Chapter 234: Chapter 234 We’re Busy_1 Chapter 234: Chapter 234 We’re Busy_1 “Hmph!” Ying Jiuming snorted coldly.
“Please proceed, Lawyer Chen. We’re all rather busy,” the police officer urged.
The temporary detention might seem small, but it was teeming with people. Right after entering through the main entrance and walking down the bustling corridors, both sides were packed with people.
Jing Tong and Huo Jinlan were detained in the frontmost place, easily visible upon entry. Opposite them was He Rongxi, clearly seen through the iron bars.
From just arriving yesterday to now, the two’s circumstances had changed drastically.
Whether it was He Rongxi, Jing Tong, or Huo Jinlan, they all initially behaved arrogantly. If they handled everything satisfactorily, they could leave; otherwise, they just had to cooperate with the investigation and wait for notification.
However, these three stubbornly refused to leave, insisting on stating their side of the story.
Then… they found themselves unable to leave, even if they wanted to.
“Rongxi, when is your lawyer coming?” Jing Tong huddled in a corner, her delicate hands hugging her shoulders. As a mother, she looked even more pitiful than her daughter, Huo Jinlan, seemingly in more need of care.
“He should arrive today.” He Rongxi stood calmly, his expression changing unpredictably.
If he still didn’t realize that someone was deliberately messing with him, he’d be a fool.
“I want you all to shut up! No more causing trouble,” He Rongxi warned Jing Tong with a glance, “Especially you. If you dare mess up my affairs or cause trouble again, get out of He Family.”
His trip to the countryside had been absolute chaos, the most distressing situation he’d encountered in years. After spending a day and a night confined in the detention center, He Rongxi had actually calmed down.
“Rongxi…” Jing Tong looked at He Rongxi lamentingly, a teardrop poised on the corner of her eye. Even in the detention center, against the cold, white wall, she elicited sympathy.
If only there weren’t crow’s-feet at the corners of her eyes.
He Rongxi sighed, turning his face away coldly, not looking at her. His business partner hadn’t been wrong; Over the years, he’d been bewitched by Jing Tong and acted rashly, time and time again.
This time in the detention center, despite the humiliation, had been his wake-up call.
Huo Jinlan sat on the only bed, her eyes gloomy as they swept over Jing Tong. She regretted it, she’d seen the truth. As a mother, Jing Tong could send her daughter away to keep up appearances and now, she wouldn’t blink before selling her off.
If Yuan Xueshan were here, she would be comforting and pacifying her, reassuring her not to be scared. But her own mother was only concerned with finding a man.
As her biological daughter, she had always been a pawn in her mother’s game. She claimed to take her back, but that was only because she was infertile. As if Jinlan didn’t know!
Looking at Jing Tong, playing the victim and acting weakly in the corner, Huo Jinlan felt nauseous.
‘Bitch! I wish you ill.’ she cursed in her mind.
How dare she criticize her, ignoring her own disgraceful behavior? An old woman acting was truly nauseating.
Did she think she was still eighteen?
When Jinlan was brought to the Huo Family, she already had some memories. She couldn’t recall regular events, but she remembered major ones. She remembered who her biological parents were, and how her mother would stop at nothing in her pursuit of men.