Seeing the crime scene flashbacks made me the darling of the police station.

Chapter 238 What is the Ji family thinking?

After Su Miaoyi finished speaking with Chu Xingrou, the skewer in Chu Xingrou's hand fell to the ground.

Chu Xingrou had actually guessed something from their conversation.

But, but, how could such a thing happen in this world!

This was far beyond what she had known for over twenty years.

There's a kind of feeling. Everyone is just an ordinary person, a mortal. In this world, there are only mortals. Suddenly one day, they discover that there is a god beside them.

Chu Xingrou's computer crashed.

Su Miaoyi picked up the skewer that had fallen on the ground and was about to throw it in the trash can when she saw Zhuang Yanzheng walking over.

She reached out her hand to him.

Zhuang Yanzheng stopped and looked at her.

"It's delicious, you should try it."

“I just saw you pick it up from the ground.”

Su Miaoyi coughed lightly and threw it into the trash can.

"No wonder you and Lu Zhishen are such good friends; you're both full of mischief," Zhuang Yanzheng said. "I have something to tell you."

Su Miaoyi looked up at him, then patted Chu Xingrou's head as she stood up before following Zhuang Yanzheng away.

"Did you tell her?" Zhuang Yanzheng asked.

"Ah."

Zhuang Yanzheng turned back and glanced at Chu Xingrou's surprised and bewildered expression.

“Young people are slow to accept things,” Su Miaoyi said.

Zhuang Yanzheng nodded, then realized what he meant and said, "You said I'm old."

Su Miaoyi looked up: "So many stars."

Zhuang Yanzheng also looked up, but saw nothing: "You must be seeing stars."

Su Miaoyi: "."

The two walked a little further away, to a quieter place where there were no people.

"what's up?"

Zhuang Yanzheng said, "The Ji family is spreading rumors everywhere that the Ji family and the Zhuang family are going to form a marriage alliance."

"Ji Jiabao and you?" Su Miaoyi blurted out.

Zhuang Yanzheng almost choked on his breath.

Su Miaoyi looked at his sharp face, scratched her cheek, and said seriously, "Has this caused your parents a lot of trouble?"

The Ji family is currently hanging by a thread.

Things are getting worse every day.

The more this happens, the less people dare to cooperate with him or lend him a hand, because there's a high probability that once they invest their money, it will be gone without a trace.

Therefore, the Ji family needs a powerful backer.

They thought that by spreading rumors like this, everyone would give the bookmaker some face out of respect.

It may not have much effect on the Ji family now, but what about in the long run?
Moreover, this rumor wasn't just targeting the bookmakers.

They were even targeting her.

"How far has the rumor spread?" Su Miaoyi asked.

"My mom said everyone's version is slightly different." Zhuang Yanzheng had just gotten a more detailed understanding from his mother. "Engagement, marriage registration..."

He paused for a moment as he spoke.

Su Miaoyi continued, "Living together?"

Zhuang Yanzheng frowned and nodded: "Anyway, there are all sorts of versions except for the one where there was no wedding."

Su Miaoyi sneered. Judging from his expression, saying they were living together was a euphemism.

They're trying to ruin her, threaten her, and put pressure on her.

If she and Zhuang Yanzheng really have something going on, the Ji family will have really struck gold.

If there was nothing between her and Zhuang Yanzheng, then to protect her reputation, they would have to force her to have something happen with Zhuang Yanzheng. "My parents aren't having any problems. They can just peel off the plaster and throw it in the trash," Zhuang Yanzheng said. "My parents haven't confirmed or denied it."

Su Miaoyi was puzzled for a moment: "?"

“My mom said it involves the girl’s reputation, so she asked me to tell you so you can handle it first, and my parents can handle it later,” Zhuang Yanzheng said.

Su Miaoyi thought for a moment: "It's not just my reputation, but also yours. In other people's eyes, you'll be a womanizer with a chaotic private life who starts relationships and then abandons them, which will be very detrimental to your work."

"So they're coming for me, trying to destroy me," Zhuang Yanzheng said, feigning shock.

Su Miaoyi: "...You're forcing me too. They think I'm a girl and I value my reputation, and you, with your status and job, also value your reputation. What if this push turns out to be a lucky break?"

“But they forgot about the law,” Zhuang Yanzheng said.

Su Miaoyi, a primary school student, raised her hand: "So, I called the police."

"Have you thought it through?" Zhuang Yanzheng asked.

"Okay." Su Miaoyi glanced at the time. "It's too late today. I don't want to add to the workload of the police officers at the branch office. I'll go to report the crime first thing tomorrow morning."

“Okay.” Zhuang Yanzheng nodded.

The two walked back together.

"I always felt that after the Cai family fell, Ji Sheng's brain started to go haywire, and he always does some really stupid things," Su Miaoyi said. "He dares to use this method, it seems he really has no other choice. Anyone with a brain can see that your family can expose this fake stuff whenever they want, right? They won't gain anything from this, and they'll just embarrass themselves in Jinghai."

“It’s the same principle as grasping at straws when you’re desperate,” Zhuang Yanzheng said. “The Ji family is practically just an empty shell; if things go smoothly, they won’t last until the end of the year. In this situation, he’s willing to try anything; things can’t get much worse. And like you said, anyone with a modicum of sense wouldn’t do this. Others will definitely think the same way; they’ll assume the Ji family wouldn’t dare lie to the Zhuang family, and maybe they’ll believe them and give them a hand.”

Su Miaoyi snorted lightly: "Ji Sheng's wishful thinking is quite something."

"Ji Sheng is alright as an official, but his business success is entirely dependent on the Cai family," Zhuang Yanzheng said.

"Who reported me back then?" Su Miaoyi suddenly asked curiously. "I was perfectly fine at the orphanage. I was just suddenly taken back."

"Who will pick her up?" Zhuang Yanzheng asked.

Su Miaoyi thought for a moment, and then very seriously: "I only remember that there were reporters carrying cameras and microphones, and the director of the orphanage took me to the hospital to have my DNA tested. Then I was taken back to the Ji family. Actually, I was already in junior high school then, a teenager, but that memory is very vague."

"Yan Cheng said that the brain automatically forgets some painful memories as a form of self-protection," Zhuang Yanzheng said.

Su Miaoyi nodded: "I can remember Cai Qinglian's insults, but I can't quite recall the rest."

"If you've forgotten, you've forgotten. So much time has passed."

Su Miaoyi nodded.

"Young Master! A fight has broken out in the private room! They've used knives!" someone suddenly shouted from the restaurant.

Upon hearing this, Su Miaoyi and Zhuang Yanzheng immediately ran towards the restaurant.

Yan Cheng, Lu Zhishen, and the others immediately ran over as well.

The waiter led them to a private room.

There were about ten people, all very young, looking to be in their twenties, fighting amongst themselves. Two others lay on the ground, covered in blood.

The waiter said he had already called an ambulance.

"Stop!" Zhuang Yanzheng shouted, "Police!"

Nobody listened.

They couldn't get in to save the two people on the ground.

Zhuang Yanzheng immediately went to break up the fight. Just as he separated them, Yan Cheng and Lu Zhishen rushed over and went in to rescue the people.

Su Miaoyi also separated them.

As a result, it was difficult for the people who were fighting to separate each other. They were so enraged that they were cursing each other while fighting.

Su Miaoyi pulled this side, and out of the corner of her eye, she saw a knife being stabbed out.

She pushed away the person in front of her, turned around and grabbed the person next to her, holding his arm tightly.

The knife tip had already pierced into the person's clothes, but luckily she managed to hold on.

She pinched his arm.

The knife fell to the ground.

Seeing that he couldn't open the door, Zhuang Yanzheng picked up a chair and smashed it against the door.

A loud shout: "Police!"

Qi Feng and his group also arrived and immediately rushed into the private room, taking control of them.