Chapter 444 I am innocent!

Jin Nan suddenly turned around and looked towards the door.

The ward door was pushed open, and Liu Yue was helped in by Yao Jianshu. Looking at Jin Nan with disbelief in her eyes, she accused him, "I was thinking of you wholeheartedly, and I was willing to ruin my future to keep your name hidden. You won't even admit to having a boyfriend. You were still hugging me in bed and saying that you would help me out when I got into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. You lied to me! Jin Nan, you have disappointed me so much!"

Jin Nan frowned.

Looking at Liu Yue with a grim expression, he said, "What nonsense are you spouting? We've only known each other for a few days! When did I agree to be your girlfriend? Do you think you can frame me just because we've had physical intimacy?"

"You...you're shameless!"

Liu Yue's face turned pale instantly. "You dared to sleep with me after only knowing me for a few days?!"

"Liu Yue, get this straight, you came to me willingly. It was consensual, I didn't force you, it was your own choice..."

Liu Yue swayed precariously, trembling with rage, "You scum, you degenerate! You deny everything afterward! If you hadn't promised me, I, an innocent girl, would... would..."

She seemed too angry to speak.

He gripped Yao Jianshu's hand tightly, his teeth grinding together.

After a long pause, he suddenly raised his head, called out to Deputy Regiment Commander Luan, pointed at Jin Nan, and shouted, "It was him! He's the one who instructed me to put the drug in the water dispenser..."

"It wasn't me."

Jin Nan, his expression dark with anger, glared at Liu Yue. "Don't blame me for retaliating after you've done the first thing, Deputy Regiment Commander Luan. I suspect Liu Yue orchestrated this. I'd never met her before the interview for the investment promotion conference translator; she approached me on her own initiative. She invited me to a hotel and said she wanted to make a deal. She knew I had a falling out with Yao Jianshu and said she could help me get Yao Jianshu punished, even removed from Vice Minister Li's list of graduate students. The condition was that I promise to bring her in after I joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, saying she..."

He looked away, went over the words in his mouth, and then said, "She said she was willing to do anything, and she even took off her clothes and hugged my neck right there. I... I was momentarily bewitched, and then..."

"You beast! Jin Nan, you beast!"

Liu Yue's body trembled, and she suddenly roared like an enraged lion, lunging at Jin Nan and tearing at him, "It was you! You were the one who said we were in love and that marriage was just a matter of time, that I was so outstanding and you were afraid I'd be snatched away by another man, and that you wanted to force us to have sex..."

Jin Nan stared wide-eyed, backing away in disbelief.

"Liu Yue, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Liu Yue was pulled away by the female soldiers, and she pointed at Jin Nan, bursting into tears, "You're still pretending! You scum, you've ruined me, you've ruined my life, Jin Nan! Even if you ruin me, I won't let you get away with it! Deputy Regiment Commander Luan, Deputy Director Cao, I'm filing a formal complaint. It was Jin Nan who gave me the croton powder. He said he resented Team Leader Yao, that Team Leader Yao embarrassed him in front of the freshmen on their first meeting, making him, a senior student, lose face, and that he wanted to teach her a lesson. He told me to find an opportunity to put some croton in every water dispenser, to make you and Team Leader Yao suffer. He wants to ruin you! It's him, it's him, arrest him now!"

He finished speaking in one breath, then collapsed to the side, panting heavily.

Yao Jianshu stepped forward to support her and looked at Jin Nan.

Jin Nan looked back at them in shock and said, "I didn't! I admit I hate you, Yao Jianshu, because you challenged my authority as your senior. I just wanted to give you a hard time so you would listen to me, but you didn't give me any face at all... I also admit that I encouraged Zhao Shucheng to cause a scene at the translation group, just to embarrass you. In the end, Zhao Shucheng was more trouble than he was worth, and he's the one who ended up looking bad! I admit to all of that, but I don't admit to giving you croton seeds at the investment promotion meeting!"

He took a breath, pursed his lips, and continued, "I did see Zhao Shucheng buying medicine. I admit that at the time, I didn't interfere because I thought that if he could make Yao Jianshu suffer, it would be a testament to his ability. I also thought that even if Zhao Shucheng failed, there was still Liu Yue. Yao Jianshu was bound to suffer in silence. But I didn't get involved in Zhao Shucheng's matter at all. You can ask him if you don't believe me!"

Deputy Regiment Commander Luan turned to look at Zhao Shucheng.

The others also looked at him.

Zhao Shucheng swallowed hard, looked around, then glanced at Yao Jianshu and nodded.

Jin Nan took a breath and frowned, giving Liu Yue a disdainful look.

"This woman approached me from the translation team, saying she fell in love with me at first sight and wanted to date me. I wasn't ready for that yet, so I rejected her outright. But she kept pursuing me until the day before the investment conference, when she invited me to a hotel, said those things, and did those things..."

Jin Nan looked up at Deputy Commander Luan and Yao Jianshu, the two women, and said, "Whether you believe it or not, I really didn't expect that she asked me to buy croton powder for this purpose."

"Jin Nan, you scumbag! You said you would take responsibility for me!" Liu Yue glared at him intently.

Jin Nan shook his head, "I never said anything like that. You were the one who took off your clothes first before we went to sleep. I'm not some saint..."

Seeing the disgust in everyone's eyes, Jin Nan raised his hand and swore, "If I have told a single lie, may I never be able to work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs again."

"Pooh!"

Liu Yue spat and said, "If oaths were useful, where would all these wrongful convictions come from? Deputy Regiment Commander Luan, what are you still hesitating for? Arrest him immediately! I did what he told me to do. Now he's denying it and wants me to take the blame alone? He can forget about it. I'll drag that scum Jin Nan down with me even if I have to go to hell!"

Deputy Regiment Commander Luan sighed.

He said to Jin Nan, "We have both witnesses and physical evidence. You can't deny it. Arrest him and send him to the nearest police station along with Zhao Shucheng. Lock him up for now."

After saying that, he looked at Sister-in-law Yao and the others.

The group nodded.

Deputy Regiment Commander Luan agreed, "Then I'll take them over first. We'll escort Liu Yue over when she's feeling better. Two female soldiers will stay here to guard her for now. You've all been busy all day, so you should all go back and rest early."

"Deputy Regiment Commander Luan, I'm innocent!"

Jin Nan was being held down and felt like he was about to explode. He struggled desperately to shake off the pressure, but he was held firmly and couldn't move at all. He was being pushed away by his shoulders.

"You can't just believe Liu Yue's one-sided story. I didn't do it. I'm going to find Vice Minister Li to judge for me..."

"Gag him," Deputy Regiment Commander Luan ordered, frowning.

The soldier responded, took a piece of cloth from his pocket, stuffed it into Jin Nan's mouth, and took him away.

The boss was sent back, and Zhao Shucheng obediently followed behind.

After everyone left, Sister-in-law Yao and Yao Jianshu helped Liu Yue to bed. Seeing that she looked listless, they didn't say anything more, handed her over to the female soldier, and the two sisters-in-law went back together.

On the way, Yao Jianshu stared out the window, lost in thought.

Sister-in-law Yao asked her, "Are you still thinking about what just happened?"

Yao Jianshu nodded.

“Sister-in-law, I’ve always felt something’s off. Jin Nan values ​​getting into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the most, yet he’s using the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an oath…”

Sister-in-law Yao frowned.

He said, "Maybe he was forced into it? He just blurted it out. Isn't this kind of oath just a joke?"

Yao Jianshu shook his head, "The feeling he gave me when he swore was different. Also, when I was supporting Liu Yue, I could feel that Liu Yue's body stiffened for a moment when Jin Nan swore."