Chapter 4

Li Xiaoxiao hooked up with that man, a male model from the Nightclub.

She thoroughly enjoyed all the men's obsession with her, and her victories in bed, but she also maintained a pure persona.

The smell of smoke in the air made me just want to vomit.

I don't dislike smoking, in fact, I smoke myself when I'm under a lot of pressure.

But the smoke mixed with the vulgar scent of lust here was nauseating.

I quickly pulled away from Li Xiaoxiao's arm, retching, and shook my head, "Xiaoxiao, I'm feeling a bit unwell, you go ahead by yourself, I'll wait for you outside."

Li Xiaoxiao was not pleased, but after looking at my face, she reluctantly agreed.

"Alright then, find a milk tea shop outside and wait for me. We need to go back together tonight."

Otherwise, she'd have a hard time explaining to Zhou Tao why she'd be going home late by herself.

I nodded and left the Nightclub decisively.

I couldn't be bothered to wait for her at a milk tea shop.

Li Xiaoxiao isn't all that scary, she's not even good at scheming, but she's vicious enough, adept at sowing discord, and skilled at turning black into white, while Zhou Tao is stupid enough, and I'm frail enough.

That's why she succeeds.

Fortunately, the time of my rebirth...

is early enough.

There's a chance to start over.

I walked to a public phone booth near the bus station, dialing a number while waiting for the bus.

The phone was picked up after two rings.

I smiled and, speaking clearly, said, "Hello, I want to file a police report, I suspect there's prostitution happening at the Nightclub."

After hanging up, I felt completely at ease.

This was just a small bit of revenge.

Judging by the vulgar nature of Li Xiaoxiao and that male model's conversation, I don't believe they could get through this easily.

And me?

The worst-case scenario, even if I'm called to the police station to give a statement, it doesn't matter.

I've long been prepared to completely fall out with them.

However, I didn't expect things to go much smoother than I thought.

That evening, before the sun even set completely, I was happily sitting on my couch with a freshly bought watermelon, when I heard my doorbell ring.

I paused for a moment, wanting to pretend I wasn't home, but the phone beside me also started vibrating.

Ever since I died so tragically in my past life, I've been on guard.

The door must have three locks, the phone must be on silent, and the curtains in the house must be drawn all day.

My life is most precious.

I took my phone to the bedroom and answered, pretending I had just woken up, "Hello?"

Zhou Tao's voice came through, hiding anger and urgency, "Shen Wei, is Xiaoxiao at your place? Is she with you?"

"Huh?"

I feigned surprise, creating the sound of anxious footsteps as I ran to the door and pulled it open, breathless and looking unwell, "No way? Xiaoxiao hasn't come back yet?"

"Where did she go?" Zhou Tao immediately asked.

I acted as if I'd misspoken. Quickly shaking my head, I said, "I misspoke, I don't know where she went."

Zhou Tao seemed ready to explode like a gas canister.

He relentlessly blocked my attempt to close the door with his hand, shouting angrily.

"Shen Wei! Xiaoxiao is your good friend, she's only got you as a good friend, and now she's alone and unreachable. If something happens to her, can you bear the responsibility? If you know something, hurry and tell me!"

I didn't look good, hesitated for a long time but then seemed to reluctantly speak up.

"I... never mind, I really don't know, all I know is she went to the Nightclub today and wanted me to go with her, but I got a bit of heat stroke and came back. I didn't expect she still hasn't returned."

"Didn't you ask another of Xiaoxiao's friends? She went to meet a friend."

The mention of the Nightclub made Zhou Tao frown, but trusting his girlfriend, he didn't think much, just hurried to go find her.

And then my phone rang. Looking at the caller ID, I almost laughed out loud but quickly answered the phone, feigning extreme nervousness.

"Xiaoxiao! I'm so glad to hear from you, where are you? Zhou Tao is almost losing his mind!"

Li Xiaoxiao's voice, suppressed with anger and breakdown, sounded distorted over the phone, but every word was crystal clear.

"Ah Wu, come pick me up at the police station, Zhou Tao doesn't know about me going to the club, right? And you, why didn't you wait for me? Forget it... just hurry up and come!"

I hurriedly covered the phone and hung up, looking up to see Zhou Tao's grim expression.

In the small entrance of my home, Zhou Tao's voice was especially gloomy, "I'd really like to know what else there is that I don't know about!"