"Madam, please come with us as well."
"Cooperate with my investigation."
The police officer found Zhou Chen's suggestion very reasonable. He turned his attention to Zhou Ling and asked her to get into the police car to go back for questioning.
Zhou Ling's face turned pale; she didn't want to go, but she didn't dare to refuse.
Finally, he looked to Zhou Na for help.
Zhou Na was utterly speechless at her foolish third sister, Zhou Ling. But things had already turned out this way, and as Zhou Ling's older sister, how could she possibly stay out of it?
I had no choice but to reveal my identity and ask if they could come along.
Of course, Zhou Chuan couldn't escape either, because the police recognized him as well. Zhou Chuan, who had been released less than a day ago, was also involved in the matter, so they had to take him back.
Zhao Kun and Zhou Ling were the first to get into the police car.
Zhou Chen turned to Li Kaile and Liu He, a member of the school team, and said thank you. After all, he was quite touched that so many people still stood up for him despite their misunderstandings. He was then the last to get on the bus.
Under the watchful eyes of his classmates, he gradually walked away.
It left behind a large number of onlookers.
Thinking about the misunderstanding and hurtful words they had caused Zhou Chen, some classmates felt ashamed and felt they owed Zhou Chen an apology.
Some people, on the other hand, acted as if nothing had happened and walked away with a clear conscience.
...
Around 7 p.m., everyone came out of the police station.
"Wait a moment."
Zhou Na called out to Zhou Chen. Looking at Zhou Chen's expressionless face, knowing that she might be rejected, she still reluctantly asked, "Could you not make my third sister apologize to you in front of the whole school?"
"cannot!"
Zhou Chen flatly refused. Zhou Ling dared to spread rumors and smear his reputation. Why should he agree to give up his apology just because Zhou Na made a request? Zhou Na doesn't have that much face in my eyes.
"But if you do this, you might ruin her life."
Seeing Zhou Na trying to persuade him from a moral high ground again, Zhou Chen found it utterly ridiculous and coldly said, "What does her life have to do with me? Don't forget, she ruined my life first. It's only right that she apologizes, and she deserves it."
You want her to not have to apologize publicly, but I'm afraid it's not for her sake, but for your own. You're afraid of being implicated, suffering infamy, and losing your place at school. It's fine if you cherish your reputation, but why didn't you stand up for me when I was slandered and misunderstood? Were you deaf or blind at that time?
"You ruined her life, and you advise me to be magnanimous; you ruined my life, and you remain silent. So, in your heart, Zhou Ling's life is a life, while everyone else's life is garbage? No one can be as shameless as you; your double standards are disgusting."
After coldly finishing his sentence, Zhou Chen didn't want to see Zhou Na's disgusting face for even a moment longer, and turned to leave.
Zhou Na stood there, her face stiff.
That's right, she took the initiative to apologize to Zhou Chen because she didn't want Zhou Ling's public apology to cause her to suffer a media storm. Although so many students saw it today, others can only guess what exactly happened.
However, if Zhou Ling apologizes, it will confirm what Zhou Chen said. Zhou Ling and Zhou Chuan are not at school. Even if it's embarrassing, they can just not come to school. But she still has to live in the high school for more than half a year, so she will be the one most affected.
They even earned a lot of criticism.
Zhou Chen naturally knew this; otherwise, he wouldn't have pointed it out so directly.
But so what? What does it have to do with him?
"Second sister, you don't need to beg him. It's just an apology, what's the big deal? I'll apologize to him."
Zhou Ling thought Zhou Na was pleading with Zhou Chen on her behalf, so upon seeing this, she quickly went to Zhou Na's side and comforted her.
It's nothing more than losing face; she gritted her teeth and knew she could do it.
Zhou Na was furious when her thoughts were exposed and Zhou Ling still didn't understand the key point. "Because of your stupidity, the whole school knows that we are adopted son and daughter. It's fine if you take revenge on Zhou Chen, but do you know how much this has affected me? Now everyone knows. They think I'm just like you, ungrateful and an ungrateful wretch. You caused this mess, but I have to bear all the consequences for you. You've ruined me. Do you understand?"
Zhou Na looked at her foolish younger sister, Zhou Ling, with a face full of resentment.
Finally, he turned and left angrily.
Zhou Ling stood there, stunned. She raised her hand, wanting to call out "Second Sister," but couldn't bring herself to say it for a long time.
Only then did she finally understand what Zhou Na meant by the consequences; she realized that her reckless smear campaign would have such a negative impact on Zhou Na.
"Second sister, I'm...I'm so sorry, I didn't know it would turn out like this..."
"If I had known it would implicate you, I..."
At this moment, Zhou Ling truly regretted it. She regretted not listening to Zhou Na's advice. If she had, she wouldn't have had to publicly apologize to Zhou Chen tomorrow. It was her own decision that made her even more embarrassed and dragged others down with her.
Smearing Zhou Chen might allow her to achieve her revenge, but she doesn't realize that it's a double-edged sword that will hurt all three of them.
Having received the Zhou family's kindness in raising her, her spreading rumors was doomed from the start, only making her and her two siblings the targets of public criticism.
Unfortunately, Zhou Ling understood this principle a little too late.
"Third sister, what happened to second sister?"
Zhou Chuan was puzzled when he saw Zhou Na leave in a huff without even saying goodbye.
"Fourth brother, I'm so sorry, second sister. I've dragged you into this mess..."
"I was wrong."
"I shouldn't have made it known to the whole school."
As Zhou Ling spoke, she couldn't help but shed tears.
Zhou Chuan was completely bewildered. Although he didn't know what his two older sisters had said, he knew it must be related to Zhou Chen. "Third sister, I'll apologize for you tomorrow. I'm thick-skinned and I'm not afraid of losing face. Isn't Zhou Chen just trying to get revenge on us and make us lose face in front of those students? I'll do the opposite of what he wants. Just pretend you're hoarse and I'll apologize for you."
Zhou Ling shook her head; Zhou Chen had ordered her to apologize, and she wouldn't agree.
She's definitely going to lose this person.
Moreover, it happened in front of his former classmates, which made him lose face and suffer insults and contempt from others.
But she didn't blame anyone else; she blamed herself the only one.
Of course, there's also the ruthless Zhou Chen, who demands that she restore her reputation in front of the entire school, or else he'll pursue the matter to the end, clearly intending to make her life miserable and retaliate against her.
Zhou Chen never treated her like a younger sister, so he wouldn't think of her feelings and would have the heart to let her embarrass herself in front of thousands of people.
Thinking about Zhou Chen's cold behavior and the things he had said before, she hated him even more.
She did nothing wrong, so why did Zhou Chen treat her so cruelly? If Zhou Chen had treated her normally, she wouldn't be in this situation now.
It's all Zhou Chen's fault!
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