"Lingling, do you even know what you're saying?" "Brother Yu, I know you can never belong to just one person. I can endure it. I thought if I held back, things would calm down, and if I stepped back, there'd be more room. But every time I step back, she takes ten steps forward. Now she's starting to frame me as a thief. Who knows how many more false accusations she'll plant in the future?" "You just admitted it yourself." "You say I admitted it, so I did? Where's the proof? What if I said you stole it? If you didn't steal it, where did you get the stuff?" Wei Lingling countered. Shen Yunyun raised an eyebrow slightly and immediately smiled. "Oh, so you want to know the source? Why go through all this trouble? You could've just asked me directly." Wei Lingling's expression shifted slightly, caught off guard that Shen Yunyun had picked up on that. But she quickly resumed her look of utter victimhood, turning to Tang Yu with a pitiful tone: "Brother Yu." "Wei Lingling, come clean. Why did you steal the medicine?" Tang Yu sided with Shen Yunyun. Wei Lingling stared at him in shock. "Between her and me, you choose to believe her?" "What else?" Tang Yu wasn't stupid. The young lady was his ally in interests—why would she stab him in the back? "We've known each other for seven years, we're practically engaged. Why won't you trust me? Why would you rather believe an outsider than me? Am I really that worthless?" Wei Lingling started crying. Tang Yu looked at her, and it was hard to deny the ache in his heart. She had indeed been with him for seven years, always gentle and graceful, the kind of woman fit for a home. He had planned to build a life with her; marriage was already on the table. Emotionally, he couldn't believe Wei Lingling would betray him. But rationally, he felt Shen Yunyun wouldn't lie to him. "Oh, pulling the emotional card now? Why not just answer the question directly?" Wei Lingling refused to admit it, and they had no proof. Today, she only meant to provoke Shen Yunyun and Tang Yu. Those two had been flirting right under her nose while insisting nothing was going on, and she'd had enough. Lifting that veil of pretense was meant to force Tang Yu to make a choice. If he chose to marry her, fine—the medicine could still be returned. If he chose Shen Yunyun, then the medicine was gone. Either way, they had no evidence, and she could still play the victim, standing on moral high ground. She had to marry Tang Yu and get her hands on the Tang family's treasures. Wei Lingling bit her lower lip lightly, looking at Tang Yu with that pitiful expression. Tang Yu sighed and helped her up. "I'm not in that kind of relationship with the young lady. We're blood-related." Wei Lingling leaned into his arms, not acknowledging a single word he said. "I believe you." She shot a smug smile at Shen Yunyun. Shen Yunyun thought she was out of her mind. But she also reflected on herself—had she been too close to Tang Yu? Had that caused Wei Lingling's misunderstanding? "I'm sorry, Lingling. You've been wronged." Tang Yu whispered soothingly to Wei Lingling. Caught between emotion and reason, he could only comfort Wei Lingling for now. After all, he had no real proof she stole anything, right? What if the young lady had made a mistake? Wouldn't Wei Lingling be unfairly accused? She was his official girlfriend, and he hadn't given her enough security, leading her to think there was something between him and the young lady.