CHAPTER 616: CHAPTER 368: HUMILIATION / TRAP_3

Having experienced the earlier incident, Cui Xuetao and Qian Ying also felt a bit scared afterward, thankful that Feng Tianzhi was not present when they were interrogating Luo Ye. That man is really too terrifying!

However, a trace of doubt also arose in Cui Xuetao’s mind; would a team leader protect a trainee to that extent? Of course, no matter what the situation was, she now dared not do anything to Luo Ye, with Crazy Feng still hanging around outside.

She couldn’t help but fantasize inwardly, imagining that if Feng Tianzhi fell in love with her someday, he would also protect her like that, not allowing others to harm her in the slightest...

Ever since entering the conference room, Qiao Xiaowan had been glaring furiously at Luo Ye, yet exhibiting a demeanor that seemed too intimidated to approach and argue, which to those unfamiliar with the situation, might mistakenly make her appear as someone who had been bullied by Luo Ye.

Qian Ying cleared her throat: "Qiao Xiaowan, in the spirit of fairness, the leaders have agreed to let you confront Luo Ye face to face. Next, Xuetao and I will ask questions, and the two of you will answer, sort of like the feeling of a debate contest with both sides represented, but you must speak the truth. If it’s found later that either of you lied, there will be a record of demerits."

Qiao Xiaowan said with resentment: "The truth is, everything was her doing."

"Simply saying so is useless; you must have evidence. Since you have no evidence, we must reconstruct the truth of the matter through your direct confrontation," Qian Ying said, nudging the daydreaming Cui Xuetao with her elbow.

Cui Xuetao jolted back to reality from her daydreams and quickly unfolded her notebook, looking at Qian Ying: "Shall we start with the first question?"

"Okay!" As soon as Qian Ying’s answer fell, the door to the conference room was pushed open, and Ye Xuan walked in. Cui Xuetao quickly said: "Deputy Commander Ye, is there something you need? The chief said that during the confrontation, no personnel related to the parties involved are allowed to be present, and you and Luo Ye..."

"There’s been an urgent case; everyone from Team A must participate. Master Jiang has instructed you all to go over, and it will take about fifteen minutes. You can come back to this issue after it’s finished," Ye Xuan said calmly, walking up to Luo Ye and affectionately draped an arm around her shoulder: "Ye’er, don’t rush back after it’s over; Vice Chairman Lin has something to discuss with you."

Luo Ye nodded: "I understand."

"Brother Xiao Xuan!" Qiao Xiaowan called out tearfully, "You never came to see me after my incident, and even today when you saw me, you just nodded and left. I suffered so much, and it was all because of her, and yet you’re still so nice to her, that’s too biased!"

Ye Xuan’s gaze coldly swept over Qiao Xiaowan’s face, patted Luo Ye on the shoulder, and turned to walk out. Cui Xuetao hesitated, then asked, "Deputy Commander Ye, what about the two of them?"

"They’ll wait here, and no one is allowed to come and interfere," Ye Xuan "hmphed," "The drama that just played out, Vice Chairman Lin, General Xia, and Vice Army Commander Lei are already aware of. To have such a commotion at the stairway, it’s truly unprecedented." Taking a few steps, he instructed, "Lock the door for them, to prevent some people from taking the opportunity to create a disturbance and bring shame upon themselves!"

"Don’t..." Qiao Xiaowan shouted anxiously: "What if Luo Ye bullies me? I can’t beat her!"

"If she bullies you, wouldn’t that serve your purpose?" Ye Xuan’s voice drifted from afar.

"Serving my purpose?..." Qiao Xiaowan murmured to herself, then came to understand - indeed, being charged with an additional crime would serve her purpose.

Luo Ye looked at her, amused, "Qiao Xiaowan, does that feel comfortable to you?"

"What feeling?" Qiao Xiaowan reflexively asked, then realizing what she implied, huffed, "You’re truly malevolent, how could you commit such deeds?"

"Alright, stop pretending; there’s no one else here now. Aren’t you tired of acting?" Luo Ye sighed helplessly, "I know, no matter how much we probe, this case will remain a mess. Asking for a confrontation is just trying to create a chance for yourself, nothing more."

"You just want to trick me into saying something, don’t you? Well, I’m not falling for it." Qiao Xiaowan looked at her sidelong, "This was your doing, and no matter what’s said, it remains your doing."

"If I did it, how could it be called putting words in someone’s mouth? Your claim is basically a linguistic error, showing that everything was actually done by you; you just want to frame me for it.

Qiao Xiaowan, looking back now, I must say you’re impressive. To harm me, you embarrassed yourself so much, tsk tsk, just thinking about how you looked in front of so many people... You’re indeed ruthless, and I deeply admire that."

Luo Ye ignored Qiao Xiaowan’s increasingly distorted face and continued with a sneer: "At first, I was really angry about you trying to harm me, but then I realized that this will definitely spread among our circles, and it’s you who will be the real laughingstock. As for me, even if you managed to frame me successfully and I got expelled from GF, it’s not a big loss.

Even if I give up being a soldier, there are still many things I can do. Like the Wen Family’s business, my own business, or even the Ye Family’s business, all open for me to get involved in. So, if you think about it, I haven’t really lost much.

Even if people start to think I’m a bit too ruthless, they’ll later believe that what I did for love is forgivable. On the other hand, you’ve made yourself lose so much face. Was it worth it?"

"You... you’re talking nonsense!" Qiao Xiaowan’s face turned almost green with anger: "After an incident like this, even if Brother Xiao Xuan wants to marry you, Grandpa Ye and Uncle Ye wouldn’t agree to it!"

Luo Ye smiled and blinked: "Don’t worry about that; just yesterday, when I was at my grandpa’s place, Grandpa Ye and Uncle Ye called me.

They said Ye Xuan had already told them about the matter and that I shouldn’t feel burdened. Regardless of whether I did it or not, they wouldn’t mind, since Great Grandpa likes me. Whoever Great Grandpa likes, they will accept unconditionally.

So, Qiao Xiaowan, you’ve really embarrassed yourself with no gain, and the more I think about it, the happier I am."

"I never intended to embarrass myself..." Qiao Xiaowan suddenly stood up: "I’m not crazy, why would I make a fool of myself in public? Tell me the truth, when did you switch the cup?"

Luo Ye also stood up abruptly, staring at her with widened eyes, "Are you admitting that you did it? Are you admitting to framing me?"

"So what if I admit it? It’s just you and me here, where’s the witness?" Qiao Xiaowan said as she ran to the door to listen carefully, then returned, sat down with reassurance, and pressed on: "Maybe, you can help me clear my confusion - was it you who switched the shoes?"

"Shoes?" Luo Ye looked at her in surprise, "You mean, you also tampered with the shoes? Haha... you really deserve it!"

"The shoes weren’t switched by you?" Qiao Xiaowan didn’t believe her: "How is that possible? The shoes you were wearing handled such intense activity without issue, which can only mean one thing – you were wearing my pair. If it wasn’t you who switched them, then who did?"

"It must be that you tampered with them yourself and then forgot, ending up putting them in the wrong place," Luo Ye laughed, "Karma, indeed karma! Do you think I’d admit to this? Was my fall for nothing? Do you think I’m that stupid? Hmph!"

Qiao Xiaowan pursued further: "What about the cup? Don’t tell me you didn’t switch that either."

Luo Ye nodded, "The cup was indeed switched by me, but it wasn’t on purpose. Your sudden warmth made me suspicious.

Just think about it, you were glaring at me defiantly the day before, but then the next day you were offering me water and caring for me – wasn’t that scary? So, I took the opportunity when you reached for the sugar cubes to just switch our cups around, just like that."

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Second update, a big Chapter of 5000 words, phew, there’s still one more Chapter of 3000 words, Nu’an hurry up and work hard, haven’t eaten yet, wuu...(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)