Chapter 8: Tears of Injustice

“You—you’re talking nonsense—” This time, Mrs. Bai’s voice really faltered.

She hadn’t expected Fu Mingxue to actually call the police from the Chengxi station.

This was bad.

“I’m talking nonsense? Ha! That matchmaker was just at my house earlier, wasn’t he? He’s really going all out for your daughter Bai Siqi! One plan fails, so he comes up with another. Who knows, maybe he’s trying to drag my daughter into your family’s mess! That way, your daughter can use my daughter’s name and go to university without a worry.”

Listening to her mother’s words, Fu Mingxue felt her eyes sting with tears.

In her previous life, this was exactly how she’d been set up.

She’d suffered her whole life because of it.

“Officer, I want to report Bai Siqi for stealing my university admission letter. Also, I want to file a report—please investigate what happened this morning when I was pushed into the river. I really was kicked in with force. The clothes I changed out of at home should still have marks on them. Please, officer, find out the truth.”

As soon as she said this, Mrs. Bai’s face turned deathly pale.

Marks on the clothes?

She panicked.

Mrs. Fu caught this and immediately pointed and shouted, “Officer, look at her! She’s panicking!”

With that shout, everyone turned to look at Mrs. Bai.

Mrs. Bai: …?

Damn it, why won’t you just drop dead?

“I didn’t! You’re slandering me—”

“Heh, I’m not blind, and besides, are all these people here blind too?” A mother will always be fierce when it comes to her daughter—especially when she’s as beautiful as hers. Mrs. Fu had always been a force to be reckoned with.

The police officer walked up to Mrs. Bai. “Where’s Bai Siqi? Tell her to come out.”

“My daughter—” She was about to say she wasn’t home.

But that wouldn’t work.

So she changed her tune. “I’ll go call her out.”

Mrs. Fu sneered, “No need for you to call her. Who knows what you’ll say to coach her! I’ll do it—”

She raised her voice and shouted toward the courtyard, “Bai Siqi, get out here! I’ve called the police! If you don’t come out, it means you’ve got a guilty conscience! That’s resisting arrest—an extra charge!”

Fu Mingxue: …?

Mom, that’s not how you say it…

The police officer’s face darkened even more.

What kind of nonsense was this lady shouting?

“Tell Bai Siqi to come out.”

Mrs. Bai could no longer keep up her gentle facade.

Face dark, she turned and shouted toward the courtyard, “Siqi, come out for a moment.”

Hiding in the courtyard, Bai Siqi’s face was ashen.

What should she do now?

Her reputation was ruined.

She couldn’t help but blame Song Yan—why couldn’t he even handle such a simple matter?

If only he’d gotten physically close to Fu Mingxue in front of everyone, would Fu Mingxue have been able to escape?

But now, she had no choice but to go out.

She composed her expression, then slowly walked out, dragging her feet.

Her pale face at that moment really did make her look like a pitiful little white flower.

“Officer, I didn’t—”

Before she could finish, the postman, who had been waiting nearby, immediately stepped forward to testify.

“I can vouch for it—it was her who claimed to be Fu Mingxue and asked me to give her Fu Mingxue’s admission letter. After she stopped me, I even double-checked her name, and she said she was Fu Mingxue. Then, when this young lady arrived, she even tried to snatch the university admission letter. She had no intention of giving it back.”

The postman was angry too.

He was the most innocent party in all this.

I mean, if someone stops you, gives you a name, and asks for their letter, of course you’d believe them.

This whole thing—almost cost him his job.

“Comrade, you must have misheard. I only asked if you had my letter, and then I said I’d pass a message to Fu Mingxue for you, to save you a trip. How could you accuse me like this?”

Bai Siqi’s eyes were red, and tears of grievance finally fell."