Because Gu Siye had difficulty walking, he waited for Li Zhiyi in the car and gave her his card so she could use it as she pleased.
The sales clerks in the mall were both jealous of her beauty and secretly complained about her lack of worldliness, calling her a complete country bumpkin and an embarrassment!
"Did you see that? This woman seems to be from the mountains, right? She seems to find everything fascinating."
"Yes, look, she's touching and stroking the dolls..."
"What a waste of such a good-looking face, it's just that he's an idiot."
Li Zhiyi has a very good ear. She can accept being called unsophisticated or a country bumpkin, but she won't stand for being called an idiot.
"You, it's you, who are you calling an idiot?" Li Zhi pointed a finger at the woman who had started the conversation.
The store manager, Wang Qing, was always arrogant and had the final say in the store. She never expected this foolish woman to come to her personally to verify, and immediately retorted angrily, "I didn't say anything about you."
"Do you think I'm deaf? You have a really nasty mouth."
"Who are you calling vicious?" Wang Qing immediately objected, she was furious!
Li Zhiyi then observed her face and said, "You really are a wicked stepmother!"
"Try saying another lie." This was the first time store manager Wang Qing had been spoken to like this, and she immediately became angry.
"You killed someone."
As soon as Li Zhiyi spoke, everyone took three steps back and looked at the store manager, Wang Qing, with a horrified expression.
Wang Qing was immediately furious and said, "Don't listen to her nonsense, I didn't kill anyone! You dare to spread rumors about me, I'm calling the police!"
The sales clerks exchanged glances, none daring to speak. They silently prayed they wouldn't be implicated; after all, working here wasn't easy—they'd gone through several rounds of screening to get the job. The pay was higher than sales positions elsewhere, and the workday was an eight-hour workday.
The staff here are the envy of others, which is why these saleswomen have lost themselves and consider themselves superior.
Even some young girls and older women passing by lost interest in shopping; everyone's attention was drawn to them, and they all wanted to hear more gossip.
Li Zhi pointed at Wang Qing and said, "This woman has harmed people. I'm going to call the police and have her arrested."
"You're making baseless accusations! I've never killed anyone!"
"Don't you have a stepson? He was eight years old this year, and you killed him... Do you remember?" Li Zhiyi said directly.
Wang Qing panicked immediately. Three days ago, she had indeed accidentally pushed her stepson down the stairs, but her boyfriend had taken the boy away and said he was fine. This morning, her boyfriend said that he had sent the boy back to his hometown.
Although she had been thinking about breaking up with her boyfriend, he had something on her that she couldn't get rid of.
"How...how do you know about me? Who are you?"
"Never mind who I am. I can tell from your face that you are going to jail because you killed the little boy."
Wang Qing was completely dumbfounded, because she wasn't sure if the little boy had gone back to the countryside or if he was really dead. If he was dead, would she go to jail? She was very panicked.
She stood there dumbfounded, unsure how to explain everything to the police later.
At this point, the middle-aged and elderly women watching the scene also chimed in with comments: "Is it really true? Look how terrified the store manager is!"
"Yeah, did the shop manager really kill the little boy? I knew stepmothers never end well."
"The poor little boy..."
The commotion caused Wang Qing's defenses to crumble completely. She shouted, "Shut up, all of you! I didn't kill him! I just accidentally pushed him down. His father sent him back to his hometown. How could he be dead! No way..."
The police arrived at the scene quickly, and Li Zhiyi was taken away by the police.
Gu Siye never expected that a shopping trip would lead to a murder case, so he reluctantly drove after them.
At the police station, Officer Li naturally recognized Li Zhiyi and learned that his master had been saved by this Miss Li. He immediately served her fine tea, fearing that he might not be able to entertain her properly.
Under intense questioning, store manager Wang Qing quickly confessed that she had indeed pushed the little boy, causing him to bleed profusely from the back of his head. She was terrified. Her boyfriend said it was nothing serious, that he would take the boy to the hospital for treatment, and then took him away. This morning, her boyfriend told her that he had sent the boy back to relatives in his hometown to be cared for.
Wang Qing has consistently maintained that she did not know the little boy would die and that it was not intentional. She believes the police will not listen to her side of the story and that as the prime suspect, she must be detained until the truth comes out before she can be released.
At this moment, Officer Chen also arrived, accompanied by a young and talented individual who had just been transferred there, the new captain of the criminal investigation team, Jiang Yu.
His superiors had wanted to make this arrangement for some time, but he hadn't agreed. However, after what happened yesterday, he's come to terms with it and can now make time to spend with his wife and son.
He was transferred to an easier position. He will be of retirement age in a few years. This time he had no objection, after all, he wanted to leave the opportunity to the younger generation!
"Ms. Li, thank you for providing our police with this clue."
Amid the police's words of thanks and praise, Li Zhiyi said calmly, "Well, if there's nothing else for me, I'll be going now."
"Miss Li, where are you going? I'll take you..."
"It's alright, I came with a friend. You can go ahead and get back to work, Officer Jiang."
The two walked and talked, and just as they reached the entrance of the police station, Jiang Yu saw a limited edition Maybach parked in front of the station.
Gu Siye rolled down the car window. "Are you getting on or off?"
"Goodbye, Miss Li." Jiang Yu smiled and waved before turning back to the police station.
Gu Siye didn't know what he was angry about; he had a cold expression and drove the car at breakneck speed.
"Wow, Mr. Gu, are you such a good driver?" Li Zhiyi felt a little embarrassed when he thought about how he drove yesterday. We're all human, so why is my driving so bad?
"Um?"
"I said you're a great driver!" Li Zhiyi said casually, then looked at the scenery outside.
From childhood to adulthood, he was the envy of others, and he received countless compliments, but he felt nothing about them, and even felt that those people were hypocritical and disgusted him.
The knots of sorrow in my heart are like clouds; a gust of wind blows them away...
The praise at that moment inexplicably made him feel better.
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