Chapter 73 Withdrawal of the Lawsuit
"But will Tao Xi and the others agree?" Chi Jinjin worried.
Nan Xuqiu replied, "It should be difficult, but we have to try anyway. How can we give up easily unless we are in desperate situation?"
Chi Jinjin thought, yes, it is better to have a way than to have no way at all.
"Then let's go now." Chi Jinjin said.
Nan Xuqiu said, "Forget about today. We'll go tomorrow. It would be best if we could ask Xiao Zheng to come with us."
"What do you want Xiao Zheng to do?" Chi Jinjin was puzzled, as Xiao Zheng couldn't help much.
Nan Xuqiu placed his hand on her head and said with a smile, "I have my reasons. Xiao Zheng must go tomorrow."
"Okay." Chi Jinjin nodded. Although she didn't understand what Nan Xuqiu was up to, she believed in him. Taking Xiao Zheng with him must have some effect.
In the evening, Chi Jinjin called Xiao Zheng and asked her to go with her to meet Tao Xi the next day.
Xiao Zheng also agreed.
The next day, Chi Jinjin was waiting for Tao Xi at the bus stop.
After a while, Tao Xi got off the bus.
But the moment Chi Jinjin saw her, he almost didn't recognize her.
I saw that her bright red hair had been dyed back to black and tied into a high ponytail. The black fishnet stockings and short skirt were gone. Instead, she was wearing a neat school uniform. Her face was no longer wearing exaggerated makeup. Her hands were clean, without dyed nails, rings, bracelets or accessories. She was carrying a blue schoolbag.
"Sister." Xiao Zheng stood in front of Chi Jinjin and asked a little embarrassedly, "Do I look good like this?"
"You look good. You look good no matter what you look like." Chi Jinjin said with a smile.
Xiao Zheng said, "I think what my sister said the other day was right. I should do things that suit me now, like smoking and drinking. I'll do them when I grow up. Besides, I just realized how convenient it is to not wear makeup, and how comfortable it is to wear a school uniform."
Chi Jinjin smiled and touched her head, saying, "Let's go, let's go see your brother Nan."
"Yeah." Xiao Zheng nodded obediently.
She no longer looked as arrogant and rebellious as when I first met her.
Chi Jinjin took her to see Nan Xuqiu, and the three of them went to the hospital together.
Xiao Zheng walked in the middle, looked at Chi Jinjin, then looked at Nan Xuqiu, and suddenly asked curiously, "Sister, are you boyfriend and girlfriend?"
Chi Jinjin glanced at Nan Xuqiu and nodded.
"Then who chased whom first?" Xiao Zheng continued to ask.
Chi Jinjin thought that since she was the one who confessed to Nan Xuqiu first, then she should be the one.
But she felt a little embarrassed to say this.
But before he could finish his words, Nan Xuqiu said, "I'll go first."
As he spoke, he looked at Chi Jinjin and smiled, saying, "It took me a lot of effort to catch up with you."
"Ah? Sister, are you so hard to pursue?" Xiao Zheng was surprised.
Nan Xuqiu said with a smile, "That's right, I almost didn't catch up."
"Then you must cherish your sister." Xiao Zheng said.
Nan Xuqiu nodded and said as a matter of course, "Of course."
"We're here..." Chi Jinjin's ears felt slightly hot as she listened to their words, and she changed the subject.
Nan Xuqiu also put away his toys and became serious. He said to Xiao Zheng, "Wait a minute, you stay outside the door first. When I tell you to come in, you can come in."
Xiao Zheng nodded obediently.
When they arrived at Tao Xi's ward, Xiao Zheng waited obediently outside the door.
Nan Xuqiu and Chi Jinjin walked in.
Seeing Nan Xuqiu, Tao Xi's mother was puzzled. "Why are you police officers here again? Haven't we already questioned everyone?"
"Auntie, I never said that I was a public security officer." Nan Xuqiu said.
When Tao Xi's mother heard this, her expression changed immediately. She asked, "You're not a police officer, so why are you asking questions? Who are you?"
"It doesn't matter who we are. What's important is that I have something I must clarify with Tao Xi." Nan Xuqiu took out a photo and walked over to Tao Xi, saying, "This is a photo someone took of the scene at the time. You also said that you were arguing with Zheng Yan when she suddenly pushed you down."
"What on earth do you want to say?" Tao Xi's father stood up and reprimanded him, ordering him to leave. "Since you are not from the police, please leave immediately!"
Nan Xuqiu ignored him and pressed Tao Xi. "Student Tao Xi, do you know that when someone pushes you down, you don't land face-first on the ground? But in the photo, you're facing the ground. How do you explain that?"
"I..." Tao Xi paused and said, "I didn't faint immediately after I fell to the ground. I fell unconscious after I turned over."
"Hmm, that's a perfect explanation." Nan Xuqiu put the photo away and took out a piece of paper from his chest pocket. He unfolded it and said, "But, since you landed on your back, why do your medical records only show multiple injuries to your front? If you think I forged this medical record, or that the doctor didn't write it carefully enough, we can check it again."
Looking at the medical record unfolded in his hand, Tao Xi lowered his eyes and no longer looked at Nan Xuqiu.
"I told you to get out, didn't you hear me?" Tao Xi's father stepped forward and pushed Nan Xuqiu hard, but failed to move him.
Nan Xuqiu patted the spot where Tao Xi's father had touched him and said with a smile, "I just wanted to show you the truth."
"You, if you don't leave, I will call the police!" Tao Xi's mother took out her cell phone.
Nan Xuqiu said fearlessly, "Okay, when the police come, we can talk about it in detail."
Tao Xi lowered his head and was about to make a call.
Tao Xi quickly opened his mouth and called out, "Mom!"
Tao Xi's mother was stunned.
Tao Xi looked at Nan Xuqiu again and said, "What's the truth? The truth is that she pushed me down, and everyone saw it!"
"But those witnesses only saw you after you fell. They didn't witness the whole process with their own eyes." Chi Jinjin said. It turned out that when Nan Xuqiu was investigating the crime scene, Chi Jinjin also found several eyewitnesses and conducted careful questioning. It was discovered that none of them saw what was going on.
Nan Xuqiu calmly took out his phone and showed her the photos one by one, saying, "These are the photos I took at the scene. You said you opened the window and there was so much rust under it, but why is there no rust on the window sill? Let me show you a video."
Nan Xuqiu clicked it and showed it to her.
Chi Jinjin also took a look and found out that it was a surveillance video, but there was nothing there.
"What does this mean?" Tao Xi looked at it and said.
Nan Xuqiu smiled and said, "At first glance, this surveillance video seems ordinary, but it has a very interesting part."
He used his slender fingers to zoom in on a spot in the video, which was a building.
"You should be familiar with this building. It's opposite your classroom." Nan Xuqiu said, then zoomed in and focused on a window.
Chi Jinjin took a closer look and was stunned. She was extremely surprised. Although the window was blurry, she could still vaguely see a figure, who was first at the window and then fell down, and then another person ran to the window.
And that person is Xiao Zheng, because her red hair is very obvious.
Nan Xuqiu said slowly, "Since you don't want to talk about it, let me tell you what happened back then. That day, you were resting in the classroom when you suddenly heard Zheng Yan's voice. You were scared, so you climbed up the window and hid behind the curtains. But you didn't stand firmly, so you accidentally fell down. When you woke up, you found that everyone thought Zheng Yan was the murderer. You hated her to the core, so you just went along with it, right?"
Tao Xi didn't say anything, his hands slowly clenched the quilt, his eyes rolling back and forth, blinking non-stop.
"Tao Xi, I admire your courage in the face of danger, but lies are lies after all. No matter how perfect they are, there will always be a flaw. You forgot that the classroom window has been open all the time, from the beginning of the school year until now, and you even forgot about the window opposite..."
It turned out that everyone was only thinking about surveillance, but ignored the window of the building opposite, which was like a mirror, recording everything.
"Xiao Xi, what's going on?" Tao Xi's mother was incredulous and stepped forward to ask, "Is what he said true?"
"Yeah, is it true?" Tao Xi's father also came forward and asked.
Tao Xi lowered his head and said nothing, his hands clenching the quilt almost to pieces.
After a long while, Tao Xi suddenly laughed and said, "Yes, I lied, but so what?"
"Do you know that your lies will cause Zheng Yan to go to jail? If a girl goes to jail and has a criminal record, her life will be almost ruined." Chi Jinjin said.
"Then let her go to jail!"
Tao Xi looked at Chi Jinjin and suddenly shouted emotionally, "I wish she would go to jail for life!!"
The door was suddenly kicked open, and Xiao Zheng stormed in, clenching his fists and demanding, "Why? Why are you putting me in jail?"
"Why?" Tao Xi smiled bitterly and asked, "I also want to ask you why. Why did you put correction fluid in my hair? Why did you put bugs in the water I drank? Why did you throw ink on my clothes? Why did you lead everyone to isolate me? Why did you spread rumors everywhere, saying that I slept with many men?"
As she spoke, tears rolled down her eyes.
"So what if you're in jail? Don't I live in a cage every day? I have no friends, no one to talk to, and I'll be all alone tomorrow, having to endure your insults and ridicule. You deserve to go to jail, you deserve to experience what I live every day! Why? How did I offend you? Have I ever done anything to hurt you? Why do you treat me like this?!"
Tao Xi asked hysterically.
Her scarlet eyes were filled with hatred, and her whole body was shaking violently.
This is not the look a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl should have.
"I, I just stepped on it lightly, it was just a joke..." Xiao Zheng looked at her, at a loss.
"A joke?" Tao Xi sneered, "Isn't a joke only a joke if I think it's funny? But I never find it funny. I live a life worse than death every day. You think you just stepped on me lightly, but if you step on me, he steps on me, and the whole class and even the whole school step on me, it's like a thousand troops trampling over my heart. So what if my life is ruined? I was ruined a long time ago!"
Tears streamed down Tao Xi's face, every word she uttered was filled with blood, and her eyes were filled with immense hatred, as if she wanted to tear Xiao Zheng into pieces. However, this undoubtedly revealed her unbearable pain.
Xiao Zheng lowered his head.
Chi Jinjin wanted to say something, but Nan Xuqiu grabbed her hand, shook his head at her, and signaled her not to speak at the moment.
After a while, Xiao Zheng knelt on the ground and said in a heavy voice, "I'm sorry..."
She said with deep regret, "I treated you like that because I was jealous of you. I was jealous that your parents spoiled you like their own baby, but I didn't. I was jealous that you were better at studying than me, that you were prettier than me, and that everyone around me liked you and not me. I'm sorry..."
"I really didn't expect that what I did to you would make you so painful. You are right. People like me should go to jail." Xiao Zheng stood up and walked out of the ward.
Chi Jinjin chased after him.
"Xiao Zheng..." Chi Jinjin grabbed her worriedly.
Xiao Zheng wiped her tears and smiled, "Sister, thank you for helping me, but don't bother me in the future. I am willing to go to jail. Lawyer Wang is right. I should atone for my sins."
"I'm going home. Sister, please go home early too." Xiao Zheng pulled his hand out of hers and staggered forward.
Chi Jinjin sat down uncomfortably. She didn't want Xiao Zheng to go to jail, but Tao Xi also felt sorry for him.
Nan Xuqiu sat down next to her, didn't say anything, just hugged her in his arms...
The day before the trial, Chi Jinjin was thinking about Xiao Zheng and felt listless.
The food is also tasteless.
At this time, Nan Xuqiu suddenly called.
Chi Jinjin is connected.
"Jinjin, I have some news for you," Nan Xuqiu said. "Someone just told me that Tao Xi has withdrawn the lawsuit."
When Chi Jinjin heard this, she immediately stood up and asked in surprise, "Really?"
"Yes, it's absolutely true." Nan Xuqiu confirmed.
Chi Jinjin still found it a little hard to believe. After all, Tao Xi hated Xiao Zheng so much, so why did he withdraw the lawsuit?
She left the restaurant and happened to meet Wang Qing.
When Wang Qing saw Chi Jinjin, her face darkened. She said coldly, "You're really capable. You even got the lawsuit dropped."
Wang Qing rolled his eyes at Chi Jinjin and walked towards the elevator.
Chi Jinjin was not angry at all, but was overjoyed.
She quickly called Xiao Zheng to tell him, and Xiao Zheng was also surprised on the phone.
After arriving at school, Xiao Zheng learned the news that Tao Xi was going to transfer schools.
When she went downstairs, she happened to meet Tao Xi.
Tao Xi saw her and walked forward without saying anything.
Xiao Zheng couldn't help but ask, "Why do you want to withdraw the lawsuit?"
Tao Xi stopped, looked back at her, and said, "Because you didn't push me, I don't want to confuse right and wrong. Although I really want you to have a taste of my feelings, that brother is right. If I do this, I will be a bad person like you. I don't want to be like you."
"Brother? Is he the brother who was with me that day?" Xiao Zheng asked.
Tao Xi agreed.
"Thank you." Xiao Zheng said gratefully.
Tao Xiyan said, "You don't have to thank me. If you really want to thank me, then stop bullying other students and be a useful person to society..."
Tao Xi turned around and continued walking up.
Looking at her figure, Xiao Zheng finally understood what it meant to feel ashamed of himself...
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