Rebirth: I Became Mr.President’s Beloved
Chapter 96: Suffering in Silence

Chapter 96: Chapter 96: Suffering in Silence

"I didn’t..." Aunt Wu tried to explain.

But after uttering just three words, she couldn’t bring herself to speak the words of clarification.

Although she hadn’t tampered with the watermelon juice, she had seen Miss Lai Yuaner do so. Before leaving the kitchen, Miss Yuaner had even gestured to her to "keep it a secret".

At that time, she simply thought Miss Yuaner was being mischievous and didn’t imagine she would be dragged into it.

If Councilman Wenyan hadn’t been there, she could have shirked some responsibility.

But now, this glass of juice was meant for the Councilman, and the implications were different. If she said there was no issue and the Councilman drank it, there would certainly be trouble...

Lai Sheng Xia had already spoken: "Aunt Wu has worked in the Lai Family for many years and has never done anything inappropriate before."

Hearing this, Aunt Wu looked at the eldest daughter pleadingly.

"Could it be a misunderstanding?" Lai Sheng Xia asked.

Ouyang Qian’s expression softened, glanced at Aunt Wu, and then turned to Lai Wenyan, "Perhaps I’m just being overly nervous. Don’t scare Aunt Wu too much. She’s already in her fifties and knows what’s important."

Qin Yansheng also said, "It’s just a glass of juice. If we don’t want to drink it, we can just pour it out."

"You’re right, brother-in-law." Lai Yuaner could not agree more, "Aunt Wu, please take the watermelon juice away and then prepare a fresh glass."

Aunt Wu nodded again and again.

However, it was at this moment that Tang Li spoke up, "Once or twice might be a misunderstanding, but if it happens too often, I can only interpret it as Aunt Wu disliking me personally." Saying this, she looked straight at Aunt Wu: "Am I right, Aunt Wu?"

"What are you trying to do now?!" Lai Wenyan looked at her with cold eyes, almost accusingly, "Is it that you’re not satisfied unless you stir up some trouble in the house?"

In an instant, the dining room fell into a deathly silence.

Ouyang Qian reached out and held Lai Wenyan’s wrist on the table, "Xiaxia and Yansheng have just returned, why are you so angry? Can’t we just have a nice meal?"

Lai Yuaner took to acting, Tang Li thought; this should probably be credited to Ouyang Qian, with a mother so adept at performing, the daughter was bound to pick up some skills from being around her every day.

"There’s something I’ve been afraid to say before, but now that Grandma isn’t here, I think it’s time to let Dad and Auntie know." Tang Li put her cellphone on the dining table.

Then, a recorded conversation played in the dining room:

"...Why didn’t you change that dress?"

"Did Auntie really prepare that dress for me?"

It was her uncertain inquiry.

Aunt Wu’s voice came from the cellphone: "Since it’s a task assigned by the madam, there definitely won’t be a problem, you should hurry up and get changed and come downstairs..."

Under the crystal light, Ouyang Qian’s face appeared slightly pale.

Tang Li had already turned off the recording and explained, "On the night of Grandma’s birthday banquet, Aunt Wu brought the dress to my room. I recognized the brooch on the dress as a gift my father had given to auntie. Later, Aunt Wu kept urging me to change into the dress, which made me suspicious, so I recorded this conversation."

"By the time I returned from the garden, the dress and the brooch were no longer in my room. The next morning, Yuanyuan claimed that her dress had been stolen and our family even had an unpleasant argument over it. I couldn’t help but suspect that someone was maliciously instigating."

Lai Wenyan’s lips were tightly pressed, and his dark eyes were directed at Aunt Wu.

Even though he didn’t like his daughter Tang Li, he couldn’t tolerate a servant sowing discord in the household.

Aunt Wu’s face turned ashen; it was as if she’d swallowed bitter gall and couldn’t express her hardship. All she could do was beseechingly look back at Lai Wenyan, "Councilman, it’s not as you heard. Believe me, I haven’t done anything to harm the Lai Family."