"Bai Qianmo, you've gone too far! What did Xi Ruo do to offend you? Why are you trying to kill her?" The one who spoke was the round-faced girl who had been hostile to Bai Qianmo from the beginning.
A middle-aged woman chimed in, "We've watched Xi Ruo grow up. She's been kind and well-behaved since she was little. She especially loves adopting stray cats. When she was little, she would often bring cat food to the park to feed the stray animals. I don't believe someone with such a pure heart would do anything to hurt others."
"Yes, Xi Ruo is the eldest daughter of the Bai family. She grew up in a sweet environment and has never experienced the scheming and infighting that children from ordinary families go through. What doesn't she have? Why would she be jealous of someone of unknown identity?"
Hearing everyone start defending Bai Xiruo, Bai Qianmo spoke calmly.
"Bai Xiruo, you did a very meticulous job arranging this kidnapping. You are good at devising schemes in the shadows and finding scapegoats to help you fight. Man Xueni has already suffered once before, but unfortunately, she was once again successfully used by you for money. If Lei Zi succeeds, I will be arrested by the police as the prime suspect. This is the result you want to see the most, isn't it?"
“If Lei Zi is exposed, you still have another way out, because this kidnapping case is a lie from beginning to end. From the kidnappers to the victims, everyone is a qualified actor. All you have to do is set a trap, wait for me, the only one who doesn’t know the inside story, to fall in, and then close the net.”
Bai Xiruo stared at Bai Qianmo expressionlessly: "Qianmo, if you suspect me, you should at least provide sufficient evidence. You say I bribed Man Xueni with money, but do you have any records of my money transfers?"
Bai Qianmo shook her head: "No."
Bai Xiruo scoffed lightly: "Since you didn't, are you admitting that what you just said was all slander against me?"
Bai Qianmo retorted, "Are you saying that Man Xueni and Lei Zi's conspiracy to kidnap Nie Siqi has nothing to do with you from beginning to end?"
"Of course!" Bai Xiruo replied decisively.
Bai Qianmo's smile deepened as she turned to Man Xueni: "According to Article 239 of my country's Criminal Law: Anyone who kidnaps another person as a hostage shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or have his property confiscated; if the circumstances are less serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years, and shall also be fined. Even if Lei Zi did not harm Nie Siqi, he has already committed the crime of kidnapping and coercion, and he will definitely face at least five years in prison. As the mastermind, even if the circumstances are less serious, Man Xueni will still be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years."
Man Xueni's face showed horror, and she shook her head anxiously: "No, I don't want to go to jail. I'm almost thirty years old. If I go to jail for seven years, I'll be almost forty when I get out. My life will be completely ruined."
Man Xueni suddenly turned her gaze cold and sharp towards Bai Xiruo.
"It was her, she was the mastermind! Officer, Bai Xiruo ordered me to do it. The recording Bai Qianmo just played is real; I recorded it myself. Initially, if Bai Xiruo wanted Bai Qianmo dead, she paid me two million to have Lei Zi drive a car to run over Bai Qianmo. Bai Qianmo was lucky to escape, but Bai Xiruo wasn't satisfied. She thought of Nie Siqi, who liked a man, but that man liked Bai Qianmo. So she planned to frame Bai Qianmo and send her to jail. Officer, I really wasn't the mastermind! Everything I did was at Bai Xiruo's behest!"
"Man Xueni, you're talking nonsense. I never said anything like that, officer. Don't believe her. She's afraid of going to jail, so she's trying to pin the blame on me." Bai Xiruo was starting to panic.
Damn it, she was careless and got tricked by Bai Qianmo.
Man Xueni is now completely in a mad dog-like mode, with only one thought in her mind: she absolutely cannot let the mastermind be convicted, otherwise her life will be completely over.
"Bai Xiruo, don't even think about pinning all the blame on me!"
Han Songyan glared at Man Xueni, her face dark with anger, and rebuked her, "Man Xueni, do you have any shame? Haven't you done enough dirty things? Last time at Weibo Night, you had an affair with a married man, causing a huge uproar and attracting a lot of online abuse. You've done so many bad things, what, now you're afraid of going to jail and want to throw mud at my daughter? Humph! Remember this, as long as I'm here, you won't be able to hurt Xi Ruo."
"I hurt her? Hahaha, that's the funniest joke I've heard all year! Sister Han, do you even know what your own daughter is?"
"Shut up!" Han Songyan grabbed the teacup on the table next to her and smashed it hard against Man Xueni's face.
With a muffled thud, Man Xueni screamed, and then the cup fell to the ground and shattered with a crisp sound.
Man Xueni couldn't dodge in time, and the teacup smashed squarely into the center of her forehead, causing blood to gush out.
"Hehe, Han Songyan, you are truly pathetic. Your own daughter has done so many shameful things, and you were kept in the dark. You say I seduced a married man at Weibo Night? Isn't that all thanks to your daughter? If she hadn't encouraged me to take Bai Qianmo to be defiled by that old bastard Wu Zouyang, would I have been sent to that male dog Wu Zouyang's bed as a substitute?"
Thinking about her life being treated like a rat in the street, a deep resentment welled up in Man Xueni's heart.
Why is it that she is unhappy and is called a slut, a bitch, and a mistress, while Bai Xiruo, the one who started it all, can still pretend to be weak and kind and live comfortably as the eldest daughter of the Bai family every day?
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