"Dad, I’m sorry, it was me who bribed the Zhao family’s servant to take Rong Qingqing and lock her up. I originally just wanted to keep her there for an hour or two, and release her before the banquet ended."
"I just couldn’t stand her showing off everywhere, so I thought of locking her up. I really didn’t know that Rong Qingqing had that kind of phobia and it would turn out this way."
Rong Jiaojiao initially thought she could lock Rong Qingqing up while no one noticed, and then release her before the party ended, again when no one was paying attention. Get full chapters from novel~fire~net
If Rong Qingqing couldn’t show her face, she wouldn’t be able to steal the spotlight.
But she truly didn’t expect Shen Jue to discover Rong Qingqing’s disappearance so quickly, nor did she expect the consequences to be so severe after Rong Qingqing was locked in the storeroom.
Rong Jiaojiao figured that on Zhao family territory, even if Rong Qingqing got angry after coming out of the storeroom, she wouldn’t dare to make a fuss out of respect for the Zhao family’s reputation, and could only endure it quietly.
However, despite all her calculations, she didn’t account for Rong Qingqing being rushed to the hospital because of this incident.
This matter escalated immediately, prompting the Zhao family to launch a thorough investigation, leaving her unable to clean up the mess.
But this matter simply couldn’t withstand scrutiny, and it wouldn’t take long before it would be traced back to her.
"Jiaojiao!" Ma Li exclaimed, "You mean you locked Rong Qingqing up?"
"I paid someone to do it, but I didn’t do it myself," Rong Jiaojiao’s voice revealed how regretful and scared she was now.
Rong Honghui raised his hand and slapped Rong Jiaojiao across the face in anger.
"How could I have a daughter as foolish as you who causes trouble?" Rong Honghui was furious, "If you did it with your own hands and left no evidence, it would be fine! But you did it and left evidence everywhere—what’s your brain filled with, tofu pudding?"
Rong Jiaojiao covered her face, crying silently, not daring to argue.
She also knew she had done something foolish tonight.
"Husband, what do we do! If the old master finds out, he will kill Jiaojiao!" Ma Li was frantic.
The last time Rong Qingqing had a car accident and a concussion, the old master was worried and couldn’t sleep well.
This time, Rong Qingqing’s situation seemed even more serious than the previous car accident, and it was caused by Rong Jiaojiao. The biased old master, in a fit of anger, could really kill Rong Jiaojiao to vent his anger for Rong Qingqing.
"Go back and apologize to your grandfather. No matter how he beats or scolds you, don’t dodge. Let the old master beat and scold until he’s satisfied!"
Rong Honghui took a deep breath, "The older the old master gets, the softer his heart. You should go kneel, plead, admit your wrongdoing, and accept punishment."
"The old master will really kill our Jiaojiao." Ma Li held her daughter lovingly, "Honghui, she’s my only daughter. I worked so hard, carried her for ten months, and gave birth to her for you!"
Rong Honghui fell silent.
He also knew that if they truly let the old master punish her at will, Rong Jiaojiao might really end up losing half her life.
In a fit of anger, the old master might even directly disown and expel Rong Jiaojiao from the Rong family.
"Go to the Zhao family first, we can’t let this matter escalate further," Rong Honghui told the driver.
They couldn’t let the Zhao family find out and spread the news around the entire circle. If that happened, Rong Jiaojiao’s reputation would truly be ruined. A cousin, out of jealousy, locking her cousin up at a Zhao family banquet, nearly causing her cousin’s death.
If such a thing got out, Rong Jiaojiao’s reputation would indeed be destroyed.
Rong Honghui looked helplessly at the terrified Rong Jiaojiao with a pale face, "You’re already this scared of your own family’s old master, aren’t you forgetting there’s another old master in the Shen family, the one you are supposed to marry into?"