But the car door closed. The engine roared.
And just like that… he was gone.
She stood there, frozen.
Rejected.
Alone.
A moment later, the two bodyguards who had been watching her stepped forward.
They didn't say anything.
They just grabbed her arms and dragged her back to the hut.
That night, they didn't let her sleep.
Every time she closed her eyes, they splashed cold water on her face. Every time she slumped from exhaustion, they kicked her chair.
"Still think someone's coming to rescue you?" one of them sneered.
Yu Mei cried quietly. Her lips trembled. Her hands clutched the edges of her soaked blanket.
"Why… why didn't he believe me?" she whispered. "Why… did he think I was lying?"
But far away, in a tall glass building, Young Master Meng sat in his office with an annoyed expression.
"What a waste of time," he muttered. "I flew all the way here, thinking I'd get real dirt on the Ou family. Instead, I met a lunatic."
His assistant, Woods, stood nervously nearby.
