Chapter 1194 - 1194 Xia Yunlou Was Punished
1194 Xia Yunlou Was Punished
When Wei Feng heard Xia Yunlou’s words, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared. “Madam Xia, your actions are already suspected of breaking the law and causing mental harm to my client.”
“Don’t scare me. I’m—”
Before Xia Yunlou could finish speaking, Wei Feng interrupted her coldly. “Miss Xia’s diamond bracelet was bought at an auction in the capital a few months ago. It’s worth one million yuan. The amount involved is too high. If convicted of theft, my client would’ve been severely punished and her reputation would’ve been affected.”
Xia Yunlou was displeased. “I didn’t say I wanted to punish her.”
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“Madam Xia, it’s not up to you to decide if she’ll be punished or not.” Wei Feng’s eyes were sharp. “From the moment you entered the police station to report the case, it already meant that you were seeking to punish Miss Qiao.”
Xia Yunlou instantly choked, and her heart beat violently. She only wanted to teach Qiao Xi a lesson. She had never thought of letting Qiao Xi go to jail!
“Now that the diamond bracelet has been found and it was on Miss Xia’s body, it means that Madam Xia had slandered my client.” Wei Feng did not speak quickly, but every word hit Xia Yunlou. “According to the law, slandering others requires detention for more than 10 days. Madam Xia, if you have any questions, you can ask a lawyer to negotiate with me.”
“No… No.” Xia Yunlou panicked when she heard that she was going to be detained. She had come to the police station to report a case. Why was she being arrested now?
Xia Yunlou’s face was filled with anxiety. “Why? It was reasonable suspicion. I…”
“Madam Xia, it’s still early. You can contact your lawyer as soon as possible.” Wei Feng stood up, his eyes cold.
“Madam Xia.” The policewoman gestured for Xia Yunlou to leave. Her face was deathly pale, and her body was trembling uncontrollably. She raised her eyes to look at Qiao Xi, and when she saw Qiao Xi sitting there with an indifferent expression, her heart instantly turned cold.
She shouted in panic, “No! You can’t detain me! My father is Xia Cheng! What right do you have?”
Everyone ignored her. The policewoman held her hand and was about to leave when Xia Yunlou suddenly broke free and shouted at the top of her lungs, “Qiao Xi, you can’t ignore me!”
“I’m your mother! I’m your biological mother! You actually want to sue me for a small matter? You want to detain me? How can there be a daughter like you? Hurry up and withdraw the case!”
The entire place was silent.
The police officers were all stunned. Firstly, a biological mother had accused her daughter of stealing, and now, her daughter was accusing her biological mother of slander. This was really a big show!
After a long time, Qiao Xi finally smiled. The corners of her mouth curled up slightly, and her sparkling eyes were calm. “My biological mother?”
Everyone was also very puzzled. If Xia Yunlou was Qiao Xi’s biological mother, why did she listen to Xia Mengyan and insist that her daughter had stolen something? Even if she really suspected that Miss Qiao had stolen something, she should have taken into consideration her reputation and resolved it in private. Why would she cause trouble at the police station?
When Wei Feng saw Gu Zheng’s gloomy expression, he immediately retorted, “Madam Xia, you keep saying that you’re Miss Qiao’s mother, but because of Xia Mengyan’s words, you thought that Miss Qiao stole the bracelet. Even if you don’t know the law, you should know that once the crime is proven, Miss Qiao’s reputation and future will be ruined.
“Now that you regret it, you want Miss Qiao to withdraw the lawsuit. But haven’t you thought about how much damage your actions could have potentially caused to Miss Qiao?”
Wei Feng continued, “Madam Xia, let me remind you that the mother in Miss Qiao’s household register is Madam Xia Yunqiu. Regardless of whether the two of them are biological mother and daughter, they’re legally recognized as mother and daughter. Since you abandoned your child back then, you have no right to call yourself Miss Qiao’s mother.”
“I didn’t abandon her. I lost her!” Xia Yunlou retorted with a ferocious expression, but there was a trace of timidity in her eyes.
“At that time, I thought that Qiao Xi had stolen something and wanted to call the police to teach her a lesson. That way, she wouldn’t dare to do it again in the future. Moreover, Mengyan lost something precious. I was afraid that she would be sad, so I didn’t think too much about it. I thought…”
“Weren’t you afraid that Miss Qiao Xi would be sad? Madam Xia, you’re not a qualified mother.” After the policewoman finished speaking, she looked at Qiao Xi gently. “Miss Qiao, we’ve already accepted this case.”
Xia Yunlou’s body stiffened, and her face was filled with fear.
She wasn’t a qualified mother? She called the police because she was afraid that Qiao Xi would go down the wrong path. As a mother, it was better for her to report her daughter’s crime than for others to report it. Moreover, she had never thought of letting Qiao Xi go to jail. Qiao Xi just had to apologize and admit her mistake at the police station. This way, Mengyan would have no reason to blame Qiao Xi.
Why couldn’t Qiao Xi understand her heart as a mother?