Tie Hailan saw this and could not help but furrow her brows tightly. Fang Lanshan glanced coldly at He Su, whose face was full of awkwardness. Fang Lanshan said, "Owner He, according to Shopkeeper Sun, did you instigate this matter?" He Su quickly waved her hands and said, "She’s falsely accusing me!" Then, turning to Shopkeeper Sun, she said, "How can you, a mere servant, be so vile? You commit a crime and do not reflect on it, but instead, you recklessly throw dirt on me?" Upon hearing this, Shopkeeper Sun immediately got angry; this was simply a case of the thief crying "stop the thief." "Owner He, one must live up to one’s own conscience! When you say such things, don’t you feel even a little bit guilty?" Shopkeeper Sun was formidable indeed; she blurted out a slew of accusations, her mindset clear: If you won’t let me live in peace, then don’t expect to live in peace either. The scene immediately turned chaotic. Fang Lanshan thought it over; none of these people were clean, so it might be better to take them all in and hand them over to Officer Han. Currently, Fang Lanshan was greatly favored by Officer Han. At her command, her subordinate government officers arrested the individuals. He Su looked as if she wanted to say something but hesitated. She glanced over at Tie Hailan, then bit her lip. She weighed how to exonerate herself, while at the same time, Tie Hailan’s heart turned cold and she felt completely disinterested. What on earth had become of the world? She had once confided in He Su, but now... Saying she wasn’t hurt would be a lie; after all, she had sincerely considered He Su a close friend. And now, to discover... that her friend had become so unfamiliar? She could hardly believe what she was seeing. This selfish and self-serving He Su, who only thought about how to dodge, how to escape, how to preserve herself, was this really the same woman she had once admired and considered a close confidante? Tie Hailan came from the Jun City Tie Family in Pingchang Prefecture. The Tie family had once been the wealthiest in Pingchang Prefecture. Although the situation had been unstable since the return of the young miss from the Shen Family and several merchant families were facing a major reshuffling of their statuses, regardless, before the dust settled, the Tie family’s influence was still present. Officer Han had to give some face to Tie Hailan, so after people were brought to the Government Office, Officer Han had excused Tie Hailan from kneeling and treated her with due respect. But when it came to He Su, Officer Han was not so polite. This He Su had allowed troubles to brew within her own residence, indulging her concubine in committing abuses. She had suffered a lot under Pei Yu, who acted unscrupulously. Those people Pei Yu brought back from The Outside were excessively cautious and good at tying up loose ends. Even if a life was lost, they could clean it up immaculately, making it impossible for her to find evidence, and even though she felt outraged on behalf of the suffering populace, she had nowhere to start and it was difficult for her to act. He Su knelt in the hall, feeling mortified, especially when she saw Tie Hailan standing upright and poised nearby. Unequal fates; her heart grew increasingly bitter. Tie Hailan could stand while she had to kneel? She felt her dignity was greatly affronted, feeling both unwilling and angry. Subsequently, Officer Han methodically continued with the investigation. After being arrested, Shopkeeper Sun’s attitude was also quite defiant. Since she had already broken ties with He Su, she no longer held herself back. Thus, she revealed everything she knew, without any omission, laying it all out.
