After Marrying the Officer Chapter 1316 - 1315: The Answer Revealed

"Is this your own doing?" Xia Chuyi tilted her head, responding to Mother Xia with a shake of her head, "No, it is not."

"Xia Lianlian's sole purpose in bringing you to Shangjing was to exploit the connection between you and me," Xia Chuyi stated with a calm and direct demeanor.

At this juncture, Xia Chuyi had effectively stripped away deception and exposed the truth.

"And how useful is the relationship between you and me? Is it so beneficial that she would transport you all the way from offline to the Capital City?"

Elaborating further, Xia Chuyi momentarily paused before continuing, "To be perfectly honest, I was quite bewildered at first."

"However, today I finally grasp her scheme. Xia Lianlian brought you to the Capital City precisely for this current situation..." Xia Chuyi pressed on, her voice sharp, "Therefore, she intentionally brought you here, anticipating my arrival, and then orchestrated your fall into the water to directly incriminate me."

"Her bringing you to Beijing was a premeditated trap set for me from the very beginning, designed to brand me with the reputation of a 'mother-killer'."

"It mirrors her previous actions of spreading malicious rumors about me in an attempt to tarnish my reputation."

"She resorts to any means imaginable, even risking your life, all in her relentless pursuit to deal with me..." Xia Chuyi's words accelerated, imbued with a formidable sense of pressure, "Such a woman is, in fact, your daughter, your very own flesh and blood."

"With this realization, do you still intend to shield her?" Xia Chuyi's presence exuded an undeniable authority.

Overwhelmed by Xia Chuyi's relentless, probing questions and the intensity of her sharp gaze, Mother Xia found herself increasingly flustered. She faltered, stammering, "You're speaking utter nonsense! Lian'er would never do such a thing! Lian'er is not like that!"

"It was you! It was you who sent someone to push me into the water!" In her panicked state, Mother Xia inadvertently revealed what she had been desperately trying to conceal, blurting out, "Lian'er was completely unaware of any of this..."

Mother Xia wailed hysterically, her tears flowing freely as she attempted to defend Xia Lianlian.

Nevertheless, Xia Chuyi remained unmoved by the torrent of tears and directly interjected, stating, "So, you admit that you were with Xia Lianlian just before you fell into the water?"

Xia Chuyi's sharp question instantly cast a hush over the scene.

After a beat of silence, Mother Xia wiped away her tears and conceded, "Yes, Lian'er was with me at that moment... But, but the person who pushed me into the water was sent by you!"

"I heard it with my own ears! That person was sent by you!" Mother Xia clung tenaciously to this assertion, repeating, "He was sent by you, which means you are the one who harmed me!"

Xia Chuyi's pointed remarks, combined with Mother Xia's desperate claims, served to muddy the waters of the situation.

Xia Chuyi maintained her composure, calmly inquiring, "Is that so? Who was this individual? What did they look like? What exactly did they say?"

It was precisely at this moment that Xia Chuyi, through a barrage of incisive questions, managed to shatter Mother Xia's psychological defenses, zeroing in on the crucial information she sought.

Mother Xia, completely ensnared in the trap of Xia Chuyi's questioning, responded, "That person... I, I don't recognize him... As for his appearance..."

Hesitantly, Mother Xia began to describe the man who had been wearing work clothes.

Then, Mother Xia paused, her gaze flickering towards Xia Chuyi. With an even more sorrowful expression clouding her face, she continued, "He told me... that you despise me, that you didn't want to see me in the Capital City, and so you sent him..."

Her statement at this point served to fully validate Xia Chuyi's suspicions.

Indeed, the man in the work clothes was the very individual who had uttered those damaging words to Mother Xia!