Chapter 288

The supervisor understood and immediately used his laptop to project the surveillance video onto the big screen.

The video started, and a young girl was seen tiptoeing upstairs. After lingering in front of the study door for a moment, she opened the door and slipped inside.

The supervisor fast-forwarded the video for over ten minutes, and the screen showed the girl leaving the study.

"The evidence is solid; what else do you have to say?" Yan Ershen sneered.

"What proof do you have that the person in this video is me?"

Yan Qingxue pointed at the figure on the big screen and asked: "This video doesn't even show a face. The person in here isn't me; you're framing me!"

"You still want to quibble? This woman is clearly you!"

Yan Ershen was dismissive: "And besides you, who else can enter and leave the Yan family freely?"

"I moved out of the house a long time ago and don't even have a key; how could I enter and leave freely?" Yan Qingxue argued logically.

"It's possible you had a spare key made in advance!"

Yan Ershen remained aggressive and unrelenting.

"A spare key? I don't live here, so why would I need a spare key? Could it be that when I moved out of the old mansion, I had the ability to foresee the future and knew I would come back to steal things? That's too absurd!"

Saying this, Yan Qingxue glared at everyone present, unconvinced: "Do you all really think the woman on the screen is me, or have you been influenced by certain people and decided beforehand that I'm the thief?"

"What do you mean?" Yan Ershu's expression changed repeatedly. Why was Yan Qingxue so difficult to deal with today?

"Xu Tian, do you think the person in this video is me?"

Yan Qingxue ignored Yan Ershu and turned to look at Xu Tian.

Xu Tian stared at the big screen, stroking his chin thoughtfully, before answering:

"The back and build are quite similar, but most women your age have this standard build. If someone wanted to frame you, they could just find anyone and have them wear the same clothes as you to make it look real."

Hearing this, Yan Qingxue nodded and looked at Su Xiuya and Yan Jinsong.

"Dad, Mom, do you think this person is really me?"

"Now that you mention it... it feels like the person on screen is a bit fatter than you..."

Su Xiuya said hesitantly: "Look, you've been too thin lately. If this continues, I'm worried you'll be malnourished..."

This was thanks to Yan Qingxue's heartbreak, lack of appetite, and insomnia, which caused her to lose three pounds in one day. Her figure indeed looked much thinner than when she had secretly snuck into the Yan family a few days ago.

Yan Jinsong also compared Yan Qingxue with the woman in the video. Looking closely, one could see that the person in the video was indeed fatter than Yan Qingxue.

"This must be someone deliberately impersonating my daughter!"

"I originally thought you had found evidence of Qing Xue stealing the quote sheet, but it turns out to be just a figure whose face can't be seen?"

"Where did my daughter offend you that you have to harm her like this?"

Yan Qingxue walked aggrievedly to Yan Laoyezi, her eyes red as she explained.

"Grandpa, I've been framed. You watched me grow up. Even if my temper is sometimes bad, I would never do something so treacherous. Besides, do you think the person on the screen looks like me?"

Yan Laoyezi put on his reading glasses and looked carefully at the figure on the big screen, then looked at Yan Qingxue, seeming somewhat hesitant.

Especially Yan Qingxue's aggrieved reaction, which tilted the scales in his heart toward his granddaughter.

In fact, this psychological change in Yan Laoyezi was quite normal.

After all, who would want to accept that the granddaughter they watched grow up is a thief who steals company secrets?

At this moment, the more Yan Laoyezi watched the video, the more he felt the person on it wasn't Yan Qingxue, and his anger subsided quite a bit.

Seeing the old man's attitude waver, Yan Ershu naturally wouldn't give up and pressed on:

"Yan Qingxue, don't quibble! I know your motive for stealing the quote sheet!"

"You've been so dizzy with infatuation for that man Xu Rixin, working for him day and night, coming early and leaving late—the whole circle knows this!"

"You'd do anything for him, so stealing company secrets is nothing strange!"

"The only one in our Yan family who has contact with Xu Rixin is you. If you didn't steal the quote sheet, then who could it be?"

Hearing this, Yan Hongyu looked at Yan Qingxue with some concern.

"Sister Qingxue, I'm actually willing to believe you, but this matter is too suspicious. How did Xu Rixin manage to win the Beicheng land?"

Yan Qingxue sneered and countered: "So this is why you went to such lengths to find someone to impersonate me and sneak into the study?"

Then, she admitted it frankly in front of everyone.

"That's right, I am indeed working for Xu Rixin, but so what?"

"My goal since I was a child has been to become a gold-medal planner in the entertainment industry, but I have a good Second Uncle who likes to spread family scandals everywhere, making other companies hesitant to hire me. Xu Rixin is willing to let me work for him, so naturally, I won't refuse."

"I work overtime every day, not for any man, but for my own future!"

"As for the rumors about me being with Xu Rixin, they are all baseless. I did have a bit of a crush on him and there was a period of ambiguity, but in the end, I felt that office romance would affect my work, so I refused."

"Now that things have blown up this much, I can't even keep this hard-won job. Are you happy now, Second Uncle and Second Aunt?"

"Nonsense!" Yan Ershen jumped with anger: "It's pure nonsense!"

Saying this, she looked directly at Yan Laoyezi: "Dad, don't be fooled by this girl. She won't admit it even with the evidence right in front of her. I see she's beyond saving!"

"Grandpa, I don't think I've done anything to offend Second Aunt's family. Why would she frame me like this?"

Yan Qingxue wiped her tears while crying to Yan Laoyezi: "Besides this surveillance video where the face can't be seen, they can't produce any other evidence, yet they insist on pinning this crime on me. I think the person captured on surveillance was hired by them to act!"

"They even want to use my private life to spread rumors, saying I'm wrapped around Xu Rixin's finger. But there are plenty of mediocre men like Xu Rixin in Jiangcheng; he's not outstanding in any aspect. I'm not blind, so why would I be devoted to such a person, let alone steal company secrets for him?"

"Not to mention that Xu Rixin never told me about the Beicheng land, nor did he ask me to gather intelligence. Even if he had, I would have broken up with him immediately and cut off all contact. I can still tell the difference between an outsider and my own family's interests."