Zhu Xiaoling looked at her smiling face and her heart sank suddenly. Could it be that she had been discovered stealing the skirt?
This is impossible. She did it so secretly and her skirt was hidden so well. There is no way she would be exposed!
"I...I didn't steal anything."
Even now, Zhu Xiaoling still refuses to admit it.
"I contributed to the making of the dress, and I also received a share of the bounty. Why would I risk stealing it? You must have misunderstood!"
Zhu Xiaoling squeezed out a few tears.
Village Chief Wu said seriously, "Whether it's a misunderstanding or not, we'll find out after searching."
After that, he directed the others to search the entire yard carefully.
Zhu Xiaoling suddenly became agitated at this moment: "No, I don't agree to you searching my house! What if something is lost?"
Xu Xingchen said calmly: "Then I'll pay for it."
"Village chief, you don't have to worry about anything. Just search it. The skirt should be in her house."
Xu Xingchen didn't say the exact location because he didn't want Zhu Xiaoling to find an opportunity to bite back. Just as Jun Haoyue said, it would be better to let the witnesses see the evidence with their own eyes than to let the parties involved confront each other.
She and Jun Haoyue just need to wait for good news at the door.
Village chief Wu and his men began to search every corner of the house.
Jun Haoyue and Xu Xingchen stared at Zhu Xiaoling.
When the time came, this person still held on to a lucky mentality and kept yelling at the village chief, saying that he was innocent and that all this was framed by Xu Xingchen.
Xu Xingchen, who was suddenly called out, showed a helpless expression: "You're just a stubborn person. I'm talking about people like you."
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