'All I wanted was to trade a bit of information for a favor. How did things suddenly get this serious?'
For so many years, she had been cautious and careful, never having any run-ins with the police... She didn't even dare to speed while driving, precisely to avoid a moment like this.
'I haven't done anything since that incident, so how on earth did I end up here?'
Jin Xueli stood there in a daze, as if every muscle had turned into thorns, binding her tightly. It wasn't until the policewoman shouted again that she snapped back to her senses with a jolt.
"Hey! I'm talking to you, didn't you hear me? What are you spacing out for? Put your left hand up here for fingerprinting."
Jin Xueli looked at the fingerprint scanner with its glass plate, then at the policewoman behind the desk.
