But today... it was just awful.

"I don’t need you to treat me to an apology," Ye Xingbei looked at Li Qi and said, "I need to wait for the police, wait for them to present solid evidence to prove the innocence of Sister Fu and me."

"You don’t need the police to prove it, I can prove you’re innocent," Li Qi said, "You’re the kind of person who wouldn’t take someone else’s piece of bread even if you were starving. How could you possibly take her shabby ring?"

"It’s useless if you believe me," Ye Xingbei looked at him and chuckled softly, "You’re my friend, so of course you believe me, but your cousin doesn’t!"

"She says it’s all her fault, she remembered wrong, but in her heart, she must still believe that her ring was taken by Sister Fu and me."

"I need to wait for the police to come, find evidence, and clear the name of Sister Fu and me."

"Right," Zhi Foliu said, "Without evidence, words are just air. In the future, if someone talks about today’s events, they would still speculate that maybe Beibei and I did take the ring after all."

"We need the police to find evidence and prove we are absolutely innocent!"

"We haven’t done anything wrong, we’re utterly innocent, and no one should slander us without reason."

"You..." Li Qi pointed at Zhi Foliu, and then at Ye Xingbei, "Are you friends?"

Ye Xingbei held on to Zhi Foliu’s arm and pointed to Ye Xingli to introduce him, "Sister Fu is Brother Li’s girlfriend."

"Brother Li?" Li Qishao was taken aback, "Ye Xingli?"

When it comes to matters about Ye Xingbei, he was thoroughly informed.

He knew that besides two biological brothers, Ye Xingbei also had two cousins, one called Ye Xinglan and the other Ye Xingli, but he had never met the two.

"Yes..." Ye Xingbei was about to say something when someone started speaking from the crowd.

"Who called the police?" the voice was solemn and commanding, full of authority.

The crowd immediately parted, and several police officers walked to the front.

"I called the police." Ye Xingbei succinctly explained the situation.

The leading police officer looked at Pan Xinran, "Tell us the situation again."

This is their procedure, asking for multiple statements to prevent bias.

Pan Xinran’s eyes were swollen from crying, and her body trembled, "I-it’s my fault, it’s all my fault, I remembered wrong... I didn’t wear the ring, nor did I put the ring on the sink, it’s all my fault..."

The police frowned and looked at Ye Xingbei, "Isn’t she already changing her statement to say she didn’t lose the ring?"

"But everyone watching could see that she wasn’t saying it sincerely; she’s afraid her cousin will blame her," Ye Xingbei said, "We need absolute evidence to prove our innocence... like checking the surveillance to see if she was wearing the ring when she entered the restroom!"

"Alright, that’s easy," the police nodded, "Come with us to the surveillance room."

In public places like this, there are cameras everywhere.

Checking if the person claiming to have lost the ring was wearing it when they entered the restroom couldn’t be simpler.

The police took the group to the surveillance room.

Besides those involved, there were a few others who liked to watch the commotion.

Ye Xingbei and the others didn’t stop them from following to watch.

They needed witnesses to prove their innocence.

If they drove them away at this time, who knows how this incident would be spread later.

Just as Ye Xingbei was about to enter the surveillance room, her phone rang.

It was Gu Junzhu calling.