Su Ding quickly shielded her two children, feeling bewildered.
How could Tang Tang, such a little girl, perform such a difficult wall-scaling maneuver? Watching the surveillance, she seemed like a different person from during the day.
"Su Ding, the evidence is conclusive. What do you have to say for yourself?" Jin Xiao looked at her sternly.
Su Ding laughed in anger, "Mr. Jin Xiao, it is I who should be asking you that. I recall the elder searched me when he confined me. We had nothing. How did the venomous snake get in?"
"This..." Jin Xiao was stumped, but quickly said, "We will investigate this matter further, but your instructing Tang Ran to place the venomous snake in Yi Yi's room late at night is an indisputable fact."
Su Ding sneered, "I did not instruct Tang Tang, nor would Tang Tang do such a thing."
"The surveillance video is clear, and you still deny it?" A servant under Jin Xiao couldn't help but interject, "That's Tang Ran in the video."
"Where is the evidence that I instructed Tang Tang to release the snake?" Su Ding asked calmly.
Jin Xiao said with a cold face, "If you hadn't instructed her, Tang Ran would have no reason to harm her sister...!"
At this moment, Tang Ran's small face was deathly pale. She also understood that everyone here was targeting Aunt Su Ding because of her. Mustering her courage, she said, "I didn't put the snake... I didn't... Don't bully Aunt Su Ding!"
Su Ding gently stroked her hair, "Don't be afraid, Tang Tang."
Although the surveillance seemed to show Tang Tang, she still felt something was wrong. Any normal person seeing Tang Tang's dazed appearance wouldn't believe she would do such a thing.
"Grandpa Xiao, Tang Tang wouldn't do such a thing. Didn't you say there were footprints? Let's get them tested," Jin Xiao Xi spoke up.
Jin Xiao nodded and signaled to a servant.
Jin Xiao Xi quietly persuaded, "Tang Tang, it's okay. Just step on that piece of paper."
Tang Tang then cautiously stepped onto it.
The comparison was quickly made.
"It's this pair of shoes! She appeared in Miss Tang Yi Yi's room last night!" the servant immediately pointed at Tang Ran.
Tang Ran was startled by the sudden voice and burst into tears.
Su Ding's mind became even more confused. She looked at Tang Tang before her, then at the surveillance footage still playing on repeat, feeling completely dazed.
How was this possible?
But with concrete evidence, did Tang Tang have a hidden side?
Upon hearing the test result, Jin Xiao Xi also didn't know what to say and stared at Tang Tang with wide eyes.
Tang Tang went out last night?
Didn't they sleep together?
Seeing the two people closest to her looking at her like this, Tang Tang felt extremely hurt. She sobbed and tried hard to recall what happened yesterday.
For some reason, a few images flashed in her mind...
In the images, she saw Tang Yi Yi lying in bed in the room, her face covered in bandages. She threw the thing in her hand...
"Was it me?" Tang Tang's small face showed a look of horror, and she froze, completely bewildered.
Just then, a commotion was heard from outside the room.
Jin Miao Miao led a few people in, making the room feel crowded.
Behind Jin Miao Miao, a middle-aged woman, dressed in a luxurious silk cheongsam and with exquisite makeup, looked around the room. Upon seeing Tang Ran, her face contorted into a fierce expression.
"Tang Ran! Look at what you've done!"
The woman's sharp, ferocious voice made Tang Tang tremble with fear, her face showing terror.
Everyone was also startled.
Jin Miao Miao quickly explained, "Dad, this is Yi Yi's mother, Auntie Sun Fang. Yi Yi said she wants the family to take Tang Ran away. Tang Ran will only be taught bad things by Su Ding here."