Ning Su clearly thought of her elder sister's pathetic demeanor: "Even so, how could you bring up matters between children in front of so many people? It's easy to hurt their self-esteem and their relationship!"
"A child is young and makes mistakes, mostly because adults teach them poorly. This matter is brought up to let everyone know why she made the mistake, to find the person who instigated it, and teach them a good lesson. Then this person will educate the child properly next time. How can it hurt the child's self-esteem? I'm helping her."
Shen Qingqing spoke eloquently.
The crowd listened and found some logic in her words.
One could not scold a child in public, but one could scold the parent who failed to manage the child well.
"I think Miss Shen is making sense."
"When a child makes a mistake, the adults should bear the responsibility. After all, children are young, and they might not understand even if you explain it to them."
"Parental education plays a very important role in a child's growth. A child's mistake is a parent's mistake, and parents must be made aware of it."
The crowd chattered, all siding with Shen Qingqing.
Ning Su's expression grew uglier. Amidst the clamor, she shouted loudly, "That's not how it works. You can't just say they made a mistake and it's done. You must provide evidence, or we won't accept it!"
She looked at Shen Qingqing, her voice firm.
"Slander and defamation are also crimes!"
"Do you really want to?" Shen Qingqing retorted.
As soon as she said this, Ning Su immediately felt that she must have no evidence. If she had evidence, she would have already used it to crush her!
There would be no need to waste her breath.
Little did she know, this was Shen Qingqing's last chance. "Ning Su, I'll say it again, of course I have evidence. I haven't produced it to save you some face. If you admit your actions now, apologize to us in public, and promise never to make such a mistake again, I can consider not pursuing it."
After all, this girl's past was very tragic. As a woman herself, Shen Qingqing did not wish to show no mercy.
"Who are you trying to scare?" Ning Su did not appreciate the offer at all. "If you have evidence, show it. If you can't produce it, then it proves you're lying and slandering us!"
Ning Xin frowned and glanced at her.
Ning Su, oblivious, said indignantly, "I won't allow anyone to slander our child. If you can't produce evidence today, this matter is not over. Even if you are Jing Shu's wife, I will never let this go."
"Fine, then I'll show you the evidence."
Shen Qingqing beckoned to a servant beside her. The servant handed over a USB drive.
Everyone was almost traumatized by USB drives now.
"Everyone, please rest assured, this USB drive is absolutely fine."
As for the previous USB drive...
She glanced at the servant, who was trembling but appeared calm. She probably thought she had escaped. Let her think whatever she wanted.
There was no rush to deal with him.
She inserted the USB drive and clicked play.
It was a surveillance recording.
The background was the backyard garden. Zhao Yixin and Ning Zhizhi happened to be very close to the camera, and their conversation was also recorded by the surveillance.
"Why did you spread rumors and lie to me?"
"I didn't lie to you!" Ning Zhizhi quickly retorted. "Everything I said is the truth."
"Where did you hear this truth?"
Ning Zhizhi was about to speak but hesitated, as if she remembered something. "I can tell you, but you can't tell anyone else."
"Go ahead."
Ning Zhizhi glanced around, found no one eavesdropping, and then whispered, "Actually, these words were told to me by my aunt."
"What did you say?"
"My aunt told me that Chenchen's mother is not a good person."
Zhao Yixin was confused. "Why? Why would your aunt tell you these things? Aunt Shen, whom I know, is not like that at all!"
Ning Zhizhi's little face was bewildered. "I don't know either. I'm a bit confused now. If Aunt Shen is truly a bad person, why would she invite me to her birthday party and give me so many good pastries and drinks..."
The little girl's mind was in chaos, and she couldn't figure anything out.
However, her trust in her relatives made her instinctively feel that her aunt would not deceive her.
The video ended there.
There was a three-second silence in the living room, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
Then, at a certain moment, a commotion erupted.
Shen Qingqing looked at Ning Su and asked slowly, "Actually, I'm also very curious. I don't think I've offended you, have I? Why are you doing this to me?"
Ning Su lowered her head, and her expression could not be seen.
Shen Qingqing tapped her cheek. "If you don't speak, does that mean you deny saying those things? If that's the case, then Zhizhi is the one lying."
Ning Zhizhi immediately panicked upon hearing this. "It wasn't me, I'm not lying. My aunt really taught me those words! Aunt, say something! You told me!"
"Be quiet!" Ning Su snapped. "You've disappointed me too much!"
Ning Zhizhi was stunned.
Ning Su reprimanded, "How can you learn to lie and slander others at such a young age? When did I ever teach you those words?"
Ning Zhizhi said with a face full of grievance, "It was..."
"Enough!" Ning Su didn't give Ning Zhizhi a chance to speak. She reached out, grabbed her arm, and pulled her forcefully to her side. The little girl was in so much pain that she couldn't speak.
Ning Su rebuked, "I didn't expect you to learn to lie at such a young age. You don't dare to admit your mistakes and instead try to blame me. I never said those things to you!"
Ning Zhizhi burst into tears. "Waa, Aunt, Aunt is lying!"
"You dare to spout nonsense again!"
Ning Zhizhi couldn't understand why her aunt was speaking about her this way. Her young heart was deeply wounded, and she felt a sense of grievance that she had nowhere to vent.
The child's cries filled the entire living room.
"Aunt told me everything. You said you hate Aunt Shen, that this aunt stole your man, that this aunt is a detestable third party. You said all these things! Waaah, why won't Aunt admit it and scold me..."
The child's cries were heartbreaking.
As the crowd felt sympathy and pity, their disgust and contempt for Ning Su instantly intensified.
"How could she do this?"
"Using a child, her intentions are too malicious!"
"If you did it, just admit it! Look at how scared you've made the child."
"They are clearly a married couple. What do you mean by calling her a third party? What is wrong with your brain? Even if you liked someone, you shouldn't do this!"
The crowd accused her one after another.
Ning Xin was also very disappointed in Ning Su. "Susu, how could you say such things to a child?"
Twisting facts, shifting blame, slandering, lying, and refusing to admit.
These were all detestable qualities, yet Ning Su exhibited them all in front of Ning Zhizhi.