Chapter 489: Completely Slanderous

Li Yiyi no longer had any good feelings toward the people here, including the man in front of her. Although he was apologizing now, he hadn’t stopped the female officer, Li Ling, from falsely accusing her earlier. It was clear that his words weren’t aligned with his thoughts.

“No need for the apology. I just want you to investigate this matter thoroughly, so that you stop slandering me,” she sneered.

The man only smirked slightly and didn’t say anything more. Instead, he took several pieces of paper from his notebook and placed them in front of her.

“Comrade Li, please take a look at what’s written here and see if it’s true,” he asked, pushing the papers toward her.

Li Yiyi picked up the papers and carefully read through them.

“This is completely slanderous. That’s right, I did give Huo Wujian a prescription before, but it was for a children’s cough remedy. I can still write that prescription if you don’t believe me. You can even go and verify it yourselves.”

“As for the contents on this sheet, I don’t admit any of it. What do you mean, ‘I worked for the R country people at a corporation’? Was that my choice? I was forced to do it! What’s going on here? You’re just trying to pin all these things on me, aren’t you? Do you really think I’m that easy to bully?” Angrily, Li Yiyi slammed the papers onto the table and questioned them.

Li Ling, seeing her angry reaction, was startled. She secretly thanked herself for not continuing to argue with this woman. If she had, she might have truly ended up with a poisoned tongue.

Seeing how Li Yiyi was speaking so harshly even in front of the director, Li Ling realized she was no ordinary person. As a mere staff member, she definitely wasn’t in a position to mess with her.

“Are you sure everything you’ve just said is true? Not a single word is false?” The man asked seriously, staring at her.

Li Yiyi nearly rolled her eyes. “I can guarantee that everything I said is true. You should hurry up and investigate, and clear my name. I don’t want to stay here any longer.”

The man pursed his lips, gathered the papers, and stood up. “Comrade Li, don’t worry. As long as you are innocent, we will clear your name. We will never wrongfully accuse an innocent person.”

“It better be that way,” Li Yiyi said without even looking up.

As the two of them were about to leave, Li Yiyi called out to them again. “When can I leave here?”

The man turned around. “Once we confirm that you’re truly innocent, you can leave.” With that, he left the room.

Li Yiyi watched as the interrogation room door closed behind them. She was about to take a sip of water to moisten her throat but then realized that she had thrown the water on the woman earlier.

Meanwhile, at the Zhang family, they were also informed about the situation. Zhang’s father immediately stopped his work and had the driver take him to the place.

“I want to see Li Yiyi. She’s my daughter. Tell me, why did you arrest her? What crime did she commit?” After finding the highest-ranking official, he angrily questioned them.

“Old Zhang, calm down. We can talk slowly. This situation is complicated, and honestly, I didn’t know that Comrade Li was your daughter. With your last name Zhang and hers Li, I didn’t make the connection,” Huang, his old friend, tried to calm him down.

“My daughter was taken away when she was young. We only found each other in recent years. We didn’t have time to change our last names. And I’m asking you again—why did your people arrest my daughter?” Zhang’s father shook off his hand and continued to press.

“This matter is because someone reported that your daughter has connections with people from the R country. Also, there’s a medicine being sold in the market for treating infectious diseases, and it’s based on her prescription. All the evidence is against her,” Huang explained awkwardly.

“Bullshit! Do I not know what kind of person my daughter is? She absolutely would not do those two things you mentioned. There must be some misunderstanding. I trust my daughter, and I want to see her. You need to arrange that now!” Zhang’s father glared at him and demanded.

Seeing his friend so angry, Huang had no choice but to agree. “Alright, I’ll arrange for you to see her. But it’s just a visit, you can’t take her. The matter hasn’t been resolved yet, and she can’t leave. This is my job, so please don’t make things difficult for me.”

Zhang’s father snorted softly. “Don’t worry. I’m also a Party member, I know what I’m doing. I believe my daughter. She’ll be out of here soon.”

“Good, with your word, I feel better. I’ll have someone take you to see her.” After that, he immediately picked up the phone.

A short while later, a female officer entered.

“Director Huang, you called for me?” the woman asked as she opened the door.

“This is Comrade Zhang. Please take him to see Comrade Li Yiyi,” Huang instructed.

The woman paused when she heard this, quickly glancing at Zhang’s father, her eyes lingering on his military green uniform.

“Understood, Director Huang. I’ll take Comrade Zhang there right away.” She quickly led him out of the office.

Not long after, Zhang’s father arrived at the door of an interrogation room. Seeing the place, his expression darkened. He turned to the woman who had led him here and asked, “You locked my daughter up in a place like this?”

“This is the only kind of room we have here, Comrade,” Li Ling answered nervously.

Zhang’s father snorted coldly, not saying anything further.

Li Ling swallowed nervously, hurriedly opening the door. “Comrade Li is inside. You can go in and see her.”

With that, she quickly turned and left. If she had known the true identity of Comrade Li, she would have never dared to offend her earlier.

Li Yiyi, who was resting her head on the table, heard the door open. Looking up, she saw a familiar figure walking into the room.

“Dad, what are you doing here?” As soon as she saw his face, she quickly stood up and asked Zhang’s father.

Zhang’s father, full of worry, looked at his daughter, who seemed perfectly fine, and let out a sigh of relief. “You got into trouble, how could I not come and check on you? Your mother was really worried about you. She wanted to come, but I didn’t let her. Don’t blame her.”

Li Yiyi smiled. “There’s nothing to blame. Dad, when you go back, just tell the family that I didn’t do anything wrong. I’ll be fine, and they don’t need to worry about me.”