Chapter 80 Before the Mirror of Retribution
Xin Que twirled the baseball cap's adjustment strap twice with her finger, and when she walked back into the unfinished building, the ground was littered with fallen objects.
Some died, some were maimed.
Wen Tao's vision was filled with blood red, and the large and small wounds on his body were gruesome and terrifying.
The man leaned against the wall, and the only way to tell that he was still alive was by the rise and fall of his chest.
Hearing the noise, he tried to look up at the person who had come.
"Ha...ha..." Wen Tao's throat burned, and the taste of blood kept rising from his esophagus, making it difficult to even breathe.
My vision was completely blurred, and I couldn't make out who it was.
The other person seemed to stop in front of him.
Wen Tao's eyelids grew heavier and heavier as the sound of police sirens wailed outside.
He roughly knew what the other person did.
...
Song Wenxian never dreamed that before she could even do any public relations, she would be caught off guard by the police who came to investigate.
The other party has already traced the incident to the scene and found out that Song Wenxian hired thugs to fight.
The cell phone found on the only female corpse, after data recovery, points directly to the things Song Wenxian and Ji Chen did during their university years.
Song Wenxian and Ji Chen's gang bullied students, colluded with gangsters to suppress dissent, and abused their power in a car accident case during their university years...
Gradually, it surfaced.
The Luo family's public relations department acted swiftly upon hearing the news.
Overnight, the news of Song Wenxian's arrest was linked to the car accident they had previously laid out and the recent gangland brawl in the suburbs, directly putting Song Wenxian and the Song family behind him on the top of the trending searches.
The more effort Song Wenxian put into marketing himself as an industry genius, the more frantic the backlash is now.
It was a foregone conclusion that Song Wenxian would be taken to the police station for investigation. Even if his public relations team tried to fight back, they couldn't reverse the situation with Song Wenxian completely isolated.
The competitors pounced on them like hungry tigers, drawn by the scent.
Now is the best time to suppress Song Wenxian's businesses and take a share.
Song Wenxian was unable to withstand the police's well-trained interrogation.
In a daze, he recalled the scene from his previous life.
He was reborn in just five short years.
In the five years that followed, he was full of vigor and rarely recalled the unpleasant past of his previous life.
Song Wenxian stared blankly at the small table in front of him.
Looking back on the past in this situation, I can't help but think that at least in my previous life I didn't end up in the police station, which was so embarrassing.
Where exactly did we go wrong?
“Song Wenxian,” the policeman opposite him showed absolutely no respect, unlike the others who had flattered him. Instead, he addressed him by his name directly, speaking sternly, “Tell me honestly how you know Ji Chen!”
"How did you handle the car accident case that Ji Chen was carrying?"
Song Wenxian was startled by the policeman's loud and forceful questioning.
This is forced confession!
Song Wenxian wanted to be assertive, to question the police's handling of the case, and to wait for his lawyer to advise him on how to respond...
But his anger crumbled when he looked up and met the piercing gazes of the four policemen opposite him.
Song Wenxian opened her lips, but then lowered her head again.
He didn't know how long he had been in that interrogation room where day and night were indistinguishable.
"Thump."
A bottle of Coke was slammed down in front of him by the police.
"Have some water."
"I have a lot of questions for you today."
Song Wenxian felt a chill run through her.
His lips were already cracked and peeling, and there were dark circles under his eyes. Whether it was fear and guilt or because he hadn't eaten, his limbs were weak and he couldn't muster any strength.
The boxed lunch had been sitting in front of him for who knows how long.
It may have already cooled down, or it may still have a barely perceptible warmth.
"What's your relationship with Xin Xin?" The police officer's sharp gaze swept over Song Wenxian. "Boyfriend and girlfriend? When did you get together?"
"Did she often come to see you during college?"
Song Wenxian looked dejected and nodded.
"How much do you know about Ji Chen standing up for Xin Xin and conspiring with his brothers to drug and rape female students?" The police threw out a bombshell question, and then the group stared intently at Song Wenxian, who was sitting in a chair.
Song Wenxian's mind was in complete chaos.
Ji Chen...a female student?
Why did he get involved in all this mess?
Is it because of Ji Chen?
No, it seems like it was earlier because...
"Wenxian," Xin Xin said gently as her flowing skirt swayed as she walked towards Song Wenxian, who was waiting at the school gate. "Have you been waiting here for a long time?"
Leaning arrogantly against the sports car, Ji Chen and his brothers laughed encouragingly, "Brother Song, you haven't won over your sister-in-law yet?"
Song Wenxian glared at Ji Chen, then protected Xin Xin and walked into the campus. "Come on, I'll show you around our school... I booked a private restaurant in the city center for lunch; the food here has a pretty good reputation..."
"Song Wenxian, brought your girlfriend to play?" A girl walking towards the school gate greeted Song Wenxian with a smile, then linked arms with another girl, and the two walked together towards the school gate.
Song Wenxian smiled at her and said, "Mm."
“These are classmates from our major…” Song Wenxian explained to Xin Xin, but found that her gaze was fixed on the female classmate’s friend.
"Sigh," Xin Xin said, a little disappointed, "I carefully picked out a new dress to come to you, and it turns out we're wearing the same thing..."
Song Wenxian immediately looked at the two figures from behind.
The girl he didn't recognize had her skirt fluttering as she moved energetically.
His attention was so focused on Xin Xin that he didn't notice that the two of them were wearing the exact same dress.
...
"Just because she was upset about wearing the same clothes as someone else, you ruined her life?!" The policeman's suddenly raised voice brought Song Wenxian back to her senses.
Song Wenxian moved her chapped lips.
We can't blame him entirely, can we?
It was Ji Chen who initiated the lesson, Zhao Jin who was on good terms with Ji Chen who came up with the idea, and Xiao Yuqing, one of Zhao Jin's subordinates, who actually did it...
At most, he simply tacitly agreed that no one was trying to dissuade him.
How did they manage to pin all these charges on him?
“No,” Song Wenxian’s voice trembled slightly, “you can’t say that, officer.”
The police officer was taken aback.
"It's true that Ji Chen's brother doesn't like that female student, but it's normal for men and women to pursue each other, right?"
Song Wenxian spoke with trembling lips, "It was Brother Ji Chen who toyed with that female student's feelings, and it was Ji Chen who took it upon himself to stand up for Xin Xin..."
"As for what you said about drugging and raping... Ji Chen just took a fancy to that woman and insisted on sleeping with her... What does that have to do with me?"
“Yeah,” Song Wenxian said, his expression twisted, “It wasn’t me who drugged it… what does it have to do with me?”
The youngest policeman's eyes widened, and he slammed his hand on the table, about to stand up, but was quickly stopped by the more experienced policeman next to him.
“Song Wenxian, let’s change the subject,” the old policeman said in a low, even gentle voice, “For example, why did Wentao bring people to the unfinished building? Who exactly are they trying to kill?”
"And... the huge sum of money that Zhao Jin received in his account?"
Song Wenxian felt as if he had been struck by lightning.
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