Truth and Deception, Illusion and Reality. Night.
Thick clouds blanketed the sky like a vast gray curtain, and the air was heavy and oppressive.
Small Garden.
"I'm completely disappointed in this world." Chai Wei's face looked ashen in the dim light.
"Why? Why? I clearly bought a real ring, so why did it break?" Chai Wei's voice was filled with indignation.
Originally, he had expected Pang Jiao to be expelled and himself to get his ring back. But now, neither goal had been achieved.
Pang Jiao had received only probationary punishment.
His heart bled for that three-thousand-yuan ring!
Qiang Li sat on the bench and listened. Even if Chai Wei turned against the whole world, he would still stand by Chai Wei's side. Whatever Chai Wei's character, he had never harmed him. They were true friends.
Qiang Li analyzed rationally, "This is hard to deal with. The main problem is that nobody knows at what point the ring was swapped. I heard the class discussing several possibilities."
"The first is that the jewelry store switched it, and you bought a fake."
Chai Wei declared, "Impossible. The store I bought it from is a renowned gold shop in Yuzhou. Lots of people buy all three of their wedding gold pieces there. Their quality is guaranteed."
"Besides, their shop has surveillance cameras throughout. They'd never take such a huge risk over one gold ring!"
Just as he finished speaking, a call came in.
Chai Wei quickly answered it. After responding a few times, he put down his phone and said,
"The police called. They checked the footage. There's no problem—the ring I bought was a gold ring!"
Qiang Li said, "The second possibility people are discussing is that someone else swapped the ring. Pang Jiao, for example, or someone else. By the