Chapter 16: Falsely Accused of Stealing the Golden Lock

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Upon hearing this, Lin Qiongqiong immediately sensed trouble.
“What kind of longevity lock?” Mr. Yu frowned.
Mrs. Yu explained, “It’s a longevity lock made of gold. Today is Lele’s birthday, and it was supposed to be her gift. But just now, when I went to get money from Teacher Lin, I placed it casually on the cabinet.”
She looked toward the housekeeper, “Liu, did you see the longevity lock on the cabinet just now?”
Liu went to check but couldn’t find it. “I saw it there when I went to the kitchen to throw away the fruit and broken plates. How did it disappear so quickly?”
She glanced at Lin Qiongqiong, “Only Miss Lin was in the living room just now.”
Lin Qiongqiong’s bad premonition came true.
Mrs. Yu stepped forward, “Miss Lin, if you like gold, I can give you a gold bracelet. The longevity lock is Lele’s birthday gift. If you took it by mistake, could you please return it to her?”
Mr. Yu’s eyes darkened, “I thought you were a good student, but it turns out you’re a petty thief! You don’t need to come for tutoring anymore! Hand over the longevity lock. Otherwise, if this gets to the school, do you still want to graduate as a student?”
At that moment, Lele’s bedroom door opened.
Lele ran over and hugged Lin Qiongqiong, crying, “Dad, please don’t send Teacher Lin away!”
Liu, the housekeeper, added fuel to the fire, “Sir, you don’t know. This woman looks innocent on the surface, but she’s quite ambitious behind the scenes. She’s been corrupting Miss Lele, stirring up trouble between her and Mrs. Yu, causing Mrs. Yu to be pushed down and sprain her ankle. She even had Miss Lele call her ‘Mom,’ trying to climb up the ranks!”
Mr. Yu was furious, “At such a young age, shameless!”
Lin Qiongqiong pulled Lele away and frowned, “Mr. Yu, Mrs. Yu, I’m only here as a tutor and have no intention of meddling in your family affairs. I don’t know anything about the missing longevity lock in the living room. But if you suspect me, then call the police.”
She took out her phone to dial.
However, Mr. Yu swatted her phone away.
Lin Qiongqiong quickly picked it up, frowning at him, “Mr. Yu, what do you mean by this?”
Mr. Yu’s face turned grim, “Call the police? I can’t afford to have that happen in my family!”
“Yes, Miss Lin, our family is well-known in Jiangcheng. If the police come, what will the neighbors think of us? You’d better hand over the longevity lock quickly, or I’ll have someone search you.” Mrs. Yu smiled coldly, her smile not reaching her eyes.
Lin Qiongqiong thought, the tutors she encounters really are all fools. “Who gave you the right to search me? I only accept the police!”

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At that moment, with a single glance from Mrs. Yu, two burly servants stepped forward and restrained Lin Qiongqiong, preventing her from calling the police, forcibly taking her bag for inspection.
Liu quickly pulled out a longevity lock tied with a red string from Lin Qiongqiong’s bag.
“Madam, sir, we found it!”
Lin Qiongqiong was furious and pointed at Liu, “You obviously planted it during your search!”
Liu sneered, “Still trying to deny it? So many eyes saw it clearly—the longevity lock came from your bag! I didn’t expect university students from prestigious schools nowadays to be so unprincipled!”
Mr. Yu looked at her coldly, “I heard from the agency that you were chosen as a tutor because of your good grades and poor family background. I didn’t expect you to behave badly at such a young age. I will report this to the agency and ask for your counselor’s contact so the school can properly educate you.”
Mrs. Yu shook her head while holding the longevity lock, “Even if you come from a poor family, that’s no excuse for stealing. I managed to finish university with scholarships and now often do charity work.”
Mr. Yu looked at Mrs. Yu and said, “Arou, she’s nothing like your resilience and kindness.”
Unable to bear the insult, Lin Qiongqiong snapped, “I’ve already called the police! I didn’t take the item! I have plenty of money. A mere longevity lock worth a few ten thousand yuan—I have no need to steal!”
Hearing this, Mrs. Yu only smiled, “Miss Lin, our tutors are carefully screened. We’ve reviewed your profile and know you’re a student in financial difficulty. Even if the police come, it will only confirm your guilt.”
Liu added, “Still stubbornly denying it! There are plenty of university students like you in Jiangcheng now. Even after you graduate, it will take you a whole year to save up a few ten thousand yuan!”
Mrs. Yu sighed softly, “Liu, there’s no need to speak so harshly. Miss Lin should be entering such a luxurious mansion for the first time and is dazzled by the splendor.”
[Beep—]
[Mission issued: Spend thirty million within 24 hours. Failure to do so will result in death! Completing the mission grants a lottery chance!]
[Payment completed, host please check. Death countdown: 23:59:59]
Upon hearing the system’s electronic voice, Lin Qiongqiong immediately felt confident.
The system arrived just in time!
System: ψ(｀∇´)ψ
She thought the system’s name should be changed from “Die if You Don’t Spend” to “Die if You Don’t Prove Them Wrong.”
Lin Qiongqiong sneered, “Your mansion isn’t even as impressive as my rural self-built house. How could I be dazzled by your pigeon coop?”

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Hearing his proud mansion mocked so disdainfully, Mr. Yu’s anger flared. He sneered coldly, “Miss Lin, are university students always this naive? Our mansion is worth over twenty million. Can your rural house worth a few hundred thousand compare?”
Lin Qiongqiong replied, “Oh, so it’s only just over twenty million? Well, if it were more, why would you be so vicious over a longevity lock worth only a few ten thousand?”
Mr. Yu’s face flushed with anger, “A longevity lock worth a few ten thousand is nothing to us, but even if we donated it to charity, we wouldn’t let a thief like you have it cheaply!”
Mrs. Yu also sneered, “A mere twenty million mansion, and Miss Lin still looks down on it? You can’t afford it, can you? I forgot—you’re still tutoring to earn money. How could you possibly pay that much?”
Liu’s face showed disdain as she mocked, “She wants to live in this mansion worth over twenty million, so she deliberately corrupted Miss Lele, trying to seduce the master.”
Lin Qiongqiong sneered, “If I want to live in a mansion, I’ll buy one myself. Twenty million is nothing—I can buy it casually!”
At that moment, the doorbell rang.
The living room fell silent for a moment.
Liu went to open the door.
Seeing who was outside, Mr. Yu’s expression softened slightly, “Manager Huang, you’re just in time. Someone here wants to buy a house.”
Manager Huang was taken aback, “Mr. Yu, you haven’t paid the final installment on your riverside property in West City yet, and you want to buy another house?”
He had come today to collect the balance—this was the third visit.
Mr. Yu’s expression darkened slightly but quickly turned to Lin Qiongqiong, “It’s not me buying it, it’s her—she wants to pay in full.”
Manager Huang saw Lin Qiongqiong, who clearly looked like a student, and couldn’t help but laugh, “Mr. Yu, even if you don’t have the money now, you don’t need to lie to me. This young lady doesn’t look like someone who can pay cash for a house.”
Mr. Yu replied, “I think so too. It’s Miss Lin who stole our longevity lock and keeps bragging about how rich she is, claiming she can easily afford a mansion like this.”