sobbing, she frantically grabbed her clothes and put them on, then stumbled out.

Fortunately, it was not yet fully light, and since it was New Year’s Eve, most families had already finished their shopping, and she encountered hardly anyone.

But Xu Meimei wasn’t thinking about any of that, her mind filled only with grief and pain as she aimlessly wandered without even having any direction.

Her gaze slowly swept across the desolation around her, her heart filled with endless confusion... What should she do?

And Shen Chi...

Shen Chi...

She really liked him a lot.

On the other hand, Dong Fei received a call from Dong Min.

"Little sister, is Meimei at your place?" Dong Min’s tone was anxious.

"No."

"New Year’s is almost here, where has she run off to, why isn’t she contacting home?"

"Big brother, don’t worry, Meimei might be at a friend’s place. It’s not unusual for girls to stay over when they are having fun."

After offering some reassurance, Dong Fei hung up feeling somewhat uneasy. It had been so many days, she wondered if that girl had succeeded.

After delivering the last batch of cakes and seeing that it was sunny outside, Lin Xiaoguai was about to ask Mrs. Zhang to take out the bed linens to air when she saw Shen Yinian and the quadruplets coming in with several large and small bags.

"What did you buy?" she asked.

"We bought some fireworks to set off tonight," Shen Yinian answered as he set the items by the wall, then asked, "By the way, mom, have you met Brother Ping’an’s girlfriend?"

"Yes, why?" Lin Xiaoguai asked curiously, "If you want to meet her, you can talk to Ping’an, he has a good relationship with you, he definitely won’t mind."

"It’s not that," Shen Yinian touched his nose and said, "I saw him today."

He paused, "He was with a girl, but she didn’t look like she was just eighteen, quite mature."

Hearing this, Lin Xiaoguai frowned, "Let’s not worry about this now, Ping’an knows what he’s doing." She didn’t think Ping’an would cheat, there must be some reason.

"It’s not like you think," Shen Yinian frowned, hesitated a moment, then said, "I know that girl."

"You know her?"

Shen Yinian nodded, clenched his teeth, and said, "She was my senior in high school, she once pursued me, but I rejected her. We didn’t really have any interaction. But later I heard from someone that she got addicted to drugs and even swindled her boyfriend’s family out of their fortune."

"Really?" Lin Xiaoguai was stunned.

"It should be true," Shen Yinian pondered for a moment, "The friend who told me this is reliable."

"This matter..." Lin Xiaoguai thought for a moment, "We’re not sure what exactly is going on, you should first find out from Ping’an. We don’t want to worry unnecessarily over a misunderstanding."

"Okay, I got it," Shen Yinian nodded.

Hearing his cousin’s purpose, Xu Ji was somewhat speechless, "Do you really think I’m that foolish?"

"I’m just worried you won’t know the truth about Wu Yuwei and get deceived by her," Shen Yinian replied awkwardly.

"Don’t worry, she initially had her eyes on Xiao Xiao. I realized something was off and deliberately diverted her attention," Xu Ji said coolly, "Once we catch the group behind her, I’ll have them all taken care of by the police. It’s just a matter of a day or two." Wu Yuwei alone posed no threat to him, but her group behind the scenes was worth guarding against. He could handle himself, but Xiao Xiao was so naive and had already been targeted once—who knew if someone would try to replace Wu Yuwei and get close to her.

"Don’t get yourself involved," Shen Yinian expressed concern.

"Don’t worry, I’ll be careful."

Even though he said this, Xu Ji still ended up in trouble.