Chapter 294: Sent some things to Bai Yuxin
As soon as the hidden compartment opened, Paul didn't dare to look inside. He went straight to the bedside and helped the old patriarch up.
When the old patriarch saw what was in the hidden compartment, his blood boiled.
Just as he expected, he was able to clearly sense the movements inside while he was unconscious.
Chris found the hidden compartment in his room and took the old patriarch's badge, and even the family's records were missing.
He's really something.
Paul was confused, so he could only do his best to support the old chieftain: "Chieftain, calm down, calm down. You've only just woken up, you can't afford to have any more accidents."
The old patriarch took a deep breath, suppressing the anger in his heart.
"Go, bring Chris here to me, bring him here!"
He will absolutely not let Chris get away with this!
——
Chris appeared arrogantly before the old patriarch, glancing at him casually without offering any greetings or concern. He simply asked indifferently, "Old man, what do you want with me?"
The old patriarch also dismissed Paul, and looked sharply at Chris: "I know what you took from my room while I was unconscious. Hand it over now, and I'll pretend nothing happened. Otherwise... you know the consequences."
Chris feigned ignorance: "What did I take?"
"Stop pretending. You found the secret compartment in my room and took the clan leader's badge from inside. Hand it over to me now, and I'll let bygones be bygones."
Let bygones be bygones?
That sounds wonderful, but now we have to ask him if he agrees.
"Grandpa, are you saying that you suspect me because the clan leader's badge is missing?"
Chris laughed sarcastically: "Do you have any proof?"
"Don't forget, there are security cameras in my room. If I can access the footage, there's no way I can protect you."
"Then check the surveillance footage. I also want to know what the footage captured."
This "what's the use of this" attitude greatly displeased the old clan chief.
Chris's arrogant smile and domineering demeanor made the old patriarch grit his teeth in hatred!
"Chris, I'm talking to you about serious matters!" He coughed violently twice due to his heightened emotions. "Do you know what the loss of the chieftain's badge means?"
Chris raised an eyebrow: "What?" He continued, "Old man, you can't convict me based on your own conjecture. Prove that I took your badge, otherwise, don't even think about smearing me."
The old patriarch was slightly taken aback; he indeed had no evidence.
He only heard a voice that sounded like Chris's, but... that didn't mean anything, and it couldn't directly prove that Chris had taken the patriarch's badge.
But seeing Chris's expression, he probably wouldn't admit it. If he didn't produce evidence, Chris would deny it to the end.
Are you forcing me to produce the surveillance footage?
The old patriarch looked at Chris with a pained expression. This was his grandson, whom he had carefully nurtured, the hope of the entire family. He had even sent him to a mercenary group for so long just to make him strong.
But he didn't make Chris stronger to deal with his grandfather!
"As long as you can produce it, I'll accept it." Chris sat there nonchalantly, legs crossed, like a big shot, without a trace of the dignity of a young master of a family.
The old patriarch was also very angry, and pointed at Chris angrily: "Fine, then I'll check the surveillance footage and let you see it clearly."
However, when he took out the surveillance footage, he saw nothing.
They only captured footage of Chris entering the room and leaving, without capturing any compelling evidence.
There is absolutely no proof that Chris opened the hidden compartment and took the patriarch's badge from it.
The old clan chief found it unbelievable; he couldn't believe it, but the surveillance footage showed no problems.
What exactly happened?
The old patriarch raised his eyes and fixed his gaze on Chris: "What exactly did you do to monitor me?"
"Isn't your surveillance footage complete? I went in, then came out, and so what? How can you be sure that I took it?"
The old patriarch was speechless after being confronted. Now that he had absolutely no evidence, how could he accuse Chris?
The clan chief's badge is of utmost importance and must never fall into the hands of anyone, especially outsiders.
"If the badge is with you, then protect it well. After I die, it will be yours too."
Chris shook his head helplessly: "I've already said, the chieftain's badge isn't with me. Trying to pin this on me won't work. Instead of arguing with me, you should look for it properly. Maybe you can find it."
He stood up, unwilling to argue with the old clan chief any longer: "Wait until you find the evidence before you accuse me."
Watching Chris's departing figure, the old patriarch began to doubt whether he had made a mistake, but apart from Chris, no one else was qualified to enter his room.
But there's no evidence, no way to file charges. And there's no way to get Chris to produce the badge.
It seems we'll have to investigate privately.
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Chris was just about to go back to his room when he encountered Iman standing in front of him.
"Why are you so persistent?" Chris: "The last person I want to see in this family is you. If possible, I hope you can leave as soon as possible."
“You…” Iman wasn’t angry. Instead, she looked at Chris with an arrogant attitude: “I know your secret. You took the Chris family’s emblem and gave it to Lu Jingxiao. You even burned the Chris family’s information.”
How did she know?
But even if we really knew, so what?
Could Iman possibly go to the old man and sue him?
He looked at Iman with amusement, his tone arrogant: "Miss Iman, do you know what you're saying?"
“Of course I know. I’ve been following you ever since you entered the old man’s bedroom, and I even took pictures of you when you left.”
"So what?" Chris sneered. "You saw me take the badge with your own eyes?"
Iman: "I....."
She saw nothing.
She saw Chris hand something to Lu Jingxiao, but it was just a box, which didn't prove that the item inside was the badge.
How could she be so stupid?
Without any concrete evidence, she actually tried to frame Chris.
“Miss Iman, it’s not good for you to falsely accuse someone so casually. I wonder if the Iman family can bear the consequences of your false accusation.”
Iman felt very guilty, but she had the Iman family and Chris's old patriarch behind her, so she didn't need to worry or even be afraid.
"Even without evidence, you definitely took the item and gave it to Lu Jingxiao. Guess what you'll do if I tell the old man?"
Chris scoffed, "I can't wait for you to tell me."
"what ever."
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