October, with a continuous downpour, was bone-chillingly cold.
Tang Muqing drove slowly into a high-end apartment complex in the central city of Haicheng.
This was her ex-boyfriend, Pei Yi's house.
The Tang family's company was in a financial crisis, her father was taken away by the police for investigation, and her mother's health was worsening because of this...
She needed money, she needed evidence, and aside from Pei Yi, she couldn’t think of anyone else who could help her.
With this thought in mind, Tang Muqing regained her composure and pushed open the door.
The hallway was damp and cold, but the room was filled with a dry heat, with clothes strewn all around, men's suits, and … women's clothes…
At this moment, from the master bedroom came a woman's seductive moan, "Ah, Young Master Yi, you're hurting me..."
Tang Muqing’s feet stopped abruptly, her hand pushing open the slightly ajar door in front of her.
"Ah, who's that!" The woman on the bed reacted first, screamed and grabbed cover to shield her chest.
Interrupted at a crucial moment, Pei Yi cursed out loud with a gloomy face and when he turned around and saw Tang Muqing, her face pale, standing at the entrance, he was stunned, "Why are you here?"
Looking at the two half-naked bodies, a wave of disgust came over Tang Muqing, she forced a smile, "Pei Yi, I need to speak with you, can you spare some time?"
"You're looking for me?"
Pei Yi eyed her beautiful figure, his eyes full of mockery, "Well isn’t this a rare occasion, I didn't expect Miss Tang to personally come looking for me, truly a turn of the tides."
Tang Muqing pressed her knuckles white, maintaining her composure, "Pei Yi, I really need your help right now. Can you, considering our past relationship, lend me some money? I promise I’ll repay you--"
"Our past relationship?"
Pei Yi seemed to have heard a joke and laughed heartily, "Miss Tang, have you lost your memory? When you broke up with me, you pledged we would never have anything to do with each other again, and now you come to borrow money from me? After I lend it to you, what can you repay me with?"
"Based on your capability, or relying on the ramshackle Tang Corporation?"
"Pei Yi—"
"Enough!"
He interrupted coldly, "I'm quite busy right now. Either leave yourself or stay with me for company. I don't mind playing some new games tonight."
With her dignity trampled fiercely, Tang Muqing looked at the two of them, realizing that further insistence would be futile. She chose to leave instead.
Her lips trembled slightly as she looked perplexedly at the busy road ahead.
At the same moment, a black Maybach sedan slowly drove up.
"Sir, the lady ahead seems to be Miss Tang, the young master's girlfriend."
"Her?"
The man who had been working on documents in the back seat looked up, his eyes falling on the slender figure in the rain, perhaps due to her damp hair clinging to her pale face.
The spirited young woman of the past now appeared rather pitiful.
As if she had finally mustered up her courage, she began walking into the traffic.
A harsh braking noise suddenly tore through the rain veil.
Tang Muqing shivered, falling to the ground.
The chauffeur of the Maybach was clearly startled as well, not expecting Tang Muqing to suddenly dart onto the road.
The windshield wipers swept back and forth on the windscreen with a “swish-swish" sound, and the driver asked with surprise, "Sir, this... what on earth is Miss Tang doing?”
The man in the back seat frowned, and after a moment, he opened the door and got out of the car.
Tang Muqing was still sitting on the ground, the car's bright headlight shining through the rain curtain and landing on her, displaying her distress for all to see.
A large black umbrella was spread open above her head, stopping the rain from falling on her.
Tang Muqing was stunned for a moment, before her gaze fell on a pair of glistening black leather shoes standing in the murky rainwater. They belonged to a man with strong and slender legs, and when she looked up further…
She saw a face that was all too familiar.
