Chapter 400 Turning Black and White Upside Down Bai Wei's breath hitched.
Su Tang took a step forward, her voice still steady, but the sense of oppression suddenly increased.
"She chose to come to this mountain to commit suicide only after she was released. Bai Wei, can you tell me what role you played here?"
"What role are you playing here?"
Su Tang's words were like a sharp scalpel, precisely cutting through Bai Wei's carefully woven cloak of lies, revealing the bloody logical gaps within.
In an instant, the noisy discussions and Chen Xiaocao's heart-wrenching cries seemed to be paused.
All eyes slowly shifted from the crooked tree and the cold corpse beneath it, focusing instead on the two women in the center of the scene—one kneeling on the ground, weeping uncontrollably, the other standing still, as cold as a block of ice that would never melt.
Most of the soldiers present were elites selected from various units, and they were all quick-witted. They might have been temporarily deceived by Bai Wei's weak and pitiful appearance, but Su Tang's extremely calm question was like a bucket of ice water, instantly waking them from their muddled minds.
yes……
Why wouldn't someone who truly wants to die do it in the most desperate and lonely confinement cell?
That place was surrounded by walls on all sides, with only a small iron window. There was no one to turn to for help. That was the kind of place that most easily instilled despair and drove people to their deaths.
Why wait until they are released to run to this back mountain where they could be discovered at any moment?
This is illogical.
For a moment, all the eyes that looked at Bai Wei were filled with a hint of inquiry and suspicion.
Bai Wei sensed the change in the gazes around her, and the fear that had just risen gripped her heart once more.
no!
We absolutely cannot let her take the lead! Otherwise, we'll be completely finished!
The water must be stirred up! The muddier the better!
"shut up!"
A loud shout rang out again. Zheng Hongyi, his face ashen, strode forward. "Lei Kuan! What are you all standing there for? Pull those two apart!"
"yes!"
Lei Kuan suddenly realized what was happening and quickly called over two burly police officers. They rushed forward and grabbed Su Tang's arms from behind, forcibly dragging her backward.
Another member of the disciplinary team blocked Bai Wei's way.
"Su An! Let go of me!" Gao Kai panicked. He tried to rush forward, but Jiang Yan grabbed him tightly.
"Don't be impulsive!" Jiang Yan said in a low voice, his eyes fixed on the situation on the field. "Going there now will only make things worse!"
Gao Kai looked at Su Tang, who appeared even more slender as she was being supported by two tall male soldiers, and his eyes reddened with heartache. His fists clenched so tightly they cracked, but he could only endure it.
The moment the distance was created, Bai Wei felt as if all her strength had been drained, and she collapsed to the ground once again.
But this time, she did not hesitate at all.
She saw a lifeline!
She suddenly looked up at Zheng Hongyi, whose face was ashen, and crawled to his feet, clutching his military trousers tightly with both hands, and burst into tears.
The crying was more piercing and desperate than ever before, as if the person had suffered a tremendous injustice.
"Vice Minister Zheng! You must stand up for me! You must stand up for the Third Battalion!"
Bai Wei was in tears, her face streaked with sobs. Coupled with her slightly swollen cheek, she looked truly pitiful, enough to break the heart of anyone who heard of her or saw her.
"I...I just...I just wanted to tell the truth! Wang Xiaoya...she...she smuggled contraband and even broke into a military restricted area at night, these are all facts! I was just fulfilling my duty as a revolutionary comrade to expose and denounce, what did I do wrong?"
While crying, she stole glances at Zheng Hongyi's reaction with her red eyes. Seeing that his expression had eased slightly, she immediately added fuel to the fire.
"I never expected... I never expected Su An to be so lawless! I don't blame her for being close to Wang Xiaoya and protecting her! But... but she can't just hit me in front of you and even try to kill me to silence me just because I told the truth!"
The phrase "murder to silence witnesses" is like a boulder thrown into a calm lake, stirring up countless waves.
The surrounding soldiers erupted in an uproar.
Assaulting someone is a violation of discipline, but "murder to silence a witness" completely changes the nature of the crime!
“Vice Minister Zheng, listen to what she just said!” Bai Wei’s sobs were tinged with just the right amount of trembling and fear. “She asked me what role I played… She’s threatening me! She’s implying that if I say another word, I’ll end up like Wang Xiaoya! She’s trying to scare me into shutting up!”
This is turning black into white!
What a blatant distortion of the truth!
Su Tang, supported by Lei Kuan, coldly watched Bai Wei's performance.
She had to admit that Bai Wei's quick thinking and manipulation of people's hearts did indeed demonstrate a degree of cleverness. She was very adept at using information asymmetry and the psychology of those in power to, in the shortest possible time, reshape herself from a suspect under scrutiny into a sympathetic victim who had been persecuted for exposing the darkness.
Su An himself was instantly transformed from a "plaintiff" who raised reasonable questions into a criminal accused of "being enraged," "committing violent acts," and "attempting to kill to silence witnesses."
“Vice Minister Zheng!” Bai Wei cried even harder. She raised her head and looked at Su Tang with a mixture of grief and indignation. “Su An! I respect you as a comrade-in-arms, but you can’t slander me like this! I was also very saddened by Wang Xiaoya’s death! But she died because she made a mistake, feared the organization’s investigation, and took her own life in a moment of despair! How could you… how could you forcefully blame her death on me?!”
She abruptly turned to the surrounding soldiers and shouted hoarsely, "Everyone can testify! After Wang Xiaoya came out of the solitary confinement cell, I was the first one to go up to her and check on her! I was the one who tried to persuade her not to do anything rash! But she wouldn't listen! She has something to hide! That's why she chose this path! What does this have to do with me?!"
These words caused some soldiers who already harbored prejudices against Su An, or those who were simply naive, to waver once again.
Yes, Su An and Wang Xiaoya have such a good relationship, could it really be that Su An is covering for her?
Hitting someone is never right, is it?
"You're talking nonsense!" Chen Xiaocao couldn't hold back any longer. She rushed out crying, pointing at Bai Wei and cursing, "You poisonous scorpion! You're the one who killed Xiaoya! Was it you?! What did you say to her?!"
"Enough!" Zheng Hongyi shouted again, interrupting the escalating farce. His patience had clearly run out.
"Su An! Do you have any respect for the organization?! Do you have any discipline?! You hit someone right in front of me, and you dare say she deserved it? Who gave you the right to judge whether she deserved it or not? Was it the organization, or yourself?!"
He took a step forward, and his imposing aura caused the two disciplinary officers holding Su Tang to instinctively take a half step back.
"You, Su An! You disregarded discipline, committed a violent act in public, severely damaged the internal unity of the military, and caused an extremely negative impact!"
His finger then turned to Bai Wei, who was lying on the ground, still sobbing.
"And you, Bai Wei! Before the organization has made a final decision, you spread irresponsible rumors about 'suicide out of fear of punishment,' inciting suspicion among the masses and stirring up internal conflicts! What do you two take military discipline for? A joke?!"
These words were powerful and resounding, righteous and stern.
It seems like they're both being blamed equally, with both of them being criticized.
Bai Wei's crying stopped abruptly, and a sense of foreboding washed over her.
"Someone come here!" Zheng Hongyi gave no one time to react and issued the order directly.
“Here!” Lei Kuan and another instructor immediately stepped forward.
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