Supreme Warrior in the City

Chapter 346: Chapter 345 Evidence

Although Lan Ci wasn’t working, she still lived in a hotel in Pingzhuang City.

Before coming to see Lan Ci, Su Yang had Ying’er contact her, saying he wanted to have a chat with her.

Twenty minutes later, they arrived at the entrance of the hotel where Lan Ci was staying.

”Su Yang, when we go up, try not to be too harsh,” Ying’er whispered before they entered. ”Lan Ci has been a good friend of mine for many years. I... I don’t think she would betray me. She’s also not in a good mood right now. This incident will probably cost her several million in penalties, which is a lot for her, so... don’t upset her any further...”

”Okay, I’ll listen to you!” Su Yang nodded with a faint smile.

Ying’er breathed a sigh of relief and led Su Yang upstairs.

Lan Ci was alone in her room, her eyes slightly red, looking as though she had been crying.

Seeing her like this, Ying’er also sighed in dismay. Entering the room, they comforted each other, and when the conversation turned to the fact that Ying’er’s side had to pay a penalty of 570 million, Lan Ci was clearly shocked.

Having stayed silent the entire time, Su Yang got up half an hour later and smiled, ”Ying’er, it’s about time we left.”

”We’re leaving just like that?” Ying’er was surprised. Su Yang said he wanted to see Lan Ci, but he hadn’t said a word the whole time. What did this mean?

”It’s about time,” Su Yang said with a smile. He had obtained what he wanted, so naturally, there was no need to stay any longer.

Back in the car, Ying’er asked in surprise, ”Su Yang, what exactly did you come to see Lan Ci for? Do you still suspect her? Look, she’s been crying these past few days. This... this isn’t her fault...”

Su Yang didn’t answer but handed Ying’er a USB drive. ”Take a look at this first!”

”What’s this?” Ying’er asked curiously.

”I got it from Lan Ci’s house,” Su Yang said with a smile.

”What?” Ying’er widened her eyes. ”When did you take it? How come I didn’t see you?

Su Yang smiled faintly; of course, Ying’er didn’t know. Lan Ci had hidden the USB drive very well.

After going upstairs, Su Yang used the Soul Searching Technique to read Lan Ci’s thoughts and learned about the USB. During the visit, he excused himself to go to the bathroom, but in fact, he casually took the hidden USB drive.

Ying’er had a laptop in her car, and when she connected the USB drive to it, several videos appeared.

”What’s this?” Ying’er asked curiously.

”Let’s watch and find out,” Su Yang said with a smile.

Ying’er opened one of the videos, which showed a small room, filmed in dim lighting. However, it was clear that one of the two people sitting inside was Lan Ci.

The person opposite Lan Ci sneered, ”Miss Lan, it’s the same offer. Whatever penalty you have to pay on that side, we’ll cover it. Plus, we’ll give you an extra ten million. All you need to do is write her name in the composer’s spot. This isn’t too difficult, is it?”

Ying’er’s eyes suddenly widened as she realized that Lan Ci had been bought off.

”How can I trust you?” Lan Ci paused, then said in a deep voice, ”And besides, is this matter really that easy?”

The person opposite her laughed and said, ”Don’t worry, although we have the copyright to that song, we’ve never released it to the public. We’ve only registered it, nobody knows about it. You give it to her, and she’ll never expect it.”

”The current All-Star Singing Competition is at the most critical moment. If she exposes this, as long as we hype it up, she’s finished. After all, this is Pingbei Province, and the Shangguan family isn’t what it used to be, taking them down is too easy!”

”If you don’t trust me, I can transfer ten million to you along with the penalty for breach of contract first. Once you get the money, what else are you afraid of?”

Lan Ci clenched her teeth tightly, remaining silent for a long time, then said in a low voice, ”The Shangguan family aren’t fools. If this happens and I suddenly have so much more money, do you think the Shangguan family won’t notice something’s up?”

The person opposite her laughed and said, ”That’s easy, I’ll give you cash. That way, they won’t be able to trace the funds. How about it, Miss Lan? Opportunities like this don’t come often. Ten million, how many years would you have to work to earn that much?”

Lan Ci was silent for a long time, as if hesitating. Finally, she nodded slowly, ”Okay, I want the cash!”

The video ended there, leaving Ying’er standing there, stunned.

”How could this happen? How could this?” she murmured to herself, ”She’s my friend, why... why would she do this to me?”

”I told you there must be something wrong with this Lan Ci!” Su Yang said softly, ”She doesn’t trust you or the other party. She recorded these videos as evidence. If the other party reneges or gets any other ideas, she can use these videos to blackmail them. It’s just that she didn’t anticipate that these videos would also implicate herself!”

”But why would she do this to me?” Ying’er said, unable to accept it, ”I was so good to her!”

”Human nature is greedy, and in front of money, friendship can sometimes be frail,” Su Yang said softly, ”You’ve grown up with a silver spoon in your mouth, you wouldn’t understand these concepts. Anyway, in this society, you can know someone’s face but not their heart!”

Ying’er fell silent as Su Yang opened the next few videos. They were all of Lan Ci meeting with the other party, discussing how to set a trap for Ying’er. The last video showed the other party bringing two bags of cash to Lan Ci.

”With these videos, the evidence is conclusive!” Su Yang said with a smile, ”Lan Ci stashed the money in the old house at her hometown. When we find that money, all the evidence will be complete. Okay, it’s time to go back to the competition.”

”Aren’t we exposing this first?” Uncle Kang asked in surprise, ”If Miss goes to the competition now, people will surely latch onto the plagiarism issue and it might affect Miss’s ranking. If we expose this, the outcome of the competition might be better.”

”This is Pingbei Province, not Pingnan Province,” Su Yang shook his head, ”We can expose this ahead of time, but how many media outlets do you think will help broadcast this? Don’t forget, the people who are setting up Ying’er are from Pingbei Province!”

”What do we do then?” Uncle Kang said anxiously.

”We go to the competition first, and expose this during the competition,” Su Yang suggested, ”The competition is broadcast live, so when it’s aired nationwide, they won’t be able to stop it!”

”Oh, that could work,” Uncle Kang nodded.

Ying’er, however, shook her head and said, ”If we expose this during the competition, it will be regarded as a broadcast error, and they can cut it off directly. Then, exposing this will be even more difficult!”

”Heh...” Su Yang chuckled, ”Since I’ve come with you, how could I let them cut off the broadcast?”