In a field in the northern suburbs of the city, Xi Xiaye was dressed in a black windbreaker as she stood on the side of the field. Both her hands leaned onto the ice-cold railing before her while she looked up at the distant horizon. The sky was blanketed in mist and the cold breeze was incessant. With the dark clouds hovering, it looked like it was going to rain soon.

Quite a while after that, she retrieved her gaze and looked down at the field at the bottom of the hill which was currently filled with vigor and vitality.

The rustling cold wind blew her beautiful hair as the corner of her clothes swayed in the wind. There was a beautiful curve carved on her face.

It was not sure how long had passed when she heard the sound of a car approaching behind her. Indifferently, she then turned around to look toward the sound.

A black car greeted her sight.

The car stopped by the roadside very quickly and the car door was opened. Three people got down. The one leading was a very thin middle-aged man who wore sunglasses. He walked up in huge strides to Xi Xiaye, while the two people behind him waited by the car. It looked like one person was being controlled by another.

Xi Xiaye looked at the middle – aged man who gradually closed in, and she calmly greeted him, "Long time no see, Detective Zhang."

"You're always so punctual. Have you waited for long?"

Detective Zhang took his sunglasses off with a smile. His sharp gaze swept across Xi Xiaye and he stopped beside her. "Your situation doesn't look too fantastic. Take a look for yourself."

Then, he handed a newspaper to Xi Xiaye.

Xi Xiaye took it. Although she saw that it was all filled with writings about her so-called scandal at the military academy, she was surprisingly calm. She did not even frown before she casually closed it.

She breathed in lightly and then looked down at the scenery below as she asked softly, "Didn't you say you found him?"

"I did find him, but I couldn't make him talk. He's pretty tough, if he won't talk, then that evidence can't completely convict him either. In other words, that evidence isn't enough to clear your name."

Detective Zhang glanced at her meaningfully, then turned to wave at the car below. Quickly another person was being dragged over.

"I've brought him for you. See if you've got a way of making him talk." By the time Detective Zhang said that, the man was already in front of her while they quietly backed away.

The man was tall and one of his eyes was blind. Inside, a fake eye rolled backwards, appearing a little sinister in disharmony. He looked like he was more than 40 years old.

It was Yang Jianfeng!

"So, it is you!"

When Yang Jianfeng saw Xi Xiaye, his expression instantly looked sinister and he stared coldly at Xi Xiaye.

"Witch, how dare you ruin me!? You still dare come looking for me? Do you see this? My eye was ruined by your pen!" Yang Jianfeng said through gritted teeth. His fierce demeanor made him look as if he wanted to swallow Xi Xiaye alive.

One got exceptionally infuriated meeting an enemy. When she thought about all these horrid years, Xi Xiaye felt a surge of rage in her too. Her fingers that grasped onto the railing turned pale from holding on tight. Her starry eyes studied Yang Jianfeng as she sneered, "I really regret not immediately stabbing your other eye blind back then."

"You b*tch!"

"Isn't it thanks to you that I was expelled from the military academy? Yang Jianfeng, I know that Xi Xinyi made you do it. How much money did she give you? Are you so willing to sacrifice yourself for her like this?" Xi Xiaye said coolly.

Yang Jianfeng's gaze flashed as he answered very quickly, "I don't know what you're talking about!"

"You don't?" Xi Xiaye turned slightly and looked at him from the side. A faint smile flashed on her delicate and fair face. She really played it down as she spoke.

"Huh, I don't know what nonsense you're spewing. You ruined me. I haven't even settled this score with you! Today would be perfect!" Yang Jianfeng gritted his teeth and looked at Xi Xiaye, his eyes filled with anger and hatred. He suddenly clenched his fists and was about to hit when —

Xi Xiaye quietly looked away as her hand holding onto the railing tightened. She scoffed. "Is that so? Then, let's settle it today!"

By that time, she already could not hold back and abruptly turned around to grab Yang Jianfeng's collar. She was swifter than him, and in the next second a slap came forth!

Pa!

Before Yang Jianfeng could react, a slap came and then he felt a sharp pain on his shin! The loud and clear sound broke the silence in the field and everything happened very quickly.

Yang Jianfeng was stunned by the blow. When he finally reacted, he was furious."B*tch! How dare you attack me!?"

"Why wouldn't I? Back then, Xi Xinyi wanted you to use the necklace to frame me, didn't she? And you even thought of coming onto me? With looks like yours, do you think that'd work?"

Xi Xiaye's face was cold as ice. Both her hands quickly pushed Yang Jianfeng's shoulder down. She lifted her leg and viciously kicked him a few times angrily again. It hurt so much that Yang Jianfeng could not help but cry out in pain.

"Who do you think you are? Forget that you're ugly, you're so dumb too, a whole man used by a woman, getting yourself a lifelong deformity, now you're just miserable, if I were a useless toad like you, I would've long ended my life, where do I find the dignity to be a man?"

Xi Xiaye kicked him viciously a few times before she pushed Yang Jianfeng away. She looked down on him in disdain!

Yang Jianfeng was immediately infuriated by her words. Propping himself up on the railing and looking at Xi Xiaye sinisterly, how could he hold back anymore? He pounced forward immediately and shouted, "You b*tch! I'm only like this because of you, you evil b*tch! It's your luck that I fancied you. Who do you think you are? If I knew that you were so hard to manage, I should've used the drugs and kill you then and there! Let the sexy pictures of you make headlines on all the media!"

"Is that so? You finally admit your dirty and disgusting motives!" Xi Xiaye evaded him and said coldly.

"I just fancied a little of your good looks. Huh, it's not like you haven't played around before, so why do you have to pretend? Han Yifeng's heart isn't with you. Given your little identity, are you a match for my cousin? Even an idiot wouldn't choose you. You're just like your father back then, so stupid that he gave up an instant boost in his career!"

Yang Jianfeng's hands clenched into fists while his eyes were filled with viciousness and disdain.

"So, you don't plan to let go of this chance and want to help Xi Xinyi ruin me? Back then, Xi Xinyi successfully made Han Yifeng dislike me and look down on me. Why does she have to push me to the edge before she's happy?" The corner of Xi Xiaye's lips curled up slightly as she asked coldly.

"Huh, obviously it's to make sure you can never make a comeback! To make sure you'll never be able to enter the Han family! That's the only way I'll really feel assured. I've told my cousin that's the only way you wouldn't be a threat to her!"

At this point, Yang Jianfeng did not bother to hide anything. He was practically ruined after that incident anyway.

For a very long time after that, he experienced significant contempt and mockery, and this was all thanks to Xi Xiaye who stood before him. If it were not for her, he would not have been in this sorry state today!

Initially, he was not planning on letting go of Xi Xiaye, but Xi Xinyi...

Under immense pressure, he could only endure all of this suffering by himself.

"Huh, indeed! Han Yifeng chose to dump you in the end, slut! This is karma! How dare you slap me? I'll beat you to death this time!"

Still strong and agile, Yang Jianfeng pounced like an enraged beast once again. Xi Xiaye quickly backed down two steps, but she still suffered two punches from him. Her arm throbbed with pain, yet she sneered as if she had things her way.

At this moment, when Detective Zhang and the rest saw that things were going downhill, they walked up to calm the situation.

"Mr. Yang, please don't act on impulse. That won't solve anything. I hope that you can explain everything from years ago. We already have enough evidence in our hands. If this goes to court, at least..."

"Haha, don't fool me! It was exactly like that years ago. She wanted to steal something and I found out about it. Because she couldn't seduce me, she was angered and blinded me. Her father had all the power to help her cover it up. This b*tch then went abroad without needing to suffer any legal repercussions! That's the truth!"

Yang Jianfeng sneered cruelly while he looked at Xi Xiaye with eyes that were filled with dense hatred as if he was anticipating a good show. "While I have fallen to this miserable state because of her! Say, don't you think she should be compensating me with a little something?"

"One million! Xi Xiaye, if you don't give me a million dollars today, wait for me to sue you in court! Don't think that just because your father could protect you back then, you can continue getting away with it. I'll show proof of my disability..."

"Then, go ahead and do it. What a coincidence! I want to clear the air about this matter too. Going through the court's judgment seems to be a pretty brilliant idea!"

Xi Xiaye did not wait for him to finish. She already pulled out a few pieces of paper from her pocket and showed them to him. "This is the receipt that I managed to find for that diamond necklace years ago. A diamond necklace worth almost more than $700,000? Just with your meager salary from the military academy, how could you have afforded such a necklace for your wife? How shocking!

"This is evidence of your income in the past few years, and this is a background check on your family from those years ago. Here's evidence of Xi Xinyi's friends banking money into your account after that incident."

Xi Xiaye smirked, her rose-bud lips curving with disdain. "You can sue me, I'll also show the court this evidence. You want a million? I haven't demanded compensation for my psychological trauma!"

Yang Jianfeng grabbed the documents to have a closer look. His expression instantly changed and he was about to explode with fury when Xi Xiaye turned away. Her unforgiving voice said, "I've been burdened and tainted with these for no reason all these years. If I had a choice, I don't plan on both sides suffering. If I hadn't realized it back then and had fallen into your trap as the both of you intended, wouldn't I have been ruined by the both of you today?"

As she said this, she suddenly turned around to glare coldly at Yang Jianfeng. "Xi Xinyi racked her brains to go against me, so I definitely won't just leave things at that. I'll get back at her so bad that she begs on her knees for forgiveness!"

"You! You..."

"Detective Zhang, thank you for your hard work. Let him go. I'll be waiting for the letter from his lawyer!"

...

In the meantime, right behind Xi Xiaye's parked car, a black car slowly stopped by the side.

The car door opened and a tall and handsome Mu Yuchen got down from the car.

Ah Mo, who had been waiting by the car for a long time, quickly walked up to Mu Yuchen the moment he saw him. Facing the figures by the field, he explained, "Master, look! Missus is right there! That person is Yang Jianfeng. The one wearing the shades is Detective Zhang, the private detective that Missus hired."

Mu Yuchen steadied his steps and looked up slowly following Ah Mo's gaze. Indeed, he saw the figures ahead. His expression was calm while his eyes looked like he was contemplating something. When he saw Detective Zhang and the others leave, he thought about it, then picked up his pace and walked ahead.

"Do your work first. You don't have to follow me."

"Yes, Master!" Ah Mo then turned to get into the car and quickly drove off.

On Xi Xiaye's end, as she watched Detective Zhang and everyone else gradually leave, she abruptly retrieved her gaze. Then, she turned and gazed up at the street lamp beside her.

There was a handphone fastened to the top of the lamp post.

She smiled coldly and walked over. Just as she was about to step on the railing to get her phone from the lamp post, a long hand grabbed the phone a step ahead of her.

In shock, she tried to grab it back as a reflex and fell forward!

"Be careful!"

A deep voice growled and a pair of strong arms steadied her.

When she saw him, the darkness in her eyes faded slowly. "Why are you here?"

"You're not that dumb. You knew to use this?"

Mu Yuchen stopped the recording in his hand and played the video. A smile of admiration was plastered across his handsome face. He could not help but say, "But if you publicize this, your image..."

"My image is long gone. I don't care anymore."

She sighed a little sadly and turned around to lean against the railing as she looked down at the dark green field below. She said softly, "Detective Zhang couldn't find any conclusive evidence, so this is all I could do."

Mu Yuchen studied her before suddenly handing the phone to her. "Who says there isn't conclusive evidence?"

"Do you have a way?"

She squinted her starry eyes and stared at him as she took her phone.

Mu Yuchen's eyes were filled with a faint light. Appearing sly and mysterious, when he noticed the way she was full of anticipation, the corner of his mouths slowly lifted. He lowered his head and chuckled. Just as he was about to say something, a piece of newspaper on the ground greeted his sight.

His face suddenly sank. Gloom flashed in his eyes as he looked up at her. "So, you found out about it."

When Xi Xiaye heard him, she took a look at the newspaper that she had tossed to the ground and said indifferently, "I told you she wouldn't let go of me so easily."

The cold breeze continued to brush past them, making the hem of their clothes flutter. She breathed in slightly and closed her eyes, then she opened them again. Gazing down calmly at the green fields, her clear eyes suddenly became a little dazed. A smile blossomed on her elegant face and she looked a little lonely.

"It's been more than 10 years. Every time I recall these things, I feel like I've been cursed. You don't know how inexperienced I was back then and had to face all of this, powerless. The kind of helplessness I felt almost made me fall apart. I even thought of jumping off the top of the military academy just to prove my innocence..."

When she said this, she suddenly looked at him, her eyes holding a gloomy and hopeless light. "But I told myself I couldn't die. If I died, wouldn't she get away with it then? What would my mother do? I even thought of all sorts of extreme ways back then...

"Who says that caring less would grant me happiness? I don't know why she hates me so much. She's not content with taking everything away from me by scheming. She even wants to push me off the edge. If it were because she was unhappy due to her identity as an illegitimate daughter from before, what about my mother? Aren't we wronged and innocent? Yet, she still..." The sound of her cough interrupted her monologue.

The crisp breeze poured in and dried her throat, so she could not help but start coughing. Her emotional tone weakened and her body subconsciously trembled lightly.

He quickly reached out to steady her while her hand that gripped onto the railing subconsciously tightened too. "He was usually someone who was easy to talk to. He received tons of love and respect from the students. That afternoon, the school was on holiday. He knew that I didn't usually like going out on holidays, so he made me get some documents from his private living quarters outside to distribute to my classmates. At the same time, I had to send over the details filled up by my classmates from the week before...

"When I went over, it was just him alone. I took the documents and was about to leave. Then, he took a diamond necklace out and asked me if I liked it. I said it looked pretty. After that, he said he wanted to gift it to me. He said that he had always admired and liked me. I immediately rejected him... Amidst the struggling, I..."

She gasped in short breaths and closed her eyes slightly. The tips of her fingers were unusually pale as she clutched the railing as if in agony.

It had been so many years, yet this was her first time completely recalling this unbearable past of hers in front of someone else. She still could not control her emotions.

"Initially, I didn't want to remember all these things too. Those who live in resentment usually suffer. I just want to live more peacefully..."

She touched the handphone in her pocket and inhaled deeply. A cold light shifted in her eyes. "Say, why can't people just live a little more simply?"

When she asked this, she glanced up silently at him.

His eyes darkened for a moment. Then, he reached out to put his arms around her frail shoulders, saying softly, "Where did all this sorrow come from? Because everyone has different desires, they'd want different things too. You have such pure thoughts like a silly girl. Others might not be like you."

She reached out and gently put her arms around his strong waist as she muttered, "No, actually I'm not that simple..."

"Hmm?"

He looked down puzzled at her, yet before he could react, he felt a sharp pinch on his waist!

"I told you to stop calling me silly. This is an insult to my IQ. Hmm!"

She raised her brows to provoke him. Seeing the way he tried so hard to endure the pain, she suddenly could not help but giggle as she pranced away. The smile on her face was as magnificent as a rainbow.

He lifted a hand to rub the part of his waist where she had painfully pinched him, yet he beamed and looked at her. As he watched her figure leave in the swaying wind, he stood unmoving for a long time.

"Let's go home. It's going to rain soon!"

She walked ahead for quite a bit, then she looked up to the misty sky and saw that it was starting to drizzle already, so she turned to him.

When she saw that he was still silently standing there, she frowned and thought about it before she hurled out a hand to him.

His calm face very quickly flashed with a satisfied smile. Then, he picked up his pace and walked over.

The slightly icy touch between their palms flowed into their bodies. In a heartbeat, she could feel a faint warmth instead: him.

"Hey, Mr. Mu, I want to ask if this thing really becomes huge, would Father be implicated very badly? After all, he did actually..."

She held onto his hand tightly and suddenly stopped walking to look up to ask. Her clear eyes faintly contained struggle and concern.

"What do you think? How would he be implicated?" He shot her a side look with interest.

She shook her head honestly. After thinking about it, she then answered, "I don't know. I'm ignorant about the law."