The younger sister pretends to be hypnotized, and her older brother gets addicted.

After leaving Xingcan, Ruan Yang went to the city theater troupe where she had previously worked.

A colleague recognized her and exclaimed in surprise, "Yangyang, what brings you here?"

"Sister Zhao," Ruan Yang got straight to the point, mentioning the name of her former male partner, "Is Sun Yiyang here?"

"You mean Yiyang?" The colleague said with a look of regret. "He's gone."

Ruan Yangxin's heart clenched suddenly. "...Dead?"

"No, no," his colleague quickly explained. "He had an accident and his left leg was amputated, so he can't dance anymore. The troupe leader originally planned to transfer him to a support position, but he lost his motivation and resigned."

"When did this happen?"

"The day after you left—Yangyang, are you alright? You look terrible. Although he was your partner, he had an accident on his own, it has nothing to do with you."

Ruan Yang returned to the car, looking utterly dejected.

After hesitating for a while, she called Jiang Yanci.

"...Brother, did you do what happened to Sun Yiyang?"

Jiang Yanci was in a coffee shop when he answered the phone.

His hand holding the phone paused.

His voice quickly returned to normal, "Does Yangyang hope it was me who did it, or not?"

"Of course not!"

Sensing the urgency in Ruan Yang's tone, Jiang Yanci lowered his eyes and took a sip of his iced Americano.

"Don't worry, it wasn't me."

"I did want the person who bullied you to leave the troupe, but I didn't expect that he would have an accident first."

Ruan Yang remained silent.

Jiang Yanci asked, "Don't you believe me?"

His tone was calm, but it sounded somewhat aggrieved to Ruan Yang.

Ruan Yang choked up.

It's not that she doesn't trust her brother.

It's just that the timing of Sun Yiyang's incident was too coincidental.

The next second, she received a picture from Jiang Yanci.

Ruan Yang was startled.

Although the image is blurred, you can see that the kitten's front legs are pointing upwards at an abnormal angle.

Sun Yiyang stood to the side, his smile radiating a sense of accomplishment.

Ruan Yang subconsciously moved her phone away.

"...He actually abused animals?"

"Don't worry, the kitten has been rescued."

The cycle of cause and effect, retribution is unhappy.

This is probably Sun Yiyang's retribution.

He broke the kitten's leg, and fate took it back from him.

Ruan Yang breathed a sigh of relief, "It's good that my brother didn't do anything illegal or disorderly because of me."

Jiang Yanci's eyes flickered. "You're asking me because you're worried about me?"

"Yes," Ruan Yang said softly, "I'm not worried about whether Sun Yiyang will have his leg amputated or become paralyzed; I'm only worried about my brother."

Jiang Yanci closed his eyes, his heart pounding like a drum.

His sister always manages to say these things with a straight face.

Jiang Yanci asked again, "What if I did it—if I killed someone, would you still worry about me?"

Ruan Yang fell silent.

Jiang Yanci breathed a sigh of relief.

A moment later, a firm voice came through the receiver.

"When my brother kills someone, I hand him the knife; when my brother buries the body, I carry the shovel."

dong dong dong-

My heartbeat seems abnormal.

Jiang Yanci hung up the phone and downed his iced Americano in one gulp.

My heart was pounding harder and harder, as if I were on the verge of sudden death.

But he thought.

If I were to die right now, I wouldn't have any regrets.

*

After finding out about Sun Yiyang's situation, Ruan Yang started looking for a job online again.

Just then, Song Lejiao called and asked if she wanted to go for a beauty treatment together.

Ruan Yang thought of Song Lejiao's innermost thoughts—

Now that Song Lejiao knows her brother's fate, she should try to find out more.

At least she needs to know what illness her brother has.

"Okay," Ruan Yang replied.

She drove to the beauty salon and saw Song Lejiao there.

Not only her, but also one of her friends.

Ruan Yang had previously treated Song Lejiao as a close friend and never minded the cost of beauty treatments; Song Lejiao always paid for them.

But Song Lejiao should understand the principle of not bringing guests along.

This beauty salon is luxuriously decorated, and membership cards start at a million yuan.

Ruan Yang didn't care before.

But now, she felt a little uncomfortable.

Ruan Yang made up her mind not to be taken advantage of today!

"Yangyang, why are you so late!" Song Lejiao complained after waiting for a long time.

"There's a traffic jam. What projects do you want to do today?" Ruan Yangping asked casually.

Song Lejiao assumed she was going to pay the bill and said with a smile, "I heard they have a new set meal, I'd like to try it."

Ruan Yang raised her eyes and glanced at the price of the new package.

—88,000.

Ruan Yang only had 8 yuan left in her recharge card.

Ruan Yang nodded, "Yes, I have something to do later, so I'll just do an essential oil shoulder and neck treatment today."

This project costs 7999 yuan.

Because she was a regular customer and a major client, the beauty salon always charged her at the end of the consultation.

They will also promote some high-end essential oils during the process.

A bottle of handmade essential oil often costs more than the price of the project itself.

The manager personally took charge of the reception and even prepared a fruit platter.

Song Lejiao's friend took her hand and whispered, "Lejiao, this is too expensive."

Song Lejiao smiled and said, "Don't worry, you don't need to pay."

Ruan Yang slowed her pace and heard Song Lejiao's inner thoughts—

[Ruan Yang just recharged 100 million last time. After she leaves, I'll call a few more people. Anyway, I don't feel bad about spending the villainous female supporting character's money~]

Ruan Yang was furious.

Damn it!

They really think she's a sucker!

The three of them changed their clothes and lay down on the bed.

Song Lejiao took a photo and posted it on social media, receiving a lot of likes.

Even Ruan Yang saw it.

Ruan Yang then realized that Song Lejiao was a blogger with 10 followers on Xiaohongshu.

The title is: A Day in the Life of a Moderately Well-Off Girl.

Ruan Yang laughed in exasperation and then flipped through the photos that Song Lejiao had posted before.

The necklace and earrings she's wearing in the photo look very familiar.

Take a closer look.

They all belong to her.

There are also photos of luxury cars and expensive watches, all taken at the Jiang family's residence.

The worst thing is—

Song Lejiao secretly took a picture of her back while she was practicing dance, and captioned it: "I've gained a little weight recently, practicing for a bit~"

Ruan Yang: ?

If you didn't know better, you'd think this was her account.

Song Lejiao's latest post is a giveaway, with the prize being a Hermes beauty treatment at a beauty salon.

Ruan Yang then realized that Song Lejiao had used her money for fan benefits.

Later in the story, Song Lejiao will use these fans to incite cyberbullying against her.

Ruan Yang: "..."

She didn't even dare to smile bitterly, afraid that God would think she was provoking Him.

"My older brother is away on a business trip recently. I wonder how he is doing in Suzhou?" Ruan Yang abruptly steered the conversation toward Jiang Yanci, wanting to find out why Jiang Yanci was admitted to the ICU.

Song Lejiao didn't react much.

On the contrary, she was eager to try it when she heard the technician say that a new bottle of Moroccan essential oil had arrived.

"Yangyang, do you want to give it a try?"

Ruan Yang shook her head. "I have something to do today, but you can give it a try."

Upon hearing this, Song Lejiao immediately nodded: "Okay, I'll give it a try."

[Awesome! It's my turn to experience this kind of luxurious life!]

[That wretched Ruan Yang! I need her permission to use the new product! Once Lingling marries Jiang Zhuo and becomes Mrs. Jiang, I won't have to live under Ruan Yang's thumb anymore!]

No, no, you can't even see Ruan Yang! Because she was sent to Africa and sunburned to death! Haha!

[I wonder what my niece and Jiang Zhuo are "doing" right now...hehe, probably making love in bed, oblivious to the world around them!]

"..." Ruan Yang remained silent.

She listened silently to Song Lejiao's innermost thoughts.

For a long while, I didn't hear anything about my brother; all I heard were indescribable erotic stories.

Ruan Yang was getting anxious.

Why is Song Lejiao's mind filled with nothing but lewd nonsense?

At this moment, Song Lejiao suddenly sighed:

[What a pity, Jiang Yanci, the most handsome guy in the whole book, injured his sexual function during this business trip to Suzhou. Otherwise, it would have been great for my best friend and me to be sisters-in-law~]

Ruan Yang suddenly sat up.

This gave the technician and Song Lejiao a big fright.

"Yangyang, what's wrong?"

Ruan Yang got out of bed, suppressing the shock in her heart.

"It's nothing, I just suddenly remembered something came up."

She was terrified that if she was even a step too late, her brother would get hurt just like Song Lejiao had said.

She quickly got dressed and went to the front desk.

"Ms. Ruan, this purchase totaled 7999 yuan. Your card currently has a balance of 1 yuan. Would you like to top it up? We're having a promotion recently; existing members can enjoy a 8% discount—"

"No."

Ruan Yang looked hurried, bought a ticket for the next available flight to Suzhou, and drove to the airport.