"But I'm still Lu Yuan's sister-in-law," Shen Jianyi said. She didn't want to argue with Lu Weiran in the first place, but his words left her feeling helpless.
Lu Weiran clenched his fists and said stubbornly, "I don't care who you are. I've told you everything today. If you don't believe me, there's nothing I can do."
Just thinking about it made his heart ache. He truly felt that he had been framed by Lu Yuan and abandoned by Lu Ziqian. By all rights, he was the victim. But why were so many people siding with Lu Yuan? It seemed that apart from Lu Suowei, no one was speaking up for him.
"Evidence," Shen Jianyi said expressionlessly, her eyes full of nonchalance. "No matter what the matter is, we should follow the principles. Show us the evidence, and we'll naturally believe you."
His mind was in a muddle, and he even forgot that there was an audio recording saved on his phone. Lu Weiran remembered that Lu Yuan had casually mentioned that Lin Zhirou had tampered with Lu Jinsheng's brakes. Wasn't that a hint to him? He already had a feud with Shen Jianyi, and Lu Yuan still told him such things.
Just then, the main door of the Lu family mansion was pushed open. Lu Yuan had just returned from school. She was wearing her school uniform. Under her dark blue skirt were her long, fair legs wrapped in black stockings. At this moment, Lu Yuan had no idea what they were all gathered for at home.
Lu Yuan was a bit confused, but she didn't show any surprise. Instead, she walked in calmly and greeted them generously.
"Uncle, cousin... and—"
Before she could finish her sentence, Lu Weiran couldn't hold it in any longer. He pointed at the beautiful girl in front of him and then shouted angrily, "It's all your fault! If you hadn't told me to go after them, I wouldn't have ended up like this."
Although he had been bailed out by Lu Suowei, his bad reputation had already spread. As the saying goes, "Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spreads far and wide." Now, almost everyone in Shencheng knew who Lu Weiran was and what he had done.
Lu Yuan frowned slightly, the corners of her eyes drooping. Her dark, shiny eyes were filled with water, making her look both aggrieved and helpless. The girl took a step back and happened to be very close to Shen Jianyi. Her knee touched the other's arm. Lu Yuan slowly looked up, her voice choking, "Cousin, why are you saying this about me?"
Seeing her like this, Lu Ziqian was immediately dissatisfied with the two of them. His own daughter was so well - behaved. How could she be like what Lu Weiran had described?
"Can you stop pretending?" He gritted his teeth and punched the coffee table. The teacups on it trembled. "Is it fun to frame me like this?"
Lu Yuan looked at him innocently, "I... really don't understand what you're talking about."
It could be felt that Lu Yuan wasn't as scheming as the man had said. At least in Lu Ziqian's eyes, she was just a very honest and well - behaved girl.
"You really want me to show the evidence, right? Fine! I recorded it at that time." He suddenly remembered.
Hearing this, Lu Yuan visibly trembled slightly. Although others couldn't notice, Shen Jianyi felt it very clearly.
Moreover, after the shock, she probably noticed that she had trembled. Lu Yuan slowly turned her head and her gaze fell on Shen Jianyi.
"Sister - in - law, did I bump into you?"
Shen Jianyi smiled faintly and shook her head nonchalantly, "No, go on."
Lu Yuan: "..."
She didn't understand why Shen Jianyi had to be here for this. Lu Yuan didn't know when it started, but whenever she saw this woman, she felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity, as if they had known each other a long time ago.
The people in front of them were still entangled in that matter. Shen Jianyi guessed something. She leaned back on the sofa and took out her phone from her bag.
According to Shen Jianyi's usual personality, as long as she found someone trying to harm her, she would never sit back and do nothing. But the person in front of her was Lu Yuan. She just couldn't bear to take action, couldn't bear to hurt her, and didn't want to see others bully her either.
Shen Jianyi expressionlessly opened Xia Liang's WeChat chat page.
To others, it seemed that this woman was just sitting there idly scrolling through her phone. No one would deliberately pay attention to her, which gave Shen Jianyi some time.
She tapped her fingertips on the screen, typed a string of words, and then sent them.
Just a few seconds later, Xia Liang replied: [Received!]
Shen Jianyi put away her phone proudly and then stared intently at the girl in front.
Just then, a familiar breath suddenly approached her ear. She turned her head and happened to meet Lu Jinsheng's eyes.
"Why are you looking at me?"
The man shifted his gaze from her face and then stared at the bag, nodding his chin slightly.
She immediately understood what he meant. It turned out that the man had seen everything she had just done.
Although Lu Jinsheng didn't understand, he still chose to help her hide it. After all, this was the woman he loved.
So, this seemingly open fight turned into a secret battle.
On the surface, Lu Ziqian had been protecting Lu Yuan, which finally angered the other person. He directly took out his phone and played the audio.
At that moment, Lu Yuan was a bit flustered, but she didn't show it. If it weren't for Shen Jianyi being so close to her, no one would have noticed.
It had to be said that Lu Yuan was indeed not as simple as Lu Weiran had described. However, this girl's background really needed to be investigated.
The audio on Lu Weiran's phone played, and everyone fell silent.
"Weiran, why are you avoiding me?"
"I've waited for you for so long. You're not going to stay in the room and not come out, are you?"
"Open the door quickly. I know you still have feelings for me..."
"..."
Hearing this, everyone's expressions changed. Lu Suowei stood still on the spot.
And Lu Weiran, the person involved, was really in a mess. He thought he had played the wrong audio, but when he opened it, he found that there was only this one audio in his phone.
He immediately paused it and slowly looked up at the others.
"What's going on?" Lu Weiran was terrified. He clearly remembered recording what Lu Yuan had said to him. How could it have become this now?
Lu Suowei's face turned green. He even thought that he shouldn't have bailed him out of the police station. He was really good - for - nothing.
"You should know very well what's going on," the woman who had been sitting on the sofa without saying a word suddenly spoke. Her expression was arrogant, and the look of disgust in her eyes couldn't be hidden at all.