Chapter 269: Making Xia Yu Surrender
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Xia Yu usually behaved like a boss at home. He’s not used to being submissive in front of Xia Wan, and he immediately expressed his displeasure to Chen
Lian, saying, “Mom, I’ve already told you. What’s the point of involving Xia
Wan in this matter? How could she have any connections at the police station?”
Xia Wan caught the sensitive keyword “police station.” Did that mean that Xia Yu committed a crime?
She looked at Xia Yu and asked, “What illegal thing did you do?”
Xia Yu quickly denied, “I didn’t do anything wrong. Those people framed me.”
Xia Wan didn’t understand, so Chen Lian helped explain, “Wanwan, it’s like this. Earlier, Liu Shi was caught by the police for stealing Chen Mo’s watch. Then the police came to the village to investigate further, saying that over the years, Liu Shi had bullied many people in the village and even violated girls.
Some people implicated Xia Yu, saying he was involved too.”
Chen Lian started to sob, “Wanwan, you know Xia Yu. Yes, he’s lazy sometimes, but he would never harm girls. He has nothing to do with this, but those people insist that he’s involved.”
Xia Wan’s eyes narrowed.
She quickly reached out and placed her hand on Xia Yu’s pulse through the gap in the iron gate.
“What are you doing?” Chen Lian exclaimed.
Before Chen Lian could say anything more, Xia Wan withdrew her hand.
She had just taken his pulse to check if Xia Yu was still a virgin. As Chen Lian had said, he was still innocent, indicating that he wasn’t involved in Liu Shi’s mistreatment of girls.
After a moment of hesitation, Xia Wan said to them, “Come inside.”
Chen Lian was overjoyed. It was the first time she could enter Xia Wan’s house. Before, their group had tried to climb the walls but couldn’t get in.
From the outside, it didn’t seem like much, but as Chen Lian and Xia Yu entered the villa, they realized how spacious it was. The living room alone was as big as several rooms in the village.
Chen Lian looked enviously at the luxurious furnishings inside the villa.
Putting her envy aside, Chen Lian started to flatter. “Wanwan, you’re truly remarkable. Auntie always felt you were extraordinary. Look at you now, the most accomplished person in our family!”
Xia Wan said nothing and just brought out tea cups and poured tea for Chen
Lian and Xia Yu.
The previously arrogant Xia Yu now seemed uneasy. The place was grand, and the floor was spotlessly clean, unlike the muddy ground in the village. He felt like he might dirty the floor just by stepping on it.
Sitting across from him, Xia Wan asked, “Tell me everything you’ve done, and I’ll help you figure out what’s going on.”
Xia Yu was already anxious, and now that Xia Wan was asking him, he didn’t hide anything. He said directly, “I really wasn’t involved in much of Liu Shi’s actions. We belong to different groups. He likes playing around, and I just enjoy taking some snacks from others now and then.”
Seeing Xia Yu blabbering, Xia Wan asked directly, “Which of Liu Shi’s crimes did you have anything to do with?”
Xia Yu looked confused, “What crimes?”
Seeing Xia Yu’s bewildered look, Xia Wan felt that he probably wasn’t involved. She asked, “Did you participate in Liu Shi’s bullying of girls in the village?” Xia Yu’s eyes became evasive.
Xia Wan narrowed her eyes and spoke more seriously, “Tell me everything you know. If you confess willingly, it’s different from being forced to do so by the police. The consequences will be different.”
Xia Yu seemed genuinely frightened. He quickened his speech and said, “I really didn’t know what Liu Shi was going to do to those girls. He just asked me to find an excuse to bring the village girls to the mountain.”
“He told me that we were borrowing money from those girls, and when he got the money, he would split it with me.”
Xia Wan continued to question, “Besides luring the girls to the mountain, did you do anything else with Liu Shi? Like robbing the villagefolk of their money?”
Xia Yu shook his head quickly, “I really didn’t do that with him! Whenever I go out with my buddies, I usually pay for everything..”