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Lu Tianqingâs words all came from the moral high ground as if she was an innocent lady while Su Bei was a petty thief.
âSu Bei, do you want to cooperate with me in my investigation, or should we ask the police to deal with it?â Lu Tianqing seemed to be asking for her opinion on the surface, but in fact, her every word was aggressive.
Under such circumstances, even if Su Bei didnât agree, she would still force Su Bei to cooperate.
Before Su Bei could speak, the others said, âI donât think thereâs anything wrong with the arrangement. Su Bei, you should cooperate.â
âExactly. If thereâs a problem, weâll solve it. Letâs not make a bigger fuss out of it.â
Sheng Xiaotang also said, âEveryone is right. Su Bei, since weâve discovered a problem, we canât completely pretend that nothing happened, right? Cooperate with us and weâll figure things out soon.â
Tang Yue also fanned the flames. âSu Bei, if you donât cooperate, you canât blame everyone for being suspicious of you.â
âWhatâs going on here?â said a gentle but authoritative voice. Everyone quickly made way as the presidentâs wife walked toward them.
Lu Tianqing immediately said, âMadam, I lost a bracelet previously and it was secretly sold by someone close to me. Su Beiâs management company might have accidentally bought this bracelet. Itâs probably an unintentional mistake. Therefore, I want to get back the bracelet. Iâll give them as much money as Su Bei and the others bought it for. Iâm sure they were just careless. I naturally canât let them suffer losses.â
âReally?â The presidentâs wife looked at Su Bei and saw the bracelet.
Although Lu Tianqingâs words were especially polite, who couldnât tell what she was implying?
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If Su Bei really wore the bracelet that belonged to Lu Tianqing, it would be a huge scandal if word got out. It would be difficult to make up for it.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Su Bei looked at the presidentâs wife in a neither servile nor overbearing manner. âMy bracelet was given to me by a friend, so I donât know what Miss Lu is talking about.â
Lu Tianqing smiled. âActually, if it werenât for the fact that my parents were the one who gave me this bracelet, I wouldnât mind giving it to Miss Su. But this bracelet means a lot to me. It was originally a pair, but now that thereâs only this one left, the blessings my parents gave me are gone. Therefore, I have no choice but to figure out whatâs going on and take back what belongs to me.â
She knew very well that stirring up trouble on such an occasion was not something the presidentâs wife would like. Besides, she was not the main character of tonightâs dinner party.
But getting the bracelet back was important.
Besides, as long as she proved that the bracelet was hers, the person who would become unfavored by the madam would be Su Bei and not her.
Therefore, since the matter had already started, it had to end with Su Bei.
Since the presidentâs wife was already standing here, she wasnât likely to favor anyone. She said, âIn that case, you wonât mind taking off your bracelets and putting them here so that my people here can see whatâs going on, will you?â
âOf course not.â Lu Tianqing took off her bracelet first and placed it on the soft brocade box held by the person behind the presidentâs wife.
Since Lu Tianqing had already taken it off, Su Bei couldnât refuse.
She took it off too and put it down.