Jiang Xinyao recounted the events of the evening in detail, and the police followed procedure by questioning the restaurant staff. However, every employee replied that they had been too busy with their work to see Jiang Xinyao being struck. If Lin Huichu hadn’t held her back, Jiang Xinyao’s impulsive nature would surely have led her to verbally lash out at the restaurant staff as well.
Since the restaurant’s surveillance cameras were broken and none of the staff had witnessed the incident, yet Jiang Xinyao insisted with absolute certainty that Shen Weilan had hit her, the police were obliged by regulation to phone Shen Weilan and request she come to the station.
An hour later, at the police station:
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