Capítulo 22: Chapter 22
Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Jiang Moxi was standing right in the middle of the crowd, with people around her pointing and making comments.
It was not hard to see that the recent screams and the man's roaring were probably related to her.
This unconscious realization led Fu Youhan to maneuver his wheelchair forward.
Seeing this, Chi Jing had no choice but to follow.
"Could it be sexual harassment? Were there only the two of them in the private room just now?"
"No way, who would want a face like that?"
"Even if it's sexual harassment, it's probably the woman forcing herself on the man, and the man fiercely resisting, leading to this beatdown."
The surrounding people were making unkind speculations, and their comments were extremely sharp.
Some were even eager to help by calling the police, urging them to come quickly and bring the criminal to justice.
And Chen Haobin, with his bruised face of blues and purples, sneered triumphantly at Jiang Moxi: "Jiang Moxi, this time I will make sure you spend a lifetime behind bars."
Chen Haobin had been having a terrible time recently.
After being injured by Jiang Moxi, he could only stay in the hospital.
He had been hoping that his father and Lin Xian would seek justice for him.
But when he was discharged, he found out that Jiang Moxi, by some means, had completely subdued Lin Xian.
Moreover, Lin Xian told his father not to trouble Jiang Moxi, or else it would mean going against the Lin Family.
In Yan City, ten Chen Families wouldn't compare to one Lin Family, so his father dared not defy Lin Xian's wishes, something Chen Haobin could understand.
But what he couldn't understand was his father suddenly bringing back his illegitimate son to the house, arranging for him to take over the company's most critical business, and grooming him as the primary heir.
It wasn't until by chance that he overheard from the servants that he was now disabled for life and his father had no choice but to bring back the illegitimate son to carry on the family lineage...
Only then did Chen Haobin realize that his life was already ruined.
If so, he also had to ruin the life of the instigator.
Therefore, today, he planned to at least leave Jiang Moxi a wheelchair, to spend the rest of her life in it.
Who would have thought that it almost ended with Jiang Moxi sending him a wheelchair instead.
However, if this could result in Jiang Moxi spending a lifetime in prison, it would not be a loss.
Beneath the varied gazes of the crowd, Jiang Moxi's eyes always remained calm and shallow.
To her surprise, among those onlookers, she spotted Fu Youhan.
When she looked at Fu Youhan, he was also looking at her.
The moment their eyes met, Jiang Moxi saw the depths of the man's eyes, dark and unfathomable like ink.
He maintained an expressionless face, making no move to intervene, nor stopping people from calling the police, as if waiting for something.
But Jiang Moxi was not curious about what he was waiting for, and she looked away.
She calmly took out her phone and sent out a message.
The police arrived quickly; she had barely finished sending her message when they were already on the scene.
Then Jiang Moxi, Chen Haobin, and the first eyewitness Yu Na, were all taken away.
During the entire process, Fu Youhan kept his gaze fixed on Jiang Moxi.
But not once did she look his way again before getting into the police car...
As Fu Youhan watched her disappearing back in the police car, his hands on the wheelchair armrests were white-knuckled from gripping too hard.
"Young Master Ye is asking why you haven't gone up yet?"
Chi Jing had just received a call from Ye Chen and was about to push Fu Youhan towards the elevator entrance.
But the man suddenly spoke up: "Go to the police station."
Chi Jing's lips twitched almost imperceptibly in response...
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Some ten minutes later, Jiang Moxi and the others arrived at the police station.
During the taking of written statements, Jiang Moxi emphasized: "It was him who tried to hit me first, that's why I fought back. It was self-defense."
But Chen Haobin, pointing to the bruises on his own face, said: "Have you ever seen self-defense result in this? She had premeditated it, that's why she beat me up like this! This is attempted murder!"
Yu Na, after glancing at Chen Haobin, said, "When I brought in the fruits, Jiang Moxi was pressing Mr. Chen's head on the ground, ramming it as if to kill him!"
Yes, Yu Na had just reached a private agreement with Chen Haobin.
As long as she helped Chen Haobin give false testimony, allowing Jiang Moxi to be charged with attempted murder, she would receive two hundred thousand as a hardship fee.
Upon hearing Yu Na's false testimony, Jiang Moxi gave her a cold glance: "You know that giving false testimony can get you imprisoned."
Yu Na quickly put on a pitiful expression as if she was afraid of being hit: "I know that giving false testimony means jail time, so don't think you can threaten me into helping you."
Helping Chen Haobin could net her two hundred thousand, but what could helping Jiang Moxi offer her?
Moreover, surely Jiang Moxi couldn't have as influential a background as Young Master Chen.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have ended up working as a waitress in a place of ill repute.
So she wasn't afraid at all that Jiang Moxi could overturn her testimony.
However, at that moment, a group of people rushed in.
"Third Master Fu, Miss Jiang is over there. Once the procedures are done, you can leave," said someone in the group.
The first to notice this group wasn't Jiang Moxi, Yu Na, or Chen Haobin, but the police officer handling the case.
Because they heard their chief, speaking in a lowered voice filled with flattery and subservience.
You see, the chief had always been haughty in front of them, bossing everyone around.
Thus, they could hardly believe that this cautious, apprehensive man was indeed their chief.
Until they saw clearly the man in the wheelchair beside the chief, still exuding an aura of command from even two meters away.
Third Master Fu!
Though he had faded from the public eye of Yan City people after that car accident years ago,
the tales of his deeds were still fondly recounted, and the people of Yan City revered him like a deity.
Therefore, the officers also hurriedly stood up to greet this man with an admiring posture.
The collective standing of the officers clued in Jiang Moxi and the others that something was off, and they too followed their gaze.
Upon seeing Fu Youhan, Yu Na was immediately conquered by the man's off-the-charts handsomeness, forgetting everything else.
Chen Haobin, however, was somewhat uneasy.
He hadn't forgotten the last time, when Jiang Moxi hit him and Third Master Fu had supported her.
Yet, reason told him that Third Master Fu wasn't the meddling kind.
If Third Master Fu had already helped Jiang Moxi once, it was out of benevolence. Why would he bother to come to the police station to pick someone up?
In fact, not just Chen Haobin thought this.
Even Jiang Moxi herself didn't believe Fu Youhan came for her.
After all, if he had wanted to help her, he would have done so before they were taken to the police station.
Why wait until now and go to all the trouble of coming to the station?
So, when Jiang Moxi saw Fu Youhan, she didn't show much emotion.
Until the chief addressed the police officer in charge:
"Have you investigated everything? Miss Jiang was wrongfully accused, right? Then hurry up with the procedures, Third Master Fu is here to pick her up."
This time, Jiang Moxi looked at Fu Youhan with a hint of astonishment in her eyes!
He had actually come for her?
Nor had Chen Haobin expected that Third Master Fu would step in once again to help Jiang Moxi. His expression was extremely astonished and ferocious.
"Third Young Master, Jiang Moxi has ruined me. Why do you keep helping her time and time again?"
"It's your own fault that you've ruined yourself. What does that have to do with her?"
After Third Master Fu rebuked Chen Haobin, he spoke to the chief: "Even now, thinking of framing others, even setting up a scene to pretend to be the victim, in order to frame someone else! If such a person is not strictly punished, it will affect the stability and unity of society."
The chief quickly responded: "You are absolutely right, Third Master Fu!"
He then instructed the others nearby: "Did you hear? Such a person must be strictly punished without mercy!"
Those people understood and moved to drag Chen Haobin away.
Only then did Fu Youhan look towards Jiang Moxi: "Aren't you leaving?"
Jiang Moxi paused, then said, "Uncle, thank you…"
Then, she took the initiative to follow Fu Youhan and leave.
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