Qin Chengyao didn't directly refuse this time. A flicker of hesitation flashed across his eyes, as if he was really considering the feasibility of this matter.
Xingxing pulled Qin Chengyao aside and walked to the door. He whispered, "Captain, this is a serious matter. I think Lawyer Liu just wants you to stay... How about you make a small sacrifice?"
Meeting Qin Chengyao's warning gaze, Xingxing quickly waved his hands and explained, "What I mean is! Lawyer Liu can still work. She's just too scared. You should talk to her. After all, this matter is of great importance. Finding another person would mean starting from scratch, which is too troublesome. Lawyer Liu also knows too many inside stories. It's not good to just leave her here alone..."
Although he was young, he was sensible. He quickly pointed out all the pros and cons of this matter.
After thinking for a while, Qin Chengyao looked at Liu Xuejiao on the bed, who was looking at him expectantly. Finally, he nodded and said, "Go back to the base and bring the files and the computer. Remember to be quick. The news may have already spread on the Internet. We need to change our plan temporarily and must issue a statement quickly!"
"Okay!" Xingxing agreed and dashed out.
Ji Siyue was taken to the hospital cafeteria by Zhu Zhiyao and Nangong Qi to have a meal.
Looking at the plate of curry rice in front of her, Ji Siyue really had no appetite. She simply pushed the plate away and said, "I have no appetite. I can't eat."
"But you haven't eaten for a whole day! From morning till now. Alas... What do you want to eat? Your Brother Qi will buy it for you!" Nangong Qi patted his chest and promised.
Ji Siyue thought for a moment and really thought of something she wanted to eat. "I want rice noodles! Spicy rice noodles!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Zhu Zhiyao immediately stood up and said as he walked, "I'll go buy them for you!"
A short while later, he came back with a bowl of clear - soup rice noodles.
Ji Siyue couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed.
"I asked for spicy rice noodles!"
Zhu Zhiyao directly pushed the bowl in front of her and said, "You're injured now. Eating spicy food is not good for the wound's recovery. Even if the King of Heaven comes today, you can't eat spicy food!"
"Pfft—!" Ji Siyue couldn't help but burst out laughing at his words. Finally, she had a bit of an appetite. "Okay! I know! Clear - soup it is then!"
It had to be said that this little episode really made Ji Siyue's mood improve slightly for a very short time.
After the meal, Nangong Qi volunteered to carry Ji Siyue back. Ji Siyue didn't hesitate and directly climbed onto his back.
She didn't notice that when Zhu Zhiyao saw her action, his body suddenly froze.
At night, Ji Siyue finally couldn't bear it any longer and wanted to go home. Just then, Bai Yu came from the police station. So there was no need for so many people to stay in the hospital.
Ji Siyue went back with Nangong Qi, Zhu Zhiyao and Xingxing. The four of them took a car.
Nangong Qi said while driving, "Siyue, you and Xingxing live together, right?"
"Yes, he lives downstairs from me." Ji Siyue and Xingxing were sitting in the back row, looking at the scenery flashing by outside the window.
"I'll drop you two off first, and then Lao Zhu and I will go back to the school dormitory. We'll come to the hospital early tomorrow morning. By then, we should be able to issue the statement!"
"Okay."
After arriving at the apartment, Ji Siyue seemed to lose all her strength in an instant and slumped onto the sofa.
She looked at a small silver steel ball she took out of her trouser pocket and fell into deep thought.
After a long time, when she wanted to take out her phone from her pocket to check Weibo, she found that her phone had run out of battery at some point. So she climbed upstairs alone with great difficulty and plugged in the charger.
"Ah! It hurts so much..." Ji Siyue murmured to herself, and then logged onto Weibo.
The explosion on Weibo was within her expectation. She ignored so many @ messages and private messages and directly looked at the hot searches.
She found that since she issued the statement, there had been two evenly - matched forces on the Internet scolding each other. One side believed that Bai Yu didn't cheat, while the other side thought that all the commotion today was a trick to divert attention and cover up Bai Yu's cheating.
The two sides refused to back down. The people on Ji Siyue's side were relatively civilized, but the so - called "Anti - Cheating Party" on the other side had even scolded people's ancestors for eighteen generations. It was really unbearable.
After reporting a few posts, Ji Siyue was really angry. She couldn't help but want to jump into the fray herself.
[I think this is a trick! They even called the police! Only the guilty call the police! Who knows if they're really injured?]
This post made Ji Siyue the angriest.
She thought for a while, then took a photo of her hand and knee and posted it on Weibo as a picture.
[It's not convenient to disclose more details for now. Maybe it's just when it rains, it pours. I've been really unlucky recently. I've been inexplicably accused of cheating. We spent a lot of effort making an operation video, but few people were willing to spend ten minutes to see the truth... You're all curious about what exactly happened to the photos that spread from our base today. Let me tell you. The first woman taken in was me, the team leader. The second one was a professional lawyer we invited after an urgent discussion. After the lawyer arrived, we quickly discussed a countermeasure. But before the countermeasure could be implemented, the mirror in the base's bathroom was somehow broken from outside the window. The shards of the mirror fell on the lawyer we invited. She was injured all over and was sent to the emergency room. I was also injured, as shown in the picture... I request that even if you want to gossip, please give us a little more time. In your eyes, we're 'unwilling to admit defeat' and 'delaying time', but we're trying our best to find the truth.]
After this Weibo post was sent out, the response wasn't as good as she expected.
Although there were people who supported her, they were quickly drowned out by the other side.
[Where's the marble? Don't just randomly find a marble and claim it's the weapon! I think it was all your doing! Trash!]
Ji Siyue replied below, [This is evidence. I'll officially report it to the police tomorrow. Please don't swear. Just wait patiently.]
She really couldn't take it anymore. She threw her phone and fell into a deep sleep.
I don't know how much time had passed when the phone rang again.
She answered the phone groggily.
"Hello... Who is it?"
"Ji Siyue! I'll kill you! I'll kill you!"
Ji Siyue was startled by this scream that sounded like it came from a female ghost in hell. She directly threw the phone downstairs and huddled under the quilt in horror.
"Damn it! Who is this! This..."
Was this a threatening call?