Xing Zhaozhao narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at Gao Mingcheng: "Asleep?"
Gao Mingcheng shuddered, instinctively straightened his back, and quickly shook his head: "No, I'm fast asleep, I haven't even taken off my clothes. If you don't believe me, you can go and check the bed." He paused, then added, "I'm not someone else."
Gao Hongfei: "..." He was just standing there quietly, not bothering anyone. Why would anyone want to implicate him?
"Then..." Xing Zhaozhao turned to look at Aunt Ling curiously. What was that thing she photographed?
Aunt Ling retorted, “Anyway, I took pictures of them lying together. As for whether they slept together or not, or what the truth is, who cares? They will only believe what they see with their own eyes. When it gets out, we will be the victims. Those with nothing to lose are not afraid of those wearing shoes. The only ones affected will be your Gao family. You will be condemned by everyone, and your illustrious General Gao will be the one who is ruined.”
Xing Zhaozhao looked at Gao Mingcheng speechlessly: "You've been fooled so easily? The renowned General Gao?"
Gao Mingcheng touched his nose somewhat awkwardly and said, "Actually, if you hadn't come, I would have already solved it."
"Yes, and then you can continue to keep it from me," Xing Zhaozhao said coldly, her face expressionless.
"I just didn't want you to worry about it," Gao Mingcheng explained.
Xing Zhaozhao snorted coldly.
Gao Mingcheng quickly admitted his mistake: "I was wrong."
Xing Zhaozhao's expression softened slightly.
She turned to look at the Ling family members and decisively said, "Let's call the police."
The Ling family members all looked at Xing Zhaozhao in disbelief. Even Ling Shuang couldn't help but show a surprised expression when she looked at Xing Zhaozhao. On the other hand, the Gao family members remained calm and composed, as if they had nothing to hide and were not afraid of being investigated.
Aunt Ling couldn't believe it. She took out her phone, which had recorded the video, and held it up high, as if afraid Xing Zhaozhao wouldn't see it: "Aren't you afraid I'll upload the video I just recorded to the internet?"
Xing Zhaozhao darted forward and snatched the phone. Thinking of opening it to watch the short videos stored inside, she found that it required fingerprint unlocking, so she pulled Aunt Ling's finger over and pressed it.
The series of bizarre actions left not only the Ling family but also the Gao family dumbfounded.
Aunt Ling panicked when she saw this: "Zhen, quickly grab my phone back!"
Ling Zhen responded with an "Oh," and immediately pounced on Xing Zhaozhao aggressively.
Xing Zhaozhao kicked the person away.
"Ah Zhen?" Aunt Ling exclaimed in surprise, rushing over to hug Ling Zhen, who was dizzy and disoriented from the fall. She glared angrily at Xing Zhaozhao, who was fiddling with her phone, thinking she wanted to delete the video. She threatened, "Don't think you can get away with deleting the video from my phone. I've also uploaded it to a cloud drive online. You can't delete it."
Ling Yongde and Uncle Ling looked at Aunt Ling speechlessly: "..." Would it kill them to say less?
Xing Zhaozhao didn't understand: "What is a cloud storage?"
"I know." Gao Lianzhou immediately ran over eagerly, went to Xing Zhaozhao's side, and helped her delete the short video that had already been uploaded to the cloud drive.
"Oh, I see." Xing Zhaozhao was stunned, and praised her great-grandson without reservation, "Our Lianzhou is amazing."
"Of course." Gao Lianzhou proudly puffed out her little chest; it's just that she didn't have a tail, otherwise it would have been sticking up too.
"Let's delete everything on your phone too. I'm just worried it might not be completely removed and could be recovered. Maybe we should just do a factory reset," Gao Lianzhou continued to suggest to Xing Zhaozhao.
Xing Zhaozhao shook her head, disagreeing: "No, we need to keep this as evidence."
"Evidence?" Gao Lianzhou looked at Xing Zhaozhao in confusion. Evidence of her great-grandfather's crimes?
Xing Zhaozhao saw through Gao Lianzhou's little intentions and smiled as she patted his head: "Evidence of a false accusation."
As she spoke, she looked at Ling Yongde, whose face was ashen: "If you want to use this kind of thing to control our Mingcheng, don't you use your pig brain to think? If he could be so easily controlled by you, would he still be the famous General Gao?"
"However, the fact that you're in such a hurry to use such crude methods to try and control our Mingcheng shows that you're really anxious. What exactly are you so anxious about?" Xing Zhaozhao tilted her head, looking at Ling Yongde thoughtfully.
His thoughts had been exposed, and Ling Yongde's heart skipped a beat, but his face remained cold and aloof: "I don't know what you're talking about?"
Xing Zhaozhao turned to Gao Mingcheng and asked, "How's the investigation into that human trafficking case going?"
The Gao family members looked at Xing Zhaozhao with surprise. A human trafficking case? The one that's been making headlines in Qingxi Town lately? Why bring that up all of a sudden?
Not to mention the Gao family, even the Ling family looked at Xing Zhaozhao with bewildered expressions, not understanding why she suddenly brought this up.
Ling Yongde's heart pounded even harder. Although he still tried to keep a straight face and didn't show any abnormality, his hands, which were originally resting comfortably on his lap, had unconsciously clenched tightly.
"We're still investigating," Gao Mingcheng said, glancing casually at Ling Yongde. "This time, no matter how well some people hide, we'll dig them out."
Almost everyone present noticed Gao Mingcheng's glance at Ling Yongde, their faces showing astonishment, and their hearts skipped a beat. Could it be...?
"Is it that human trafficking case that's been making headlines in Qingxi Town lately?" Ling Shuang asked Xing Zhaozhao urgently. "What's the connection between it and Grandpa..." She paused, glanced at Ling Yongde, nervously swallowed, and changed her words, "What's our relationship?"
Xing Zhaozhao smiled and looked at Ling Yongde, speaking frankly for her, "You'll have to ask your old man about that."
Ling Yongde stared at Xing Zhaozhao with a sullen face and a dark look in his eyes: "Don't make false accusations. I can sue you for defamation."
The Ling family members finally realized what was going on.
“That’s right, you have no evidence, don’t talk nonsense. Dad would never do such a heinous thing,” Aunt Ling said.
Ling Yongde: "..." He couldn't tell for a moment whether she was speaking up for him or scolding him.
"Yes, is there any evidence?" Ling Shuang asked with concern. Although the old man's actions were indeed... but... is it really possible?
Hearing them all asking about evidence, Ling Yongde's heart, which had been pounding with anxiety, suddenly relaxed. He then asked, "Yes, do you have any evidence?" He certainly didn't. He had already stopped, and he had cleaned up all the mess he needed to clean up. If it weren't for those damn cops who refused to close the case even though they had already found nothing, always trying to dig up something more, he wouldn't have been so worried, trying to keep Gao Mingcheng under control for any eventuality.
Xing Zhaozhao shook her head: "I have no evidence."
Ling Yongde laughed triumphantly.
“But I know where to find witnesses,” Xing Zhaozhao continued.
The smile that had just bloomed on Ling Yongde's face instantly froze.
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