After rebirth, I married my nemesis.

“Miss Rong, now photos suggesting that you have a chaotic private life have been leaked online. The board meeting will commence in one hour. If you can't present favorable evidence to refute the rumors, it'll be extremely unfavorable for you!” “ There seems to be an unseen hand behind this, continuously releasing new materials. All are high-definition pictures, and there are even reports about your medical records from the psychiatric hospital—” The assistant continued the briefing. Beside her, the exquisitely beautiful face of the young woman was filled with indifference. Her red lips were pursed coldly, and her glistening eyes like rippling waves were permeated with chill. This was clearly not a simple leak; it was a premeditated attempt to ruin her! And all of this was happening right before today's board meeting! The conglomerate would never allow someone with such a stain to lead the Rong family! Rong Yan's expression was icy as her gaze fell on the photos. The few pictures of her so-called chaotic private life and those of her at the psychiatric hospital had been taken from very tricky angles. Lu Chengfeng had accompanied her on those occasions, yet he was nowhere to be seen in the photos. If she could sort out these two issues, the rest of the revelations could be easily resolved. Rong Yan picked up her phone to call Lu Chengfeng, but there was no answer on the other end. “ Hold the fort at the board meeting for me. I'm going out for a bit!” Rong Yan said coldly and turned around to leave the company immediately. Lu Chengfeng hadn't answered the phone, and Rong Yan had no idea what he was up to. As the head of the Lu family and her fiancé, it didn't matter if others didn't believe her; he knew her inside out. Rong Yan held the steering wheel with one hand and dialed the phone with her eyes downcast. It kept ringing with no answer. She remembered her best friend whispering to her yesterday that Lu Chengfeng was preparing a surprise for her and would reveal it after tomorrow's board meeting. She had asked her friend if it was a proposal. After all, they had been engaged for some time. Her friend had smiled mysteriously and said she wouldn't tell her, that she should wait until tomorrow to find out. Thinking of the villa they had bought as their new home, Rong Yan made a U-turn and headed there. The car stopped in front of a villa, and Rong Yan got out. After unlocking it with her fingerprint and opening the door, she froze. Looking at the clothes strewn all over the floor starting from the entrance hall, Rong Yan felt a splitting headache. She even wondered if she was hallucinating. Just as she reached the stairs, she heard laughter coming from upstairs. The bedroom door wasn't closed tightly, and through the c***k, she saw the two people in the bridal chamber. One was her fiancé, and the other was her best friend! It was like a huge bucket of dog blood had been poured over her life. There were no words to describe how she felt! Rong Yan raised her hand, intending to push the door open. But just as her hand was about to move, she heard the familiar voice, laced with a sarcastic tone she had never heard before: “ I wonder if the people at the board meeting have dealt with Rong Yan by now!” “ With so many scandals leaked, she'll never be able to turn things around in this lifetime!” The man sneered. “ It's a good thing I've been acting with her for so many years. It's time to end this!” Ji Siya looked at him with flirtatious eyes: “ I've been acting along too. Watching you two go around together, I had to force a smile.” “ But you're so clever, Chengfeng. You not only provoked everyone's attitude towards her but also had me help her when the opportunity arose, so she'd be grateful to me!” “ And you pretended to help her secretly while having me tell her it was you who helped her, making her completely devoted to you. Looking back now, she was really stupid!” At Ji Siya's praise, Lu Chengfeng just gave a cold smile and then said: “ If it weren't for that old fogey Rong Boyang being so suspicious of me, I wouldn't have had to wait until today to have the chance to swallow up the Rong family!” Rong Yan, who had been standing calmly at the door listening to their conversation, suddenly turned gloomy. Grandpa… Ji Siya smiled and said: “ Rong Yan probably doesn't know that the reason her grandpa died so quickly was actually because of you!” Lu Chengfeng sneered: “ You're wrong. Rong Boyang died because she poisoned him every day. I didn't lay a finger on him.” Ji Siya giggled and hugged Lu Chengfeng: “ But it was the tonic you gave. That woman was so stupid that she actually believed it was a real tonic. In the end, she slowly poisoned her grandpa to death!” Outside the door, Rong Yan's face turned ashen. Her gloomy expression made her look hideous and terrifying at that moment. She remembered how Lu Chengfeng had gently told her that the tonic he had bought at a high price was good for her grandpa's health. At first, her grandpa did seem to be in better spirits after taking it, so she had kept giving it to him. One day, her grandpa suddenly fell ill at home, and it was Lu Chengfeng who informed her. By the time she got to the hospital, she didn't even have time to see her grandpa; he had already passed away! The doctor had said that her grandpa's illness wasn't a big problem and that he just needed to rest well. But then he suddenly had to be hospitalized and there was no time for rescue! She… was the one who had killed her grandpa! Rong Yan's eyes turned red, and tears streamed down her face. Pain and regret engulfed her! Undoubtedly, the cause of her grandpa's death was like the last straw that broke the camel's back… Ji Siya kissed Lu Chengfeng lightly and said with a smile: “ After today, Rong Yan will have nothing. She'll hate you. Aren't you sorry that you didn't even get her?” “ Rong Yan is so beautiful. So many young talents want to marry her. But you, her fiancé, have never even touched her. I kind of admire your self-control.” Ji Siya said half-jokingly. Lu Chengfeng thought of Rong Yan's breathtakingly beautiful face and smiled to himself. Indeed, she was beautiful, but to him, power and wealth were more important. In order to better obtain everything of the Rong family and make Rong Yan believe in him, he had shown great restraint and never touched her, intending to save their first time for their wedding night! And that woman was so easy to deceive. She was always happy and grew fonder of him. Lu Chengfeng didn't say much and lowered his head to kiss Ji Siya. Outside the door, Rong Yan stood there. Her bewitching eyes were cold and strange. A few seconds later, she turned and walked downstairs. She sat on the living room sofa and picked up her phone to make a call. Ten minutes later, five men in suits walked in. Rong Yan stood up and walked over. Her eyes swept over the plastic buckets in their hands. “ Don't miss a single floor or corner! You have three minutes to finish and leave!” Rong Yan said coldly. Then she picked up a gas canister and a plastic bucket from one of them and walked towards the master bedroom on the second floor. Inside the room, Lu Chengfeng suddenly stopped and frowned: “ Do you smell something?” Ji Siya was stunned and shook her head. Then she nodded: “ It seems like…” “ Gasoline!!” Lu Chengfeng's expression turned solemn, and he stood up immediately. Just as he was about to go downstairs, the door was kicked open, hard and fierce. The two were instantly stunned. Lu Chengfeng quickly pulled the quilt to cover himself. When they saw Rong Yan, their expressions changed. Rong Yan didn't give them a chance to react. As soon as the door opened, she picked up the bucket and splashed the contents at them. “ Rong Yan, you're crazy!” Ji Siya screamed. Her exquisitely made-up face twisted slightly. Lu Chengfeng jumped down to snatch the bucket from Rong Yan. Rong Yan threw the bucket at him, instantly knocking Lu Chengfeng dizzy and making him fall to the ground. Just as he got up, he saw Rong Yan light a lighter. “ Don't do anything stupid!” Ji Siya looked at Rong Yan in horror. She was covered in gasoline. If Rong Yan threw the lighter, she would die! Lu Chengfeng's expression changed. “ Rong Yan, what are you doing?” He asked coldly. Rong Yan smiled, a devilish and ghostly smile. Her cold eyes were like sharp blades, full of murderous intent! She picked up the gas canister next to her with one hand, exuding an overpowering aura. The smile on her lips was elegant yet sarcastic, even looking a bit dangerously deranged. “ I never knew you two were such good actors?” Rong Yan laughed and then cried. The more tears streamed down, the wider her smile grew. “ I can tolerate your betrayal. I can tolerate your schemes against me!” “ But how dare you touch him, the old man!” She almost roared the last sentence in anger. Rong Yan stared at them coldly: “ Just like you two said, since I'm all alone now, with no one left, let's all go to hell to beg for his forgiveness!” In the terrified eyes of Lu Chengfeng and Ji Siya, Rong Yan threw the lighter onto the bed. The fire spread instantly. Ji Siya screamed in terror: “ Help!” Lu Chengfeng turned to run quickly. But Rong Yan took out another lighter and threw it outside. The whole villa burst into flames. Lu Chengfeng couldn't avoid the fire in time. The flames spread to him. In the fire, he saw Rong Yan looking like Satan from hell, smiling as she opened the gas canister. “ Boom!” An explosion sounded. The whole villa was burning brightly. The woman's almost bewitchingly beautiful eyes were blood-red, filled with a strange coldness. She watched coldly as the man and woman screamed and scurried around in the fire. The fire spreading around her quickly engulfed her. She seemed to feel no pain at all, even feeling a sense of relief. It was all over! The woman slowly closed her eyes, and her red lips curled into a self-mocking and sarcastic yet stunning smile, truly breathtaking! Her sins, she would atone for them in hell! Her head hit the wall, and the pain made Rong Yan grunt subconsciously. She raised her hand to rub her forehead and couldn't help frowning. Hadn't she died in that explosion and fire? “ Huh, Miss Rong, the eldest daughter of the Rong family? So weak that you can't even stand steady!” A scornful and disdainful voice, full of blatant nastiness, pulled Rong Yan back to reality. No! This wasn't the hospital! Opening her eyes and looking at the wall in front of her, Rong Yan frowned slightly. She took a few steps back and turned to look at a group of young, innocent faces in school uniforms. The pain in her forehead made her realize that this wasn't a dream. Looking at the undisguised disdain and sarcasm in their eyes, she remembered that this was the scene on her first day at school after returning to the Rong family. She had been reborn, reborn back to the year when she was seventeen and had just returned to the Rong family. Right after the morning self-study ended, she had been cornered in the classroom. In this so-called aristocratic school, everyone made no secret of their hostility and mockery towards her. “ Let's all get along. Don't bully the new classmate…” Just then, a gentle voice rang out. Ji Siya walked out gracefully and stood in front of her, saying to the group of students: “ Rong Yan didn't mean it. I'll apologize for her. Let's just forget about it, okay?” Rong Yan stared indifferently at Ji Siya's back. Her beautiful eyes showed no major fluctuations, but the invisible cold aura she emitted made everyone shudder. In her previous life, she hadn't liked Ji Siya much at first, even when she stepped forward to defend her! Ji Siya's words of defense made everyone think she was a nice person. They were about to let it go, but then someone picked up a stick and swung it at Rong Yan. At that moment, Ji Siya reacted very quickly and used her back to block the stick for Rong Yan. At that instant, although Rong Yan didn't like Ji Siya, after all, she had protected her, so she still had a shred of gratitude towards her. Later, with Ji Siya's many acts of protection, she gradually regarded Ji Siya as a friend! But now, she understood that it was all part of Ji Siya and Lu Chengfeng's scheme. A sarcastic smile flashed across Rong Yan's eyes. Her scarlet eyes were icy cold. Her mocking gaze fell on Ji Siya. Weren't these people treating her like this today also because of her instigation? “ Apologize?” Rong Yan's lazy and somewhat cynical voice rang out, interrupting Ji Siya's gentle tone. The noisy classroom fell silent instantly. A simple, bland sentence, yet full of biting sarcasm. The young girl, due to long-term malnutrition, looked rather thin. Her exquisitely perfect face made her look delicate, like a sickly beauty. However, her usually indifferent and dismissive eyes were now filled with a strange, bloodthirsty glimmer. Ji Siya turned her head and looked at Rong Yan gently. When she met Rong Yan's bloodthirsty and cold eyes, she couldn't help but be startled. Her back even felt a bit chilly. Such eyes were so terrifying that Ji Siya panicked. “ I don't even know what I did wrong? Why should I apologize?” Rong Yan's gaze fell on Ji Siya, and a playful smile tugged at her lips. She was clearly smiling, yet it gave no sense of warmth: “ You tell me, why should I apologize?”