In the end, all I could do was stomp my feet and mutter, "That's just how unruly the collateral branches are."
Ying Ning rolled her eyes. It was the same old thing over and over again, nothing new at all. Anyone who didn't know better would think the whole family was old-fashioned.
Ying Ning reached out Lin Tingyue's hand. " Sister Tingyue, let's go. Let's ignore her."
[Who's the one who broke the rules? Did you secretly take Ningning's necklace?]
Chapter 79
Ying Ning paused in her steps.
She turned around, her deep eyes fixed on Ying Qingyan.
Ying Qingyan a little guilty. Why was she looking at me like that? Had she discovered something?
That's impossible. Ying Ning hasn't even gone back to her room yet, how could she know the necklace is missing?
Thinking of this, Ying Qingyan managed to calm herself down.
Ying Ning gradually approached Ying Qingyan, crossing her arms as she asked, " Ying Qingyan, is there something you're hiding from me?"
Ying Qingyan dared not look Ying Ning in the eye, and stammered, "What could I possibly be hiding from you?"
She practically had the word "thief" written all over her face!
Ying Ning agreed; this person's mental fortitude was too poor.
Seeing that Ying Ning wasn't going to continue, Ying Qingyan grew bolder, " Ying Ning, don't think that just because this is your home you can do this!"
Ying Ning was taken aback, then laughed in exasperation, her delicate face completely expressionless. "What do you mean?"
Ying Qingyan was stunned by Ying Ning's sudden change of attitude, her lips trembling as she couldn't utter a single word.
Lin Tingyue continued scrolling through her phone.
[Actually Ying Qingyan had her eye on Ningning's necklace the day she arrived. She asked Ningning's parents for it, but they said it was Ningning 'Ningning own thing and Ningning had to make her own decision. Of course, Ningning wouldn't give it up; it was a gift from her parents for her seventeenth birthday.]
[Upon being suddenly rejected, Ying Qingyan was furious. Today Mr. Ying's birthday party, and when she came to the second floor, she noticed that Ningning's door wasn't properly closed, so she hatched a wicked plan!]
Although Ying Ning was angry, she noticed something important.
Was it just stolen?
Isn't that necklace still on Ying Qingyan?
Ying Qingyan is a very flamboyant person. She had been eyeing that necklace for a while, and now that she had it, wouldn't she wear it and flaunt it in public?
It seemed she knew that she had obtained it through improper means, so Ying Ning glanced over and didn't find the necklace on her.
However, she didn't think Ying Qingyan would hide the necklace well, but she also didn't have the right to search her.
Just then, Ying Ning noticed that Ying Qingyan's collar was pulled up very high, as if she was deliberately trying to cover something up.
Seeing that Ying Ning was staring at her collar, Ying Qingyan raised her hand to straighten it. She glared at him and said, " Ying Ning, what exactly do you want? Do you believe I'll tell your uncle and aunt? I'm going right now!"
[The necklace was right around Ying Qingyan's neck, how dare she complain?]
Lin Tingyue was shocked. Could this be considered the ultimate level of "the thief crying 'stop thief'"?
Ying Ning originally intended to pull the necklace off directly, but she was a step too slow. By the time she realized what was happening, Ying Qingyan had already run far away.
Ying Ning immediately chose to follow, and Lin Tingyue Ying Ning with her.
Ying Qingyan originally wanted to go back to her room, but she found Ying Ning and her friend right behind her. Ying Qingyan gritted her teeth and went straight to her mother's side.
Ying Qingyan's mother, Qiu Yiwen, saw her daughter like this, she felt that her daughter had been wronged. Apart from those ignorant relatives, who would dare to make her daughter suffer?
Qiu Yiwen lowered her voice and asked, "My dear daughter, did Ying Ning bully you?"
Ying Qingyan nodded with tears in her eyes. Just then, Ying Ning and Lin Tingyue arrived. Ying Qingyan hid behind Qiu Yiwen and shrank back.
Qiu Yiwen was furious!
She stopped Ying Ning with a cold expression, "What are you doing?"
Before Ying Ning could speak, she slammed a huge accusation on her. "Is this how you treat your guests? We traveled all the way from City C to attend Ying An's birthday party, just for a junior's birthday, and we've shown such sincerity. And what do you do? You openly bully my daughter!"
Ying Ning: "?"
The fist hardened.
I'll say it again: who's bullying whom here?
Qiu Yiwen's voice was quite loud, attracting the attention of many people. Not far away, Ying Ning's mother, Gu Shaohua, her father Ying Leyou, and Ying Qingyan's father Ying Leshui, also heard it.
Quick Transmigration
We passed through the banquet hall and arrived here.
Gu Shaohua immediately understood; it was another case of family members causing trouble. Gu Shaohua really wanted to kick these people out.
Suppressing her anger, Gu Shaohua asked, "What happened?"
Qiu Yiwen snorted coldly, "You still have the nerve to ask? Your precious daughter bullied our Qingyan."
Gu Shaohua instinctively denied it. "Impossible, Ningning wouldn't bully Qingyan."
Qiu Yiwen exploded, "Are you saying I'm lying?"
Gu Shaohua said coldly, "I didn't say that. What I meant was, let's find out the truth first."
Ying Leshui also told Qiu Yiwen not to make things too ugly, so as not to delay the later matters. Besides, today Ying An's birthday party, and the people attending are all important figures. They are unfamiliar with City A, and these are all good connections that can be developed.
Qiu Yiwen had no choice but to agree.
The group, including Lin Tingyue, went to the lounge. At the entrance of the lounge, Lin Tingyue met Ying An, who had rushed over.
In the lounge, Gu Shaohua looked at Ying Ning, Ying Ning said, "It's like this, my cousin really liked my necklace last time, so I was thinking of wrapping it up and giving it to her today, but it's gone. Cousin, I'm so sorry."
Ying Ning sincerely apologized.
Gu Shaohua went to see Ying Leyou, and neither of them believed that their daughter would give away the necklace. If not, then they were setting a trap?
All three members of her family are here; who is she trying to trick?
Ying Qingyan asked incredulously, "You're going to give me the necklace?"
"Yes, cousin, it's all my fault for being so immature before, but it's too late now."
After Ying Ning finished speaking, she looked very sad.
"It's not too late, it's not too late."
Ying Qingyan pulled the necklace out of her collar and said triumphantly, "Look, the necklace is with me now."
" Qingyan!" Qiu Yiwen screamed, wishing she could snatch the necklace from Ying Qingyan's hand and hide it immediately.
Ying Ning said the necklace was missing, but now that her daughter has brought it out, doesn't that just prove her daughter is the thief?
Ying Qingyan looked at Qiu Yiwen. What's wrong with her mother?
Ying Ning took the necklace and said coldly, "Taking something without asking is stealing, cousin. Don't you understand this?"
What does it mean to steal without asking? Ying Qingyan only knew that the necklace she was about to get had flown away. "Didn't you say you were going to give it to me? You two-faced liar!"
Ying Ning remained unmoved. "Even a liar is better than a thief like you."
"Who are you calling a thief? My parents said that everything belonging to your collateral branches belongs to our main family. Don't even mention a necklace, this entire villa should be ours!"
Ying Qingyan became more and more confident as she spoke, and she held out her hand to Ying Ning, "Give it to me!"
Ying Ning ignored her completely and put the necklace directly into her shirt pocket.
Ying Qingyan was furious, "You, you all... you'll regret it when you're in trouble!"
" Qingyan!"
This time, not only Qiu Yiwen, but Ying Leshui was also angry.
He quickly looked at Ying Leyou and said, "Brother, it's all my fault for not raising my daughter well. Please don't take it to heart."
Ying Qingyan was startled by Ying Leshui's gaze. She felt a little wronged; why could her parents say it, but she couldn't?
I thought this whole thing was over, but--
[ Ying Qingyan's parents did indeed teach her this way; not only did they teach her this way, they also set an example for Ying Qingyan through their own actions.]
What?
Ying Leyou and Gu Shaohua exchanged a glance. Ying Qingyan had stolen Ying Ning's necklace, and since Qiu Yiwen and Ying Leshui had done the same... had they also stolen something from the Ying Family?
This time, the main family came under the pretext of Ying An's birthday party, but in reality, they wanted to develop in City A. In fact, Ying Leyou had long since stopped caring about the main family and its branches, and had become less and less connected with the main family in recent years.
However, since they share the same surname, Ying Leyou promised to use his connections to help them and to do his best to facilitate the cooperation.
But Ying Leshui was not satisfied. Ying Leyou then realized that they wanted him to set up the company for them, so that they could sit back and collect money.
There's no such thing as a free lunch; good things don't just fall from the sky.
Ying Leyou's attitude suddenly turned cold, and he even reminded Ying Leshui that the main family's development in City C was not very good, and if they continued to be so arrogant, their future development would probably be even more difficult.
Ying Leyou was offering kind advice, but when it came to Ying Leshui, it came across as sarcastic and unfriendly.
If it weren't for... he would have stormed off long ago.
[Hmm... Ying Leshui is collaborating with a rival company of the Ying Family, promising to steal the Ying Family's secrets.]
How could someone do something like this? Ying Leyou clenched his fists.
[However, Ying Leshui failed, but he had many recordings of Uncle Ying's phone calls.]
Ying Leyou said, "Call the police!"
The sudden, forceful shout startled Ying Leshui, who quickly replied with a forced smile, "There's no need to call the police."
Gu Shaohua also said, "We must call the police."
Lin Tingyue didn't go to the police station. She sang a birthday song for Ying An, offered her birthday wishes, and then left.
But the events of that day continued to unfold, even making the news the following day.
Lin Tingyue glanced at the document with Lin Rusong and learned that Ying Leshui had been detained for stealing trade secrets. No well-known companies in City A would cooperate with them; who would dare work with someone who smiles and laughs in public but steals secrets behind the scenes?