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Jiang Mianren was still a little dazed when she went to the police station.

It seems they haven't recovered from the shock they just experienced.

“…Miss Jiang?” The policewoman called her twice, and seeing that she was still in a daze, she reached out and gently patted her shoulder.

"Huh?" Jiang Mian came back to her senses. "Excuse me, what did you just say?"

The policewoman sighed and poured her a glass of warm water. "You were terrified, weren't you?"

A young woman being suddenly let in by a drunk stranger with a key at night—this is a scene straight out of a nightmare.

Thankfully, it wasn't when I was already asleep in the middle of the night, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable.

"Thank you." Jiang Mian took the warm water. "I feel better now."

The policewoman told her, "We have already questioned him, and the information we have so far is that during a card game and drinking session with your father, your father lost money to him and owed him money. Under the influence of alcohol, he gave him the keys to your house."

The policewoman's expression showed a hint of sympathy as she spoke.

"He said that because your father gave you the key, he misunderstood that you were that kind of woman, because the area is a mixed bag, and there are indeed quite a few people doing that kind of work. Every year, the anti-prostitution department catches quite a few..."

Even if the policewoman hadn't told her all that, after calming down and sorting through the drunkard's earlier words, Jiang Mian was already able to piece together the general outline of the situation.

It was so absurd that she didn't even know what to say.

Jiang Mian asked, "How did he get the key? I mean Jiang Da, I never gave him my key."

"I learned from Zhao He... who is your landlord, that she lost a spare key, which happens to be the key to your house."

“We had already spoken with Zhao He to find out what happened. According to Zhao He’s guess, she thinks that your father must have taken it secretly when no one was looking while he was playing cards in her card room. Because she keeps her spare keys in the card room.”

Hearing this, Jiang Mian felt there was nothing more to ask.

She used to think she had seen the lowest levels of humanity, but now it seems...

The lowest point of human nature is that there is no lowest point.

After completing all the necessary procedures at the police station, Jiang Mian waited for Jiang Feng to come out at the station entrance.

Although Jiang Feng fought with the other party, it was considered self-defense under the circumstances, so he was released after giving his statement.

Before long, a tall, thin boy came out from inside with a sour face and bruises on his face.

His face darkened even more when he saw Jiang Mian.

Actually, their sibling relationship wasn't particularly good, but it wasn't particularly bad either.

Perhaps because they were born into similarly broken families, they were also the weaker members of those families.

They felt a deep sense of empathy and shared the same pain, as if even broken bones were still connected by tendons.

Yet, you also feel that the other person is part of this broken family, and you want to stay away. It's that contradictory.

"Are you hungry? Let me take you to eat." Jiang Mian handed him an envelope.

Jiang Feng panicked when he saw the envelope and pulled Jiang Mian aside.

Even the boy's cool voice became somewhat impatient.

"You took the money?! You agreed to a settlement?! Why did you agree to a settlement! That person should go to jail! Do you know how dangerous it would have been for you if I hadn't come?!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Mian raised an eyebrow, her previously low mood fluctuating slightly.

She said meaningfully, "You started it. If you don't agree to a settlement, you'll be in trouble too."

"So what if it's troublesome! I'm still a minor, so I'll get a lighter sentence than him! I'm willing to go to jail! Okay?!"

Jiang Feng's voice was urgent, carrying a youthful impetuosity, but also a hint of frustration.

"If I hadn't gotten into a high school in Los Angeles, he wouldn't have followed me here, he wouldn't have bothered you, and none of this would have happened!"

Jiang Mian's lips curled slightly. It seemed that this adopted younger brother wasn't as hopeless as Jiang Da.

She looked at the envelope in her hand. "I was just kidding. I didn't agree to a settlement. He trespassed on private property and should be punished. You were acting in self-defense."

The boy's eyes widened slightly. "Then this money..."

"The other party will pay your medical expenses." Jiang Mian glanced at the bruises on his face, "but I don't think you're seriously injured, so why don't you use the money to buy something to eat..."

Jiang Mian started walking out, and Jiang Feng felt relieved and quickly followed her. "Jiang Mian, wait for me!"

If there's trouble, call your older sister; if there's nothing to do, call Jiang Mian.

Jiang Mian glanced at him sideways, and couldn't help but think of her younger brother, Jiang Yu, who had always been like this since childhood...

Watching Jiang Mian and Jiang Feng leave, a man in black walked out from the corner.

I took out my phone and made a call; it was answered quickly.

"Assistant Song, there's been a bit of a problem here that you asked me to keep an eye on..."

Lanshan Mansion.

Before long, Song Xun reported the news to Lu Bozhou, along with the details of the investigation into Jiang Mian.

"Jiang Mian, 22 years old, from Lixian County, is a third-year student at Luocheng Normal University."

Lu Bozhou sat behind his desk, raised his eyes, and said, "A student? Living in Yalai Garden? That's a bit far from Luocheng Normal University."

"Miss Jiang has dropped out of Luocheng Normal University. Her teacher said it seems that her father stole her tuition and living expenses. She is now working two jobs to save up for her future tuition and living expenses."

Lu Bozhou raised an eyebrow slightly. "So you're saying that she has nothing to do with the Lu family?"

"Yes. It seems that Miss Jiang has no dealings with the Lu family at present."

After thinking for a moment, Song Xun reported what he had just learned.

"And, something just happened. Miss Jiang experienced a terrible incident..."

Lu Bozhou's gaze remained fixed on the documents on the computer screen.

Upon hearing this, his deep eyes slowly rose. "She didn't reconcile? Wasn't she poor?"

There was a hint of surprise in his tone, probably because he didn't expect that people could be so poor and still have so-called integrity...

“Yes.” Song Xun thought for a moment and then added, “She also refused the thank-you gift you asked me to give her before.”

Upon hearing Song Xun's words, Lu Bozhou twitched the corners of his mouth, raised his long, slender eyebrows, and looked at Song Xun.

"What? Are you trying to tell me that she's not some kind of malicious person with ulterior motives?"

Song Xun remained silent. Anyway, whatever thoughts he had, the boss could always see them clearly.

Lu Bozhou said calmly, "Alright, then you handle this matter. Consider it a clean break with her, and you won't owe her any favors."

"Ok."

As Song Xun left the study, he saw a small figure running from the study doorway towards the corner of the corridor...

Lu Chaochi ran back to his room, slightly out of breath, his heart pounding, thinking about what he had overheard outside his father's study.

Her clear eyes sparkled.

He knew it! She couldn't be a bad person!