When Xiao Yao noticed that the Male Lead kept staring at her, she felt a little guilty and quietly hid her phone behind her back.
She thought he had discovered that she had just snapped a photo during the chaos.
Tsk, tsk, tsk.
The scene when she had pushed open the door had truly been explosive.
The Male Lead had been sitting on the sofa holding something in his hand, while a young man knelt on the floor before him. It had looked as though something scandalous was about to happen the very next second.
As someone whose lifelong goal was to capture dirt on the Male Lead and ruin his reputation, Xiao Yao had immediately pulled out her phone and taken a quick picture.
The moment after she finished taking the photo, the delicate-looking young man on the floor had been kicked away without mercy by the Male Lead.
Amid the chaos, the Male Lead accidentally knocked over a wine glass while standing up.
The sound of shattering glass rang out, and in the next second, a large group of security guards rushed in. The room instantly descended into disorder.
Jiang Yue charged forward like a madwoman, crying as she punched and slapped the half-naked young man on the floor.
The young man dodged frantically while repeatedly casting pleading looks toward the Male Lead.
The Male Lead, however, remained tense-faced as he stared at Xiao Yao.
Xiao Yao had no idea why he was looking at her like that. Was it because he had discovered that she had secretly taken a photo?
But deleting it was absolutely out of the question!
She had a feeling that if this picture were posted online, it would create an enormous uproar. No matter how many explanations the Male Lead came up with afterward, he would never be able to clear his name completely.
Inside the room, several security guards rushed forward, intending to drag people out according to their employer’s instructions. However, they discovered that there was also a young woman desperately clinging to the young man, scratching and hitting him while crying hysterically.
The burly guards found themselves unsure how to intervene. They could only separate the two parties first and wait for further orders.
Standing beside the sofa, Ming Jing’s usually composed expression shifted several times. In the end, he pressed his lips together tightly, the gentle smile he always wore nowhere to be seen.
Seeing the chaotic scene inside, Xiao Yao decisively chose to slip away.
Jiang Yue had already seen her cheating boyfriend’s true colors. Whatever happened next had nothing to do with her.
All Xiao Yao needed to do now was go home and wait for the remainder of her payment.
With that thought in mind, she turned and ran the moment Ming Jing’s line of sight was blocked.
In the blink of an eye, the figure standing at the doorway disappeared.
Ming Jing instinctively stepped forward, intending to chase after her, but the security captain happened to arrive at that moment with the bruised and battered young man in tow.
“Young President Ming, how should we deal with this person?”
Ming Jing halted his steps and looked over expressionlessly.
The carefully dressed young man now looked utterly miserable. His cheeks were swollen with overlapping handprints, and numerous fresh scratches covered his body.
Liang Yu cautiously raised his head.
The man before him possessed a gentle and refined appearance, yet the cold disgust in his eyes was completely undisguised.
Liang Yu’s face instantly turned pale.
He lowered his head at once, finally realizing what had happened. His thin frame trembled slightly as though he wanted to hide his pathetic appearance.
It was over.
Everything was over.
Liang Yu knew that after today, the good reputation he had painstakingly built would be destroyed.
He would become a rat everyone despised.
Wherever he walked on campus, people would look at him with contempt and disdain.
Worse still, those who already disliked him would seize the opportunity to trample him further.
The fact that he liked men would become public knowledge.
Unless…
A faint spark of hope suddenly ignited in his eyes, as though he had grasped the final straw that could save him.
That’s right.
Jiang Yue was soft-hearted.
She loved him so much.
She would definitely forgive him.
She had never truly been willing to leave him before.
Even if he had betrayed her.
Even if he had deceived her.
She loved him so much that she would never allow him to fall into such a miserable situation.
Liang Yu looked pleadingly toward his girlfriend.
As long as she forgave him, everything could still be salvaged.
“A-Yue…”
Gritting his teeth, he dropped to his knees.
Tears of remorse streamed down his face as he reached for her sleeve.
“A-Yue, I really know I was wrong. Please forgive me just this once… just this once. I swear I’ll never do it again…”
Jiang Yue turned her head and calmly looked at the young man before her.
He was disheveled and pathetic, yet he was also the man she had sincerely loved for many years.
The face that had once seemed refined and handsome was now covered in bruises and smudged makeup, looking both pitiful and ridiculous.
The most laughable thing was the expression in his eyes.
He genuinely seemed to believe that she loved him so deeply that she could never leave him.
That even knowing exactly what kind of person he was, she would still accept him without hesitation.
Jiang Yue let out a cold laugh.
Then she pulled her arm away without the slightest hesitation.
There was no trace of love left in her eyes.
“You’re truly disgusting.”
Liang Yu’s face immediately turned ashen.
He collapsed onto the floor, crying in despair.
Jiang Yue did not know whether he felt any guilt toward her at this point.
Most likely, he did not.
They had known each other for so many years, yet she had never seen through the selfish and self-serving nature hidden beneath his surface.
At that moment, the supervisor hurried into the room and handed a USB drive to Ming Jing.
“Young President Ming, this is the video recorded according to your instructions. The audio and footage have both been processed. Your face doesn’t appear in it.”
The moment Liang Yu heard those words, his eyes widened.
He sprang up from the floor and lunged toward the USB drive with a look of utter desperation.
Bang!
A dull thud echoed through the room.
It was the sound of a body colliding with a wall.
Ming Jing slowly withdrew his leg.
“Take him away.”
The moment the words left his mouth, several security guards stepped forward and dragged Liang Yu out of the room like a dead dog.
Silence returned.
Ming Jing stared at the USB drive in his hand for a long moment before handing it to Jiang Yue.
His tone was calm.
“Whether you keep it or release it is up to you.”
Jiang Yue froze slightly.
From the moment she had entered the room, she had already realized that this man was no ordinary person. Combined with hearing others address him as Young President Ming, she had assumed he was some wealthy patron Liang Yu had attached himself to.
She had never expected him to help her instead.
“Why are you helping me?”
She accepted the USB drive but could not help asking.
Ming Jing had already reached the doorway.
Hearing her question, he paused briefly.
“It’s useless to me now.”
After returning home, Xiao Yao excitedly prepared to upload the photo.
However, the system suddenly informed her that publishing dirt on the Male Lead outside of designated mission points was prohibited.
“What happens if I post it?” Xiao Yao asked.
The system grinned maliciously.
“Something very, very bad. So? Want to try it?”
Xiao Yao immediately exited the upload page.
What a joke.
She wasn’t stupid.
If she couldn’t post it online…
There was no problem sharing it privately with one of her own people, right?
Xiao Yao logged back into the forum account she had neglected for many days and found her mutual follower, Loves Eating Candy.
While she had been busy taking surveillance jobs, Loves Eating Candy had replied to her messages.
For some reason, the two always seemed to miss each other whenever they logged on.
Opening their private chat, she found several messages.
Loves Eating Candy: Really? I’ve finally found a kindred spirit!!
Loves Eating Candy: I seriously think he’s so fake.
Loves Eating Candy: Have you gotten any new dirt on him recently, sis?
After reading them, Xiao Yao was about to send the photo from her album.
After thinking for a moment, she heavily censored the faces first.
Xiao Yao: Just took this today, but I don’t plan to post it.
Unexpectedly, the other party replied instantly.
Loves Eating Candy: !!!
Loves Eating Candy: Why not post it?!
Naturally, Xiao Yao couldn’t admit that she had yielded under the system’s threats and pressure.
She casually made up an excuse.
Xiao Yao: Someone paid a high price to buy it already. I’m sending it to you because I trust you. Don’t share it with anyone.
On the other side of the screen, Ming Tang lay sprawled across his bed.
His pale feet swung lazily in the air as he casually replied to the messages.
The boy possessed an innocent and deceptively obedient face.
He often used sweet words to get what he wanted.
Although he affectionately called her “sis,” his expression carried an almost frightening kind of innocence devoid of warmth.
Only when the photo arrived did his expression finally change.
The image was explosive.
Ming Tang recognized the main figure immediately.
It was his dear older brother.
His older brother was sitting on a sofa, while a barely clothed young man was at his feet.
After realizing that both figures in the photo were men, Ming Tang’s eyes widened uncontrollably.
He flipped over and sat upright in bed.
His heart pounded wildly.
Ming Jing is gay?
That would be a scandal capable of destroying not only him, but potentially the entire Ming Family.
Unfortunately, the faces in the photo had been heavily censored.
Anyone unfamiliar with his brother would probably never identify him.
The initial rush of excitement gradually cooled.
After calming his breathing, a sudden idea flashed through his mind.
Since the other party took scandalous photos for money…
Why couldn’t he simply offer even more money and hire her himself?