"But nothing happened. I came back unscathed so there is no need to imagine what could have happened," Yang Zi said seriously.

"Are you sure you are Ok? Just to be sure she did not feed you with slow poison, I will call Cheng Yi to come and check up on you since you don't like to go to the hospital," Yifeng said, spinning her to make sure she was unscathed.

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"Feng, do you know those who can harm me?" Yang Zi asked curiously.

"What do you mean?" Yifeng asked, looking confused.

"Those who can harm me without arousing my suspicions are those I love. They can harm me because when I am with my loved ones, my guards are let down so they can harm me and go unnoticed but it is almost impossible for my enemies to harm me because my senses are always at alert," Yang Zi explained, staring into Yifeng's eyes.

"Why should you let your guard down around those you love? Don't you know those you love and think that they love you back can turn out to be your greatest enemy?" Yifeng asked seriously.

"Feng, I can protect myself better than you imagine, so there is no need to worry about my safety," Yang Zi said seriously.

"Stop staying mad at me or I will be sad," Yang Zi said, before she pecked him on his lips.

"Let me shower so that I will join you later in the sitting room," Yang Zi said as she hurried to the bathroom.

...

In a five-star hotel room, a lady lying underneath the red and white bed sheet wiggled her body. The first thing she noticed while changing positions was the sharp pain in between her legs. She slowly opened her eyes, ignoring her aching head.

Why am I sore all over?

The lady thought, touching herself under the blanket.

"I am naked?" The lady mumbled. The little sleep that was still in her eyes vanished instantly.

Sitting up, she pulled the blankets down to check whether she was mistaken. She was shocked to the marrows when she realised she wasn't wrong at all. She was in too much shock to realise that a guy was lying nude beside her.

The moment the guy turned around and placed his hand on her legs, the lady screamed in horror, instantly waking the sleeping guy up.

Zhao Liying was twice as shocked when she realised whom she spent the night with. She lowered her gaze to inspect herself.

She always ran insane when she saw the terrible state she was in. Her entire body was all red. There was no spot in her body that she did not see love bites on.

Still in disbelief, Zhao Liying turned to face Zihua.

"Tell me we didn't do it," Zhao Liying said, staring at him with pleading eyes. Her expression showed that she wanted to so much escape from this cruel reality.

"Zihua, tell me we didn't have sex last night," Zhao Liying screamed at the top of her lungs as she held her head with her two hands.

She found it hard to believe that after over ten years of pampering herself; she lost her virginity to her best friend. The reality was too painful for her to accept.

"Liying, I am sorry. I am deeply sorry," Zihua said, moving closer to touch her.

"Don't you dare touch me with your filthy hands, you traitor," Zhao Liying shouted, beating his hand angrily away.

"Liying, I am not a traitor....,"

"If you are not, then what should I call a person who took advantage of her best friend's vulnerability? You knew I was drunk and yet you had the effrontery to rape me....,"

"Liying!" Zihua shouted at her.

Yes, he loves her and he always dreamed of having her in his arms, but not the way they did yesterday. He has always respected her and the choices she made since they were kids. It hurt him to hear that she thought so low of him.

If the case was to be judged, he was the one that got molested last night. He was the victim, not her.

"Zihua, I trusted you so much. I trusted you more than I trust anyone else in this world because you have always been on my side and you dare do this to me?" Zhao Liying said, her tears flowing like a river.

"You of all people know the pain I had to go through all these years so I could give my first time to Feng so, how could you be so heartless to ruin my life this cruelly?" Zhao Liying said in between her sobs.

"Liying, you can't blame me for what happened. Everything that took place last night happened because of the effect of the drugs," Zihua who didn't like being called a traitor and rapist revealed the truth.

His words got the attention of the miserable Zhao Liying. She quickly turned to face him.

"Drugs? What drugs are you talking about?" Zhao Liying asked, as she slowly stopped crying.

From the moment she realised she lost her virginity she knew it was pointless crying over it because no matter the number of tears she shed, it will never bring back her lost virginity. Despite knowing all these, she had cried because she believed that her aching heart would hurt less if she cried it all out.

"Liying, we were drugged last night. We were not in our right senses when everything happened last night. I am as shocked as you so, please don't put all the blame on me," Zihua lied.

"The two of us were both drugged? How is that possible?" Zhao Liying asked, her previous angry and dejected expression turning to a confused and surprised one.

"I am sure Yang Zi must have played a fast one on us. She must have pretended to believe your words only to have turned back and exchange your drink," Zihua said furiously. The mere thought that Yang Zi tricked his darling Liying made him feel like strangling her to death.

"Everything you are saying is making my headache worse," Zhao Liying said, massaging her aching head.

"You said that b*tch exchanged my drink. My gaze was always on her so how and when did she do that when my gaze has never left her body last night?" Zhao Liying asked, instantly recalling everything that took place in the club.

"Are you really sure your gaze never left her body? Try to recall whether your gaze never left her body for a split second," Zihua said, urging her to recall even the tiniest details of the previous night.

"Wait a minute...," Zhao Liying said, acting as though she recalled a detail she missed.

"Did you recall something?" Zihua asked anxiously.

"I recall that before she finally drank the glass of wine I poured for her, she mentioned about seeing Feng in the club, which made me momentarily turned around back then. I strongly believe that is the time she exchanged my drink," Zhao Liying recalled, gritting her teeth in anger when she realised that Yang Zi tricked her into drinking the drugged wine.

She should have been the one in this terrible state. Yang Zi should have been the one crying her heart out when she realised she was brutally ganged raped, not me. I should be the one smiling victoriously while sipping a cup of my favourite wine, not her.

Zhao Liying thought, sobbing silently within.

"To be on a safer side, she must have deliberately pushed the bottle of wine down after exchanging your drink," Zihua said, slamming his hand against the bed.

"That lady is smarter and more scheming than we thought she is. Everyone thinks she is an angel, not knowing that she is Lucifer in human form. I can't help but think that we underestimated her all this time," Zihua added. Thinking back at all his many failed attempts to win Liying's heart by harming her love rival made him despise Yang Zi even more. If given the opportunity to kill that b*tch, he will not hesitate to bury a thousand bullets into her heart.

"Since the day she almost pushed me off the office rooftop, I have known that she was a cold-hearted person, but it never crossed my mind that she would see through our plans this time. Our plan was flawless so, how on earth did she guess we drugged the wine?" Zhao Liying asked furiously.

"She tried to push you off a rooftop? When was that?....,"

"Zihua, that matter is in the past now, it isn't important at the moment, so leave it alone and let's concentrate on the more pressing one," Zhao Liying chided. She never told them about Yang Zi almost pushing her off the rooftop because she thought her friends will overestimate her. She knew this would have weakened their resolve that is why she kept it a secret from them.

"Zihua, if our guess that Yang Zi swapped my wine with hers is correct then, why were you also drugged?" Zhao Liying asked suspiciously.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT 💖💖💖

Hello my super amazing readers, I have an announcement to make.

My birthday is coming up next month on March 18 and I am thinking of appreciating my readers and I can only do this by adding more chapters to the privilege tiers. For next month privilege, instead of two chapters for the 1st tier, I am gonna do three and for the 2nd tier, it is gonna be seven chapters instead of the usual 5 chapters. Despite the increase in the number of chapters, the price will remain the same.

This is my gift you to you guys, I hope you liked it.

Have a pleasant read.