"Impossible! You're spouting nonsense!" A sharp voice came from Chang Ling's mouth. This time, she was truly enraged by Chang Decheng's despicable methods. Her fists clenched and her eyes were bloodshot.

"Hmph, I have evidence. You were in charge of registering the gift money today, right? With so many relatives like us, the number of red envelopes is always counted. Now, more than half of the red envelopes in the bag are gone, and the rest are probably still in your bag."

Hmph, they dared to accuse him of bribing someone two months ago. Well then, this time I'll make sure Chang Jing and his sister are publicly recognized as thieves.

So that's how it is! Now Chang Jing understands that all of the other party's unusual behavior today was for this very moment.

What audacity! Today, Chang Decheng not only wants to make himself a thief, but also wants to drag Chang Ling down with him. He's ruthless and despicable.

"The evidence you're referring to is your belief that the red envelope is in Chang Jing's backpack, is that right? What if the red envelope isn't there? What's your explanation then?"

Chang Jing reached out and took Chang Ling's backpack, making a gesture as if waiting for her reply before opening it.

"That's right, I saw it with my own eyes, the red envelope was in Chang Ling's backpack!"

“Chang Decheng, there were people around us when we were registering the gift money in the lobby. Before the banquet started, my uncle personally collected the bags of red envelopes. At that time, the red envelopes were not missing. Now you come out with red envelopes that are half missing and say that I stole them. The evidence is in this backpack.”

At this point, Chang Jing looked around. No one spoke up for him and his sister. Chang's younger uncle frowned in thought, while the old master looked calmly at his children and grandchildren, as if waiting for an outcome.

Chang Guomin, the father, was even more outrageous. His son and daughter were being bullied, but he didn't even show his face. He was out drinking with some drunkard. When his aunt pulled him out, he was still red-faced and drunk.

"If there's no red envelope in your backpack, then you, Changde Chengxin, are spouting lies and making false accusations. Slander is illegal, you know that!"

"We didn't take any bribes, Dad. Are you just going to watch Chang Decheng frame us?"

Chang Ling looked at her own father, feeling extremely anxious and angry. This father was indeed unacceptable; at this moment, he was still indifferent and watched his siblings being bullied.

"I believe you didn't take it. Show the backpack to your grandfather!"

Chang Guomin didn't believe that Chang Jing and his sister had taken the money, but he thought that as long as he opened the backpack and let everyone see clearly, the matter would be over.

"Good, you really are our good father. Even when others bully your own son and daughter, you can still be so nonchalant."

Chang Ling's eyes were brimming with tears of grievance. She decided that she shouldn't have come to the birthday banquet in the first place, and she didn't want to get involved in the Chang family's affairs anymore.

"It's okay, don't cry, or people will laugh at you." Chang Jing never expected that his sister, who never shed a tear, would actually cry this time.

“You can look if you want, but if there are no red envelopes in the backpack, then Chang Decheng, you’d better kneel down and apologize to me.”

After uttering a harsh remark, Chang Jing opened his backpack and emptied its contents in front of everyone.

The backpack contained only a folding umbrella, a small mirror, a small comb, and two packs of tissues.

"Open your eyes and look carefully, there's only this much stuff in Chang Ling's backpack."

"Impossible...it's clearly..."

"What do you mean 'clearly'?... There's clearly nothing there, yet you try to slander your cousins. Chang Decheng, you're as despicable as ever! Kneel down!"

Anyone with a brain could see what was going on. Chang Jing pressed down on Chang Decheng's shoulder with his internal force without any hesitation.

Thump! He knelt down on both knees. Those who didn't know what was going on thought that Chang Decheng had been exposed and his legs had given way, but only the beads of sweat on Chang Decheng's forehead showed that he was forced to kneel.

"Grandpa, Xiao Cheng first stole money from my house and then attacked me after I caught him. Now he's slandering me at your birthday banquet, turning your wonderful event into a joke. You should have Uncle teach him a lesson for someone who is so disrespectful to his elders and unfilial to his elders!"

Chang Jing's words caused a stir among those present. Chang Decheng had a history of theft? And he even injured his own cousin after being caught! Then…

Could this be him crying wolf this time?!

The same thought flashed through everyone's minds. Questioning eyes swept back and forth between the three generations of the Chang family, while some covered their mouths and whispered among themselves.

"Chang Jing, how could you say that about Xiao Cheng? He's still so young, it's understandable that he misunderstood you. Besides, the red envelopes are missing now, and you're the ones responsible for collecting the gifts. Before the red envelopes are even found, what's wrong with suspecting you?"

Grandma Chang couldn't bear to see her beloved grandson kneeling on the ground being talked about. She wanted to go over and help him up, loudly refuting Chang Jing's words, as if it were all Chang Jing's fault.

"Chang Decheng, look at me. Was it me and Chang Ling who took the red envelopes?"

Chang Jing ignored the old woman's unreasonable nagging, instead squatting down and grabbing Chang Decheng's hair to force him to look into Chang Jing's eyes.

Chang Jing was initially unprepared for the banquet invited by the Chang family, but upon meeting Chang Decheng, even a blind man would sense something was amiss with his unusual behavior. Given this, Chang Jing had already secretly planted the seeds of hypnosis.

Now, what Chang Jing needs to do is to let that hypnotic seed sprout and make Chang Decheng confess all his dirty deeds in public.

"It was me. I took the red envelope and then had my sister take Chang Ling with me. Under the pretense of going to the restroom, I put the red envelope into Chang Ling's backpack."

As Chang Decheng recounted the truth, word by word, Chang's uncle nearly fainted. His son had made him lose face in front of all their relatives and friends that day…

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