CHAPTER 344: CHAPTER 344: SI MINGJING’S DESPERATE COUNTERATTACK 1

What? How could this be? Dong Shangzhi nearly choked, feeling a surge of blood rush to his throat.

Mrs. Chen also staggered. Her stiletto heel wobbled, and she nearly fell.

Seeing Mrs. Chen’s sudden panic, Si Mingjing’s lips curled slightly. "Mrs. Chen, what are you so nervous about?"

"I... I’m not nervous," Mrs. Chen stammered, clenching her fists.

But her suddenly pale face was a clear sign of guilt in everyone’s eyes.

Could it be that there was more to this than met the eye?

Everyone’s curiosity was piqued, and they urged Si Mingjing to check the surveillance footage.

Si Mingjing caressed her ring phone.

The ring phone soon projected a virtual screen.

Si Mingjing enlarged the virtual screen to about one hundred inches and projected it into the air of the banquet hall.

She opened the surveillance app connected to the wireless pinhole camera, searching for the footage from that period.

Soon, the surveillance footage appeared before everyone.

Si Mingjing’s lips curved slightly. "Everyone, please look. This is the surveillance footage captured by the wireless pinhole camera at the time. Since the camera was pinned to the child’s collar, the child won’t appear in the frame, but it recorded what happened around him."

In the footage, Mrs. Chen, holding her beloved Xiaohei, walked toward the camera, coaxingly saying, "Little one, do you like cats?"

Although the chubby child couldn’t be seen in the footage, his innocent, high-pitched voice could be heard. "Auntie, This baby is scared... Will it bite This baby?"

Mrs. Chen replied, "Of course not. Hug him; he’s very gentle."

The chubby child said, "But This baby is scared..."

In the footage, the camera kept retreating, likely because the chubby child was afraid of the cat, didn’t dare to hold it, and wanted to get away.

However, Mrs. Chen still approached. She said Xiaohei was a male cat and needed to go to the bathroom, but since she was female, she couldn’t take a male cat into the men’s restroom. She hoped the child could help.

The chubby child seemed persuaded and took the cat from Mrs. Chen’s hands.

Mrs. Chen smiled. "See? He doesn’t bite, does he?"

The chubby child said, "He really doesn’t bite, but This baby is still scared. Auntie, here, take him back..."

Mrs. Chen didn’t take the cat, saying, "Little one, could you do me a favor? Take Xiaohei to the men’s restroom to relieve himself, would you?"

The chubby child’s voice was clearly fearful, yet he seemed unwilling to refuse. "Well... alright then..."

"What a good boy."

Just then, another woman appeared in the frame. It was Mrs. Dong.

She seemed to be heading to the restroom, walking toward them.

Mrs. Chen took the initiative to greet Mrs. Dong. "Mrs. Dong, you don’t look very well today. Did you not sleep well last night?"

Mrs. Dong looked toward the camera, sadness hidden in her eyes, and said, "It’s nothing. Is this your cat?"

"Yes, this little one likes him and said he wanted to hold him. Children love cats; they’re so cute."

Watching the surveillance footage, many in the crowd frowned upon hearing this. Mrs. Chen was lying. It was clearly she who insisted the child take the cat to the men’s restroom. So why did she tell Mrs. Dong that the child wanted to hold it? Why did she lie? Everyone was puzzled and continued to watch.

The chubby child took Xiaohei to the men’s restroom.

Mrs. Dong and Mrs. Chen entered the women’s restroom.

At this point, the crowd noticed something incredible: Mrs. Chen emerged from a stall in the men’s restroom.

A sharp-eyed guest exclaimed, "Huh? Didn’t Mrs. Chen go into the women’s restroom? How did she come out of a stall in the men’s restroom?"

"Yeah, I clearly saw her enter the women’s restroom with Mrs. Dong. How could she suddenly appear in the men’s restroom? Is this some kind of magic trick?"

"I wanted to use the men’s restroom just now, but there was a ’Temporarily Out of Service’ sign on the door, so I didn’t go in. So there was a woman hiding inside?"

The guests chattered amongst themselves.

Just then, Mrs. Chen walked toward the camera, snatched the cat away, and viciously squeezed its neck. The cat let out a heart-wrenching shriek.

"Auntie! Auntie, what are you doing? Let go! You’re hurting the kitty!"

The chubby child’s voice, desperate to protect the cat, could be heard, although he wasn’t visible in the frame. Unfortunately, he was just a small child. He wanted to protect the cat but was utterly helpless, lacking the strength to intervene. He could only watch wide-eyed as Mrs. Chen strangled the cat to death, threw its body into a urinal, and then promptly left the men’s restroom.

The chubby child burst into tears, clearly terrified. He squatted by the urinal, murmuring, "BOO HOO... This baby couldn’t protect you... BOO HOO... It doesn’t hurt, if I blow on it, it will stop hurting..."

It was a urinal, yet the chubby child showed no disgust. Instead, he gently lifted the dying cat out of it, innocently blowing on its fur as if his breath could magically bring it back to life.

Witnessing this, everyone was overwhelmed with anger, glaring daggers at Mrs. Chen. She was too cruel!

But that wasn’t even the most infuriating part. What truly enraged them was that Mrs. Chen, after leaving the men’s restroom, quickly returned. She began to scream as if she had a split personality, furiously pointing at the chubby child.

"AHH! What did you do to my cat?!"

Some guests couldn’t bear to watch any longer.

"Oh my God! Mrs. Chen is lying!"

"Mrs. Chen killed her own cat and framed Little Cutie! Then she had the audacity to pretend to catch the culprit! It’s maddening! Is she even human?"

"Why would Mrs. Chen do such a thing? Why would she harm a child? Is she unhinged?"

Murmurs rippled through the crowd as everyone glared at Mrs. Chen.

Mrs. Chen’s face turned deathly pale.

"What is going on?" Mrs. Dong was puzzled. "Mrs. Chen clearly entered the restroom with me. How did she appear in the men’s restroom? I don’t understand. Mrs. Chen, why would you strangle your own cat?"

"It wasn’t me! It wasn’t me! This surveillance footage is fake!"

Mrs. Chen grew frantic, loudly pointing at Si Mingjing. "It was you! You must have fabricated this fake surveillance to clear the child’s name and frame me!"

Ye Siyuan strode forward and rebuked her, "Mrs. Chen, don’t take everyone for a fool. Is my sister-in-law Prescient enough to fabricate surveillance footage in such a short amount of time? I think the person who came out of the men’s restroom wasn’t you at all, but your twin sister, correct? You and your sister deliberately schemed to frame Little Shurong. Why would you do such a thing?"

It was well known that Mrs. Chen had an identical twin sister.

After Ye Siyuan’s reminder, the crowd realized what might have happened.

"That’s right! There must have been two people working together. Otherwise, it would mean Mrs. Dong also lied."

Mrs. Dong stated firmly, "I did not lie. I indeed entered the women’s restroom with Mrs. Chen. She went into a stall first, and I entered the one next to hers. So I’m certain Mrs. Chen only left the women’s restroom after hearing the cat’s agonizing shriek."

Ye Siyuan deduced, "Then there’s only one possibility left: the person abusing the cat in the men’s restroom was Mrs. Chen’s twin sister."