Chapter 457: Chapter 456: Infinite World Cannon Fodder: Lies Come at a Price 11

"Tan Sui! How dare you even ask what happened?" Tan Ruifeng suddenly shouted, "Do you think you could do something like this without us finding out?"

"I’m asking you, did you take the family money and your mother’s jewelry?"

Tan Sui frowned. Why would she take their stuff? She really had no interest in it.

"No." She said coldly, "I didn’t take your things."

"Didn’t take it?" Tan Ruifeng laughed angrily, "Then where did that phone worth over ten thousand come from? I was originally going to give you a chance to admit your mistake, but you still refuse to confess. Tan Sui, I really didn’t teach you well. It’s one thing to hang out with those hooligans, but now you’ve learned to steal and deny it. Sometimes I really doubt whether you are really Qiao Min and my daughter. Neither He Qiaomin nor I are like you. Who on earth did you learn this from?"

"Tan Sui, I’ll give you one more chance. Admit your mistake today, write a letter of guarantee, and then follow my arrangement to train in the workshop for two years. Depending on your performance, you might still be able to go back to school."

Tan Sui stubbornly said, "I didn’t take it."

From the current situation, no matter what she said, they wouldn’t believe her. But she wouldn’t admit to such a theft, because she really hadn’t taken anything.

Who took the money and jewelry? Tan Sui’s cold eyes scanned the people present.

When she glanced at Ah Chen and the others, her gaze was brief and did not linger. It couldn’t be these guests. These people were dressed in fine clothes and didn’t seem like ordinary people who would steal from them.

Who exactly was it? She didn’t know; the family had quite a few people.

"Why do you just assume it was me who took it? Do you have any evidence proving it was me?" she asked.

"Evidence, you want evidence, huh?" Tan Ruifeng’s face turned crimson with anger. He stood up, rushed toward Tan Sui, grabbing her shoulders and dragging her to the third floor, "Since you want evidence, then I will take you to find it."

Tan Ruifeng was very strong, and Tan Sui really couldn’t break free.

She only struggled a little before stopping and letting Tan Ruifeng drag her away. She lightly bit her lip, wondering if they had already decided she took it.

She thought of the things in her room that weren’t bought by them but were bought with her own money, which had nothing to do with them.

But in their eyes, she must have stolen the family money to buy these things.

Suddenly, Tan Sui didn’t want to say anything more.

If they really didn’t want to care for her because of this, if they were going to kick her out, then fine, she would leave. As for where to go, she hadn’t thought it through; she had originally thought she had at least another year, but now plans couldn’t keep up with changes.

This house couldn’t accommodate her.

It never could from the start.

Although it was large, spacious, and beautiful, and she really liked it when she first saw it, filled with anticipation, everything was different once she actually moved in.

This is not her home.

She has no home.

She never had one from the moment she was born.

Huo Jingchen and Qin Lin exchanged glances and both shook their heads.

As bystanders, although they knew Tan Sui didn’t seem like the type to take family money, they didn’t dare intervene. They had just come in, and the question of whether they could leave safely was already a concern, so why take the risk of complicating matters?

Besides, they couldn’t interfere with such matters. It was a family issue, after all. Offending the family could get them kicked out, and who knows what would happen then.

They didn’t think that getting out of this villa meant they could live in peace.

"Sister He, is it possible that this wasn’t Tan Sui’s doing?" At that moment, Ah Chen spoke up, "A child who steals should indeed be disciplined, but unjustly accusing a child isn’t good either."

Nobody expected that Ah Chen would speak up at this moment.

Huo Jingchen and the others looked at her, even with a bit of criticism in their eyes for her taking such a risk.

Wei Yao actually wanted to say something, but remembering how he suffered several times before, he held his tongue. In the presence of the villa owner, he better not say anything, he didn’t want to be kicked out. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

Normally, choosing not to interfere isn’t wrong. Ah Chen dared to speak because she implicitly knew she wouldn’t get in trouble, no need to be overly cautious.

She spoke up partly due to the earlier conversation between Xiao Pan and Bai Chao, partly because of the look in Tan Sui’s eyes, and partly out of curiosity about what outcome a different choice from the norm would bring.

She was somewhat curious about this world.

Although it’s filled with risks, the counterpart seemed to abide by certain rules, appearing to want to grow steadily.

Wei Wenlan held Ah Chen’s arm worriedly. Actually, if they were outside, facing such a situation, she would want to persuade a little too. She hadn’t spoken out due to fear of implicating everyone; after all, they were now a team, and personal actions had to be cautious.

But Ah Chen spoke up.

Ah Chen gently patted her arm, glanced over at the others, and said softly, "It’s okay."

Her two questions wouldn’t trigger any rules, and the family wasn’t going to kick anyone out over them.

Ah Chen’s words clearly startled He Qiaomin for a moment. Frowning, she asked, "If it wasn’t her, who else could it be? Could she casually buy a phone worth ten thousand?"

"Why not?" Ah Chen countered, "What if she can earn her own money?"

He Qiaomin instinctively replied, "How is that possible?"

"Why not? Does Sister He really know Tan Sui well? Perhaps in your eyes, she’s not good at studying and hangs out all day, but there might be other talents she has. You can’t just assume she took the family money because she used something decent."

Already dragged to the third floor, Tan Sui upon hearing this suddenly looked back, her once dull eyes now full of hope, staring at Ah Chen.

Someone actually believed her?

Even though she seemed so bad, why would anyone still believe her?

Tan Sui, who had vowed inside never to shed a tear in front of them again, had red-rimmed eyes filled with tears.

Someone actually believed her.

Those words filled her mind as Tan Sui stumbled from Tan Ruifeng’s pull, immediately pulling her back to reality.

Someone believed her, but they still wouldn’t believe.

Whenever something bad happened in this house, they immediately thought it was her.

Why was it this way?

When the ornament in the living room broke, it had nothing to do with her.

The carpet being cut was also unrelated to her.

The flowers blooming nicely in the garden, picked and scattered everywhere, were not her doing.

Even though they didn’t pursue these matters, saying to forget about it, they still assumed she did it, though she clearly hadn’t.

They felt she was lying, refusing to admit, a bad child.