The Reborn Aristocrat’s Daughter
Chapter 375 The Shameless Baibai (1)_1

Chapter 375: Chapter 375 The Shameless Baibai (1)_1

Fu Xiaoyi’s face grew increasingly unpleasant, but she clenched her teeth, thinking about what that person had told her before, she continued, "Grandpa Xiao, before the incident, drove Uncle Xiao out of the Xiao Family, and it’s not because he felt guilty. He was afraid of being implicated. I have evidence of the Xiao Family’s involvement in this affair. If your Situ Family and the Xiao Family can help me rescue my parents, I will hand over this evidence to you. But if you disagree, I will give the evidence to the disciplinary committee." Fu Xiaoyi’s face was filled with determination.

If Situ Xin and Situ Jin had not been aware of all the details of the smuggling case, all the related personnel, perhaps, their hearts would have wavered slightly from Fu Xiaoyi’s words. However, at this moment, their eyes were full of surprise. Situ Jin thought to himself that Fu Xiaoyi was quite cunning, to have even come up with this trick, and she played her part so convincingly that it seemed as though she genuinely had evidence.

In fact, Situ Jin had misunderstood Fu Xiaoyi; she wasn’t acting—she truly believed she had evidence of the Xiao Family’s involvement in the matter.

"Oh? Is that so? Miss Fu, if you have evidence, then please take it to the disciplinary committee," said Situ Xin, though her mind was racing. She did not believe that Fu Xiaoyi was merely rehearsing. She had a hunch that Fu Xiaoyi’s appearance was not a solitary action, that someone was strategizing behind her, or even using her as a pawn.

And as for the person behind it all, Situ Xin had a good guess who was causing trouble.

"Brother, let’s go," said Situ Xin, feeling it was about time to leave, as Fu Xiaoyi had nothing more to say. She got up, ready to leave, but before she did, she turned back to Fu Xiaoyi and said, "Miss Fu, I kindly remind you not to be used by others as a pawn. As for your parents’ case, I can tell you, no one has the will or the power to help you. Your parents can only pay the corresponding price for the wrongdoings they have done in the past."

Leaving the café, Situ Jin hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Baby, you said that Fu Xiaoyi is being used as a pawn by others, who is trying to deal with our Situ Family? The Loo Family, Xiao Family?"

"It’s just my guess, but it’s probably not far off. It’s likely those people over there," Situ Xin replied. After returning, she asked Xia Yujie and others to help investigate, and indeed, it was those people. Seeing themselves suffer so many losses while the Xiao Family remained unaffected, they felt extremely aggrieved.

Therefore, they approached Fu Xiaoyi and fed her the narrative that they had evidence of the Xiao Family’s involvement, and that only the Xiao Family, Situ Family, and Loo Family had the power to rescue her parents. This led to the scene where Fu Xiaoyi sought out Situ Xin.

When Situ Xin received this news, she couldn’t help but say to Baibai, "Fu Xiaoyi is really foolish. If those people truly had evidence of the Xiao Family’s involvement, why would they come to her instead of directly submitting the evidence to the disciplinary committee?"

Following that encounter with Situ Xin, Fu Xiaoyi stopped going out, and Situ Xin hadn’t heard any news about her since.

And so, the smuggling case finally concluded under intense public scrutiny.

The range of officials implicated by this smuggling case surprised the common people. Even those within the government were deeply shocked by the outcomes when they were finally revealed.

What astonished everyone was that this smuggling case even involved a vice-ministerial level official from the central government, and furthermore, this official was connected to those very people.

This information had been known to Situ Xin well in advance, as The Dark Division and Dragon Society had supplied the details. However, Situ Xin had originally believed that, regardless of how big the smuggling incident became, this vice-ministerial level official would not be exposed.

The occurrence of such a result made Situ Xin think it was undoubtedly the handiwork of the top leader. But after all, she, Situ Xin, had also played a role in facilitating it.

If Situ Xin hadn’t instructed The Dark Division to indirectly let the top leader know this information, the disciplinary committee wouldn’t have pinpointed this vice-ministerial level official.

Situ Xin took this action because those people using Fu Xiaoyi as a pawn had annoyed her, and so she gave them a substantial return gift.

When Old Master Situ, Old Master Loo, Old Deng, and Old Master Xiao saw this message, they were all filled with sighs. These elderly gentlemen expressed that they could not understand why this vice-ministerial level official, who had a bright career ahead, chose this path.

People in this world are of all sorts. Not everyone feels content with what they have. When in power, they yearn for more wealth, insatiably.

Human beings often have insatiable greed, but when you are greedy beyond measure, what you lose will be far more than what you wish to gain.

The final verdict of the smuggling case was delivered. Liu Xiqing, Liu Xigen and his wife, and the Fu couple were expelled from the party, ordered to surrender their illegal gains, and each would serve a prison sentence of nearly twenty to thirty years.

Over these twenty to thirty years, their lives would be ruined. Any chance of a comeback was utterly impossible.

After thorough investigation, Xiao Guobing and Liu Yun were cleared of any involvement with the smuggling case and released. However, during the investigation, Liu Yun was found to have repeatedly used her position to assist her family with certain dealings. Fortunately, these incidents were unrelated to the smuggling case. With Xiao Muli smoothing things over, Liu Yun’s minor misconduct was swept under the rug.

However, when Xiao Guobing and Liu Yun left the disciplinary committee premises, they had both lost a considerable amount of weight and looked unwell. Surely, the psychological pressure they faced had been immense. After all, the disciplinary committee is not a place one enters lightly.

Old Master Liu was also released, but upon learning that his two sons had been imprisoned, he fell ill and could not recover. Consequently, the Liu Family faded from the Aristocratic families of Capital City.