Female Novel
Chapter 424: A thief within the family is the hardest to guard against
Chapter 424: A thief within the family is the hardest to guard against
"Hng!" Si Ming Rong scoffed coldly. "Xu Chang Kun, you still dare to speak up for Xu Yi at this time.The Xu family will not be able to avoid responsibility for this whole incident!"
Xu Chang Kun's face turned red as he retaliated immediately, "How could I not know my own son?!"
"Do you?" Si Ming Rong flung the brown portfolio over to Xu Chang Kun's feet.
Xu Chang Kun quickly bent over, picked up the document and flipped through it carefully.
With each flip of the page, Xu Chang Kun's face turned darker and darker. When he finishedreading everything in the file, his face was completely ashen. He stumbled a few steps back andlooked at Xu Yi in disbelief.
"Xu Yi... you... you..." Xu Chang Kun's resolute heart finally started to waver.
It didn't matter whether Xu Yi was wronged; the information in this file couldn't be wrong. Even if SiYe Han spoke up for Xu Yi personally, it would be of no use at all...
"Father, I was wronged, I really didn't... I didn't!"
Looking at his own father's doubtful and heartbroken expression, Xu Yi entered into deep despair.My own father has already...
Xu Chang Kun shook his head as a bitter smile spread across his face. He mocked himself as heturned to the old madam. "It's my fault. I, Xu Chang Kun, didn't teach my son well... I let my wifedown, I let the master down and all the more, I let the Si family down... how the old madam wants topunish Xu Yi and the Xu family, I will have... no... objections..."
The moment Xu Chang Kun said his piece, he looked as if he had aged over ten years. Heretreated and didn't speak anymore.
"Xu Yi, do you plead guilty?" The white-bearded elder, Si Ming Rong, pointed coldly at Xu Yi androared.
"I... I didn't do it, I really didn't do it at all!" Xu Yi shook his head. He would never confess to a crimehe didn't commit.
At this moment, the gaze of the old madam was filled with extreme disappointment and wrath asshe looked at Xu Yi. Things had progressed to this point, yet he still didn't want to plead guilty.
Truly, as the saying went... to guard against a thousand thieves is easier than guarding against oneat home!
"Xu Yi, I've never treated the Xu family badly. You've been by Little 9th's side for so many years andI've also always placed the utmost trust in you, handing Little 9th over to your care. I never expectedthat I personally placed a deadly knife by Little 9th's side!"novelbin
"You're really... such a great disappointment! What did those people offer you that you could throwyour conscience away?!"
The light in the old madam's eyes was flickering.
Xu Yi clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles turned white. "Old madam, what I said was thetruth! My father was by the late master's side for over 30 years. He's been loyal and true, so howcould I be so daring to stain my father's name and loyalty?"
Si Ming Li used the teacup to push some tea leaves aside. His gaze swept across Xu Yi lightly as ifhe was looking at a beast on his deathbed who was still struggling for life. "Tsk, everyone saidspecial assistant Xu was smooth and slick with people - two-faced, making everyone so happy that
even the master didn't have his guard up against you. It has truly been an eye-opener today. It'salready escalated to this point, yet you can still say all those things without blinking. If it wasn't forthe irrefutable evidence, even I, myself, would be moved by you!"
Si Ming Li continued reminding the old madam: "Xu Yi's been by the master's side for so manyyears, so how much classified information does he know? The master's encountered manyattempted assassinations before, but just how many of them were orchestrated by Xu Yi behind thescenes? Thinking about them gives me the shudders..."
When the old madam heard what Si Ming Li said, her face turned frighteningly icy. "Xu Yi, if youhave anything to say, save it for the prosecutors!"