Vivian picked up her phone only to see a plethora of articles about her online.
One of them was headlined: Mr. Shi fell into the water and disappeared on the wedding day with Vivian Ye breaking off the engagement. Was her love a lie?
"How could this be?" With her eyes wide open, Vivian quickly clicked on it and saw a story before her.
She was not in the mood to read this whole thing. She stared at the audio and clicked it.
She heard Jessica's voice.
"Don't call me Ms. Shi. It sounds so unfamiliar. Just keep calling me Jessica."
"Well, it's fine if you don't want to call me that. We don't know how John is yet and don't want to waste your time."
"Vivi, Vivi..."
"Mom?"
"Mom, I thought you abandoned me."
"How could I abandon you? You are my daughter."
"Before you leave, I will ask you a few questions, and it will be in your best interest to answer them truthfully."
"Just ask."
"Do you know that John is missing?"
"Yes, I know."
"Do you still want to marry him?"
"I… No."
"Very well. You may leave now."
They haven't found Mr. Shi. He could be dead already for all we know. It's more likely now that he'll be found a corpse.
Time Group is now under James Shi's management. As soon as they declare Mr. Shi to be legally dead, James will be the new president of the company. Even if Mr. Shi turns up alive, marrying him will yield you nothing.
Let's hurry up and go home. I don't want to stay here any longer. Stone Road creeps the hell out of me."
Vivian was stunned by the audio she heard with the phone slipping from her hand.
She thought, 'This audio isn't real. It has been very obviously edited.
This is all a lie. Jessica is setting me up!'
"There has to be a bug on me!" Vivian stretched out her hand to search her clothes for the bug, but the clothes she wore had been thrown away.
Vivian stopped and murmured, "The clothes are gone. The evidence is gone."
What she didn't know was that the bug was not on one of the clothes, but in her body.
While she was in a coma, Jessica asked someone to put the bug into her body.
Jessica wanted to make Vivian know how it felt when she was monitored. She wanted her to live in fear, knowing that all the bad things she had done could be exposed at any moment.
The phone rang.
It was Jessica.
Vivian picked up the phone, staring at it and wanting to hang up. After hesitating for a while, she answered.
"Vivian, have you read the news? This is a gift for your return to freedom," Jessica said slowly. "Don't just read the title. Read the comments. They're wonderful."
Vivian flew into a rage. "Do you have no morals? You can't just edit the audio to deceive the public."
"Are you really questioning my morality?" Jessica jeered. "The conversation was too long, so I had to cut some of the garbage out. I think I captured the essence of it though. Just remember to behave yourself in the future."
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