Shocking! The actress was dragged to the regent's bedchamber every night.

Su Wuli was puzzled. "The wounds on their faces cannot be stopped with ordinary methods."

Yu Chen continued, "Once they've found enough doctors and run out of options, they'll naturally think of you."

Su Wuli's originally exhausted spirits were somewhat dispelled by these words.

"At that time..." Yu Chen's voice lowered, "Whether they beg you or threaten you, this is your bargaining chip."

He paused.

"Name your terms. You can ask for money, they can confess publicly, or they can be completely disgraced."

As Yu Chen spoke, he pressed his finger lightly on the scar on her side, a light touch that carried a hint of reminder.

"But remember," his voice turned serious, "don't be soft-hearted."

"They didn't give you or your mother any leeway back then. Your kindness now is just handing them a knife to stab you."

Upon hearing this, Su Wuli tightened her grip on the small bottle.

But she knew he was right.

"Hmm." After a long while, she managed to squeeze out a syllable from her throat.

Yu Chen seemed satisfied with her reaction and didn't say anything more.

She didn't have the energy to investigate further, and her eyelids gradually became heavy.

He mumbled something indistinctly, which no one could understand, and then sank completely into darkness.

But... will Zhou Ruoying really come looking for her?

unknown.

When she woke up the next day, she looked at the small bottle in her hand and felt a tightness in her throat.

Some of it doesn't seem very real.

After washing up, I received a message from the lawyer.

Because so much time had passed, much of the evidence was lost, and neither the van nor the driver could be found.

It's probably going to be tricky; the chain of evidence is too weak.

Given the other family's financial situation, and if they hire a top-notch lawyer, everything will become very difficult.

After all, without concrete evidence, this verbal statement alone, based solely on video footage, is insufficient for conviction.

Upon hearing this, Su Wuli fell into deep thought and subconsciously glanced at the small bottle.

In the afternoon, just after she finished her work and returned to the company, Li Liwen walked in with a grim expression and lowered her voice.

"Wu Li, Zhou Ruoying and Wang Xin are outside the company, being stopped by security guards, but they say they insist on seeing you, or they'll cause trouble at the media."

Su Wuli was removing her makeup when she paused for a moment.

Looking at her lightly made-up face in the mirror, she glanced down at her bag.

Yu Chen's words rang in my ears.

Su Wuli spoke up, "Let them in, just the two of them."

After two days apart, the two looked frighteningly haggard.

Zhou Ruoying, in particular, had thick gauze on her cheeks, the edges of which faintly revealed a dark red hue, and her face was deathly pale.

His eyes were filled with dark circles and an undisguised panic.

Wang Xin wasn't in much better shape either; although she wasn't injured, her eyes were clearly darting around.

"Su Wuli," Zhou Ruoying said urgently as soon as she entered.

His arrogance remained unchanged: "What the hell did you do to my face? What the hell is that thing?"

Seeing her face, Su Wuli thought of her gloating smile in the video.

The moment of the car accident flashed before her eyes. She closed her eyes, clenched her fists so tightly that her nails dug into her flesh.

She tried her best to keep her emotions stable and not cry anymore.

I cried once when I learned the truth, and I cried again in my dream...

Even now, her eyes are still dry and stinging.

He spoke coldly, "I didn't do it secretly. Don't you know what I did?"

Zhou Ruoying covered her face with gauze, her fingers trembling slightly.

The look in his eyes was full of resentment, with a hint of unease mixed in.

"The wound... just won't stop bleeding."

Her voice was hoarse. "After being bandaged up at the hospital, the blood started flowing again as soon as the gauze was removed to change the dressing. The doctor checked and found that her platelet count was normal and her coagulation function was normal."

She finally couldn't hold back any longer and burst out, "But... but the wound just won't heal."

When had Zhou Ruoying ever suffered such humiliation? She was always the one bullying others.

Everyone has to revolve around her.

She became more and more agitated as she spoke.

"I've tried everything, but nothing works. Su Wuli, what exactly did you do?"

Su Wuli slowly wiped away the last bit of lipstick, turned around, and looked at them.

"Hand over the recorder and cell phone."

"What?" A hint of guilt flashed in Zhou Ruoying's eyes, but she immediately denied it, "I didn't."

Su Wuli was initially unsure, but she knew Zhou Ruoying well enough to know that she wouldn't just come to her for the antidote.

"Then please leave. I suspect it's something wrong with your health; it would be better if you went to the hospital to get it checked out," Su Wuli said, looking at her.

Just then, a woman's voice came from Zhou Ruoying's pocket; she was clearly older.

"Xiao Su, isn't this going too far? You're classmates, after all."

It was obvious that the phone was on call the whole time and the speakerphone was on.

Zhou Ruoying had no choice but to take out her phone and call out "Mom."

A concerned voice immediately came from the other end of the phone, "Yingying, don't be afraid, Mom will help you."

"Hmm." Zhou Ruoying looked like she was about to cry, completely unlike her usual arrogant and domineering self.

"Su Wuli, right? I'm Zhou Ruoying's mother. What's wrong with you? A little conflict between classmates is something that should be over in the past. How could you be so cruel?"

His words were full of reprimand: "Don't you have any sense of kinship as classmates?"

Su Wuli listened without showing any expression.