The Genius Sweetheart of the Abstinent Goblin Boss

Ji Ran herself, however, showed no emotional fluctuation whatsoever. She even found it amusing, so she raised the corners of her lips.

Zeng Nian was so angry upon seeing this that he gritted his teeth.

“Bitch!!!!”

"Defendant, be quiet!" the presiding judge warned.

The prison guards forcibly turned Zeng Nian's head back.

The prosecutor, unperturbed, produced a second report.

"This report is a re-examination conducted by the prosecution on a second sample collection, and the entire process is documented and can be reviewed."

Re-examination results and the first report

Exactly the same.

"impossible!!"

Zeng Nian shouted it out subconsciously this time.

"Impossible! I clearly told someone..."

Mingming felt inexplicably uneasy ever since Luo Yesheng called her, and because she couldn't find an opportunity to contact Ji Ran, she had someone secretly replace all the water in the artificial river.

But realizing he almost blurted it out, Zeng Nian immediately fell silent.

His words, spoken unconsciously, were clearly recorded by everyone and the live-streaming equipment.

Everyone understood that there must be something fishy going on behind this, but before they could speculate, the prosecutor picked up where he left off.

"You clearly had the river water changed, didn't you?"

Zeng Nian's eyes widened suddenly, and he instinctively retorted defiantly, "No..."

However, after hearing what the other party said, he realized that the river water could no longer be detected, so the other party must be trying to trick him into telling him something!

Thinking of this, he immediately reorganized his thoughts.

"It wasn't me who changed the river water. I simply arranged for people to change the river water regularly to maintain water quality and hygiene. Isn't that a normal thing?"

You have no evidence! Don't try to frame me! You've got some scrap material from some unknown lab, produced a report, and you're trying to pin it on me?! I demand clear evidence of the sample's origin!

Zeng Nian tried his best to adjust his tone, putting on a heartbroken appearance, so that the uninformed person would really think that he had suffered a great injustice.

The prosecutor's side seemed to have quieted down. Just when Zeng Nian thought he had gained the upper hand and his confidence was growing, and he was planning to calm down and find a way to break through the next accusation, the prosecutor's next statement directly plunged Zeng Nian into a quagmire.

"The second river water sample was provided by Zeng Yichen, a second-level corps commander of the West Suburbs Military Camp."

The color that had just returned to Zeng Nian's face vanished completely.

"What...what..."

He suddenly turned around and looked at Zeng Yichen in the audience, his eyes filled with disbelief.

He actually went this far... He actually hates himself to this extent!!!

This time, even the audience couldn't help but gasp in surprise, all turning to look at Zeng Yichen sitting in the back row.

The shocked crowd naturally included Jiang Baishen and Jiang Manxi.

Jiang Manxi suddenly remembered the day when they ate cake together in Xiao Leng's office with Sister Chi Tao, and the questions Zeng Yichen asked her.

It turns out that he was already deeply mired in this quagmire back then, struggling alone for who knows how long... before finally making this decision.

He really did do what he said he would do...

Jiang Baishen was simply shocked, shocked that Zeng Yichen would actually put aside his own family for the greater good, though he didn't know why.

Zeng Yichen stared directly into Zeng Nian's resentful eyes. Even though his face was expressionless, didn't his heart ache?

How could it not hurt? That was his father who once loved him the most, or at least that's what he used to think.

But when I think that it was all a facade, those happy memories are ultimately nothing more than a beautiful bubble.

It shatters with a single poke.

The prosecutor continued, this time not giving Zeng Nian another chance to exploit loopholes, and directly pointed out a type of moss extracted from the original sample.

That kind of moss can only grow on a very high-end type of stone.

Coincidentally, there are only three places in all of China where this kind of stone is found: one is in a museum in a southwestern city, one is in an ancient palace in the south, and the other is the small bridge in the Zeng family's artificial canal, which is made entirely of this stone, including the bridge piers that are submerged in water all year round.

With this report released, the authenticity of the sampling was naturally beyond question, and even Zeng Nian, with his silver tongue, was unable to refute it.

At this moment, Zeng Yichen also silently breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, he secretly preserved the river water and then notified Ji Ran. It was she who reminded him that he went to the bridge pier and scraped off some moss.

Thinking about this, he admired Ji Ran's intelligence even more. He had only been to his house once, yet he had observed things so clearly. Intelligence was truly terrifying...

At this time, the internet was filled with ridicule.

'Even on his deathbed, Zeng Nian was still trying to argue. Look at his cunning and treacherous nature; how could I have ever thought of him as a good person?'

'He's good at pretending, he even believes it himself.'

"And I don't know how much he embezzled. I looked up that stone; it's worth 4 yuan per gram. He actually used that stone to build a bridge! How much money must that have cost?"

'That damned Zeng Shitou! How much human blood has he drunk?!'

'How ironic that his extravagant stone has become irrefutable evidence against him.'

'Hilarious! So few people can afford this stone. It's such a good way to identify a suspect!'

'Does this count as Zeng Shitou indirectly surrendering himself?'

'Wait! Who provided the samples for the re-inspection? Zeng Yichen??'

'Holy crap, is that his youngest son?'

'Yes! He's the youngest son that Zeng Shitou's adopted daughter had her eye on.'

'Holy crap, is young master putting righteousness before family?'

'It seems there are still good people in the Zeng family.'

'Who can say for sure? Maybe it's for self-preservation?'

"I heard that Zeng Nian doted on this youngest son the most; he idled away his days and had no achievements, yet he still managed to rise to the position of army commander."

'To exonerate himself, he even reported his own father... If this is considered a good person, I'm speechless.'

"Honestly, from Zeng Nian's perspective, anyone could report him, but for his most beloved son to report him must be incredibly heartbreaking."

'Look at his eyes in the live stream, they were so broken.'

"Are you guys upstairs crazy? Zeng Nian committed so many heinous crimes that could lead to the extermination of nine generations of his family. Whatever the reason, is it wrong for someone to report Zeng Nian?"

"Exactly! If he doesn't report Zeng Nian, he can just wait for Zeng Nian to siphon off your hard-earned money to buy stones to repair bridge piers."

……

Presiding Judge: "Defendant, do you have any objections to the evidence presented by the prosecution?"

Zeng Nian's face was ashen, and he had nothing to say.

Little did he know that his mind was still racing.

Even if the river incident is exposed, it will only mean that he started an illegal experimental project, which is not a big deal.

Qi Mu died long ago, and his remains have not been found.