The Host Has Fallen for the Second Female Lead Again - Chapter 33

The Su family was in complete chaos, and everyone could feel it.

But it didn’t affect Ji Mingxiao, who continued to attend school as usual. When netizens asked about her, her classmates all said she spent the entire day in the lab, completely ignoring the outside world. Later, netizens stopped asking, only occasionally seeing photos of Ji Mingxiao secretly taken by her classmates.

Of course, while others saw Ji Mingxiao as someone who was oblivious to the outside world, she was actually in constant contact with Nan Cheng. Many of the things happening to the Su family had her hand in them.

The matter regarding You Shi had been investigated, and it was confirmed she died in Country K due to a car accident.

No evidence of foul play could be found in the car accident.

However, Ji Mingxiao knew very well it was Su Mian’s doing.

Ji Mingxiao made another phone call to Xi Ruan, sounding a little worried: “Hello.”

“Hmm?”

“Don’t go out recently. Su Mian might have completely lost it,” Ji Mingxiao said in a low voice.

Xi Ruan: “…”

“If I don’t go out to have fun, maybe the mission will end,” Xi Ruan sighed. “What are you going to do now?”

“Proceed with the original plan. She’ll eventually learn what regret feels like.”

Xi Ruan was silent for a few seconds: “Regretting meeting you?”

“Yeah,” Ji Mingxiao laughed. “You Shi is dead. Su Mian did it.”

As a genuinely good person, Xi Ruan was truly shocked: “That ruthless? Didn’t Su Mian used to like her a lot?”

“That was in the past. Now, I don’t know what she’s capable of,” Ji Mingxiao tapped the table. “So until this is over, don’t go out and don’t contact anyone else.”

“It’s fine, really. As long as this world doesn’t collapse, I won’t die,” Xi Ruan said nonchalantly.

Ji Mingxiao frowned: “Do you want to die in front of me again? Stay put and don’t run around.”

“Okay,” Xi Ruan hung up the phone and patted her face.

They had both already died once, so what was the difference if they died again?

Even though she said that, she still listened to Ji Mingxiao and stayed home obediently.

The Su family was rapidly crumbling, already split into several opposing factions, all wanting to tear a piece of flesh from Su Mian.

When Ji Mingxiao returned home that night, it was already two in the morning. Nan Cheng came to pick her up. After this older brother learned that Su Mian had targeted You Shi, he worried all the time that Su Mian would target Ji Mingxiao, so he insisted on handling everything himself to be at ease.

However, Ji Mingxiao felt that it made no difference whether Nan Cheng came or not—it was just the difference between one person dying at a time and two people dying at a time.

Nan Cheng waved at her, and Ji Mingxiao’s steps faltered.

There was a sort of dripping sound around her. She glanced at the tires and then at the car body, and suddenly, she realized something. She rushed towards Nan Cheng and pulled him away.

She didn’t know where she found the strength to drag a man over six feet tall.

As the two of them ran away, a deafening explosion erupted behind them.

Fortunately, it was late, and there was no one around, so no passersby were injured in the explosion.

Su Mian was truly insane.

Nan Cheng’s eyes widened, and he looked at the car in disbelief.

Ji Mingxiao’s face was grim.

The two were quickly taken to the police station for questioning, and the incident became a trending topic.

Su Mian watched the surveillance footage on her computer screen. She saw Ji Mingxiao stop in her tracks and then rush towards Nan Cheng.

She narrowed her eyes, her mood sour.

If only she had been a little slower, just a little, both of them would have been dead.

Su Mian curled her lips, closed the surveillance footage, her expression dark.

“System.”

“Hmm?”

“Why didn’t you ever tell me there would be life-threatening danger?” Ji Mingxiao sounded annoyed.

“Uh, anything is possible during a mission,” System A said. “Are you okay, host?”

Su Mian was a complete lunatic.

Had she just given up and decided to go completely off the rails?

Her reputation was gone anyway, so she might as well go crazy?

Then let her have nothing at all.

After they finished giving their statements, it was already past four in the morning.

There was no evidence to prove Su Mian’s involvement.

The two stood at the entrance of the police station. Nan Cheng looked at Ji Mingxiao, whose expression felt extremely unfamiliar to him.

Ji Mingxiao was very silent. Although Su Mian had done a clean job, she had a “cheat code.”

“Weren’t you scared?” Nan Cheng looked at Ji Mingxiao.

“No. You be careful at work,” Ji Mingxiao’s expression was cold, and she forced a smile towards Nan Cheng. “It’s best if you don’t go out for a while.”

Nan Cheng didn’t say anything.

After seeing the trending topic, Xi Ruan called Ji Mingxiao many times, but Ji Mingxiao’s phone was off, so she didn’t receive them.

Ji Mingxiao called back after getting into the car.

The phone rang once, and the other person picked up.

“Why aren’t you sleeping?”

Xi Ruan was taken aback: “Is that the point? Are you okay?”

“Would I be able to talk to you if something were wrong?”

Xi Ruan took a deep breath: “Su Mian is a lunatic. We shouldn’t have provoked her.”

“Sorry for getting you involved.”

“I told you! What does it have to do with me!” Xi Ruan frowned. “Think about yourself. I’m not afraid.”

“Then why aren’t you sleeping?”

Xi Ruan: “…”

“Are you worried about me?” Ji Mingxiao laughed.

“I don’t think you need me to worry. Goodbye.”

Ji Mingxiao heard the hang-up tone and smiled helplessly.

“Are you in a relationship again?” Nan Cheng looked at Ji Mingxiao, frowning.

“No, I got rejected,” Ji Mingxiao looked out the window.

Nan Cheng was momentarily stunned: “Someone would reject my sister, who is so great?”

“Didn’t the last one cheat?”

“That’s because he had a bad brain and was blind,” Nan Cheng’s face darkened.

Ji Mingxiao smiled: “But there’s nothing I can do about being rejected.”

Because of the explosion incident, Ji Mingxiao simply didn’t go out after returning home. She took out her previous experimental data and started writing a paper.

The system was speechless. She had just been complaining about having too much work, and now that she could rest, she was writing a paper instead.

This woman was truly strange.

Ji Mingxiao called Su Mian the next day at noon.

“Is this very interesting?”

Su Mian laughed: “What are you talking about? Are you okay? I don’t know who you’ve offended, but they’re so ruthless.”

“Su Mian.”

“Hmm?”

“Am I a little too kind?” Ji Mingxiao said, then laughed herself. “I really am kind. You think you’ve cleaned up your traces very well, right? By the way, how is hiring a killer sentenced in our country?”

“I thought you would learn from your mistakes, but you didn’t,” Ji Mingxiao walked out onto the balcony, looking ahead.

“Are you thinking of getting rid of the witnesses again? But you have to know, you can never get rid of all the witnesses unless you do it yourself,” Ji Mingxiao’s voice was very gentle.

“My mother always taught me to be a kind person, so the first time you cheated, I chose to be tolerant.”

“The second time, I considered a divorce and cutting ties with you, but in the end, you threatened me and even hired someone to kill me.”

“Su Mian, even a cornered rabbit will bite.”

Ji Mingxiao played with a card in her hand: “And heaven is on my side. I was able to escape the bomb. Lucky, right?”

After she finished speaking, she hung up without waiting for Su Mian’s response.

Su Mian frowned. She knew Ji Mingxiao was trying to provoke her. Her traces had indeed been handled cleanly, and there shouldn’t be any flaws.

But the other party’s confident demeanor still scared her.

Ji Mingxiao’s hand was in several of the Su family’s recent incidents from beginning to end. It was clear this was not someone to be trifled with. The previous notion of her being a harmless little rabbit was a complete illusion.

This woman was hiding too much.

Ji Mingxiao was like a poised venomous snake, hidden in the grass, waiting for the best moment to dart out and bite her opponent’s neck.

Su Mian curled her lips.

The person who helped her had been with her for many years. The other person’s weakness was in her hands, and betrayal would mean death.

They shouldn’t betray her.

They shouldn’t.

Su Mian was very frustrated.

But who could she trust now? The Su family’s power structure had shifted, and many of the people who used to be loyal to her had left.

With greater benefits, switching sides was a matter of a moment.

She was now at a disadvantage. If Ji Mingxiao could find that person and offer them a good deal, that person might really turn on her. They were already people who lived life on the edge.

Su Mian thought for two hours, and her suspicion grew stronger.

“Host, why did you call to provoke her?”

“Oh, it’s fun,” Ji Mingxiao stretched. “She’s probably panicking now and might really try to harm the person who helped her.”

System A didn’t quite understand: “But that person has been with Su Mian for many years. There’s been no mistake all this time. She shouldn’t have to believe your words.”

“That’s right, but too much has happened to her recently. She doesn’t dare to trust anyone anymore,” Ji Mingxiao took a sip of water. “I mentioned the bomb, so she won’t think I was just lucky. She’ll think someone told me beforehand.”

System A sighed: “The human heart is truly terrifying.”

“It is,” Ji Mingxiao looked at the card in her hand. This thing was deadly expensive and had to be used wisely.

“But there were no cameras in that room.”

“Oh, we’ll just make it look like an unconventional recording, from the killer’s point of view,” Ji Mingxiao said.

This card could rewind the past and record what happened before. It could select a specific angle, but it could only record for five minutes, which was perfect for her.

And she was also grateful that Su Mian had gone there personally to kill her; otherwise, it wouldn’t have been this easy.

With the video evidence, Ji Mingxiao directly sent it to the police, which served as solid proof.

Following this lead, they would probably catch many big fish.

The day after the video was given to the police, Su Mian was arrested. When they caught her, she was in the process of disposing of the other person’s body.

It had to be said that Su Mian was truly not normal. Ji Mingxiao had just said it casually, and this person actually went ahead and did it.

The news of Su Mian’s arrest became a trending topic, but it was quickly taken down.

The Su family’s empire began to collapse.

She didn’t plan to let the Su family off the hook either. When the Nan family went bankrupt, the Su family had profited a lot.

In the business world, this kind of thing was normal—why not take advantage of a good thing?

After resolving the Su family’s issues, Ji Mingxiao found time to meet with Su Mian.

The other person looked much older and more dejected. She sat behind the iron bars, looking at Ji Mingxiao with cold, calm eyes.

The two of them sat facing each other, neither speaking first.

Su Mian had many charges against her and was sentenced to lifelong deprivation of political rights and life imprisonment.

Originally, she was to be executed, but Ji Mingxiao felt that letting her die like that would be too easy.

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