"I admit you were very careful with the phone call, so much so that I couldn't trace it," Han Haoming said, his gaze sharp.
"But Pan Li, in order to get his sentence reduced, confessed that the phone number belonged to you.
He also said that you instructed him to sneak into my house to search for things a while back."
"Hahaha. This is simply preposterous," Jiang Jie laughed three times, trying to suppress the panic in her heart. "I told you I don't even know the man, how could I possibly instruct him to do anything?"
At this moment, Lü Ying clutched the small notebook in her hand and declared loudly, "Jiang Jie, stop pretending and arguing. You had Pan Li sneak into my house to find the evidence Han Shan left behind, didn't you?
I have it right here. In it, Han Shan recorded many truths he witnessed with his own eyes.
Back then, you and Pan Li met in Zhuo Sheng more than once.
When you found out, you used your authority to falsely accuse him of theft and fired him.
This ultimately led to his depression and suicide by jumping from a building."
Upon hearing this, everyone gasped in unison.
All eyes were fixed on Jiang Jie, as if trying to see through her.
"No, no, I didn't. I didn't do it," Jiang Jie's legs went weak, and she nearly fell to the ground.
"If you didn't do it, why are you so nervous?" Qin Si Ye looked at her with cold eyes. "It seems you won't shed tears until you see the coffin. I have someone else who can testify to your actions.
The PR manager, Cong Min, who handled Han Shan's case at Zhuo Sheng back then, returned to the country a few days ago, and I've already met with her.
She personally admitted that everything she did back then was at your instruction.
Shall I have someone bring her here to confront you?
And Pan Li, who is currently in the detention center, I can ask Hao Ming for help to have your son do a paternity test with him."
"No! No!" At this point, Jiang Jie's defenses completely crumbled. With a thud, she sat down on the ground.
"A profound humiliation, a profound humiliation!" Qin Xiuzhi pounded his chest and stomped his feet, glaring fiercely at the woman on the ground. "Jiang Jie, you... you wicked woman. Now... now what do you have to say?
I was truly blind to believe you. How did you produce that... that paternity report back then?"
"Dad, she approached you back then after conspiring with Pan Li. Her goal was to use the child to claim a portion of the Qin family's assets."
Qin Si Ye paused and continued,
"They had bribed the testing doctor before the paternity report was even done. I had someone investigate and found out a few days ago."
"Ah? What?" Qin Xiuzhi trembled slightly as he gripped his cane. "Jiang Jie, you are truly terrifying. You acted so well in front of me for so many years, I... I really..."
"Uncle, don't get too agitated, it's not your fault," Yin Xi quickly stepped forward and gently patted his back upon seeing his distress.
"No, it's not like that." Hearing this, Jiang Jie quickly crawled a few steps closer to him, tears streaming down her face. "Xiuzhi, my feelings for you are genuine, heaven and earth can bear witness. I didn't intend to deceive you either.
Being with that scoundrel Pan Li, and bringing Si Yu to the Qin family to acknowledge kinship, I was forced into it.
These years, I've been law-abiding and served you with all my heart, you should..."
"Shut up!" Qin Xiuzhi banged his cane on the ground fiercely, stopping her in a stern tone. "No matter how much you've done, it cannot compensate for the deception and harm you've caused me.
Get out! Disappear from my sight immediately, I never want to see you again!"
"No! Xiuzhi, we... we've been together for over a decade, you can't do this..."
Jiang Jie continued to crawl towards Qin Xiuzhi, crying, but before she could finish speaking, Qin Si Ye stepped forward and kicked her away.