Roses in Flames

After leaving the residential area, Liu Qianqian entered a deserted alley.

A man in a black suit and gold-rimmed glasses stood in the alley.

After Liu Qianqian walked over, she hugged the man's arm intimately.

"Mr. Fu, I have some good news for you."

The man turned around and looked at Liu Qianqian. "What good news?"

"Your most hated Fu Shili is dead. The Fu family has no heir. Old Master Fu will definitely let you into the Fu family and let you be recognized as a member of the family."

The man narrowed his eyes behind his glasses. "Fu Shili is dead? Are you sure?"

Liu Qianqian nodded, her voice filled with undisguised smugness, "My obsessive, manic, petty, and uncultured ex-boyfriend called me and told me personally that Fu Shili was killed by him."

Liu Qianqian stood on tiptoe, looking like she wanted to take credit, hoping the man would kiss her.

"Mr. Fu, now that Fu Shili is no longer an obstacle, everything in the Fu family will be yours, right?"

Fu Jingzhou grabbed Liu Qianqian's chin and bit her lip. "How did you manage to get your ex-boyfriend to kill someone for you?"

Liu Qianqian scoffed, her eyes full of contempt. "He's a brainless idiot and a mad dog. If I just say a few words to him and make him mistakenly believe that Bai Chuwei and Fu Shili look down on him and want to force me to break up with him, he'll go crazy."

"Moreover, I secretly switched his bipolar medication. Without medication to control him, he would become paranoid and manic, turning into a knife in my hand."

The man grabbed Liu Qianqian's waist. "Aren't you afraid he'll expose you?"

"He loved me dearly. Even if he gets arrested, he won't say anything about me. Besides, he was the one who killed the person, so what does it have to do with me?"

The man grabbed Liu Qianqian's chin and said, "Find a time to replace the medicine that was switched with the one that was replaced. I'm afraid the police will find out something is amiss."

Liu Qianqian nodded, "Okay."

……

The police officer who secretly followed Liu Qianqian recorded a video and sent it to Xiao Lin.

Xiao Lin played the video for Sun Hao to see.

Sun Hao's eyes suddenly widened. He stared intently at the video, his eyes bloodshot and his face contorted and ferocious.

In Liu Qianqian's eyes, he was nothing more than a mad dog who would kill for her.

She had already been having an affair with another man, and had long wanted to use him to remove obstacles for her other man.

She was so eager to please other men, and every time he wanted to be intimate with her, she acted reserved and unwilling.

He thought it was just her personality.

It turns out that she never loved him from beginning to end.

She was working at a karaoke bar back then, and he offered to help her pay off her debts. She was probably after his family's demolition compensation money.

After he squandered all his money, she looked down on him even more.

Sun Hao felt as if countless needles were piercing his heart, causing him excruciating pain.

"Ahhhhh—"

A painful, desperate roar escaped his throat.

"Why did she treat me like this? I was so good to her! If I hadn't pulled her out of that mess, who knows how many people would have abused her while she was doing that kind of thing at the karaoke bar!"

"You bitch, I'm going to kill her!"

……

Sun Hao was taken back to the police station.

His eyes still held traces of collapse, despair, and pain.

"The address of the manor where Old Master Fu is holding his birthday banquet was given to me by Liu Qianqian. I went to scout it out beforehand..." He closed his eyes, his voice extremely hoarse, "I can train birds, and I was the one who poisoned them..."

He installed satellite monitoring and voice control equipment on the birds, which allowed him to see the scene in the back garden of the manor and also to secretly drop poison into the birds.

Liu Qianqian and Fu Jingzhou were also arrested and brought to justice.

In the video taken by the police, Liu Qianqian confessed that she had switched Sun Hao's medication for bipolar disorder.

Liu Qianqian induced Sun Hao to have the intention to kill and then committed the crime. Her actions constitute the crime of intentional homicide (instigation), and she should be held criminally liable as an accomplice to the crime of intentional homicide.

Fu Jingzhou's core crime is the same as Liu Qianqian's.

……

Despite her weakened state, Bai Chuwei went to the police station's detention room to meet with Liu Qianqian.

Bai Chuwei's eyes were filled with disbelief. Her hands clenched into fists. "Why are you doing this to me? Aren't we best friends? When you were bullied in school, I stood in front of you. When you didn't have money for food, I lent you my meal card. When I was dating, I sent you pictures of my boyfriend. I told you everything—I truly considered you my best friend. Why are you doing this to me?"

Liu Qianqian never expected to be caught by the police so quickly. She didn't even have a chance to argue, as the police directly presented evidence that she had instigated and induced Sun Hao to commit murder.

Her emotions were also on the verge of collapse.

Seeing Bai Chuwei come over to question her, Liu Qianqian immediately dropped all pretense, glaring at Bai Chuwei with bloodshot eyes, "Because I'm jealous of you! Jealous that you're more innocent and prettier than me, jealous that you got better grades than me in school, jealous that you're the leading lady and I'm just a supporting character, jealous that you went to university and easily found a boyfriend like Xiao Lin—"

Bai Chuwei turned around and glanced at the cold and dignified man standing not far behind her.

Xiao Lin stared at her and Liu Qianqian, his expression showing no change in emotion.

Bai Chuwei looked at Liu Qianqian again and lowered her voice, "But didn't you say that Xiao Lin is only good-looking, poor and incompetent, and that he's not good enough for me?"

Liu Qianqian sneered, "Xiao Lin is tall, handsome, and a criminal investigation captain. I'm so jealous that you have a boyfriend like that. What good things could I possibly say? I dreamed of ruining your relationship, but I never expected that after you broke up, you would turn around and hook up with Fu Shili. Bai Chuwei, you're really something. One tough captain left, and another privileged young man came along. Why do you get all the good things?"

Bai Chuwei frowned deeply. "So, you went and seduced Fu Jingzhou, the illegitimate son of the Fu family? You want to get rid of Fu Shili and let Fu Jingzhou inherit the Fu family's assets, so you can become Mrs. Fu?"

Liu Qianqian: "What, am I not worthy of being Mrs. Fu? My dream almost came true—"

After saying that, her venomous gaze swept over Xiao Lin, as if it were coated with poison. "It's all your fault! Why did you arrest me and Fu Jingzhou? Bai Chuwei betrayed you. A woman like her deserves to be punished!"

Xiao Lin's expression was stern, and his voice was cold and hard, devoid of any warmth. "Whoever disregards or tramples on the law, I will arrest. This is my duty as a criminal police officer, and it has nothing to do with Bai Chuwei."

A maniacal, resentful laugh spread across Liu Qianqian's face. As she laughed, she glared at Bai Chuwei, the malice in her eyes almost impossible to conceal. "I'm going to be sentenced. I'll only serve a few years in prison and then I can go out. I can still find a man and have children, but you can't. You're ruined. You'll never be a mother again. Hahaha..."

Liu Qianqian's words were like a sharp knife, piercing Bai Chuwei's heart.

Her blood rushed to her head, and she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her lower abdomen.

She had just had a miscarriage and was still very weak. Stimulated by Liu Qianqian, warm liquid slid down her thighs in streams.

The dark red blood soaked through the pants, a shocking sight.

Bai Chuwei's face was ashen, and she swayed precariously. Just as she was about to collapse, a pair of long, strong arms reached out to her.

……

When Ye Yuntang returned to the police station after finishing her business, she saw Xiao Lin carrying Bai Chuwei as they walked out quickly.

Their eyes met unexpectedly, though they were some distance apart.