Su Jin thought to herself: If you're going to call for reinforcements, then I'll go and call one too. It'll save me time and effort.
Then, right under Zhao Haifeng and Zhao Qiyuan's noses, Su Jin quickly found Zheng Lin's location and ran over.
Zheng Lin was still wondering why he couldn't sit at the same table as his wife. His face was tense. Just as he was about to send a message to Xiao Jin, he saw the person he missed running towards him.
His arm was tugged.
"Come with me, cooperate with me." Su Jin pulled him to the spot they had just been in.
The four people are facing each other.
“Since a dispute has arisen, we must find a notary to judge it for us.” Su Jin gestured to Zheng Lin standing beside her and said, “Young Master Zheng, you have no objections to upholding justice, right?”
She didn't want to give them time to answer, so she answered directly, "If there are no objections, then let's begin."
Having already suffered a setback, Zhao Haifeng dared not provoke his second cousin again.
"I don't know what happened, sister-in-law, would you like to tell me first?" Zheng Lin's voice was full of danger as soon as he spoke.
Zheng Lin usually protected Su Jin so much that Zhao Qiyuan didn't dare to walk into the line of fire and didn't dare to say a word.
“My sister-in-law borrowed the jewelry that Dad gave me and wore it for a few days. I was afraid that Dad would be unhappy if he found out, so I’m discussing it with my sister-in-law.”
Su Jin didn't directly accuse Zhao Qiyuan of stealing the jewelry, thus saving her some face.
Zheng Lin coldly asked Zhao Qiyuan, "Is that so, sister-in-law?"
Having been given a way out, Zhao Qiyuan readily accepted and nodded, "Yes. That's right. I liked it so much that I wanted to wear it for a few more days. It was my fault, and I apologize to my sister-in-law."
Sister-in-law? Zhao Haifeng was utterly shocked when he heard this address.
Su Jin is now his second cousin's wife!
The generational ranking is actually getting higher and higher!
Sure enough, this woman climbed into her second cousin's bed.
He was right not to acknowledge Su Jin as his sister-in-law back then. Only a noble and pure woman like Bai Qingchi was worthy of being his sister-in-law!
Zhao Haifeng was extremely unwilling, and when he thought about how he had said so many bad things about Su Jin earlier, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
"Second Uncle, I have to go now." Zhao Haifeng quickly backed down, knowing it would be too late if his second uncle remembered his earlier bad words and came to make trouble for him.
If you're going to leave, you should do it as soon as possible.
Zheng Lin looked coldly at his troublesome cousin. Now that he had no regard for his status, he was quite interested in getting to the bottom of this.
My nephew wants to leave, but it won't be that easy.
“Our Zheng family values family traditions the most, and we have strict rules and regulations regarding etiquette and hierarchy.” Zheng Lin disregarded the occasion and suddenly shouted, “Kneel down!”
Zhao Haifeng: "......"
"Why are you making me kneel?" Zhao Haifeng was still standing.
Zheng Lin's eyes turned fierce, staring at Zhao Haifeng with a chilling look.
Zheng Lin: "You have shown contempt for your elders. Just for that one point, it's not enough to just make you kneel; even breaking one of your legs would be justified."
He was accused of disrespecting his elders, which was seen as insulting his second cousin, Su Jin.
In terms of seniority, Su Jin has become Zhao Haifeng's elder.
Zhao Haifeng couldn't bear to kneel down; it would be so embarrassing in such a grand setting. "I'll go to the Zheng family tomorrow to accept my punishment in person, but here, Second Uncle, can you please give me even a little bit of face?"
Zheng Lin scoffed, "Face isn't given by others; it's earned by yourself."
He paused, then said, "If you don't kneel today, you will no longer be a relative of the Zheng family, unless you want to sever ties with the Zheng family."
Zhao Haifeng suddenly felt hatred for Zhao Qiyuan. If she hadn't come to him for help, he wouldn't be facing trouble from his second cousin now.
He'll lose face, and he'll drag someone down with him.
He pointed at Zhao Qiyuan and said to Zheng Lin, "She clearly stole those jewels herself. Her case is more serious than mine. She is also a member of the Zheng family."
There was no need for further words; everyone knew what he wanted to do: drag Zhao Qiyuan down with him.
A cornered dog will jump over a wall; these two from the Zhao family, in their desperation, resorted to dog-eat-dog tactics.
Accused by her own people, Zhao Qiyuan shook her head in fear: "No, it's not like that. I didn't steal it, I borrowed it."
Zheng Lin: "Really?"
Zhao Qiyuan insisted, "It couldn't have been stolen. I wouldn't do something like that."
Su Jin crossed her arms, not expecting to witness another good show. She had initially harbored some goodwill and wanted to leave Zhao Qiyuan a way out, only wanting to teach her a small lesson.
Who knew that Zhao Haifeng, an expert who specializes in sabotaging his own team, would suddenly appear out of nowhere.
"Second Uncle, although Zhao Qiyuan has married into the Zheng family, we shouldn't treat her differently because of that. We are all members of the Zhao family, and we shouldn't condone her behavior like this."
Zhao Haifeng continued to drag Zhao Qiyuan into the mess, even showing Zheng Lin photos on his phone, saying, "This is the best proof; she even posted them on her WeChat Moments."
She blocked the Zheng family from seeing this post on WeChat Moments because she was afraid others would think she was materialistic.
Zhao Qiyuan hurriedly explained, "That only means that my sister-in-law lent me the item, and I liked it so I posted it on my WeChat Moments. It doesn't mean I stole it."
“Yes, it can’t be proven. Don’t be anxious then,” Zhao Haifeng pulled out the chat history again and confronted Zhao Qiyuan, saying, “That day you came up with this method and even sent me pictures asking if I had similar jewelry. I didn’t know what you were trying to do and thought you just wanted to find a substitute. In the end, I was the one who sent you the link to that set of fake jewelry.”
After reading the chat history on his phone, Zheng Lin showed it to Su Jin.
The chat history was a dense mass of black text, along with several images, which were indeed as Zhao Haifeng had described.
Actually, these proofs aren't necessary. If Su Jin really wants to kill Zhao Qiyuan, she still has the room's video recording.
Because she felt insecure, she had secretly installed a pinhole camera in her room.
Faced with such irrefutable evidence, Zhao Qiyuan was speechless.
Zhao Haifeng finally managed to drag someone down with him, and he actually laughed, "Then let's all kneel together."
He grabbed Zhao Qiyuan's arm and pulled her down hard, trying to make her kneel down first.
Su Jin reached out and stopped Zhao Qiyuan, supporting her other arm, and scolded Zhao Haifeng: "She's pregnant. Even if she's wrong, it's up to me to investigate. You kneel down, don't drag a pregnant woman down with you."
Zhao Qiyuan looked up at Su Jin with tears in her eyes.
What is Su Jin acting up now?
Even as she thought this, tears still streamed down her face.
At this moment, amidst the clinking of glasses and the merriment of conversations at each table, no one knew what the four of them were saying together, and few people even glanced at them.
"Zhao Haifeng," Zheng Lin said fiercely, "Kneel down! Don't make me say it a third time!"
The scapegoat he was about to take advantage of had all slipped away. Zhao Haifeng clenched his fist and knelt down.
Zheng Lin saw that he was kneeling before him, "The one who made you kneel is your second cousin's wife."
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