Chapter 1111: Chapter 1111: Framed (Part 10)
They started arguing without even realizing it.
Tracing things back, countless eyes shifted toward Zhang Fanfan, as if this woman was the one instigating it all...
Zhang Fanfan’s face went pale immediately; she never expected Xia Weibao would turn the focus onto her with just a few words.
Feeling the reproachful gazes of Yan Lingyi, Yan Fei, Yan Yuexian, Old Chief Fang, and countless others upon her, she felt drenched in sweat.
What terrified her most were two gazes, whose origins she couldn’t identify, piercingly cold like venomous snakes constricting her throat, suffocating her.
Now all the accusations were aimed at her, and she had no escape.
Thinking about the hairpin in Xia Weibao’s bag, the result would be clear with just a search; this gave her some confidence.
Gradually calming down, she took a deep breath and looked at Xia Weibao under immense pressure.
"Miss Xia, I didn’t say you stole the hairpin, but now that everyone else has been checked, only you’re left. To prove your innocence, a search would be the best way."
Xia Weibao smiled slightly, handing her bag over, "Miss Zhang is right. To prove fairness and openness, why not let Miss Zhang search the bag? It’ll better prove my innocence."
Unyielding, the bag was already handed to Zhang Fanfan.
Zhang Fanfan didn’t know what Xia Weibao meant, but since things had come to this, she might as well search!
Anyway, if it was found in Xia Weibao’s bag, she couldn’t wash it off even if she leapt into the Yellow River!
Zhang Fanfan eagerly opened Xia Weibao’s small bag; she just wanted to end all this quickly.
The stares on her felt like Mount Tai!
No one spoke, all craning their necks to watch.
The zipper was pulled open, Zhang Fanfan took everything out one by one, but even at the bottom, there was no hairpin.
Her eyes widened in disbelief, "How can it not be there!"
Realizing she lost her composure, she quickly added, "There’s no hairpin in Miss Xia’s bag, we misunderstood Miss Xia."
After speaking, she smiled apologetically, but that smile was so stiff, it was uglier than crying.
Although she reacted quickly, her instinctive surprise was enough to indicate certain things to keen observers.
Yan Lingyi and Yan Fei’s faces had never looked so grim.
Yan Yuexian, being simple-minded, hadn’t thought that far; she just sighed with relief, feeling like surviving a disaster.
She kept saying it couldn’t be Xia Weibao.
Lu Huashan said coldly, "I told you it wasn’t Xia Weibao. Some people should brighten their eyes in the future and not bite like mad dogs indiscriminately!"
The people scolded as mad dogs, "..."
It’s truly suffocating!
How did they bite indiscriminately? Everyone was searched; is it wrong to search Xia Weibao?
Is treating everyone equally wrong? Is wanting fairness and justice wrong!
They felt oppressed inside but not one dared to retort.
Considering she’s a beautiful woman with power and influence, we endure you!
Zhang Fanfan was frustrated to death, putting Xia Weibao’s items back in the bag while apologizing to her.
She couldn’t figure it out, she clearly already put the hairpin in, so how come it wasn’t there.
From when she put it in until the matter was discovered, Xia Weibao hadn’t left her sight; there was no way she put the hairpin elsewhere.
There were no pockets on her, nowhere to hide it.