What she said makes sense. Bai Shiqing said, "This time, we can't let her off easily!"
After waiting for about twenty minutes, Chen Meizhen was brought there, followed by her mother.
The last time Bai Jiaojiao met Chen's mother was two years ago when they had just started school. As always, Chen's mother looked down on everyone. As soon as she came in and saw Bai Jiaojiao, she frowned and said, "Is this your business? What did my Meizhen do to you that you need the police to come?"
Chen's mother had heard Chen Meizhen complain about Bai Jiaojiao many times, and coupled with Chen Bingrui's dissatisfied attitude when he mentioned her in passing, Chen's mother naturally harbored hostility towards Bai Jiaojiao.
Moreover, she glanced at the burly man next to Bai Jiaojiao and Bai Shiqing, who had just come from the countryside and was dressed in a rustic manner, and her eyes almost rolled back.
"Just tell me how much money you want, and we'll compensate you, okay?"
Chen's mother's attitude made Bai Shiqing stand up abruptly. If Bai Jiaojiao hadn't stopped her, she probably would have slapped her across the face: "Who cares about your two pieces of trash? Let me tell you, if you bring your daughter here today, don't even think about letting her go back!"
Perhaps because she rarely encountered someone like Bai Shiqing, Chen's mother was momentarily stunned. She opened her mouth before angrily saying, "Do you know what my husband does? He's Bai Jiaojiao's teacher! Let me tell you, Bai Jiaojiao, you'd better explain this to him right away and let us go home as soon as possible, or you'll have to be careful about your future at Yanda University."
"Mom!" Chen Meizhen tugged at her mother's sleeve.
Her heart was pounding in her throat. When the police came to find her, what they said clearly revealed that her plan with Zhang Mai had been exposed.
But she didn't understand how it turned into a kidnapping. Now she was scared and anxious, and hearing her mother arguing with people without any sense of propriety made her extremely irritated.
"Why are you pulling me? Meizhen, don't be afraid, your dad will be here soon. I want to see what kind of trouble you peasants can cause."
Judging from Chen's mother's expression, Bai Jiaojiao was clearly unaware of what Chen Meizhen had done.
"Alright, have you said enough?" Jiang Rong thought to himself that this person was really ignorant of his own limitations. He grabbed Chen Meizhen's arm and said, "You come in for questioning, and you," he looked at Chen's mother, "wait outside obediently."
Chen Meizhen became well-behaved once she entered the police station, but her mother called out from behind, "Meizhen, don't be afraid, we'll talk about everything when your father arrives!"
“If you continue to instigate your daughter to refuse to cooperate with our investigation, I will deal with you according to the law.” Jiang Rong pointed at Chen’s mother’s nose, which finally calmed her down a little.
Chen's mother sat down to the side, crossing her arms over her chest: "Hmph."
Bai Shiqing glared at her and said to Bai Jiaojiao, "I thought the people of Yancheng were so well-mannered, but it turns out they're just like this—born with a mother but no proper upbringing."
"Sister, the world is full of wonders. That's why we say going out broadens your horizons."
The two sisters chatted back and forth, making Chen's mother blush with embarrassment.
She was about to stand up and rush over when she was stopped by a police officer on duty nearby.
The young policeman thought to himself, "What an unlucky fellow. Her daughter is such a jerk. She offended this guy and should have told her family who he is. He's all high and mighty now, but if he finds out who he is later, he'll be scared to death."
He shook his head inwardly and said to Chen's mother, "This is a police station. Don't do anything out of line."
"Officer, you heard what she said just now, didn't you? They were cursing at me. You're so biased. Why didn't you stand up and say anything when they were cursing at me?"
Bai Jiaojiao said quietly, "Don't blame the police officers. We didn't say anything about you. But if you want to take it personally, no one can stop you."
Chen's mother's face turned purple with anger, but she couldn't retaliate.
Chen Meizhen was taken into the interrogation room with great anxiety. Looking at the two unfamiliar and imposing men in front of her, she felt as if something was stuck in her throat.
"Before I ask you anything, let me make this clear: once you're here, just say what's on your mind. A good attitude can influence your sentencing. Don't try to hide anything. Since we've managed to bring you here, it means we have evidence. Do you understand?"
Chen Meizhen's hands and feet began to feel cold. She swallowed and nodded.
"Now you can start telling me how you and Zhang Mai planned it."
In front of Jiang Rong, Chen Meizhen, a young girl in her early twenties who was inexperienced in the ways of the world, was like a blank sheet of paper, with everything written clearly on her face.
Chen Meizhen was indeed terrified. She said, "Zhang Mai told me that Bai Jiaojiao was too arrogant and wanted to teach her a lesson by dragging me along. So I got a bottle of ether in the lab and gave it to Zhang Mai."
"What about Ma Yong? Was he contacted by Zhang Mai, or by you?"
Jiang Rong was somewhat satisfied that Chen Meizhen had voluntarily confessed the origin of the ether.
“What Ma Yong? I don’t know him!” Chen Meizhen was genuinely confused. “I didn’t contact anyone else. This was something Zhang Mai and I did together. I told her I was responsible for getting the reagents and asked her to do it.”
Jiang Rong looked at Chen Meizhen with a probing gaze, and Chen Meizhen burst into tears: "I really don't know..."
Zhang Mai claims that the ether was given to her by Chen Meizhen, and that Ma Yong was someone Chen Meizhen asked her to contact. In this matter, she was merely an errand runner for Chen Meizhen.
But now Chen Meizhen is denying Ma Yong's existence, insisting that only Zhang Mai was involved in the matter.
However, based on Ma Yong's description, Jiang Rong is more inclined to believe that Chen Meizhen was in charge.
After all, the promise Ma Yong received was to find someone to treat his wife's illness.
Compared to Zhang Mai, who had no connections or background, Chen Meizhen, whose father worked at Yenching University, had more confidence to say such things.
"Do you remember what I told you in the beginning? Confess and you'll be treated leniently!"
"Officer, I really don't know, I really don't know... What Ma Yong? It must have been Zhang Mai who hired him. I already told you, we just wanted to drug Bai Jiaojiao and dump her in a grove she didn't know to scare her. I took the ether, and Zhang Mai took care of the rest. She must have been unable to move Bai Jiaojiao, so she hired someone else. I really, really didn't do anything else!"
Chen Meizhen felt that the ether she had obtained through proper channels was just waste liquid from the lab, and she hadn't harmed Bai Jiaojiao. She figured that when her father arrived, he would say a few words, at most a minor punishment.
But the police officer in front of her seemed to suspect her of something, and Chen Meizhen was terrified, fearing that some dirty tricks might be thrown at her.
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