Chapter 55: Sister Nian's Slap in the Face

The police know Qiao Nian...

The Dean of Students and the teachers who had been speaking up for Qiao Nian felt their hearts sink simultaneously.

The corners of Qiao Chen's mouth couldn't stop curling upward. She hurriedly lowered her eyelashes, fearing that others might see her gloating.

Shen Qiongzhi stepped forward with a gentle smile, appearing as if victory were already in her grasp. "Hello, I was the one who just called. It's like this—there is something I would like to verify with you."

"Did a mass brawling incident occur within your jurisdiction yesterday?"

Cai Gang couldn't help but glance toward Qiao Nian, feeling somewhat puzzled. He had said yesterday that he wanted to come to the school to commend her, and she had been unwilling; so how did everyone know about it today?

Though puzzled, he answered verbally, "...There was such an incident, but it wouldn't exactly be classified as a mass brawl."

At this moment, Qiao Chen spoke up softly, "Sister, are you still refusing to admit it? As long as you apologize to Auntie Fu's nephew, I will help you plead with Auntie Fu. You'll still have a chance to turn over a new leaf."

Cai Gang and the local beat officer listening nearby were completely lost. Turn over a new leaf? What were they talking about?

Due to an operational error, the red and blue lines on Qiao Nian's phone swapped positions. With a coldness shimmering in her eyes, she looked up, and their gazes met. "The police haven't asked me to turn over a new leaf yet, but you're already trying to do it for me. What, are you a police officer?"

"..." Qiao Chen clenched her palms and bit her lip, looking as if she had been wronged.

Seeing her daughter being rebuffed, Shen Qiongzhi glared at Qiao Nian, took a step forward, and spoke bluntly: "Director Cai, it's like this. My husband received a call last night saying that Qiao Nian had been taken to the police station for fighting on the street. He even went to the station that night to bail her out. Do you remember this incident?"

Fighting, police station, last night.

Cai Gang connected the keywords, frowned, and looked at her with dark eyes. "Your husband is...?"

Shen Qiongzhi could not hide the pride on her face. "Look at me, I'm being too impatient and didn't explain clearly."

"My husband is Qiao Weimin, the President of the Qiao Group."

The Qiao family did not have as deep roots in Raocheng as the Fu family, but they had developed well over the past few years. Their company had successfully gone public and was one of the key companies praised by the city.

Upon hearing this, Cai Gang had an epiphany. He wore an expression as if he had just swallowed a fly and said to her in astonishment, "Didn't your husband tell you?"

Shen Qiongzhi was puzzled. "Tell me what?"

Qiao Weimin had rushed to the police station yesterday evening after receiving a call from Auntie Chen. He returned with an extremely grim expression and went to sleep without even eating dinner.

She had assumed he was angry about Qiao Nian's actions.

This morning, Mrs. Fu had told her that one of her maternal relatives had been hit by Qiao Nian, so she had rushed to the school to provide Mrs. Fu with an explanation.

Looking at it now, was there more to the story from yesterday evening?

For some reason, she felt a faint sense of unease.

Her unease was justified. The beat officer beside Cai Gang spoke up in front of everyone: "Qiao Nian did go to our police station yesterday, but it was at our request to help us record a statement."

"A group of youths were causing trouble over on Nanshan Road last night, assaulting citizens in the street. Student Qiao Nian happened to encounter them and, acting out of civic duty, subdued the thugs and cooperated with us to provide a statement..."

Cai Gang was also smiling broadly, looking radiant, with none of the demeanor of someone there to interrogate a culprit.

"I want to give her a proper commendation for this. There aren't many people like her in society nowadays who do good deeds without seeking credit. We even wanted to use her as a positive example for your school to promote, but she was too low-profile and wouldn't let us come to deliver the commendation banner..."

Shen Qiongzhi's face turned pale instantly.

Qiao Nian went to the police station to help others?

And they wanted to give her a commendation banner?

Her internal organs felt like they were being twisted together, and her face burned with stinging shame.

*Nian-jie: I gave you an inch, and you took a mile, didn't you?*

(End of Chapter)