After four years of living alone after marrying far away, he went back to his parents' home and

As soon as Lan Yujuan dialed the number, a serious male voice came from the other end.

"Hello!"

Lan Yujuan was startled. She first confirmed that the number she dialed was indeed the one Lan Qingqing had left before tentatively asking.

"Hello, I'm looking for Lan Qingqing."

"Excuse me, is this Lan Qingqing's phone number?"

The male voice on the other end gave an affirmative answer: "Yes, this is Lan Qingqing's phone."

"May I ask your relationship with Lan Qingqing? What do you need her for?"

"She's not available to answer the phone right now, but I can pass on the message for you."

Lan Yujuan listened to the voice on the phone and realized something was wrong.

She pressed for details and learned that Lan Qingqing had gotten into trouble and was currently at the police station.

After Lan Yujuan got the exact address, she immediately picked up her bag and prepared to go see what was going on.

Qi Lei saw that she had just made a phone call and was about to leave without explaining what it was about, so he quickly chased after her.

"Boss Lan, where are you going now?"

"The coffee shop will definitely be packed this afternoon. Are you coming back to help?"

As Lan Yujuan walked to the roadside to hail a taxi, she turned back and instructed:

"I'm going to the police station, and I don't know when I'll be back."

"Or, why don't you ask your cousin if she's free this afternoon?"

"If she's free and can come help out, you can name your salary, and she can come to me for reimbursement later!"

Just then, Lan Yujuan's ride-hailing car arrived. She waved to Qi Lei and got in.

There were few cars on the road at noon, and Lan Yujuan arrived at the police station in about half an hour.

"Hello, comrade!"

"I just called. Is that girl named Lan Qingqing still here?"

After listening to her description, the police officer immediately got up and led her to the mediation office.

In the mediation room, besides Lan Qingqing and the comrade in charge of mediation, there were two other people sitting there.

Lan Yujuan recognized one of them at a glance; he was the manager of the food stall where Lan Qingqing worked, the one who had deliberately made things difficult for Lan Qingqing the night they were looking for her.

Lan Yujuan glanced at Lan Qingqing and confirmed that apart from her slightly red and swollen eyes and a somewhat flustered and disoriented expression, the other girl had no other injuries, which immediately put her at ease.

"What is your relationship to Lan Qingqing?" the mediator asked, turning around.

"elder sister."

"friend."

The two spoke almost simultaneously.

The comrade in charge of mediation immediately put down his pen and said earnestly:

"Is she my sister or a friend? Which of you two is going to give me a straight answer?"

Before Lan Qingqing could figure out what was going on, Lan Yujuan said firmly again:

"Comrade, I am Lan Qingqing's cousin."

"What exactly happened between them?"

Even though Lan Qingqing blinked and shook her head desperately, signaling her not to get involved, she still didn't change her stance.

Because Lan Qingqing is indeed her cousin.

Although she rarely interacted with her relatives in the countryside, her father had a very deep relationship with them.

When returning to the countryside to pay respects to ancestors during holidays, the trunk of the car is always fully loaded with all kinds of local specialties when returning to the city.

Not only do they send various fruits and vegetables they grow themselves, but also their own homegrown tea, and even wild honeysuckle picked from the mountains, year after year.

When Lan's mother was in high school, she heard from someone that the fragrance of wild honeysuckle was good for sleep and could also relieve fatigue.

Lan's mother even asked relatives in the countryside to help pick a lot of wild honeysuckle flowers, dry them, and sew a honeysuckle-lined pillow especially for her...

Before the mediator could explain, the two people sitting diagonally opposite her immediately showed excited expressions when she admitted that she was Lan Qingqing's cousin.

"Oh dear, Lan Qingqing, you were just complaining to us about being poor!"

"Look now, the person who's going to help you lose money is coming to you on their own initiative, isn't that?"

As soon as the supervisor across from her finished speaking, he immediately stood up and handed her a broken watch.

"Look, Lan Qingqing accidentally broke my watch last night on her way to work!"

"This watch of mine was a gift from a wealthy friend. It's a high-end imported Swiss watch, worth hundreds of thousands!"

"You two discuss how to compensate me."

After listening, the mediator gestured for the other party to be quiet, then looked at Lan Yujuan to see her reaction.

Unexpectedly, after hearing the whole story and the value of the watch, Lan Yujuan didn't even frown. She simply took a step forward, picked up the watch from the table, and examined it carefully.

If it comes to other luxury goods, Lan Yujuan definitely doesn't know anything about them.

But when it comes to watches, she has seen some good ones.

There was a whole drawer in the house, full of nice things. When she was bored, she would take them out one by one to look at them.

She couldn't quite put her finger on what was different, but the moment she touched it, the light and airy feel made it clearly different.

Chen Mo once casually remarked that a good watch, like jewelry, is heavy and has a substantial feel.

The piece she's holding is clearly problematic; it's not what it seems.

Do you have the original packaging and the receipt from when you purchased it?

"Has this watch been authenticated?"

"You said that Lan Qingqing accidentally broke your watch last night while she was on her way to work, so why are you only reporting it now? Are there any witnesses at the scene? Is there any CCTV footage?"

"You can't just open your mouth and push all the blame onto Lan Qingqing, can you?"

As Lan Yujuan spoke, she kept an eye on the other person's expression.

She noticed that the other person remained calm and composed upon hearing these words, as if they had made thorough preparations in advance.

Lan Yujuan narrowed her eyes, paused for a moment, and continued:

"Besides, even if Lan Qingqing really did accidentally bump into you last night."

"But how can you prove that your watch was intact before it was hit?"

Unexpectedly, when she raised this objection, the other party not only did not get angry at all, but seemed to have prepared a standard answer in advance, with a look of confidence in their eyes.

"Hey, even if you want to shirk responsibility and avoid paying compensation, you can't act like this, can you?"

"As I said, this watch was a gift from a friend, so naturally it doesn't have the original packaging or receipt."

"However, my friend is a professional watch expert with a professional certificate. He has already authenticated it, and the watch is genuine, there's no problem with it."

At this point, the foreman specifically turned to look at the mediator.

The mediator twirled a pen in his hand, nodded, and said, "Yes, it has indeed been tested, and an expert report has been issued."

Then, the foreman continued:

"As for the surveillance cameras you mentioned, the one in that corner is broken, and the store hasn't replaced it."

"The surveillance cameras further away captured the whole thing clearly. But you've been to those food stalls before; the lighting is definitely dim at night, so the footage isn't very clear either."

"However, coincidentally, several colleagues actually witnessed the whole thing."

"Even more fortunately, just a few minutes before I was hit, a colleague asked me for the time, and I told her to look at her watch herself. At that time, the watch was still intact."