Rebirth: Inheriting Millions In The Eighties
Chapter 543 - 541 Acknowledgement_1

Chapter 543: Chapter 541 Acknowledgement_1

Everyone thought they were upholding justice, relentlessly pressuring Xia Ningxing to apologize.

Xia Ningxing ignored them and coldly stared at Mrs. Jiang, "Jiang, are you sure you want me to apologize to you and not the other way around?"

Mrs. Jiang nearly bent over laughing, "I’m dying of laughter. Why on earth would I apologize to a chicken thief like you?"

"Am I really a chicken thief?" Xia Ningxing said as she took two steps closer to her. She was tall and towered over Mrs. Jiang, looking down at her with an aura cold as an icy pool, "Jiang, since you refuse to accept any grace and insist on escalating matters, then fine, let’s let everyone see who the real chicken thief is!"

With that, everyone saw Xia Ningxing enter the house.

After a short while, they saw Xia Ningxing come out with a photograph, "Everyone, take a look at this picture. The footprint on this photo is yours, Jiang!"

"Furthermore, the photo shows the date, which was the day before yesterday. It’s clear that you sneaked into my house and stole my chicken two days ago!"

"You’re talking nonsense!" Jiang was taken aback as she hadn’t expected to leave footprints behind. She became defensive but still tried to maintain her composure on the surface.

"In the entire courtyard, only you have such small and deformed feet," Xia Ningxing pointed out sharply.

Mrs. Jiang had bound feet, which gave her a very peculiar shape.

Mrs. Jiang still clenched her teeth and refused to admit it, even attempting to turn the blame, "Even if that really is my foot, what does that prove? Besides, how do I know you didn’t steal my shoes to make that print on the ground to frame me?"

Now that both sides seemed to have reasonable explanations, the onlookers weren’t sure who to believe for a moment.

"You really won’t shed a tear until you see the coffin, will you? Let’s just call the head officer over to fairly judge the right from wrong," Xia Ningxing said, losing her patience with Jiang still refusing to admit at this point, and preparing to escalate things further by involving the head officer.

"No, don’t bring the head officer here!" Upon hearing this, Mrs. Jiang turned pale with fear and hastily grabbed her.

Everyone knew the head officer had strong counter-investigative abilities. If the matter reached him, there would be no need for her to say anything as he would surely unravel the truth.

And then her husband would have to face punishment as well.

However, if they settled it privately now, even if the head officer learned of the issue later, he would regard it as a minor conflict between the women.

Xia Ningxing didn’t want to trouble the head officer with such a trivial matter either, and seeing Jiang grab her, she immediately went down the steps offered, asking with a smile that was not quite a smile, "So are you admitting that you’re the real chicken thief, Jiang?"

At this point, with the dagger hanging over her neck, Mrs. Jiang had no choice but to swallow her teeth, nodding, "Yes...I admit it."

"So you also admit that after stealing the chicken and it died, you tried to frame me?" Xia Ningxing persisted in asking.

Mrs. Jiang was almost in tears, "I admit that, too..."

Who would have thought that what began as a demand for Xia Ningxing to apologize publicly to Mrs. Jiang, would end the other way around!

"Why?" Xia Ningxing would not let her off easily, crossing her arms and continuing to question, making sure everyone could hear clearly.

"What else could it be, if not because your chickens lay too many eggs!" Faced with her repeated questioning, Mrs. Jiang became so angry and embarrassed, she wished she could crawl into a hole.

Once everyone knew the real truth, they immediately reacted—

"My goodness, Mrs. Jiang, you really have no shame, how could you do such a thing!"

"Even if their chickens lay a lot of eggs, you can’t covet them and commit theft like this!"

"It’s bad enough to do such a thing, and then you even tried to slander Xia Ningxing and turn the blame on her!"

"Exactly, if it weren’t for Xia’s ingenuity in discovering the footprint as evidence, she would have been falsely accused today!"

"Mrs. Jiang, you truly are wicked at heart!"

"This is too much!"

Everyone looked around and realized they had just helped the wrong person, guilt filling their hearts. They now scornfully berated Mrs. Jiang with loud voices, letting out their anger on behalf of Xia Ningxing and to alleviate their own remorse.

Mrs. Jiang’s face, drowned in spit, was as ugly as if she had eaten shit.

Who could have imagined that, by simply exchanging a chicken, she would bring such huge embarrassment upon herself?

At that moment, someone suddenly thought, "Mrs. Jiang, aren’t you going to apologize to Xia right now!"

"Exactly! Apologize! You must apologize! You’ve really gone too far this time!"

"If you don’t apologize, we’ll make a big deal out of this!"

With no other choice, Mrs. Jiang could only grind her teeth with hatred, reluctantly apologizing to Xia Ningxing, "I’m sorry."

"What did you say? The wind was a bit strong just now and I didn’t hear you!" Xia Ningxing rubbed her ears.

Mrs. Jiang was all too aware that this wretched girl was deliberately tormenting her. But with the leverage in Xia’s hands, Mrs. Jiang had to apologize again, "I’m sorry!"

She was afraid Xia Ningxing would give her more trouble, so her apology was very loud this time.

It was loud enough, she thought this wretched woman couldn’t find any more excuses now.

But in fact, Mrs. Jiang was overthinking it. Xia Ningxing was already tired of wasting time and entangling with her any longer. As she was about to leave, she heard a hearty voice coming—

"What happened here, why is Mrs. Jiang apologizing?"

Everyone looked up and saw that the research facility director had arrived.

Those sisters who had been bullied by Mrs. Jiang on regular days immediately told the director exactly what had happened, even embellishing the story with extra details.

Mrs. Jiang was trembling uncontrollably, her teeth clenching her lips so hard, her body seemed about to collapse.

It’s over!

This is done for!

As expected, the director’s face turned extremely grim after hearing the story, "Mrs. Jiang, you went too far. As the wife of a research staff member, not only did you fail to bring honor to our research facility, you even tarnished our reputation. Lu Tingli is an expert specially invited by our facility. His wife, who is pregnant, has been bullied by you. What would he think of our facility if he found out? How disappointed he would be?"

"What if his disappointment affects the progress of our research? Tell me, Mrs. Jiang, can you bear that responsibility?"

The leader, true to form, escalated the issue to a new level, scaring Mrs. Jiang out of her wits.

"I’m sorry, Director, I’m so sorry, I truly realize my mistake, and I have already apologized to Xia," she said, with tears streaming down her face, both scared and frightened.

"Do you think a simple apology is enough? Let me tell you, from now on, all welfare benefits for your family will be cancelled, and your husband’s salary will be docked for half a year," the director snorted coldly, issuing the punishment.

He knew all too well the kind of person Mrs. Jiang was, and if she wasn’t given a lesson this time, who knows what she might do in the future.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Jiang collapsed to the ground.

Her family was already in some difficulty, and now their benefits and wages were being docked.

Her husband would kill her!

The director didn’t pay her any more attention and instead went to comfort Xia Ningxing.