Chapter 191
If she can’t find Ying Zidian, how can the police not find her?
It would be a disgrace if word of the theft got out.
But anyone who has a face and skin can’t really just avoid seeing her.
When Zhong Manhua said she would call the police, she was only trying to scare Ying Zidian.
As long as Ying Zidian could come back and be the second young lady of the Ying family, of course she would not call the police.
Ying Yuexuan really couldn’t understand Zhong Manhua’s behaviour and was shocked: “Mom, you …… concluded that her sister had done it before you could ask questions or have any evidence?”
How else could this be?
“Xiao Xuan, don’t worry about this matter.” Zhong Manhua had already dialed the number for Qingzhi’s side, going to the balcony to fight, very cold-blooded, “What she thinks, I know it too well.”
She had figured out long ago why Ying Zidian had left.
It was because she and Ying Zhending didn’t take into account Ying Zidian’s feelings and were more partial to Ying Yuexuan, and her heart was unbalanced.
But what can a child of ten years be compared to a child of one year?
When Ying Zidian came back, she had already said that they had a strong relationship with Ying Yuexuan.
Moreover, in order to let Ying Yuexuan integrate better into the Ying family, she also went to O Chau for a year.
Apart from the fact that she was immoral in donating blood, there was nothing else.
Now she wants to break off the relationship with her parents.
As she watched Zhong Manhua leave, Ying Yuexuan’s frown deepened.
She hesitated for a moment and lowered her voice: “Uncle Butler, what happened during this time? Before I left, mum wasn’t like this.”
The housekeeper didn’t know that Ying Zidian had severed her ties with the Ying family, and had even moved her family register out.
He spoke hesitantly, “Second young miss is more capricious and has caused madam a lot of worry. You know, Miss, that madam was supposed to be strong and couldn’t lose face.”
“Then it can’t be like this.” Ying Yuexuan couldn’t accept it, “My sister is my mother’s own, she’s not an enemy, so how come she has to call the police?”
The butler didn’t know what to say.
What could he, a servant, do about his master’s affairs?
“This is still a younger sister, and mum is about to call the police.” Ying Yuexuan’s expression faded, “If it were me instead, would I be sent straight to jail?”
“Eldest Miss!” The housekeeper was startled, “Eldest Miss, you must not have such thoughts, Madam and Master will be sad.”
Ying Yuexuan pursed her lips, “Then mother doesn’t think she will break her sister’s heart?”
No wonder she hadn’t seen Ying Zigui when she returned this time.
In fact, they hadn’t seen much of each other.
First, Ying Zidian was picked up and she realised that she wasn’t born, she was adopted.
When she wanted to leave, Zhong Manhua and Ying Zhending forced her to stay.
They told her that she had grown up without a father and mother, and that she could not leave the Ying family.
So she had to settle for the second best and applied for Qingzhi’s exchange programme and went to O Chau.
“Miss, you can’t blame Madam for what happened.” the housekeeper advised. The housekeeper advised, “Anyway, alas, how can Second Miss compare with you? Madam has just not seen her for a long time and wants to see her.”
Ying Yuexuan didn’t say anything else: “Go and ask the maids where my pink diamonds have gone, and if someone has accidentally taken them away and put them in the bag.”
The housekeeper answered, “Yes, I’m on my way.”
**
All the major universities had received the news, and Qingzhi was no exception.
But since Qingzhi had been founded, the top student in the college entrance exam had never missed out, so it wasn’t that surprising.
This year’s national paper was more difficult than last year’s, and there was also a full mark in science.
They’d seen the paper too, and the solutions were a real treat.
So the headmaster was also slammed with a series of phone calls.
All of them were just trying to get Wen Huilan to fill in their school first, and promising a lot of generous bonuses and benefits.
Of course, Imperial University was an exception.
“Ugh ……” the headmaster put down the phone and was sad, “How many years have pa*sed since then, how come Imperial University is still in bulk?”
The head teacher sighed, “Isn’t it, I heard that the physics and maths departments fight over students every month, just a while ago, a student wanted to transfer to the physics department and the maths department wasn’t happy about it.”
“But it’s better to let the students decide for themselves.” The headmaster felt prescient, “It’s a good thing that student Wen Huilan has transferred to our Qingzhi, otherwise we would definitely not have had the top student’s turn in this year’s entrance exam.”
Some students were so genius that they didn’t even need a teacher to teach them or educational resources to be able to leave a lot of people behind.
“He will definitely enroll in Imperial University.” The head teacher nodded, “I don’t know what college to choose.”
They had also done a professional analysis for Wen Listen Lan’s various situations and eventually found that …… this someone was all-rounded in his studies.
Except for some pure literature majors.
“It’s a pity that my initial idea was still to let Wen Listen Lan students go to Norton University.” The headmaster shook his head, “Maybe there will be a chance later.”
As he was talking, the landline in his office rang.
The principal picked it up, and after just a few words, his face turned ugly.
He didn’t say anything, he just said, “I will contact you for you, as for whether she will see you or not, that’s her own business.”
After hanging up the phone, the academic director was busy asking, “Which university is it again?”
“No, it’s Madam Ying.” The headmaster frowned, “It says that cla*smate Ying Zidian took away cla*smate Ying Yuexuan’s pink diamond, and they couldn’t find anyone, so they called us.”
The head teacher didn’t remember who it was at first, but three seconds later he reacted, “It’s the luxurious noblewoman with violent tendencies that the exterminator said.”
The head teacher said he had met many parents, but this was the first time he had hit someone indiscriminately like Zhong Manhua.
“They are a strange family too.” The headmaster went through the phone book, “If you don’t like Ying Zidian, what are you doing? Now that Ying Luwei is in, why bother?”
“Ahem!” The head teacher cleared his throat and said seriously, “Headmaster, according to my years of experience in watching dramas, the Ying family must have some other conspiracy!”
The headmaster’s dialing hand gave a beat and looked at him slyly, “A family ethics dog and pony show, right?”
“……”
**
The Wen family.
Ying Ziji is doing a problem with Wen Huilan.
It wasn’t a maths and physics problem, but a logical thinking problem specially created by a professor at Norton University, and was asked for a set by ibi, saying that he would recruit agents to use it.
This kind of questions is also very helpful to Wen Hanlan’s condition.
The phone rang at that moment, and Ying Zidian looked at it before picking it up: “Headmaster.”
“Student Ying, there’s a matter.” The headmaster thought for a moment and told her all about the conversation with Zhong Manhua, “The school won’t interfere, you can make your own decision.”
Ying Zidian’s eyes were slightly averted, “Please.”
After she left the Ying family, she didn’t care anymore.
She also didn’t have the time to specifically count the Ying family’s affairs.
Tsk, it was really annoying.
Wen Hanlan looked up, “Sister?”
He now felt that his sister might be a godly man.
It was surprising that she could even tell the scores of various subjects without any difference.
“It’s alright, do your.” Ying stood up and slowly stretched, “When dad comes back later, let’s go out for dinner.”
**
From noon until evening, Zhong Manhua didn’t wait for Ying Zidian’s person, or even a phone call.
She called Qingzhi again, but he said they didn’t care about personal matters.
Zhong Manhua was so angry that she went straight to the police station by car.
By this time, the police station was already closed and there were only two policemen on duty.
A policewoman received Zhong Manhua and took her to the interview room.
“Mrs. Ying, take it easy.” The policewoman poured her a gla*s of water and took out paper and a pen, “Please tell us what happened.”
“My daughter came back today and found that her pink diamond was missing.” Zhong Manhua’s voice was cold, “I couldn’t find it at home, it was stolen, and the person who stole the pink diamond was my other daughter.”
Hearing this, the policewoman looked up in surprise, “Are you sure?”
Zhong Manhua was a little embarra*sed by her glance, and her face did not look too good: “Yes.”
The policewoman didn’t know what to say and politely reminded, “For this kind of thing, you can call your daughter first.”
A private matter at home, there was no need to go as far as calling the police.
“She won’t see me.” At the mention of this, Zhong Manhua became impatient, “If she wasn’t weak-minded, would she not come?”
The policewoman shook her head and picked up her pen again, “The motive, the human and material evidence, provide it all.”
“The motive is of course that she was jealous of Xiao Xuan and took the pink diamond.” Zhong Manhua became even more impatient, “I am the certification, you guys quickly contact her for me and tell her to come over now.”
The policewoman’s expression was serious, “Madam Ying, I need to ask you again, are you sure it was your second daughter who stole the pink diamond from your eldest daughter?”
This pink diamond, worth eight million, was not a small amount.
If it was slander, it was also illegal.
Zhong Manhua didn’t even think about it: “Sure.”
The policewoman nodded her head and went out to contact someone.
Not long after, she came back: “Please wait a moment, the person will be here in a moment.”
Zhong Manhua looked sarcastic.
She asked Ying Zidian to come back, but there was no response.
She had to call the police before Ying Zidian would come.
This was a case of not seeing the coffin and not dropping the tears.
Twenty minutes later, the door of the enquiry room was pushed open.
Zhong Manhua turned her head and was about to open her mouth to reprimand.
However, the person who came was a young man with a briefcase.
He was wearing a black suit and had an extraordinary aura around him, not simple at first glance.
Zhong Manhua’s expression changed: “Who are you? Where is Ying Zidian?”
“Hello, I’m Miss Ying’s lawyer.” The young man put down his briefcase and ignored Zhong Manhua, but nodded politely towards the policewoman in charge of taking the statement, “Here’s my business card.”
He placed a business card on the table.
Imperial Capital West Wind Law Firm.
Lawyer Xi Weihuan.
Chapter 192
Not to mention the name XI Weihuan, the West Wind Law Firm alone was enough to send shockwaves through the people.
The policewoman knew that Ying was asking for a lawyer, but she didn’t expect it to be the Westwind Law Firm.
The West Wind Law Firm was not something that could be hired with money, especially when Shanghai was still far away from the imperial capital, thousands of kilometres away.
The policewoman took the card and was polite: “Please sit down.”
“You’re welcome, it’s a simple matter, just a few words, no need to sit down.” Xi Weihuan smiled, “It should have been Miss Ying herself, but there were some people she didn’t want to see, so she asked me to come.”
“The same.” The policewoman nodded, “You are the client’s lawyer and can make representations.”
“Lawyer?” Zhong Manhua finally responded, she was incredulous, “Whose lawyer did you say you were?”
A lawyer for such a trivial matter?
She just wanted the police station to help her call Ying Zidian back, how come she had to involve a lawyer?
Zhong Manhua’s heart jumped up and suddenly she had a bad feeling.
“Mrs. Ying, I’m Ms. Ying Zidian’s lawyer.” It was as if Xi Weihuan had only just noticed Zhong Manhua, his smile withdrawn and his expression cold, “I’m here to deal with your slander of Miss Ying Zidian.”
“I slandered?” Zhong Manhua almost laughed, “Fine, tell me, how have I slandered? If I had slandered, could she not have come on her own?”
Xi Weihuan didn’t answer, but took out several documents and laid them out on the table one by one.
The first document was the missing piece of pink diamond.
“This piece of pink diamond was an auction item in O Continent, and was finally auctioned off by Mr. Ying Tianru for a high price of eight million dollars and pa*sed on to Miss Ying Yuexuan.” Xi Weihuan spoke up, “If the charge of theft is completely proven, then the person who stole it will be sentenced to five to ten years in prison.”
Zhong Manhua interrupted him with an unhappy expression, “When did I say anything about a prison sentence?”
She was only going to ask Ying Zidian to go home, not really to send him in.
When the man came and brought back to the Ying family, the rest would be dealt with privately.
The second document, written for the crime of theft, had different amounts and different punishments.
The bigger the amount, the bigger the crime.
“Mrs. Ying is guilty of slander for saying directly that Miss Ying did it without proof.” Xi Weihuan pointed at the third document, his voice so cold that it had no temperature, “According to the law, those with the following circumstances will be sentenced to detention for up to five days.”
“If the circumstances are more serious, the penalty is detention for more than five days and less than ten days, and a fine of five hundred yuan.”
He pointed to one of the articles, which read –
Whoever fabricates facts to falsely accuse and frame another person with the intention of subjecting him or her to criminal prosecution or public security management punishment.
Zhong Manhua was shocked and angry, and laughed outright: “So what, you have proof that she didn’t do it?”
“Madam Ying, I must remind you that you are the plaintiff, it is you who has to get the evidence.” Xi Weihuan was faint, “If you can’t produce evidence, the charge of slander stands.”
He turned his head and pointed to the statement on the table, “This is the evidence for your slander.”
The policewoman nodded back, “Madam Ying, I’ve asked you again and again, and you said you were sure.”
“I didn’t mean that at all!” Zhong Manhua didn’t know this, her face was agitated and a flush came up, “I just want her to go home!”
The policewoman’s expression also cooled down, “That means you have no evidence at all.”
“I ……” Zhong Manhua opened her mouth and was about to say something when her phone rang.
Her embarra*sment was then washed away a little and she picked up the phone.
“Mom, where are you?” On the other end of the line was Ying Yuexuan, “I found the pink diamond, the maid put it outside when she was cleaning it for fear of damaging it, and it fell into the crevice of the bookcase.”
“I told you that my sister didn’t do it, you wouldn’t really run to the police station, would you?”
Zhong Manhua’s body was cold and her face turned white with a swish.
“Mum? Mum?”
On the phone, Ying Yuexuan was still calling her, but Zhong Manhua couldn’t hear anything else, her ears were ringing.
“Looks like we found something.” Xi Weihuan nodded, “Then it is certain that you have indeed committed slander, Madam Ying.”
He turned his head and added to the policewoman, “The amount involved is too large, and I’m afraid that ten days’ detention is not enough.”
At this moment, the policewoman’s impression of Zhong Manhua plunged straight to the bottom.
She could hear that Zhong Manhua had said that the theft was committed by her second daughter.
If this was really a conviction for theft, wouldn’t it be sending her own daughter to jail?
“You call Ziggy.” Zhong Manhua finally panicked, “I really just wanted her to go home, I didn’t mean it.”
If she was really detained and fined, where would she put her face?
The other noblewomen, how else would they look at her?
“Sorry, Miss Ying didn’t want to see you before she asked me to come.” Xi Weihuan smiled politely, “And let me remind Madam Ying, Miss Ying’s account has been moved out of the Ying family and the adoption relationship has been dissolved.”
“From a legal point of view, you are not her mother.”
“Morally speaking, you are not worthy of being her mother.”
The three words were like one slap after another, slapping Zhong Manhua in the face without mercy.
She stood frozen in place, an unprecedented surge of shame and anger almost overwhelming her.
“Of course, the process still has to go.” XI Weihuan smiled again, “Please ask Madam Ying to prepare her lawyer and we’ll see you in court, but it’s useless if you do, and tonight-”
He sounded regretful, “It looks like you’ll be spending the night here.”
**
After Xi Weihuan left the police station, he picked up his mobile phone and made a call, “Hello, Miss Ying, everything has been done.”
“Hard work.” The girl’s voice was cold and slow, “The fee will be paid later.”
“You’re too kind, Miss Ying.” Xi Weihuan shook his head, “You’re also my life-saver, of course I’ll take care of this small matter for you.”
The last case of the cyberstorm, he would take it up because the lawyer’s office had given him the task.
But what came after that was all done willingly for him.
His mother had severe migraine headaches and had been to several hospitals without getting better.
It was only when Ying Ziji gave him a remedy that his mother was cured.
“One size does not fit all.” Ying Zidian yawned, looking lazy, “Anyway, thanks.”
She hung up the phone and her gaze returned to the television.
It was now eight o’clock, just the right time for the dog drama.
Wen heard Lan was writing logic questions on the side, occasionally raising her head to glance at the computer.
Either he saw the harem concubines tearing each other apart, or he saw the female protagonist making a fuss about jumping into the river and hanging herself.
But his sister was watching with great interest.
“……”
Wen Listen Lan looked at the question he had to do with an expressionless face.
He felt like he was being squeezed.
After writing another logic question, Wen Listenlan looked up, “Sister.”
“Hmm?”
“Does it really look good?”
“Not bad.” Ying Ziji propped her hand on her chin and mused, “The plot is a bit bland, I can guess from the beginning to the end, it’s a good way to pa*s the time.”
Wen Wan silently swallowed back the words “I think it’s already very bloody” and resignedly continued writing the question.
Ying Ziji looked thoughtfully at the female lead in the drama and remembered that she also had an entertainment company.
Thinking about this, she picked up her mobile phone and sent a weibo message to the female secretary.
[Send over a copy of all the company’s recent film and TV scripts.]
**
Learning that Zhong Manhua was at the police station, or being detained, Ying Yuexuan didn’t even have time to tell Ying Zhenting and Ying Tianru, and immediately ran over.
At the sight, Ying Yuexuan was confused: “Mom, why are you being detained?”
Zhong Manhua pursed her lips, her face was still burning, she didn’t know what to say.
She hadn’t really thought that things would come to this point.
Zhong Manhua forced a smile, “Your sister didn’t come and sent her lawyer, saying that I’ve committed slander, so I have to be detained, you go and call your father and big brother.”
“Slander?” Ying Yuexuan understood as soon as she thought about it, “Mum, how can you slander your sister?”
Zhong Manhua didn’t look too good, “I didn’t think, I just told her to go home, what’s it like to be outside every day.”
She couldn’t see, she didn’t even know what kind of people Ying Ziji was hanging out with all day long.
What if something goes wrong?
Who will clean up the mess?
Do you really think you can get away with it just because you’ve broken off your relationship?
When the time comes, people will come looking for the Ying family.
“Mom, you’ve really gone too far.” Ying Yuexuan took a breath before speaking, “I didn’t agree to post that Weibo post, but you and dad said that if I didn’t post it, the Ying family’s business would be affected, so I did.”
“But you didn’t think about the fact that it was sister who was really thrown out by her aunt.”
“There’s no difference.” At the mention of Ying Zidian, Zhong Manhua looked even lighter, “Have you ever seen a daughter who wants to put her mother in detention?”
She pressed her head, “Your father is too busy, it’s better to call your elder brother first.”