Zhen Difei was the cousin of Ni Jingqiu, the son of her aunt, Ni Buqing. For the past few years, Ni Buqing has been plotting to change the surname of her son to 'Ni' so that he could inherit the family business.
Thus, Zhen Difei did not have any good impression of Ni Jingqiu, especially when he became a joke amongst his friends due to Huo Kun's incident. Every single time there's a gathering, his friends would comment on his cousin, which made him feel embarrassed.
"I'm sorry about this, but my friend has lost something, and we suspect that your friend might have stolen it. So I would like to find it!" Zhen Difei smiled as he swept his gaze around before stopping on Yuan Cui.
Instantly, Yuan Cui was dumbfounded. She initially thought that Zhen Difei might have taken a fancy to her, which was why he gave her a ring. But she never expected that he was actually laying a trap for her!
The woman standing beside Zhen Difei suddenly pointed at Yuan Cui and said, "That's her! I did not lock the door earlier when I was changing, but I never expected it to be missing after my shower!" After that, she started rubbing her eyes and sobbed.
Despite how sharp-tongued she usually was, Yuan Cui was still caught by surprise by the sudden framing and was left speechless from the shock.
"Uncle put me responsible for this clubhouse, so I have to protect the interest of every customer. Not locking the changing room means that they trust the inner quality of the customers here. So should we provide an explanation now that something like this took place?" Zhen Difei looked at Ni Jingqiu for a long time before he gave out instructions to the security guard, "Search her!"
Knowing that her cousin was trying to embarrass her, Ni Jingqiu looked at Yuan Cui for a long time and asked, "Why don't you explain yourself?"
Explain? W-what just happened?
When Yuan Cui recovered from the shock, she started giving her explanation on the entire story and took out the ring from her purse, "This ring was given to me by him, and he even gave me a name card!"
"Haha, you've finally shown your fox's tail! This name card is proof!" Zhen Difei smiled as he continued, "I don't usually give anyone my name card, not to mention that mine are all custom made, so they're unique. Please look at the back of the name card, and you will know."
Taking the name card from Yuan Cui, Ni Jingqiu saw a word at the bottom of the card that wrote Michelle.
Zhang Qian's English name was Michelle, and this proved that this name card belonged to her. At the same time, it also showed that Yuan Cui had even stolen this name card along with the ring.
All of a sudden, Yuan Cui felt her heart falling since this was a trap laid for her. But then again, she had fallen into this trap because she was too greedy.
On the other hand, both Gu Daoshan and Zhang Fen had their faces turning red from the anger. Yuan Cui had a terrible reputation amongst the relatives. Whenever she came for a visit, there would definitely be something missing.
Hence, they felt that there's a high possibility that Yuan Cui stole the ring.
Looking at Yuan Cui with a complicated gaze, Ni Jingqiu knew that that wasn't an issue that could be easily resolved. Although the Ni Family's clubhouse was equipped with all sorts of facilities, there were no surveillance cameras installed out of their respect for their customers, and something like this has never occurred in the past.
As Yuan Cui's eyes turned red, tears started to stream down her cheeks as she insisted on her claim, "The ring is really something that he gave me, and I really didn't steal it!"
In the past, Yuan Cui has always been the one scheming against others, but now, she finally got a taste of being the victim herself.
"You've already found the missing item, so what do you want to do?" Ni Jingqiu looked at her cousin, coldly. Although she did not have any favorable impression of Yuan Cui, the latter was still a guest that she brought over, so she had to protect Yuan Cui.
"Since she has stolen it, then she's a thief, and we must hand her over to the police!" Zhen Difei smiled with a smug look on his face.
"She's my friend, so can't you let this matter go? After all, you did not lose anything." Ni Jingqiu sighed as she tried to persuade her cousin.
"I'm a stubborn person, and since Uncle has left this clubhouse to me, I must prevent something like this from happening again. Therefore, we must walk through the proper procedure." Zhen Difei helplessly replied. "Now that we've found the item and the thief, the police will be coming shortly to take her away."
As Yuan Cui sobbed, she helplessly mumbled, "I really didn't steal it; I was framed!"
Seeing that Yuan Cui collapsed, Su Tao inwardly sighed. Despite having no favorable opinion of the former, Yuan Cui was still a relative of Gu Rushan, and it was because of their relationship that Ni Jingqiu brought them over. Thus, he had some responsibility for this matter as well.
"There's no need for you to start calling her a thief." Su Tao suddenly said. "The truth of this matter has still yet to be determined. Yuan Cui, do you have any evidence that he's lying?"
"This!" Yuan Cui shook her head and replied, "I don't know!"
With a smug on her face, Zhen Difei responded, "She's clearly lying!"
There's actually a reason why he believed in Yuan Cui, which he explained, "Yuan Cui spoke of an incident earlier on how you suddenly grabbed onto her feet when she was swimming, and she was choking on the pool's water because of it, which was the reason why you gave her a ring to her as compensation.
"I'm a physician, and I can determine from her complexion that she has some drowning symptoms, and she should have suffered from drowning half an hour ago. Drowning can cause acute pulmonary edema, the collapse of the pulmonary alveolus, the blood flow to go out of tune, and acute lung damage. Although she was only drowned for a short period, her breathing isn't healthy, her voice is coarse, and the white of her eyes are yellowish. These are the symptoms of light drowning."
Looking at Su Tao with disdain, Zhen Difei sneered, "What rubbish, don't try and use this groundless logic to get her free."
On the other hand, Yuan Cui looked at Su Tao in surprise. She never expected that Su Tao would help her since she hasn't been treating him well.
All of a sudden, she recalled something and said in excitement, "There's something else! When he was messing with me in the water, he left a mark on my body!"
After that, she actually revealed the fresh mark left by Zhen Difei when he groped her.
Instantly, Du Bing's face turned red while feeling helpless by his wife's actions. His wife had actually pulled down her clothes in public, which made him feel embarrassed.
Even Gu Daoshan and Zhang Fen wore awkward expressions. Although they understood Yuan Cui, and they knew that she's trying to prove her innocence, how could she reveal her butt in public?
At the same time, Zhen Difei was also shocked. But he reacted swiftly and mocked, "Aren't you talking crap? Are you trying to frame me with a few marks? Isn't that spot somewhere that only your husband has the opportunity to leave a mark behind?"
"It's not done by me!" Du Bing glared with rage blazing in his eyes.
"Then it must have been left behind when she was having an affair outside!" Zhen Difei had already prepared his words well.
Yuan Cui only did this because she had staked it all in this, but she never expected that Zhen Difei would push the responsibility away so easily. Although there were others in the pool back then, they were all clearly standing together with Zhen Difei.
Seeing that Yuan Cui nearly vomited blood from the indignance, Su Tao felt satisfied. As the saying goes, evil will always be punished by evil. He didn't even have to make a move himself, and Zhen Difei has taught Yuan Cui a lesson. This could also be considered as venting out the resentment for him.
The moment they met, Yuan Cui had been constantly provoking him, so it was good for her to suffer a little humiliation.
But at this moment, Su Tao still had to resolve this situation. However, it's not for Yuan Cui, but for Ni Jingqiu.
In this matter, Yuan Cui was only a tool used by Zhen Difei to humiliate Ni Jingqiu.
"Since you want evidence, then I'll give you one." Su Tao sighed.
Thereafter, he took a white porcelain cup from the table and looked at Yuan Cui. "Kneel!"
Hearing his words, Yuan Cui was briefly stunned as she looked at Su Tao in disbelief.
"You have to kneel for me to help you!" Su Tao sighed.
Gnashing her teeth, she pondered that she had already suffered so greatly and lost her face. So kneeling wouldn't make it worse than it already was.
She's a woman with thick skin, so she did not care about her dignity to clear up the accusation. Thus, she plopped on her knees, straightforwardly.
Before everyone else could react, a silver needle appeared in Su Tao's hand and he swiftly inserted it into a special acupoint beneath Yuan Cui's abdomen.
This acupoint was located in a special spot, and generally, no one would use it.
Although Yuan Cui wore clothes, Su Tao still inserted the needle in with precise accuracy.
Instantly, Yuan Cui only felt her legs going soft before her throat went numb, and a mouthful of water gushed out from her mouth, which Su Tao swiftly collected with the cup.
Using acupuncture could allow a drowned victim's heart to speed up and discharge the water that they drank when they drowned. Aside from this acupoint, there were also the Gongsun, Neiguan, and Zhongwan Acupoints. The reason why he chose this particular one was because Yuan Cui didn't choke on a lot of water, and it had also been some time. Thus, he could only get the water out with this acupoint.
Under the Acupuncture Section of the Imperial Physician Scripture, it was mentioned that water could be removed from drowned victims by having them in a kneeled position before stimulating the acupoint on the lower abdomen.
But evidently, Su Tao wasn't treating a drowned victim; he was trying to remove the water that Yuan Cui choked.
"You can take this cup of water and test it. It will be similar to the composition of the water in the pool. The water still hasn't cleared up from her system since it was hidden in her pulmonary alveolus, which was removed by me with acupuncture. This way, we can prove that Yuan Cui wasn't lying, and she did indeed drown in the pool. Furthermore, her condition seemed pretty serious, as well."
Even Ni Jingqiu did not expect that the situation would develop in this manner. Her eyes flickered with a sharp light. She was hesitating earlier since she wasn't sure if Yuan Cui was framed.
But after Su Tao's explanation, she was practically confident that her cousin must be behind this matter.
Sweeping a glance at the security guard around the pool, Ni Jingqiu questioned, "All of your salaries and treatments are pretty good, right? If you guys don't want to reveal the truth, then you can leave here immediately. Whoever comes out with the truth first will be promoted along with their salary being increased."
After a brief moment of the security guard looking at each other, one person finally stood forth.
The family circumstance of this security guard member was ordinary, and he cherished this job. Although Zhen Difei was usually responsible for the clubhouse, this was ultimately an asset of the Ni Family, and Ni Jingqiu was the proper heir of the family. He knew that he had to take the right stance right now, so he immediately confessed, "Missy, I will tell you the truth. We were all given instructions by the young master."
