Chapter 7
I shoved Allan away forcefully, glaring at him with fury as I roared: “Even if my family goes bankrupt and I end up begging on the streets, I won’t give you people a single penny.”
With that, I turned to face those self–proclaimed “champions of justice” among the onlookers, pointing at them mercilessly: “Who the hell do you think you are? What evidence do you have to stand here and accuse me? You’re all grown adults–don’t you have even basic judgment? Based on a few baseless rumors, you’ve pinned fabricated charges on me. Every single person who’s spread lies about my family won’t escape. I’ll each and every one of you!”
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I swept my gaze across the room, and suddenly it fell dead silent.
Just then, urgent police sirens wailed from downstairs. Several officers quickly climbed the stairs and entered with serious expressions: “We received a report about someone causing disturbance here. Please cooperate with our investigation.”
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I immediately stepped forward: “Officer, I’m the one who called. They’re trying to extort money from me, and when I refused, they resorted to violence and threats. The injuries on my body
and the hospital’s surveillance footage are the evidence“?
Upon hearing this, the faces of those who had been so arrogant instantly changed.
lydia, are you insane? How dare you call the police? You’re 6:21 the one who caused all this trouble, and now you’re turning it
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the Ford family to deliberately cover for her. I’m going to report
for dereliction of duty and corruption.‘
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As soon as he spoke up, the others seemed to find their rallying cry, growing even more agitated. Someone yelled: “The police and the rich are in cahoots! They’re ganging up to bully us ordinary people. Is there no justice left? She’s destroyed many families, and those victims still haven’t gotten justice, so why does she get to stand here unharmed? The police are the Ford family’s lapdogs!”
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The lead officer standing beside me was the same one handling the mountain hiking incident case, fully familiar with every detail.
“Enough!” he said coldly, then ordered the officers behind him: “Take them all back to the station for individual questioning.”
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Immediately, the faces of those still shouting turned pale. Someone tried to resist: “What right do you have to arrest us? We’re just telling the truth.”
“If you want to file a complaint against the police department, you’re welcome to call the official complaint hotline–we accept all supervision,” the officer said sternly. “But if you spread rumors, incite crowds, and create social panic, you’ll face legal consequences just the same.”
Amid the chaos, all the troublemakers were lawfully escorted the police cars. I accompanied the officers back to the station.
Station to
officer
Sitting in the familiar interrogation room, I looked at th who had previously questioned me and asked urgently. “The 6:21
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The officer nodded: “Based on the leads you provided, we conducted a thorough search of that mountain and found over a dozen scattered sachets in the woods. The sachets contained certain herbs that would trigger agitation and aggression in wild animals. Our preliminary assessment is that these sachets were the key factor causing the casualties.”
I narrowed my eyes: “Were there any fingerprints or DNA on those sachets?”
He nodded: “We conducted trace extraction and comparative analysis. The sachets had fingerprints from most of the hiking team members, except…” He paused, his expression growing grave. “Except for Freya’s.”
My heart jolted.
“We do have our suspicions about her,” the officer continued, “but we don’t yet have concrete evidence that directly points to her.”
