Bai Chi stood in front of the Purple Cloud Fir, comparing it carefully with the image from every angle.
That was right. His sister-in-law, as beautiful as a celestial maiden and as fair as snow, had taken her photo right here.
Ahhh! His sister-in-law was actually a college student!
Jue was going to marry such a young girl.
What a secretive guy. He really was secretive!
"Hey, am I seeing things, or does that girl up ahead look like the little loser?" Bai Chi stared at the nearby parking lot, dazed.
After a while, he shook his head. "It must be that little loser's hideous face leaving me with psychological scars..."
He didn't give it another thought. Catching a student walking by, he said, "Hi there. I wanted to ask you something. Does your school have a beauty queen or anything like that?"
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The parking lot.
Ao Xinghao tossed his snow gear aside. He didn't care about getting dirty and had none of the usual handsome-guy airs. He simply rolled up his sleeves and climbed into the car.
Qin Xin carefully examined the foot brake.
In general, car accidents had a lot to do with the brakes.
If someone had tampered with the car, they were more likely to have damaged a brake component.
It was dim inside the car, and she couldn't see clearly. She gently pried at the brake pedal. It snapped with a crack, and she nearly tore the whole thing off.
Ao Xinghao hastily stopped her. "That's the foot brake, not the dashcam. There's no point looking at this."
Qin Xin: "..."
Damn it, did he think she was an idiot? She couldn't tell the brake from the dashcam?
She just wanted to take it out so she could see it better.
Ao Xinghao kept trying to stop her, anxious. "Don't mess with it. I'm dusting for fingerprints. Come on, Xiao Qingxin, trust me. I'll investigate this thoroughly, I promise. Just go sit nearby!"
Qin Xin: "..."
Little brat!
Did he think he was in a crime drama? Dusting for fingerprints, seriously?
This time, she didn't insist. She turned and got out of the car.
Because she'd already caught a glimpse of the strange substance on the foot brake.
The braking mechanism hadn't been damaged, but there was a layer of grease on it that shouldn't have been there.
In winter, as the car's heater warmed the solidified grease, it would melt and turn sticky and slick... When the driver slammed on the brakes in an emergency, the car could easily go out of control!
Her gaze gradually turned cold.
Grease didn't just end up on a foot brake by accident.
How much did whoever smeared it there hate Lan Qingxin? Enough to want her dead?
And for some reason, the sight of grease on the foot brake seemed strangely familiar to her...
When had she seen this exact same kind of grease before?
Whatever the case...
The grease was conclusive proof that someone had deliberately caused the accident that killed the original owner! Just like the incident that sent her into Ice Lake, it was another trap secretly laid by someone close to her!
At the thought, Qin Xin's gaze turned even colder.
Her hand clenched into a fist without her realizing it.
"Bang—!"
A loud crash.
She hadn't even realized what she'd done. She'd only been angry and punched the car once.
How had she put a huge dent in the hood...?
The already-caved-in front end was now nothing but scrap metal!
Xiangxiang, hurrying over behind her, shuddered. "Little Miss, the tutor your young master hired for you is here..."
Three tutoring sessions a day, morning, noon, and night. The old teacher was certainly diligent.
And yet.
When he saw Qin Xin smashing the car...
The old man shivered, so frightened he nearly had a heart attack. "I'm not tutoring you anymore. Please have your young master find someone else. Thank you!"
With that, he took off at a run, his feet barely touching the ground.
Too scary.
That ugly girl had such a terrible temper. What if she got angry during a lesson one day and smashed his old face flat too?
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