Free Web NovelChapter 15: Chapter 15: She Didn’t Go Back on Her Word
Tang Qiang also felt it was best to get this over with, so he spoke up. "If you’re going to apologize, then get on with it."
His words essentially convicted Bai Siqi and her mother in the eyes of the crowd.
All the onlooking neighbors stared at Bai Siqi and her mother in shock. ’They never imagined they would actually do something like this.’
Bai Siqi wished she could find a hole to crawl into.
She had never been so humiliated in her entire life.
Even when she divorced Song Yan, she hadn’t been afraid of the gossip and pointing fingers.
Taking a deep breath, she spoke quickly, "I’m sorry. I was wrong. I shouldn’t have taken your acceptance letter. I wasn’t thinking straight."
As soon as she finished speaking, she bolted.
"Siqi—" Song Yan was extremely worried.
He had just seen Siqi crying.
Seeing this, Mrs. Bai knew that dragging things out would do no good.
She promptly apologized. "I’m sorry, it’s all our fault. We shouldn’t have taken your acceptance letter. Seeing as we’ve paid eight hundred yuan in compensation and have apologized, please let this matter go."
The neighbors erupted in an uproar. ’What? Eight hundred yuan? Heavens, they paid that much money?’
The sympathetic looks they had been giving Fu Mingxue and her mother all changed the moment they heard "eight hundred."
’So Fu Mingxue’s mom is the really vicious one here.’
Mrs. Fu was livid.
’That old bitch—she mentioned the money on purpose.’
’She’s trying to make sure we can’t keep the money, isn’t she?’
Fu Mingxue sneered.
Just then, Song Yan suddenly spoke up. "Mr. Tang, we’ve met all their demands. Let them sign the papers!"
Tang Qiang opened the file in his hand and told Fu Mingxue to sign.
Fu Mingxue said nothing more, simply taking the pen and swiftly writing her name.
"Done!"
Seeing this, Mrs. Bai breathed a sigh of relief. She wasn’t about to stay here any longer.
After all, Fu Mingxue’s mom was giving her a murderous look.
She quickly left and returned home.
Song Yan was also worried about Bai Siqi, so seeing the case was closed, he also made a quick exit.
The crowd of neighbors, however, did not disperse. Someone even asked directly, "Mother Mingxue, did the Bai Family really pay you eight hundred?" freewebnσvel.cøm
Mrs. Fu’s face darkened even more. She couldn’t stand hearing the number eight hundred.
In her heart, she cursed that old bitch Qu Hongdan and her entire family tree, going back eighteen generations.
"The Bai Family tried to fraudulently claim my daughter’s university acceptance letter! That’s an attempt to ruin her future! You think eight hundred yuan is too much for that? Besides, that eight hundred came from her so-called ’wonderful’ son-in-law. And boy, was he quick to fork over the cash. Any of you with daughters better keep your eyes peeled. A man who’s still tangled up with his ex-wife but goes around making marriage proposals to other families? He’s just trying to find a workhorse to take care of his kid and his paralyzed relative!"
Fu Mingxue mentally gave her mom a thumbs-up.
"Officer Tang, about the case of my fall into the water, you need to hurry up with the investigation. Oh, right, the evidence I mentioned earlier is at home. I’ll go get it for you."
The case she’d agreed to close was the one concerning the fraudulent claim of the acceptance letter.
The attempt on her life was an entirely separate matter.
"Alright." Tang Qiang obviously hadn’t conflated the two cases either.
Besides, back at the police station, he had already figured out what this girl had in mind.
’All I can say is, she earned that eight hundred yuan.’
’I just wonder what the Bai Family will do when they find out this isn’t over. They’ll probably explode with rage.’
Fu Mingxue went into the yard to get the clothes.
As for Mrs. Fu, after hearing her daughter’s words, her spirits instantly lifted, and her anger vanished.
’Come to think of it, my daughter hadn’t filled me in. I’d assumed the drowning incident was part of the settlement too.’
’My daughter is just so clever.’
Those standing closer had indeed heard Fu Mingxue’s words and couldn’t help but ask curiously, "What? There’s another case?"
"The settlement just now was for Bai Siqi and her mother trying to fraudulently claim my daughter’s acceptance letter. But the fact that my daughter was pushed into the river earlier? That’s attempted murder! A direct attempt on her life! Don’t you think a case like that needs to be investigated thoroughly until the criminal is caught?"
