Free Web NovelChapter 1125: Chapter 1125
"Bella Green, you’re talking nonsense. I can sue you for non-binding assault!"
Bella Green chuckled at that, and a few sharp edges flashed in her eyes.
"You actually reminded me—I can be the one to sue you."
The scene on stage, one beat after another, was like a farce, making the mentors below look rather ugly as well.
"Enough, we’re not here to argue about whether the hit was real or fake. What’s the point of all this?"
Alaric James spoke in a stern voice, then looked at the two of them.
"This wasn’t supposed to be such a big deal, but since you both want to make an issue of it, then fine, let’s make an issue of it. Bella Green, how do you prove that you didn’t just hit Joanne Jordan?"
The moment Alaric James opened his mouth, the noisy venue instantly quieted down.
The two on stage: one was the grand-disciple of Old Master Jiang, the other a disciple who hadn’t officially entered the sect yet.
Whichever side you leaned toward, it didn’t seem right.
But everyone knew that Alaric James would never take sides. Even if his own official disciple were standing here, he wouldn’t favor them in the slightest.
And the question he raised did indeed pique everyone’s interest.
All of them looked at Bella Green with curious faces.
Bella was denying it so hard—what proof did she have to show she was innocent?
Bella Green nodded. "Alright."
With that, she looked at Joanne Jordan, the curve in her eyes full of ridicule.
Then her gaze shifted and landed on Lucy Stone standing to the side.
Seeing Bella Green’s smile, Lucy Stone’s expression suddenly changed.
He couldn’t explain the feeling. Clearly she was just a teenage girl, yet she always managed to make him instinctively panic and feel afraid.
He hurriedly looked away, but was also a bit puzzled. He had seen Bella hit Joanne with his own eyes—how was she going to excuse herself?
Seeing that everyone’s eyes were now on her, Bella Green slowly raised her left hand and turned her arm so it faced the audience.
"You asked how I prove I didn’t hit her. This is the proof."
All eyes immediately fell on Bella Green’s hand.
The audience members closer to the stage could vaguely make out the marks on the back of Bella’s hand.
And the people on stage saw it the clearest.
Joanne Jordan looked at Bella Green’s hand, her face darkening slightly, her gaze on Bella turning even more sinister.
Lucy Stone was dumbfounded. How could there be that? ƒreewebɳovel.com
At that moment, the big screen behind them suddenly lit up, showing a magnified image of the back of Bella Green’s hand.
In that instant, the audience below could all see it clearly.
The venue immediately turned into a noisy mess.
Bella Green watched the crowd’s reaction with satisfaction, then spoke again.
"That slap sound just now was indeed not a sound effect—it was a real hit. But the one I hit wasn’t Joanne’s face, it was the back of my own hand. Maybe I used a bit too much force and made Joanne’s face go numb from the shock, so she mistakenly thought I’d slapped her." freewebnσvel.cøm
Bella Green shrugged helplessly.
Those words made the audience burst out laughing.
Her face went numb? Mistakenly thought she got slapped?
Could you spin it any harder?
And yet, everyone could hear the sarcasm laced in those words.
Joanne Jordan’s face kept shifting, her eyes narrowing dangerously.
"Who knows where you got that injury on your hand. Now you just raise it up and claim you didn’t hit me—don’t you think that’s way too far-fetched? Bella Green, I’ve been in this industry for so many years, I never pick fights with anyone, but I am definitely not some pushover who lets others bully me!"
Bella Green’s smile faded a notch. "What a coincidence. I also don’t like people casually pinning trumped-up charges on me."
