A series of questions, like a barrage of cannonballs, bombarded Zhong Chengren.
Zhong Chengren was a little confused by the question. He opened his mouth and was about to make up something based on what Meng Wanshu had said before.
"I think," Song Xingzhi's cold voice sounded again, slowly and steadily, "why not ask them separately? Let each of them tell their own story, so that everyone can hear and see who is lying and who is hiding something."
As soon as these words came out, Zhong Chengren's heart skipped a beat, as if someone had grabbed it tightly!
Ask them separately? Wouldn't that expose the truth immediately?!
Meng Wanshu's face turned pale and she looked at Zhong Chengren as if asking for help.
But she was also quick to react. Before Zhong Chengren could open his mouth, she spoke first, "I... I met Comrade Zhong half a year ago! It was when he came to our grain and oil station to buy oil! Back then... we had a small misunderstanding and argued a bit! Later, the misunderstanding was resolved, and after a few interactions, we just... became ordinary friends."
Upon hearing this, Zhong Chengren quickly nodded in agreement as if he had grabbed a lifeline. "Right, right, right! That's exactly what happened! Comrade Meng thought I was a good person and trustworthy, so he asked me to help him with this!"
"Oh?" Zhang Chunxue's lips curled up in a cold, sarcastic tone. "Buying oil half a year ago? Zhong Chengren, tell me, when did my family buy oil half a year ago? I personally handle all the oil, salt, sauce, and vinegar in our house. Who did you buy this oil for?"
Her voice suddenly rose, carrying a compelling aura: "Could it be that you, Zhong Chengren, have another family outside of ours?!"
"I..." Zhong Chengren's forehead was sweating and his eyes began to avoid when he was asked this question.
How could he forget that it was his mother who had always been in charge of household affairs. She knew exactly whether the oil was bought half a year ago!
He could only bite the bullet and forcefully say, "No... I didn't buy it for my family! I... I brought it for a friend of mine!"
"Friend?" Zhang Chunxue stepped closer, her eyes piercing his innermost being. "Which friend? What's their name? Where do you live? What do you do?"
"Mom!" Zhong Chengren was forced to retreat step by step by Zhang Chunxue's aggressive posture, and the veins on his face were bulging.
He finally couldn't help it and roared, "Why are you so aggressive? You are interrogating a prisoner! I am your son, not a prisoner!"
"Prisoner?" Zhang Chunxue sneered, her eyes filled with disappointment and contempt. "You're having an extramarital affair and ruining our family's reputation. In my heart, you're no different from a prisoner!"
"I didn't!" Zhong Chengren's face flushed, and he loudly defended himself, "Why don't you believe me?"
"Believe you?" Zhang Chunxue's voice was cold. "What kind of rotten person are you? As your mother, I know better than anyone else!"
"I don't care if you stole or robbed this money, or borrowed it from some scoundrel, to buy her a gold necklace!"
"But I, Zhang Chunxue, will never stand by and watch you squander our Zhong family's money on these shady vixens out there!"
"Since both of you are so stubborn and refuse to admit it," Zhang Chunxue said in a clear and firm voice, looking around at the crowd of onlookers, "then there's nothing more to say. Just report it to the police!"
"What?!" Meng Wanshu exclaimed, her face as pale as paper.
Zhong Chengren was also shocked and looked at his mother in disbelief.
Zhang Chunxue looked at the two of them in panic and sneered even more in her heart.
"Comrade Public Security, we will find out your relationship and the origin of this gold necklace will naturally come to light."
"So, are you two going to take the necklace off and give it back to me now, or are you going to wait until the police get involved and investigate, and then embarrass yourself completely?"
Zhong Chengren's face flushed crimson, the veins on his neck bulged, and he practically yelled, "Mom! I'm your biological son!"
Zhang Chunxue was extremely heartbroken when she saw his unrepentant look.
"My son?" She sneered, her voice devoid of warmth. "My son is capable of such a beastly act, worse than pigs and dogs?"
"Your wife gave birth to your child, and Yuanyuan, who was just four months old, was crying out for food, but you ignored her!"
"Mingli has been so exhausted from taking care of the child that she has become ill. As a husband and a father, you don't even have a single kind word to say to her!"
"Now, look what you did. I don't know where you got the money from, but you're just wasting your time buying a gold necklace for that vixen out there! Zhong Chengren, you really are my 'good' son!"
After saying this, she didn't even look at Zhong Chengren, but turned directly to Song Xingzhi, her tone becoming more serious: "Secretary Song, please go to the Public Security Bureau right now and report the case for me."
Song Xingzhi nodded without hesitation, "Don't worry, Sister Chunxue. I'm quite familiar with Director Wang of the Public Security Bureau. I'll definitely ask him for help in this matter and get to the bottom of it."
As soon as these words were spoken, Zhong Chengren and Meng Wanshu's faces turned even paler than before!
Zhong Chengren was really panicked.
His mother's posture doesn't look like he's trying to scare people at all!
If he really reported it to the police, and with Song Xingzhi adding fuel to the fire... no, if he reported it truthfully, wouldn't this trivial matter between him and Meng Wanshu be thoroughly investigated?
Meng Wanshu was even more frightened. As someone who worked at a grain and oil station, she was most afraid of this kind of work style!
Seeing Song Xingzhi about to leave, Zhong Chengren could no longer care about anything else. He rushed forward and grabbed Song Xingzhi's arm tightly: "Clerk Song! Clerk Song! Wait! Wait!"
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