Chapter 1422: The Blackened Good Girl (57)

 "When did I ever steal your diamond ring??"

The old woman panicked immediately. Staging an accident and theft were two entirely different matters.

There wasn't the slightest hint of a smile on Mother Tang's face. She wondered whether, in that world from the dream, she had been too soft-hearted and too kind, which was why her daughter had suffered such a fate.

Why shouldn't people like this be punished?

There were so many people like this old woman in the world. Why did they never receive punishment?

Today, she intended to teach such people a lesson.

Didn't the old woman want to stage an accident? Fine. Then she would say the woman had stolen her expensive diamond ring.

Mother Tang raised her hand and pointed to the faint mark left by the ring on her finger. "When I got out of the car just now, my diamond ring accidentally slipped off. It happened to roll over to where you were."

"Elder, did you perhaps pick it up?" There was a smile on Mother Tang's face now, but in the old woman's eyes, it looked terrifying.

She regretted taking this job.

"I didn't pick it up! How could I have picked up a ring? I never even saw any diamond ring. You're framing me!" The old woman became flustered, her face red and neck swollen with agitation. There wasn't a trace left of the miserable woman who had been lying on the ground wailing moments ago.

Mother Tang then said to the police, "In that case, I want to report her for staging an accident. As for the ring, I'm sure the two officers will investigate it thoroughly."

She was determined to uncover the truth behind this matter.

Whoever had done it would be dragged out. Not a single one would escape.

The old woman's panicked, vigorous behavior had already aroused the officers' suspicions.

Coupled with the fact that Mother Tang's diamond ring was worth a considerable amount, they naturally had to take the matter seriously.

Thus, they brought both the old woman and Mother Tang back to the police station.

At the entrance to the station, Mother Tang happened to run into Father Tang.

The couple exchanged glances. There was laughter in their eyes, as well as tears they stubbornly refused to let fall. In the end, they walked toward each other, held each other's hands, and entered the station together.

The officers at the station were surprised. Both husband and wife had run into trouble on the same day.

What they didn't expect was that the truth behind it all would be so infuriating.

Tang Guo learned of everything through the system.

Even though she was currently taking her exam, the system knew she wouldn't be distracted and happily recounted how forceful Father Tang and Mother Tang had been at the police station.

Under the relentless questioning of the Tang couple, the two people who had staged the accidents confessed everything.

Following those leads, they caught Brother Dao.

From Brother Dao, they learned about Wu Lingling.

Only then did they discover that both incidents had been orchestrated by a female delinquent who wanted to stop the city's most outstanding student from taking her college entrance examination.

After learning the truth, the expressions on the officers' faces became indescribable.

If they weren't police officers, they would have wanted to slap Wu Lingling across the face and beat her up.

How could she be so vicious?

Wu Lingling was brought in for questioning. Since the matter had become so serious, Mother Tang informed Qin Ruolan.

Meanwhile, the system secretly delivered some videos into the hands of the police. Faced with those recordings, Wu Lingling had no way to argue.

For the first time, right in front of Qin Ruolan, Mother Tang raised her hand and fiercely slapped Wu Lingling across the face.

The slap stunned Wu Lingling and shocked Qin Ruolan as well.

Mother Tang had always been gentle and kind. Forget hitting people—even Qin Ruolan, her biological younger sister, had rarely ever heard her scold anyone.

"What exactly did Xiao Guo ever do to wrong you, for you to scheme so meticulously and arrange all these thugs to stop her from taking the college entrance examination?"

After delivering that slap, Mother Tang finally felt some of the bitterness in her heart dissipate.