"As for who was behind the staged accident, I believe Mr. Shen knows better than anyone else?" Li Yang's gaze fixed directly on Shen Taishan.
"You're talking nonsense. According to you, this is my fault, that I deliberately framed Boss Tang?"
Shen Taishan's beard trembled with rage, a fierce glint in his eyes as he glared at Li Yang. "If you don't understand the goods, then shut your mouth."
"If you dare to spout more nonsense and slander me, I will sue you."
"Yes, Li Yang, you can't just say things like that. You need evidence," Tang Xinyu said, stepping forward to persuade him, worried that Li Yang was merely guessing.
Li Yang smiled faintly. "Don't worry, I wouldn't expose him if I wasn't confident."
With that, he walked to the batch of jade, squatted down, and picked up a few broken pieces at random. Turning back to the crowd, he said, "Everyone, please come and take a look. These fragments of jade all have some commonality, more or less."
"That is, their fracture patterns are all identical. I'd like to ask everyone, if this batch of jade was truly broken by accident, wouldn't the fracture marks on each piece be random?"
"So, this is clearly a batch of jade that was pre-selected, with the same flaws, and the cracks were evenly distributed. Before loading them onto the truck, they only needed to be repaired, and they wouldn't be detectable by visual inspection alone."
"And after the collision, all the jade was smashed into pieces, revealing its original nature of uniform cracks."
"What? Could this really be a premeditated accident?"
"If that's the case, wouldn't Mr. Shen be the culprit? Why would he do this?"
The employees who had followed to the warehouse and some other customers were filled with curiosity, whispering and discussing amongst themselves.
Shen Taishan's eyeballs darted around, clearly showing his guilt.
Tang Xuejian, however, immediately rushed to Li Yang's side and carefully examined the jade fragments. After a thorough comparison, she truly saw the commonality in the jade's breakage from Li Yang's perspective.
Her expression instantly turned cold, and she turned to glare at Shen Taishan. "Mr. Shen, what exactly is going on? I have no quarrel with you, why would you deliberately harm me?"
"You're spewing slander!"
Shen Taishan's face was indifferent as he waited for Tang Xuejian to speak. "I had nothing to do with these jades. This kid is just making wild speculations. As for the uniform cracks, it's just a coincidence."
"After all, the car collided with your truck from the side. The jade was all tilted in the same direction, and your truck fell into a ditch, with the impact points all in the same direction. How can you say I tampered with the jade?"
"What did you just say? Why do you know so much about the car accident last night? Even I don't know the details of the collision, were you perhaps at the scene?"
Tang Xuejian, after hearing his words, no longer dwelled on the jade. Instead, she looked at Shen Taishan with suspicion.
The full details of last night's accident had not yet been revealed by the traffic authorities, and even she herself wasn't entirely clear. Yet, he knew everything.
This was clearly problematic!
"I..."
Shen Taishan's heart clenched violently. He hadn't expected to slip up and reveal details of the accident scene.
Li Yang couldn't help but let out a mocking laugh, shaking his head. "Old man, I didn't expect your staged accident to be so perfect, but your brain wasn't sharp enough. You exposed the truth yourself."
"With so many people watching, how do you plan to handle this matter?"
"Kid, what right do you have to question me?"
Shen Taishan glared at him angrily. "What I said earlier was just a guess. Do you have any proof that I staged this accident?"
"Now you want me to take responsibility, so show me the evidence of my staged accident, or I will sue you until you're bankrupt."
"Alright, since you want evidence so badly, I'll oblige."
Seeing that he was still unyielding, Li Yang calmly walked forward, picked up a piece of jade fragment from the ground, and continued, "I just told everyone that this jade originally had cracks, but they were repaired before transportation."
"Since there were repairs, there must be traces of repair. The edges of the cracks on this fragment are filled with jade powder and glue, and there are polishing marks."
"Although they are not very obvious, they can still be found with careful inspection. Anyone here who understands jade can come and examine them."
As soon as he said this, the entire venue erupted again!
Everyone was very curious, wondering what the truth of the matter was. Several appraisers present who had expertise in jade immediately stepped forward to inspect them personally.
As a result of this inspection, the truth indeed came to light!
Within a few minutes, an uncle took out a small knife, scraped off the powder and glue, and announced on the spot, "There are indeed repair marks on this jade. This young man is correct."
"So it really was Mr. Shen staging an accident. I never expected such a big boss like Mr. Shen to be doing such things behind the scenes."
"This is truly disgraceful. This matter absolutely cannot be let go today. He must compensate Boss Tang for her losses."
"That's right, Mr. Shen, hurry up and compensate. If you don't, you won't be leaving today."
The customers and onlookers present began to pressure Shen Taishan.
For a moment, Shen Taishan was speechless, unable to come up with any excuses.
Tang Xuejian also realized the truth. It was indeed this guy staging an accident, aiming to force her to close her shop and pay over a billion in damages. Truly despicable and shameless!
"Shen Taishan, my Tang family has no enmity with you. Why exactly are you trying to harm me?" Tang Xuejian regained her composure and coldly questioned Shen Taishan.
"Tang Xuejian, I really didn't expect you to know this kid Li Yang. Do you think he can save you by being here?"
Shen Taishan's expression was cold and stern. He suddenly glared fiercely at Tang Xuejian and said, "Don't forget, I am the largest jade supplier in the provincial city, and also your biggest client."
"If you lose me, it won't be long before all your smaller suppliers also terminate their cooperation with you, and then your shop will still be unable to stay open."
"If you still want to keep your business, you'd better behave yourself, pay this money obediently, or voluntarily present yourself to accompany Mr. Tianyan. Otherwise, if I suffer today, you won't have a good time either."
"Shen Taishan, you are truly a shameless scoundrel!"
Tang Xuejian was furious. She couldn't believe that even after his scheme was exposed, he dared to counter-attack.
Shen Taishan gave a cold, heartless laugh, shrugged dismissively, and said, "Even if I'm shameless, what can you do to me? In the provincial city, my Shen family's business is bigger than yours, so I have higher standing!"
"You now have only two choices: either pay money, or pay with a person. You'd better consider carefully and don't push your luck!"
"What arrogance!"
Suddenly, a stern shout came from behind him!