Eternal Love: The Billionaire's Relentless Pursuit-Chapter 727 - 720: Madam V5 (Part 4)

Mistaken?

Saying you made a mistake at this point only makes it more suspicious, doesn’t it?

Since Bai Yiran has already called the police, it’s not something that can be brushed off with a simple "mistaken" from Mrs. Qiao.

"You’re only saying it was a mistake now, isn’t it a bit late for that?" Bai Yiran looked at Mrs. Qiao with a face full of sarcasm.

Mrs. Qiao swallowed hard, "I’ve already said it was a mistake, I’m not calling the police anymore, what more do you want?"

Bai Yiran shrugged, "But the fact that you slandered my husband is already an established fact. Everyone here heard what you said just now. You can’t just walk away by not calling the police. Now it’s my turn to sue you!"

Leng Yichen stood behind Bai Yiran, looking at his young wife with a burning gaze. He loved seeing the way she defended him with her words. He felt deeply moved and wished he could hold her tightly right then, to melt away the fear and longing from the past few days.

Mrs. Qiao shuddered and stepped back two steps.

Xiao Qiao quickly supported her mother, gritted her teeth, and stepped forward saying, "What exactly do you want? Do you want my mother and me to kneel and apologize?"

"Enough! Stop arguing!" The police officer stepped in to maintain order, finding tonight’s incident truly a headache.

Bai Yiran looked kindly at the police officer and said, "Can I just ask her a few questions?"

Seeing the police officer nod, Bai Yiran turned to Xiao Qiao and asked, "Yesterday, you clearly saw me on the mountain, you even heard my cries for help. I can understand you being scared and not wanting to get involved, not daring to help me call the police. But when you were with my husband, why didn’t you tell him you had seen me?"

The scene erupted in an uproar, with the villagers murmuring amongst themselves.

"Oh my, how could it be like this? The Qiao family’s girl is really too devious."

"Yes, indeed. How did we not see it before?" 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

"You can never know someone’s heart just by looking at them. Her mother even used her daughter’s innocence as a tool. What else wouldn’t their family do?"

"Gosh, these mother and daughter are really disgusting..."

Though the villagers’ discussions weren’t loud, every word clearly reached Xiao Qiao and her mother.

All of a sudden, Mrs. Qiao’s face turned from green to blue, then from blue to purple, changing several colors.

Xiao Qiao looked around with reddened eyes, knowing that she was done for; her reputation in the village was now ruined.

Bai Yiran wasn’t planning to let her off, stepping closer to face Xiao Qiao directly, "Did you ever think that if you had told my husband about seeing me yesterday, I might have been rescued yesterday? The criminals might not have escaped, and the police could have caught them immediately! But you didn’t! Your lies directly facilitated the escape of those criminals! You’re an accomplice!"

Listening to Bai Yiran, Xiao Qiao’s tears fell instantly. She hadn’t expected things to turn out so serious. She only wanted to delay Leng Yichen from finding his wife so quickly; she just wanted to spend a few more days with him.

"I..." Xiao Qiao retreated, shaking her head, "I’m sorry... I’m sorry... I didn’t think it through..."

"What were you thinking?" Bai Yiran raised her voice and demanded.

"I just didn’t want Leng Yichen to find you so quickly. I wanted to spend a few more days with him!" Suddenly, Xiao Qiao raised her head, blurting out everything in a fit of impulse, "I know he doesn’t like me, these past few days he hasn’t even looked at me properly! I just wanted to stay with him longer, that’s all..." Xiao Qiao sobbed uncontrollably.