80 village women marry military officers; it was supposed to be a fake marriage.

Lin Mei's face flushed red. She wanted to get angry but had to lower her head and pleaded with Li Mingyue, "Mingyue, I have no choice. You know, if I get arrested by the police, my mother will beat me to death. I have no other option."

You are a very important friend to me. I know you will understand me. You have your uncle to protect you, so nothing will happen to you, unlike me who has no one to rely on.

"Only you can help me now. I can't go to a labor camp; I still need to take the college entrance exam. When I succeed, I will definitely treat you well."

Li Mingyue spat at her, "Pah! You're the kind of person who goes to university. You even try to steal your own sister's man and use every trick in the book to harm her. You don't deserve to be called a human being."

Lin Mei tried to grab her hand, "Mingyue, you can't say that to me. You know me. She abused me since I was little, and that's why I'm so angry."

You can't abandon me. You're my best friend, and you said you'd always protect me.

Li Mingyue could no longer bear it and pushed her hard. "You've already hurt me badly enough. I won't fall for your tricks again. Don't bother me anymore, or I'll expose everything you've ever done."

Her words left Lin Mei frozen in place. They often went out together, and Li Mingyue had seen her holding hands and kissing men a few times.

On one occasion, Li Mingyue saw her and Teacher Zhu emerging from the grove, their clothes disheveled, and pointed to the red marks on her neck, asking what they were.

We can't let her speak anymore, or she'll be too ashamed to live. If Teacher Zhu's husband finds out, he'll beat her to death.

Li Mingyue glared at her with disgust, hating herself for being blind to be friends with such a person; just thinking about it made her feel nauseous.

She walked away without looking back.

Lin Mei stared blankly at her retreating figure helplessly. She had not only failed to accomplish her task but also lost someone who had worked for her. It was a huge loss.

It's all Lin Yue's fault. If she had just married that snail farmer properly, none of this would have happened. She had to go to such lengths to ruin him.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and she hated Lin Yue even more. She blamed all the bad things that happened to her on Lin Yue.

She had finally managed to come to town to study, and her academic performance was excellent. She was working hard to get into university, but Lin Yue married a good man, which ruined her plans.

Now all she wants is to snatch Chang Jinxiang away, so that she can live a life of comfort and security, and she doesn't care whether she goes to university or not.

Thinking of this, Lin Mei felt distressed. Since the first step had failed, she could only pin her hopes on Lin Yue, her neighbor.

"Hey, little thief, don't think you can get away with it by not saying anything. Come with us to the police station." Zhou Long's words interrupted Lin Mei's thoughts.

Lin Mei glanced at him impatiently, then caught sight of Zhang Jie walking out. Tears welled up in her eyes as she ran towards him, crying, "Officer, they've wrongly accused me of stealing! You have to stand up for me!"

As she spoke, she reached out to tug at Zhang Jie's sleeve, but Zhang Jie dodged it and looked at Lin Mei with a serious expression.

Zhou Long remembered that Zhang Jie was a policeman, and said in a serious tone, "Officer, this woman stole our factory's design drawings. I'm going to sue her for plagiarism. What do you think we should do?"

After hearing what had happened, Zhang Jie said calmly, "You can go to the police station to report the case. If you have any witnesses or physical evidence, submit them together, and an officer in charge of the case will take over your case."

Zhou Long didn't want that kind of trouble; he certainly didn't want to go to the police station. "Aren't you a policeman? I'll just hand over the things to you, and you can take the person back with you."

Lin Mei kept moving closer to Zhang Jie, but Zhang Jie had already moved a meter away. He glared at Lin Mei and said coldly, "Are you trying to assault a police officer? Please stay where you are and don't move any closer."

Lin Mei's face burned bright red. Those men usually fell for her charms, so why were all the men she met today avoiding her like the plague?

Wang Yiming chuckled, "Hehehe, little girl, the honey trap won't work on us police officers. You'd better save your breath. You're so young, have some shame. Don't just throw yourself at every man you see."

Lin Mei's eyes widened in anger, and she couldn't help but blurt out, "You're talking nonsense."

Wang Yiming laughed so hard he was shaking. "Hahaha, you little girl, all you say is nonsense. I'm starting to doubt that you've ever been educated. You don't actually think about how to harm people during class, do you?"

Lin Mei looked around at the people with an embarrassed expression. "Police officer, as a public official, how can you just stand by and watch these men bully a young girl like me? They all have bad intentions. You can't just stand by and watch me die."

Wang Yiming couldn't help but spit again, "Pah! Take a piss and look at yourself. With your appearance, who would have any ill intentions towards you? Don't disgust us, we're not blind."

Lin Mei always thought she was very charming, with both good looks and a great figure, and that she could make men infatuated with her.

Did she not wear the right clothes today? She deliberately pulled down her collar, revealing a patch of fair skin, and then deliberately bent over and tugged at the hem of her skirt.

Zhang Jie and the others couldn't bear to look and immediately looked away. Only a few old bachelors kept staring, practically drooling.

Lin Mei started feigning grievance again, her voice choked with sobs as she said, "You, you wouldn't happen to be my sister's lover too, would you? Taking this opportunity to bully me, settle personal scores, what good does it do you to insult me?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Yiming was about to jump up in anger again, "Ugh, my temper is so bad, you..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhang Jie said sternly, "Comrade Lin Mei, please watch your words and actions. We will report today's events to your school. If you continue to slander others so recklessly, we will file a lawsuit against you for defamation."

Lin Mei reluctantly fell silent. She didn't dare to make a big fuss; she didn't want to go to the police station again.

She hung her head, poked her pocket with her hand, and muttered under her breath, "Who does Lin Yue think she is? You're all protecting her. You're all blinded by greed and can't tell the difference between good and bad people."

Zhou Long originally didn't want to cause trouble and was prepared to let it go, since he had already made Lin Mei suffer.

As he was about to return to his office, Huo Qingyan spoke up, "The security captain really doesn't care about the security situation in our factory. Someone was caught red-handed stealing, and he just lets it go so easily?"

Wang Yiming immediately understood Huo Qingyan's meaning and chimed in, "That's right. We're about to start producing a new batch of garments. If the design drawings are leaked, it will be a very serious problem for our factory."

"How can that be? Of course it must be dealt with seriously, seriously."

Zhou Long was also in a dilemma. He couldn't admit that he had framed Lin Mei, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and call the police.

Lin Mei was furious. These men were so nosy. She saw her mother hiding in the crowd from afar and ran over crying, "Mother, save me!"