Chapter 746: Chapter 746: Use Your Cunning Well_1
Yolanda Summers had already roughly learned about the situation from Laura Summers.
With a pale face, she rushed downstairs. Upon seeing Mrs. Fowler, she quickly began to explain, “Mrs. Fowler, is there perhaps a misunderstanding? While it’s true that Sheldon Fowler and I have broken up, I haven’t sought him out since. I’ve been a bit sick with a cold these past few days and feared infecting the guests, so I didn’t come downstairs today…”
Laura Summers also chimed in, “Exactly, how could my sister possibly elope with someone? Sheldon Fowler did call her a few times inviting her out, but she rejected him every time.”
“Impossible!” Mrs. Fowler stared at Yolanda Summers with a grim expression, speaking with conviction, “My son wouldn’t lie to me! He told me himself that you called him, asking him to meet up!”
Yolanda Summers took out her mobile phone to show Mrs. Fowler, “Mrs. Fowler, I really haven’t called Sheldon Fowler recently!”
However, Mrs. Fowler did not even look, “Call logs can be deleted! Miss Summers, just be honest, where exactly did you coax my Kai Kai off to?!”
Dylan Summers’s gaze fell between the two, containing repressed anger. His hands balled into fists, and he was filled with confusion, unable to discern who was telling the truth.
If it was Yolanda Summers lying, luring another family’s young master to elope, Dylan Summers would certainly teach her a severe lesson!
If it was Mrs. Fowler lying, Dylan Summers must quickly think of the most dignified way to resolve the issue.
…But why would Mrs. Fowler lie? What were her motives and reasons?
Mrs. Fowler had no need to trouble a twenty-year-old girl.
The scales in Dylan Summers’s heart involuntarily tipped towards Mrs. Fowler, believing that it was most likely Yolanda Summers who was up to mischief. He knew his daughter, and she was indeed a bit crafty.
Used well, cunningness is cleverness; used poorly, it becomes despicable.
Dylan Summers’s anger burned fiercely, almost convinced of Yolanda Summers’s guilt!
How could Yolanda Summers not perceive the anger and resentment in her father’s eyes? She felt extremely desolate, her heart undisturbed, as if such an outcome was expected all along.
She knew all too well what kind of man her father was!
Just as Yolanda Summers attempted to explain once more, a phone rang—
It wasn’t Yolanda Summers’s phone, but Mrs. Fowler’s.
She answered the call with furrowed brows, and because the banquet hall was very quiet at that moment, the shouting on the other end came through exceptionally clear: “Mom! Come save me! Hurry, save me! I’ve been kidnapped!”
Sheldon Fowler’s voice stopped abruptly, followed by the kidnapper’s voice: “Have 1.5 million ready within three days! No police, or else be prepared to collect your son’s corpse!”
The call was forcibly hung up by the other party.
Mrs. Fowler’s complexion had turned utterly pale!
She stood there rooted to the spot, frozen!
Guests nearby showed shock on their faces, looking at each other in disbelief, while those further away, having not heard clearly, were confused.
“…Seems like the kidnappers made the call?”
“Is this some kind of prank?”
Sheldon Fowler’s aunt suddenly broke down, wailing, “My Kai Kai!—”
The Fowler women were all thrown into disarray!
“Is this your doing?!” Mrs. Fowler snapped back to reality, glaring at Yolanda Summers with venom, “You hold a grudge over what happened last time, so you took the opportunity for revenge! You have such a vicious heart!!!”
Yolanda Summers’s face showed panic, but she calmed down inside, feeling that things were unfolding just as Purple Summers had predicted.
Sheldon Fowler needed money urgently, and even if Yolanda Summers didn’t take the bait, even if the kidnappers lost contact, Sheldon Fowler wouldn’t simply abandon his plan!
Tears nearly breaking, Yolanda Summers defended herself, “Mrs. Fowler! I know you introduced Ms. Jones to Sheldon Fowler, and I stepped back voluntarily after that! Sheldon Fowler and I have broken up, what more do you want from me? Why are you framing me for something as serious as kidnapping?!”