Chapter 60: Outwitted by One’s Own Cleverness

With things having come to this point, Han Mo could no longer protect Nan Zhi. She took the bag and pulled out Nan Zhi’s suit from inside.

Fu Sijing squeezed Nan Yao’s arm excitedly, lowering her voice, “Yao Yao, the show’s about to begin. Just wait and see Nan Zhi get her comeuppance!”

Xiao Ting had already slipped Lin Wanyue’s priceless diamond ring into the pocket of Nan Zhi’s suit.

Nan Yao curled her lips into a cold, contemptuous smile as she glanced at Nan Zhi. Whether four years ago or now, Nan Zhi could never win against her.

Look at this—she hadn’t even had to lift a finger, and Nan Zhi was about to be sent to prison for theft. After that, it would be harder than climbing to the heavens for her to ever make a comeback!

Han Mo searched the pockets of Nan Zhi’s suit, while Xiao Ting wiped away tears, keeping her gaze fixed on Han Mo’s hands.

She reached the right pocket—the ring was inside. As soon as it was found, both the evidence and the witness would be there.

Han Mo finished searching the suit pockets, then checked the clothing bag as well. She shook her head. “There’s no ring. Wanyue, you’ve wronged Nan Zhi.”

Xiao Ting’s heart sank. Impossible. She’d been knocked to the ground by Ms. Lin, and when Nan Zhi helped her up, she’d slipped the ring into the right pocket of Nan Zhi’s suit herself.

There was no way she could have made a mistake.

Xiao Ting got up from the floor and searched personally but, inside and out, she found nothing.

Fu Sijing’s expression changed as well. She pushed into the crowd, snatched the handbag Nan Zhi was holding, and dumped everything out onto the table. “She stole Ms. Lin’s ring—she must have hidden it somewhere even more secret.”

So eager to find the ring, Fu Sijing didn’t even realize her actions were arousing suspicion among the onlookers.

Nan Zhi stood to the side, making no effort to reclaim her bag. Her lips curved into a cold, mocking smile.

A few seconds later, Fu Sijing shouted, “Found it!”

She produced a sparkling ring from the inner pocket of the handbag and hurriedly held it up for everyone to see. “Look, everyone—caught red-handed! Call the police and have this thief arrested!”

Seeing her ring recovered, Lin Wanyue glared at Nan Zhi with bitter hatred. She strode over to Fu Sijing. “Give it to me, quickly.”

Fu Sijing promptly handed the ring to Lin Wanyue.

Lin Wanyue took it, glanced down—and froze.

Fu Sijing, seeing Lin Wanyue staring blankly at the ring, didn’t understand and feigned righteous indignation. “Ms. Lin, with someone as unscrupulous as Nan Zhi, you must be on your guard from now on.” She then turned to Han Mo, who was frowning in thought. “Director Han, with Nan Zhi doing something like this, even if she passes the second round, she can’t be allowed to work at the TV station, right?”

Han Mo looked at Lin Wanyue and asked, “Wanyue, is this your ring?”

Lin Wanyue’s expression grew complicated as she shook her head. “It’s not mine.”

What???

It wasn’t Lin Wanyue’s ring? Then whose was it?

Nan Zhi smiled as she stepped forward and took the ring from Lin Wanyue’s hand. “This is something my mother left me. Of course, it’s not Ms. Lin’s.”

After retrieving her ring, Nan Zhi brushed past the dumbstruck Fu Sijing, deliberately bumping her arm. Fu Sijing’s bag fell to the floor, scattering its contents everywhere.

One dazzling, eye-catching item rolled right to Lin Wanyue’s feet.

Lin Wanyue picked it up and recognized it instantly—wasn’t this the pigeon-egg diamond ring she’d lost?

Fu Sijing was utterly stupefied.

How could Lin Wanyue’s ring have fallen out of her own bag?

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