Chapter 145 Slander! Slap Lu Lian'er! Apologize!

Lu Lian'er coughed lightly twice, pretending to be ill and acting pitiful.

"Officer, my sister is usually quite willful and domineering. Maybe this time she wanted to teach her roommates a lesson."

Lu Lian'er's words definitively condemned Xia Mian.

Zhao Baoqi had just reached the dormitory entrance when he saw Lu Lian'er spouting this nonsense.

Enraged, she pushed through the crowd, rushed up to Lu Lian'er, and raised her hand to slap her. "Slap!"

A slap landed hard on Lu Lian'er's face.

"Lu Lian'er, you can eat as much as you want, but you can't just say whatever you want! You have no evidence, so why are you so sure that Mianmian is the poisoner? What proof do you have?"

Lu Lian'er already had a high fever and didn't have much strength. Caught off guard, she was slapped hard by Zhao Baoqi, causing her to stagger.

If a girl hadn't caught her, she might have fallen to the ground.

She glared angrily at Zhao Baoqi, who was dressed in a silk nightgown.

"You dare to hit me like this in front of the police? Zhao Baoqi, you've gone too far!"

"How could I be more unreasonable than you? I only slapped you, my hand still hurts, and I haven't even bothered to get back at you yet! How come your skin is so thick and hard!"

"Not only are you shameless, but you've also wronged and slandered Mianmian! You're committing a crime!" Zhao Baoqi retorted aggressively, refusing to back down.

Lu Lian'er stood there, swaying precariously, tears welling in her eyes. "Zhao Baoqi, do you truly believe that only violence can solve problems?"

"The only way to deal with someone like you is through violence!" Zhao Baoqi tilted her head back, looking stubbornly at the three policemen. "Officer, this Lu Lian'er framed my best friend without any evidence. I'm hitting her because she deserves it!"

"Police officer!" Lu Lian'er turned her head and looked at the police officer. A tear slid down her cheek the moment she turned her head. It was unclear whether it was unintentional or if she had just managed to control her tears.

She looked wronged and pitiful, her cheeks red and swollen, saying, "Zhao Baoqi hit me like that; she intentionally hurt me!"

The police were having a headache. They still had no leads on the case of the two female students pouring bleach into each other's water cups in the dormitory. The two female students started arguing and then fighting.

"Lu Lian'er, don't try to get your attention in front of me. If you can't stand it, get lost! What kind of trash are you!"

Zhao Baoqi bumped into Lu Lian'er's shoulder before walking into the dormitory.

"Hey, can you two put your dispute aside for now? You must get along amicably; we're all classmates!" The policeman said a couple of generic words before turning his stern gaze to Xia Mian's face.

"Xia Mian, we will take these water cups with us for investigation."

"Please come with us to give a statement and cooperate with the investigation." The police officer then said to Fang Yuan and Li Qing, "Please come with us to the station to give a statement as well."

The counselor was with Xu Meimei at the hospital. The dormitory supervisor had already notified the head of student affairs, a bald, middle-aged man who rushed to the dormitory, panting.

"Officer, I believe our student is innocent; there must be a misunderstanding here."

Xia Mian raised an eyebrow without changing her expression; she hadn't expected the head of teaching to speak so objectively and authoritatively.

"Director, it was Xia Mian who poisoned us to kill us!" Fang Yuan said angrily upon hearing the strong protective tone in the dean's voice. "She's so vicious!"

"Young man, don't speak recklessly without evidence. Our school's students are all excellent students! Underachievers don't get in." The dean of students wiped the sweat from his brow. "Officer, you must investigate this thoroughly!"

"Don't worry! Come back to the station with us now!" the policeman said matter-of-factly, and walked out with the three water cups.

Xia Mian, seeing the expressions and demeanor of Fang Yuan and Li Qing, immediately suspected that the two women were behind it all.

However, she was troubled by the lack of evidence to prove that the two women were behind it and were framing her.

At the same time, she found it somewhat ridiculous. She had only stayed in the dormitory during military training for half a month before she moved into an apartment with Bao Qi.

In just half a month, these two women couldn't stand it anymore and kept tormenting her.

Since that's the case, then don't blame her for being impolite!

A sharp glint flashed in Xia Mian's eyes.

Zhao Baoqi stayed by Xia Mian's side with concern, "Mianmian, don't be afraid, I'll go to the police station with you."

"Baoqi, you have military training tomorrow. I didn't do this. I'm innocent, so what's there to be afraid of?" Xia Mian patted her hand reassuringly. "Get some rest so it doesn't affect your performance tomorrow."

“No! I can’t sleep in the dorm either. Let me keep you company.” Zhao Baoqi said firmly.

Xia Mian had no choice but to hold Zhao Baoqi's hand and follow behind the police into the police car.

Along the way, many students watched them and discussed it.

Lu Lian'er stood in the crowd, her expression gradually turning cold.

She pulled the coat she was wearing closer, lowered her head, and a slow smile appeared on her lips.

Xia Mian, let's see how you handle this.

The evidence is irrefutable, and it all points to you.

Let's see how you get away with it.

School beauty? How ridiculous!

Go to prison and be a prisoner!

Police cars roared by, and the head of education got into one of them along with Xia Mian and Zhao Baoqi.

The head of the teaching department kept explaining on the way, firmly believing that Xia Mian was innocent.

Are you kidding me? According to rumors, Xia Mian is the girlfriend of that high-ranking official in the Fu family.

If you were convicted right under his nose.

He feared that he, a mere department head, would not be able to withstand the Fu family's wrath.

After arriving at the police station, a policewoman came to greet Xia Mian and her companions, and then began the routine interrogation and took their statements.

Xia Mian recounted her timeline, stating that she had no opportunity to commit the crime.

She returned to the dormitory with her classmates at noon and left together; she did not go back in between.

There are no surveillance cameras inside the dormitory, but there are cameras at the dormitory entrance and in the corridor, which can prove her timeline. Also, when she was in the dormitory, her other three roommates were all in the dormitory as well.

She couldn't possibly add bleach in front of the three of them, could she?

Fang Yuan and Li Qing looked at each other, exchanging glances every now and then.

They hadn't expected Xia Mian to be so eloquent and persuasive, gradually clearing themselves of suspicion.

The police did indeed retrieve surveillance footage from the dormitory entrance and corridors when they left the school.

As Xia Mian said, when she was in the dormitory, they were all in the dormitory at the same time, and they did not see Xia Mian add bleach to it.

Furthermore, during the military training period, Xia Mian did not return to the dormitory alone.

The only time she went back alone was when Xu Meimei had already been poisoned and was sent to the infirmary!

By then, the incident had already occurred.

"Then explain why all three of our water glasses have bleach, but yours doesn't. Why is that?" Fang Yuan was really getting angry at Xia Mian.