Can a System Have Bad Intentions? - Chapter 36

Lu Tang glared sharply at the manager of Chunxi Inn.

“Can you prove it? If no one can verify what you did at midnight last night, how can you say that someone can confirm your actions during the days I was kidnapped?”

The manager of Chunxi Inn was speechless, unable to refute her.

He couldn’t possibly say that the head chef of Chunxi Inn could vouch for him since they both sent someone to Spring Fragrance House together!

The manager glanced at the head chef, and the head chef glanced back at the manager. Both were trembling with fear, too scared to speak.

They were in a predicament. Either they admitted to sending Lu Yuchen to Spring Fragrance House, causing a death and ending up in jail, or they stayed silent and couldn’t prove they weren’t bandits.

They were in a dire situation!

Then, both of them looked at Lu Deren.

Lu Deren was tightly held by the yamen officers. He struggled and cried out, “Sir, Sir, Lu Tang’s words have no real evidence. I am innocent!”

Seeing that Magistrate Zhao ignored him, Lu Deren twisted his body madly towards Lu Tang, shouting, “You are slandering me! If you say I am a bandit, then where are the thirty thousand taels of silver I supposedly extorted?”

Lu Tang stared at him. “How could I know?”

Lu Deren nearly spat blood.

Magistrate Zhao’s head was pounding. He didn’t want to handle this case for another minute. Irritated, he waved his hand, “Take them away!”

The yamen officers jolted and hurriedly dragged Lu Deren and the manager of Chunxi Inn away.

Jiang Pan’er was so scared that she rushed to stop them.

“Sir, Sir, Brother Lu is not a bandit. It must be Madam Qiao framing us, Sir.”

Jiang Pan’er was both terrified and panicked, crying pitifully.

【Please keep going, host. The task is almost complete.】

Lu Tang was jolted awake by the system and stared angrily at Jiang Pan’er.

“Injustice? Where is your injustice? Our Qiao Family Inn was ruined by you people. Who will listen to our injustice?”

Lu Tang sat down in the court, crying and cursing as she recounted how Lu Deren and his mistress had destroyed the Qiao Family Inn.

The manager of Qiao Family Inn had hoped to rely on Lu Deren, but seeing him taken away, he lost all hope and decided to tell the truth.

“Sir, everything I did was on the orders of the owner, Lu Deren. He said Chunxi Inn was just borrowing from Qiao Family Inn. I am just a small manager, I had no right to interfere.”

Lu Tang was now parched from talking and felt a headache.

She had never cried so much in her life.

She was sick of dealing with these horrible people and just wanted to end it quickly.

When the manager finished speaking, Lu Tang turned to Madam Qiao. “Mother, the account book.”

Madam Qiao looked at Lu Tang with pride and admiration, then handed over the account book.

Lu Deren wanted to ruin her daughter, but today her daughter sent him to prison with her own hands. How did that feel!

Especially being falsely accused and imprisoned!

That was worse than being guilty and imprisoned!

Lu Tang handed over the account book directly.

The manager of Qiao Family Inn wasn’t worried when he saw the account book. He planned to insist he was just following orders.

At worst, he was guilty of negligence, not a crime.

However, Magistrate Zhao only glanced at the account book before slamming it on the table in anger, “Take this traitor away!”

The manager of Qiao Family Inn was stunned.

Why?

What was wrong with the fake account book?

The magistrate knew Lu Deren wanted to seize the Qiao family’s property and had likely bribed many of their old staff.

Seeing the manager’s shocked expression, the magistrate guessed he still thought the account book was fake!

Without further ado, the magistrate threw the account book at him. “Look for yourself!”

The manager took the account book and, after a glance, collapsed in fear. He looked at Lu Tang in disbelief, “How did you…?”

Fear spread through his body, and he couldn’t say a complete sentence.

Lu Tang simply said, “Next time, don’t hide things in the toilet.”

With Lu Tang accurately identifying the hiding spot, the manager was utterly defeated and sat in silence.

Now, the collusion between Chunxi Inn and Qiao Family Inn’s managers, stealing from the Qiao Family Inn to supply Chunxi Inn, was confirmed.

The registered owner of Chunxi Inn was Jiang Pan’er.

As the yamen officers grabbed Jiang Pan’er, Lu Yuexi cried and begged, “Sir, Sir…”

But she could only repeat “Sir” without saying anything else.

Lu Yuchen was furious, glaring at Lu Tang.

It was all this person’s fault.

If not for her, he wouldn’t have ended up at Spring Fragrance House, and his parents wouldn’t be in jail.

The manager of Spring Fragrance House, looking as if he had expected this outcome, glanced disdainfully at Jiang Pan’er being taken away. Then he knelt straight and loudly declared, “Sir, a girl from Spring Fragrance House was killed by Lu Yuchen. Please seek justice!”

Lu Yuchen’s mind exploded.

He had forgotten about this!

Not only did Lu Yuchen’s mind explode, but the magistrate’s mind was also on the verge of exploding.

He just wanted to rush to Lu Deren and interrogate him about the bandit and Zhao Village matters. As for Lu Yuchen’s murder…

The magistrate waved his hand, “A life for a life. Execution after autumn!”

Leaving that statement, the magistrate got up to leave.

Lu Yuchen turned pale and collapsed straight to the ground.

Lu Tang rushed forward, “Sir, what about my mother’s divorce letter?”

The magistrate waved his hand impatiently, “A son-in-law divorcing his wife? He has ruined the reputation of our Qingshui County!”

This clearly indicated that the divorce letter was invalid.

【Congratulations, host. Task completed, Champion Reward obtained.】

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At this moment, Lu Tang couldn’t care about the rewards. Amid the sound of Lu Yuexi’s heart-wrenching cries and Lu Yuchen being dragged away, she rushed to Madam Qiao.

Her eyes sparkled. “Mother!”

Madam Qiao raised her hand and patted her head. Madam Qiao hadn’t cried when Lu Deren threw out the divorce letter, but now her eyes were red. “My Tang has grown up. Mother is so happy.”

She had imagined a thousand times in the dead of night how, if she hadn’t killed Lu Deren, her children would be bullied. Each thought caused her heart to ache.

But now, her Little Tang had defeated Lu Deren!

Liang Cheng rushed in, hugging Lu Tang. “Brother Tang! You’re amazing!”

Zhou Shu, Guo Dawei, and Xu Shen followed, “Brother Tang, you’re amazing!”

Outside the court, Qin Mo and Song Qingzhan had already turned to leave. Song Qingzhan, still recovering from his shock, laughed. “How did he come up with this? The lies were so well-constructed that Lu Deren had no way to argue!”