Bankrupt Tycoon? No Problem – This Villainess Will Make Him Rich Again

Chapter 176: Chapter 179: Revenge (Part 1)

Cecilia Quincy stared intently at Sonia Quincy on the projection screen, explaining through gritted teeth, "That Jade Necklace was a one-of-a-kind piece from an auction house. My parents specifically bought it for me as a welcome-home gift."

"Ah..." Ethan Lockwood remembered. "But didn’t you say Sonia Quincy broke that necklace? So what is she trying to clarify now?"

"I... I don’t know..." Cecilia Quincy gave a bitter laugh, her heart pounding so fast it felt like it would burst from her chest at any second.

Ethan Lockwood frowned suspiciously and looked back up at Sonia Quincy on the livestream.

Sonia Quincy spoke in a slow, deliberate tone. "The day Cecilia Quincy returned home, Mr. and Mrs. Quincy bought a Jade Necklace from an auction house and gave it to Cecilia as a gift to welcome her home. That necklace was a one-of-a-kind piece, extremely valuable, and Cecilia couldn’t bear to wear it after she got it. Feeling sorry for her, Mr. and Mrs. Quincy spent a fortune on a more affordable substitute so she could have one for everyday wear."

"Cecilia Quincy loved both Jade Necklaces. But just half a month later, she suddenly came forward and accused me, claiming that because I was jealous Mr. and Mrs. Quincy had only bought necklaces for her, I had snuck into her room when she wasn’t looking and broken both of them."

[Sonia Quincy isn’t making this part up. This is the same story Cecilia spread.]

[And then? And then? Did you really break those two necklaces?]

[It happened so long ago, but Sonia Quincy still remembers it so clearly. She must have been deeply hurt back then.]

Before presenting the evidence, Sonia Quincy said, "I can tell all of you, with full responsibility, that I did not break either of Cecilia Quincy’s necklaces."

With that, she opened the file folder in front of her and took out several photographs.

She first showed one of them. "This is what Cecilia Quincy’s one-of-a-kind necklace looks like. If any of you don’t believe me, you can go to the auction house’s official website and search for the photo to compare."

[I was at that auction, too. The necklace in the photo is definitely the one-of-a-kind piece.]

[I just searched for it and came back! The necklace in the photo is identical to the picture on the official site!]

[Oh my god, that necklace just screams wealth!]

Seeing the comments all confirming the photo was authentic, Sonia Quincy put it down and picked up several others.

"The reason that Jade Necklace is called one-of-a-kind is that it’s unique. Since Cecilia Quincy claimed I deliberately broke it, that necklace should be a pile of broken pieces right now. So why is there still a complete ’one-of-a-kind piece’ in the drawer of Cecilia’s bedside table?"

As she spoke, Sonia Quincy laid out the photos the maid had secretly taken one by one, holding them up to the camera for the online audience to see.

The photos had only one subject: the one-of-a-kind necklace, lying in a drawer. It was perfectly preserved; even the low-quality pixels couldn’t hide its stately elegance.

Sonia Quincy continued, "These photos were all taken with location tags, and the time of the photo is right below the location. Cecilia Quincy accused me of breaking her necklace several years ago, so why was this necklace still stored, completely intact, in her room just two months ago?"

Sonia Quincy was asking a question to which she already knew the answer, but it left the rubbernecking netizens utterly shocked.

[Holy crap! The one-of-a-kind necklace still exists! Didn’t Cecilia Quincy say Sonia Quincy had already broken it?]

[You’ve got to be kidding me. Sonia Quincy really pulled out all the stops, dropping such explosive evidence right from the start.]

[Jade necklaces are extremely fragile. Once broken, they can’t be repaired. But the one in the photo doesn’t even have a single scratch on it, let alone being broken. Cecilia Quincy, what the hell are you playing at?]

[So what does this mean? Did Sonia Quincy really not break the necklace?]

[What do you mean, "did she really not break it"? The evidence is right there. The necklace was never broken, okay?]

Although the netizens were sharp-tongued, they were also clear-headed and reasonable. As soon as Sonia Quincy presented her evidence, they could roughly guess the truth of the matter.

Sonia Quincy put down the photos, a visibly radiant smile spreading across her face.

"The day before this happened was Cecilia Quincy’s twenty-second birthday. That night, the Quincy Family threw her a grand and lavish birthday party. But since I’m just the Quincy Family’s adopted daughter, I spent the entire party standing in a corner."

"The party ended late, well after midnight. I went back to my room, washed up, and went straight to sleep. I never expected that the very next day, I’d be accused by Cecilia Quincy of deliberately breaking her necklace."

"Cecilia Quincy’s evidence for the accusation was simple. She just verbally told Mrs. Quincy that I was the only person who had entered her room on the day of the party. But the truth is, I never even walked past her door."

As Sonia Quincy spoke, her eyes reddened unconsciously. "She insisted I was the one who broke her necklace. I tried to explain myself, but no one in the Quincy Family believed me. I was inexplicably made the scapegoat and punished by the Quincy Family by being locked in the basement. I was starved in that basement for four days with no food or water. I was on the verge of starving to death before they finally let me out."

"All this time, I thought Cecilia Quincy’s necklace might have actually been broken, and she just didn’t dare confess to Mr. and Mrs. Quincy, so she pushed me out to take the blame. But who knew? Her necklace was never broken at all. She staged the whole thing just to frame me. She just wanted to drive me out!"

The comment section exploded.

[Holy crap! That Cecilia Quincy is one vicious woman!]

[Locked in a basement for four days without food or water?! Is that something a human being would do? Is the Quincy Family a mafia family or something?]

[Cecilia Quincy, this is a little different from the version you told, isn’t it? Didn’t you say Sonia Quincy refused to admit she was wrong and even tried to hit you? How come the reality is that Sonia was the one locked in the basement?]

[The necklace is perfectly intact, which proves Cecilia Quincy lied. Cecilia Quincy really did frame Sonia Quincy on purpose! Ugh, what a disgusting woman!]

[Bloom! I knew my Bloom was innocent! My Bloom is not a bad woman!]

"What is going on?" Ethan Lockwood stared at the scrolling comments on the projection screen, his cold gaze fixed on a deathly pale Cecilia Quincy. "Didn’t you say the necklace was broken by Sonia Quincy? Then why is there still one in your drawer?"

"I..." Cecilia Quincy was completely stunned. How could she possibly answer Ethan Lockwood’s question?

But Ethan Lockwood was relentless, practically forcing Cecilia Quincy to speak.

"Cecilia Quincy!" He grabbed her by the shoulders, forcing her to turn and face him. "Answer me! Why was that one-of-a-kind necklace being kept, perfectly intact, in your room?!"

"I... I don’t know..." Cecilia Quincy put on a wronged expression, resorting to her usual tricks.

"Ethan." She looked up at Ethan Lockwood, squeezing out tears in the blink of an eye.

"I don’t know what’s going on. My necklace really was broken by Sonia Quincy. I don’t know where this new one came from... Ethan, Sonia is trying to set me up again. You can’t believe her."