The minutes felt like days for Jian Ru as she waited for a response in the lounge. She felt that with every tick of the clock, her happiness was drifting from her grasp. How could she reverse the circumstances if that hateful girl had really bewitched the president?

She felt her hatred become intense at the thought. How could that b*tch give something so dangerous to the CEO? As a subordinate, she should have fetched a fresh drink if he was thirsty. It was all her fault if something bad happened to him.

In Jian Ru's mind, she held no fault in the matter. Her intentions had never been to harm the president. She had not even been involved in the matter. Everything that had happened could be attributed to Hu Lei's irresponsible behaviour. Even if the champagne had been clean, giving a used glass to CEO Zhong could expose him to diseases. Who knew where that slut had been and what she had carried from there?

Judging from her friendly relationship with that Russian who looked like a thug, she had probably been around a lot. The president did not deserve to be endangered by that dirty woman.

Once again, she felt her hatred flare up again. She would sort her out. She would make sure that she would not get near the president again. No, she would make her leave Supreme City forever.

"Are you Jian Ru?" A powerful female voice interrupted her plotting.

She looked up and saw the beautiful Zhong Mian. She stood up quickly to greet her while maintaining a worried but reserved look. This was her opportunity to begin becoming part of the family. If she could win over Zhong Mian, she could achieve her goals with half the effort.

"I am." She replied simply.

"Tell me everything that happened to my brother?" Zhong Mian did not waste words.

Jian Ru's eyes watered with sadness in them, but she did not allow a tear to follow. She seemed to be fighting for composure. With a deep breath, she started telling the story of the incident, at least as she had reimagined it in her head.

"There is this girl who started working in Etude Technologies about two weeks ago. She came to the gala a little later when everyone was already socialising. She doesn't really know anyone, so she stuck to our managers. She is not talkative and seems a little unfamiliar with everything. I thought she was shy about picking a glass of champagne from the waiters.

So, I brought her one. She sipped on it, but then she took out her phone from her bag. After she excused herself, I thought I saw sprinkle something in the drink as she walked out. Everyone's attention was on you, but I looked back because I wondered why she was leaving." Jian Ru explained.

Zhong Mian looked impatient about the long-winded story. She simply wanted to know what had happened to her brother.

"Then, what happened?" she asked while her eyes glinted in impatience.

"Actually, I am not sure. I did not think much about it when I saw her do something to her drink because she was the one gong to drink it. But then later during dinner, I asked my colleagues about her because she had not returned since then. One of them told me that she had seen her with the CEO, and she had even brought him a glass of champagne. I connected the dots and felt afraid. So, I decided to look for help." She concluded with a choking voice.

Almost everything she had said was true. The events could be verified. Jian Ru was not so stupid to imagine that Zhong Mian would believe her words immediately. Moreover, there were security cameras in the hotel. If her words were discovered to be false, everything would fall apart.

Zhong Mian nodded and made a short call to the security surveillance team to verify the details. After a few short moments, her face became pale. She looked at Jian Ru with an appreciative gaze. According to the security, everything she had said was true, even though they did not see Hu Lei tamper with the drink. However, this type of action was almost impossible to catch if it was done by a person who knew what they were doing.

"Ms Jian, what is that woman's name?" She asked with gritted teeth.

Jian Ru seemed to be reluctant about betraying her colleague.

"I will find out even if you do not help me." Her voice turned hostile.

"It's Hu Lei." She finally said in a small voice.

Zhong Mian's face became dark when she heard that name. How could not recognise that surname? It had been her father's song for the last two weeks. He had been reminiscing about how the godly doctor Hu was a man sent by the heavens and how their family owed him.

Though her father was a little tight-lipped on their exact issues he was referring to, he had revealed that the daughter of the so-called doctor was working for Zhong Feng. She had felt that the whole matter was shady, but she did not want to annoy her brother by asking or investigating.

She had a clear grasp of her brother's personality. If she looked into his personal affairs, things might not end well for her.

"Ms Jian, please return and enjoy the festivities. Do not speak to anyone else about the matters you have told me. I will find time to show my appreciation properly."

With that, Zhong Mian walked away, leaving a smug Jian Ru who maintained her concerned façade.