Zhao Zifeng and I were cornered in the lounge by a group of people.
The reason was quite ridiculous.
Cheng Rui claimed that she had lost a diamond bracelet in the washroom. She had left it on the sink while washing her hands, and at that time, only Zhao Zifeng had entered.
Cheng Rui said she didn't want to make a big deal out of it, but instead of notifying the banquet's security manager or the Sheng family, she only told her boyfriend, Wang Zhicheng, the third young master of a supermarket chain.
This Third Young Master Wang didn't need to inherit the family business. He just received his monthly allowance from the family fund. Although his life was easy, he wasn't as prominent as his elder brothers. So he could only hang out at various banquets and salons to gain some attention.
Now that he heard his girlfriend had lost her bracelet, he naturally wanted to stand up for her and make the clumsy thief look like a fool in front of everyone.
He led Cheng Rui and brought his driver and bodyguards. They burst into the room, thinking they had caught two thieving women red - handed. But unexpectedly, I almost cracked his head open with a teapot.
"Ouch! You bitch! How dare you hit me!"
Wang Zhicheng had never suffered such a big setback in his life. Although his head wasn't broken, there was a huge bump on it, looking like a fleshy horn.
Cheng Rui, hiding behind Wang Zhicheng, pointed at Zhao Zifeng and said, "Are you going to take it out yourself, or do I have to search you?"
"Take out what?"
Zhao Zifeng looked utterly confused.
"The diamond bracelet!" Cheng Rui peeked out from behind her boyfriend, looking contemptuous. "I went to the washroom and left my bracelet on the sink. You were the only one who went in. If it wasn't you, who else could it be?"
"I've never seen your bracelet."
Zhao Zifeng was very calm. Although her family wasn't extremely wealthy, as a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, she wouldn't covet a mere bracelet worth a few thousand dollars.
"You two are the ones with the lowest backgrounds here. My diamond bracelet is worth over 70,000 dollars. It may not be that valuable, but I'm not going to let you get away with it so easily!"
Cheng Rui pointed at the decorative pocket on the side of Zhao Zifeng's dress. "Do you dare let me search you?"
"On what grounds?"
Before Zhao Zifeng could reply, I stepped in front of her.
This naive girl thought that since she had done nothing wrong, she would surely agree to be searched.
Wasn't this exactly what they were planning?
Not to mention whether Cheng Rui would take the opportunity to plant the bracelet, which might not even be lost, on Zhao Zifeng. Even if the bracelet was really lost, searching a young girl's body would have a huge impact on her!
"You barge into our dressing room out of the blue and want to search us? You've got a lot of nerve!" I laughed coldly and looked down at Cheng Rui and her boyfriend.
I'm quite tall, and with nearly ten - centimeter - high heels on, I stood in front of them like a haughty crane spreading its wings, facing two common chickens.
"Has the Sheng family handed over the security work to you?"
As I said this, I sized up Wang Zhicheng from head to toe. "It seems that when I came here, the security uniforms didn't look like this. Do you want to go and find one to change into?"
Wang Zhicheng was furious at being mistaken for a Sheng family security guard. He reached out to grab my arm.
At this moment, a low shout came from behind us: "Stop! Zhicheng, you're being so impolite!"
Wang Zhicheng quickly turned around and saw that it was Sheng Shixun, accompanied by Ma Su and Bai Wei, who had rushed over in a hurry.
"Uncle Sheng... Why are you here?"
The Wang family was in the supermarket business and had no real connection with Sheng Shixun. But Wang Zhicheng's father liked to befriend cultural celebrities to add a cultural touch to his business empire.
Therefore, Sheng Shixun would always ask his sons to attend parties of cultural celebrities on purpose, so that they could show mutual support and both sides would look good.
Wang Zhicheng himself didn't want to make a big scene. After all, Cheng Rui's story was rather vague, and he suspected there was something fishy about it...
"This is the ladies' lounge. What are you doing bringing people in here?"
Sheng Shixun looked unhappy. "If it weren't for Weiwei telling me that you brought people to break in, I wouldn't have known you were being so disrespectful."
"But!"
Cheng Rui's voice was a bit shrill. She glanced at Bai Wei standing behind Sheng Shixun. The latter nodded imperceptibly, and Cheng Rui immediately felt more confident. She pouted and said, "Uncle Sheng, we didn't want to make a big deal out of it, so we wanted to handle it ourselves. We also wanted to save them some face..."
"Nonsense!"
Sheng Shixun's gentle expression was starting to crack. "You're pushing things to an irreparable situation!"
None of the guests here today were easy to deal with.
Wang Zhicheng and Cheng Rui thought they could play around with Zhao Zifeng, who seemed to have the least background. They had miscalculated.
Zhao Zifeng's male companion was a remarkable figure from the Special Action Agency of the Chinese police and the future leader of the Qingwei School on Yuntaishan. No matter which identity was considered, a young master from a supermarket chain couldn't handle her!
Sheng Shixun rushed here in such a hurry actually out of respect for Wang Zhicheng's father. He didn't want Wang Zhicheng to get into big trouble!
But Wang Zhicheng completely failed to understand Sheng Shixun's good intentions. He said imperiously, "Uncle Sheng, as long as they hand it over, we'll let bygones be bygones!"
"I don't think Miss Zhao would take Rui Rui's bracelet,"
Unexpectedly, Bai Wei, who was standing behind everyone, suddenly spoke up. "After all, besides them two, no one else entered the washroom. I'm sure Miss Zhao isn't that stupid!"
As she said this, she even showed a kind smile. "Actually, there aren't many places on our dresses to hide things. Miss Zhao can just take a quick look in her pockets. It's also a way to prove her innocence."
"Why should we prove our innocence?"
I hated people who assumed others were guilty and demanded they prove their innocence.
Just as I was about to refute Bai Wei and the others, unexpectedly, Zhao Zifeng behind me suddenly let out a soft "huh".
When I turned around, I saw that she had pinched out a dazzling diamond bracelet from the decorative pocket on her right side.
"Look, Uncle Sheng! She stole it!"
Cheng Rui pointed at Zhao Zifeng excitedly and shouted, "My bracelet was in her pocket!"
Zhao Zifeng looked blankly at the bracelet between her fingers. "It's impossible. I've never seen this before. How did it end up on me?"
"Girls like shiny things. I guess Miss Zhao saw this cute little bracelet and just stuffed it into her pocket without realizing it was so valuable!"
Bai Wei smiled kindly and said to Zhao Zifeng in a relaxed tone, "It's just a small misunderstanding. It's no big deal!"