Lan Qingqing was terrified. She checked the photos several times, and it was indeed Ge Miao—the woman who had been having an affair with Ke Wenjie and had been seen at Hua Rongxiao's house! Her hands trembled violently as she hurriedly locked all the doors of her car, feeling as if she were suffering from paranoia, convinced that Hua Rongxiao's people were nearby, plotting to harm her.
She called Tong Le, and the call connected quickly. Unable to contain herself, she exclaimed, "Hua Rongxiao has killed someone! She definitely did! She killed Ke Wenjie's mistress! I recorded a video! It's that woman for sure! After she slept with Ke Wenjie, she died the next day! Her organs were taken out! She suffered the same fate as me, but I’m still alive—I didn’t die!"
Lan Qingqing's eyes widened as she stared at the steering wheel, completely losing her grip on reality. She no longer cared about her dignity; in that moment of connection, she spilled everything, including her own organ loss.
She was on the verge of madness, filled with fear. Tong Le could hardly understand what Lan Qingqing was saying through her frantic declarations and rapid speech. After several attempts to get a coherent response from her, it was only when Lan Qingqing began to calm down that she realized how impulsive she had been.
Lan Qingqing started crying into the phone, unable to control her emotions. It felt like the past few months had been a surreal nightmare, akin to facing a trial or living in a dream.
Tong Le tried to help her regain composure. "Take a deep breath and calm down. There's no rush. Once you stabilize your emotions a bit, tell me what you need to say. Is there anyone with you? What about Mo Kai Liang?"
Wiping away her tears, Lan Qingqing replied, "No, I'm alone in the car. I just came out of Hua Rongxiao's Cosmetic Surgery Institution. After I left, I received a call from Mo Kai Liang and then saw a news alert—Ge Miao is dead! Ge Miao was Ke Wenjie's mistress; she was killed by Hua Rongxiao after sleeping with him."
Tong Le quickly opened the news app on her phone. She had been too busy dealing with work matters lately to pay attention to gossip or news updates. Seeing the headline about a young woman's tragic death along with the description and photos made her heart drop.
"Are you saying Hua Rongxiao killed her? Did you see it? Do you have any evidence?" Tong Le asked skeptically.
Lan Qingqing became agitated again. "It’s definitely Hua Rongxiao! When I saw where the organs were taken out, I knew it was her! I have videos of Ke Wenjie and Ge Miao's affair; I secretly snuck into Hua Rongxiao's house and recorded it! I can send it to you! And just so you know, when I had my plastic surgery before, I lost a kidney because of Hua Rongxiao! She wants to kill me; she wants me dead!"
Lan Qingqing burst into tears again. "What should I do? I'm so scared; I can't fight against her! My body is ruined; who knows when Hua Rongxiao will kill me too—just like she did Ge Miao! My child becoming a two-headed monster is not an accident; it's all part of Hua Rongxiao's plan! She had Du Guangwei drug me and used me as a living experiment; they injected all sorts of strange substances into me!"
Tong Le pieced together the connections in this chaotic situation. It seemed like karma was catching up with Lan Qingqing bit by bit; rather than feeling pity for her, Tong Le thought that this retribution wasn’t severe enough.
"You should come see me at Zong Shi Yan Tuan tomorrow or the day after," Tong Le suggested. "But let me remind you of something: since you've decided to go head-to-head with Hua Rongxiao and Ke Wenjie, you need to be clear about one thing—they're both cut from the same cloth and only respond to soft tactics. If you want to reclaim what was taken from you, you must gather evidence of your stolen organs first. To obtain that evidence, you can't confront them directly; you might even need to play nice. So think carefully about your strategy; we need to cooperate rather than recklessly record videos—you underestimate Hua Rongxiao's methods."
Suddenly recalling something, Tong Le questioned sharply, "So after you recorded the video, did you send it to Hua Rongxiao? Is that why you're so certain that she killed Ge Miao for sleeping with her man?"
Lan Qingqing fell silent; she didn’t dare answer. If pressed for an answer, it would undoubtedly lead back to the conclusion that she was responsible for Ge Miao’s death. If she hadn’t recorded the video and sent it to Hua Rongxiao, perhaps Ge Miao wouldn’t have died.
Not hearing a response from Lan Qingqing led Tong Le to piece things together on her own; otherwise, knowing Lan Qingqing as she did, she would have surely tried to argue.
Without another word, Tong Le hung up the phone.
Staring at the darkened screen of her phone as if it were a criminal caught in the act, Lan Qingqing gripped the steering wheel tightly, glancing left and right before starting the car and speeding away from that place.
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