I Marked My Arch-Nemesis Omega - Chapter 25

Sheng Yu’s face didn’t show the panic Yin Sheng had hoped for.

“You should know how serious this accusation against me is,” Sheng Yu said with a faint smile, her eyes carrying a hint of impatience but no great surprise.

“Of course,” Yin Sheng replied, enunciating each word clearly. “It was her! On Friday, she used banned substances and violently assaulted me. Did you really think I wouldn’t dare to speak up? I won’t tolerate someone like you committing crimes in our school.”

Yin Sheng spoke with righteous indignation.

“I didn’t hit you,” Sheng Yu frowned. “How can you lie so blatantly?”

“Are you all so idle? You’d casually take a minor student away from school based on baseless suspicions? You must know how damaging this is to my reputation,” Sheng Yu continued, her gaze growing more accusatory. Clenching her fists, she looked deeply aggrieved, like a victim of bullying.

“Moreover, this Alpha has a history of manipulating public opinion and spreading rumors on forums. If I go with you now, my life could be ruined. It’s easy to spread rumors but hard to disprove them. In a few days, she’ll probably be sent to juvenile detention for false accusations. I have every reason to suspect she’s trying to drag someone vulnerable down with her.”

“Yin Sheng, don’t you know what kind of person you are in school?” Sheng Yu took a deep breath, as if struggling to restrain herself.

“Who’s the one spouting nonsense here?” Yin Sheng glared. “Someone’s already gone to retrieve the surveillance footage!”

Sheng Yu looked at Yin Sheng, her eyes reddening: “All I did was exchange a few words with you during the competition. Do you have to go this far? Besides, you’re an Alpha from the Yin family—how would I dare to hit you?”

“Then who hit my face? Who gave me these injuries?” Yin Sheng couldn’t believe Sheng Yu could be so shameless. “Sheng Yu, stop pretending.”

“How should I know?” Sheng Yu hunched her shoulders, appearing even more pitiful.

It should have been lunchtime, but the crowd outside kept growing, all convinced Sheng Yu was being unfairly targeted.

Hearing the murmurs around her, Yin Sheng grew frantic: “Take her away for questioning! There must be something wrong with her!”

“And what if there’s nothing wrong?” Sheng Yu stared at Yin Sheng, her voice trembling with emotion. “Making baseless accusations, tarnishing someone’s reputation, wasting the authorities’ time—if I recall correctly, false reports are punishable offenses… Will you be punished?”

“I just checked the surveillance,” the person who had gone to review the footage returned, looking at Yin Sheng. “The two of you were just talking, then you ran off on your own… And it seemed like you were trying to take something from her. Are you sure she was the one who hit you?”

Yin Sheng froze, her eyes widening at the speaker before suddenly turning to Sheng Yu: “Did you tamper with the footage? Or did you get Song Qing to do it?”

“What are you talking about?” Sheng Yu looked at Yin Sheng. “Could it be that your impending trip to juvenile detention is causing some memory confusion? How could we possibly tamper with surveillance footage?”

Back then, she had tampered with the surveillance footage simply because she didn’t want Song Qing to see her hitting someone. She never expected it would come in handy now for other reasons.

“Sheng Yu, have you no shame? How dare you act but not own up to it?”

Such taunting tactics were useless against Sheng Yu. If she actually admitted to it, she’d be a fool.

The onlookers were also puzzled. After all, if this incident really hadn’t happened, Yin Sheng wouldn’t have reported it and actively demanded to see the surveillance footage. But the idea that Sheng Yu had taken banned drugs and beaten Yin Sheng was something no one quite believed either.

Although Sheng Yu had gotten into fights at school before, most still didn’t see her as the type to resort to violence.

The stereotypes of appearances.

“Just take her away for investigation,” someone interjected, hands in their pockets as they walked over. The person wore the uniform of the regulatory bureau, their gaze fixed on Sheng Yu.

Sheng Yu noticed Yin Sheng glance at them, as if spotting a savior, but she said nothing. Eventually, Yin Sheng turned back to Sheng Yu, her eyes now laced with a mix of malice and triumph.

“Captain Liu, is it? A relative from your mother’s side?” Sheng Yu asked, curling her lips slightly before lowering her head.

The crowd exchanged glances, murmuring among themselves.

Captain Liu’s expression darkened—Sheng Yu’s implication was far too obvious.

“If you insist on taking me away without any evidence proving my guilt, then at least allow me to contact my lawyer,” Sheng Yu sighed. “After all… I’m afraid that even if I didn’t take any banned substances, the test results might say otherwise. I need someone to accompany me.”

“Sheng Yu! You’re making malicious assumptions!” Yin Sheng wasn’t stupid; she understood exactly what Sheng Yu meant.

Sheng Yu gave a bitter laugh. “Who made the first malicious assumption here? And honestly, I don’t think my guess is malicious at all.”

Yin Sheng stared at Sheng Yu. If she hadn’t been the one actually beaten, still aching from the blows, she might have doubted her own memory seeing Sheng Yu’s righteous yet pitiful act.

“Go ahead and call,” Song Qing said, stepping through the crowd and handing her communicator to Sheng Yu.

She looked at Sheng Yu, fully aware that this was all just an act. The girl was wasted not being in theater.

“If I recall correctly, the student council building should have been mostly empty at that time. As long as we can prove Yin Sheng’s injuries were sustained there, that should be enough to confirm Sheng Yu did it,” Jiang Di chimed in, also convinced Sheng Yu was responsible, though he had no idea how she’d altered the surveillance footage or managed to beat an Alpha.

Song Qing replied, “Unfortunately, due to the disciplinary notices issued on Thursday, the student council was quite crowded last Friday.”

“I was beaten on the third floor. There was no one there.”

“Uh… Miss Yin, the surveillance footage shows your face was unharmed when you left the student council building,” the person reviewing the footage pointed out.

“I ran into Song Qing when I left! Song Qing, you saw me—I was already injured when I left, right?” Yin Sheng was stunned that Sheng Yu had gone this far. “You even looked right at me!”

Sheng Yu turned her gaze to Song Qing, fingers twitching slightly.

“You must have mistaken me for someone else. I didn’t see you,” Song Qing said calmly, her peripheral vision catching the movement.

Sheng Yu ran her tongue over her teeth and smiled.

Yin Sheng stared at Song Qing, disbelief written all over her face. “How could you…?”

The person reviewing the surveillance footage hadn’t raised any objections—clearly, the two of them hadn’t actually encountered each other in the footage either.

Yin Sheng had never experienced anything so absurd in her life. She turned to look at Sheng Yu, who was staring right back at her.

Yin Sheng suddenly recalled Sheng Yu on the third floor that day and instinctively took a step back.

This woman truly was a devil.

“Take the surveillance footage back for further investigation. Sheng Yu, you’re coming with us for a drug test. Yin Sheng, you’ll undergo a psychological evaluation,” Captain Liu ordered.

Yin Sheng immediately whipped her head toward him. “I’m not crazy!”

Captain Liu shot her an exasperated look—he was only doing this to maintain public credibility.

Meanwhile, the person Sheng Yu had contacted had arrived.

“Li Jie.”

Song Qing froze when she saw who it was.

“Song Li?” Captain Liu eyed the newcomer.

Song Li was also from the Song family, but she was a Beta. At fifteen, she had cut ties with the family and struck out on her own. Now, she was one of the Empire’s most renowned lawyers. If anyone mentioned successful Betas, she’d be at the top of the list.

“I didn’t expect you to come personally.”

“Well, it’s your matter. Most people wouldn’t be able to handle it,” Song Li replied, brushing a strand of hair behind her ear before fixing her gaze on Captain Liu. “Let’s go.”

She didn’t say a word to Song Qing or even glance her way—despite the fact that, by family relation, Song Qing should have called her “cousin.”

“President, thank you,” Sheng Yu said, handing her holocomputer back to Song Qing.

Song Qing took it and nodded.

“Your holocomputer will also need to be confiscated,” Captain Liu interjected.

“If you wish to investigate a client’s personal device, you’ll first need to apply for the proper authorization from your superiors,” Song Li countered coolly. “Captain Liu, you’ve been in this job for years—surely you know the procedure?”

Captain Liu’s face darkened. The law was clear, but for certain privileged individuals, procedures weren’t always strictly followed.

The group left the school in a conspicuous procession, their backs receding as Song Qing watched.

Only then did everyone realize it was almost past mealtime, and they all scrambled toward the cafeteria.

“Sheng Yu actually knows Song Li? And they seem pretty close.”

“Song Li is so cool. Even though she’s a Beta, she’s got such an Alpha presence.”

…

Not a single word was spoken during the journey. Sheng Yu leaned back in her seat, eyes closed, resting.

At the administrative office, Sheng Yu went straight for the scan—a quick pass-through was all it took.

The machine could detect any banned substances, no matter how long ago they’d been taken.

Yin Sheng stood outside, waiting for the results.

“Sheng Yu has never taken any banned substances,” the technician announced. “All readings are completely normal.”

“How is that possible?” Yin Sheng shrieked, snatching the report. But as she stared at the flawless data, her voice died in her throat.

She had been beaten so badly… by a Beta who hadn’t even undergone differentiation yet?

“The surveillance footage analysis also came back clean,” another staff member reported, looking uneasy. “We checked it thoroughly.”

Yin Sheng’s eyes locked onto Sheng Yu’s, her body trembling slightly as she took two steps back.

“Are you some kind of devil?”

“What are you talking about?” Sheng Yu chuckled. “But now it’s my turn. You accused me of hitting you and even claimed I used banned substances. When you spread rumors about me online before, I didn’t come after you—but now, that won’t fly.”

“Sister Li, I’ll leave it to you now,” Sheng Yu said with a smile. “Yin Sheng, you’d better pray you haven’t done anything else in the past.”