Chapter 416 Produce Evidence
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Chapter 416 Produce Evidence
"Dad, you mustn't fall for her tricks!" Chi Baixuan said quickly, his words reasonable. "She's trying to ruin my sister's birthday party, she's doing this on purpose."
Mr. Chi's face remained serious: "What do you mean?"
“Tonight is my sister’s birthday party. If the police come, the people downstairs will definitely be curious about what happened,” Chi Jing, who hadn’t spoken until now, stepped forward and said. “At that time, it’s inevitable that some people will gossip.”
"Not only that, but my sister's birthday will also be affected." Chi Baixuan said as if he was really considering Chi Qian's well-being. "Jiang Ruan just wants my sister's birthday party to become the talk of the town in Haicheng."
Each of them said one sentence.
It was as if everything I had just said was true.
“I don’t mind.” Chi Qian stood next to Jiang Ruan, lazily tossing her hair. “Let’s call the police.”
"Sister, have you thought this through?" Chi Baixuan's clenched palms were covered in cold sweat. "Once the police arrive, your birthday party will definitely be the talk of the town among the other socialites and heiresses in Haicheng."
Chi Qian: "It doesn't matter."
Chi Baixuan gritted his teeth.
After much consideration, Chi Jing said to her father with a worried expression, "This is not just about my sister, but also about the entire Chi family."
“No matter who it involves, we have to call the police.” Seeing the expressions on the faces of the brother and sister, Mrs. Tao knew that this was what Jiang Ruan had said. “The damaged dresses inside are worth tens of millions of yuan. We can’t just let this go.”
"Then let's call the police after the banquet," Chi Baixuan suggested as a compromise. "Before the police arrive, have someone keep watch over this place and prevent anyone from entering."
After saying that, he looked at Jiang Ruan with a calm expression and said, word by word, "Especially Jiang Ruan's people."
"There's no need for all that trouble." Jiang Ruan took a step forward.
All eyes turned to her.
Jiang Ruan opened the photo album on her phone, opened the most recent video, and handed it to Chi Qian: "I took a video, which clearly shows Chi Baixuan and Chi Jing cutting the dress."
Chi Baixuan's face turned pale!
Chi Jing's brows and eyes betrayed her undisguised panic.
"Take a look." Chi Qian handed the video to her father. "Your good son and good daughter."
Watching the two people in the video cutting up the dress with fierce expressions, Mr. Chi frowned almost imperceptibly, making his already serious face even colder and more oppressive.
He fixed his gaze on Chi Baixuan and Chi Jing, and said in a deep voice, "Do you have anything to say?"
"This is..." Before Chi Baixuan could finish saying the word "framed," he heard Chi Qian say the rest of the sentence.
“I advise you to tell the truth.” Chi Qian glanced around the room, her tone still calm. “Besides the video Jiang Ruan has, there are surveillance cameras in this room.”
"Impossible!" Chi Baixuan blurted out instinctively.
Chi Qian raised an eyebrow slightly: "So sure, did you check it beforehand?"
Chi Baixuan froze instantly.
Chi Qian said, "Did you see the hidden cameras next to the chandelier and in the decorations in the four corners?"
These words were spoken.
Chi Baixuan and Chi Jing subconsciously looked up.
My heart sank to the bottom at that moment.
"Look at what these two have done!" Madam Tao's face was as dark as it could possibly be. It was going too far for these two illegitimate sons to bully her daughter like this. "I told you not to bring them back, but you insisted."
Chi's father did not look well.
He didn't care how the children fought.
If he couldn't even win the power struggle within his own family, he would find it impossible to move an inch outside. But he didn't expect these two to act so thoughtlessly, using such low-level methods that they were discovered.
"You'll have to pay for your own expenses for the next year," Mr. Chi said, his eyes filled with nothing but seriousness. "You'll only be able to restore your previous treatment once the compensation for Chi Qian's dress is paid."
"Dad!" Chi Baixuan was unhappy with this decision.
Chi's father glanced at him.
Chi Baixuan immediately became obedient.
"I'll have a few more dresses sent over later, just in case." Chi's father looked at Chi Qian, then turned his gaze to Jiang Ruan. "Thank you for tonight."
"I'm just glad you don't mind me meddling." Jiang Ruan said politely.
"We are so grateful to you for discovering the potential danger for Qianqian, how could we possibly blame you?" Mr. Chi remained calm and spoke politely. "If you have time, come to our house with Qianqian."
"I'll definitely come to visit when I have time," Jiang Ruan said casually.
After nodding slightly, Chi's father left with Madam Tao.
In an instant, only Jiang Ruan and the others remained on the scene.
"Aren't you leaving yet? I'll have someone drag you away." Chi Qian's gaze fell on Chi Baixuan and Chi Jing. Her tone was calm, but it carried an unspoken sense of power.
Chi Baixuan glared at Jiang Ruan and left with Chi Jing.
Considering that Jiang Ruan and Chi Qian had something to talk about, Mo Mo and Tang Bai also left.
Not long after.
Only Jiang Ruan and Chi Qian were present.
Thinking about what had just happened, Jiang Ruan leaned against the dressing table and looked at Chi Qian in front of the dress, asking with a question in her mind, "Is this the end of it?"
"Mm." Chi Qian nodded.
Jiang Ruan frowned almost imperceptibly between her brows.
He deliberately ruined a birthday party and cut up more than ten dresses, but all he got was a deduction from his expenses for the following year, without even an apology.
"That's how it is in my family." Chi Qian stopped caring about the dresses after seeing that there was no way to salvage them. "My dad doesn't think that Chi Baixuan and Chi Jing are doing anything wrong to me. He just thinks their methods are too low."
Jiang Ruan: "???"
Chi Qian said naturally, "He allows the four of us to fight amongst ourselves, as long as no one dies or we make a big fool of ourselves, it doesn't matter."
"No wonder." Jiang Ruan suddenly thought of what was going on below.
"What?" Chi Qian stopped and asked.
“When I went downstairs to knock on your door, your father glanced in my direction out of the corner of his eye,” Jiang Ruan said. “At the time, I thought he was nearsighted and couldn’t see me clearly, but now I think he was just pretending not to see me.”
“He’s testing our relationship by letting you hear those things on purpose.” Chi Qian knew her father’s purpose from her words. “He wants to see if you’ll fall out with me after hearing it.”
Jiang Ruan couldn't quite describe her feelings.
Since Huo Zhizhou brought Su Anran back, she thought she had seen a lot of human nature, but this was the first time she had seen someone like Chi Qian's father.
"Aren't you his daughter?"
“It’s his daughter, but more importantly, it’s about his own interests.” Chi Qian had a clear understanding of this, so she was neither angry nor emotional. “As long as no one dies, interests always come first.”
Jiang Ruan said what was on her mind: "You've taken very good care of yourself."
The father only cared about profit.
Although Mom cares, she doesn't have much say in the family.
In this environment, Ike Shallow was not influenced by her parents and grew up to be an extremely emotionally stable person. She is truly remarkable.
"It's not that I've taken good care of myself," Chi Qian revealed a secret others didn't know. "It's that Chi Yuan has taken good care of me."
Jiang Ruan was somewhat surprised.
A warm feeling flashed in Chi Qian's eyes: "Although that guy has a sharp tongue, he has been very good to me since we were young. He deserves half the credit for my current mindset."