Forced confession.

After casually chatting with Li Wei for a bit, Ye Qian finally stood up and slowly walked toward Xu Yaying. Smiling slightly, Ye Qian said, "Miss Xu, long time no see. You still remember me, right?"

"Re... remember, you're Rourou's boyfriend," Xu Yaying said, trembling with fear.

"Miss Xu has a good memory," Ye Qian said with a faint smile. "You should know why I had someone bring you here, right?"

"N... no, I don't know," Xu Yaying said in a panic. "You know, I'm just an ordinary civil servant. I don't have any money. Mr. Ye, please let me go for Rourou's sake."

Ye Qian frowned slightly and said, "Are you insulting my intelligence, Miss Xu? I know you don't have the capability to frame me. I don't want to make things difficult for you; just tell me who did it."

Realizing she couldn't lie her way out, Xu Yaying inwardly cursed Ouyang Tianming. He had promised her that Ye Qian wouldn't know the witness was her until the trial, but now Ye Qian had found out so soon, putting her in danger.

"Boss, this woman's pretty tough. Let me handle her. I'll make her taste the top ten tortures of the Qing Dynasty. She'll talk," Li Wei said, walking up to Ye Qian and glaring at Xu Yaying.

"I'll talk, I'll talk!" Xu Yaying said in terror. "But you have to promise not to tell him it was me, or I'll be dead."

"Damn, you still dare to negotiate?" Li Wei shouted.

Ye Qian smiled faintly and said, "Actually, even if you don't tell me, I can find out who it is. I'm just giving you a chance. If you don't want to take it, don't blame me." With that, Ye Qian turned to leave, clearly intending to let Li Wei handle her.

Xu Yaying might have felt slightly less scared of Ye Qian, but she was terrified of Li Wei. Seeing Ye Qian about to leave, she struggled and knelt at his feet, rubbing her head against his leg, saying, "I'll talk, I'll talk. It's Ouyang Tianming. He's behind everything."

Ouyang Tianming? Ye Qian muttered to himself. He didn't have a deep impression of Ouyang Tianming, having only seen him once in the bar and once at school. Ye Qian never cared much for people who flaunted their father's power. When he saw Ouyang Tianming in the French Department's Class of '03, he was mildly surprised, but didn't notice anything unusual. He didn't expect Ouyang Tianming to be so sinister, plotting to frame him.

"What about Zhao Xie? Who killed him?" Ye Qian asked.

"It was Ouyang Tianming. He killed Zhao Xie," Xu Yaying answered hastily.

Ye Qian was momentarily stunned. Even if Ouyang Tianming wanted to frame him, he wouldn't need to kill someone himself and then blame Ye Qian. That would be too foolish. "Why did he kill Zhao Xie?" Ye Qian asked.

"Because... because Zhao Xie caught me and Ouyang Tianming..." Xu Yaying stammered.

Although she didn't finish, Ye Qian could guess. Xu Yaying must have been having an affair with Ouyang Tianming, and Zhao Xie discovered them. Ouyang Tianming killed Zhao Xie and then decided to frame Ye Qian, killing two birds with one stone. "Then he had you say you saw me kill Zhao Xie and had his father pressure the police to shoot me, right?" Ye Qian asked.

Xu Yaying nodded silently, looking at Ye Qian in terror. "I've told you everything. Please let me go. I don't want to die. And I have a videotape of Ouyang Tianming killing Zhao Xie."

"Hmm?" Ye Qian frowned, surprised. "How do you have that?"

"Ouyang Tianming has a fetish for recording his escapades. When Zhao Xie showed up, the camera was still running. Ouyang Tianming must have forgotten about it in his panic, so I kept the tape in case I needed leverage against him in the future," Xu Yaying confessed.

The saying "the most venomous heart is a woman's" seemed true. Ye Qian hadn't expected Ouyang Tianming to have such a hobby. He glanced at Li Wei, who exclaimed, "Boss, what are you looking at me for? I'm not like him. What I do is art."

Ye Qian couldn't help but laugh. He didn't expect Ouyang Tianming to share the same hobby as Li Wei, though Li Wei was much more brazen, always eager to show off his "prowess" to the Langya brothers.

"Where's the tape?" Ye Qian asked. He thought to himself that if Xu Yaying was telling the truth, Ouyang Tianming might have more tapes like this. While he wasn't interested in Ouyang Tianming's "bedroom art," having those tapes could be useful.

"At... at my house," Xu Yaying said.

"Let's go get it," Ye Qian said, signaling Li Wei to watch over her. Li Wei, excited about the task, walked over and grabbed Xu Yaying, saying, "I didn't notice before, but you have a mole here." He pointed to the mole on her chest.

If Li Wei actually raped her, Xu Yaying wouldn't mind much, as long as it saved her life. She would even endure being gang-raped if necessary. But although Li Wei looked like a pervert, remembering his fierce demeanor earlier, she didn't dare to make any excessive moves, obediently letting him hold her as they left the factory for her home.