"Common People have been wronged! Although the Dragon Beard Candy did indeed come from my small shop, the poison was not provided by me. The person who dealt with that old woman was not me either. I implore Sir to investigate thoroughly!"
Officer Han looked at He Su and asked, "Do you have anything to say?"
He Su wore an innocent face, "I don’t know anything! I was unaware of all this!"
Shopkeeper Sun spat, "I never thought you were such a person. It was a waste to have sheltered you for several days; no good deed goes unpunished!"
He Su got a bit angry, and the betrayal was mutual, "What do you mean you sheltered me? This shop is a business that belongs to me!"
Shopkeeper Sun merely chuckled; she couldn’t be bothered to argue with He Su. The past was the past; times have changed. She wasn’t stupid and definitely wouldn’t let He Su drag her down to her death!
"Sir! I have confessed everything I know, without leaving any detail out. I know Sir has always been fair, please clear my name!"
After Shopkeeper Sun said this, she suddenly looked at Tie Hailan.
"Right, I just remembered something! The person who had dealings with that old woman should be this person’s coachman, Ah Ying!"
Tie Hailan’s coachman, Ah Ying, was also present at the scene. Upon hearing this, the coachman sneered. She hadn’t expected the trouble to come knocking at her door.
Coachman Ah Ying’s face turned sour, but her retort was quick, "Look, Shopkeeper Sun, you can eat your rice haphazardly, but you can’t talk nonsense!"
However, Shopkeeper Sun said, "If Sir doesn’t believe me, we can summon the old woman to court and let them confront each other directly!"
Han Yue felt there was reason in this, so she ordered the old woman, who had been temporarily detained for custody, to be brought before the court.
Shopkeeper Sun’s words were no fabrication.
The old woman had already been scared out of her wits and now was readily answering whatever Han Yue asked, without hesitation or ambiguity.
When the coachman was identified by the old woman, she felt utterly helpless and turned pleadingly towards Tie Hailan, looking incredulously at He Su as well.
This was a case that involved human lives; she could not shoulder such enormous responsibility!
Coachman Ah Ying was about to speak in her own defense when suddenly, He Su, who had been kneeling at the front of the hall, rushed forward. Why?
He Su raised his hand and delivered a slap, the loud slap fiercely landed on coachman Ah Ying’s face, and also interrupted the words the coachman hadn’t had the chance to utter.
Coachman Ah Ying’s half of the face was numb with pain, and she rubbed her cheek hard, "You—!!" Angered by He Su, He Su, however, bore a sorrowful expression, "Ah Ying, you belong to Hai Lan, I truly trusted you. But how could you betray us and commit such an inhuman act, scheming against someone’s life?"
He Su’s argument seemed just and righteous, "Although there has been friction and incessant conflicts between Sun’s store and Tianji on the business field, such conflicts should be resolved through legitimate means, not by resorting to such underhanded tactics! I am truly disappointed in you!!"
Tie Hailan suddenly uttered a low bark, "He Su—!!"
Even when beating a dog, one must look at the owner! Ah Ying was hers; how could He Su strike without a second thought? This was too much of a disrespect towards her!
Tie Hailan was about to scold He Su, but she saw He Su suddenly cover her face and weep softly. She raised her hand to her face, her sleeve slipped from her wrist, and suddenly an old, hideous knife scar was revealed.
It was a scar from years past, with several years already on it.