Chang Luhui sprang forward and snatched the item from her hand, "Comrade, destroying evidence? Do you realize how serious a crime that is?"
While reprimanding, he carefully put the watch away.
Xia Chuyi was so certain in her claim, something about a Swiss watch, custom ordered... Needless to say, it must have been a gift from Huo Commander.
If he were to smash it in front of him, he estimated his fate would definitely be the same as the watch’s.
"Crime? Officer, I didn’t steal anything, it’s Xia Chuyi who’s lying, she’s lying!" Liu Chunya, who had been so confident before about not fearing the Police Station, was finally scared.
"Officer, I only stole her admission letter, I didn’t take any watch! The watch was planted in my pocket by her!"
"She’s lying, she’s framing me!"
"Officer, believe me! I only stole the admission letter! Only the admission letter!"
"That’s right, I sold the admission letter for ten yuan to a passerby, you can go find them, go search, and finding him will prove it!"
Liu Chunya knew there was a big difference between stealing a watch and an admission letter, so she hurried to admit to it.
"In any case, Officer, I only stole a letter of admission from her, she’s harboring a grudge and using the watch to frame me!"
Chang Luhui paused at these words: So, this is the person who stole the admission letter?
But, what’s the deal with the watch?
"Cough, cough!" He quickly turned his head, feigning composure, and asked Xia Chuyi, "Comrade Xia Chuyi, tell me what happened."
Xia Chuyi said emotionlessly to Chang Luhui, "First of all, Officer, thank you for picking up this watch for me."
"This watch must have been carelessly dropped by me and accidentally picked up by classmate Liu Chunya.
She said it casually.
"Officer, see, I didn’t steal the admission letter, did I?" Liu Chunya excitedly spoke up upon hearing Xia Chuyi’s words.
She realized something was amiss mid-sentence and quickly corrected herself, "Officer, did you hear that? Xia Chuyi is now saying her watch was stolen!"
"That means she was framing me when she said earlier that I stole her watch!"
"Officer, arrest her, you arrest her!"
Liu Chunya’s tone became more and more excited.
Qian Qianqian, hearing this, became a bit anxious and wanted to retort.
"Heh." Xia Chuyi chuckled, her eyes curving like crescents, "When did I ever say you stole my watch?"
"I bought a watch last year... and merely lost it, now it’s been found."
Suddenly, her tone shifted, chillingly stating, "What I mentioned as very valuable and important was what you referred to as the, ad-mis-sion let-ter!"
She enunciated each syllable, her voice resounding with conviction.
"Heh, Liu Chunya, in your eyes, an admission letter is probably not something valuable, is it?"
"But! It is the most important, most precious thing in the eyes of countless students!"
"Do you know how many families’ hopes and dreams it carries?"
She remembered her family, who were even more anxious about the college entrance exams than she was.
"Do you realize? How much hard work and tears it holds?"
She thought of her past life, laboriously learning traditional knowledge under the guidance of her master; thought of her days starting from scratch to relearn Yingyue; and her brother, who always urged her to study...
"Liu Chunya, you don’t understand, how important and precious dreams can be!"
With things having reached this point, the truth was crystal clear.
Xia Chuyi had merely used the watch to bait Liu Chunya, prompting her to confess to her crime of stealing the admission letter.