Chapter 222: Chapter 222: Don’t You Trust Me? Chapter 222: Chapter 222: Don’t You Trust Me? Lin Qi clenched her fists and turned to look at Huo Tingdong.
Huo Tingdong said to Song Shuyan, “That’s enough.”
Suddenly, Song Shuyan turned around, tears in her eyes, glaring at him: “I’m serious! Tingdong, you didn’t believe me before. I’ve been falsely accused for so long, and you banished me overseas! You didn’t say it outright, but sending me abroad and telling me never to come back, how is that different from being exiled? Why should I be trampled upon by her ? A murderer? She’s the murderer; she wants to erase my dignity, my integrity. If I really did it, why didn’t she call the police?”
Song Shuyan kept mentioning “calling the police” as if she was deliberately provoking Lin Qi.
Lin Qi turned and walked out the door.
Song Shuyan asked, “Where are you going?”
Lin Qi replied without looking back, “I’m going to the police station! I’m going to expose you.”
Song Shuyan said, “I’ll go with you! I want to expose you too, and sue you for slander and false accusations; I want to see you go to jail.”
With that, she also walked out.
Huo Tingdong frowned slightly and followed them.
Lin Qi and Song Shuyan walked one after another to the elevator.
Huo Tingdong caught up and asked, “What on earth are you two trying to do?”
Lin Qi glanced at Huo Tingdong and retorted, “You’re not here to stop me from going to the police, are you?”
Song Shuyan said, “Never mind what he says, if you want to call the police, do it now, whether by phone or by going there.”
Lin Qi said, “I was going to call the police in the beginning! If it wasn’t for him stopping me. Song Shuyan, if it weren’t for his protection, wouldn’t you be in prison right now, able to see today’s sun?”
Song Shuyan said, “It’s pointless to pretend at this point! That whole incident was a scheme you set up. You fell down on purpose and slandered me. Later, as you wished, Tingdong believed your side of the story. But I won’t let you slander me anymore! If it comes to that, we’ll settle this in court; I want the law to prove my innocence!”
Lin Qi was almost amused by her anger.
Did she really think that without evidence, she could brazenly turn the tables?
Right and wrong, black and white, as long as one commits the act, evidence will be left behind.
Even after so much time, she didn’t believe that what was black could be painted white by her.
The elevator doors opened with a “ding.”
Lin Qi entered the elevator, and Song Shuyan also wanted to come in.
“What are you doing here! I don’t want to share an elevator with you.”
Lin Qi felt sick at the sight of Song Shuyan, that level of disgust where even being close to her felt repulsive.
Song Shuyan said, “You can choose to ride or not, and if not, get out!”
Lin Qi stepped out of the elevator, and Song Shuyan pressed the close button; the doors shut and it descended.
She pressed the button for another elevator.
Huo Tingdong suddenly grasped her hand: “Are you really going to the police?”
Lin Qi’s eyes wavered for a moment, then she turned around and frowned: “Didn’t you hear what she said? If I don’t go to the police, wouldn’t that mean I’m truly as she said, falsely accusing her?”
Huo Tingdong said, “You promised me before, not to pursue this matter anymore.”
Lin Qi said, “This time it’s different! The last time the matter was suppressed, but what about this time? She’s made another move against Han. If I don’t expose this murderer, who will she target next time?”
Huo Tingdong said, “Didn’t you also hear that on the day of the incident, she was at the beauty center?”
Lin Qi was startled for a moment, then said, “So, you believe her words, thinking I’m falsely accusing her?”
Huo Tingdong said, “I don’t think you’re falsely accusing her, perhaps, the incident was really an accident.”
Lin Qi’s eyes revealed deep disappointment: “Huo Tingdong, Han is alright this time because Lili protected him with her life. Han is fine, so you don’t care anymore? But Lili is still lying in the ICU. To save Han, she almost died.”
She suddenly felt a pang of sorrow.
Lili and Han didn’t have deeply rooted feelings for each other. She braved danger to save Han because she knew deep down how important Han was to her.
She protected Han and in doing so, she was protecting herself. Lili did all this just to stay by her side and not be sent back to the orphanage.
Regardless of whether it was for herself or for Han, for the sake of justice for Lili, this time she couldn’t let it go as before!
Huo Tingdong said, “You don’t need to handle this.”
Huo Tingdong said, “If someone is to call the police, it should be me. Han is my son.”
Lin Qi was momentarily lost in thought: “Will you really call the police?”
She didn’t wait for his answer and directly asked, “Do you believe me, or do you believe her words more than mine?”
Huo Tingdong suddenly fell silent.
Whether it was Lin Qi or Song Shuyan, he didn’t know who was telling the truth.
His thoughts were somewhat muddled now.
According to his understanding of Lin Qi, she wouldn’t fabricate false accusations against Song Shuyan.
But he knew Song Shuyan just as well, and she couldn’t be bold enough to go to the police station with such bravado if she were the culprit; her mental fortitude couldn’t be that strong.
So, the matter had completely turned into a Rashomon.
He didn’t know who was lying, but among the two, definitely one was lying.
Regardless of who the liar was, he would be very disappointed.
Lin Qi said, “Huo Tingdong, I know you don’t know who to believe right now, so I have to prove that I’m not lying. I have to prove that it’s Song Shuyan who is lying, who is deceiving you.”
After a pause, she said, “You’re right, Han is your son, you’re his father, and you should be responsible for matters related to Han. I can temporarily refrain from pursuing this matter.”
After all, the results of Han’s paternity test had not come out yet, she really had no qualification to meddle in this.
Lin Qi said, “But I will still go to the police! She is so righteous; she says I’m slandering her with such certainty, and you, after hearing her words, are starting to doubt me, right?”
She could tell that Huo Tingdong was somewhat shaken.
Suddenly, Lin Qi took a bank card out of her bag and handed it to him.
Huo Tingdong asked, “What’s this?”
Lin Qi said, “This is my bank card, the money inside is what you gave me before. I promised you that if you give me a billion, I wouldn’t pursue Song Shuyan’s crime. Now I regret it, I don’t want the money, I want justice.”
Saying that, she returned the bank card to him.
Huo Tingdong, however, did not take it.
Lin Qi forcefully pushed it into his hand: “Don’t worry, I’ve not touched the money you gave me; you gave me two billion, and I’m returning it all to you now, our deal is void.”
The elevator door opened.
Lin Qi got in the elevator.
Huo Tingdong also entered the elevator: “You’re going to the police, right? I’ll go with you.”