Ning Yan pursed the corners of his lips, his gaze cold. "The Lu Family's daughter?"
"Yes. The Lu Family's biological daughter was mistakenly swapped at birth due to an accident, and was just found and brought back half a year ago. For some reason, she ran off alone to the outskirts of town in the middle of the night..."
Ning Yan cast a casual glance at the documents regarding Lu Wensheng scattered on the table, his naturally flirtatious peach-blossom eyes completely devoid of warmth.
How could someone who managed to slip through such a tight security net, sleep with that little idiot, and leave behind zero surveillance footage possibly be this fragile, harmless Lu Wensheng?!
Lu Wensheng... at most, could only have crossed paths with the other party.
Ning Yan had no interest in learning the identity of that idiot's one-night stand... but he hated trouble!
In Ning Yan's view, yesterday's incident was nothing more than an accident.
Even though he didn't feel any particular aversion toward it.
Still, that was all there was to it.
Ning Yan's voice turned cold. "Where is she?"
His subordinate wore a strange expression, casting a cautious glance at his master before replying, "The Lu Family's young lady was just taken to the police station for fighting and brawling."
Had it been anyone else, if the young master wanted to see them, they would have dragged the person back long ago.
But that was the future crown princess personally designated by the crown prince himself!
Moreover, that mysteriously identity-masked crown princess had successfully slept with their young master—
Such a formidable character was not someone they dared to offend; they could only investigate in secret and report back truthfully.
Ning Yan's flower-arranging hand paused slightly. He blinked and finally raised his eyes to look over. "...Fighting and brawling?"
The subordinate wiped away his sweat. "Yes. Word is that the 'crown princess' took on a dozen people all by herself, beat two of them into critical condition, and was classified as a high-risk individual by the police before being arrested..."
Hearing this, Ning Yan fell silent for a moment. That naturally radiant, handsome face of his suddenly broke into an amused smile.
He picked up a handkerchief to wipe his fingers clean, stood up, and walked toward the door.
***
Inside the Qincheng Police Station.
Except for Jiang Shang, who had passed out from severe injuries and been sent to the hospital, Lu Erya and her entourage had their wounds briefly tended to. They were currently sitting in chairs, glaring viciously at Lu Qingtang with venomous eyes.
"Lu Wensheng, I will never let you go!"
"I'll make sure you rot in a prison cell for the rest of your life!"
Compared to the arrogant and furious threats of the group, Lu Qingtang wore a washed-out white dress, her long black hair neatly framing her snow-white cheeks. Her clear eyes were as pure and harmless as a delicate white lotus as she quietly and anxiously looked at the police officer interrogating her.
"Name."
"Lu Wensheng."
"Age."
"Eighteen."
"Occupation."
"A student at Qincheng University."
"Why did you start a fight?!"
Fear washed over Lu Qingtang's face as she said in a soft, trembling voice, "They wronged me... and framed me..."
"A whole group of them came looking for me to beat me up..."
"That man had a knife and tried to chop off my hand, and kill me... I..."
"I was so scared..."
Hearing Lu Qingtang's words, the police officer's expression immediately turned stern. "The other party had a knife and wanted to kill you?"
Lu Qingtang's face turned pale as she nodded in terror. "That guy named Jiang Shang grabbed me by the throat, slammed me against the door panel, and raised a knife to cut my hand and ruin my face. He wanted to kill me..."
"They stood right there, laughing and cheering him on, telling him what to do. I..."
The group of people who had just been severely beaten by Lu Qingtang looked at her "pretentious and artificial" act and listened to those "black-and-white-reversing" words, so enraged that their expressions twisted in fury.
"Lu Wensheng, you're looking for death!"
"You're the one who beat us! You despicable, shameless bitch!"
"You used dirty tricks to frame Erya first, then used a weapon to cripple Young Master Jiang's hand, and beat us up on top of that. After doing all these evil things, you still dare to play the innocent lotus flower. Lu Wensheng, how can you be so vile?!"
Hearing these fierce and vicious curses and threats, Lu Qingtang flashed a sharp, murderous glint in her eyes hidden beneath her dark eyelashes, but her expression only grew more terrified.
Drooping her eyelashes, she curled up tightly, trembling all over. "Don't hit me, don't kill me..."
Looking at Lu Qingtang's solitary, fragile, and innocent appearance, and then glancing back at the group of people opposite her who made almost no effort to conceal their violence and malice, the young police officer slammed his hand down on the table and sternly shouted, "Enough! This is a police station, watch your words and behavior!"
Hearing this biased remark protecting Lu Qingtang, Lu Erya's loyal flatterers felt a pang of rage so sharp it hurt their livers, spleens, and kidneys.
Just as they were about to drag out their family backgrounds to intimidate the other party, Lu Erya suddenly lowered the hand holding the wound on her forehead and gritted her teeth. "The officer is right. We are law-abiding, good students; we cannot act like certain low-class trash who only know how to resort to dirty and despicable tricks!"
She shot a disdainful glance at Lu Qingtang, then offered a weak smile to the officer interrogating her. "I'm sorry, Officer. Momo and the others are injured, and in the heat of the moment, their words were inevitably extreme. Please forgive them."
"I trust that you will uncover the truth and restore justice to us!"
Seeing that Lu Erya was capable of reasoning, the police officer's expression finally softened somewhat.
Seeing Lu Erya speak up, Lu Mo and the others had no choice but to temporarily swallow the raging fury in their chests, glaring fiercely at Lu Qingtang with their eyes.
Seeing the group finally quiet down, Lu Qingtang suddenly raised her head, flashed a triumphant and provocative smile at them, puckered her bright red lips slightly, and silently mouthed an insult.
"Idiots!"
The fire that Lu Mo had just managed to suppress instantly reignited with a roar.
Screaming at the top of her lungs, she flew into a rage and lunged forward to tear at Lu Qingtang on the spot. "Lu Wensheng, how dare you curse me? You hypocritical, pretentious bitch, I'm going to hack you to pieces!"
Before she could even touch Lu Qingtang, a nearby police officer shoved her back into her seat. "What do you think you're doing?! Committing open violence inside a police station—do you have any regard for the law?!"
Lu Mo was so angry her voice cracked. "She hit us and cursed at us—"
Before Lu Mo could finish, the officer angrily cut her off. "Do you take us for blind or mentally retarded?!"
"She's just an eighteen-year-old girl with slender arms and legs who would struggle just to carry a bucket of water, and you expect us to believe she took on a dozen of you all by herself, including four strapping young men..."
The officer was exasperated, staring at Lu Mo with extreme disgust in his eyes. "Do you think you're shooting a TV drama?! Pulling off some hidden martial arts master routine?!"
Lu Mo choked.
For as long as they could remember, Lu Wensheng had been bullied and abused by them, and until today, she had always taken the beatings without fighting back and endured the insults without a word.
No one had any idea why she had suddenly become so formidable...
Unable to refute the officer's questioning and completely blocked from reaching Lu Qingtang, Lu Mo was so furious her entire face distorted.
Lu Erya was likewise enraged to the core by "Lu Wensheng's" hypocritical and pretentious antics.
Holding back the frantic Lu Mo, she sneered, looking at Lu Qingtang with cold, utter aversion...