Chapter 147 Caught in the Act

Tang Qiuxia quickly figured out the key point.

She stared at Cen Yan in disbelief.

"You orchestrated all of this! You deliberately sent those gossipy women to spread rumors in front of me, claiming you found evidence when there was actually no hair tie at all!"

"You've dug a trap for me to fall into, now catch me red-handed!"

"Cen Yan, you are so vicious and scheming, you bitch, I'll fight you to the death."

Tang Qiuxia rushed up to scratch Hua Cenyan's face.

Cen Yan didn't bother with any more nonsense and raised her hand to slap her face hard.

"Tang Qiuxia, you're the vicious one! What grudge do you have against the comrades in the production team? You know perfectly well that if the grain isn't harvested in time during a heavy rainstorm, it will be soaked and sprout, and all the hard work of the year will be for nothing."

"But for a small grudge, you didn't hesitate to destroy the production team's tractor and delay the transportation process. Tang Qiuxia, I'll only ask you once: did you do this yourself, or was someone helping you behind the scenes?"

Cen Yan knew that Tang Qiuxia was cowardly and wouldn't dare to destroy collective assets, so there was only one explanation: Tang Qiuxia had someone behind her.

"I...I didn't do any of these things! You...you're slandering an innocent person!" Tang Qiuxia cried out in pain, but she also calmed down and quickly defended herself.

Cen Yan sneered, "Whether I've slandered you or not, we both know perfectly well. Tang Qiuxia, if you tell the truth now, you might get away with something. The tractor isn't broken, so we won't send you to the law enforcement team for legal processing! Otherwise..."

Tang Qiuxia was still being stubborn, "Cen Yan, who do you think you are? You say I destroyed the tractor, so do you think I really destroyed the tractor? This is clearly slander!"

"Alright, then Comrade Tang Qiuxia, please explain to me what you're doing in the village committee office in the middle of the night, and why you broke the drawer lock?"

Cen Yan pressed her for answers. This was her last chance to give Tang Qiuxia. If she didn't even understand the most basic repentance, then prison was the only place for Tang Qiuxia, so that she wouldn't harm others and herself outside.

Tang Qiuxia shook her head without hesitation.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. When I arrived, the drawers in the village committee office had been smashed open. Yes, that’s right. I heard the noise and thought a thief had broken in, so I came over. Cen Yan, Captain Xiang won’t believe your side of the story. Don’t even think about slandering me.”

"Yeah!"

Upon hearing this, Xiang Yiguo, who had been hiding outside the door, could no longer contain himself. He pushed open the door, stormed in, and reached out to follow the production team comrade who was holding a flashlight.

They all heard and saw Tang Qiuxia's every move, word, and deed!

At first, they thought of just rushing in and arresting people, but Cen Yan said, "No one is perfect."

Tang Qiuxia is still young; let's see what she really wants to do first.

If she knew she was wrong and was willing to repent, then the production team wouldn't have needed to escalate the scandal to the commune and the enforcement team over these matters.

If that happened, the news that Xiangyang Brigade had failed to protect the tractor and almost damaged collective property would be lost. Moreover, Tang Qiuxia was only nineteen years old. How could she face others with such a stain on her record?

Forgive others when you can.

Xiang Yiguo never expected that Tang Qiuxia, caught red-handed by Cen Yan, would not only fail to acknowledge her mistake but also verbally abuse Cen Yan, calling her a slut.

In their opinion, Cen Yan was too kind, which is why she was trampled on and acted arrogantly by someone like Tang Qiuxia!

Xiang Yiguo stared coldly at Tang Qiuxia and questioned her: "If Nurse Cen's one-sided account is unreliable, then what about the comrades who hid outside the door from beginning to end and heard the whole story? Can their words be trusted?"