She won't clear her name; she'll throw away all the scum.

Grandma Xia cleaned up the mess with a dark face. Reluctant to throw away the food, she asked the canteen for some oil paper, wrapped the food inside, and prepared to feed it to the dogs kept at the back gate of the factory.

Qiao Yi, standing to the side, felt both frightened and ashamed. The other two tried to comfort her, but she cried even harder. Finally, she hugged Old Lady Xia and rested her head on her shoulder, sobbing, "How could I have met such a person? Waaah, Old Lady Xia, waaah~"

Grandma Xia said expressionlessly: "...Maybe it's because you're so trusting of people, like yourself, like that beastly man."

Qiao Yi and Grandma Xia only had contact yesterday during their argument at the main gate. They rarely spoke to each other in the dormitory. But for some reason, after that incident, Qiao Yi felt that Grandma Xia was a very reliable person, and they became friends without any prior interaction.

Grandma Xia's own heart was riddled with holes, so how could she comfort anyone? But she couldn't push her away, so she could only sit there stiffly and let her cry it out, hoping she could cry out all the water in her brain.

But the security department didn't let them off the hook. They called them both in too. Qiao Yi walked away crying, attracting a lot of attention.

"That's the gist of it. I don't think keeping this thing in the factory is friendly to our workers. If he suddenly attacks and hurts someone, our factory's reputation will be even worse. It's better to send him to the police station now. He's trying to kill someone." Old Mrs. Xia began to speak ill of Tian Chengping to his face, appealing to his emotions and reasoning with him.

"Fire him! Fire him! He was trying to kill someone! How can he stay in the factory? He's a murderer! So many people in the canteen can attest to that. Even if he didn't succeed in killing Comrade Xiao Qiao, his intentions are crystal clear. Otherwise, what normal person would hit someone with a stool like that?"

"You're not trying to protect him just because he's a man, or because he got in through connections, are you? If that's the case, the reputation of our factory in this area will be ruined. I can keep quiet, but do you think you can shut up all those people in the cafeteria?"

"This guy has a bad reputation in his own compound. He hasn't accomplished anything since he came to the factory. He doesn't even bother to take any exams. He just wanders around the factory every day, seducing innocent girls. Isn't that awful enough? He's the kind of piece of trash who could drive his own father to his death."

Grandma Xia spoke like a machine gun, with only one goal: to send that scoundrel Tian Chengping to jail.

Tian Chengping wasn't exactly an honest man either. How could he not get excited after hearing such words? The others almost couldn't hold him back; he wanted to fight the old lady.

The two started arguing in the security office, and Qiao Yi cried and complained about how bad he was, how he sometimes cheated her out of money, and how he sometimes tried to trick her into having an affair with him.

Upon hearing this, the security personnel immediately reported it to the police, had the person tied up, and made Grandma Xia and Qiao Yi go to the police station together to talk.

Soon, the group came out of the police station. Tian Chengping was temporarily detained, but according to the other party, nothing actually happened, so it did not count as a crime of having an affair. Moreover, no one was harmed, so he could only be detained for ten days for the crime of provoking trouble.

Qiao Yi sobbed and suddenly said, "I wish I had been hit by it."

Grandma Xia and the others: ...It seems you really hate them.

Grandma Xia walked with the others back to the factory.

Grandma Xia: "This is a disaster we didn't expect. Will the factory deduct our wages?"

Security personnel accompanying the group: "..."

Grandma Xia: "We are the victims! We were just eating, and we almost got beaten up before we could even eat. Tell me, is this supposed to be our private matter?"

The security guard accompanying them sighed, "The leaders said they won't deduct it. The accident happened at the factory, so the factory also bears responsibility."

Grandma Xia immediately gave a thumbs up, "Our factory leaders are so kind and considerate."

Suddenly, she caught a glimpse of someone out of the corner of her eye. Old Mrs. Xia's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately chased after him to see if it was him. But she was stopped by someone. "Old Mrs. Xia, where are you going? Even though you went to the police station, you still have to go to your afternoon shift."

Old Mrs. Xia pushed him away impatiently, saying, "Deduct my money, I have something to do."

She ran off in that direction, but the person disappeared around the corner. Grandma Xia stood at the intersection, bewildered. Could it be her?

She caught up with Qiao Yi and the others dejectedly, barely having the energy to speak.

Even after she got off work, she didn't have the energy to eat dinner. She lay in bed, feeling depressed.

That person looked so much like her sister, her sister who had been rarely seen since being sold to an old bachelor by her family with a high dowry. Her sister, who was kept by her family and not allowed to go to high school, ran away from her husband's family and spent money and effort to transfer her household registration and food ration to high school. Later, she heard that after graduating from high school, she risked being beaten to give money to her sister so that she would not come back, not tell her family what job she had found, where she had gone, or come to see her.

Even now, she often thinks of her. But her sister said that it was like severing ties, that her life was over, and that dying early would be a blessing. But Xia Yue'e still had a bright future ahead of her and shouldn't be held back by her family. She had told her many times not to visit her, and that if she did, she would die.

Old Mrs. Xia knew all too well that if she went back, she would bring out a bunch of vampires. If her parents died, her brothers would come and suck her blood, and if her brothers died, their children would too. That village was that terrifying; the whole village was that terrifying.

Today, she clearly saw her sister. She would never forget the way she walked; it was a lifelong ailment left from when she begged her parents to let her go to school.

Did her sister escape too?

She suddenly thought of Chen Xiangbei. That kid had no special skills, but he was good at finding out information. She sprang to her feet, threw on some clothes, and tried to run outside.

Qiao Yi brought her food back; the other two in the dorm had their dinner paid for by her. The commotion at noon had prevented them from eating, and Qiao Yi felt bad about it, so she offered to treat them.

Grandma Xia doesn't eat, so Qiao Yi brought her some food. But seeing how anxious she looked, she wondered what had happened. In case she could help, Qiao Yi said, "Comrade Xia, what happened? I brought you some food. If you're not in a hurry, you can eat it first. If you are in a hurry, I can go with you so we can keep each other company."

"No need, I'm really in a hurry. Thank you, I'll eat when I get back." Without turning her head, Old Mrs. Xia went to Old Chen's courtyard like a gust of wind.

She had originally thought she would never want to step into that house again in her life, but her sister's matter was more important.