Xia Anran has been sent to prison.

At this moment, Wen Shuang became especially sweet. For some time now, the young woman had been pressed on all sides by Qin You—her career, her work, her family—all working together to suffocate her, leaving her barely able to breathe. Hearing Ji Shen’s words now, she felt instantly vindicated, her spirits soaring.

She thought it was simply wonderful—so, so, so wonderful—that Ji Shen would do this much for her. After all, there wasn’t really anything between her and Ji Shen yet. And Qin You was his own nephew. Yet Ji Shen could still suppress the Qin family and expose his nephew’s two-faced hypocrisy.

Wen Shuang hugged him, planting several kisses on his cheek. “Officer Ji, why are you so good to me?”

The little rose was soft and delicate in his arms.

Ji Shen reached out his long arm and pulled her close. “He bullied you so terribly, made my little rose wither. It’s only right that I teach him a lesson.”

Wen Shuang unbuckled his belt.

But Ji Shen caught her mischievous hand, his voice dropping low. “Can’t hold back again?”

Ji Shen was so good to her.

Wen Shuang felt she could never repay him—except by offering herself, body and soul!

“I really can’t hold back. Officer Ji, are you going to keep holding back?” she teased, biting the man’s Adam’s apple.

Ji Shen groaned, “Little enchantress!”

“Don’t you want to try the little enchantress?”

These past couple of days, Wen Shuang had been finding new ways to seduce her man, enthusiastically taking the initiative, even downloading and watching several adult films to study new positions.

Ji Shen took a deep breath and got up. “Miss Wen, I really am quite tired lately. I may not be able to satisfy your needs for now. You’ll have to wait a bit longer.”

Wen Shuang was speechless.

Could it really be, as Tang Yan had said, that Ji Shen had once gone through drug withdrawal?

While handling Wen Fanhai’s case, Ji Shen didn’t forget to investigate the IP address behind the defamatory posts that had tarnished Wen Shuang’s reputation.

Through a series of inquiries, he found the person behind the posts—a troublemaker who frequented internet cafes.

This man had never crossed paths with Wen Shuang before. Ji Shen followed the trail and discovered a monetary transaction between this man and Xia Anran a week earlier.

Suddenly, everything became clear.

He asked Wen Shuang how she wanted to handle it.

Wen Shuang fell silent.

Xia Anran had been her college roommate. Once, they had been as close as sisters—practicing morning exercises together, sharing meals after class, shopping together on weekends.

Back then, her relationship with Qin You was well known throughout the university.

Xia Anran had even sincerely wished them well.

Who would have thought that, on the eve of graduation, Wen Shuang would catch the two of them passionately entangled in bed?

Xia Anran tore off all previous pretenses, admitting they’d been involved for some time and that Qin You had long since grown tired of Wen Shuang.

That day, betrayed by both love and friendship, Wen Shuang’s world collapsed.

She was so disgusted she couldn’t even be bothered to argue. Xia Anran and Qin You sent her a wedding invitation, but she didn’t attend. Still, Xia Anran refused to let her go.

Her previous kidnapping by those thugs had been tied to Xia Anran, and now she had deliberately ruined Wen Shuang’s reputation.

Wen Shuang had no intention of enduring it any longer.

“Officer Ji, does posting defamatory rumors online and damaging a citizen’s reputation constitute a criminal offense?”

“Not under the criminal code,” Ji Shen raised his eyebrow, “but spreading rumors and causing reputational damage can be prosecuted for defamation, and the police will accept such cases.”

“Officer Ji, I’d like to file a report.” Wen Shuang raised her small fist, “Someone has maliciously slandered me online, causing unpredictable harm to my name! And because of her lies, I’ve lost my job and become unemployed. Officer, you must uphold justice for me!”

A trace of amusement flickered in Ji Shen’s eyes. “Case accepted. I’ll make sure justice is served.”

Xia Anran was rehearsing with her dance troupe when two police officers suddenly arrived and, without any explanation, took her away.

“Hey—! What do you want? I haven’t committed any crime!” Xia Anran was terrified and struggled desperately.

Officer Zhang, who was restraining her, wore a stern expression. “Miss Xia, you are suspected of illegally defaming a citizen’s reputation. We need to take you to the station for further investigation. Please cooperate.”

“Defamation? I did nothing of the sort!” Xia Anran shrieked, drawing a crowd.

But seeing the police, no one dared interfere.

Xia Anran shouted again, “I’m the Xia family’s heiress! Who dares lay a hand on me?”

“It doesn’t matter if you’re the Xia family’s heiress or worth a king’s ransom. This is our duty. Sorry, Miss Xia.”

Because Xia Anran refused to cooperate, Officer Zhang handcuffed her and took her away.

The theater was thrown into chaos.

“Xia Anran was taken away! Did she kill someone or set something on fire? She always seemed decent, but who knew she was a criminal in private!”

“And to think she’s an heiress! Didn’t you hear? Even that’s useless—once the police take you away, it doesn’t matter who you are!”

“Tsk tsk, you really never know what someone’s truly like. Best keep your distance from her in the future!”

...

Xia Anran was interrogated personally by Ji Shen.

At first, seeing Ji Shen—Qin You’s uncle—she thought he would surely help her.

She never expected the man to be utterly impartial and cold throughout the process.

No amount of tantrums or emotional outbursts moved Ji Shen; to him, she was a stranger.

Moreover, with no experience in such situations, Xia Anran was tricked into revealing a great deal. Coupled with the evidence already gathered, she had no way to defend herself.

In the end, she cried and pleaded, “Officer Ji, you’re Qin You’s uncle. Once I marry him, you’ll be my uncle too. Can’t you help me, just this once?”

Ji Shen replied coldly, “In this department, there are no family distinctions. Even if you were my own daughter, if you committed a crime, you would face the full extent of the law.”

He asked why she had targeted Wen Shuang.

Xia Anran, seeing no way out, spat, “I just can’t stand that bitch! She deserved everything that happened to her!”

After all, she had the Xia family behind her—her father would pull some strings and get her out soon enough.

Ji Shen said, “You show no remorse after committing a crime. It seems you’ll need a few more days in detention.”

Xia Anran broke down in sobs.

The Xia family rushed to the station, hoping to bail her out. But Ji Shen insisted that, until the case was settled, Xia Anran would remain in administrative detention for seven days.

No matter how much they pleaded, he remained unmoved.

Father Xia stormed out, furious.

It was only now, sitting in the detention center, that Xia Anran truly understood what Father Xia meant when he said Ji Shen had no regard for familial ties.

She cried out to the heavens and the earth, but no one answered.

Her endless complaints disturbed the prison’s queen bee, and the other inmates quickly taught her a lesson.

Only then did Xia Anran finally fall silent.

Curled up in a corner, trembling like a chick, she tasted shame and humiliation unlike anything she’d experienced in over twenty years.

“Stop crying, shut up! If you cry again, we’ll slap you!”

Now she didn’t even dare to cry.

While all this was happening, Wen Shuang lay comfortably on the sofa, watching a movie.

Ji Shen was working late tonight, so she hadn’t cooked dinner.

The man called.

“What are you up to, Miss Wen?”

Wen Shuang replied that she was lying on his couch, watching a movie.

Ji Shen said, “Xia Anran is already in jail.”