The two were arguing fiercely, neither willing to give in.
Meanwhile, Zhong Lingling, who caused the incident, felt increasingly guilty, even though the money she had kept in the cabinet was indeed gone.
But hearing so many people testify for Yang Wanqiu just now shows that Yang Wanqiu really didn't stay in her room for very long.
And just as Yang Wanqiu said, although their houses were next to each other, they basically had no contact with each other. Yang Wanqiu really couldn't have known where he kept the money, so it was impossible for him to steal the money in such a short time without Wang Wenfang, who shared the house with him, finding out.
Then, recalling who had stayed in her room last night and Wang Wenfang's reaction when Yang Wanqiu said she was going to find the brigade leader, Zhong Lingling understood everything.
While inwardly blaming Wang Wenfang for being an ingrate—since she had been so good to her, yet Wang Wenfang still stole her money—Zhong Lingling also blamed herself for being too impulsive, which had led to the current unmanageable situation.
She should have asked Wang Wenfang first, since Wang Wenfang has a criminal record.
I remember it was during my second year of high school when Wang Wenfang secretly took a classmate's pen. Later, although the classmate knew that Wang Wenfang had taken the pen, the classmate's family was well-off, while the classmate who lost the pen came from a very poor family.
So in the end, the student not only didn't get her pen back, but was also falsely accused by Wang Wenfang of wanting to extort money from her because she coveted the pen.
Because the pen was bought by the student herself by collecting and selling recyclables, and her parents didn't know about it, and no one believed that Wang Wenfang, whose family was so well-off, would steal a pen, Wang Wenfang got away with it without any consequences. On the contrary, the student who lost the pen was criticized by the teacher and was ostracized and expelled from school for falsely accusing her classmate.
Only she knew that the pen really belonged to that classmate, because she happened to see it when she bought the pen.
At that time, she was already dating Wang Wenqi, so when that classmate asked her to testify for him, she refused in order not to offend Wang Wenfang. To this day, she still feels guilty and sorry for that classmate.
But who would have thought that the same thing would happen again today, only this time it's even bigger, and now she's in a difficult situation.
If she were to say now that she didn't lose any money, wouldn't that confirm that she had wronged Yang Wanqiu? In that case, not only would her own reputation be damaged, but Shu Ning might also be implicated.
But if the investigation continues and it turns out that Wenfang took the money, then Wang Wenfang's reputation will be ruined.
This is something she doesn't want to see either. Regardless of Wang Wenfang's character, she is still Wenqi's sister. If her reputation is ruined, not to mention whether Wenqi will be implicated, he will probably blame her.
For a moment, Zhong Lingling really didn't know what to do, so while everyone's attention was focused on Chen Shuning and Yang Wanqiu, she quickly tiptoed and whispered in Wang Wenqi's ear, "Brother Wenqi, do you think Wenfang might have taken that money?"
However, Zhong Lingling underestimated the extent to which Wang Wenqi doted on his younger sister. Upon hearing this, Wang Wenqi did not suspect his obedient and sensible sister of stealing money at all; instead, he began to suspect Zhong Lingling.
Wang Wenqi stared at Zhong Lingling with displeasure and said coldly, "Lingling, what do you mean by that? How could you suspect Wenfang? I think you should think about it again. Did you put the money somewhere else and forget about it? After all, you're usually absent-minded and often forget where you put things."
Wang Wenqi was present the whole time, so he naturally knew what had happened. He was there when Zhong Lingling went to get the money in the morning, and he was also there when she discovered the money was gone. Although he also felt that Lingling couldn't have forgotten where she put so much money, he still couldn't believe that his sister would steal money.
However, Zhong Lingling interpreted Wang Wenqi's words as a sign that he didn't believe her. Already upset about losing money, Zhong Lingling couldn't take it anymore and immediately frowned.
He stopped speaking in a low voice and turned to Wang Wenfang, who had been standing outside the crowd, demanding, "Wenfang, I'm asking you one more time, did you see the money I put in the cabinet?"
Seeing that things were getting out of hand, Wang Wenfang was already scared and regretful. Because Zhong Lingling never hid the money from her, she always knew where Zhong Lingling kept the money.
She had no worries about food and drink, so she never thought about touching that money.
Yesterday, she overheard Gu Xinyi talking about breaking up with Gao Hongyuan again. She remembered that when the two broke up last time, Tian Mi was able to eat with Gao Hongyuan for several days because she had money.
If she has money this time, could she take the opportunity to get closer to Gao Hongyuan? Although she can't have dinner with her brother and Zhong Lingling like Tian Mi did.
But she could buy something for Brother Gao. Just then, she remembered that a few days ago, Brother Gao had been staring at the watch on the soldier's wrist for a long time. So Wang Wenfang thought of buying a watch for Gao Hongyuan, which is how she came up with the idea of getting money from Zhong Lingling.
Moreover, ever since she was sent to the countryside, her brother, who used to love her the most, has scolded her more than once because of Zhong Lingling. He even made Zhong Lingling anxious by taking her money.
It was precisely because of this idea that Wang Wenfang took all the money and tickets at once, which led Zhong Lingling to initially have no suspicion of Wang Wenfang and to believe that the money had been stolen by an outsider.
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