A room full of people swarmed into the police station.

Sun Ran's mother screamed:

"You wretch! How dare you send me to the police station? You've really turned things upside down. Just wait, I'll show you what happens when I get out."

Their relatives were anxiously pacing around:

"Aunt, you invited us to Beijing for a holiday, all expenses paid, and now we're at the police station. This is so embarrassing."

Even Sun Ran stopped pretending, looking at me with disappointment:

"I used to think you were sensible, gifting a car and a house. I thought you would take good care of my mom, but you called the police over this trivial matter."

"Trivial?" I smiled brightly:

"A home invasion robbery is no trivial matter, right?"

Sun Ran was dumbfounded:

"You mean the gold bracelet?"

His mother immediately took off the gold bracelet and threw it at me with all her might as if it were a filthy object.

She rolled her eyes disdainfully:

"Here, take it. You are so petty."

Their relatives looked at Sun Ran's mother in shock:

"Aunt, didn't you say this bracelet was your son's year-end bonus reward for you?"

His mother stammered, unable to explain, then turned impatiently to me:

"I've given it back to you. Can we leave now?"

She turned to leave, but I smiled at her:

"Madam, that's not being honest. We're at the police station, and you're still lying."

"What do you mean?" His mother was puzzled.

I picked up the bracelet she threw at me and examined it seriously:

"This bracelet doesn't quite look like mine, does it?"

"What do you mean? I only wore it for half a day, how could it change color?" His mother blushed with anger, her nostrils flaring.

Her loud voice was particularly jarring in the quiet police station.

The police officer impatiently knocked on the table:

"Why are you shouting? This comrade has a question, and we need to resolve it."

He called a technician for an appraisal.

Right before everyone's eyes, the gold bracelet was burned into a black lump.

Sun Ran’s mother was stunned for a second, then began to curse:

"You bitch! You tricked me with a fake bracelet!"

"Ma'am, please be careful with your words." I smiled, shaking the payment record and purchase video on my phone.

When I bought the bracelet, I specifically recorded a video and posted it on my social media account.

I just wanted to thank my mom for the gift, but I didn't expect it to be useful now.

Sun Ran was sweating more and more as he nervously pulled his mother aside:

"Mom, what's going on? You said you'd only borrow the gold bracelet for a few days, but now you swapped it?"

"Don't listen to her nonsense!" His mother's face turned livid:

"Maybe she gave me a fake bracelet in the first place."

Sun Ran frowned:

"How could that be? Xin Yue never wears fakes. I saw her put this bracelet at home myself. But you, mom, don't I know you?"

His mother panicked:

"Why don't you believe me? Her stuff is practically yours. Why would I swap it? I just wore it to go out and buy some groceries, and then..."

She was at a loss for words,

"Oh no," she clapped her hands,

"I must have shown it off while buying groceries, and someone swapped it."

Sun Ran was stunned.

He stared at his mother, his mouth opening and closing, and finally, he couldn't say a word.

He paced anxiously, large beads of sweat rolling down his forehead:

"Mom, how could you be so careless? What's so great about showing off a bracelet? Now what do we do!"

"The schemes in the city run deep," his mother cursed, her face turning red and white:

"Wait and see, I'll negotiate for you."

Regaining her composure, she walked up to me confidently, her hands clasped behind her back:

"Lin Xinyue, whether you accept it or not, this is the bracelet you gave me."

I chuckled coldly, spreading my hands:

"Where's the evidence?"

"Evidence?" She sneered:

"Everything's my son's. What evidence do you need?"

The police officer, frowning, knocked on the table:

"Ma'am, I must remind you, grand theft involving large amounts is punishable by up to three years' imprisonment or a fine, and illegally entering someone's home carries the same penalty."

Their relatives were dumbfounded:

"Aunt, what does this mean? The gold bracelet wasn’t a gift from your son, and even the house doesn't belong to him?"

"How much!"

His mother, ignoring the relatives, focused on the officer. Upon hearing his words, her legs went weak:

"What? I have to go to jail for taking my son's stuff?"

Sun Ran, desperate, his face pale, anxiously said:

"Mom, please stop talking. If Xin Yue gets really angry, you might actually end up in jail."

Knowing he was in the wrong, afraid I might press charges against him and his mother, he hurriedly transferred the money for the gold bracelet to me.

After receiving the money, I couldn't argue further, signed the papers, and happily left the police station.

After all, if I kept it up, I'd expose myself.

Behind me, his relatives sarcastically remarked to his mother:

"Aunt, you were boasting in the village every day. It turns out your little Ran has nothing, but you made him sound like a diamond bachelor."

"Exactly. We thought we could enjoy a few days in the city, but ended up in a police station."

"Aunt, if you ask me, if little Ran can't make a name in the city, he should come back to the village. Even as a Ph.D., he still commands some respect here, and the girl next door is still thinking about little Ran."

His mother was too mad to speak, glaring at me as if she wanted to eat me alive the next second.