At the police station, they were taken to different interrogation rooms and questioned one by one.
When questioning Xu Tong, they asked her, "How did you lose the ring when you were in the store?"
"I just tried on some clothes, put the ring on the chair, went outside and said something to someone, and when I went back to look for it, it was gone," Xu Tong replied.
Meanwhile, the waiters on the other side were also subject to investigation.
As the group emerged from the interrogation room, Jian Ruoxi asked Xu Tong, "Are you sure you were wearing a ring when you came to try on the clothes?"
Xu Tong looked annoyed: "My ring is so expensive, I'll definitely wear it all the time."
"Then why did you take it off when you were trying on the clothes?" Jian Ruoxi tricked her into revealing the truth. Such a valuable item should have been carried with her, not just left in the fitting room.
Xu Tong had a bad feeling. She realized that Jian Ruoxi had tricked her into revealing information and shifted the suspicion onto her. So she gave a wink to the man next to her.
Xu Tong was then taken into the interrogation room.
The man asked her, "What Miss Jian said earlier makes sense. Why don't you carry such valuable things with you at all times?"
Xu Tong said with dissatisfaction, "Anyway, it was stolen from her store. Either a clerk took it, or that woman took it."
The back-and-forth conversation between the two was merely the man's way of testing Xu Tong's next move and seeing who she was trying to make things difficult for.
So when Xu Tong came out of the room, she looked at Jian Ruoxi with a sly expression.
The man walked up to Jian Ruoxi and said, "Excuse me, miss, as required, we need to search you."
Yu Qi stood in front of Jian Ruoxi to stop the man: "Searching people is illegal, and besides, you have no evidence at all."
Lu Shen shoved Yu Qi: "Who knows if she really stole something? If you won't let us search, then it can only prove that the two of you conspired to steal something."
"Exactly, what's wrong with searching you? If you really didn't steal anything, why would you be afraid?" Xu Tong chimed in, adding fuel to the fire.
He also shouted at Yu Qi: "If you continue to block the way, you will be obstructing official business. You will be arrested and detained for a few days for obstructing public order."
But Yu Qi still stood in front of Jian Ruoxi, refusing to back down: "Try touching her."
Seeing how arrogant he was, the man felt he had lost face. He pushed Yu Qi's shoulder with one hand and reached out to pull Jian Ruoxi with the other.
Yu Qi punched the man directly in the face, saying, "Move again."
The other party did not expect that Yu Qi would actually dare to attack him, so he was caught off guard and took several steps back. When the others saw this, they rushed up to stop Yu Qi.
Despite being a formidable fighter, he couldn't withstand the sheer number of opponents. With punches and kicks coming from all sides, Yu Qi was beaten black and blue, pinned to the ground, unable to move.
Jian Ruoxi tried to stop them, but a strong man shoved her aside, causing her to stumble and nearly hit her stomach on the corner of the table.
Everyone piled on top of Yu Qi, and Jian Ruoxi shouted, "If you make a move, it's a gang fight, don't blame me for taking you to court."
The crowd calmed down a bit.
Meanwhile, Lu Shen received a message from his assistant at the company: "Brother Lu, this is bad. Sister Jian and the others have been taken to the police station. I heard that Brother Yu was beaten up."
After driving through several red lights, Lu Shen floored the accelerator and arrived at the police station.
Yu Qi asked the police for a phone number: "I need to call the Yu family."
The man who hit the woman was stunned. The Yu family? Xu Tong hadn't said that the man was from the Yu family; it was probably just a coincidence of names.
Seeing that the other party was not giving him his phone for a long time, Yu Qi said sternly, "I don't even have the right to use my phone to call my lawyer now, is that it?"
Only then did the other party reluctantly return his phone.
"Hey, I'm at the police station now. My dad called me over, and the company's lawyers are here too." Yu Qi's face was dark, and his expression could kill.
As soon as Lu Shen entered the room, he saw Yu Qi, whose face was covered in bruises and blood was flowing from his nose. He roared, "Who did this?"
Although the others were unfamiliar with Yu Qi, they were quite familiar with the Lu family president. Upon seeing his cold and stern face, only one person tremblingly raised his hand: "President Lu, what brings you here?"
Lu Shen asked in a low voice, "Did you do this?" But his eyes were fixed on the other person, as if he would pounce on him and devour him at any moment.
The man dared not say anything more, shaking his head: "It wasn't me."
The scene was deathly silent.
Just then, Yu Qi's father arrived, accompanied by a group of elites. The moment he entered, he exuded a chilling aura.
Looking at his son's injuries, Yu Qi's father gritted his teeth and said, "Is this how you handle things?"
The other party didn't dare to say anything more and remained silent until the lawyer took out the documents in his hand: "Assault, defamation, libel, and damage to brand reputation, the total amount is over a million."
"This must be Ms. Xu, right? We just found your ring in the store, and we also checked the security footage. It seems you accidentally left this ring in a corner, and we've found it." The lawyer returned the ring to Xu Tong.
Xu Tong never expected that she would make such a big fuss this time, offending both the Lu and Yu families who were standing here.
Knowing she was in the wrong, Xu Tong stammered and said, "Call home, Dad, you have to come and save me."
Upon meeting, the Xu family was stunned by the scene before them: the Lu and Yu families stood on the ground like two mountains, one on the left and one on the right.
Mr. Xu smiled and said to them, "My daughter is usually spoiled. This time, there was a reason for it. It wasn't intentional."
"However, it has indeed caused you losses. We will pay whatever compensation you ask for, so you don't need to worry. Also, I will bring my daughter and visit you in person to apologize to each of you."
However, Yu Qi, with injuries on his face, sat in the chair looking at Xu Tong with displeasure, "You're quite capable, hitting me and expecting to walk back unscathed, is that it?"
Xu's father glanced at the injured Yu Qi and glared at Xu Tong, signaling her to apologize.
"I thought you stole my things, but it wasn't intentional." Although Xu Tong didn't want to apologize to him, she had no choice but to express her apology due to pressure from both families and the current situation.
Xu's father scolded her: "I've spoiled you. Now you're acting like a brat. I'll deal with you when we get home."
After a certain amount of compensation was paid, and given that the Xu family was also quite powerful, the two major families finally relented.
Hu Lan also learned about Xu Tong's misdeeds. He approached Jian Ruoxi directly and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't expect Xu Tong to be so extreme. How about I set up a private studio for you?"
"No need, thank you very much, but I hope you won't come looking for me again." Jian Ruoxi refused him decisively.
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