latelenovela Chapter 435: Borrowing a Stone to Shoot a Bird
Chapter 435: Borrowing a Stone to Shoot a Bird
After a while, Xia Nian and others also arrived. It was Meng Yin who sent a message to ask them to come. Worried that they were not checking their phones, Gu Ling also sent a message to Pei Xuanxi and the other two.
"Yinyin, what's wrong?" Xia Nian asked as soon as she came. She had already changed her clothes and Xia Houyu followed her.
Meng Yin stepped forward and looked at Xia Nian. She took a deep breath and said, "Niannian, I know why something went wrong tonight."
Xia Nian keenly sensed that something was wrong. Xia Houyu opened the door and saw the two people inside had their acupoints pressed and could neither move nor shout.
"What happened?" Xu Zheng asked.
Meng Yin told a few people what she had just heard. Xu Zheng was so angry that she went forward to beat them up, but was stopped by Xia Nian. Xia Houyu saw that they had been acupunctured, so he went forward to untie them and said, "Ding Zhinuo, what do you want to do? Are you holding a grudge against the champion?"
Meng Yin and the other two looked over and found that this man was the one who stole Xia Nian's championship.
Ding Zhinuo now felt as if he had seen a ghost when he saw them. Just now, Gu Ling suddenly rushed in, and they were unable to move before they could react, and could not even make a sound.
What is this if not a ghost?
"The props had an accident. Was it you who caused it?" Xia Nian frowned and asked, "What do you want?"
Yao Lin was the first to calm down and said in a trembling voice: "It wasn't me, I don't know anything..."
"Nonsense! Gu Ling heard it all, and you still want to quibble!" Meng Yin pointed at her and shouted angrily.
"You have no evidence, so why are you asking us? I'm going to call my dad. There was a problem with the props. It's your own bad luck. If it weren't for you, the championship and the role would be mine! You took the blame for others!" Ding Zhinuo shouted.
The classroom door was closed, everyone else had gone to prepare for the dance, and there was no one outside, so no matter how loud she shouted, no one would pay attention.
Pei Xuanxi said: "It seems that she has already told the reason."
Xu Zheng stepped forward and grabbed her clothes, "Oh my god, you are not the champion of the dance competition. You are just a thief. How dare you be so shameless?"
Xia Nian stepped forward to hold her back and whispered, "Wait a minute, Zheng, we don't have any evidence yet, so we can't do it on our own."
"You have no evidence, yet you are questioning us like this. Do you want to force us to confess?" Yao Lin cried. She looked weak, and her tears were even more tearful as she cried.
Meng Yin pouted, "Did we touch a hair on your body?"
She turned and walked towards Xia Nian, "Although Gu Ling and I heard it, there is indeed no physical evidence. Let's go check and find the person who made the props and the people who were close to the props."
Xia Nian nodded, but if that were the case, the scope would be too large.
Both of them looked a little unhappy. Xiahou Yu glanced at Gu Ling, put his hand on Xia Nian's shoulder, and said, "It doesn't have to be so troublesome."
The four people looked at him in confusion. Gu Ling said, "I have a way to make them talk." He took out a small porcelain bottle from his pocket, opened the stopper, and two small insects crawled out of it.
"What is this?" Meng Yin asked.
Gu Ling smiled at her and explained, "This is a Gu worm, a worm that can make people tell the truth." He slowly approached the two people and said, "Just put it in their mouths, and they will answer whatever we ask. We can just record it then."
Meng Yin was surprised and asked, "Does it really work?"
Gu Ling got closer and closer. Xu Zheng took a step forward and directly pinched Yao Lin's chin. Gu Ling said coldly: "We will know whether it works or not in a moment."
Yao Lin couldn't move and could only watch and cry. Even if the insect couldn't make people speak the truth, just stuffing it into their mouths would make them collapse. She couldn't stand it anymore and shouted, "It's not me! It's Ding Zhinuo. She wanted Xia Nian to never dance again..."
"What? Yao Lin, you actually..." Ding Zhinuo looked at her in disbelief.
Gu Ling unblocked her acupoints. Although Yao Lin was able to move, her limbs were weak and she could not stand steadily.
"Isn't it? You asked someone to break the props just to make Xia Nian fall." Yao Lin collapsed on the ground. When she raised her head again, her eyes turned into pleading. "I can't stand it anymore. You have always treated me like a servant. You are the eldest lady. Do I have to listen to you in everything?"
Her words were half true and half false. She took this opportunity to express her dissatisfaction with Ding Zhinuo and tried to clear herself of suspicion, making several people think that she was threatened by Ding Zhinuo and had to participate in this matter.
"When did I treat you as a servant? It was you who said we were good friends, and you never told me that you felt uncomfortable being with me." Ding Zhinuo yelled.
Yao Lin wiped her tears and said, "Wouldn't you be angry about what I said? If you say one word, I will be expelled from school."
Her family background was not bad, but there was still some gap between her and Ding Zhinuo. Her father and Ding's father were partners, and she saw with her own eyes how her father grovelled in front of Ding's father, and she also occasionally heard Ding Zhinuo's ridicule, saying that they were just a group of clowns.
This planted a seed of hatred in Yao Lin's heart, which had no chance to sprout until she transferred to Lorton and was in the same class with Ding Zhinuo. She had no idea that she was the clown he was talking about.
Yao Lin deliberately got close to her and found that although Ding Zhinuo was a rich lady, her behavior and thoughts were easily influenced by what others said.
So she made friends with her and obeyed her in everything on weekdays, but in fact she used words to influence her, causing her impression among her classmates to become worse and worse.
In the last dance competition, someone provoked Ding Zhinuo, and Yao Lin added fuel to the fire. Ding Zhinuo was ridiculed for not winning the championship, so she thought of buying the championship. Unexpectedly, Xiahou Yu intervened, making her even more of a joke.
But this gave Yao Lin an opportunity. Ding Zhinuo had never made any big mistakes, and her family could easily suppress small matters. But what if it was Xiahou who was against her?
I'm afraid that her father will have to kowtow before the Xiahou family.
That incident was like a nail in Yao Lin's heart, and she vowed to make Ding Zhinuo pay the price.
She was sure that Xia Nian had a relationship with the Xiahou family, and only a brainless person like Ding Zhinuo would think that the Xiahou family would spend so much effort to get back the championship of an ordinary student. As long as Xia Nian got into trouble, no matter what Xia Houyu's reason was, as long as he took action, Ding Zhinuo and the Ding family behind her would be finished.
This may also affect her own family, after all, she is still cooperating with them, but for the sake of revenge, some losses are acceptable.
So she hinted at Ding Zhinuo in her words and deeds, asking her to take action against Xia Nian and use her family background, which she was most proud of, to deal with the consequences.
Although she was taking a gamble, even if she failed, it would not endanger her. She never expected that their conversation would be heard by Gu Ling!
Now she must distance herself from the matter and put the blame of everything on Ding Zhinuo. Her plan can be considered a success.
Ding Zhinuo said: "It was obviously you who said those words that made me..."
"You admit it, right?" Meng Yin pointed at her and said.
Xia Nian narrowed her eyes. Just as she expected, Ding Zhinuo was easily influenced by other people's words. So this matter was related to Yao Lin.
"What did I say? I just said a few words to comfort you, but you took it seriously." Yao Lin cried, "She treats me like that all the time. I have no choice. I am also scared."
Ding Zhinuo gritted his teeth and said, "Yao Lin, I finally understand you! Yes, I was the one who asked someone to do this, but it was because of what you said that I had this thought!"
Yao Lin said: "If you haven't thought about it that way in your heart, nothing I say will work!"
Ding Zhinuo choked up. It was indeed true. Yao Lin's words gave her great courage. She thought that the Xiahou family would not break up with their Ding family for an ordinary girl.
"Look, this has nothing to do with me. If you want to report the case... I can serve as a witness." Yao Lin said.
"Okay." Xiahou Yu took out his phone, "Record a message first."
Yao Lin really told the whole story, in which she played the pitiful role of a woman who tried to persuade her friend but was threatened by her friend.
Ding Zhinuo sneered, "Report it to the police? Fine, she's just standing here. Will anyone care if I report it? Besides, I didn't do anything. I'm still a minor. How can I be sentenced?" She looked at Yao Lin, "Just wait, you can forget about your family's business."