Chen Qingyue's face turned ashen upon hearing this.
Yes, how could she have forgotten this?
Nangong Shanshan held her confession, and the amount involved was enormous.
With Nangong Shanshan's spoiled temper, she would certainly not let her off.
"Let's go, what are you waiting for?"
Tang Xiaomin urged her, then walked out first. Zhong Li followed, ignoring Chen Qingyue.
Finally, she could leave.
However, Chen Qingyue's heart was in turmoil.
After much deliberation, she gritted her teeth and caught up to Tang Xiaomin.
She said with extreme sincerity, "Miss Tang, Nangong Shanshan truly forced me. You've done so much good, please, save me."
Tang Xiaomin shook her head. "Your matters have nothing to do with me. You've come to the wrong person."
"Miss Tang, only you can save me."
Chen Qingyue's eyes reddened, and she knelt before Tang Xiaomin with a thud, pleading bitterly.
"Nangong Shanshan not only has my confession, but she's also using my mother as a threat. My mother is over sixty and still in the hospital. It would be easy for her to harm my mother."
"Please, help me. If she finds out I didn't complete the task, she definitely won't let me go. I beg you."
Chen Qingyue kowtowed to Tang Xiaomin again and again, clearly at her wit's end.
If she had any other options, why would she lose her dignity and kneel before someone?
Tang Xiaomin watched Chen Qingyue's actions with indifference. Kneeling could not move her.
To her, it was merely a low-cost act to gain maximum understanding and tolerance, but it was actually useless.
"I can't manage your affairs. Let's go."
Tang Xiaomin walked past Chen Qingyue, completely ignoring her.
At this moment, Chen Qingyue fell into despair once more.
"Tang Xiaomin, I know it was you who sent Nangong Bo to prison. Many forces were watching him. This time, Nangong Bo has been sentenced to death, he's truly finished."
"Nangong Shanshan hates you to the bone. She has many tricks to deal with you, and she'll retaliate against your family. Your two brothers in prison are probably not doing well either."
Tang Xiaomin froze in her tracks.
She had long suspected that someone was deliberately targeting Tang Xu and Tang Yan. Now, hearing this from Chen Qingyue, how could she not be shocked?
Seeing Tang Xiaomin hesitate, Chen Qingyue became more animated.
"That woman Nangong Shanshan is extremely cunning. She never acts herself. She always keeps herself clean, making her difficult to deal with."
"Tang Xiaomin, I can help you. I'm at my wit's end. I only beg you to consider me and save me."
Tang Xiaomin was not familiar with Chen Qingyue.
She could be used by Nangong Shanshan due to her temporary predicament.
Now, facing a desperate situation, she was switching sides. Tang Xiaomin truly couldn't trust her completely.
"Chen Qingyue, if you try to please everyone, how can I trust you?"
"I've told you everything I know. You still won't trust me? Even the matter of dealing with your two brothers, I overheard it secretly. I've told you everything without reservation."
She was practically offering her heart to be seen.
Hearing this, Tang Xiaomin had a sudden inspiration, and a wicked smile curved her lips.
"Your life or death has nothing to do with me. I have no obligation to care about you."
"However, if you truly want to cooperate with me, and have me save you once, it's not impossible. The premise is that you must prove your loyalty to me."
Chen Qingyue's eyes lit up.
"Then how should I prove myself?"
"There will be an opportunity," Tang Xiaomin said.
The opportunity was given to her. Whether she could seize it was her own business.
How could a person prove their loyalty?
Chen Qingyue thought about it all night but couldn't figure it out.
Until she received a call from Nangong Shanshan.
"I'll give you ten minutes. Come to the Nangong residence now."
"Yes."
Upon receiving the message, Chen Qingyue's heart became uneasy.
She dared not disobey Nangong Shanshan's orders.
Arriving at the Nangong residence with trepidation, she found Nangong Shanshan leisurely seated in the courtyard, enjoying the cool breeze. She didn't even glance at Chen Qingyue.
"The task I gave you, you've been gone for so long. How is it going?" Su Dan Novel Network.
Chen Qingyue lowered her head and said, "Tang Xiaomin has been guarding Yan Jue all the time, so I had no chance to act. I hope Miss Nangong can give me more time. I will definitely capture Yan Jue and make Tang Xiaomin and Yan Jue go their separate ways."
Nangong Shanshan's breathing grew heavier. Tang Xiaomin had ruined her marriage with Ye Fengxing, and she wanted to retaliate in the same way.
Whether it was love or family, she would spare none.
"News from the prison says that Tang Xiaomin has noticed the matter of Tang Xu and Tang Yan and has started investigating. This morning, I was being investigated. Tell me, who leaked the news?"
Chen Qingyue's face changed drastically.
She didn't understand why Tang Xiaomin was acting so brazenly, alerting the enemy.
Whether it was Tang Xiaomin's test or for her own sake, she could not admit it now.
"I don't know," Chen Qingyue insisted.
Crack!
A subordinate beside her fiercely whipped Chen Qingyue, causing a burning pain.
Chen Qingyue was just a woman, threatened and used by Nangong Shanshan because of her charming appearance and simple background.
After being whipped, tears welled up in her eyes, feeling wronged.
"I really don't know. Even if you beat me to death, I don't know. It has nothing to do with me."
Nangong Shanshan glanced at Chen Qingyue with disdain and said coldly.
"Hit her. Stop only when she's willing to confess."
With a command, Chen Qingyue was pinned to the ground by two male bodyguards holding her arms, while another bodyguard incessantly whipped her.
"Ah! It hurts!"
"I don't know anything. It has nothing to do with me. Please, stop hitting me."
The crackling of the whip continued.
The bodyguards holding her kept saying, "Admit it, and you'll be released. Hurry up and admit it, or you'll be beaten to death."
Admit it? How could she? If she admitted it, wouldn't she be beaten to death?
Chen Qingyue was sweating profusely, her hair soaked with sweat.
She kept telling herself inwardly, she couldn't confess. She absolutely couldn't.
That matter had nothing to do with her. She couldn't confess.
"I don't know. I won't admit to what I didn't do. Beat me to death, and I still won't admit it!"
Upon hearing this, Nangong Shanshan's brows furrowed.
"You won't admit it, will you? Hit her hard. Don't hold back. I want to see how long you can be stubborn!"
The cracking of the leather whip was incessant.
Chen Qingyue gritted her teeth, refusing to confess, and was whipped until she fainted.