Chapter 458: Chapter 457: Infinite Stream Cannon Fodder: Lying Comes at a Price 12

It’s not something she did, so why should she admit it?

Who exactly is lying?

"Tan Sui, do you still dare to deny that you took the family’s money and your mother’s jewelry?" Tan Ruifeng’s voice came down, catching everyone’s attention.

He Qiaomin was about to go up, but the footsteps returned.

The first thing they saw was Tan Ruifeng, holding a mobile phone, a laptop, and some other equipment. They were quite lightweight and compact, but looked quite expensive.

"If you didn’t take it from home, where did you get the money to buy these things?" Tan Ruifeng said.

Facing the accusation, Tan Sui felt very tired. They were all convinced she did it. It’s always been like this. Was there any point in saying anything?

Tan Sui stood blankly behind Tan Ruifeng, not saying a word.

In the eyes of the Tan Family, she simply had no way to argue anymore.

"Tan Sui, I’m giving you one more chance to admit your mistake." Tan Ruifeng said harshly.

Tan Sui lifted her head and stubbornly replied with three words: "I’m not wrong."

Even if they didn’t believe her, she didn’t plan to explain or admit to something like this.

"Fine, fine, Tan Sui, you’re something else, aren’t you? You won’t admit your mistake?" In the next moment, Tan Ruifeng forcefully threw the items from the third floor down to the first floor, causing a loud noise.

The phone and laptop didn’t completely shatter, but they were twisted with broken screens.

No one expected Tan Ruifeng to do such a thing, and the villa immediately fell silent, so quiet that everyone’s breathing could be heard clearly.

Tan Sui looked down from the third floor to the first floor, staring at the items she had worked so hard to save money to buy, her face a picture of despair. Those items were not only things she loved but also her means of escaping from this household, and now they were gone.

"Tomorrow, you will go to the workshop."

"If you don’t go, you can stay at home, you won’t starve. With your sneaky behavior, I’m really scared that if you were let out, one day we’ll get a call from the police station saying you caused trouble outside, and we would have to clean up the mess. Stealing some things from home might just result in scoldings, but who knows what trouble you’ll get into outside." 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

After saying this, Tan Ruifeng turned and left.

Behind him came Tan Sui’s cold voice: "I won’t go, and I won’t stay in this house either."

"Tan Sui!" Tan Ruifeng, in anger, wanted to hit someone, turned back and scolded, "You’re really disobedient, why did you turn out like this?"

But Tan Sui ignored him and looked at everyone on the first floor, asking, "Who exactly took their things?"

"It can’t be Housekeeper Chen." She muttered, and Housekeeper Chen sighed.

"It doesn’t seem like it was Mrs. Zhang or Mrs. Chen either."

"The guests who just came yesterday, of course, it’s not them."

"Tan Yao, was it you?"

Tan Yao quickly shook her head: "Big sister, it wasn’t me."

She looked at the broken items on the floor, her expression somewhat frightened and nervous, wondering if she should have told their parents about the expensive phone her big sister had.

"Was it you, Tan Rui?"

Tan Rui also shook his head: "How could I take Dad and Mom’s things?" After saying this, he hid behind He Qiaomin.

He Qiaomin said, "Tan Sui, don’t scare your younger siblings, they are just so small, what would they do with so much money?" Her face was weary, "How long are you going to keep making trouble?"

"No more trouble, never again," Tan Sui said, and just when He Qiaomin and Tan Ruifeng thought she was about to admit fault, she quickly flipped over the railing on the third floor and jumped down.

"Tan Sui!"

"Tan Sui! What are you doing?"

He Qiaomin and Tan Ruifeng both shouted, their faces filled with horror. Even though Tan Ruifeng rushed over immediately, it was still too late.

Huo Jingchen and his companions didn’t expect this to happen, and although this was a special world, the event before them still had a significant impact on them. Qin Lin exclaimed, and Huo Jingchen quickly pulled her into his arms.

Others also turned their heads away, wondering if there was anything they could do. It seemed not.

Even though Li Chen had spoken up for Tan Sui earlier, it seemed to have had little effect. Who could have guessed that Tan Sui would jump down from the third floor at a time like this?

The villa’s floors are much higher than those in regular residential buildings. Tan Sui had just hurtled straight down, clearly seeking death.

The third floor, while high, wasn’t extraordinarily high; whether she would survive was really up to fate.

Even in a special world, where Tan Sui might not really die, it was still unsettling and left everyone feeling stifled.

Yet everyone waited for a long time but didn’t hear a sound of something hitting the ground.

They quickly turned back to look and in the next moment were stunned.

Tan Sui was not dead, she hadn’t even fallen to the ground; she had been caught, and the person who caught her was unexpectedly.

Tan Sui had thought she was certainly going to die, as she had plunged headfirst with her eyes closed.

Not feeling any pain, discovering she was caught, she opened her eyes and looked in shock at the person in front of her.

This was the third floor; even if she wasn’t heavy, someone on the first floor trying to catch her would be taking a huge risk, possibly even endangering themselves.

"Since you’ve already died once, why not spend some time finding the real thief, how about that?"

Tan Sui finally came back to her senses, quickly standing straight, then checked on Ah Chen, awkwardly asked: "Are you okay?"

"You’re polite and kind, not someone who would steal. Can you tell me how you got these items? Did you secretly learn computer skills and become a hacker online?" Ah Chen asked eagerly.

Tan Sui’s face turned red, and she shook her head while wringing her hands: "No, no, there wasn’t an opportunity to learn those things, and I don’t know if I have the talent, I just play some games, initially helping people play, then editing videos for traffic, planning to do live streams when I’m older." After finishing, she realized she had just revealed all her secrets, with her shoulders slumped, but she didn’t blame Ah Chen.

This was the only person who believed in her and thought she might be a hacker.

After the shock and moments of danger passed, as Tan Ruifeng and He Qiaomin, initially storming over in anger to scold Tan Sui, heard these words and paused.

"These things can be researched if they’re true, with a bit of time," Ah Chen said, "Brother Tan, Sister He, if there’s a theft at home, you can choose to call the police. With their capability, they can quickly investigate and find out. This sort of thing requires evidence; it’s not based on who you think did it. If every case were judged this way, imagine how many wrong convictions there would be."

Tan Ruifeng, somewhat resentfully, said, "That girl speaks so unclear, never saying anything when asked. If she had spoken up earlier, none of this would have happened. She even thought of taking her own life, how ungrateful."

The bit of hope that had appeared in Tan Sui’s eyes vanished as she lowered her head again.

See, even if it’s clarified that she didn’t do it, in their eyes, she is still the one who fails to meet expectations, the one despised.