Chapter 3
"Don't make excuses. I remember it clearly. It was you."
Wei Zhan stiffened his neck and retorted, "Stop slandering me. What evidence do you have?"
"Of course I have evidence." Xia Weining chuckled and said, "I deliberately ran to a place with surveillance cameras. I can tell if it's you just by checking the surveillance."
"I know this better than you do. There's no surveillance at all." A disdainful arc appeared on Wei Zhan's lips. He was sure that Xia Weining had no evidence. As long as he refused to admit it, no one could convict him. Thinking of this, he relaxed completely.
"You can't deny what you've done." Xia Weining raised her voice. "At worst, we can ask a forensic doctor to examine you. I don't believe that no one can prove your guilt."
"Crime? I didn't hit you or sleep with you, so how could there be any crime?" He looked directly at Zheng Rui, "Officer, I'm going to sue her for false accusation. She's slandering me."
"Don't complain here, you evildoer. It was you who followed me and molested me."
He ignored Xia Weining and only spoke to the police. "Have you ever seen such a shameless person? A girl really wants others to touch her? How shameless."
"Shut up." Chu Yu shouted, "What are you talking about?"
"Am I wrong? She's so shameless to do this on New Year's Day."
Xia Weining sneered, "This world is really strange. Choosing to call the police to protect yourself is shameless, but what about people like you who have done so many evil things?"
"Beast?" Xia Weining paused for a moment and slowly uttered two words.
This name infuriated Wei Zhan, who looked like he was ready to fight Xia Weining to the death. "If you keep talking dirty, I'll kill you."
"Who are you trying to kill?" Zheng Rui was furious. He had a low presence to begin with, and now he was threatening him right in front of him. "Watch your attitude."
Wei Zhan immediately smiled apologetically, "Officer, I was irritated by this woman. Please don't take it personally."
Xia Weining also looked at Zheng Rui pitifully, "Officer, what I said is true. He directly put his hand into my clothes and touched my breasts. There are still his handprints on my body."
"You're lying." Wei Zhan retorted, "There's no handprint through the sweater."
Xia Weining raised the corner of his mouth, shrugged provocatively, stood aside, and handed the home court to Zheng Rui.
"Officer, you all heard it. He admitted it himself."
Wei Zhan reacted and quickly denied it, "I fell into her trap."
Zheng Rui didn't give him another chance to quibble and took him away for questioning. Chu Yu placed a glass of water in front of Xia Weining and said, "You are very brave and smart."
"Thanks."
Xia Weining had a good impression of Chu Yu, after all, she had just been defending her.
After a while, Zheng Rui brought Wei Zhan out. "He admitted everything, but hopes to reach a settlement with you."
"I truly recognize my mistake. I promise I won't get close to you again and I'll give you 500 yuan in compensation."
Xia Weining burst out laughing after hearing this, not disguising the sarcasm in her words. "I feel like I've just heard a huge joke. Who cares about your little money? I just want you to get the punishment you deserve."
"It's New Year's Day, forget it, let's be merciful while we can."
"What happened to the New Year? Why didn't you think about the New Year when you did the evil?"
Xia Weining is very determined. She will not accept reconciliation. What she wants is an explanation, an explanation to her present and past self, otherwise she will not be able to get rid of this shadow. When she risks everything and chooses to call the police, the result is not just a result, but also a cure for her illness.
As soon as she finished speaking, Wei Zhan's wife ran in crying. Xia Weining glanced at her coldly and took two steps back to avoid a conflict with her.
"Officer, are you mistaken? My family would never do such a thing."
Zheng Rui patiently comforted her, "Don't get excited, we have investigated the matter thoroughly, and Wei Zhan did commit indecent acts."
After hearing this, she immediately turned to Xia Weining and said, "It's all your fault. You seduced my husband."
Xia Weining rolled her eyes almost to the sky, sneered, and said with disdain, "I don't even bother to pay attention to you. You like garbage, don't think others are the same as you."
"Don't act so noble. You're not from here. Nothing like this has ever happened to us before you came. But now it's happening. Who knows what you're doing behind the scenes?"
Xia Weining looked at the woman in front of her who was cursing at her. She had no intention of cursing back. She just felt that this person was quite pathetic. She treated a piece of trash as a treasure and was a loyal accomplice.
"Officer." Xia Weining looked at Zheng Rui, "I don't accept the settlement. I just hope he gets the punishment he deserves."
"Don't worry, we will handle this impartially."
"Thank you, can I leave now?"
"Sure, but we don't have enough manpower right now, so we can't send you."
"No need to send me off." Xia Weining smiled, "I can go back by myself."
"Don't go. Explain your situation clearly to me." Wei Zhan's wife wanted to catch her, but was stopped by Chu Yu.
Xia Weining wrapped her clothes tightly and walked out of the police station. The sound of firecrackers continued to blast in her ears, and fireworks in the sky were competing for splendor. She looked up for a while, feeling bored. After finishing her business, she felt empty inside. Where should the homeless people go? She walked on the street bored, kicking the snow on the ground from time to time.
A car passed by her and stopped in front of the police station. Sheng Huaizhou got out of the car and glanced to the side, only to see a lonely figure.
After walking for a long time, she finally got tired, so she found a hotel, booked a room, and bought some instant noodles. This is how she spent her first Spring Festival after returning here.
She curled up in bed alone in pain. Outside, the sound of fireworks and firecrackers continued, and the air was filled with joy, but this liveliness formed a sharp contrast with her pain.
The next day, she learned that Wei Zhan was detained for 7 days and fined 1,000 yuan. This news spread like wildfire in the neighborhood and became a topic of conversation for everyone after dinner. She finally felt relieved.
Another point is that the police protected Xia Weining's information, so she did not suffer any criticism, which touched her deeply.
Xia Weining took some time off to go to the household registration center to change his name. When he came back, he was stopped by Wei Zhan's wife, "Hey, who is this? Where did this little hoof come from?"
Xia Weining felt it would be cheap to say any more to her, so he didn't respond and tried to walk away, but she grabbed his arm.
“Let go!”
"I won't let her go. I'll let everyone see what this little bitch looks like." Then he shouted to the crowd, "Everyone, come and see! This woman is slandering my man."
"He admitted it voluntarily. Who can slander him?"
"You were the one who seduced him first. You said you are young and don't learn well."
Even if Xia Weining was a clay Buddha, she would be furious at this moment. She shook her off with all her strength and sneered, "Listen carefully, your husband is a pervert. In my eyes, he is just stinking shit. Only you take him seriously. Even if there is only one man like him in the world, I would commit suicide rather than seduce him. He is not worthy of me. I find him disgusting."
Xia Weining yelled at her directly. She was stunned for a moment, then suddenly sat on the ground and cried loudly.
"Oh my God, there's no way we can survive. She's going to kill our whole family."
These words had no effect on Xia Weining. She listened expressionlessly, her face remaining calm. She didn't think this matter had anything to do with her.
Just as she was about to leave, Wei Zhan's wife suddenly hugged her legs and said, "Why can't you let him go? Because of you, we can't even hold our heads up in front of our relatives and friends. We don't even dare to visit them."
Xia Weining knew that the Chinese New Year was a very solemn moment. It was as if the world was placed under moral shackles for a moment. No one dared to say anything unlucky, and even the most irritable parents would not beat or scold their children during these two days. In a sense, the pinnacle of human civilization must be the Chinese New Year. People gave sacred blessings and prayed for a better year to come. Being caught by the police station during the Chinese New Year would be considered the most unlucky thing.
But none of this has anything to do with her.
Xia Weining squatted down, lifted her chin, and said coldly: "Now you know the bad influence, why did you do it earlier? No one is to blame for this matter. The culprit is your husband. He has brought all this upon himself."
"You haven't been hurt, why can't you let him go?"
"Let him go? Did he let anyone else go? Do you know what it's like for a teenage girl to be in so much pain because of him, to have her life trajectory changed, to have an obsession that's hard to let go even in her dreams?"
Xia Weining stood up after saying this and said, "You can't just say it's unfair when you're being punished."
Wei Zhan's wife looked at her in surprise, feeling something was amiss. "Don't try to fool me. You're just using this little girl to deceive people."
She didn't believe Xia Weining and didn't bother to explain. She just said, "If you dare to make up stories about me again, I will definitely sue you. I don't mind letting both of you experience what it's like to be detained."
"you……"
Wei Zhan's wife was so angry that she stomped her feet and almost broke her back teeth.
"Nothing like this ever happened before you came, which means you're the restless one. We're all old neighbors here who know each other well. Who knows what you did in the past?"
Xia Weining was really annoyed. She walked to a high step and shouted at the people around her, "I'm an honest person and I do things uprightly. I don't want to cause trouble, but his family keeps slandering me." Then she looked at Wei Zhan's wife and said, "I'm clean. You can't change the fact that your husband is a molester by throwing dirty water on me."
Xia Weining felt refreshed and finally spoke out what was in her heart. This was a brave step for her.
She believed that the most crucial point was that she was a stranger here, with no baggage or pressure, and did not need to bear anyone's expectations, so she dared to fight to the death. If it were in the world before, would she still have the courage to take this step?
have no idea.
Maybe not.
At that time, she had to consider too many factors, was hesitant and lacked the courage to make decisions, and was used to enduring and compromising.
This is a very bad habit.
No one is worth you putting yourself in a difficult position.
She told herself this, composed herself, and walked towards her home. However, as soon as she reached the door, tears began to flow like beads on a string.
Everything here is so familiar and real, as if she had never left. Even the things that happened are the same, and the same problems arise.
She can find the optimal solution for known things, but what about unknown accidents?
How she should solve it is the biggest problem facing her now.
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