The matriarch has returned; that spendthrift son is truly daring!

Mrs. Wang: "I suspect it's you now. Hand over the things right now, and I might let it go for Mrs. Song's sake."

At this moment, Li Jinhong was surrounded by strange looks, just like a thief. Everyone looked at her with scrutiny, disdain, contempt, disgust, and suspicion.

Li Jinhong felt an unprecedented humiliation.

In contrast, Song Xue'er was dressed in gorgeous clothes, high and mighty, arrogant and aloof, with a cold look in her eyes, as if she were a beggar or a princess when they first met.

Li Jinhong clenched her fists tightly.

Seeing her mother being harassed, An Qiqi stepped forward and said with a smile, "Mrs. Wang, are you sure you've remembered correctly where you put it? She shouldn't take your things!"

Mrs. Wang said irritably, "You're not her, how do you know she won't take it?"

An Qiqi's face turned blue from the rebuke.

Li Jinhong said, "I didn't take the things, don't try to frame me." With that, she turned to leave.

Mrs. Wang had someone stop her, saying, "If you didn't take it, why are you in such a hurry to leave? Everyone's here. What else could it be but a guilty conscience?"

Li Jinhong: "You!"

Mrs. Wang pressed on, saying, "I just need to see your bag. If you didn't take it, I'll apologize. Otherwise, you're a thief."

Li Jinhong was also furious. Over the years, they had become wealthy, and she had never suffered such humiliation before.

He pointed at her and started cursing, "You lost your own things and you have the nerve to frame me? I don't even want your necklace, it's not like I don't have one myself."

Mrs. Wang: "You were the one who went into the restroom with me just now. How can you prove that you didn't take it? You thief! You're the only unfamiliar face here. Tell me, whose wife are you?"

One sentence fueled Li Jinhong's anger, and her eyes filled with murderous intent.

An Qiqi: "Mrs. Wang, calm down. Tonight is a banquet after all. Your behavior is affecting everyone, isn't it, Mom?"

An Qiqi looked at Song Xueer, hoping she would say something fair.

Song Xueer slowly approached Li Jinhong.

“I know this might make you a little uncomfortable, but Mrs. Wang said she saw you go in with her, so just show it to Mrs. Wang. Even if the necklace is really in your bag, I won’t let anyone make things difficult for you. Is that alright?”

Mrs. Wang said loudly, "Look how understanding Mrs. Song is, and how she always thinks of you. She won't even let you take a look at me. You must be hiding something."

Li Jinhong gritted her teeth. "Song Xue'er! What kind of good person are you playing?"

"You've gone too far! I told you it wasn't me, Song Xue'er. The guest lost the things at your house. Could it be that your host stole them? And you're framing me!"

Song Xue'er smiled helplessly and said, "It's not that we're being too unreasonable, it's just that Mrs. Wang needs to take a look, after all, it's a valuable item."

Li Jinhong: "Don't even think about touching my bag."

Li Jinhong held her bag tightly, making her look like a thief.

The way everyone looked at her seemed to confirm something.

An Qiqi stood in front of Li Jinhong. "Madam, would it be convenient for you to show your bag to Mrs. Wang? If it weren't for you, everyone would apologize to you, right, Mom?"

An Qiqi's next sentence, "Mom," is unclear; it's unclear who she's referring to.

Song Xue'er smiled knowingly, "Of course, Mrs. Wang, don't you think so?"

Mrs. Wang: "If she really didn't steal it, of course I will apologize."

Li Jinhong could only hand the bag to An Qiqi, who opened it in front of everyone.

And sure enough, I found a pearl necklace.

It only took three seconds for An Qiqi's face to go from calm and composed to stiff and pale.

how come!

Mrs. Wang grabbed the chain and angrily shouted at Li Jinhong, "So it really is you! Still denying it to the death! What is this? What is this? Tell me! Tell me!"

Li Jinhong was completely bewildered; how did this necklace end up in her bag?

She never took it. Who, who framed her?

Li Jinhong's face visibly panicked. "No, no, I didn't take it. It wasn't me. It has nothing to do with me."

Li Jinhong and An Qiqi devised a scheme to frame someone.

They bribed someone to pretend to lose something at the Song family's house, framing Song Xue'er's maid and ruining her reputation.

But she hasn't done it yet.

"If you didn't take it, how could it be in your bag? You still dare to argue? Believe me or not, I'll call the police."

"This person looks so respectable, I never expected him to be a thief. He just doesn't seem like a good person to me."

"Exactly, trying to sneak away like that, how shameless."

"With a mother like that, I don't know how shameful it is for the child."

"Like begets like. A rat's son knows how to dig holes. I bet her child will be influenced by her and become a petty thief. How despicable."

The guests were all prominent figures from high society, which completely ruined Li Jinhong's reputation.

Her dream of breaking into this circle has been completely shattered.

An Qiqi and An Linsheng's faces were ashen, like dyed cloth just pulled from sewage.

An Linsheng knew that Li Jinhong liked to steal petty things and had always had this habit, but he didn't expect that after so many years, she still hadn't changed this bad habit.

If she becomes Mrs. An in the future, who knows how she will embarrass him and attract attention.

An Qiqi knew that her mother must have been framed, but now she had presented the evidence herself.

What explanation could she possibly offer, especially considering the possibility that she might later acknowledge Li Jinhong as her biological mother?

How would they see her, as the thief's daughter or...?

The chill crept up from the soles of her feet, and An Qiqi's face gradually lost its color.

Li Jinhong shouted, "It wasn't me, it wasn't me, it has nothing to do with me, it was you, it was you who deliberately framed me, Song Xueer, it was you, it must be you."

Li Jinhong seemed to have thought of something and was about to speak.

An Linsheng angrily retorted, "Enough! The evidence is right in front of you. You still dare to deny it? Don't think that just because you're a long-time employee of the company, I'll give you face."

Li Jinhong looked at An Linsheng with heartbreak. In front of so many people, he actually said that he was just a long-time employee.

Song Xue'er's eyes flashed. "Oh, I remember now, honey. Isn't she the woman I asked to make tea at the company that day, and she couldn't make it well, so I docked three months' salary from her? It was you! I only remembered because you mentioned it."

Song Xue'er took Mrs. Wang's hand apologetically. "Mrs. Wang, I'm so sorry. This is a long-time employee of our company. Perhaps I said something to upset her last time, and she deliberately caused trouble at the banquet. As I just said, as long as the item is found, you apologize to Mrs. Wang, and I will help plead for her."

Song Xueer's understanding words increased everyone's goodwill towards her.

As expected of Madam Song, her magnanimity and tolerance are unmatched by ordinary people.