Zhao Mengting’s gaze turned vacant for an instant before clearing.
Yet, beneath that clarity, a layer of controlled subservience had taken hold.
She picked up her phone, expertly found Bai Chengye’s number, and pressed dial.
Ring— Ring— Ring—
After four or five rings, the call was answered.
“Mengting?” Bai Chengye’s voice came through the receiver, sounding somewhat surprised. “It’s so late. Is something wrong?”
Zhao Mengting’s voice trembled slightly, carrying a perfectly calculated tone of panic and anxiety. “Chengye, you need to come over quickly. I... something happened here...”
“What happened?” Bai Chengye’s voice immediately turned alert.
“I can’t explain it over the phone. You... you just need to get here quickly. I’m scared to be alone...”
Zhao Mengting’s voice carried a sob, playing the part of a frightened woman to perfection.
Silence lasted for two seconds on the other end of the line.
“Alright, don’t panic. I’m coming right now,” Bai Chengye’s voice steadied. “Wait for me. I’ll be there within half an hour.”
“Okay, I’ll wait for you.”
The call ended.
Zhao Mengting set her phone down, her gaze becoming vacant once more. Like a puppet with its soul removed, she sat quietly on the sofa, waiting for her next command.
Su Wan stepped out from the shadows, glanced at her, and then turned to enter the bedroom.
The bedroom was large and exquisitely decorated, with a wide double bed occupying the central position.
Su Wan’s gaze swept across the room before finally resting on the wardrobe.
She walked over, opened the door, slipped inside, and then gently pulled the door shut behind her.
The closet door had fine, louvered slats. Through the gaps, she could clearly see the entire bedroom.
Now, she only had to wait.
Half an hour later.
The sound of light footsteps came from outside the door.
This was followed by the “beep-beep” of the code being entered, the sound of the lock turning, and the door being pushed open and then closed.
“Mengting, what exactly happened?” Bai Chengye’s brow was furrowed as he headed toward Zhao Mengting, who was sitting on the sofa.
Just as he took his second step—
An irresistible wave of drowsiness surged over him like a tide.
Bai Chengye’s body swayed, his vision went black, and he slumped softly to the floor, completely losing consciousness.
Repeating her earlier tactic, Su Wan reached out and pressed her hand against Bai Chengye’s forehead.
Memory images, like floodgates being opened, surged into her consciousness.
She saw Bai Chengye’s childhood, his youth, his marriage, and his mistresses...
Su Wan skimmed through these rapidly.
Her goal lay deeper.
The images continued to flow.
She saw the period when the Bai family and Gu family joined forces to besiege the Su Corporation. Countless late-night meetings, endless calculations and schemes, one trap after another meticulously laid, forcing the Su family into a corner step by step.
Bai Chengye was not a decision-maker; he was merely an executor.
But every event he participated in was clearly etched into his memory.
Su Wan watched those images with cold eyes, seeing how her father had been driven to a dead end, and how the Su Corporation had collapsed in a heap under the multi-pronged siege...
In Bai Chengye’s memory, all of this had been arranged by someone.
In the image, Bai Chengye stood in a hallway.
At the end of the hallway was a tightly closed door.
After a long time, the door was pushed open.
Bai Hongyuan walked out, his expression solemn.
Behind him, Bai Chengye’s gaze passed over his father and caught a glimpse of a figure inside the room.
It was only a glimpse, a single view of a back.
He couldn't even determine the person’s height or build.
That figure was like a blurry shadow, flashing through the crack in the door before being completely cut off as the door closed.
In Bai Chengye’s memory, he couldn't even tell if it was a man or a woman.
Su Wan’s brow furrowed tightly.
She tried to find more information about that person from Bai Chengye’s memory.
But she discovered that Bai Chengye himself only knew that much.
He had never seen the person’s face.
He had never heard the person’s voice.
He didn't even know the person’s name, where they came from, or what their identity was.
He only vaguely knew from his father that the person came from “over there,” was a member of a certain mysterious organization, and was responsible for “that project.”
And that piece of land was the core required for that project.
The images continued to flow, with the time gradually approaching the present.
She saw the day Bai Ruochu had her accident, Bai Chengye’s shock upon receiving the call, his panic while rushing to the hospital, and his anger and helplessness when facing the police.
She saw Bai Hongyuan contacting the people from the mysterious organization—the shabby professional agency, the fat man in the floral shirt, and the series of exchanges using secret signals.
Then, she saw a person.
A young man.
In his twenties, his features were delicate and somewhat effeminate. His skin was so white it was almost sickly, and his features were as refined as porcelain.
He wore a set of dark grey casual clothes and had a lazy posture, as if he were indifferent to everything around him.
But those eyes—
Even across a distance of dozens of meters, even just within the memory images, Su Wan could feel the chill emanating from those eyes.
They were pitch-black and deep, devoid of any warmth.
In Bai Chengye’s memory, information about that young man was pitifully scarce.
He only knew that the man was named Liu Junnan, a figure within that mysterious organization with a special status.
Su Wan’s pupils constricted slightly.
Liu Junnan.
He was the mysterious person with the special sensing ability!
It turned out the Bai family had long been in contact with that mysterious organization.
It turned out that piece of land, that project, and the mastermind who had destroyed the Su family was that mysterious organization!
Su Wan withdrew her mental power and slowly stood up.
Everything Bai Chengye knew, she had now obtained.
She finally knew who her enemy was.
It wasn't just a Gu Huaiyu or the Bai family.
It was a mysterious organization hidden in the shadows of the city.
An organization that possessed an Ability User like Liu Junnan.
An organization that would not hesitate to destroy the Su family for that land and that project.
At the very moment Su Wan withdrew her mental power, a sharp sense of being watched suddenly pierced deep into her consciousness!
Someone was “looking” at her!
No, to be precise, someone was sensing her!
The feeling was like a searchlight suddenly turning on in the darkness, accurately sweeping over her location!
Su Wan’s heart skipped a beat.
It was Liu Junnan!
It must have been the moment she used her mental power to probe Bai Chengye’s memory that allowed Liu Junnan to capture that sliver of leaked energy fluctuations!
Su Wan didn't have time to overthink. Her perception, like an invisible net, instantly covered the entire room—
Fingerprints?
Footprints?
Anything that might leave DNA?
Nothing. She hadn't even touched anything.
Confirmation complete.
Three seconds.
Su Wan’s figure had already reached the foyer.
She conveniently installed a camera exchanged from the system in an unobtrusive corner of the door frame.
After confirming no one was outside, she slipped out, moving like a phantom as she vanished along her original route.
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