The residents in the apartment complex had all heard Shen Shiyu's cry for help just now.
Shen Yuliang also rushed out in his dressing gown to watch the commotion. As he got closer, he saw that it was his eldest daughter who had been rescued.
He ran over in a panic and even lost one of his shoes.
"Yu'er? Yu'er! What on earth happened?"
Xiao Shujing bit her lip and cast her eyes into the distance.
Su Minghan was tenderly wrapping a blanket around Shen Ximan, speaking to her in a soft voice. They looked just like a loving couple.
"… Dad, I feel so dizzy, nauseous and cold," Shen Shiyu sobbed in a daze. "I just wanted to get some fresh air. I didn't expect to run into my sister. Without saying a word, she pushed me into the stream. Wuwuwu."
Shen Yuliang was enraged. He stormed up to Shen Ximan, roughly yanked the blanket off her, and started scolding.
"What did Yu'er do to you? Why did you do this!"
"I didn't do it."
She was expressionless, and her words were cold.
"How could I have given birth to such a dirty - minded daughter like you!"
"Ouch!"
Shen Ximan suddenly let out a muffled groan as he grabbed her hair.
"What are you doing!"
Su Minghan pushed him away and glared at him, shielding her behind him.
"In public, you don't even know the ins and outs of the matter. How dare you wrong Ximan? Shame on you as a father."
Xiao Shujing watched him protecting Shen Ximan like this. Her expression turned solemn.
"Master Su, this is a matter of our Shen family. Could you please mind your own business? Or do you want to go against me?"
Shen Yuliang's words dripped with anger. He completely ignored power and status, warning Su Minghan just as an ordinary father would.
"Stop talking." Shen Ximan said softly.
"Why are you giving in? You didn't do this!"
Su Minghan looked at her firmly, without any doubt.
"I saw it."
Everyone turned their eyes to a woman.
"I saw it with my own eyes. She had an argument with this young lady and then pushed her into the stream with her own hands."
Xiao Shujing pretended to be calm as she stated this.
"Shujing, what do you mean?" Su Minghan was immediately unhappy.
In this awkward atmosphere, Shen Shiyu actually fainted. Everyone gasped in surprise.
"Has the ambulance not arrived yet!"
After all the commotion, time quickly ticked into the early hours of the morning.
At Lanshan Hospital, after the police finished taking statements, they went to Shen Ximan's ward.
Su Minghan took the opportunity to pull Xiao Shujing into an empty corridor.
"Aren't you going to explain this to me?"
"What's there to explain?" She looked at him coldly.
Her heart ached like it was being bitten by ants.
"What grudge does Ximan have against you that you have to do this to her!"
Su Minghan growled in displeasure, completely losing his temper.
"No grudge. I just don't want to cover up for someone who made a mistake."
Actually, she knew better than anyone else about this matter.
A few hours ago, apart from hearing their argument, she didn't actually see who pushed whom into the stream.
But at that time, Xiao Shujing didn't know what had come over her. She just wanted to frame Shen Ximan on a whim. She just didn't want to see her around.
Maybe it was because she had been given too many work arrangements recently, which made her feel upset.
Xiao Shujing had been comforting herself like this in her heart ever since she started giving her statement and had found a good excuse for herself.
"I didn't expect you to be such a person who can't tell right from wrong. I'm so disappointed in you," Su Minghan's eyes were full of reluctance and pain. "Your acting career ends here. You're fired."
She never expected his reaction to be so strong.
Moreover, yesterday he said he was still considering her request to quit. Suddenly, this happened, piling on so much pressure that it was even difficult for her to breathe.
"Mr. Su... I..."
"I'll pay the contract penalty. I'll send a driver to take you back to Yancheng tomorrow. Live the life you want from now on."
After saying that, Su Minghan left with a gloomy face.
"No... It's not like this..."
Xiao Shujing watched his determined back, and her tears fell like broken beads.
"What was your motive for pushing Miss Shen Shiyu?"
The police officer asked seriously, holding a small notebook and a pen.
"I've already said. I didn't do it." Shen Ximan sat on the hospital bed pale - faced, still shivering with cold.
"This is the item retrieved from Miss Shen Shiyu's hand."
The police officer held up a sealed bag for her to see. "According to the clothing identification just sent, it was torn off during the argument with you."
She sneered. "It's really a perfect setup."
"Please watch your language! A few words can increase your sentence and compensation. You should know this better than anyone."
Shen Ximan stretched out her arms indifferently. "Since you've said so much, just handcuff me and take me away. Why bother talking?"
The police officer had never seen someone who was caught red - handed but still so unrepentant.
"Miss Shen, your current attitude is non - cooperative. We have the right to detain you, do you understand!"
Seeing these sycophants made her feel sick.
A bunch of snobbish lackeys.
No matter how Yang Wan and Shen Shiyu treated her, what hurt Shen Ximan most was that these people were sent by Shen Yuliang to interrogate her.
This was what chilled her the most.
Her own father treated her like a disgrace to the Shen family, like a black sheep, without any trace of family affection.
In Shen Yuliang's eyes, only Shen Shiyu was his daughter.
Click. The ward door suddenly opened.
Shen Ximan raised her dead - like eyes, and her heart skipped a beat.
"Second Young Master." The policemen immediately greeted him with smiles.
Bo Jingyu glanced at them casually. "You can leave first."
"Um... But we haven't finished taking the statement yet."
"What crime does she have?"
The policeman stammered. "There's no actual crime, but it may involve some compensation issues."
He sneered. "Compensation? She's the second young lady of the Shen family. Do they still have to haggle over such things? Have they no shame?"
"…" The policemen didn't know how to respond. They all lowered their heads like they had made a mistake and kept silent.
Shen Ximan watched the whole process coldly.
In her eyes, this so - called "concern" was just like an act of charity.
"What are you doing here?"
Bo Jingyu turned to look at her. "I heard that Shen Shiyu had an accident, so I came to take a look. I didn't expect to see you here too."
She licked her dry lips and said nothing.
"Second Young Master, then you two can talk first." The policemen wisely tried to open the door and leave.
"No, you can continue asking." Bo Jingyu looked calm.
The policeman swallowed hard and then picked up his notebook and pen.
"Second Miss Shen, now that both the witness and the evidence are in place, after Miss Shen wakes up tomorrow, we'll have to ask the two of you to confront each other on the spot. If she doesn't intend to pursue the matter, you should be fine."