CHAPTER 263: CHAPTER 242: I HAVE EVIDENCE 2

Su Xiaomeng’s eyes turned red immediately, and she hurried to hold back her tears and walked to her grandfather.

"Come, let grandpa give you a hug."

Bai Fengmao pulled the little girl into his arms, gently patting her back, "It’s okay, with grandpa here, no one can bully you."

There was a special tenderness in Bai Fengmao’s words meant to comfort Su Xiaomeng, but those who knew the situation understood the deeper meaning of his words.

"Mr. Bai, your words seem a bit too deliberate. The term ’bully’ isn’t quite appropriate, don’t you think?"

Rong Si spoke.

"Not appropriate? I think I’ve used it lightly."

Bai Fengmao looked at Rong Si, "Causing a scene at my sister Zhou’s important birthday event, just because of a few words from this immature little girl, and a surveillance video that can’t even detect a fart, accusing my granddaughter of infidelity?!",

"Rong family, do you think the Bai Family are just wooden stakes?!"

Rong Si furrowed his brows, "Mr. Bai, your precious granddaughter admitted it herself! I wasn’t the one causing a scene, but my daughter was wronged. As her father, shouldn’t I stand up for her—"

"Admit? Ha! Xiao Meng, did you admit to being unfaithful? Admit to extramarital affairs?"

Su Xiaomeng raised her head, looking straight at Rong Si, her big eyes sweeping toward Rong Qiao, "No."

Rong Qiao immediately pointed at her, "You clearly just—"

Su Xiaomeng extended her hand towards the Rong Family, "Where’s the evidence?"

Rong Si chuckled lightly, "I get it... this is about playing tricks now..."

"Uncle Rong, I’m not playing tricks. I admit that Yi Xuan and I went to the hotel that night and even booked a room, but I was there for a school reunion. Ren Yixuan drugged my drink, and I don’t remember anything after arriving at the hotel that night. The next morning, Miss Rong broke into the room, and I was awakened by her."

"Ren Yixuan immediately accused me of seducing him."

"Ha ha..."

Qian Lan laughed, "Is this what Sister Zhou calls fair handling? All I see is a desperate denial."

"Denial? Can speaking the truth be called denial?"

Su Xiaomeng lifted her chin, looking at the Rong Family in front of her, from Rong Si to Qian Lan, from Qian Lan to Rong Qiao, from Rong Qiao to Rong Jing...

She extended her other hand, holding a black USB drive.

Rong Jing squinted his eyes.

"Young Master Rong, this... are you going to deny it?"

Rong Jing pursed his lips, his gaze inadvertently meeting Yin Shixiu behind her, his lips just about to move—

"Whether you deny it or not, I’ll return this to you. If it’s not yours, just throw it away as trash."

Saying this, Su Xiaomeng walked up to him, took his hand, and placed the USB drive in his palm.

"Big Uncle, you’re not a good person, but I want to be a good person. You’re a liar, but I’m not."

Rong Jing met Su Xiaomeng’s eyes...

Su Xiaomeng stood again in front of Rong Si, "Uncle Rong, what I just said is the truth."

"The truth? I haven’t heard any truth. All I hear is a little girl trying to weasel out, not only pretending to be a victim but even... trying to clear herself of the fact she was with other men?"

"A moment ago, you were kneeling there admitting everything, and now you totally change your story, overturning everything?"

"Yin Shaohui! Are the Yin Family members always this overbearing?!"

Rong Si spoke coldly, his expression intimidating, anger surging!

Yin Shaohui stood up, leaning on the Dragon Head Staff, his face stern as he looked at Su Xiaomeng, "Xiao Meng, you need to explain clearly to the Rong Family why you admitted before and now denied it all?"

Su Xiaomeng nodded, "I will, as long as Uncle Rong is willing to listen to me."

Yin Shaohui looked at Rong Si, "Brother Rong, why not listen to how Xiao Meng explains herself..."

Rong Si took a deep breath, his old eyes glaring at Su Xiaomeng.

Su Xiaomeng stood up straight, facing an authoritative elder, she unconsciously took a deep breath and slowly said, "That night, I didn’t come home. My husband called Ren Yixuan a few days ago to ask, and Ren Yixuan bluntly said that he didn’t take me home, that I took a taxi by myself. He lied to my husband."

"If it were true that I seduced him, why would he lie? He could easily tell my husband that I seduced him! Because he knows Shixiu wouldn’t believe it."

Su Xiaomeng’s gaze landed on Rong Qiao, "That morning, when you arrived at the hotel, Ren Yixuan was showering in the bathroom, calm and composed. If I had seduced him, how could he remain so calm without a trace of panic?"

"That’s just his nature!"

Rong Qiao hurriedly said.

"It’s not his nature, it’s only by saying this that he can continue being your fiancé!"

"He deliberately wanted to ruin me, the drug was his doing. In the surveillance, you only see me entering the hotel hand in hand with him, going to the front desk to book a room, but I was already unconscious at that time. He could have just left me at the hotel and walked away! Saying that I seduced him? He’s a man eight feet tall, and I—"

"You keep claiming he drugged you! Where’s the evidence?! Su Xiaomeng, produce the evidence!"

Rong Qiao’s eyes reddened with anxiety, yelling at her sharply!

Su Xiaomeng pressed her lips together, "Let Ren Yixuan come back—"

"I have evidence."

Bai Shunyuan, who was silent and holding back his anger, suddenly said in a deep voice.

Everyone’s eyes turned to Bai Shunyuan simultaneously.

Surprised, puzzled, dumbfounded...

In short, no one expected Bai Shunyuan to suddenly come out with such a statement, after all... no one saw any connection between him and this incident.

Except Rong Qiao, who was flustered and at a loss inside.

Bai Shunyuan stepped out from behind Bai Fengmao, standing firmly before the Rong Family, his sharp gaze resting squarely on Rong Qiao.

He took two steps directly towards Rong Qiao, who instinctively stepped back...

"Before I present the evidence, I must express my admiration for Miss Rong, who is truly... commendable for her courage."

"Young Master Bai, don’t think I, as her brother, don’t know about your threats to Xiao Qiao."

"Brother, your words are so sarcastic; it’s no wonder you have such a dark and sinister sister..."

"Shun Yuan, mind your words and actions."

Bai Fengmao solemnly instructed, "You just said you have evidence. Where is it?"

Bai Shunyuan took out his phone and opened a video file on it...

"Miss Rong isn’t the only one with surveillance footage."

Rong Qiao hadn’t seen the surveillance video Bai Shunyuan showed to Rong Si and Qian Lan and assumed he also had the hotel’s surveillance, which startled him.

In an instant, cold sweat broke out on his back.

Until Bai Shunyuan calmly said, "This is the surveillance from the bar that night. Young Master Rong is correct; I did warn Rong Qiao not to make a fuss. Xiao Meng is my cousin, and I didn’t want her reputation damaged, even though she was framed and forced by Ren Yixuan."

"Here you can clearly see Ren Yixuan ordering a few cups of milk tea at the bar. When the waiter offered to deliver them, he refused and took the tray himself, taking advantage of a moment when no one was looking to pour a small packet of powder into the cup closest to him."

The surveillance had no sound, but Bai Shunyuan’s explanation of the footage was not exaggerated at all.

Ren Yixuan indeed did such a thing.

Su Xiaomeng stood far away, but the surveillance footage was clear to her...

Ren Yixuan’s every move and his evil and furious expression shocked her.

For a moment, her heart was filled with immense sorrow.

She took a deep breath, contained her sadness, and shifted her gaze to Bai Shunyuan.

The attention of almost all the Rong Family was focused on the surveillance footage, but following Su Xiaomeng, Yin Shixiu, and the more perceptive Mr. Bai and Zhou Mengqin, they also glanced more at Bai Shunyuan.

Facing the same rising doubts in their hearts.

"Bai Shunyuan, were you... present at the time?"

The person who asked was Yin Meng, somewhat incredulous...

Bai Shunyuan’s heart tightened.

At this moment, the attention of the Rong Family also shifted to this question.

"Young Master Bai was also present?"

Rong Jing’s eyes flashed with suspicion and amusement; his snake-like gaze fixed meaningfully on Bai Shunyuan, observing every expression on his face.

Logically, Bai Shunyuan shouldn’t have been present; otherwise, from what he did to Rong Qiao, it’s clear he would protect Su Xiaomeng. If he had been there, he certainly wouldn’t have allowed Su Xiaomeng to be taken away by another man.

But if he wasn’t present...

How did he know what Su Xiaomeng and Ren Yixuan did before they went to the hotel, or where they stayed?

If he wasn’t present...

He couldn’t possibly think of checking the bar’s surveillance; this action seemed like he had known from the start that Su Xiaomeng was drugged and forced.

Bai Shunyuan pressed his lips; he certainly didn’t want to face this issue, but...

"I was present."

Su Xiaomeng was taken aback but only for a few seconds. Quickly... she understood.

Bai Shunyuan inadvertently met her gaze, and for that instant, his heart ached.

What expression was that?

As if saying, he was present, and watched as someone took her away. It wasn’t surprising; this was indeed something he would do...

Xiao Meng was indeed stunned for a moment upon hearing it, shocked and pained, but on second thought...

She hadn’t forgotten how much Bai Shunyuan despised her, how much he looked down upon her, feeling ashamed of the blood they shared.

So she wasn’t surprised.

But...

She also didn’t understand, since he didn’t help her back then and watched as she was taken away in an abnormal state...

Why is he stepping up to help now?

Is it... for grandfather to see?

No... If he didn’t step up, no one would know he was present at the time...

What is Bai Shunyuan really thinking?

Su Xiaomeng pondered, and Yin Shixiu also didn’t understand Bai Shunyuan’s intentions.

"You were present?"

Bai Fengmao frowned, looking at her in confusion, "How could you be present—"

"Dad, we’ll discuss this issue privately later. Right now, we need to make Mr. Rong and Mrs. Rong aware that Xiao Meng is a victim, while their prospective son-in-law is the perpetrator."

Bai Sidong’s handsome face was unusually devoid of any smile.

Uncharacteristically stern.

"As a police officer, it’s my duty to further judge whether Ren Yixuan acted alone or if the family was complicit."