"Bam—!" A loud slap landed on Qi Yue’s face.

"I warn you, don’t refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit! Du Fengjun came to see you before she died, if she didn’t give the files to you, who else could she have given them to?"

"Did she... just because she came to see me, she would give them to me?" Qi Yue cried and explained, "Didn’t she see anyone else before? Just because she came to me, would she give me something? I hate Xia Xiaonuan to death! Why doesn’t she just go to hell! Her mother even asked me to help take care of Xiaonuan... I’m not going to take care of her! It’s all because of her that I got caught by you guys... sob sob..."

Qi Yue cried loudly, tears and snot all over her face.

The faces of the few men standing nearby changed slightly.

"Boss, did that woman meet anyone else before? Look at how timid she is, doesn’t seem like she truly dares to deceive us!"

"Bullshit! How would I know? Someone just told us to come to this woman for something! We get the stuff, take the money, and leave; if not, we get nothing!"

"Sob sob... I really don’t know, brothers, please believe me, I really don’t know anything about the files!"

"Enough! Stop crying!" The man raised his hand, irritably pointing at Qi Yue and shouted, "Cry again and I’ll kill you!"

"Uh." Qi Yue’s sobbing stopped abruptly.

"Boss, what do we do now?"

The man stepped forward and grabbed Qi Yue’s arm.

With a "swish," he pulled out a knife.

"I’m warning you, if you don’t tell me where the stuff is, I’ll cut up your pretty face... then let’s see if you have the guts to live in this world!"

Qi Yue Xiaonuan turned pale.

She stared wide-eyed at the man, her hands and legs trembling.

"No... please don’t..." she stammered.

"Speak...!"

Qi Yue blinked. It’s over, what should she do? Should she say it? But if she doesn’t speak, she’s really going to be disfigured!

She hasn’t even had any serious relationships yet!

Sob sob...

"Boss... even if you mess up my face, I really don’t know! If I truly wanted to deceive you, I could just make up a random excuse... but... I’m really not good at lying..."

Qi Yue cried again with tears and snot.

"Stop acting for me!" The man pressed the cold blade against Qi Yue’s face, "You know if I make one cut with this knife... you’ll..."

"Boss... boss, something’s wrong!" 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

At that moment, suddenly, a shout came from outside the door.

The man hesitated for a moment and quickly withdrew his hand.

Qi Yue was so scared that her mind went blank as she saw a man with yellow hair approach the tattooed man and whisper something in his ear.

The man’s expression immediately changed.

The hand holding Qi Yue’s arm relaxed slightly.

Qi Yue quickly broke free and shrank into a corner.

"What did you say? This matter involves the Nangong Empire people too?"

"Yes! I heard the Nangong Group is looking for this woman... Boss, we can’t afford to mess with the Nangong Group! Who is your employer?"

"How would I know? They just paid us to do a job! Why would they tell me anything?!"

Qi Yue’s eyes brightened at the sound, and she excitedly said, "I’m friends with the Crown Prince! And Xia Xiaonuan is my best friend! I beg you to let me go! If anything happens to me, they won’t let you off!"

The man gave Qi Yue a look, his eyes showing a flash of panic.

"Lock her up first, we’ll study this further!"