The Reborn Sidekick Rejected The Male Lead
Chapter 222 - 214: Gao Shu’s Defense

Chapter 222: Chapter 214: Gao Shu’s Defense

"You know it as well as I do, Xia Lin, I didn’t let Yang Linghua make clothes in the end, she’s been holding a grudge ever since. She’s been picking on me at school, and surely she’s up to no good now. Jingqiu, you know it too, after the two of us got together, she must still be harboring resentment."

While Xia Lin was speaking, Lu Jingqiu had somehow moved her chair close by. When Xia Lin finished, Jingqiu snorted softly and retorted, "Comrade Xia Lin is pretty good at shifting the blame, isn’t she? Saying I’ve been holding a grudge in my heart, as if you were a worm in my guts, knowing things that even I am unaware of."

Xia Lin was taken aback by her words and turned pale. Gao Shu wasn’t looking too good either, but still, he said, "Jinqqiu, what exactly happened? Linlin doesn’t seem like someone who would do such a thing. Is there some kind of misunderstanding here?"

"There’s not a hint of misunderstanding, it couldn’t be truer. Gao Shu, you don’t need to doubt it at all. Didn’t Yang Linghua herself say it? Your wife is the one who incited her to harm me behind my back.

Tsk, I bet you don’t want to believe that your wife could be that kind of person. For the sake of credibility, let me repeat exactly what she said back then.

Your dear wife kindly reminded Yang Linghua that my family wasn’t around much lately, that over the New Year I was seen alone. My father and boyfriend were both on assignments, and my aunt and uncle weren’t home for the holidays. Tsk tsk, such a good opportunity, she told Yang Linghua not to miss it. Oh, and she didn’t forget to suggest to Yang Linghua to report my father for abusing his position to transfer her brother away." Lu Jingqiu said, then turned to look at the visibly upset Uncle Gao and asked, "Uncle Gao, could you check if Company Commander Yang was transferred out in the way they say? I don’t want my father to die from the schemes of villains rather than at the hands of enemies; it would be too much for him to bear."

Uncle Gao looked coldly towards Yang Linghua then glanced at Xia Lin and said, "The transfer of comrade Yang Minting was a decision made by our district, and it was a promotion, assigning him as a deputy director at an important port. He is a soldier and follows orders and commands. What’s wrong? Is the Yang Family dissatisfied with Yang Minting’s transfer? If the family is not satisfied, you can choose to retire from the military, or refuse the transfer. We don’t need disobedient soldiers in our ranks."

As soon as Father Yang heard that it could affect his son, he quickly stepped forward, bowing deeply, "No, no, Minting is more than happy about this transfer, we have no complaints at all. The whole family even celebrated it. As for today’s incident, it’s entirely this girl’s fault for not understanding the gravity of the situation. The whole mess today was her doing."

My daughter claimed she was incited by the niece-in-law of Leader Gao, but we didn’t dare affirm that. This idiot provokes anyone, even daring to assault Leader Lu’s daughter, who’s on the frontlines right now. Assaulting the family of a hero, she truly doesn’t understand the gravity of her actions.

Yang Linghua was initially stunned but, after a nudge from her mother, knew what to do and started crying loudly, "I never bore any resentment against Comrade Lu. It was Xia Lin who deliberately led me on. She knew I liked Jiang Nanzhou and even claimed that Lu Jingqiu pressured Jiang into dating her because of her father’s position. If Jiang hadn’t disagreed, they would have held the wedding by now.

She also said I should boldly contend with Lu Jingqiu. I was just swept up in the moment and let her sway me. Only then did I think she made sense, or else why would I have lashed out?

I never thought about opposing Comrade Lu Jingqiu before; it was all Xia Lin’s doing."

"Yang Linghua, don’t slander me. Those were your own words, how can you frame me like this? Officer, I want to press charges against Yang Linghua for defamation."

The police station had never seen such a ruckus, with one moment conspiracy and the next, false accusations. One must admit, these college students have quite a lot of legal knowledge, even more than some in our station. It seems we need to do a good job in popularizing legal statutes here in the future."

Watching the two of them bicker, Lu Jingqiu couldn’t help but want to laugh.

The commotion today at the police station had even caught the attention of Director Liang, who had just returned from outside.

Upon entering, he saw Leader Luo and two people in military uniforms, recognizing Leader Gao.

He also noticed Old Lu’s daughter with her disheveled hair, and he quickly approached to inquire about the situation.

Upon hearing it was a brawl involving conspiring to hurt others, defamation, and that it was the children of leaders, including the Steel Plant director’s child, and entangled the offspring of city leaders, even college professors’ kids were involved.

Tsk, quite a complicated situation.

In the end, Director Liang took Second Team Captain to personally look into the matter again.

Although Lu Jingqiu was a victim, she also fought back, so the affair was regarded as a group fight.

Now, they were discussing how to settle it privately. If not, they’d all have to spend a year in a labor camp.

No parents were happy about that.

And with Uncle Liang there, he wouldn’t let his niece go to a labor camp, not while Old Lu was away.

Moreover, these were all university students; going to a labor camp would mean that Lu Jingqiu, Yang Linghua, and Xia Lin could possibly be expelled from school.

Professor Shi knew the importance of a student’s status and wouldn’t allow his students to be expelled.

In the end, they could only settle it privately, which involved compensation issues.

Here, Yang Linghua had been beaten the most severely, but Father Yang dared not ask Lu Jingqiu to compensate.

Mrs. Yang was clear about the situation. She had her daughter insist it was Xia Lin’s instigation.

Xia Lin demanded that Lu Jingqiu compensate her for medical expenses and for mental anguish.

The police station had never heard of compensation for mental anguish before and thought Xia Lin was being a pushover.

Those in the know were already aware of what had happened; they simply lacked evidence.

Now, everyone was somewhat more inclined to side with Lu Jingqiu.

Uncle Gao couldn’t bring himself to ask Lu Jingqiu for compensation; in his eyes, Xia Lin deserved a beating, but he could not voice that sentiment.

Gao Shu’s face darkened upon hearing Xia Lin’s unreasonable demands.

Lu Jingqiu laughed inwardly, wondering how Xia Lin could make such a request at this time.

Yang Pinggui was naturally unwilling.

His niece was the true victim.

Lu Jingqiu demanded that Yang Linghua and Xia Lin compensate her for medical expenses and lost wages, as she still had work at the publishing house and was on assignment. This delay meant she couldn’t sit down to draw peacefully for at least two weeks.

Professor Shi hurriedly nodded in agreement, "I can vouch for Classmate Lu; she is currently working on a project for the company. Also, our Niannian needs an explanation."

Uncle Luo nodded at the side, not mentioning any sort of explanation, but said to Director Liang, "Do what must be done."

As soon as these words were spoken, Director Liang felt an immense pressure and said to the Second Team Captain, "Did you hear that? During the case intake, you took statements from the public, right? Just determine the responsibility directly."

The Second Team Captain wiped off sweat immediately. Lu Jingqiu was a military family member; harassing the family of a hero serving the nation was unacceptable.

Luo Xinyue and Xue Jianian were injured trying to break up the fight, and this matter couldn’t be overlooked.

Whoever did the hitting should compensate.

While Xia Lin claimed to be innocent, the consensus was that she had goaded Yang Linghua, and despite the lack of evidence, she couldn’t be considered blameless.

Thus, in the end, Xia Lin was to compensate Luo Xinyue and Xue Jianian fifty yuan each and also had to apologize at their homes.

Lu Jingqiu was to compensate Xia Lin and Yang Linghua fifty yuan each, and also had to apologize in person.

Xia Lin and Yang Linghua were to compensate Lu Jingqiu a hundred yuan each and had to apologize at her home.

Yang Linghua was quite dissatisfied with the outcome, "Why should she compensate fifty yuan while I have to pay her a hundred? I was the one who got beaten the worst."

As soon as these words were out, everyone present looked towards her.

Father Yang slapped her right across the face, "Shut your mouth."

The Second Team Captain also said impatiently, "Classmate Yang, if you’re not satisfied, that’s fine, too. We could make it a criminal case. When you and Classmate Xia were speaking, it was by the roadside where people were coming and going, certainly someone passed by. We don’t mind the trouble; we’ll investigate and post notices to see if anyone can provide evidence of your collusion.

By that time, it won’t just be about paying money; you might even be facing re-education through labor."

Now, Yang Linghua was truly scared. Of course, she didn’t want to be sent for re-education through labor. Her acceptance into university had been a shining moment, and every neighbor who saw her had nothing but praise. If she were sent for re-education, she imagined that her parents might disown her.

She just didn’t understand why she had to compensate Lu Jingqiu so much money.

Xue Jianian looked at Yang Linghua as if she were a fool. Lu Jingqiu’s status as a military family member was involved, and harming a military family member could lead to criminal responsibility.

Asking them to pay a hundred yuan in compensation was probably in consideration of Leader Gao’s face; otherwise, she wouldn’t even dare to come forward.

She was a fool indeed, used by Xia Lin as a pawn.