Qiao Chuchu lounged on the sofa at the art exhibition, scrolling through videos, waiting for Pei Yuan and the others to co back for her.
Rayla stood behind her, glancing up at the cara directly facing Qiao Chuchu: "Miss Qiao."
Qiao Chuchu, seeing it was her, relaxed: "Mrs. Rayla?"
Rayla smiled and sat beside her, speaking in English: "I sincerely invite you to be my model at my ho in three days."
Qiao Chuchu: "?"
Model?
A contorted model?
She beca wary: "Why ?"
"You're too beautiful," Rayla said, carefully studying her. "I want to take your photograph and have my husband paint you. Together, we'll create a perfect piece of art, but don't tell your family."
"Just co by yourself," Rayla added, winking playfully. "When the work is finished, I'll have your photo published in a magazine, giving your family a pleasant surprise."
Qiao Chuchu's smile gradually froze: "A surprise?
Strangers inviting you to do sothing without informing your family, even privately inviting you—it's either they want to harm you or they want to kill you.
Especially given this couple's thod of portraying their models, they are definitely not good people.
Qiao Chuchu glanced at the caras in the exhibition hall, smirking: "Actually, I can do it now. My brothers are also here, and they happen to be occupied. It's the perfect ti for to be your model."
Rayla's smile faltered for a mont: "No, there's not enough ti."
Qiao Chuchu raised an eyebrow: "Is that so?"
It wasn't that there wasn't enough ti; it was because all the heavyweights from various circles were at this exhibition. This couple wouldn't dare to act right now.
If sothing happened to her, her brothers would imdiately call the police. As the organizers of the exhibition, Rayla and ng Yashu would naturally beco suspects, and the police would search their ho.
For safety, they had invited her privately.
Seeing Qiao Chuchu remained silent, Rayla gently persuaded her: "Don't worry. I've already found another model, soone your age, and you two will do it together."
Rayla walked out and brought soone back to show Qiao Chuchu: "This is her."
Qiao Chuchu's eyes lit up when she saw the person, stretching out her words: "Oh~~ so the other model you found is Xia Xuechun!"
Xia Xuechun stood beside Rayla, looking sowhat lost.
Qiao Chuchu glanced at Xia Xuechun's branded outfit: "Looks like you've rebranded yourself."
Xia Xuechun looked embarrassed, shooting a resentful glare at Rayla.
She hadn't prepared to et Qiao Chuchu yet, so she had been avoiding her.
She had planned to make a dazzling debut!
She had thought Rayla was introducing her to soone else, but it turned out to be Qiao Chuchu!
If she had known, she wouldn't have co!
In anger, she glared back at Qiao Chuchu, ready to face her ridicule.
But—
Qiao Chuchu suddenly burst out laughing, leaning forward on the sofa: "Hahahahahahahaha!"
Xia Xuechun and Rayla were stunned.
Rayla, puzzled, asked in Chinese: "What’s she laughing at?"
Xia Xuechun's face turned red: "She’s definitely laughing at . She’s always looking down on ."
Qiao Chuchu's laughter beca even more uncontrollable, finding the whole situation increasingly hilarious.
Xia Xuechun, the distorted artworks, ng Yashu's strange gaze, and Rayla, ng Yashu's wife.
It all started to connect.
So this couple was the murderer!
She had repeatedly guessed that the culprit might be a strong man who would sneak up on her from behind and bundle her away.
But it turned out that the real killer was a gentle, refined artist, trying to lure her into a trap step by step.
Thinking about it, how did she end up being dismbered in another tiline?
If soone invited her to be a model and told her not to inform her family, she just ca along without telling them?
Was she stupid? Did she forget all those cautionary tales of strangers abducting people?
However... she shouldn't bla herself too much. Maybe she had clearly refused but was captured at another ti.
Rayla, seeing Qiao Chuchu not speaking, placed her hand on her shoulder: "Are you alright?"
With her touch, Qiao Chuchu saw a flash—
—She walked into Lou Tingsi's garden and saw bloodstains on the ground.
Her pace quickened, her unease growing. Following the trail of blood, she found a man lying on the lawn.
The man wore a white shirt and a suit, six to seven gunshot wounds in his abdon. His slender, pale fingers clutched tightly to a gift box.
The man had already lost his breath. The scene stopped at his neck; there was no head, so she didn't know who it was.
Qiao Chuchu's smile suddenly vanished, her mind completely unraveled: "Did you kill my brother?"
Rayla didn't catch it: "What?"
Qiao Chuchu, like a furious leopard, pounced on her, grabbing her collar and demanding sharply: "What do you want from ?!"
The guests were startled and quickly separated them!
Xia Xuechun shielded the shaken Rayla: "Qiao Chuchu, are you crazy? If you're sick, go see a doctor! Why are you acting like this?!"
Rayla, protected by the guests, remained calm but alert, watching Qiao Chuchu.
Qiao Chuchu, restrained by security, was like a raging beast, unable to calm down!
This woman had killed her brother!
Pei Yuan and the others returned, their faces changing in alarm as they rushed to Qiao Chuchu, pushing the security away: "What happened, Chuchu?"
Qiao Chuchu remained silent.
Her eyes, bloodshot with murderous intent, glared at Rayla.
Pei Yuan turned to Rayla, demanding: "What’s going on?!"
Xia Xuechun defended Rayla: "We didn't do anything to her. Qiao Chuchu just suddenly went crazy! She almost hurt Mrs. Rayla!"
Pei Yuan frowned, turning back to Qiao Chuchu: "Chuchu, what happened? Did she say anything to you?"
Others also surrounded Qiao Chuchu with concern.
Huai Ling kept signing: "Did she bully you? Where did she bully you?"
Qiao Chuchu ignored them.
She just stared fiercely at Rayla, her anger burning like fire, her hatred unable to be unleashed!
Suddenly, a voice echoed in her mind: "Host, it's ."
"I’ve detected changes in your predicted future to avoid confusion. Let explain. Your fate of being dismbered has been averted due to certain reasons; you won’t be dismbered."
Qiao Chuchu's eyes darkened as she responded to the system: "Is it because I’ve discovered the killer, so I avoided being killed?"
The system replied: "No, it's because the killer who wanted to kill you is dead."
Qiao Chuchu: "?"
The system continued: "Every ti you avoid a killing fate, I’ll notify you. Plus, you saw a new prophecy earlier.
"That prophecy hinted you won’t be dismbered."
"In exchange, one of your brothers will die."
Qiao Chuchu's eyes turned dark: "Who?"
The system: "I don’t know—you didn’t see the dead person’s face, and neither did I. Probably he bought a gift for you and was waiting in the garden to give it to you when he was killed. So, think about which brother would buy you a gift."
Qiao Chuchu sneered: "I have seven brothers; all of them buy gifts. Gifts are the most common things in my life."
The system: "… Regardless, you can’t tell them you can foresee the future, but you can hint at them to protect themselves."
She ca back to her senses, looking at Pei Yuan and the others who were watching her with concern.
Pei Yuan looked at her with worry.
Her gaze was sowhat distant, as if falling apart, blankly staring at Pei Yuan.
Pei Yuan, puzzled, frowned.
She, however, smiled.
"It's okay." Qiao Chuchu laughed even more happily, speaking to the system: "I won’t let Rayla succeed."
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