From the time when Lian’er called her, to when Xia Chuyi came with people to track Lian’er, to tracking her to this place,

everything seemed unbelievably smooth.

Xia Chuyi recalled that Lian’er and Mother Xia waited here for a very long time—a very coincidental event, until Xiao Jingqi left, and then the man in work clothes appeared.

After that, the man spoke to Mother Xia with lightning speed, and then pushed her into the water.

In such a situation, Xia Chuyi had no choice but to be forced to show up.

Coincidentally, this pair of college students who ran here every day, just happened to show up.

Even more coincidentally, within this pair of students, the male student could swim, and the female student knew first aid, so Mother Xia was successfully rescued.

Then after Mother Xia woke up, the first thing she said was accusing Xia Chuyi of harming her.

Based on Xia Chuyi’s understanding of Mother Xia, such words wouldn’t be casually said by her.

In other words, it’s very likely that it was the man in work clothes who said something to the project—content like "Xia Chuyi wants to harm Mother Xia."

That’s why Mother Xia would so firmly claim that Xia Chuyi wanted to harm her.

At the same time, in order to protect Lian’er, Mother Xia’s words hid the involvement of Lian’er and the true culprit, the man in work clothes.

Xia Chuyi thoughtfully pondered: In this whole incident, judging from Lian’er’s behavior... Lian’er should also be unaware of it.

No, perhaps Lian’er knows something, but not everything.

Otherwise, Lian’er wouldn’t have brought Mother Xia to Beijing, nor called to provoke Xia Chuyi.

All of this, all of this, was likely orchestrated by those helping Lian’er escape and the people behind the scenes.

It’s just that Xia Chuyi couldn’t understand, why was every one of these things targeting her?

By this point, Xia Chuyi had completely ruled out the possibility that the person behind this was targeting the Ou Family and Huo Family.

Whether it was spreading rumors about Xia Chuyi’s past or framing her for "killing Mother Xia,"

to put it bluntly, none of it would have any substantial impact on Xia Chuyi.

The only thing that could be affected would be Xia Chuyi’s reputation.

And if Xia Chuyi’s reputation is tarnished, what use could it possibly be for others or certain people?

Xia Chuyi was puzzled.

Seeing Xia Chuyi’s silence, the male college student thought she tacitly admitted, helped up Mother Xia, and said, "You’re really heartless!"

"Hmph, my brother and sister work for Capital City Daily, you heartless woman, just wait to be reported and wait to go to jail!"

Upon hearing the male student’s words, Xia Chuyi just calmly glanced at him.

A news background at home? That’s yet another coincidence.

Having sorted out the entire conspiracy, Xia Chuyi instead became extremely calm, saying, "She and I..."

Xia Chuyi looked at Mother Xia.

"She and I indeed used to be mother and daughter over 20 years ago," only hearing Xia Chuyi calmly say, "but that was because over 20 years ago, she took me away from my parents, causing me to be separated from my biological parents for 20 years."

Although Xia Chuyi didn’t explicitly say it,

implicitly, it pointed out that this matter was Mother Xia’s fault back then.

"Later, after knowing the truth, I cut off all ties with this person and reunited with my biological parents. And now, I am already married and have children," Xia Chuyi became even more calm, saying, "I have no reason, and no need, to risk breaking the law to push her into the water."

Hearing this, the female college student lowered her head, seemingly deep in thought.