I never expected that Zhao Zifeng's boyfriend would mistake me for a heretic who raised evil spirits.
I didn't have the time to explain now. After taking Cheng Rui's money, she became my client, and I naturally had to solve her problem first!
Sheng Shixun had already started questioning his employee.
The waiter was very young, looking only seventeen or eighteen years old.
Seeing all the guests staring at him, he was so scared that he almost wet his pants and kept shouting, "I don't know. I know nothing!"
"How is that possible!"
Cheng Rui recognized him. She stepped forward and grabbed his arm. "The diamond bracelet I gave you with my own hands. Where did you hide it?"
"I didn't hide it. I didn't!"
The waiter blushed and shook his hands desperately. "I did as you asked. While serving that young lady..."
He glanced at Zhao Zifeng and then continued, "It's her! I deliberately spilled the wine on her and stuffed the bracelet into her pocket while helping her wipe it."
"Lies! There was no bracelet in Miss Zhao's pocket!"
Cheng Rui was so anxious that she shouted, "If you didn't hide it, who did?"
"It wasn't me! I really put it in."
The young waiter's eyes flitted around and landed on a certain part of the crowd.
I naturally knew who he was looking at, so I walked over with a smile and asked in a voice that everyone could hear, "Well... now that the bracelet is missing, it's a thing worth tens of thousands of yuan. You could be sentenced to three years for this!"
"Impossible! Miss Bai said it was just a joke, just a prank with friends!"
The waiter never thought that his behavior could lead to a prison sentence. He was immediately so scared that he blurted out and betrayed Bai Wei. "She, she only gave me a tip of a thousand yuan!"
As soon as he said this, everyone's eyes turned to Bai Wei.
"How could the daughter of the Bai family do such a thing?"
"Hehe, I heard that their family went bankrupt a couple of years ago..."
"Could it be that she was jealous of the beautiful bracelet and took it for herself?"
"Hehe, who knows..."
"..."
"Vivian, what on earth is going on?"
Suddenly, an angry voice came from the whispering crowd.
Bai Wei's face changed. She turned around and saw a man with gray hair in a dark blue suit walking over in a hurry.
"Dad, it wasn't me!" Bai Wei was almost crying.
The man who came over was Bai Wei's father, Bai Jingrui. He originally planned to attend the banquet with his secretary. There would be an auction and fundraising activity after the banquet, and he wanted his secretary to hold up the sign.
With the investment from Fir Capital in the past two years, the Bai family's mining business in Shan Province had improved a lot.
Bai Jingrui was now full of ideas and wanted to reconnect with his old contacts. So he was very enthusiastic about all kinds of social events in the capital.
Today, Bai Wei stopped him outside the banquet hall of the Sheng family and insisted that her father take her in.
Bai Jingrui originally thought that his daughter would come with her boss, Si Jiangchen. After all, General Manager Si had never had a public female companion, so he must have brought his subordinate like himself. But unexpectedly, Bai Wei said that Si Jiangchen was bewitched by a scheming woman, and she had to enter the banquet with her father's invitation card.
"Then you'd better explain clearly!"
Bai Jingrui said with a dark face, pointing at the trembling waiter. "How exactly did Bai Wei instruct you? Tell me, and I'll stand up for you!"
Seeing that the elder of the Bai family had appeared, Sheng Shixun quickly stepped in to smooth things over with a smile. "Brother Bai, this is just the kids getting a bit carried away with their game. I've been negligent in managing my staff. It's not Vivian's fault. I'll handle it!"
"Elder Sheng, you can't say that!" Bai Jingrui waved his hand. "This is not a game at all. It's clearly someone framing these girls... Now, where is that bracelet? It's an important piece of evidence. Who has touched it?"
"Dad, I've never even seen Rui Rui's bracelet. I don't know why she would use such a valuable thing for a joke!"
Bai Wei had already thought up her excuse. She had even told the waiter to hide himself after doing all this.
The waiter did as she said. After framing Zhao Zifeng, he hid in the staff locker room. If I hadn't cast a spell on him beforehand, it would have taken a lot of trouble to find him!
"Bai Wei!!"
Cheng Rui was so angry that she was going crazy after hearing Bai Wei's words. "You said we should play a big game and make Zhao Zifeng unable to get along in the circle!"
"Rui Rui, when did I ever say such a thing? I have no grudge against Miss Zhao. Why would I want to harm her?"
Bai Wei looked even more innocent. "It was just supposed to be a small joke, but now it's turned into such a mess... I really regret it..."
Saying that, she actually started to cry.
"Someone!"
Sheng Shixun felt that if the situation continued to escalate, not only would the Cheng and Bai families turn against each other, but even he, the organizer of the banquet, would lose face. He decided to settle the matter quietly. "Take this guy to the police station! We in the Sheng family can't tolerate employees with sticky fingers!"
"I want to check the surveillance!"
Cheng Rui never expected that she had kindly helped Bai Wei get revenge, but in the end, she was the one who was set up. She stared angrily at Sheng Shixun and said, "Uncle Sheng, this waiter can't get away with it, and neither can Bai Wei!"
Hearing that he was going to be sent to the police station, the waiter started to cry loudly. "Don't call the police. I really didn't hide the bracelet!"
"Today, this bracelet has become a 'Rashomon'. Miss Cheng said she gave a diamond bracelet, and the waiter said he put a diamond bracelet during the prank. Then... how did it become a fake when it got to Miss Zhao Zifeng?"
Bai Jingrui sneered but looked at Sheng Shixun and said, "It's obvious that someone is trying to frame our Bai family and the Cheng family. Elder Sheng, I'm afraid you've also been caught in the scheme!"
This old guy was indeed smarter than his daughter. He could actually see that they were being set up.
Seeing that the situation had gotten completely out of control, I finally felt relieved. Then I pointed at the waiter with a smile and said, "Stop crying. You were so busy framing others that you didn't even check your own body!"
The waiter was stunned for a moment and quickly felt his pocket. Sure enough, from the left breast pocket of his waistcoat, where the handkerchief was usually placed, he pulled out a shiny and sparkling bracelet.
"Ah!! Ah! It's here. How could it be here?"
The waiter stared at the bracelet in his hand with his mouth wide open. For a moment, he didn't know what expression to make. His mouth was both crying and laughing as he shouted, "We found it... Ah!"
"… You still say you didn't take it?"
Bai Wei finally stopped sobbing softly. She looked up and said, "Now the stolen goods are on you. Do you still want to deny it?"
The waiter was shaking like a leaf. In front of so many people, a small fry like him really couldn't defend himself.
"This was really not hidden by him!"
Bai Wei finally stepped in again. I was secretly happy. "I stuffed the bracelet into his pocket!"