Chapter 60

Xu Qin arrives at the public security bureau, Meng Yan Chen, Fu Wen Ying and some family members of Meng Family are there too.

Fu Wen Ying’s face changes when she sees Song Yan, she is unwilling to move forward.

Er Gu Ma (Second aunt) comes over and says: “Qin Qin ah, have a good talk with your Ge. He shouldn’t play around with this matter. Auntie sees him grow up, I know what kind of man he is. We know him clearly. If someone wants to frame him, let him talk to us. We would stand by him and helps him solve this. But he needs to speak up. Tell him to not be afraid. We would help him out.”

Meng Huai Jin looks tired: “Qin Qin, tell him, let’s solve the other matters at home. Don’t ruin his own future.”

“If Ye Ye listens to this, he would so heartbroken. Please convince him.”

Xu Qin just nods.

The police takes Xu Qin and other people to the judges room. Song Yan stops when she is about to get in. Xu Qin looks back at him.

Song Yan says: “I couldn’t get in.”

“Em.” Xu Qin feels guilt-ridden.

Song Yan just stands there. He feels a bit jealous about it.

……….

Inside the investigation room, Meng Yan Chen sits down on the chair. He just looks at the ceiling. His face has injuries, his clothes are messed up.

Xu Qin looks at the police and says: “They hit you?”

Meng Yan Chen looks at her.

“No. The time we caught him, he assaulted the police.” The police looks at the CCTV and does a hand motion and then leaves.

Only two of them left in the room.

Xu Qin sits down in front of him. “Are you hurt?”

Meng Yan Chen nods lightly.

Xu Qin says nothing. She sits there for a while. Then she finally speaks up. “Cooperate with the police. This is harmful for you.”

Meng Yan Chen asks her again: “You don’t want to go home anymore?”

Xu Qin is startled and asks: “That time….. you were at home?”

“Em.”

Xu Qin stays silent for a while and shows no expression. “Though Papa Mama were wrong but you shouldn’t use this way to hurt their heart.”

He shakes his head dejectedly: “I don’t. I just don’t want to do anything.”

She feels something is fishy. “What is the truth, couldn’t you tell the police?”

Meng Yan Chen says nothing.

She is calm and says: “…… Perhaps some of their attitudes make you disappoint. But no one is perfect. It’s too strict to ask them to not making mistake.”

He suddenly asks: “What about Song Yan?”

“Em?”

“What about Song Yan?”

“He is at the firefighting camp.” She doesn’t say the truth.

“Oh.”

“……….”

“Do you hate our family?”

“Em?”

“Does you hate that hate our family ruins Song Yan’s future and almost killed him?”

Xu Qin: “Now it’s not the time to talk about this.”

Meng Yan Chen asks: “Qin Qin, if there’s no him, now you would still like me right?”

Xu Qin says nothing. She is startled and looks at her: “Maybe…… But it would be very hard.”

“In the past the time I liked you, It’s also very hard. I always needed to guess whether you really like me or you are just taking care of your Mei Mei. But anyway it’s unimportant now, we would never be together. I couldn’t do it, you also couldn’t.”

She says: “Even if there’s no Song Yan, perhaps I would still like you; No Song Yan, I might be marry to other people.”

He smiles sadly: “Really?”

She nods: “You asked me before, since I could be with him, why couldn’t I be with you?

Meng Yan Chen, I just would be with him. Because these years I don’t grow up even a bit. I am just standing still there. I keep on retreating, regretting, be timid, be suspicious….. if it’s another person, he might dislike me. But Song Yan always be determined, he never lets me go. He always comes toward me. So I would only be with him.”

Meng Yan Chen listens to her and his tears pool up on his eyes. He looks at the ceiling.

“These ten years, the one that never grows up is me. If I tried hard to be with you, you and I wouldn’t be in this state.”

“No.” Xu Qin shakes her head: “You are too kind. You couldn’t do something that will humiliate the family. I also couldn’t do it. So I’m not blaming you.”

Meng Yan Chen looks at the ceiling and doesn’t say anything. His lips just trembles.

“Meng Yan Chen, let it go okay? Live for yourself, okay?”

………….

Song Yan goes toward the main hall and passes the corridor. He sees Xiao Yi Xiao is leaning on the wall.

A group of college students is gathering on the corner of the desk.

The police is berating them. “You guys are wrong. The truth isn’t investigated? How could you post it around? Do you want to gain popularity?”

A female student retorts: “He was raping her. He has a great background, how could our friend get back at him?”

“How could you guys not believe in the law? You are all A university students, how could you not this well now?”

A male student says: “Because we are A university students so we need to expose the truth. If we are wrong, we would say that we are wrong. But you guys need to investigate this case fairly. If our friend is wronged, we would fight to death though he has a great background!”

“Right! We will fight till death!” Those students yell.

Song Yan frowns: “Why are there so many people here?”

Xiao Yi Xiao says: “All of them are A university students, it’s hard to handle this.”

“What were they doing?”

“No. The police said they were having gathering in the karaoke near the school. During that time, that woman came out an when she was back, she said that she was raped. Those students helped to report it to the police. Meng Yan Chen kept on being silent. There’s no evidence. It’s been delayed for so long. So these students also posted it online.”

Song Yan asks: “Isn’t there any CCTV around?”

“There’s none in the room.” Xiao Yi Xiao says. “There’re few around the corridor. Meng Yan Chen was alone. On the way, he went to the restroom. He was drunk. The time he came out, he met that woman. That woman took him back to the room. So we could only hear the woman’s words for what happened inside.

“Has there any investigation for that woman’s body?”

Xiao Yi Xiao: “This is a troublesome thing. She has a slight injury on her body. She said that they used c*nd*m so there’s no evidence. Now she feels conflicted, she doesn’t dare to get into another step of investigation. She keeps on dragging this on and on.”

Song Yan looks around and the time he sees the victim’s face, he notices it looks familiar.

It’s Ye Zi who came over to the police station with Di Miao last time.

Song Yan frowns, he walks toward the window and makes a call.

After a while, Di Miao just answers. “What is it? It’s late?”

“Where are you hiding? Come here immediately!”

Di Miao feels wronged: “Ge, what are you saying? It’s late.”

“Di Miao, don’t provoke me.” Song Yan says.

She turns quiet and says: “I’m on the staircase of emergency exit.”

…………….

Xu Qin comes out from the investigation room, she follows Xiao Yi Xiao to meet the Meng family members.

Meng Huai Jin: “Qin Qin, what did Yan Chen say?”

“The police has interrogated him.” Xu Qin says: “He said that he did nothing, that woman wants to frame him.”

Though everyone believes Meng Yan Chen, but hearing these words make them even relieved.

“He says that though he was drunk but he was conscious, he didn’t do anything to that Ye Zi, Instead, that woman wanted to do something but he kicked her out.”

Fu Wen Ying’s face turns cold, she turns her body and wants to find those students. Meng Yan Chen’s cousin immediately stops her: “Auntie, don’t go. You would create more trouble. They are hostile toward us.”

The other also say: “Right, don’t go. Since Yan Chen didn’t do it, let the police investigates it.

“I’m afraid that it’ll be too late.” The third uncle says. “Now there’s no evidence that could show that he is an innocent man. This investigation would waste a lot of time, the internet has created a great sensation about it.”

It’s too thorny.

If Meng Yan Chen was commoner, this matter would be so much easier. Meng family couldn’t wait, their image is on the stake.

“No matter what, we couldn’t erase the post. If we erase it, it’ll be too messy. We should find a way to reveal the truth in most reliable way. We find a witness, there should be an evidence, we should find it quickly!”

“Yes.”

Xu Qin glances at Meng Huai Jin and Fu Wen Ying look so tired. Then she just looks at other place. She then realizes that there’s no Song Yan around.

She doesn’t know where he is now.

…….

On the staircase, Di Miao is sitting down on the stair and plays with her phone.

The emergency exit door behind her is opened. She immediately turns her head to look at him.

Song Yan gets inside and closes the door again.

He looks at her: “What are you doing here?”

“I saw you so I hid. What should I do?” Di Miao looks behind him. “Where is my Qin Jie, why isn’t she with you, …… Is she cuckolding you?”

Song Yan: “Stop saying rubbish thing.”

Di Miao rolls her eyes: “You are so generous, you even send her to meet your rival in love.”

Song Yan doesn’t pay attention to her and just asks: “What happened tonight?”

Di Miao listens to his words and feels unhappy: “Hey, are you doubting that I was the one that posted me?”

Song Yan snorts: “You are not so wicked.”

Di Miao rolls her eyes.

Song Yan: “Speak up!”

Di Miao: “Ye Zi said that she was mistreated, she cried. She said that Meng Yan Chen has a powerful background. Everyone is so angry, she said she wants to post it. So everyone helps her. Anyway I didn’t participate, I also didn’t stop her. I’m just watching.”

Song Yan listens to her and takes a cigarette. He lights it on and asks: “What did she do with Meng Yan Chen, this night?”

“How could I know?” Di Miao looks at the phone.

“How could you hang out with that kind of woman?”

“She is part of our student union, the leader of student union asked for a gathering. What could I do? I just came and hang out with each other.”

Song Yan says: “Di Miao, today you act so weirdly.”

Di Miao: “What?”

Song Yan kneels down and watches her: “You don’t even mention about the r*p* case. You don’t show your attitude toward it. You seem to make yourself clear.”

Di Miao is startled and doesn’t dare to look at him on the eyes. She just wants to speak up.

Song Yan lifts up his cigarette and signals her to shut up. “I believe you, for this matter you don’t do nothing but why do I feel that…….. what do you know?”

Di Miao doesn’t move, she looks at her.

Song Yan knows from her expression: “You know that Meng Yan Chen didn’t r*p*e Ye Zi right.”

Di Miao opens her eyes big: “No, I know nothing about it! How could I know?!”

Song Yan doesn’t have energy to talk with her. His face changes: “Since you dislike Ye Zi, why don’t you tell the truth?”

“What is the truth? I don’t hurt him, I’m with a clear conscience.” Di Miao says: “They were the ones who made the post. I said nothing and I didn’t participate.”

“but you know the truth. With your intelligence, you should have evidence with you right now.” Song Yan looks at her eyes, he doesn’t let her off. He says: “you keep on playing with your phone. You should be nervous right now. If you keep on dragging this, Meng Yan Chen would be over.”

Di Miao turns cold: “Though he would be over, but he would be in a better state than you, why should you worry about him!”

Song Yan turns silent, he knows what she is thinking about. He says: “If you do this because you just hate Meng family, then no need.” He looks at her: “For the past, I don’t care about it anymore. Don’t go into a huff. If you have an evidence, go with me.”

He stands up and wants to go. Di Miao asks him: “How could you not care?”

“I am asking you, how could you not care?” Di Miao asks him, she chokes: “If it’s me. It’s me who just finished my high school. I got into the A university and someone ruined my achievement. I should be the CEO but I become nothing. Would you be indifferent too?”

Song Yan stops.

“Do you know? Once you came over to my school to send my uniform. My friend asked me, Di Miao, that man is so handsome. He is a great man. Could you introduce him to me. Then she asked about your work. I said that you are a firefighter. Do you know what did she say?… Oh.

“Ge, you really don’t care about it? Your life, your prime time was ruined by them! Your previous efforts were wasted! You almost died because of the torture? That time when the news about you violated the law and being sentenced spread out, my Ma kept on crying that I thought she would be blind soon. We didn’t have any connection. My Pa came over to find the person he most hated. He knelt down and begged him to helping you! That time he almost be crippled!”

“……… They were bullying us intolerably, they were too cruel!”

Di Miao’s eyes are red, she says ruthlessly: “Don’t pretend with me. You said you don’t care anymore, you don’t hate. If you really don’t care about it, how could you kick her out the first time Xu Qin came to you? If you really don’t care, then why should you work so hard? If you could let it go and don’t care about it, why everyone doesn’t dare to mention about what happened! We are afraid to hurt your pride! Because of Xu Qin, now you forgive them, but for what they did to you, I wouldn’t forgive them!”

She is so furious that her body is trembling so hard.

“Di Miao.”

Song Yan says with his back facing her: “Even if you are unwilling, we couldn’t rewind the time.”