But it was already too late...
"Woo woo—" A siren blared closer, stopping at the door of Li Ke's home. Two uniformed men walked in, stopping in front of the group.
"I am a police officer from the local precinct, and this is a colleague from the education bureau. We received a report alleging someone here has altered a university admission notice. May I ask, who is Li Ke?" The police officer showed his badge to everyone.
Li Xiangli panicked at the sight of the police! He quickly returned to greet them: "Hello, comrades, please come in, have a seat.
Li Ke is my daughter. What you mentioned about altering the notice is a misunderstanding. We've already cleared things up; it's just a misunderstanding!"
He tried to pull the officers to sit, but was refused. He quickly glanced at Li Ke's mother to signal Tian Xin to leave.
Tian Xin broke free from her hand and retorted: "Misunderstanding? Why doesn't Li Ke show everyone the notice to clear up the misunderstanding?"
She turned around, pointing at Li Ke, and said to the police officer: "Officer, I am Tian Xin, and this is Li Ke! She altered my admission notice!"
"Are you Li Ke?" The police officer said, "Please take out your admission notice and cooperate with our investigation!"
"I told you, I didn't take it!" Li Ke shouted hysterically, "If you keep forcing me, I'll end my life right here to show you!"
Li Xiangli urgently pulled her: "Go get it quickly, take it out, don't embarrass yourself!"
Seeing things get out of hand, the guests couldn't sit still: "I'm leaving first..."
"I'll leave as well..."
"Sorry about that, Li family! I'm leaving..."
In a few minutes, all the guests had left, leaving only his family, Tian Xin and her brother, and two officials in the courtyard.
"Please cooperate with our investigation!" The officer repeated to Li Ke.
Li Ke bitterly smiled, looking at the uneaten dishes on the table and her parents' grim faces. She staggered step by step into the room and took out the admission notice.
The officer opened it in front of everyone. It read: Tian Xin, you are admitted as a freshman for the year 2000...
The notice bore the seal of Ancient City Transportation University, but the photo had been replaced with Li Ke's.
Upon seeing this, Tian Xin handed her ID card to the officer, explaining the truth.
"As you can see, since that's the case, you two will come with us!" The officer handed the admission notice to the education bureau staff and told Tian Xin and Li Ke, who then left with Xiao Xu!
"How... how could this happen?" Li Xiangli, in disbelief, turned towards Li Ke, questioning about the notice: "Is this what you meant when you said you'd show us after the banquet? Is this it? Huh? Li Ke, how could you do this?"
His hands trembled as he turned to Li Ke: "You... you... you've utterly shamed our family! If you didn't get in, you could try again next year. How could you do such a thing? How will we face others?"
"Shame?" Li Ke sneered, "Now you think I'm a disgrace. Fine, Dad, Mom, starting today, consider me never born; I'm no longer your daughter!"
After saying this, without waiting for her father to react, she strode out the door, leaving her mother crying heartbrokenly.
Li Xiangli was so angry he fainted on the spot...
The few were taken to the precinct to give statements!
Li Ke was profoundly disappointed with her parents, feeling utterly hopeless, and confessed everything!
Altering the notice was too complicated and couldn't be too obvious, so she only had the photo and some basic information changed. She thought once she arrived at the school, she could use Tian Xin's name and avoid being recognized without major issues. But unexpectedly, she was discovered!
Tian Xin filed a lawsuit, and Li Ke was later sentenced to 5 years for identity theft and intentional harm, and ordered to compensate Tian Xin five thousand yuan.
A few days later, her records were fully restored, and the education bureau notified her she could attend university!
The incident created a huge uproar in the village, and shortly after Li Ke was incarcerated, her family moved away from the village...
This feud, which should have ended in a previous life, had agonizingly persisted for over twenty years!
Twenty years! Over seven thousand days and nights, how did she endure it?
No one knows, and no one will ever know.
Luckily, it's all over now...
She gained a new beginning, personally settling everything.
In this life, she saved Xiao Xu, preserved her mother, and was no longer alone.
She would study well at university, safeguard everything, and make up for all the regrets of the past life!