HLnovel Chapter 460
Chapter 460
Si's Father and Zhang Cuimei, whose face was half swollen, both looked rather displeased.They had originally intended to use money to keep this group of people tight-lipped.
Who knew it would turn out like this? Not only did they fail to keep them quiet, but the men had confessed everything on their own before the police even asked.
However, besides looking awful, Si's Father's expression also held a trace of something strange.
Only Zhang Cuimei was cursing furiously.
Her husband had found these people; initially, she had merely given them money to get the job done.
Because of her husband's caution, Zhang Cuimei hadn't suspected anything, but she never expected the situation to escalate like this.
Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly saw Si Nian and Zhou Yueshen walk in.
The moment they saw the two enter, the couple was stunned.
"Niannian?" Si's Father stared at Si Nian in astonishment.
"Didn't you go to Jing City for university?"
He was startled when he noticed Si Nian's belly.
Zhang Cuimei's face turned even uglier. She had said that a cowardly and helpless family like the Lins would never dare to sue the Si family.
So it was Si Nian and Zhou Yueshen pulling the strings.
In the past, when these two were here, they had always opposed them.
Whether it was her daughter or herself, they had never won a single time.
Seeing the two of them return now, how could Zhang Cuimei not understand?
With a dark expression, she demanded, "Was it you? Did you make the Lin family send us a lawyer's letter?"
Si Nian couldn't be bothered to pretend with her and said, "Yes, it was me."
Zhang Cuimei shot up to her feet. "Well, aren't you something! You ungrateful wretch, you heartless thing! It was bad enough that you caused our Sisi to go to jail back then, and now you want to ruin us as a couple."
"As expected, no one in the Lin family is any good. First, they took advantage of Sisi's soft heart to get money from her, and now they turn around and bite us back. Does your Lin family have any conscience left?!"
Zhang Cuimei's eyes were red with fury as she cursed.
Si Nian wasn't angry; she said calmly, "Auntie, it seems you really don't understand your own daughter."
"What do you mean?"
"Your daughter stole three thousand yuan in bride price from the Lin family, saddling them with massive debt, and she never thought of helping them in the slightest. Why would you think that the current her would be willing to give the Lin family money?"
"Bah! What are you pretending for? Wasn't it you who made Sisi steal those two thousand yuan from her father?"
Captain Li interrupted her, saying, "Comrade Zhang, regarding this sum of money, we have already found out the reason. According to what Comrade Lin Sisi herself explained, she took those two thousand yuan to help a good friend in an emergency. She just happened to encounter Comrade Lin who was in a car accident, so she gave it to them first. It was not demanded by the Lin family."
"Furthermore, the Lin family had someone return this money to you in full the very next day. If they were really using Lin Sisi to swindle money out of you two, why would they return the money at such a critical moment, causing you to misunderstand, and then take a beating? Do you think they are idiots?"
Zhang Cuimei choked on her words.
"No, impossible. This must be an act. Sisi gave them three thousand before, so how do you explain that three thousand?"
"My parents only received these two thousand; they never received any three thousand yuan."
Si Nian frowned. So Lin Sisi had also taken three thousand.
No wonder the Si family went crazy, even to the point of getting physical.
This Lin Sisi really spent money like water. She had stolen three thousand yuan in bride price from her family before without changing her expression or feeling any guilt.
Then she turned around and took five thousand yuan from the Si family.
It had only been a little over two years since she came back, right?
To be honest, Si Nian was starting to not understand what Lin Sisi was trying to do.
"Who knows if they received it or not? Would they admit it if they did?" Zhang Cuimei scoffed coldly.
"You even made our Sisi say it was stolen by someone. Maybe this time, saying she was helping a friend was also nonsense you made her spout. Only your Lin family could come up with such a lame excuse."
"Mom, stop talking," Lin Sisi suddenly walked in from outside.
She looked awful, wearing an expression of unspoken suffering.
As if she were holding something back.
"Sisi, you came at the right time. Tell them, did the Lin family secretly ask you for money?"
Lin Sisi lowered her eyes and said with a complicated expression, "Mom, it was all my own wishful thinking. It has nothing to do with the Lin family. Let's just let this matter go, okay? At worst, at worst I'll go work part-time in the future and pay all the money back to you."
"No matter what, the Lin family raised me for eighteen years. I don't want to fall out with them like this."
As she spoke, she began to sob sadly, as if she had truly suffered a great injury.
Seeing her daughter's pale face and helpless tone, Zhang Cuimei flew into a rage, convinced that the Lin family was secretly using the fact that they had raised her for eighteen years to threaten her.
Trembling with anger, she shouted, "Did you hear that? This is how the Lin family threatens my daughter. They take the money and still make her speak up for them. It's too hateful! Exploiting a girl's kindness like this, has their conscience been eaten by dogs?"
Si Nian couldn't be bothered to deal with her. Looking at Lin Sisi, she said, "Lin Sisi, didn't you say this money was for your friend's emergency? How did it suddenly become for my parents? Do you not know how to speak, or are you confused? Your words aren't adding up. We aren't your mother; crying a couple of times won't make us feel sorry for you."
"What more do you want? Just how much pain do you have to inflict on our Sisi before you let her go?" Zhang Cuimei glared fiercely.
Si Nian said indifferently, "Auntie, when she stole the three thousand yuan, you said the exact same thing to me, and you felt sorry for her just like this. But what was the result? No matter how much she pretends, isn't she still a thief?"
Zhang Cuimei's face turned pale and green from the retort.
These words were practically rubbing salt in her wounds.
Lin Sisi's face also twisted slightly.
"Whether she's lying or not, wouldn't we know if we just invite her friend over and ask?"
Si Nian said calmly.
Lin Sisi silently lowered her head, biting her lip. "Yes, I lied. I was just worried that my parents would blame the Lin family, so I lied. I just didn't want my adoptive parents to be dragged down because of me..."
"Sister Niannian, if you want to blame someone, blame me. It has nothing to do with my parents; it's all my fault alone."
Lin Sisi stepped forward, acting as if she were willing to bear all the consequences.
Seeing this made Zhang Cuimei's heart ache.
She was just about to start cursing again, but remembering Si Nian's words that no matter how much Lin Sisi pretended, she was still a thief, she hesitated.
At this moment, the expression on her daughter's face was exactly the same as when she was caught back then. In that one second of hesitation, Captain Li spoke up. "Who says there isn't such a person? Our men who were following Comrade Lin Sisi found out that she has been frequently running to a certain place lately, and today she even spoke with a woman."
Lin Sisi's face instantly turned pale.
She... she was being followed?
And she had absolutely no idea?
She remembered how Captain Li had easily let her leave yesterday, thinking it was because the other party had no evidence and thus couldn't say much.
She never expected that they were actually plotting against her.
Lin Sisi looked awful, barely able to conceal the panic in her eyes.
At this moment, she wasn't panicking about the lie.
But about another, much more important matter.
If this blew up, that child...
However, before she could even open her mouth, Captain Li interjected, "We've brought the person here. Let's all hear what Comrade Liu Dongdong has to say, shall we?"