This time.
Zhou Jia really broke down.
She sobbed and sniffled.
"Boohoo... who even are you? Why won't you leave this alone? Hu Ming was a sick pervert! Why do you insist on investigating everything so thoroughly? Would putting me in prison make you happy? What did I ever do to you? Boohoo..."
"Zhou Jia, that explains 'why I didn't call the police directly.' Now I need to talk to you about the second matter... about 'Yu Xin using you.' You don't know yet, do you? She's been lying to you all along."
"What are you talking about? You've been spouting nonsense this whole time! Yu Xin hasn't lied to me! She would never lie to me! She's my best friend! Because she..."
At that, Zhou Jia suddenly stopped, stammering and unable to continue.
But Xiao Yu mercilessly laid it bare.
"Because she promised you, 'I like you. I want to marry you,' right?
"Your sexual orientation might be a little unusual, but do you really think she's a lesbian like you?
"I'm sorry to tell you this: you've been deceived.
"At first, she was only joking with you.
"Later, when she saw you taking it seriously, she couldn't bear to give up how well you treated her. She wanted to con some spending money out of you.
"Now, she just wants to use you to get rid of a pervert.
"She wanted Hu Ming dead, but she didn't dare do it herself, so she dropped hints and used you."
"I don't believe it. I don't believe it. I don't believe it..."
Zhou Jia repeated those words over and over.
Somewhere inside her, something had already begun to crumble.
She began to question what all her sacrifices had been for.
She had to force herself not to believe what he