Chapter 12: No Other Choice

Lin Yike was in a good mood after obtaining An Guohua's handle, but upon returning home, her good mood vanished.

As soon as Lin Yike entered the door, a crystal ashtray was thrown at her. If it weren't for Lin Yike's quick reflexes, she would have been hit in the face.

The ashtray smashed against the wall, and fragments scattered all over the floor.

"You troublemaker! Did you touch your sister's belongings?" Lin Jianshan's anger shook the roof.

Lin Yike stopped a few steps away from him, showing no sign of being intimidated. "Dad, I don't know what you're talking about."

"Jianshan, now is not the time to get angry. Speak to the child nicely." After calming Lin Jianshan down, Lu Huixin came over to Lin Yike. "Xiao Ke, auntie wants to know if you've seen your sister's jade bracelet."

"I haven't. Auntie, if there's nothing else, I'll go upstairs to rest," Lin Yike said, avoiding her and intending to go upstairs.

"That's strange. Can the bracelet grow legs and walk away by itself? Xiao Li, Wu Ma, have you searched thoroughly?" Lu Huixin stamped her foot in frustration.

"Madam, we have searched every corner of the house, except... Miss Yike's room," the servant Xiao Li replied, head bowed.

Lin Yike's foot had already stepped onto the stairs, but upon hearing this, she turned back, frowning. "Auntie, what do you mean?"

"Xiao Ke, Auntie knows that Zuo Ye and Yu Xin are engaged, and you're not happy about it. But who can say for sure when it comes to matters of the heart? Yu Xin had no choice."

"No choice? Auntie, I remember you said the same thing to my mother back then. So under the pretext of love, people can hurt others at will, ruin other people's marriages and families, and third parties like to cover up their shamelessness with love. Don't you think it's tarnishing the word 'love'?" Lin Yike spoke very rudely to Lu Huixin, and she would never forget how devastated and desperate Qin Fei was when she learned of her husband's infidelity.

Lu Huixin's face twisted a little, and Lin Jianshan slammed his hand on the table. "How dare you speak to your elders like that?"

"Dad, don't scold Xiao Ke. It was our fault for Zuo Ye and me. However, that pair of jade bracelets is a family heirloom of the Zuo family. If I lose it, how can I explain to Uncle and Aunt Zuo? Zuo Ye will definitely be angry with me..." Lu Yuxin sobbed, wiping her tears.

"Xiao Ke, think carefully, did you take it to play with and forget to give it back to your sister? If you like jade bracelets, there's a pair of good-quality ones in your sister's dressing table. She can give them to you." Lu Huixin said, following her daughter's lead.

The mother and daughter sang together, and Lin Yike was already framed.

Lin Jianshan had already concluded that Lin Yike was jealous of her sister and deliberately lost the jade bracelet.

With a command from Lin Jianshan, a group of people rushed into Lin Yike's room, and several servants began searching through her belongings.

Lin Yike stood at the doorway, unable to stop them, nor did she seem to have any intention of doing so.

"We found it, we found it!" Before long, the servant Xiao Li found a jewelry box in the bedside table drawer. However, upon opening the box, it was found to contain only a few fragments of jade and a broken bracelet.

"My bracelet!" Lu Yuxin exclaimed in shock.