Su Ding was awakened by the sound of the door being kicked open!
She looked at the person who entered with surprise and uncertainty, only to see four bodyguards glaring fiercely at her, holding stun batons and firearms.
"What do you want?" Su Ding had no idea what was happening!
At this moment, a stern and chilling figure suddenly burst in. Jin Xiao, dressed entirely in black, glared at her with fierce eyes, "Su Ding, look at what you've done!"
Su Ding was accustomed to seeing Jin Xiao as a gentle and refined middle-aged man.
He was very filial and respectful towards Old Master Jin, showed parental affection and kindness towards Jin Ye, and was a tender father to Jin Miaomiao.
This was the first time she had witnessed this side of him!
"What have I done?" Su Ding was utterly confused. Facing the tense atmosphere, she was flustered and bewildered.
Jin Xiao's sinister gaze seemed as if he wanted to flay her alive, "Tie her up!"
The bodyguards obeyed immediately and stepped forward to approach Su Ding.
Su Ding looked at the gun in their hands and knew she had to cooperate. She couldn't joke about her life, so she obediently surrendered.
"Mr. Jin, I won't resist, but I need to know what I did wrong."
Su Ding spoke calmly, her expression still relatively composed.
But the more she appeared innocent and steady, the more intense Jin Xiao's hatred grew. This malicious woman was still playing innocent!
Look at how he had ruined his poor Miaomiao!
Recalling his daughter's tear-streaked, pale face, and the doctor's description of her torn lower body and bruised body, he wished he could shoot Su Ding right then and there!
"What did you do wrong! What did you do wrong!"
Jin Xiao strode forward, glaring at her, raised his hand, and slapped Su Ding hard across the face!
A crisp, loud slap.
Delivered with full force.
Su Ding's face was forced to turn sideways, her ears almost deafened, her vision blurring, and blood trickled from her lips. The pain was numb and piercing!
"Uncle!"
An angry roar erupted from outside the door. Jin Ye arrived like a sudden gust of wind!
Su Ding, in so much pain she could barely stand, saw the man's tall and imposing figure appear before her blurred vision, blocking the incoming waves!
"Uncle, please calm down!"
Jin Ye frowned and softened his tone considerably, "This matter..."
For the first time, Jin Xiao angrily retorted to a junior, "If you are going to protect Su Ding, then we will have no relationship from now on!"
Jin Ye's heart sank slightly, "I'm not protecting her, I want to understand the situation."
As soon as he finished speaking, seeing the blood on Su Ding's lips and her near fall, he quickly reached out to steady her, looking at her with heartache and complex emotions in his eyes.
"Understand the situation? The evidence is conclusive, what else needs to be investigated!"
Jin Xiao violently threw the medicine bottle he was holding onto the ground, glaring at Su Ding with hatred, "Tell me, did you drug Miaomiao last night and lock her in the room with those men! Speak!"
"What drug, I don't know what you're talking about..."
Su Ding frowned in pain, completely unable to understand what had happened.
Didn't Jin Miaomiao deliberately frame and tease her last night?
How could it be that after a night's sleep, everything was completely beyond her expectations? She hadn't sought trouble with Jin Miaomiao, but instead, she had brought disaster upon herself?
"Good, you don't know! How do you explain this bottle of medicine!"
Jin Xiao was furious. If Jin Ye hadn't blocked him, he would have rushed up to slap her again.
Su Ding looked at the unfamiliar medicine bottle and frowned, "I've never seen this before."
Jin Xiao became even angrier, roaring unbearably, "This was found in your room, how long do you intend to play dumb!"
"Uncle, please calm down first."
Jin Ye looked at Jin Xiao, whose face was flushed with anger and he was struggling to breathe, and said in a deep voice, "Miaomiao is in the hospital and needs care right now. You should go be with her!"
"Jin Ye, you're just trying to get me out of the way to let her escape!"
Jin Xiao's voice was filled with killing intent, and his rage burned as he roared, "If she dares to escape, I will have her life!"
"Uncle, I assure you, Su Ding will not leave until the matter is clarified."
Jin Ye walked up to Jin Xiao and met the man's stern gaze, "I guarantee this with my identity as a member of the Jin family."
"You..." Jin Xiao saw the determination in Jin Ye's eyes.
He understood that he couldn't touch Su Ding no matter what today, and he could never truly be an enemy of Jin Ye.
Jin Xiao clenched his fists, his bones creaking. After a long moment, he finally glared coldly at Su Ding, "Fine. If you dare to escape, you will surely die!"
His gloomy and resolute words filled the room.
In an instant, the bodyguards withdrew from the small attic with Jin Xiao, Su Ding's ropes were untied, and she weakly collapsed onto the bed.
When she looked up again, she saw Jin Ye's cold and questioning gaze, "It wasn't you, was it?"
"It wasn't me."
Su Ding raised her head and met his eyes directly, "I have no idea what's going on with Jin Miaomiao!"
Jin Ye narrowed his eyes, his gaze scrutinizing, and his cold words fell heavily, "Last night Miaomiao was violated by four men."
Hearing this, Su Ding's head buzzed, finding it somewhat unbelievable.
How could this happen...
She was completely stunned. Last night, something like that had happened?
Four men, weren't these her classmates? The drug, the locked door...
Su Ding tried to process the information from Jin Xiao's words, barely managing to connect everything and arrive at a startling guess.
"How... how could this happen?"
Her heart tightened in shock, finding it hard to imagine such a thing happening...
Jin Ye stared at her coldly, his stern face filled with grief and doubt. He had come from the hospital and was stunned by Miaomiao's tragic state.
If it weren't for Su Ding, he would have immediately gone to execute the mastermind.
The four men in the room last night had been apprehended by his uncle on the spot, and he didn't know where they had been taken.
He knew that Su Ding would be next!
That's why he had rushed over at full speed to stop his uncle from acting.
"The medicine bottle, why was it in your possession?"
Jin Ye's voice turned extremely cold, his eyes filled with deep disappointment, "Were you at the party last night, and did you have a conflict with Miaomiao?"
Su Ding began to panic. Seeing the disappointment in his eyes made her feel miserable.
She choked out, "Yes, I went. But the medicine bottle, I really don't know what's going on!"
Jin Ye remained silent, his expression stern, and his eyes filled with complex grief.
"Miaomiao is in a really bad state..."
He clenched his fist, "Even if I dislike her spoiled and willful nature, she is my sister after all. Why, why did you have to conflict with her... If you hadn't gone, this wouldn't have happened. If..."
"But this really has nothing to do with me!"
Su Ding was heartbroken. It turned out Jin Ye didn't believe her at all!
"She forced me to go last night. When we got there, she and her classmates teased and humiliated me. After I left, I have no idea what happened next!"
"Don't say you don't know!"
Jin Ye looked at the medicine bottle on the floor, unable to control his inner turmoil, "Why is the medicine bottle with you! Why did those men say you helped them into the room!"
Su Ding clenched her fists. This feeling of being questioned was as painful as having her heart pierced.
She said angrily, "I am also a victim in this! Why isn't Jin Miaomiao staging another act to frame me! You are slandering me!"
She had nothing to say about being suspected by Jin Xiao, because Jin Miaomiao was his daughter.
But what about Jin Ye?
He clearly knew Jin Miaomiao's hostility towards her, he clearly knew that Su Ding wouldn't do such a despicable thing, so why did he still suspect her!
"Are you saying Miaomiao colluded with these people to frame you? Willing to pay such a price just to frame you, Su Ding?"
Jin Ye let out a cold laugh, his eyes filled with disappointment. His sharp gaze swept over her from head to toe.
His gaze seemed to be re-evaluating her.
Su Ding felt overwhelming indignation and unwillingness. Her anger surged, and she stood up, glaring at the man before her, "I said, I didn't do it, and that's that! Even if Jin Miaomiao suffered a disaster, it's her own doing, her due retribution!"
She had never provoked Jin Miaomiao, and Jin Miaomiao had always been the aggressor!
The instigator!
Why should she pay for such a thing?
As soon as she finished speaking, an angry slap landed heavily on Su Ding's face!
Crisp and loud.
Su Ding lost her balance and fell directly to the ground. Her face felt numb, and the slap from Jin Ye made blood seep from her lips again.
Tears rolled down like a broken string of pearls.
She raised her resentful eyes, her eyelashes wet, her cheeks red and swollen. She lay stiffly on the ground, her fingertips pinching the bloodstains.