Chapter 144: Forgiveness?

Immediately after, they got down to business; the Scorekeeper went to the Public Security Bureau to report the crime directly in the name of An Yinan.

No matter how you look at it, it was Educated Youth An who was the victim.

An Yinan raised her head weakly, "It's me."

Everyone who had just been arguing looked over; was such a soft and weak little girl really the person they were looking for? She didn't look like it at all!

The person they were looking for was the one who proposed the Mind Map; even if the person who organized the theory wasn't a woman, shouldn't they at least be over thirty?

This girl looked like she was even twenty yet?

"Comrade Public Security, please take this demoness away; she has harmed my son to death! How is our Er Gouzi supposed to face people now?" As soon as Auntie Lu heard the Public Security had arrived, she hurriedly started crying first.

The villain filing the complaint first—that was probably the situation being described here.

The Captain kept a cold face, dispersed the villagers who were watching the commotion, and then had Er Gouzi, Sun Xiaoqin, and Zhao Jiang all come to the Daduibu.

As for those who came by car, he didn't want them to watch the spectacle, but none of them listened to him, and furthermore, this involved An Yinan.

Inside the Daduibu, Er Gouzi knelt there with a dark face, while in complete contrast to him, Sun Xiaoqin's face was deathly pale.

Zhao Jiang, however, had a face flushed red.

Three people, three different expressions; to be honest, it looked quite interesting.

Because of the presence of the Public Security, Er Gouzi was so scared that he spilled everything like beans, without hiding a single thing from start to finish, leaving everyone present stunned.

Auntie Lu collapsed onto the ground and crawled to An Yinan's feet, "Educated Youth An, Auntie begs you, let Er Gouzi go. He was just momentarily confused. Look, you didn't suffer any harm, just let Er Gouzi go."

An Yinan stared straight at her with her eyes, "Let him go? If I had drunk the water and fallen into their trap, would there still be a scene of you kneeling and begging me?"

Her ability was not an excuse for this pair of scoundrels to escape.

"That's right, you can't let him go. A dog can't change its habit of eating excrement. Educated Youth An already let him off once, and didn't he retaliate?" The person who came was someone unexpected: the new Educated Youth, Liang Huan.

Liang Zhuang followed closely behind Liang Huan, full of a protective air.

Ever since she moved out of the Educated Youth Dormitory, she basically didn't associate with the dormitory, but she didn't expect to hear about this matter today, so she had to come to the Daduibu to have her say.

She even recounted how Sun Xiaoqin had induced her to buy a house back then, and for a moment, the gazes of everyone in the Daduibu toward Er Gouzi and Sun Xiaoqin became even more contemptuous.

An Yinan raised her eyebrows in surprise. Liang Huan saw her expression, "You aren't going to forgive them, are you? Is your brain broken?"

"Forgive? Ask the law." Although the current laws were not yet perfect, these base acts would be enough to let the two of them be wild mandarin ducks together in a prison cell.

Zhao Jiang looked at Sun Xiaoqin in disbelief, "Xiaoqin, is what he said true?"

The beautiful and pure white lotus in his heart had actually been getting hot and heavy with someone else; how could his masculine pride endure this?

By this day, Sun Xiaoqin couldn't be bothered to argue anything.

"I'm going to kill you two scoundrels." Zhao Jiang's blood rushed to his head, and he charged forward directly. Fortunately, the Comrade Public Security standing nearby was quick and pulled Zhao Jiang back, though he also kicked Er Gouzi several times.

As for whether that Public Security officer went easy on him, no one knew.

When Er Gouzi was in a daze, he had already explained everything clearly, and the witnesses were all there.

The person in charge of the mission waved a hand, and they took the two people away. At the same time, An Yinan and the Captain went to the County together to give their statements.

To be honest, since crossing over, this was her first time riding in a car; it was bumpy and jolting, not even as comfortable as a bicycle.

After arriving at the Public Security Bureau, An Yinan simply gave her statement and cleared her name completely. In the end, no one knew why those drugs ended up in the mouths of Er Gouzi and Sun Xiaoqin.

After finishing the statements, the Captain, An Yinan, and Yun Shu walked on the road. After being busy for half a day, it was already getting dark.

"Those drugs..." The Captain said, then stopped. "Forget it, if you don't want to talk about it, then don't."

An Yinan lowered her head, "I did it." She admitted it.

She was never a saint; she couldn't do the thing of returning evil with kindness.

The Captain opened his mouth, but it eventually turned into a sigh.

"Is it too ruthless? Actually, I even think it's not enough. If this matter hadn't fallen on me, but on any other girl, besides death and a lifetime of infamy, would she have any other outcome? I think it was already light." There was ruthlessness in An Yinan's eyes; when she spoke of these things, she couldn't control the hostility.

The Captain was speechless, because what An Yinan said was the truth!

She was never the one who made the mistake; what was wrong with her fighting back?

"My thinking was narrow." The Captain lit his Tobacco Pouch, a rare occurrence.

An Yinan did not answer this time. Regarding what should be said and done, she felt she had a clear conscience. As for other people's understanding, it didn't seem particularly important in her eyes; she was just doing what she believed was right.

Returning to Quanshui Village, just as they arrived at the Daduibu, the Scorekeeper ran over, "Educated Youth An, that group of people looking for you went to stay in the County, saying they would come back tomorrow morning."

An Yinan nodded, "I know, thank you."

After this day, she was a little tired—not physically, but mentally.

Returning to the courtyard, after eating the meal Xie Yuanyuan had kept warm, she lay straight into her quilt. This matter had a slight impact on her, but not too much. It was just a matter of a good sleep; there was nothing that couldn't be solved by sleeping once, and if that didn't work, then sleep twice.

The next day, just as the sky was brightening, An Yinan got up, washed, and went for a run around the Back Mountain. She had developed the habit of exercising early in the morning. As long as she wasn't translating all night, she basically ran a lap every day, and incidentally brought down quite a bit of firewood.

That group of people had arrived at the Daduibu very early. When the Scorekeeper called An Yinan over, that group of people was already sitting neatly, without the noisy scene from before.

"I am An Yinan." An Yinan stood before the crowd, a faint smile blooming on her face.

"I am the Principal of Beijing University. We are very interested in your Mind Map and would like to invite you to join our research lab at Beijing University."

"I am the Principal of Qingmu University..."

"I am the Dean of the Research Institute..."

"I am the Director of the Physics Research Institute..."

A long list of names was laid out, shocking everyone in the Daduibu. The Captain scanned them one by one; the people who were noisy and clamorous yesterday were actually all... words could no longer describe his feelings at this moment.

An Yinan was a bit surprised. No wonder so many people came. She thought she hadn't taken on any missions, so why would so many people come? It turned out it was because of the Mind Map.