Chapter 1946: Chapter 1946: Mirror World (23)
Yu Shi recently had a rough time.
After being fired by the company, when she looked for design-related jobs, no one wanted her.
Especially those companies she had once plagiarized, saying they didn’t need two designers with the same style, advising her to find another job.
Those designers didn’t have solid evidence, and the timeline didn’t match, but it didn’t stop them from using their advantage to resist Yu Shi.
Yu Shi already had a reputation for plagiarism, so when a company obviously already had a talented designer, there was no need to hire Yu Shi.
Without changing the past, Yu Shi’s own ability seemed mediocre.
Now she could only work as an assistant, and one who gets scolded every day at that.
After finishing her day’s work, Yu Shi muddle-headedly went home from work.
She opened the door and turned on the light, seeing the person sitting on the sofa, Yu Shi’s expression changed, her voice sharp: "Why are you here! How did you get in?!"
The woman on the sofa said calmly, "Your dad let me in."
Yu Shi glanced around the living room, nervously asking: "Where is my dad? What did you do to him?"
"Sleeping."
"..."
Yu Shi rushed into the bedroom, seeing Yu Jiansheng sleeping soundly in bed, she sighed in relief and hurriedly came out.
"Yuk Chuzheng, what are you here for? To laugh at me?"
Chuzheng pulled a phone out of her pocket and placed it on the table.
Yu Shi’s expression changed upon seeing that phone, that was her phone...
It was the one she hired someone to steal!!
She knows!
She really knows!
"Do me a favor."
Yu Shi squinted her eyes, rushing over to grab the phone, but before she could, it was picked up by a hand.
Yu Shi missed, turning to glare angrily at Chuzheng, full of resentment and excitement: "Give it to me! That’s my property! You thief!"
Chuzheng shook the phone: "The phone is yours, but some things aren’t yours, are they?"
Yu Shi: "..."
Yu Shi clenched her hands tightly, pondering how to snatch the phone back. Her eyes glanced over the fruit knife on the coffee table, her heart firmed up, she quickly grabbed the fruit knife and pointed it at Chuzheng.
"Give me back the phone, quickly!!"
Right now, Yu Shi only wanted to get her phone back, nothing else mattered.
As long as she got her phone, she would have everything back.
Chuzheng glanced at the knife, the phone rotated half a turn in her hand, she slightly lifted it, and handed it to Yu Shi.
Yu Shi frowned, perhaps not expecting it to be this easy.
But the knife in her hand gave her security and courage.
She cautiously moved forward and took the phone.
With the phone in hand, Yu Shi felt her glory return, holding the phone to check.
Just at that moment, Chuzheng grabbed Yu Shi’s wrist, pulling her toward the sofa,
Yu Shi’s hand holding the fruit knife stabbed straight into the sofa. Her neck was pressed by a pair of hands, her head pushed down into the sofa cushion, unable to move.
Chuzheng withdrew the fruit knife, pressing it against Yu Shi’s neck, calmly asking: "Miss Yu, can you help me with something now?"
The cold, sharp knife pressed against her carotid artery, a little force would end her life.
Yu Shi’s face turned pale, not daring to move.
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"I can’t, I can’t get in touch with them from outside."
Chuzheng nodded, taking her back to her old place.
Back at the residence, Yu Shi gritted her teeth and tried to negotiate with Chuzheng: "I can try to contact, but you have to promise me two conditions."
Chuzheng played with the knife in her hand, speaking leisurely: "Miss Yu, you are not in a position to negotiate with me."
"Then find someone else." Yu Shi probably noticed Chuzheng’s urgency, using it as leverage.
Chuzheng looked up at her for a moment, Yu Shi tried her best to straighten her back, not wanting to show weakness under Chuzheng’s gaze.
The knife in Chuzheng’s hand spun lightly, a flash of cold light passed between them.
Five minutes later——
Yu Shi was half-kneeling on the ground, sobbing bitterly.
"Miss Yu, do you still want to negotiate terms now?"
"...No...I don’t dare anymore." Yu Shi trembled, she was truly terrified, she almost died.
She didn’t want to die.
Chuzheng released Yu Shi: "Behave yourself, don’t make me angry, I’m very scary when I’m angry."
Yu Shi shivered like a leaf in a gale, huddled in a corner, suppressing her sobs.
Yu Shi’s contact on the other side also had a time limit, Chuzheng sat nearby, accompanying Yu Shi to wait.
When the time came, Yu Shi took the phone, finding that familiar avatar.
"You better not try anything funny."
Yu Shi’s body shook, quickly clicking on the avatar, dialing a voice call.
There was no answer from the other side.
"Keep trying."
Yu Shi dared not disobey, continued dialing, and on the third attempt, it got through.
"Where have you been lately?" A young girl’s voice with a hint of innocence came through: "Why couldn’t I reach you?"
"There was..." Yu Shi glanced at Chuzheng, swallowing: "There was a bit of an accident."
"What accident? Is it serious?"
"It’s nothing now, it’s been resolved."
"That’s good." The girl on the other side paused: "About the thing you asked me to investigate last time, I’ve found the information, that person named Yuk Chuzheng...."
"Let me speak first!" Yu Shi hurriedly interrupted.
Chuzheng looked at Yu Shi expressionlessly, Yu Shi’s heart pounding, cold sweat dripping.
She had asked her other self to investigate Yuk Chuzheng, but before she got the information, her phone was snatched away.
"What do you want to say?" The girl on the other side was dissatisfied: "Bossing me around again? I’m telling you, you are living too comfortably in the future, I’m doing everything!"
Yu Shi: "..."
Yu Shi didn’t respond, merely looking at Chuzheng.
Chuzheng typed words into the phone’s memo pad.
Yu Shi quickly repeated them: "I need you to send a text message to someone."
"A text message? Why?"
"Just do as I say."
"Always ordering me around!" The girl on the other side, though dissatisfied, didn’t refuse either.
Chuzheng instructed Yu Shi to hang up first, then take a picture of what she had written and send it over, without needing to send anything else, just the note.
The note simply read, ’Find your dad, don’t leave his side, not even for bathroom breaks, until he’s home. Chuzheng’
It wasn’t clear whom this message was for, nor did it seem special.
At this point, Yu Shi’s life was in Chuzheng’s hands, she could only obediently send it.
The phone number was something Chuzheng had pulled from school records.
Those records were from years ago, so Cheng Mu was surely still using that number.
Yu Shi showed Chuzheng the picture of the successful send.
"I’ve done everything you said.... can you let me go now?"
"You’ll have to bear with staying here for a couple of days, once the results are out, I’ll let you go."
Yu Shi’s eyes widened: "What.... This is unlawful detention!!"
"You can go report me." Chuzheng was indifferent: "If you dare report me, I’ll turn you and the phone over to the authorities, letting you contribute to the nation."
Yu Shi almost choked, if looks could kill, Chuzheng would have been skewered into unrecognizable pieces by now.
