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That day at the hospital entrance, Dong Shan told the police in person that Qiao Rui'an had sexually assaulted her, and that Qiao Dongyang had witnessed it happening. Qiao Dongyang, unable to contain his rage, had then injured Qiao Rui'an.

The assault was not an attempt.

It was a fact.

Many years had passed, and Dong Shan had long been unwilling to speak of the past.

But for the sake of Qiao Dongyang, she had to repeatedly bring up the humiliating details in front of the police and lawyers, rubbing salt into the wound.

The summer that Qiao Dongyang returned from abroad, the temperatures in Shen City reached an all-time high, hot enough to fry an egg on the pavement.

During the many years Qiao Dongyang had studied abroad, Dong Shan had little to do with him.