The pampered heiress holds the script and leads her cannon fodder family to a counterattack.

Cai Yuanling felt disgusted by Cai Huixin's tearful and aggrieved appearance.

"Slap!" She slapped Cai Huixin across the face.

Cai Huixin covered her face, stopped crying, and looked at Cai Yuanling in disbelief.

Cai Yuanling actually hit her?

The blow was so forceful that it made her ears ring.

"Since you call me 'sister,' it's only right that I discipline you on behalf of our parents," Cai Yuanling said coldly. "And you still dare to say you didn't steal this hairpin!"

Cai Yuanling held the inside of the jade hairpin up to her, and there were two small, barely noticeable characters near the head of the hairpin: Yuanling.

“My name is on this! I spent a lot of money to have it custom-made by a special craftsman, and now it’s stuck on your head!” Cai Yuanling deliberately spoke loudly, and the maids and servants nearby heard it.

Cai Yuanling thought to herself that she probably hadn't looked at the hairpin carefully, and was only focused on putting it on her head, completely unaware of the small characters on it.

Cai Huixin looked at the small print on the screen, her face turning deathly pale.

How could it be, how could it be like this!

That's really something of her father, giving her something with such an obvious mark!

Since it was given two years ago, the father himself should have forgotten about it and didn't know that the hairpin belonged to Cai Yuanling, yet he put it on his head.

The maids and servants all pricked up their ears to listen to the commotion, their hearts filled with surprise.

Who would have thought that Miss Huixin was such a thief!

And yet, a descendant of loyal and virtuous officials, he did such a thing! He's both stupid and wicked!

Cai Yuanling married far away, and many of her belongings were left at her parents' home instead of being brought with her husband's family.

Two years ago, when I went back to my parents' home, I found that some things were missing. I thought they might have been put away somewhere because I had been away for a long time, so I didn't pay much attention to it.

Unexpectedly, it ended up in the pocket of this mistress!

At that time, the mistress had not yet entered the house, so it was impossible for her to have come to the house to steal it herself.

The only possibility is that her father secretly took her things and gave them to his mistress.

Thinking of this, Cai Yuanling trembled with anger.

For so many years, her father had never liked her and had never given her a single gift.

Now, she's giving her things to that mistress!

That jade hairpin was something she had spent a lot of money to make, but she forgot to bring it in the rush of her wedding.

Every time I go back to my parents' home, I can't stay for long before I rush off, and I don't even have time to look for the lost items.

Unexpectedly, her father took advantage of this loophole and gave her valuables to his mistress!

Then he remembered that his father was supporting this mistress with his mother's money, and he got angry again.

Moreover, since she has a hairpin, she probably has something else in her possession!

"Since she stole one thing, she's bound to steal a second." She ordered her two maids, "Come with me, search her room!"

Cai Huixin wiped away her tears as she followed, saying, "Sister, why do you have to humiliate me like this! I picked up that hairpin; I've never stolen anything from you!"

Cai Huixin instructed her maid to go and call her father.

Cai Yuanling pushed open Cai Huixin's door and looked at the room's decor, feeling a pang of pain in her heart.

This room is very well decorated and has good lighting; it's even more exquisite than my mother's room.

Cai Huixin's room was personally chosen by her father.

He's so afraid his precious daughter will suffer any hardship! He's given her such a nice house to live in!

Cai Yuanling recalled her childhood when the window of her house was broken and let in the wind. She told her father about it, and he impatiently told her, "Tell your mother about matters concerning the inner quarters. Why are you asking me?"

It seems that his mistress is his true love.

The group broke into the house and, under Cai Yuanling's command, began searching.

Two maids were rummaging through the chests and cabinets, making a clattering noise. These two maids were Cai Yuanling's dowry maids and were very familiar with Cai Yuanling's belongings.

"Madam, we've found it! Your lost gold necklace!"

"Madam, this is the Yun brocade you lost!"

"Madam, this is the gold-plated headpiece you lost!"

......

As she watched as one thing after another was unearthed, Cai Yuanling grew increasingly angry.

All her good things were taken by her father and given to his mistress!

Each one is more expensive than the last!

Cai Huixin, standing to the side, looked ashen-faced, her expression growing increasingly grim.

"Now, I'll teach you a lesson you won't forget. Green Robe, go report to the authorities!"

Upon hearing that she was going to report it to the authorities, Cai Huixin was terrified.

If the authorities are not notified, what will she do? She can't reveal that she is an illegitimate daughter and that all these things were given to her by her father!

What should she do!

At that moment, a male voice rang out from outside the door.

"Yuan Ling, haven't you made enough of a scene?! Is this how you act as an older sister?"

A middle-aged man entered through the door; it was her father, Cai Liyang.

When Cai Huixin saw her father come in, she pretended to hold back her tears and said, "Father, Huixin is not pleasing to my sister. She insists that I stole things. Huixin doesn't blame my sister. After all, before I came, my sister was the only legitimate daughter in the family."

"It's Huixin's fault; she stole her sister's position..."

Cai Yuanling was speechless for a moment.

Hearing Cai Huixin's words, Cai Yuanling got goosebumps.

How could she possibly say something so pretentious?

It's disgusting!

If you're included in the family genealogy, then you should call him Father!

"Stop pretending! My name is on the hairpin you're wearing, and the household has already recorded everything in your room! The evidence is conclusive, so what are you still acting for!"

Cai Liyang felt heartbroken seeing Cai Huixin's restrained expression.

When he turned to look at Cai Yuanling, his eyes held a hint of ruthlessness.

This daughter is really unreasonable!

Cai Yuanling looked coldly at her father as he entered.

Without even asking what happened, he just protects his mistress like this; what a good father he is!

The thought that her father would divorce her mother, sever ties with her, and even take advantage of her misfortune to protect himself made her feel even colder.

“Father, this Cai Huixin is a thief! She has only been in the manor for a few days and has already stolen many of my valuables!” Cai Yuanling retorted.

“My father came in and accused me without asking why. Is he trying to protect her?” Cai Yuanling said angrily.

Cai Liyang frowned deeply.

She never liked this daughter. She always talked back to him.

Those items were indeed taken from the mansion by him and given to Cai Huixin. As the head of the household, he had all the keys to the house.

He often wondered to himself, how could there be such a big difference between his children, who were all his children?

Cai Yuanling is sharp-tongued, yet kind-hearted and gentle.

Cai Yuanling enjoyed the privileges of being the legitimate daughter in the mansion, living a life of luxury, but her daughter Huixin could not be raised in the open and had to be raised outside.

Cai Yuanling spent so much money on those hairpins and jewelry, which would be a waste for her to use anyway. It would be better to give them to Huixin, his precious darling.

"As the eldest daughter of the Cai family, you are now twenty-one years old. Can't you think about the Cai family's interests?" Cai Liyang rebuked.

"If you report this to the authorities, Huixin is a member of the Cai family. Reporting this to the authorities would be a slap in the face to the Cai family!"

Cai Yuanling retorted, "Father, you are mistaken. I reported this to the authorities precisely for the sake of the Cai family and for Father's sake!"