That evening, Wang Xiaoliang went to pick up Wei Zijin.
In the car, he told her what Li Laifu had told him about Li Xiaozhi.
He kept it brief, finishing in just a few sentences.
"You're not angry with him at all anymore?"
Wang Xiaoliang shook his head. "Not at all."
"I think I came across this case online. It caused quite a stir at the time."
Wei Zijin lowered her head and started scrolling through her phone. After searching for a while, she held the screen out to him.
"Was it this one?"
Wang Xiaoliang glanced at it.
It was an influencer's profile. The profile picture showed a woman with prominent collarbones, heavy makeup, pursed lips, and a broad expanse of pale cleavage. Her username was "Li Xiaomei." She did look a little familiar, but he couldn't be sure whether she was Li Xiaozhi.
"I once came across a blogger who covered this case from beginning to end. This Li Xiaomei posted sexually suggestive content and liked showing off designer brands. Her boyfriend tricked her into going to Southeast Asia and sold her. He was arrested later, but she disappeared. That blogger said someone had seen her at a nightclub in Southeast Asia."
Wang Xiaoliang didn't look a second time.
That face bore no resemblance to the Li Xiaozhi in his memories. He tried to recall what that chubby girl had looked like, but after thinking for a long time, he couldn't remember a thing.
His memories could no longer trace her features. All that remained was a blurry outline.
Another woman liked by many men, another who loved flaunting her wealth, drawing in a venomous snake of a boyfriend, and in the end...
Those who won many hearts enjoyed good fortune, yet danger lurked beside them.
*Hopefully, she