Daddy! Come Home for Dinner!-Chapter 580: Speculation

"Who knows, Ye Fei somehow got her hands on surveillance video from the hotel back then. It clearly shows us dragging her over," Xu Huizhen said, "and the timing matches too."

"Even if we firmly deny it, that surveillance video can’t prove we were taking her to Boss Liu. But the point is, your dad believes it. This isn’t a police case where evidence is crucial."

"Your dad saw it and believed it," Xu Huizhen said.

As long as there’s a connection that ties everything together, you don’t need concrete evidence for each detail like a police case.

It’s enough if Ye Dezhang believes it.

"Because of this, Ye Fei insists that our current life, the money we have now, was all because of her. Because we sold her off for ten million," Xu Huizhen continued.

"So whether I say she should pay us alimony or return the money spent raising her for the past 19 years, or for the house you bought for the family, expecting her to pay half, she refuses. She insists all of this came from selling her."

"Every time I bring it up, she says it’s already included in the ten million we got from her. It’s like she’s already paid for everything," Xu Huizhen was so angry her eyes welled up, "She’s wiping away all your contributions! And pretending to be a victim!"

"But in reality, five years ago, she ran away! She escaped, and Boss Liu didn’t give us any money!"

"Your dad didn’t even think about it, she had already run away, and Boss Liu isn’t a fool, why would he give us money," Xu Huizhen was furious.

"Did she say how she managed to escape five years ago?" Ye Ning asked.

"She did." Xu Huizhen then recounted what Ye Fei said to Ye Ning.

"Hah! I don’t believe it," Ye Ning sneered, "If Boss Liu had seen her, could she have escaped from him?"

"I don’t believe it either." Xu Huizhen thought for a moment and then analyzed, "Besides, she didn’t explain the process at the time."

"She just said she ran away, but never explained how she actually got away from Boss Liu," Xu Huizhen recalled upon Ye Ning’s reminder.

"What exactly happened to her at the time?" Ye Ning was deeply puzzled, "Did Boss Liu ever touch her?"

"Boss Liu insisted confidently that Ye Fei wasn’t there, he never even encountered her," Ye Ning recounted, "But according to Ye Fei, she met Boss Liu."

"So, one of them must be lying," Ye Ning spoke coldly.

"If Boss Liu is lying, it’s another thing if he never touched Ye Fei. But if he did, and still sought you out, then he..." Xu Huizhen suddenly stopped.

Then Boss Liu did it on purpose!

This meant Ye Ning wouldn’t have had to suffer any losses.

Yet she was deceived by Boss Liu!

Not only deceived, but she also bore him a son!

Boss Liu got both sisters, yet only paid for one!

Seeing Ye Ning’s face darkened to the point of murder.

Xu Huizhen didn’t dare to speak up.-

After a while, she tried to comfort Ye Ning: "Actually, I feel there’s more chance that Ye Fei is lying."

"She might not have met Boss Liu at all. Perhaps something unexpected happened, and that’s why Ye Fei wasn’t in Boss Liu’s room," Xu Huizhen speculated.

However, Ye Ning found it even harder to believe that.

The first guess, though revolting, seemed more likely.

Although the first guess disgusted Ye Ning.

It just meant she sacrificed in vain.

But at least, even Ye Fei wouldn’t have escaped.

If one’s reputation is to be tarnished, let it be tarnished together.

Thinking this way comforted Ye Ning a bit.

"She couldn’t have been absent," Ye Ning stated, "Don’t forget, we were the ones who personally took Ye Fei in. Unless she woke up before Boss Liu arrived."

"But with that strong drug, how could she wake up so early?" Ye Ning didn’t believe it.

"Not a single word of Ye Fei’s can I trust. She’s surely lying, just like how she tricked you both to return. There’s no way she could have escaped!" Ye Ning asserted confidently.

"Right, if Boss Liu never saw her, then how would Ye Fei know about the ten million?" Xu Huizhen wondered.

"Either Ye Fei actually met Boss Liu and heard about it from him. Or she was just incredibly lucky to escape," Ye Ning said.

"I believe the first scenario more," Ye Ning stated.

"However, the money in our family, definitely not because of Ye Fei!" Ye Ning declared.

"Exactly!" Xu Huizhen nodded, "That’s for sure."

Ye Ning squinted, fingers tapping on her knee: "If Ye Fei lied. If she was touched by Boss Liu, and it was all for nothing, without getting any benefit."

Xu Huizhen scoffed, "That useless thing, being taken advantage of without knowing to ask for something, taken advantage of for nothing."

Ye Ning ignored Xu Huizhen’s words and continued, "I don’t believe everything would just vanish, making Ye Fei’s past spotless."

"Now she at least has some status. As an internet celebrity, having participated in cooking contests, more and more people recognize her through live broadcasts," Ye Ning said, "If we can find out what happened five years ago, it’d be best to hold evidence in our hands."

"As long as she doesn’t want her past disgrace exposed, she’ll have to behave," Ye Ning said coldly.

"Right!" Xu Huizhen nodded.

"I need to dig deeper into Ye Fei’s information. Earlier, I just skimmed through. I also picked from the videos she’d uploaded recently," Ye Ning said, "I feel the more recent the videos, the better they show her current situation."

"I wanted to understand her current situation through her videos," Ye Ning explained.

"From a video, what can you learn?" Xu Huizhen couldn’t figure it out.

"From the layout in her videos, the things she uses, it all shows something. Plus, when she cooks, there are many close-ups of her hands. I want to see her hands," Ye Ning said.

"Earlier, seeing her fingers with delicate skin, unlike someone in financial trouble. In hardship, constantly working, doing chores, how would there be extra time or money to maintain one’s hands?"

"So when she told you she had no money, I was the first not to buy it."

"Not to mention, the background, kitchenware, cabinets, etc., in the video, all look high quality." Although most of Ye Fei’s shots were localized, it was hard to determine if her kitchen was big.

"But she showed us. Those cabinets were just covered with wallpaper later," Xu Huizhen said, "That indeed is quite amazing, in reality, it looks so shabby, and the wallpaper has bubbles."