Chapter 107: The truth is revealed, Zheng Jiaojiao loses face
Liu Ye slowly sat back on the sofa. After a long silence, she suddenly said, "Hu Hongyan won't give up easily."
Yan Ye looked calm, and simply responded, "Let her do whatever she wants."
After hearing this, Liu Ye's mood gradually calmed down.
She frowned slightly, thought for a moment, then looked up at Zheng Jiaojiao and asked softly, "Wang Hao's case this time involves human trafficking. I heard that a couple in the hospital gave you a banner, saying that it was because you helped find their child?"
This sudden inquiry about the banner made Zheng Jiaojiao's mind go blank.
The banner should not have belonged to her in the first place. She didn't know which careless person had left it behind, so she got lucky and got it.
She bit her lower lip tightly, and before she could speak, Yan Shuli beside her was impatient and answered for her: "Yes, that's true. If that's the case, Jiaojiao also played a big role in helping my uncle solve the case."
As soon as Yan Shuli said this, Zheng Jiaojiao's face instantly became extremely ugly.
She was keenly aware of Yan Ye's gaze, which seemed real, causing her hands to tremble slightly and her scalp to go numb.
Thinking back to when she pretended to receive the banner, she was full of pride and never expected that the incident of Liu Ye would be brought up again today.
Yan Ye's gaze lingered on Zheng Jiaojiao for a moment. His dark eyes seemed to see through all the secrets deep in her heart, making Zheng Jiaojiao feel uneasy and like a thorn in her back.
Yan Ye already had a rough idea of the truth of the matter in his heart. The banner and the credit that belonged to Xu Xiaoyue were impersonated by the woman in front of him. Not only that, she must have been proud of the banner during this period of time.
Otherwise, Liu Ye and Yan Shuli would not know it so clearly.
So what about Xu Xiaoyue?
Either he knows it but is too lazy to care, or he is being kept in the dark.
Yan Ye just thought about it, his brows darkened and his face became terribly cold.
Whether the result was the former or the latter, he could not tolerate it.
Even if her things are unwanted, she will not allow others to defile them.
"The silk banner involving this incident was actually obtained by a close friend of mine, but I don't know how it ended up in the hands of Comrade Zheng."
The man's voice became colder and colder, echoing in the silent room. Zheng Jiaojiao's body trembled violently. She opened her mouth, and her throat was blocked and painful.
As soon as the voice fell, the eyes of several people in the room fell on Zheng Jiaojiao. Yan Shuli was surprised and said, "Uncle, is there any misunderstanding here?"
Liu Ye also subconsciously found it unbelievable. How could such a thing be fake? "Xiao Ye, I've seen that banner before, how come it became your friend's..."
The more surprised the two people's voices sounded, the more pale Zheng Jiaojiao's face became. She wished she could crawl into the ground, and she hated Yan Ye's friend in her heart.
Yan Ye saw what the woman was thinking at a glance and sneered. The reason why he did not mention Xu Xiaoyue's name directly was because he was afraid that this person would hold a grudge.
"That's strange. My friend is the only kind-hearted person recorded in the Public Security Bureau's files. How come there is an extra banner?"
"It doesn't matter if there are too many banners. I'm just worried that there will be trouble. I'll contact the Public Security Bureau when the time comes..."
"don't want."
Zheng Jiaojiao hurriedly interrupted the man. The woman closed her eyes, as if she had made some important decision: "That silk banner is not mine."
After saying this, Zheng Jiaojiao seemed to have lost all her strength. She staggered and leaned against the cabinet behind her.
Yan Shuli's reaction was greater than Zheng Jiaojiao's. When he heard her confession, his eyes widened instantly. The muscles on his face twitched twice and then became even stiffer.
His impression of Zheng Jiaojiao has always been that of a kind and gentle little girl who would silently help others behind the scenes.
When he brought the banner in, Zheng Jiaojiao never said from beginning to end that it was not hers.
He would not even doubt that there was anything wrong with this. He took it for granted that the banner was an honor belonging to her and even publicized it at home.
When Yan Shuli thought about his stupid behavior these days, he felt so embarrassed that he wanted to humiliate himself.
Liu Ye was the first one to accept it. She didn't say anything but her heart sank.
Zheng Jiaojiao was in tears at this moment. She didn't feel regretful. Instead, she felt that it was all Yan Ye's fault for speaking out and tearing the veil, making everyone lose face.
"Yes, I'm sorry. It's all my fault for being obsessed. I knew my aunt didn't like me at that time, so I thought... if I could do something good, maybe people would look at me differently."
Zheng Jiaojiao was sobbing as she spoke, looking very pitiful.
But this time, no one felt sorry for her anymore.
It's not just the banner, she's passing off other people's achievements as her own. She would do such a thing just to change everyone's opinion of her.
Liu Ye still remembers when she brought Zheng Jiaojiao up, the girl hid behind her mother and looked at her timidly.
When she arrived at the Yan family, she was also careful to please everyone in the family.
Liu Ye felt sorry for her for being sensible too early and it was not easy to live under someone else's roof, so she never asked her to do too much.
But she didn't expect that the innocent girl would become like this now.
Liu Ye didn't dare to think about how to explain to Zheng Jiaojiao's parents. A good girl cut her wrists and learned to lie when she came to the city.
Zheng Jiaojiao cried and spoke a lot of words in a weak voice, but no one around her spoke to her.
Yan Shuli's expression went from shock to fatigue, his head was buzzing, and he had become numb to the crying sounds in his ears. He even felt a little irritated, as if he had completely lost his patience with Zheng Jiaojiao.
Yan Ye watched coldly. Even at this time, Zheng Jiaojiao still wanted to put all the blame on the Yan family, thinking that it was Liu Ye's cold and indifferent attitude towards her that caused all this.
He saw hypocrisy in women's eyes.
Yan Ye thought of Xu Xiaoyue unconsciously again. Even Zheng Jiaojiao knew that she had to compete for favor and make the Yan family pay attention to her, but that silly girl seemed to have no idea how to plan for herself.
Such a big thing can be kept in one's heart without saying a word.
Yan Ye would rather she fight and snatch, than be like today, where his things were snatched away and he remained as lukewarm as spring water without any emotion.
It is said that the crying child gets the candy, and this saying is true no matter where you apply it. Maybe it’s not that she doesn’t fight for it, but she knows that it’s useless even if she fights for it.
No one is born sensible. The reason they don't cry or make a fuss is simply because they know that no one will feel sorry for them if they cry or make a fuss.
Yan Ye inappropriately recalled the words he had heard under the big locust tree. His heart felt as if it had been stabbed by a needle, and a dull and dense pain came from the bottom of his heart.
Mother Wang was watching from the side. It was really hard to comment on the host's behavior, but her impression of Zheng Jiaojiao was even worse. She had long felt that this little girl was not honest. She knew that Yan Shuli and Xu Xiaoyue were engaged, but she insisted on staying with Yan Shuli every day.
Are all the men in this world dead? A girl of such age doesn't even know how to avoid suspicion.
Now this trouble has happened again. Fortunately, the owner of the banner is Mr. Yan’s friend, otherwise he would come to ask for it, which would be extremely embarrassing.
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