The atmosphere became incredibly stiff at that moment.
The waiter and the manager didn't know what to say, their minds and limbs numb, as if they had turned into wooden stakes.
Wu Tian knew that this trouble had been resolved, and he couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
He never expected things to be so coincidental; a bug in the computer had actually recorded everything.
It seemed that in this world, there was indeed such a thing as retribution.
If you wanted to do bad things, no matter how perfectly you did them, heaven would eventually catch up with you.
Seeing the waiter remain silent, the police officer continued to ask, "I asked you a question. How do you plan to explain yourself now?"
"If what the recording says is true, then this was all staged by you, wasn't it?"
The waiter felt his scalp about to explode.
He wanted to explain a few words, but his mind raced for a long time, and he couldn't come up with a single word, so he remained speechless.
Seeing this, the manager also became anxious.
He had vouched for the waiter. If anything went wrong, how would he handle it?
So he pushed the waiter and said loudly, "What are you still standing there for? Say something!"
"Is this how things really happened? Did you lie to me?"
Under the pressure from all sides, the waiter finally broke down.
He knelt on the ground with a thud and said with a tearful face, "I was wrong, I know I was wrong, I'll never do it again!"
"I had no choice. This vase is worth over a hundred thousand yuan. How could I afford to pay for it? So I had to resort to this method!"
"Please forgive me. I promise I will never make such a mistake again!"
The manager was so angry that his lungs were about to explode upon hearing this.
He said fiercely, "You scoundrel! After all this, it turns out you really lied to me. And I trusted you so much!"
"You're a beast! How could you do such a thing? I think you really don't want to work anymore!"
The waiter said tremblingly, "I didn't want to either, but... but..."
He stammered, trying to find a justifiable reason for himself, but he couldn't come up with anything.
The police officer also understood the cause and effect of the matter.
For a moment, they felt disgusted by the waiter's actions.
One of the police officers said, "No matter how great your difficulties are, your actions are illegal!"
"Not only did you frame someone, but you also slandered them. Moreover, we have already arrived, and you still dared to deceive us. You are simply audacious!"
"Your situation is now very serious. This is something that administrative detention cannot handle."
"It seems you'll be spending some time in jail!"
"Ah?" Hearing this, the waiter was even more terrified.
He quickly said, "Jail? That doesn't seem right. I, I haven't done anything harmful or immoral. Why should I go to jail?"
The police officer reprimanded, "This isn't immoral? This is something no human would do!"
"Let me tell you, you're finished now. You'll have to come with us!"
The waiter was naturally unwilling to accept such a punishment.
He was now in a dire predicament, so he could only look at Wu Tian and plead, "I understand. I'm sorry. Please speak to the officers for me and beg them to let me go!"
Wu Tian found the waiter's face disgusting now.
He hadn't given this guy a chance before, but this guy was rotten to the core. Even if given a chance, it wouldn't help!
So he said coldly, "You know to beg me now, but what were you doing before?"
"I will not make any defense for you. Let the judgment be as it should be."
The waiter felt as if his soul was about to depart his body.
From this moment on, he finally understood that he was caught and would never be able to turn his life around.
But who could he blame? It was all his own doing.
The manager felt he had been tricked, and was furious at this moment.
He cursed, "I'm truly blind to have believed someone like you. From now on, you have nothing to do with our hotel!"
"We absolutely will not allow someone like you to exist. Prepare yourself. If we are asked to testify in court, I will definitely not show you any favoritism!"
Seeing the manager speak so righteously, as if he were exposing a family member's wrongdoing,
Wu Tian smiled coldly and said, "You're still trying to save face, aren't you? Can you escape responsibility for what you did just by saying you were deceived?"
The manager was taken aback, then frowned, "What do you mean? I'm also a victim. I don't know the specifics. How can you blame me for this?"
"You don't know the specifics?" Wu Tian continued to smile. "Since you don't know the specifics, why were you so certain in your words, as if you had seen it yourself?"
"With your lack of judgment, I think you should stop being a manager. Otherwise, if the same thing happens in the future, you'll still be as confused as you are now."
The manager was displeased with Wu Tian's words, saying, "Yes, I did make a small mistake."
"But so what? Everyone makes mistakes. Isn't it enough if I correct them?"
"Correct them?" Wu Tian smiled and shook his head. "I'm afraid things aren't as easy to resolve as you say. After all, you put your chips on the table in front of the officers earlier."
The manager's expression changed immediately.
He knew what Wu Tian meant, because he had said that if he was wrong, the hotel would fire him.
But that was based on his absolute confidence. Now that the situation had collapsed, how could he admit it!
He had worked for years to get to his current position from being a waiter. If he lost his job like this, how would he get by in the future?
So he immediately said, "What chips? I don't know what you're talking about!"
"Let me tell you, what I said was just a joke. How can you take such a thing seriously!"
Wu Tian smiled and said, "A joke? You dare to joke in front of the police. Are you disrespecting the authority of the police?"
The police officer's expression also changed slightly upon hearing this.
Indeed, if the manager wasn't held accountable, wouldn't their authority be undermined?
So he directly said, "I think what this comrade said is perfectly reasonable. Since you said it, you should stand by it."
"I will inform your boss about this matter. As for what your boss does, it has nothing to do with me."