Arc 1: Part 70
Xi Chen Zhao received the news while he was in a meeting.
"Keep a close eye on those two. Don't let them leave the city!"
His icy gaze hardened. After ending the call, he immediately announced a temporary halt to the meeting and left the conference room.
The company's senior executives watched in shock as their usually unflappable president raced out of the company in deep concern.
Xi Chen Zhao drove straight to the police station.
"Contact a lawyer, request bail. If she temporarily can't leave, then I insist on meeting with her and staying with her there!"
Xi Chen Zhao never doubted that Tong Su might be in the wrong. He immediately suspected that someone had set a trap for Tong Su and he had a pretty good idea who it was.
Even though he understood that Tong Su wouldn't be in trouble, he couldn't rest until he saw her in person.
The police station did not grant Xi Chen Zhao permission to see Tong Su, nor to bail her out before her test results came back. However, due to the pressure Xi Chen Zhao exerted, they allowed Tong Su to deliver a message to him.
"Brother, do you remember the WeChat message I sent you a few days ago?"
Xi Chen Zhao was momentarily stunned, then his eyes deepened in thought.
"Tell her I know. Let her rest easy; leave the rest to me."
If you could say that the earlier incident involving Ji Yu and Lan Shuer merely caused a stir in the entertainment industry, then this time, the incident of the heiress of the Xi family being taken into the police station completely exploded on the Internet.
Netizens were debating fiercely.
"No way, I just started following Xi Tong Su and now trouble has arisen? If the drug discovery is confirmed, I'll denounce her for life!"
"Everyone, don't panic, there are many uncertainties about this situation. Who doesn't know what kind of people Ji Yu and Lan Shuer are? How much truth can there be in their words?"
"But they searched it out from the apartment!"
It wasn't just the entertainment media, very soon, business magazines also reported the incident, causing shock within the industry. The zSun Group's stock price plummeted overnight, and the stock market was facing losses the next day at opening.
"Recently, Xi's corporation's stock price dipped sharply. Industry insiders reveal that if Xi Tong Su's test comes back positive, the Xi corporation will suffer an unprecedented blow..."
Ji Yu and Lan Shuer, hidden in a secluded apartment, celebrated as they watched the news on television with a bottle of alcohol.
"Ha ha ha ha...ha ha ha, Xi Tong Su, she's finished!" Ji Yu laughed maliciously, accompanied by a satisfied burp.
Since they had reported Xi Tong Su under their real names, they had been hiding here.
They had stocked up this place with plenty of food and drinks. They didn't leave their door, and every day they took pleasure in the negative comments about Xi Tong Su online.
The room was littered with trash and empty bottles, a stench prickling their noses. They hadn't changed their clothes in several days, but neither of them seemed to mind.
Because they hadn't left the house, the two hadn't noticed that people were keeping a close eye on them outside.
"It's... it's foolproof! The drug powder I purchased, it was... it was prepared months ago! Xi Tong Su won't escape this!" Lan Shuer carefully took out the drug powder, her eyes shining, "There's still a lot left. Here, do you want half?"
Her complexion was sallow and she had a huge pimple on her nose. She couldn't eat anything, and her body was frail and weak.
But looking at the powder inside the paper bag, she burst into a weird excitement.
In this remote apartment, with no one to come around, and nowhere to unwind, they had grown curious about the remaining powder during their stay and tried it once. The result was an addiction.
Immersed in the powder, neither of them noticed that a news story had aired on the TV.
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