Chapter 216 - You can check it if you want

Xiao Lei looked at him for a few seconds. She then took out her phone and fiddled with it for a few seconds before placing it back into her bag. She then looked at the woman and said with a sigh, "I didn't see any necklace in the ladies' room when I entered earlier. Are you sure you didn't leave it somewhere else?"

"I'm sure it's in the ladies' room! I placed it on the sink earlier when I was inside earlier!"

Xiao Lei sighed. She took her bag off from her shoulder and said, "You can check it if you want." 

Before she could give it to her, Han Ye placed a hand in front of her and said sternly, "You don't have to do this. I'm not going to let anyone suspect you in any way. You're under my protection now."

He looked at Fan Chuan and said in a cold voice, "If this is not done properly, I'm sure you know what would happen, especially since Fan Entertainment is entering Imperial City now." 

"Are you threatening me?" Fan Chuan asked in a low voice as he glared at Han Ye. 

"So what if I am?" Han Ye scoffed as he glared back at Fan Chuan and stood even straighter than before. 

Seeing how Han Ye was adamant to protect her, Xiao Lei could not help but feel a little touched by his gesture. However, she gently pulled his hand away and said, "I've got this." 

She then handed the bag over to Mrs. Lim and said, "I didn't do it. Check my bag if you want. I won't be affected."

"Yes! Someone, please check her bag," Mrs. Lim demanded. She looked around and picked a member of the staff. "You, go and check her bag." 

The man in suit nodded and took Xiao Lei's bag. He placed it on the floor. Less than a few seconds later, he pulled out a diamond necklace out of the bag. The necklace shone brightly and was extremely exquisite to behold. 

Just from one glance, Xiao Lei could tell that the value of the necklace would be in the six-figure mark.  

"See! I knew it was her!" the woman scoffed as she grabbed her necklace.  

"That's a baseless accusation you're making," Han Ye said with a low growl. His eyes narrowed at her and his usually calm expression was tinged with anger. "My assistant would never do something like that."

"Calm down, boss," Xiao Lei said with a smile as she poked his waist gently with a finger. "I'm fine." 

Han Ye frowned as he looked at her. He then said in a stern voice, "No, no one is going to ever blame you again for something that you did not do."

He remembered she told him about her past, about being wrongly accused. He was not about to let anyone do it to her.  

Xiao Lei looked up at him, speechless. She knew how he felt toward her, but must he made it so obvious?!

"Yeah, Mr. Han," Fan Chuan said with a smug smile. "I'm sure it's just a misunderstanding. After all, as your assistant, she wouldn't have done such a thing. An upright boss like you wouldn't have a thief as an assistant, would you?" 

"The necklace is found in her bag. There's already a solid proof!" Mrs. Lim sneered. She glared at Xiao Lei and said, "She could even steal someone's boyfriend right under the person's nose, much less an unattended diamond necklace. President Fan, I heard that she came from a suspicious background. You should have vetted your guests beforehand. Luckily we got back my necklace. Otherwise..."

"Steal someone's boyfriend?" Xiao Lei raised a brow slightly and pointed at herself. "Me?"

She then looked at Han Ye with a confused expression. "What is she talking about?" she asked. 

However, Han Ye ignored her. He looked at Mrs. Lim and said, "People from Du Corporation would never do something like that, and if you malign my assistant once again, I won't let this off." 

Suddenly, someone said, "What's happening here?" 

They turned to the voice and saw Fan Xichen with a plate full of bite-sized snacks. He was chewing on something as he walked to them. When he saw Xiao Lei, who was surrounded by people, he asked curiously, "Aren't you the pregnant woman who came to visit my late uncle and his wife? Hey, you look quite pretty when you're fully decked out like that!"

"Xichen!" Fan Xiyue frowned. "Watch where you are now." 

"Oops." Fan Xichen gave her a non-apologetic smile as he said, "It's a party, sis, chill a little. Qi Qi's not here anyway." 

"What do you mean by pregnant?" Fan Xiyue asked. She glanced at Xiao Lei, but did not notice anything out of the ordinary. 

Fan Xichen held his plate of food in one hand, and made a gesture with his other hand. "She was holding her stomach earlier when she was bowing to uncle and aunt. I thought she's pregnant, cause that's how you looked when you were pregnant with Qi Qi." 

He then shrugged and said, "I might be wrong. She might be constipated... Anyway, what's happening here?"

He was hanging out with his friends earlier when he heard from one of the guests that something was happening here, so he came away... Well, he came after he picked up some food along the way.

"Go away, Xichen," Fan Chuan said with a sigh. "Go tend to the guests." 

"My brother-in-law is doing a better job at it than me. I'm just going to be a nuisance if I go over now."

Fan Xiyue sighed and shook her head at her little brother. She then turned to Xiao Lei and said, "We found you with the necklace. If you really did steal it, just apologize to Mrs. Lim. I'm sure she'd forgive you."

"I didn't," Xiao Lei said with a calm expression. "And I can prove it." 

"How?" Fan Xiyue thought. There should be no way Xiao Lei could prove it. Fan Xiyue did not want to give in to Angela Zhang's request, but she felt bad because Angela Zhang only went on to the date with Han Ye on her advice. 

Hence, she merely wanted to embarrass Xiao Lei a little. 

Xiao Lei nodded. She went to take her bag from the man and took out her phone. 

"So... I'm sure that there's no necklace before because I've checked it earlier... The fact that the necklace appeared in the bag right after I checked it..." She glanced at the man briefly before looking at Mrs. Lim.  

She glanced at the necklace on Mrs. Lim's hand before looking up at her face. She then asked the woman, "Is this really your favorite necklace?"

"Yeah!" 

Xiao Lei nodded slowly. She then glanced at Han Ye and asked, "Is it normal for someone to take off such an important and expensive piece of jewelry in someone else's bathroom?"

Han Ye smirked. He could tell what she was doing, so he shrugged and said, "Not really. I mean, I wouldn't take off my Patek Phillippe and leave it in the bathroom openly."

"Erm," Mrs. Lim looked at Han Ye who was staring her down. She hesitated for a while before adding, "I-I didn't take it off... It must have dropped on the floor earlier when I was touching up my makeup."

"Dropped?" Xiao Lei nodded slowly. She then looked at Mrs. Lim and said, "Didn't you say you placed it on the sink earlier?" 

"Did I?" Mrs. Lim gulped. "I meant, it dropped on the sink." 

"But you just said that you dropped it on the floor." 

Mrs. Lim realized her mistake, and she glanced at Fan Xiyue, who was standing behind her, for a few seconds before glaring back at Xiao Lei. "Regardless! It's found in your bag, so you must have stolen it!"

Xiao Lei sighed and took her phone out. She then said, "I knew this would happen. People who would do such a thing normally doesn't have high IQ points..."

She looked past Mrs. Lim and stared at Fan Chuan. She continued to stare at him as she said, "I'm a little tired, so I'm ending it here." 

She took out her phone and opened a video. She then showed a video to everyone. In the video, even though it was a bit dark, but they could see that when the man placed his hand into the bag, there was something glimmering and shining dropping from his sleeve into his hand. 

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