However, a confident voice was soon heard on the other end of the phone.

“Ye s.h.i.+wei, I promise you will regret it if you hang up the phone.”

Ye hesitated, with the phone clutched in her shaking hand.

She then replied coldly, “Well, if you're calling to have the laugh on me, then there's no need.”

Li laughed, “Don't worry, I'm not that boring as you said. I'm just calling you because I want to tell you that I may know something about your father's disappearance three years ago.”

Ye sneered.

“First of all, if you really know something, you won't wait until now to tell me this. Secondly, even if you do know something, there must be some requirements I couldn't meet to let you tell me what you know.”

She saw through Li Haina a long time ago.

The woman on the other end of the phone couldn't help laughing out.

“I don't know whether I should feel happy or sad about it, but the one who knows me best in the world should be you.”

“If there's nothing else, I've got to hang up.” Ye didn't bother to deal with her.

“What's the hurry?” Li added quickly, “If I'm not wrong, it happened to be your birthday when uncle Ye went missing three years ago, and he also prepared a birthday present for you.”

Hearing this, Ye could not help being alert.

“What do you really want to say?”

“If I tell you your father's gift for you is a limited edition t.i.ta backpack, are you sure you're gonna keep talking to me in this tone?”

A t.i.ta backpack …

Ye froze at her words.

She didn't even tell her mother about this.

t.i.ta was a self-created brand of T, a worldwide famous fas.h.i.+on designer. T released one novel backpack three years ago, with only three sold across the world. Not only the price was very high, there were also some tough requirements for the purchase.

Ye had once revealed her liking for it in front of her father, who, to her surprise, had promised to buy it for her and asked her not to tell her mother about it.

It was because he would be blamed for wasting money if letting her mother know it.

But Ye never saw the backpack her father had promised her.

Now, Li Haina should know about this thing.

Her whole heart was lifted and her voice trembled uncontrollably.

“How do you know this?”

“I've told you. I know what happened three years ago.”

“What do you want?”

At that moment, Ye had already prepared for the worst.

“Meet me at my place and we'll talk.”

Hanging up the phone, Ye sat down on the couch with sweaty palms.

Without being noticed, Li Ma had already appeared behind her. She whispered to Ye, “Miss Ye, it's time for dinner.”

“Li Ma, I've got to go out for a while.”

Ye got up, ready to go upstairs to change her clothes.

“Miss Ye, the young master asked you not …”

“If my uncle asks, you can tell him that there's something very urgent and I have to go to deal with it.”

Li Ma couldn't stop her and instead of being an intruder, she didn't ask more, either.

Ye took a taxi and went straight to Li Haina's home.

Li Dakai was not in, and neither were the servant and housekeeper. In the huge villa, there were only Li Haina and Ye s.h.i.+wei.

There was a receipt on the table. It was the proof of the purchase of the t.i.ta backpack.

Ye picked it up, with her hands trembling uncontrollably.

“Where do you get this?”

“Sit down first.” Li patted on the empty place on the sofa next to her. “Talk with me first.”

She looked up and down at Ye and poured her a gla.s.s of red wine.

“You turn out much braver than I expected. I thought you would be too painful to commit suicide after going through this matter.”

“Sorry to have let you down.” Ye answered coldly.

“What do you really know about the incident three years ago?”

Li tut-tutted, “Take it easy and have a drink with me first.”

“I don't drink wine.”

“Don't worry, you're already finished. To me, you're useless now. I won't drug your wine.”

Ye didn't refuse to drink because of fear. She just didn't drink. But at the moment, she couldn't help feeling fl.u.s.tered with what Li was going to tell her. She thought she might as well drink some wine to boost her courage.

After a few mouthfuls, Ye felt every pores all over her body open, as well as her mood and minds. All she was in want of now was a cathartic point of time.

“You're such a hard-a.s.s.” Ye suddenly said, “In order to pull Liao Meiling over to your side, you should have sacrificed yourself to mess around with her.”

“Humph.” Li said with a sneer. “How can I beat you in this? In order to achieve your goal, you should sell your body to your own uncle. Ye s.h.i.+wei, no one can surpa.s.s you in terms of incest.”

“You forced me in the first place! How could I end up like this if I hadn't been a stand-in for you?” Ye got more agitated as she spoke. “This is all because of your greed! Usurping my father's business can't make you satisfied enough. Now you should look forward to marrying into Family Mu! If it were not for you, how could I end up like this?”

Due to perhaps the effect of the wine she drank, Ye totally lost control of her moods.

She suddenly asked Li Haina in a sorrowful voice.

“What on earth has our family done to you to make you treat us in this way?!”

She thought they were intimate friends, for they had studied together and grown up together.

“Hehe.” Li found it funny. “You've always been the high-above princess and had the best resources. But it always felt like a favor from your family to let me play with you. Since childhood, I've clearly done much better than you, but the merit student always ended up yours. And I made obviously more contributions to the cla.s.s, but teachers and students all liked to be around you! Why, it was just because you are the n.o.ble princess, and me, I was only a dispensable n.o.body around you, the eye-catching princess. Do you know what they said about us? They said that Miss Ye was so beautiful and kind-hearted and didn't mind being a good friend of Li Haina, the daughter of their chauffeur. Hehe, Ye s.h.i.+wei, ask yourself if you think it ridiculous.”

“Ye s.h.i.+wei, tell me the truth, have you really treated me as your friend?”

Ye answered her for sure without a second thought.

“I have.” She said doubtlessly. “I did once treat you as my best friend.”

Li froze slightly, but soon she shook her head and said mockingly. “Well, stop lying for now.”

The trust between them had gone for a long time.

On the other hand, Ye had long been disappointed with this former friend, so she did not want to explain one more word to her.

“What are your requirements on earth of telling me what happened about three years ago?”

Li raised her gla.s.s, touched Ye's, and shouted smilingly, “Cheers.”

And then she drank it up.

She looked at Ye and motioned her to drink up hers, too.

Ye was a little hesitant, but she drank it up anyway.

Li smiled with satisfaction.

“For now, you already have nothing left.” Li said. “Your parents are gone, your company is gone, and the only uncle you can rely on has also been dragged down by you. I guess the stock prices of Business Mu will keep tumbling for a while because of this incident. It's still unknown whether he can secure his position as president of the company.”

Li was so drunk that she was dizzy and started mumbling.

“What can you give me now?” Li smiled, slowly approached her, raised her hand to pinch her chin, and said condescendingly as if the princess to her slaves, “I'll tell you everything if you make me satisfied tonight.”