Chapter 106 Frame-up
"Gu Hongqi, my brother said he has something to do. Don't you understand what he's saying?"
Ye Wanwan had never liked Gu Hongqi's way of dealing with people, and seeing her clinging to her brother today made her even more unhappy. Her brother had already said he was leaving, but this woman's necklace had disappeared.
It was obvious that they deliberately kept Ye Qiming.
"But... my necklace is very important to me. It's an heirloom from my family. Although it's not worth much, it's very meaningful."
Gu Hongqi's eyes were red as she looked at Ye Qiming expectantly, "Lawyer Ye, could you please help me find it?"
Ye Qiming let out a long breath and then nodded.
He hated to see girls cry. Although the woman in front of him obviously had ulterior motives, she was Ye Wangshu's friend after all.
If he can help, he is willing to help.
Ye Wangshu's shop was not big, and it didn't take long for them to search the place where Gu Hongqi had just been, but they found nothing.
While Gu Hongqi was looking for the necklace, he kept deliberately getting closer to Ye Qiming.
"Gu Hongqi, are you sure you're wearing a necklace today? You're already wearing a scarf, so why are you wearing a necklace?"
Ye Wanwan was very displeased when she saw Gu Hongqi constantly moving closer to her brother.
"And you can't stand up straight because you have no bones? Why do you keep getting close to my brother? Even though the times are more open now, you can't just get close to every man you see!"
Ye Wanwan was unhappy and her words were unpleasant, but once she started, it was difficult to stop.
No one expected Ye Wanwan to suddenly attack, and they all stood there in a daze, which gave Ye Wanwan the opportunity to continue her attack.
"Gu Hongqi, can you please have some shame? We haven't seen you wearing the necklace. Maybe you're just lying to get along with my brother!"
"Someone like you still wants to seduce my brother, why don't you look in the mirror and see if you are worthy of him!"
Ye Wanwan's words were too much. Gu Hongqi's eyes turned red and instantly filled with tears.
"I saw Sister Gu wearing the necklace." Zhou Xiaohong wasn't familiar with Ye Wanwan, but she liked Gu Hongqi very much.
Hearing Ye Wanwan talking about Gu Hongqi like this, he instantly felt a hint of displeasure towards Ye Wanwan.
"Xiaohong, I knew you believed me." Gu Hongqi was very moved and saved Zhou Xiaohong, then stuffed the necklace he had been hiding in his hand into the bag Zhou Xiaohong was carrying.
Ye Wangshu had been paying special attention to Gu Hongqi's movements, so he naturally saw her actions clearly.
Her heart tightened, and she began to seek help from the system.
The space assistant has now recognized the identity of his system. As soon as Ye Wangshu asked him for help, he immediately transferred the necklace to Gu Hongqi's bag.
[Beep—The system requires energy to operate, and the host's experience has been deducted. The host needs to work hard to earn money so that the system can continuously provide energy for the host.]
Ye Wangshu's lips curled slightly, then he clapped his hands, "Since I saw Sister Hong's necklace, then Sister Hong must have been wearing it. Maybe it was taken to another place while she was walking around. Let's look for it carefully."
Gu Hongqi felt relieved when he saw Ye Wangshu speaking up for him.
Everyone searched for a long time, but still couldn't find the necklace, and they couldn't help but feel discouraged.
"Xiaohong, you're not saying that just because you like her!"
"I didn't see it, I really saw it."
Zhou Xiaohong looked at Ye Wanwan with a determined gaze, then walked over to Gu Hongqi. "Sister Gu, I really saw your necklace. It's a pearl necklace, right? It's very beautiful."
Gu Hongqi was shocked and then swallowed.
When she went out, she looked at herself wearing the pearl necklace and felt uncomfortable no matter how she looked at it, so she tied a silk scarf around her neck.
Logically speaking, no one should have seen it.
Could it be that Zhou Xiaohong just realized that it was herself who took the necklace?
The more Gu Hongqi thought about it, the more frightened he became. He then looked at Zhou Xiaohong sternly, "Xiaohong, you're the only one who had physical contact with me today."
Zhou Xiaohong looked at Gu Hongqi's sudden change of expression, and froze in place for a moment, then nodded dully.
"And you can tell that I'm wearing a pearl necklace, so...Xiaohong, did you steal my necklace?"
"Sister Gu, how could I possibly steal your pearl necklace?"
After hearing what Gu Hongqi said, Zhou Xiaohong felt a sudden surge of sadness in her heart, and then she looked to Ye Wangshu for help with a pleading look on her face.
Even though he had personally seen Gu Hongqi put the pearl necklace on his younger sister, Ye Wangshu still found it hard to believe that Gu Hongqi would actually wrongly accuse Zhou Xiaohong.
"Sister Hong, I believe my younger sister wouldn't do such a thing. Furthermore, you have no evidence, yet you accuse her of taking your necklace. Have you ever considered how much harm this will cause her?"
If he didn't have a system, Zhou Xiaohong would be caught red-handed.
Catching someone red-handed without having done anything wrong is extremely traumatic for a teenage girl.
Ye Wangshu experienced this when he was a child.
Fortunately, the orphanage where she stayed had good facilities, and the camera clearly captured that she was being framed.
But even so, she still felt uncomfortable for a long time.
"But who else would steal my pearl necklace besides her? Lawyer Ye and Miss Ye would definitely not be interested in my worthless necklace. Even you, Ye Wangshu, have the money to buy this store, so you probably wouldn't do that."
Gu Hongqi looked at Zhou Xiaohong with sharp eyes, and Zhou Xiaohong hid behind Ye Wangshu in fear.
"I can't think of anyone else except this little girl."
"Really?" Ye Wangshu's eyes darkened slightly, and then he looked at Gu Hongqi very persistently, "There's another possibility that you didn't tell me, or that you deliberately framed me, or even that this thing is still on you."
"Ye Wangshu, I treat you as a sister, and you're slandering me like this? My pearl necklace must be with Zhou Xiaohong!"
Gu Hongqi's tone was very firm. Ye Wangshu couldn't help but sneer, then raised his head and looked at Gu Hongqi, "Do you dare to make a bet with me?"
"What's the bet?"
Seeing Ye Wangshu's confident expression, Gu Hongqi hesitated for a moment. Then, remembering that he had put the pearl necklace into Zhou Xiaohong's bag himself, he raised his chin.
"Let's make a bet. I don't think you'll cry until you see the coffin!"
"Since you agreed, I'll make the bet." Ye Wangshu paused, then looked at the store which had become a mess due to the rummaging.
"If this pearl necklace were in my little sister's possession, I would compensate you tenfold. If it were in your possession... my shop has been turned into this mess, you must also compensate me tenfold! And since you wronged my little sister, you must compensate her as well."
"Okay, that's it."
Gu Hongqi felt that he was foolproof and was very proud of himself.
She had said before that the necklace was an heirloom, and even if it wasn't expensive, its value was indeed not low.
When the time comes, I will get ten times the compensation and I can get a lot of money.
"Let's search Zhou Xiaohong first! My pearl necklace must be on Zhou Xiaohong."
Gu Hongqi's certainty that the necklace was on Zhou Xiaohong aroused Ye Qiming's suspicion.
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