Captured Hearts: The Substitute Bride’s Gambit

Chapter 20: Chapter 20 Wen Nianyou’s Witness Chapter 20: Chapter 20 Wen Nianyou’s Witness Wen Nianyou was on the verge of losing her temper, realizing that Lin Yueqin was indeed useless, incapable of handling even such a trivial matter! Luckily, she had prepared a backup plan, or else she would have been the one facing jail time because of her today!

She glared fiercely at Lin Yueqin, then turned her head away, refusing to look at her any longer.

Lin Chuyi, seeing Lin Yueqin’s pale face, finally felt a bit of relief, “I have already sent the recovered surveillance video to the police. Now, no one should be able to delete it, right?”

Lin Yueqin’s lips trembled slightly. She opened her mouth, but nothing came out.

Having shattered her own “good mother,” Lin Chuyi looked at Lady Wen, whose complexion wasn’t faring much better at the moment.

Lin Chuyi sighed to herself. If possible, she didn’t want it to be this way; Lady Wen had poor health and couldn’t withstand too great a shock.

But if she didn’t prove her innocence, the crime of hitting and killing someone would be pinned on her, Lin Chuyi, forever unable to wash it away.

Lady Wen, pale-faced, looked at the police officer, “May I see the car accident video?”

“Yes.”

The accident happened at night, shrouded in darkness, with poor lighting; one could barely make out that the person sitting in the passenger seat was Lin Yueqin, while the person in the driver’s seat wore a mask and was unrecognizable. Only a vague figure was visible, indeed resembling both Lin Chuyi and Wen Nianyou.

Besides the car accident video, the footage of Lin Chuyi on duty at the hospital was also played.

Wen Nianyou, while tearfully playing the victim, stealthily pushed Lin Yueqin.

Lin Yueqin immediately shouted, “The surveillance video of Lin Chuyi on duty is fake! It’s been doctored!”

The police officer glared at her, “We have already examined the video, it’s authentic. Are you going to continue to give false testimony? Continue to frame your daughter?”

“Even if the video is real, it doesn’t prove that it’s from the 17th. It could be from another time that she’s substituting in! This video is useless; it does not prove Lin Chuyi’s innocence!”

Another, older police officer looked at her in astonishment, “Do you actually wish it was your daughter who killed someone? In all my years of police work, other parents are always trying to excuse their children and push the blame away. But not you; even when your daughter is cleared, you’re not happy and instead, you’re trying hard to pin the blame on her. Do you want your daughter in jail?”

Everyone else in the station turned their gaze toward Lin Yueqin, their looks filled with doubt and confusion.

Lin Yueqin’s heart skipped a beat as she realized she was too eager to exonerate her biological daughter that she had forgotten she was supposed to be Lin Chuyi’s “mom.”

But the more guilty she felt, the louder she yelled, “Weren’t you police the ones who said my daughter had killed someone? Now you’re saying it wasn’t her; no matter how you look at it, it’s just your word against ours. I’m running myself ragged as a mother! How do you conduct an investigation? Arresting people willy-nilly without any evidence, I want to file a complaint against you!”

As she was causing a scene, another person walked into the station.

When Wen Nianyou saw who it was, she suddenly lit up with joy, “Brother Yunfan, you’re finally here! Officer, he can testify for me. On the night of the 17th, I was with him the entire time; I didn’t go anywhere!”

Lin Chuyi looked at Qi Yunfan and finally understood. So, the friend that the police mentioned earlier who could testify for Wen Nianyou was Qi Yunfan.

A trace of mocking smile appeared on her lips; she had indeed paid too little attention to Qi Yunfan. He had already gotten close to Wen Nianyou, they had even spent nights together, and she was none the wiser, working all night on hospital documents for him.

Qi Yunfan hadn’t expected Lin Chuyi to be there as well; he hesitated for a moment.

Although Lin Chuyi was indeed beautiful, when it came to marriage, he still needed to choose someone with a good family background and education like Wen Nianyou.

Wen Nianyou had told him that Lin Chuyi’s presence in Jungle Pharmaceutical was merely because she worked there as a cleaner. She didn’t have any real skills or education; the work she did at Jungle was the lowest of the low.

He had heard from Wen Nianyou long ago that Lin Chuyi frequently skipped school, had poor grades, her father was a murderer, and her mother was nothing more than a maid who served others.

Lin Chuyi was indeed not his match.

Wen Nianyou was different; not only did she come from a good family, but she was also clever and hardworking, very ambitious and diligent.

A girl like that was more suitable to be his wife.

With this thought in mind, Qi Yunfan stood by Wen Nianyou’s side.

He looked at Wen Nianyou tenderly, speaking softly, “I can testify that on the night of the 17th, Youyou was with me the whole time. The one who drove the car and hit the person couldn’t have been her.”