One kick wasn't enough to vent his anger, so he kicked again at the same spot. When he turned around to leave, the vase on the shelf fell to the ground.
"Mom!"
Jiang Ruanqing's mouth opened so wide that it could fit a fist. She looked around and grabbed Wen Minhao's arm. "How much does this cost?"
On the shelf were porcelain vases that the old master had collected for many years. Judging from the patterns and carvings, they must be priceless.
Wen Minhao was so scared that his legs went weak. Like a giant baby, he grabbed Jiang Ruanqing's arm and kept arching his body into her arms.
"Calm down. No one knows it was you who knocked it down," Jiang Ruanqing said, gently patting Wen Minhao's shoulder to comfort not only him but also herself.
The huge living room was so quiet that it was terrifying.
Uncle Bai came back from outside. He first saw the two of them standing together, and then his eyes dropped to the shelf and the broken porcelain at their feet.
"What?"
"It just suddenly fell down," Jiang Ruanqing blurted out without thinking.
Uncle Bai walked closer to the pile of broken porcelain and looked at the shelf lying on top of it. There was no shaking, no breakage. How could it just fall down for no reason?
"This thing should be quite expensive, right?" Jiang Ruanqing bent down and asked.
"Yes," Uncle Bai replied. "The old master bought it at an auction."
One porcelain could buy a villa.
Jiang Ruanqing retracted her head sheepishly and exchanged a nervous look with Wen Minhao.
"Did you see the cat just now?" Uncle Bai stood up from the ground.
Jiang Ruanqing was stunned for a moment. Wen Minhao tugged at her arm, and their eyes both turned to the cat cage in the corner.
"Yes, it was the cat!" Jiang Ruanqing answered firmly.
Uncle Bai looked around. He didn't see the cat in the cat cage.
"You can sit down casually. I'll go upstairs and tell the old master," Uncle Bai said.
After Uncle Bai left, Jiang Ruanqing pulled Wen Minhao to the corner.
"The porcelain was knocked down by the cat. You need to engrave this in your mind now," she said.
"What if they find out?" Wen Minhao asked.
Hearing Wen Minhao's words, Jiang Ruanqing excitedly patted his shoulder. "No one saw it. How could they find out?"
Wen Minhao thought it made sense as soon as he heard it. After discussing the whole process, the two of them sat down seriously on the sofa.
On the other side, the old master didn't show much reaction after learning that the porcelain was broken. But Wen Sining thought it was strange after hearing Uncle Bai's words.
She knew Lu Luochen's cat. Although it was very naughty, it was so small that it couldn't possibly knock down the whole shelf.
"Uncle Bai, did you see the cat?" Wen Sining asked.
"No. The cat might have run away after doing something bad," Uncle Bai thought for a moment and explained.
Wen Sining stood up. She looked at the old master and took the blame for this matter on herself.
There were footsteps on the stairs. Jiang Ruanqing immediately turned her head to look behind.
Uncle Bai was with Wen Sining. Even when they came down from upstairs, the old master wasn't seen.
Just the appearance of Wen Sining made Jiang Ruanqing feel a lot more relaxed. She stood up from the sofa voluntarily to greet them.
"Auntie, I heard that you saw the cat knock down the porcelain?" Wen Sining asked exaggeratedly.
When it came to acting skills, Jiang Ruanqing was definitely not going to lose. She pretended to have witnessed the whole process. She slapped her thigh and pointed at the cat cage. "I was sitting on the sofa at that time, and I saw a black figure rushing over. I was about to see what it was, but before I could see clearly, I heard the sound of porcelain breaking."
"Where's the cat?" Wen Sining followed up.
Jiang Ruanqing hadn't thought about this question beforehand. Suddenly being questioned, her eyes rolled around in her eye sockets. "The cat ran too fast. I didn't see clearly."
As soon as her voice fell, the cat ran out from the corner.
"Meow~" It meowed once and ran to the porcelain, sniffing it with its nose constantly.
"Look, it's here now," Jiang Ruanqing said excitedly.
With the physical evidence and witnesses here, they could completely get rid of the suspicion.
Having taken anti - allergy medicine beforehand, Wen Sining squatted on the ground and reached out to touch the cat's fur. Maybe it had contacted her before, so Aitong didn't resist her at all. Instead, it turned its neck and licked her fingers.
Wen Sining gently stroked its forehead. "If Luochen comes back and finds out, he will definitely teach you a good lesson."
Aitong seemed to feel that some blame was going to be put on it. It raised its tail, the tip of which was stiffly pointing towards the sky. "Meow~ Meow meow~"
"What did you say?" Wen Sining lay down on the ground and actively put her ear close to Aitong's mouth.
The cat raised its paw and put it on Wen Sining's body. It tilted its head back and meowed a few more times.
Wen Sining turned around mysteriously and looked at Jiang Ruanqing seriously. "Auntie, it said that it was cousin who kicked down the shelf."
Wen Minhao blushed and gasped as he retorted. "How dare you, Wen Sining! Do you believe that I'll slap you?"
He raised his hand, but before it could fall, it was blocked by an arm that came across.
Wen Minhao turned around shouting. When he saw that the person behind him was Lu Luochen, his arrogance disappeared instantly.
"What's going on?" Lu Luochen disdainfully shook off Wen Minhao's hand and reached out to pick up Aitong, who was pouncing on him.
Seemingly feeling that its backer had come, Aitong meowed several times, stretching its body and putting both paws on Lu Luochen's arm.
"It knocked down the shelf," Jiang Ruanqing said actively.
Wen Sining stood up from the chair and quickly wiped every part of her palm with the pre - prepared disinfectant wipes. When she threw away the wipes, she actively got closer to Wen Minhao.
"Look up. There's a surveillance camera," she whispered. Then Wen Sining threw the wipes into the trash can and calmly returned to her original position.
After being reminded, Wen Minhao's already nervous heart became even more uneasy. He raised his head and looked around. Finally, his eyes landed on the ceiling at the entrance.
The position of the camera was just right in their direction. As long as an investigation was carried out, it would be found out that he had kicked down the shelf.
Grabbing the corner of his clothes, Wen Minhao took a few steps back nervously.
"Auntie, the cat didn't say it like this just now," Wen Sining said, shaking her head. Her mysterious look made Lu Luochen give her an annoyed glance.
She didn't care. She frowned and half - bent her body. As if possessed by something, her eyes penetrated through the gaps between people and looked in Wen Minhao's direction. "The kitten said it was innocent. Someone kicked it down and framed it."
"Stupid aunt, shut up! Don't slander people! You're a human. Don't act like a ghost," Wen Minhao shouted. Without caring about the people around him, he took a quick step forward and pointed at Wen Sining's nose.
In the Wen family, the slap he raised would immediately land on her face. But this was the Lu family. It wasn't his turn, a person with the surname Wen, to be arrogant here.
Wen Sining deliberately leaned towards his finger and said some green - tea remarks. "I didn't mention cousin's name. Why does cousin admit it by himself? Is it really you?"