A hundred thousand dollars! For most students, that was an unimaginable amount!
Regardless of where Elena’s hundred thousand came from or whether she was in a relationship with a rich man, she could surely fork out the cash as she was the one who mentioned it first.
Several people already wanted to claim the reward. After all, the allure of a hundred thousand in cash was too great.
However, did they actually see it with their own eyes?
“If anyone provides the evidence as an ‘eyewitness’ even though the girl doesn’t have my fingerprints on her, it’ll definitely be considered as libel.”
“Elena, are you going to threaten everyone again?” Cici immediately seized the only opportunity to refute her.
Elena sneered and narrowed her eyes. “This isn’t a threat. This is a fact. Can any of you guarantee that my fingerprints would be left on her clothes?”
Could anyone even attest to that when none of them saw it with their own eyes?
With Elena’s arrogant attitude, anyone who saw it would definitely come forward.
After all, Elena did not wear gloves or anything of the sort. If she got into a struggle with the girls, it would be impossible for her not to leave her fingerprints on them.
Why did no one come forward, though?
Did those three girls really slander Elena?
“It looks like she fell on purpose just now,” someone whispered.
“Cici, why haven’t you called the police yet?” Elena took two steps forward.
Cici’s mind went blank, and her knees wobbled. She fell bottom-first onto the ground and shuddered. “Elena…”
“What? Do you want to frame me and say that I pushed you again? I suppose not. I don’t remember touching you, and everyone should be able to see that clearly now, right?”
Elena did not lay a finger on her, but she was intimidated by Elena’s aura. Did that mean that Elena had bullied her?
How could Elena’s aura be so powerful?
Was she not only an ugly fool in the past?
“Why haven’t you called the police yet?” Elena stared at Cici, who was still sitting on the ground.
Cici trembled slightly and needed a few moments to calm down.
She gritted her teeth as she got up from the ground. Then she stared at Elena, and said bitterly, “Don’t keep bullying other people!”
“I merely suggested that you call the police. How is that bullying you? I’m waiting for them to get justice for me.”
Elena’s expressionless face and cold eyes were haughtily impenetrable.
“You have falsely accused me of threatening Mia. You said that I’ve brought a dozen thugs to Mia’s ward. There should be some kind of surveillance cameras in a hospital as large as the Suntech Hospital, right?”
“If such a big ruckus were to happen in the hospital, was it possible that no one there saw it and took some photos to post online?”
“Would the hospital let me do whatever I want? Are they so scared that they can’t even call the police? Are they really that afraid of me?”
“You… You… The man who supported you from behind, his power… His influence is too great…” Cici tried to explain herself.
“There are so many great advancements in the Internet these days that even a man as powerful as Eldest Young Master Williams could not control the netizen’s opinions.”
She felt apologetic that she had to use that man’s name again.
Nevertheless, Eldest Young Master Williams’s name was everyone’s first choice if one had to wield the name of an influential figure in Bentson.
He could only blame that on his eminence and fame.
“Tell me, who else is more powerful and influential than him?”
Cici glared at her. Without a doubt, the man behind her was Eldest Young Master Williams.
Despite that, Cici was reluctant to expose her actual relationship with him because everyone believed that Elena was with an old man.
She wanted everyone to continue believing that Elena was an old man’s sugar baby. Elena was ugly anyway, and Eldest Young Master Williams would probably abandon her soon.
“So? Go on then, call the police! What are you waiting for?” Elena folded her arms and snickered, “Unless you feel guilty.”
“Why would I feel guilty…”
“Then call the police,” someone else encouraged her. “A dozen thugs at the hospital is a severe thing. It’s a violation of the law.”
“That’s right! Cici, call the police. I don’t believe her old boyfriend would have so much power!”
“Yeah! The police are cracking down on private organizations. Just make a police report and destroy that old man!”
Regret slowly crept into Cici’s mind. Why did she have to mention the ‘dozen thugs’? It was such an exaggeration!
In retrospect, it was inconceivable that such a big fiasco would fail to ring the police force’s alarm bells.
“Cici, call the police, don’t be afraid of her!”
“Yes, yes! Cici, justice will prevail in this world, don’t be afraid!”
“Exactly my point. What are you waiting for, Cici? Go ahead and call the police.” Elena smiled delicately without the slightest hint of nervousness.
Cici would not dare to call the police, though.
To make a police report about something that had never happened was slander at its finest! There was no escape from it!
Her sole task that day was to clear Mia’s name. The matter should not have been hyped up too drastically.
If she could remove some of the negative perceptions on the Internet for Mia, that would have been more than enough. If things got out of hand, then a thorough check would have been needed.
Once an investigation commenced, Mia would never stand a chance to clear her name again.
“I… Sister Mia is in a really miserable state right now. I can’t possibly make things worse again. If you still want to persecute her, how will she live out the rest of her days?”
Cici glanced at her two friends. Both girls had stood up, and all three of them then turned to leave.
“Stop!” Elena’s cold voice came from behind.
“Do you still want to bully us?”
“No, I just wanted to tell you that you’ve damaged my cell phone. Pay up before you go.” Elena pointed to her mobile phone that was on the ground.
“Bullsh*t…”
“You slapped the phone out of my hand, and it fell. Everyone here can testify to that.”
Throughout the entire sequence of events, Elena never picked up her cell phone and simply left it on the ground.
“If she doesn’t pay up, then the first person to call the police can have half the compensation awarded to me.”
Someone immediately pulled out their phone. It was easy to make a police report!
Elena’s cell phone did not look remotely cheap! The rumor that she was with a rich man seemed to be true after all. Even her belongings were not at the same standard as the other students.
It was Levi who got it for her.
She did not know how much it had cost, but there was clearly a limit to cheap prices when it came to Eldest Young Master Williams.
“You… Stop bullying other people!” Cici nearly fainted when she saw the phone on the ground!
“Ten thousand dollars, and the matter it’s settled. Otherwise, I’ll see you at the police station.” Elena smiled.
“Ten thousand dollars! Why don’t you just rob me then?” Cici was upset with the amount.
Someone whispered, “It’s one of the higher-end models from the G brand. A screen alone would cost tens of thousands of dollars.”
Cici nearly fainted! If the screen cost tens of thousands of dollars, she would not be able to compensate for it if the entire phone was broken.
Cici wanted to pick up the phone to see if it was really broken.
Elena remarked calmly, “It’ll be fifty thousand dollars if you were to touch it again.”
“Elena!”
“What’s it going to be? Will you pay the ten thousand dollars? Otherwise, we’ll let the police decide on the price.”
“Elena, you… You…” Cici wailed.
Ten thousand dollars! The sum of her secret stash was only about ten to twenty thousand dollars, at most!
Cici continued to sob. “Elena, this is too much…”
“My cell phone is broken. Whoever helps me to make a police report will get the compensation money.”
“Me!”
“I’ll do it!”
“Me…”
“Elena!” Cici stomped her foot angrily. “I’ll pay for it!”