"Who do you think you're fooling, saying it has nothing to do with you? One moment you lured me into the forest by hook or by crook, and the next, an assassin popped up—it's clear as day that you hired someone to murder me!"
Shi Mei's voice was loud and resolute.
Tang Gu panicked and shouted loudly, "If I had the guts, I wouldn't have the money! Plus, what deep grudge do I have against you to warrant killing you? At most, I'd lock you up to stop you from competing in the fourth round!"
Shi Mei scoffed derisively, "You think I'd believe that? As if such coincidences exist in the world!"
Tang Gu grew even more anxious, "It wasn't me—it had to be Bai Yuejie. She's the one who made me lure you into the forest. All those things I told you, about platonic love, about my attraction to Tang Wu being merely carnal, she instructed me to say all that. I was just following her orders!"
Once his words fell, a heavier feeling settled in Shi Mei's heart.
