"Give my stuff back to me!"
After saying that, Xu Qingqing held out her hand to Qin Hongying, demanding her hairpin.
"Are you crazy? I don't have your stuff here!" Qin Hongying was furious.
"The hairpin I put in the drawer of my room is gone. Who else could have taken it if not you?"
Xu Qingqing retorted coldly. She hated it most when others touched her things, especially the hairpin she was currently researching.
She was still planning to take those hairpins back for restoration!
"Give it back to me quickly!" Xu Qingqing emphasized again forcefully.
"I didn't take your hairpin." Hearing Xu Qingqing wrongly accusing her, Qin Hongying strongly denied it.
"It was you! You've always disliked me for getting in touch with cultural relics and thinking it's inauspicious. It's very likely that you sneaked in and took the hairpin away and threw it away when I was out! Give it back to me quickly!"
Xu Qingqing was so angry that she stubbornly held out her hand to demand it from Qin Hongying.
Qin Hongying felt extremely wronged. Putting aside the fact that Xu Qingqing had just shouted at her, she desperately wanted to prove her innocence.
"I didn't take it!"
Seeing Xu Qingqing arguing so red - faced and out of breath, Lu Chuanbai understood the importance of that hairpin to her.
Lu Chuanbai had seen the wonderful silhouette on the bell of the hairpin and understood Xu Qingqing's eagerness to get it back.
But Lu Chuanbai also believed that Qin Hongying was a person with principles. Although there were many annoying things about her, she wasn't the kind of person who would steal others' things.
"Could it be that someone who rummaged through the room took it?"
Lu Chuanbai stepped in between the two of them, telling them to calm down first.
Like grabbing a life - saving straw, Qin Hongying nodded repeatedly and took back all the words she had said for the person who had caused the damage.
"It must be her doing!"
"She must have taken the hairpin when rummaging through things. I'll go in now and help you get it back!"
Qin Hongying wanted to clear the suspicion on herself and immediately rushed into the living room, with a ferocious look on her face.
"Which one of you went into my nephew's room to rummage through things and took my niece - in - law's hairpin! Give it back quickly!"
Qian Lili didn't expect to be discovered so soon. She subconsciously covered the pocket where the hairpin was with her hand, with an innocent look on her face.
Zhou Qianqian didn't expect that Xu Qingqing's things would be stolen. She sat up straight in disbelief and subconsciously defended them.
"We've been staying in our own rooms except when we went out to play. No one has been into their room."
Li Jiayi and the vice - monitor also nodded in agreement.
Anyone would feel a bit panicked when suddenly saddled with such a big blame.
"Yes, we haven't been out. We've been staying in our rooms all the time."
"We went out with Zhou Qianqian to play on the beach and didn't go into other rooms."
Qian Lili looked very innocent and echoed, "I just looked at the photos on the wall in the corridor and didn't go to other rooms either."
Yu Wenwen felt a bit suspicious after hearing Qian Lili's words. She thought Qian Lili was lying.
After all, Qian Lili had gone out twice. It was impossible that she went out just to look at the photos on the wall every time.
Xu Qingqing, who had followed up, stared at Qin Hongying angrily, "They haven't been out, but you can move around freely. You're the most suspect."
Qin Hongying didn't expect that after all the talk, the suspicion would fall back on her again. She stamped her foot angrily, "I've already said I didn't take it. Don't wrongly accuse me!"
"It's just a hairpin. How much is it? I'll compensate you!"
Hearing that Qin Hongying wanted to compensate her with money, Xu Qingqing's pretty face turned frosty, with thick irony on her face.
"That hairpin... is priceless. I only want that one!"
It's easy to earn money, but the loss of that hairpin is irreparable!
After hearing this, Qian Lili secretly rejoiced. She touched the hairpin in her pocket through the thin fabric of her pants.
She didn't expect that the hairpin she casually took was worth so much money. If she could take it out and sell it, she would be rich!
Qin Hongying originally thought that the hairpin was just a broken thing Xu Qingqing had casually bought. She didn't expect it to be so valuable. Angrily, her eyes fell on Zhou Qianqian's friends again.
"Since you don't admit it, then let's search your bodies. Search all your bodies and suitcases. I don't believe we can't find it!"
Hearing that Qin Hongying wanted to search her friends' bodies, Zhou Qianqian immediately stood up to defend them.
"What right do you have to search my friends' bodies? The hairpin wasn't taken by my friends!"
"Just because this is my house! You're just the daughter of the caregiver. It's already a great favor for me to let you and your classmates stay here, but you've done something unforgivable!"
Because she was too angry, Qin Hongying forgot her agreement with Aunt Zhou and directly spilled out the whole truth.
Hearing this, Zhou Qianqian's friends gasped in disbelief. Their eyes fell on Zhou Qianqian.
They didn't expect that this wasn't Zhou Qianqian's family's villa at all. She and her mother were just the caregivers of the villa owner!
They had all been deceived by Zhou Qianqian!
Hearing the truth, Qian Lili was overjoyed and even let out a sneer, with schadenfreude written all over her face.
She had said that it was impossible for Zhou Qianqian's family to afford such a big villa. The truth was just as she had expected.
Zhou Qianqian's face immediately turned pale and bloodless. Qin Hongying's words that exposed her were like thunderclaps ringing in her ears, making her blood rush backwards. Her body felt hot and cold alternately.
There were only two words in Zhou Qianqian's mind: it's over.
The image of the rich girl she had finally established had all collapsed!
Moreover, it had been heard by her arch - enemy, Qian Lili. Qian Lili would surely publicize this matter in school and nail her to the pillar of shame.
Hearing the commotion, Aunt Zhou came out of the kitchen. She stared at Qin Hongying hatefully, wishing she could pounce on her and bite her to death for exposing the lie.
Qin Hongying was too much. She had clearly promised not to tell the truth, but she had lied!
On the other hand, Xu Qingqing had no mood to get involved in their conspiracy. She directly took out her phone and dialed 110.
There was a special police station on Penglang Island, which was very close to the Lu family's villa, only about five or six minutes away.
"Police officer, something worth a million of mine has been stolen. Please come and handle it."
Qin Hongying didn't care whether Zhou Qianqian and her mother were angry or not. She only cared about her own reputation and wanted to handle the matter cleanly as soon as possible and clear herself in front of Xu Qingqing.
"Take out your luggage. I'm going to search your bodies!"
As she said that, Qin Hongying was already rubbing her hands eagerly.
But Li Jiayi and the vice - monitor thought this was inappropriate. They glanced at each other, and Li Jiayi stood up to fight for their rights.
"Just because you say the hairpin is lost, does it really mean it's lost? We haven't even seen the hairpin. Why should you search our things!"
"What if you just misplaced it and forgot where it was? Then we'd be so wronged!"
Hearing the little girl's sharp - tongued words, if it were in another situation, Xu Qingqing might have liked her. But now it had touched on her rights.