Chapter 89: The Missing Betrothal Gifts

As Ye Tianlin stepped inside and took out the key card for Clearwater Bay Villa, a wave of shock rippled through the ward.

“How do you have that key card?” the old master Su asked from his wheelchair, his face instantly registering deep surprise.

Su Yixue could not make sense of it no matter how hard she tried. She turned to Su Yicai and asked, “Little brother, what is going on here?”

Su Yicai sneered with utter contempt. “The engagement gifts are all locked in the basement. Only we know the code. Most likely this idiot was too jealous for his own good and somehow got hold of a fake to scare us. It is hardly the first foolish thing he has done.”

Su Weimin’s mouth twitched. Without waiting for Ye Tianlin’s permission, he snatched the key card away and hurled it straight into the trash can, cursing loudly, “Have you lost your mind? There is no need to be so shameless just to save face. How utterly disgraceful.”

“My dear son-in-law, what you have done this time is indeed improper. We are simply no match for them,” Gao Yulan said awkwardly.

Su Rulan, lying in the hospital bed, was equally stunned by the sight.

Ye Tianlin fished the key card back out of the trash and said, “Yes, yes, they are all fake. I do not know the basement code, and I was only trying to save face. Satisfied now?”

Old Master Su’s lips curled in a mocking smile. “At least you admitted it quickly this time. Still, I advise you to stop making such foolish moves in the future. Do not bring disgrace upon the Su family and make us a laughingstock.”

“Exactly. The Su family is no longer what it once was. If some scandal were to arise, it might even reflect badly on the Ye family,” Su Yixue said, folding her arms with self-righteous certainty.

Su Yicai shrugged, ready to make a few more cutting remarks, when suddenly he received a call from Su Zhengjun.

Whatever was said on the other end made Su Yicai’s expression change instantly.

When the call ended, the old master Su sensed something was wrong and asked at once, “Yicai, has something happened?”

Su Yicai held his breath and said in disbelief, “The front gate of our villa has been smashed open, and all the engagement gifts in the basement have vanished without a trace!”

“How is that possible? Check the surveillance. See who did it!” Su Yixue panicked on the spot. Those gifts were extraordinarily valuable.

Swallowing hard, Su Yicai shook his head. “The surveillance had already been broken for a long time. We were planning to replace it when this happened. We have no idea who did it, and the things in the house have also been smashed to pieces!”

“How could things end up like this? What are we supposed to do now? This is a huge loss for the Su family!” Old Master Su felt as though he had been struck by lightning, his heart bleeding at once.

“Only we knew the basement code, did we not?” Su Yixue blurted out anxiously.

Su Yicai explained, “The basement was pried open. It was not opened with a code!”

Seeing this scene, Su Weimin and Gao Yulan first froze, then burst out laughing together.

“Hahaha, keep showing off and showing off. Now you have drawn thieves’ attention, have you not? Oh dear, even such an important engagement gift can go missing. How heartbreaking,” Su Weimin laughed uproariously.

“Truly, heaven has opened its eyes. I ought to thank that person,” Gao Yulan said, unable to suppress her glee.

Old Master Su’s face darkened with rage until it turned the color of pig liver. His gaze fell subconsciously on Ye Tianlin as he shouted, “This cannot be such a coincidence. It must have been you, Ye Tianlin!”

“Ye Tianlin, you really have a nerve. You actually did something like this,” Su Yixue said belatedly, staring fixedly at the key card in Ye Tianlin’s hand.

“I think you are the one who wants to end up behind bars for life!” Su Yicai glared.

Ye Tianlin sat leisurely beside Su Rulan and said coolly, “I do not have such great ability that I can make someone ram open the Su family villa. Besides, the heir of the Ye family is Su Yixue’s future husband. How would I dare?”

“It was definitely you. Do not deny it. You had better confess honestly where you put the engagement gifts, or I will never let this go,” Old Master Su said, so furious that his mouth twisted out of shape.

“How would I know all that? Do not try to smear me. At worst, call the police and have them investigate,” Ye Tianlin said with a smile. After all, this had been his private property from the very beginning.

“You...” Old Master Su was left choking, his face flushed red and his neck thick with anger.

With a snort, Su Rulan could no longer hold it in and finally showed a long-lost smile. She gently linked her arm through Ye Tianlin’s and said, “Old master, you cannot falsely accuse people like this. After all, it was you who just said that the key card in Tianlin’s hand was fake.”

“Besides, you have no real evidence. You cannot prove that this key card belongs to the Clearwater Bay villa, so you had better investigate properly before speaking!”

Old Master Su’s mouth twitched furiously, anger boiling inside him. In the end, he could only drag Su Yixue and Su Yicai along in a panic and grind out through clenched teeth, “Hurry, hurry, discharge me now. I am going back myself to take a look!”