Reborn in the 80s: My Whole Family Secretly Hears My Thoughts and Goes Wild with Success! - Chapter 138

On Thursday morning, there was no rehearsal. After finishing her morning training, Lu Shuangshuang asked for leave and went to the detention center.

The evidence was conclusive that Shen Liya and Wang Fengqin had conspired to kidnap Ye Jiawen. They were now just awaiting final sentencing.

Until then, the two were detained at the Western Suburbs Detention Center.

Shen Liya was very surprised to see that it was Lu Shuangshuang visiting her when she entered the visiting room.

“Lu Shuangshuang, are you so bored that you’ve come to laugh at me?” Shen Liya sat down and looked at Lu Shuangshuang with a cold sneer.

She couldn’t think of any other reason.

Lu Shuangshuang looked Shen Liya up and down. “It seems you’re not doing well here.”

At first glance, she hadn’t even recognized the person in front of her as Shen Liya. Her hair had been cut short, she was wearing a grey-blue prison uniform, her complexion was sallow and dark, she had lost a lot of weight, and her cheeks were sunken.

Her eyes held no light, only thick resentment, and the way she looked at Lu Shuangshuang was deeply unsettling.

“Had enough of looking?”

Shen Liya glared at Lu Shuangshuang. “Did that bitch Ye Zhiqiu send you? Huh?”

“Is it not enough for her to come laugh at me herself, she has to send you too? Who’s next? Does every single person from the song and dance troupe have to come see me once before she’s satisfied?”

“Bitch! Bitch! Why isn’t she dead yet!”

“Let me tell you, just you wait and see, she won’t come to a good end!”

Lu Shuangshuang suddenly realized that this was Shen Liya’s true face. The persona she had presented before was just a mask.

Terrifying. It was truly terrifying.

Sun Lanzhi’s mask was even more beautiful than Shen Liya’s. Could her true nature be even more horrifying than Shen Liya’s?

“Lu Shuangshuang, you haven’t been doing well lately either, have you? What has Ye Zhiqiu done to you?”

Shen Liya stared into Lu Shuangshuang’s eyes. “She won’t let you off, and neither will the Yue family. I told you before, after she’s done with me, you’re next.”

Lu Shuangshuang played along. “That’s why I came to see you.”

“I knew it. You wouldn’t come without a reason.”

Shen Liya became smug. She leaned closer to Lu Shuangshuang. “Lu Shuangshuang, do you want my help?”

“I can help you, but you have to help me too. If you can get me out of here, I can help you deal with Ye Zhiqiu.”

Lu Shuangshuang deliberately provoked her. “You’re no match for Ye Zhiqiu. Otherwise, how is it that she’s completely fine, while you’re in here?”

“I just came to see if you were still alive. I haven’t forgotten how you tried to harm me! And you still want me to get you out? Shen Liya, you’re dreaming!”

“Lu Shuangshuang, I was wrong about that. I’ll kneel and kowtow to you if you want.”

Shen Liya knew perfectly well that Lu Shuangshuang wouldn’t help her. Right now, she just wanted to coax Lu Shuangshuang into delivering a message to Chen Can.

She had leverage over Chen Can. He wouldn’t dare abandon her.

She didn’t want to stay in this hellhole. She wanted out.

And Lu Shuangshuang was now her only hope. She would do anything to make her agree.

“Shen Liya, if you knew it would come to this, why did you provoke Ye Zhiqiu again and again in the first place? Why keep trying to harm her?”

“Because she’s a bitch! Why was she always better than me at everything since we were kids? Why did I need her help to get into the song and dance troupe? Why did Chen Can like her? Why could she, a worn-out shoe, still marry Yue Mingyuan!”

With each sentence, Shen Liya’s voice grew louder, until the last line was practically screamed.

Looking at Shen Liya’s ugly, jealous face, Lu Shuangshuang seemed to see what she herself might have become if she hadn’t woken up—probably just like Shen Liya now.

Ye Zhiqiu was indeed someone to be envied. She had been jealous of her before too, thinking she relied solely on her pretty face.

But after Children’s Day, she didn’t think that way anymore. Ye Zhiqiu wasn’t just beautiful; she was also smart, brave, gentle, and tolerant.

But she wouldn’t say any of this to Shen Liya. She knew it would be useless, a waste of breath.

Once someone gets stuck in a narrow mindset, they can’t hear anyone else.

“Lu Shuangshuang, have you heard any news about Chen Can?” Shen Liya hadn’t forgotten her goal and anxiously asked Lu Shuangshuang.

“He was beaten up. He’s in the hospital now.”

The incident was so peculiar that it was the talk of every compound. Everyone was guessing who Chen Can had offended.

Shen Liya frowned tightly. “Beaten up? Is it serious? What happened?”

“They say it’s quite serious.”

“No wonder he hasn’t been to see me lately.”

Lu Shuangshuang pressed her lips together and didn’t tell Shen Liya that Chen Can wanted a divorce or about his affair with Xu Wan.

“Shuangshuang, for the sake of our past friendship, could you deliver a message to Chen Can for me? Tell him to come see me when he’s better.”

Lu Shuangshuang agreed readily. “Alright.”

Shen Liya looked suspicious. “You’ll really help me?”

“It’s just delivering a message, not a big deal. I’ll definitely tell Chen Can. But whether he comes or not isn’t something I can guarantee. If you don’t trust me, you don’t have to ask me to do it.”

The moment she saw Shen Liya, Lu Shuangshuang had abandoned the idea of asking her for methods to deal with Sun Lanzhi and Lu Xu.

She didn’t know why, but her intuition told her it would only lead to more trouble.

After leaving the detention center, Lu Shuangshuang returned to the compound to visit Feng Wan.

“Shuangshuang, what brings you back today?” Feng Wan was very surprised.

“I missed you, Auntie.”

Lu Shuangshuang stepped forward and hugged Feng Wan, who patted her back. “Shuangshuang, have you run into some trouble?”

“Auntie, there is something I need your help with. I originally planned to handle it myself, but after thinking it over, I realized I have no one else to rely on but you.” Lu Shuangshuang smiled wryly.

“Shuangshuang, as long as your auntie is here, don’t worry.” Feng Wan led Lu Shuangshuang to sit on the sofa. “Tell your auntie, what’s the matter?”

“That day I went home, she actually invited that man to the house. I didn’t want to go downstairs, but she insisted I go down and meet him.”

Just talking about it made Lu Shuangshuang angry and feel wronged all over again. At that moment, she felt like she wasn’t a person, but livestock being sold off.

Sun Lanzhi completely disregarded her feelings, only caring about achieving her own goal.

“Why is Sun Lanzhi so keen on this matter?” Feng Wan patted Lu Shuangshuang’s hand. “Shuangshuang, what did you think of the man?”

“Not great. The way he looked at me made me very uncomfortable, and we couldn’t hold a conversation. The moment he opened his mouth, I didn’t want to talk to him.”

Lu Shuangshuang grabbed Feng Wan’s hand. “Auntie, I just want you to help me check what this man is really like. She says he’s good in every way, but I feel something isn’t right.”

“Your auntie has already looked into him for you. See if this is the person.”

Feng Wan handed Lu Shuangshuang a file folder containing information on Li Guangzhi.

Li Guangzhi was the man Sun Lanzhi had introduced to her—the youngest son of the steel mill director, a college graduate.

After graduation, he worked as a technician at the steel mill, a permanent employee with a monthly salary even 50 yuan higher than hers.