Chapter 131p1
“It’s okay, I told you I was fine, Yan Yan, don’t be scared.”
“Yan Yan, come sit closer, you can sit on this bed.”
“Hey, there are cookies on the table, Yan Yan, are you hungry?”
“Yan Yan…”
…
Chatter, chatter, chatter…
“Will you shut up and let the doctor examine you properly!” Wei Chengli said, his initial worry turning into a throbbing headache.
Of course, he asked her to be quiet because he was worried, definitely not because the little rascal never chattered like this with him.
“Why should I be quiet! I have to watch carefully!” Wei Maomao said, tilting her head as she cooperated with the doctor, raising her arms, kicking her legs. “Why should I shut up, does the doctor need to examine my mouth!”
It was her fault earlier, she was too focused on pooping and gathering evidence, she was worried about Yan Yan walking around and slipping, but she forgot that the six-year-old Yan Yan would be scared, she spoke too loudly in her panic, and scared her to tears. Now she had to seize the opportunity and comfort her properly.
“… “ Wei Chengli, speechless from the little rascal’s retort, was so angry that he almost headbutted something.
But that little menace, after annoying him, turned to Yan Yan as if nothing had happened.
“Yan Yan…” Wei Maomao said, struggling to turn her head to look at Cheng Tingyan as she lifted her chubby foot according to the doctor’s instructions.
“Maomao, focus on your checkup, we’ll talk later.” Cheng Tingyan said softly, interrupting the little chubby bunny’s call, she glanced at Wei Chengli, who was leaning against the wall, looking exasperated. Seeing the little chubby bunny pout, about to speak again, she blushed slightly and added in a low voice, “I’m fine now, I… won’t cry anymore… I’ll just stay here and not move, you focus on your checkup.”
Wei Maomao glanced at the stethoscope the doctor took out, she wiggled her body and agreed. “Okay.”
Wei Chengli: “… “ All his earlier words were wasted!
The little chubby dumpling was annoying, but her chubbiness was also useful.
After the doctor finished the examination and asked the little one to demonstrate the falling posture twice on the bed, he concluded that she was fine. Of course, he still reminded Wei Chengli to observe her closely tonight and contact the doctor immediately if there were any problems.
Wei Chengli, his ears perked up, afraid of missing a single word, nodded repeatedly, he even asked a few more questions before gratefully seeing the doctor out.
When he turned back…
Oh, he shouldn’t have turned back, he should have just left with the doctor.
“Enough, you’re all dirty, and you still have the nerve to get close to Yan Yan.” Wei Chengli said, humming.
“We’re far apart!” Wei Maomao said, dissatisfied, she gestured the distance between her and Cheng Tingyan with her hands.
Yes, yes, yes, two chubby fists apart, very far… Wei Chengli rolled his eyes, he reached out to grab the dumpling. “Come on, let’s go take another shower, Dad will wash you, you might slip again if you do it yourself.”
A bolt from the blue!
“I’ll wash myself!” Wei Maomao, startled, reacted with unprecedented speed, she quickly took two steps back, dodging Wei Chengli’s attack.
“No way!” Wei Chengli said firmly, refusing. “What if you slip again! Come on, I still have to wash the bed sheet you rolled on, don’t waste time.”
“No! I won’t slip here!” Wei Maomao said, scrambling from the bed to the other side. “Boys can’t watch girls shower! I’m not showering! I’m sleeping like this!”
Wei Chengli laughed in exasperation. “What boy! I’m your dad!”
“You’re not a boy, are you a girl then!” Wei Maomao said, running around the room like a pig about to be slaughtered, dodging the “butcher’s” attacks again and again.
“Stop running! You’ll fall again!” Wei Chengli said, stopping, he was about to faint from anger.
“Well…” Cheng Tingyan said weakly. “Sister Mingming… Girls…”
“Right, right, right! Let Sister Mingming come in and be with me!” Wei Maomao said, she was also speechless at her own brain for forgetting about Liu Ming. It was mainly because Wei Chengli’s words earlier scared her so much that she almost forgot about Liu Ming.
It’s okay… She had already been watched pooping… This time, she would just have Liu Ming face the wall.
“Yan Yan is truly smart.” Wei Maomao said, remembering to be nice, her little face turning towards Cheng Tingyan, her voice sweet.
Wei Chengli: “… “
He hadn’t forgotten about Liu Ming, but the little dumpling had just fallen, he was worried, so he wanted to take care of it himself. But this little rascal wasn’t even grateful, it was infuriating! What was wrong with a dad taking care of his three-year-old baby! She was only three years old!
Wei Chengli, scared and angry from tonight’s events, his head throbbing, then he saw the little rascal, narrowly escaping, lying on the edge of the bed, panting… And Yan Yan, she even went over and patted her back.
Wake up, Yan Yan! She only ran a few steps! And she’s already panting! Only you would believe her!
“Then I’ll go find Liu Ming.” Wei Chengli said, unable to watch this drama queen and the naive one anymore, he was about to go and find someone.
“No, Dad, wait.” Wei Maomao called out, stopping him.
Wei Chengli turned back, confused.
Wei Maomao rubbed her belly. “Sister Mingming is busy now, she’ll come and find me after she’s done, let’s wait here for a bit.”
“Oh, right, she’s mopping the floor over there, right?” Wei Chengli said, looking at the dirty little dumpling. “Are you uncomfortable standing like this? Should I go find another staff member?”
“No, I’ll wait for Sister Mingming.” Wei Maomao shook her head, refusing. She calculated, the doctor’s examination took a while earlier, they should have found it by now… She would soon know the final result.
Indeed.
Liu Ming found it.
And not just found it.
“Tsk, this area is truly sticky, stickier than the rest.” Qin Sichao said, squatting next to the green bed, rubbing the hand that had just touched the floor. “This is a bit scary.”
Shi Dingshan, who had already touched the floor before Qin Sichao, didn’t say anything, his face dark. He had originally come to this villa to see Maomao, but as soon as he reached the first floor, he received a call from Liu Ming. He couldn’t understand what she was saying on the phone, so he came up, and he was truly shocked by what he saw.
Liu Ming glanced at Shi Dingshan, she didn’t dare to answer Qin Sichao.
After everyone left the room earlier, Liu Ming, following Wei Maomao’s instructions, used her wet hand to feel the floor, and after finding this anomaly by Wen Jiangyue’s bed, she immediately called Director Shi.
Unexpectedly, Director Qin also came with Director Shi.
Although both directors said it was fine to tell them, it wasn’t a secret, Liu Ming still insisted on pulling Shi Dingshan aside and explaining everything from beginning to end.
Later, Director Shi didn’t hide anything from Director Qin, he summarized the situation. But Liu Ming still cautiously avoided talking to Director Qin.
After all, this matter, how should she put it… It was indeed a bit scary, just like Director Qin said.
“Okay, just mop the floor clean. If you can’t handle it alone, call someone to help you clean up, finish it as soon as possible.” Shi Dingshan said to Liu Ming, then looked at Qin Sichao. “Let’s go.”
Liu Ming was stunned, she couldn’t help but say, “Just mop it clean? Then wouldn’t the evidence…”
“What evidence? It’s just a patch of floor with some shower gel on it.” Qin Sichao said, looking at Liu Ming. “She could have brought it out on her shoes, accidentally spilled it, it could be residue from the previous guests… There are many possibilities.”
“But…” Liu Ming said, thinking about the moment the bathroom door opened, seeing the little chubby dumpling sprawled on the floor, pitiful and helpless, she couldn’t swallow this injustice. “The security cameras in the room might have captured it…”
“With such meticulous planning, would she be caught on camera? Even if she was, then what? Minors under twelve aren’t even criminally responsible for murder.” Qin Sichao said, glancing at the floor next to the bed, he sneered. “Three and a half years old, even if we catch her, it’s pointless. And with just a water bottle and a patch of floor, we can’t even catch her.”
“Four children, staff members coming and going, many people could have touched those two things. The three children all showered in the bathroom before, and there are no cameras inside, there’s no way to know how that slippery water got there. What you know now is just a suspicion, without evidence, it can easily be refuted by another suspicion.” Shi Dingshan said, looking at the seemingly unconvinced Liu Ming, he sighed and explained patiently, “Maomao, who went in first, said it wasn’t slippery, let’s put her aside for now. Then there’s Yueyue, who went in second, and… Cheng Rongrong, the third. One said it wasn’t slippery, the other said it was, it’s already a ‘Rashomon*’ situation. There are no cameras in the bathroom, how can you determine who’s lying? Of course, you would say that Yueyue’s shoes became slippery because they touched the substance on the floor, that Yueyue wasn’t lying, it was Cheng Rongrong who was lying. But think about it, what if Yueyue was lying, what if she smeared the floor and then misled everyone into thinking Cheng Rongrong was lying?”
*Rashomon effect: used to describe the phenomenon of the unreliability of eyewitnesses.*
“And it could also be Little Maomao who smeared the floor between Yueyue and Cheng Rongrong’s beds, making their shoes slippery. Then she went in, made the floor slippery, and pretended to fall. Then she analyzed it for you step by step, using you to mislead others.” Qin Sichao said, his imagination running wild.
Liu Ming’s head was spinning from their hypotheses, but she still clung to her last bit of rationality, she firmly denied, “No, it couldn’t be Maomao, we heard the sound of her slipping as soon as she went in. She didn’t have time to smear anything and even wash the water bottle.”
“Haha, don’t be nervous, we’re just making hypotheses. But… since not many people witnessed this, it could be even scarier… For example, they could also say you were bribed, that she actually waited for a while before making the sound of falling.” Qin Sichao said with a smile. “And Yan Yan was outside the door at the time, right? Since they’re so close, people could also say that Yan Yan was lying.”
Liu Ming took a step back, she felt a bit suffocated.
“Okay, stop scaring her.” Shi Dingshan said, interrupting Qin Sichao’s rambling, he looked at Liu Ming. “Director Qin isn’t saying you’re lying, he’s just telling you that this evidence is too weak, it can’t withstand scrutiny. We can’t get to the bottom of this. Recently, there have been waves of people online defending the Cheng family and attacking Yan Yan and the other guests, you’ve seen it too, right? Clearly online trolls. It means the Cheng family loves doing this. So guess what, if we have no evidence, and we directly target Cheng Rongrong, make a big deal out of it, the things Director Qin just said, no, even worse things might happen.”
Liu Ming bit her lip, not saying anything.
She had to admit, Shi Dingshan was right.
Today’s incident, it seemed too much like an “accident,” even if they called the police, it would be difficult to prove anything. And the public opinion storm would be terrifying…
“Anyway, just keep this between us. I’ll talk to Maomao.” Shi Dingshan said, looking at the dejected Liu Ming, his voice softening. “You’re tired today, go and rest, I’ll call two other people to mop the floor.”
After saying that, Shi Dingshan beckoned Qin Sichao, and they were about to go to Wei Chengli’s room.
They had already reached the door when a soft female voice came from behind them.
“You just called Maomao, Yueyue, Yan Yan… and Rongrong as Cheng Rongrong… You… also believe in Maomao’s suspicion, right?”
Shi Dingshan didn’t answer.
But Qin Sichao turned around and chuckled. “What else? Do we look like fools?”
Fools, they were definitely not fools.
“It doesn’t feel dry and stiff, it must have been smeared recently.”
“She said it wasn’t slippery when she went in, that means she stepped on it after showering.”
“It’s a pity the night market ended too late tonight, otherwise, the cameras in the room would still be on.”
“It’s all your fault, being so considerate, they should have been on!”
“Who would have thought this would happen, a three-and-a-half-year-old child wouldn’t even think of doing this, I wonder who taught her at home.”
“My poor Little Maomao, is being cute a crime? To be hated like this…”
“Wasn’t she quite clever just now? Have you forgotten who was supposed to go in next? Think about it carefully, who was it that you pitied?”
“… Ah! Damn it!”
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