QTMWSFC Chapter 10

Over the past couple of days, Chu Xi had been absolutely furious.

She realized that Xia Qingmeng was completely unharmed, while the thugs she had paid ended up in jail. She was so angry that her face was practically twisted with rage.

But for now, Xia Qingmeng couldn’t question anyone either. In short, her plan had failed, and there was even a risk that those thugs might implicate her.

But what was very strange was that no one came to arrest her. After a few days of living in fear and keeping a low profile, Chu Xi’s urge to cause trouble started stirring again.

During this period, there was no external intervention in the romantic development of the female lead and male lead. Wen Li and Su Yan’s relationship advanced by leaps and bounds. They had already privately confirmed that they were boyfriend and girlfriend.

Of course, it wasn’t just Wen Li and Su Yan. The relationship between Xu Xinghe and Xia Qingmeng became increasingly ambiguous.

Xia Qingmeng gave up some of her study time and spent about a week hand-weaving a bracelet to give to Xu Xinghe as a thank-you for saving her life.

Although the gift wasn’t very valuable, Xu Xinghe was very happy. He wore it openly and never took it off. Jiang Zhe thought that with that bracelet on, Xu Xinghe strutted around like a peacock showing off its feathers, utterly flashy.

The closer it got to the end of the semester, the more conflicted homeroom teacher Zhou Mei felt. She felt anxious yet pleased.

Since the last time she talked to Xu Xinghe, his grades had been improving with each test. It seemed he had really turned over a new leaf. She was very satisfied and even secretly looked forward to seeing how much further he could grow by the final exams.

Of course, the results did not disappoint Zhou Mei. When the scores came out a few days later, Xu Xinghe jumped from the bottom of the class to the top ten and even made it into the top hundred in the whole grade. Such a huge improvement was an unexpected joy.

Since they were about to become senior students, the school only gave them one month off for summer vacation, but the start and end times were much more relaxed than usual.

On the first official day of summer break, Chu Xi, who had been quiet and inactive for a while, started secretly stirring up trouble again. She actually took the initiative to invite Wen Li and Xia Qingmeng to a meal, saying she wanted to apologize.

This was a classic case of a weasel paying a New Year’s visit to a chicken—no good intentions whatsoever!

However, it also aligned with the original plot. Except in the original story, Xia Qingmeng had invited Wen Li to a meal to apologize but then drugged her drink to ruin her reputation.

Now because Xu Xinghe had caused too many butterfly effects, Chu Xi had no choice but to take matters into her own hands. The invitation had also changed from one person to two.

When Xu Xinghe heard the real-time update from System 0250, he was so speechless that he wanted to burrow into the ground.

It was just that this small world was still a bit backward. How could anyone even come up with such a flawed scheme?

And this eldest lady of the Chu family had some nerve too. The Chu family had been heavily targeted in the market recently and was on the brink of collapse. Instead of going home to help share her parents’ worries, she stubbornly kept causing trouble. Xu Xinghe couldn’t help but admire her.

Wen Li and Xia Qingmeng were still very good friends. After discussing it, they decided to go to the dinner and see what was going on. But just to be safe, they also asked Su Yan and Xu Xinghe to secretly keep an eye on things.

Xia Qingmeng didn’t want to bother Xu Xinghe. Because of her people-pleasing personality, she felt too embarrassed to ask for such a favor again. But Wen Li couldn’t stand it. She had a sharp eye and sensed that something was going on between the two, so she took the initiative in passing the information to Xu Xinghe.

Xu Xinghe certainly wasn’t about to pass up the opportunity and joined the operation without hesitation. He had absolutely no objection to witnessing Chu Xi being caught in her own game.

The appointed day arrived quickly.

Chu Xi had chosen a KTV. It was dark and chaotic, perfect for doing dirty things.

Gone was her usual arrogant and overbearing attitude. Instead, she wept and pleaded with a great show of sincere remorse. The next moment, a bribed waiter brought in a tray with several spiked drinks.

Wen Li and Xia Qingmeng only took a couple small bites of food, pretended to drink, and then fainted one after another.

Chu Xi slapped and shook them both, but neither of them woke up. She was overjoyed and immediately called two men who had been hiding in the next room.

Today, she was going to record this whole scene beautifully. That way, Su Yan would be hers alone!

But unexpectedly, just as Chu Xi turned on her camera and prepared to film, the heavy door of the KTV room burst open as a group of people rushed in.

“Hands up! Hands on your heads!”

“Don’t move!”

A group of police officers in civilian clothes carrying handcuffs swiftly subdued Chu Xi and the two men.

Just then, Wen Li and Xia Qingmeng slowly ‘woke up’ as well.

At this point, what was there left not to understand?

Chu Xi immediately began struggling hysterically. “You two tricked me! You set me up!”

“Keep quiet!”

The police officer holding Chu Xi firmly restrained her after seeing her rush forward.

The police on the scene went about their work, some making arrests, some collecting evidence, and some filing reports.

Chu Xi was escorted out of the room by two plainclothes police officers in embarrassment. As she walked down the corridor, she looked up in horror and saw two boys at the end of the hall.

One was Su Yan. The other was Xu Xinghe.

Su Yan shot Chu Xi a cold glance, then immediately pulled Wen Li into his arms and asked her with concern if she was all right. He never gave Chu Xi another look.

Chu Xi became angry and started shouting. She even tried to attack the police. “Do you know who I am? Let me tell you, I have the Chu family behind me! The Chu family won’t let you get away with this!”

“Behave yourself! Attacking a law enforcement officer adds to your sentence!”

Startled by the sharp reprimand, Chu Xi became frightened and immediately calmed down.

Xu Xinghe let out a soft snort.

The Chu family?

The Chu family really was a bunch of lunatics.

Ever since he had asked Xu Nian to deal with the Chu family, it had naturally been taken care of quickly and quietly. From System 0250, Xu Xinghe knew very well that Chu Xi’s parents had already fled to avoid the charges. They didn’t care at all about their spoiled daughter.

And yet Chu Xi herself was still completely in the dark, still acting like the privileged Miss Chu.

This arrest this time settled old and new scores together. She could rot in jail.

Chu Xi had no idea that her parents had already abandoned her. Even when handcuffed in the interrogation room, she kept shouting relentlessly.

After giving their statements, Xu Xinghe and the other three left.

The police officer handling the case sorted out the mountain of evidence they left behind and couldn’t help shaking his head with a sigh. “They picked the wrong people to mess with…”

They had already thoroughly investigated what kind of family the Xu family was. Some of the information was confidential, not even accessible to them. The Xu family was far from ordinary.

Not to mention Xu Xinghe himself, a hot-tempered and justice-driven kid who had ended up at the police station more than once because of various misunderstandings. The officers were already familiar with him.

The Chu family was in deep trouble this time…

“I want to see my parents! Do you know who my parents are? They’re people you can’t afford to offend!”

The interrogating police officer’s head was pounding from Chu Xi’s yelling.

Although they were somewhat used to this kind of suspect, that didn’t make it any less painful every time they had to deal with it.

“Your parents can’t be reached right now. Now, give me a complete account of your crimes. Do you understand?” The young male officer tapped his pen on the table, his tone stern.

“How could you not reach them? You’re the police! How can you not reach them?” Chu Xi burst out laughing, clearly not believing him.

The young officer raised an eyebrow slightly.

It seemed he discovered something. The head of the Chu family and his wife had fled to escape their crime, abandoning their own daughter. This Miss Chu still had no idea. Well, if she had known, she probably wouldn’t have put on this little show today.

He gently tugged on the sleeve of the female police officer beside him. The two stepped outside to exchange a few words, then returned to the interrogation room to continue.

Since the evidence Xu Xinghe had provided was so solid, the interrogation was essentially just a formality. If Chu Xi confessed voluntarily, she might receive a lighter sentence. If she refused to speak, the consequences wouldn’t be so simple.

Staring at the thick stack of evidence in front of her, Chu Xi finally realized that no one was coming to bail her out this time, no one was coming to save her. Her face grew increasingly pale, and she confessed to everything she had done.

After the interrogation, Chu Xi looked completely lost.

The officer reviewing the full confession sighed.

She was so young. She even attended Haicheng No. 1 High School. Such a good school, such a bright future ahead of her! And she had destroyed it all with her own hands.