Chapter 15: She Wasn't the One Who Went Back on Her Word

Tang Qiang also thought it would be best to get things over with quickly, so he spoke up. ""If you're going to apologize, then hurry up and do it.""

With those words, he was essentially declaring Bai Siqi and her mother guilty.

All the neighbors who had gathered to watch the commotion stared at Bai Siqi and her mother in shock—no one had expected they’d actually done such a thing.

Bai Siqi wished she could just disappear into a crack in the ground.

She had never been so humiliated in her life.

Even when she divorced Song Yan, she hadn’t cared about people gossiping behind her back.

Taking a deep breath, she quickly said, “I’m sorry, it was my fault. I shouldn’t have taken your admission letter. I was just being foolish for a moment.”

As soon as she finished speaking, she ran off in a hurry.

“Siqi—” Song Yan called after her, worried.

He had just seen Siqi crying.

Seeing this, Bai Siqi’s mother realized there was no point dragging things out any longer.

She decisively apologized as well: “I’m sorry, it was all our fault. We shouldn’t have taken your admission letter. Since we’ve already paid you eight hundred yuan and apologized, please let this matter go.”

The neighbors erupted in shock—what? Eight hundred yuan? Goodness, that’s a lot of money!

Any sympathy they’d felt for Fu Mingxue and her mother instantly vanished when they heard about the eight hundred yuan.

It turned out Fu Mingxue’s mother was the truly ruthless one here.

Fu’s mother was furious.

That old witch—she’d brought up the money on purpose.

Trying to make sure they couldn’t keep the money, was she?

Fu Mingxue sneered.

At that moment, Song Yan suddenly spoke up, “Comrade Tang, we’ve fulfilled all their demands. Let them sign the paperwork!”

Tang Qiang opened the file in his hand and had Fu Mingxue sign it.

Fu Mingxue didn’t say much. She took the pen and quickly signed her name.

“All done!”

Seeing this, Bai Siqi’s mother breathed a sigh of relief and didn’t stay any longer.

After all, Fu Mingxue’s mother was glaring at her as if she wanted to kill her.

She hurried home.

Song Yan was still worried about Bai Siqi. Now that the case was settled, he left quickly as well.

The neighbors, however, didn’t disperse. Someone even asked directly, “Mingxue’s mom, did the Bai family really pay you eight hundred yuan?”

Fu’s mother’s face darkened even more—she couldn’t stand hearing the words “eight hundred.”

In her heart, she cursed Qu Hongdan and her ancestors eighteen generations back.

“The Bai family tried to steal my daughter’s university admission letter—that could have ruined her future. Isn’t eight hundred yuan a small price to pay? Besides, that eight hundred was paid by her wonderful son-in-law. He handed over the money without a second thought. Those of you with daughters, keep your eyes open. Men who can’t cut ties with their ex-wives and still go proposing to other families—they just want someone to take care of their own kids and their bedridden relatives!”

Fu Mingxue secretly gave her mother a thumbs-up.

“Officer Tang, about the case where I fell into the river, you have to investigate that as soon as possible. Oh, and the evidence I mentioned earlier is at home—I’ll go get it for you.”

She was referring to the case of the stolen admission letter being settled.

But the case where someone tried to kill her was a separate matter.

“Alright,” Tang Qiang replied, clearly not confusing the two cases.

In fact, back at the police station, he’d already guessed what this girl was thinking.

He could only say, that eight hundred yuan was well deserved.

He wondered if the Bai family would blow their top when they found out there was more to come.

Fu Mingxue went into the yard to get her clothes.

Meanwhile, after hearing her daughter’s words, Fu’s mother instantly felt much better.

Honestly, her daughter hadn’t told her about this—she’d thought the river incident was included in the settlement.

Her daughter really was clever.

Some neighbors who were standing nearby had overheard Fu Mingxue and couldn’t help but ask curiously, “Wait, there’s another case?”

“That earlier one was about Bai Siqi and her mother trying to steal my daughter’s admission letter—we settled that. But my daughter was also pushed into the river before. That’s attempted murder, a life-threatening crime. Shouldn’t the police investigate that thoroughly and catch the culprit?”"