Fang Xuan limped out of the restaurant and scrambled into his car. He slumped against the backseat, gasping for air, his heart still hammering against his ribs. Replaying his standoff with Lu Jingyan in the private room left him with a lingering sense of dread.
Fang Xuan knew that by refusing Lu Jingyan, he hadn't reached the end of the matter—far from it. Chen Wei had already grown suspicious of him, and now he felt like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, teetering on the edge of a precipice. Yet, he also realized that if he remained silent now and let things take their course, it would be a tacit admission of those baseless accusations.
Clutching his phone, he hesitated, then finally dialed Chen Wei’s number.
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