Bai Su was about to fight again, but Lu Tingyan, who was standing beside her, let out a cold "Tsk!" and she immediately backed down.
She was still indignant. "They’re the ones who came looking for trouble! If you’ve got the guts to start something, you should be prepared to get hit."
Lu Tingyan shot her a cold glance. ’She threw the first punch, and she thinks she’s justified.’
’Her hair was a total mess, like a bird’s nest from where they’d grabbed it, and her face was all scratched up. She looked like a little madwoman.’
Xiao Mi looked at Lu Tingyan. The moment she saw the insignia on his uniform, she burst into tears. "Major General, you have to get justice for us! It was clearly her kid who stole our rice! Now they won’t admit it, and they’re hitting people!"
"We will investigate exactly what happened," Lu Tingyan said in a cold voice.
He signaled to the security officers nearby, ordering them to detain both the troublemaker, Xiao Mi, and Bai Su.
Bai Xiaolang grew anxious. "Hey! Why are you arresting people indiscriminately? I didn’t steal anything! They’re framing us!"
The people in the crowd began to whisper. "This Bai Su sure has her ways."
"Seducing men, and now teaching a child to steal."
"Why would the Federation suddenly incorporate the orphanage into its territory? Won’t this woman be even more brazen now?"
Hidden in the crowd, Bai Xue watched the farce unfold, a new plan slowly forming in her mind.
’Lu Tingyan never gets involved in things like this. I really underestimated that bitch Bai Su!’
’I have to drive that woman out of the Federation’s territory!’
’She was exiled for a reason. And she thinks she can just come back?’
’In her dreams!’
Lu Tingyan’s men were highly efficient. Federation officers soon arrived with detection equipment.
They first searched the mountaintop orphanage but didn’t find the stolen rice that Xiao Mi had mentioned.
The officers then conducted a swift and thorough search of the scene, found a clue in the piles of rice there, and ultimately discovered that the person who stole the rice was actually Xiao Mi’s own child.
When the results were announced, everyone was gathered in the village at the foot of the mountain.
Xiao Mi stared at the results in shock. "How is that possible? Why would our kid steal rice? It’s our own rice!"
"And besides, why would he slash the bags open? Is he an idiot?"
Bai Su rolled her eyes. "I don’t care why your kid stole the rice. The truth is out. You came here looking for a fight and framed my child. Now, apologize! Right this instant!"
A guilty look flashed across Xiao Mi’s face. "Apologize for what? So he didn’t steal it. It’s not like I was wrong. Just because he didn’t steal anything today doesn’t mean he hasn’t stolen before!"
"Besides... besides, you hit me! I haven’t even settled that score with you yet!"
Bai Su looked to Lu Tingyan. "Major General Lu, what’s the verdict? They came to our door to cause trouble, slandered both my and Bai Xiaolang’s reputations, and caused us severe emotional distress. Doesn’t hitting her count as self-defense?"
Xiao Mi also looked at Lu Tingyan.
Lu Tingyan looked at the two of them, his face expressionless. "Xiao Mi initiated this by bringing people here to cause trouble. The party at fault will bear all consequences."
Bai Su raised her hand like a grade-schooler. "They also have to apologize to my kid! And they have to compensate me for damages to my reputation and for emotional distress!"
The moment Xiao Mi heard about paying money, she spat, "Pah! Why should I pay you for reputational damages? A wanton female like you even has a reputation to begin with?"
"If you weren’t seducing our Beast Husbands, who would even bother with you?"
Hearing this, the other females also grew indignant. "That’s right! This female is indecent! She’s seducing our Beast Husbands!"
"We demand she be kicked out of the Federation!"
"Yes! Uphold her original sentence of exile!"
Bai Su’s gaze swept over the ones shouting in the crowd. ’Why haven’t I seen those females in the village before?’
When those females met her gaze, they were startled and quickly shrank back into the crowd.
But Bai Su had no time for them right now. She focused on Xiao Mi. "Anyone can make baseless accusations. You need proof when you say things like that. On what grounds do you claim I’m seducing people?"
’It was true, she had forgotten that a female’s scent could trigger arousal.’
’But her running route didn’t go through the village at all. She would just go from the summit to the foot of the mountain and turn back.’
’The only time she’d entered the village was to buy water as a treat for the workers.’
Xiao Mi said furiously, "What do you mean, no seduction? Our Beast Husbands have been completely out of it, running up the mountain every day at mealtime! If that’s not your doing, what is?"
"Yes! Our Beast Husband too!"



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