"Is that true?"
Lin Zhang furrowed his brows as he interrogated the bank men below.
Compelled by it, all of the Lin clansmen immediately stood back giving the bank men their deserving limelight. The three bank men were left standing in the spotlight. They all wore dark brown robes representing the official position of the Lin clan and were in their early fifties.
As all the focus was on them, the head of the bank Lin Hui sighed a bit and spoke up defending himself: "Chief, this Lin Hui feels very ashamed to know that such a thing had happened. It was carelessness from my side to not even know that the subordinates would do such a shameful thing to a kid.
The task of giving away the pocket money of the youths was being handled by Lin Liu and his subordinates and them being fellow clansmen, this Lin Hui had always trusted them to do their job well."
Lin Hui looked serious when he said those words. There wasn't a hint of untruth in it and none had argued upon it.
Though Lin Hui wasn't a very good person himself; he usually refrained from doing shabby things with the kids. This time he got lucky and got himself out of the mess.
Lin Lui and Lin Qui who was in charge of the youth finances were left troubled with it.
Never did they think that there would be a day when one would expose all of their evil deeds.
Lin Qui eyed Lin Lui angrily as if he was blaming him for dragging him into this mess.
Of course, it was him who had convinced that time that they should take the kid's pocket money to themselves.
Lin Lui on the side blamed himself for his poop luck; he didn't think that such an unlucky day would come.
Of course, who would have thought that the crazy man Lin Zhang would recover suddenly and his dull son would take his revenge on them?
Though it was the case, no one except for his subordinate Lin Qui had known that they had taken Yichen's pocket money as they always falsified the record in the clan's youth finances record and kept it secret. Whenever it was time to give Yichen's pocket money, he along with Lin Qui would shut their mouth and secretly take it and share it amongst themselves.
Since no one knew of it, Lin Lui took the chance and rebuked with a hint of displeasure: "Chief, this kid Yichen is only making a wild claim.
Lin Lui is always diligent with the work and had always handed him the pocket money in time. The records of the Youth finances can prove it."
He glanced at Yichen and acted furious: "Yichen, I don't know why you are making such a funny statement but there was never a time where I haven't given you the pocket money?!"
He was so serious when he said it as if the kid was charging him instead.
Lin Qui stood there dumbstruck, while he was thinking that they were done there, this Lin Lui was making wild claims and cornering the kid. Since it was the case then he might as well take the chance and followed his lead. He sided with him and assured arrogantly: "Yes, I was even there when he give you the pocket money. Yichen you are a devilish brat to even dare to slander us?!"
"Chief, if you didn't believe it, you can see the records of the youth's pocket money yourself."
Lin Qui exaggerated it a bit.
Those two were so confident with the finances record as they made the record themselves and fabricated it.
The two sounded so real as if they were being played by a young kid. They acted the pitiful victim and the foolish Lin clansmen were buying it.
Though their acting was great; Lin Zhang believed his son more than those two idiots but still his belief wasn't doing anything good. It ain't proving Yichen's innocence. Since the two had already written down the records then it would be hard to prove Yichen's innocence, furthermore, it was unlikely that the Lin clansmen will testify for him.
Lin Zhang sighed at it. They were more on the losing side with nothing to prove.
Even though it was the case, he was not the type who would give in to fate; if there were a slight opening or a slight chance to prove Yichen's innocence and helped him then he would take the risk, therefore, Lin Zhang furiously turned and instructed the guards: "Quick, bring the records of the youth finances. I will see it for myself."
Heeding the order, the guards immediately left the place.
Seeing that it was their absolute victories, Lin Lui and Lin Qui sneered inwardly.
Yichen on the side was left entertained by it all. It was an eye-opener to see those grown-up men ganging up to bully him; the show was quite dramatic and entertaining. With those fake records they made, he couldn't help but grin devilishly at their cheesy trick.
It was expected of the Lin clansmen to be this crafty. There weren't any sincere or good people within the clan.
Yichen had seen through their evil nature ever since he knew and because of it, he was always wary and vigilant of his surroundings. He always kept himself on guard.
The two grown-up bankers were assuming that since he was a young boy, they would be able to tackle him easily but what they failed to recognise is that Yichen was a young wolf and a very cunning one on top of that.
Seeing their ugly face, Yichen sneered inwardly, 'Tch! They think that I, Yichen am that easy to be condemned? What a foolish way of thinking?'
While he was leisurely amusing himself on the side, the guards had brought the magic stone which contained all the year's records of the youth's pocket money.
Lin Zhang took the magic stone from the guards and activated it.
Soon it displayed all the records of the youth's pocket money like a hologram.
For every month the youth were given a gold coin and the records showed that Yichen had received those gold coins in the past seven years.
Both Lin Lui and Lin Qui sneered at it.
With such evidence, they were sure that they outwitted the kid.
They were satisfied by it.
Lin Lui faked his anger and chided spitefully: "Yichen, even though you lied, the record is the proof that you had taken the money."
Lin Zhang observed the records deeply but there weren't any openings in them.
The two had completely fabricated the record; making it look real. With it, he was left in a tight spot; with the fake record, he cannot prove his son's innocence.
While they were on it, Yichen walked up to the front with a brattish grin on his face.
He glanced down at those two and noted sarcastically: "Since you said that I had taken my share of pocket money then how do you explain this?!"
He immediately activated the cream colour magic stone recorder and made it fly up into the air.
It soon started to display the incident that occurred several years back.
The hologram-like picture showed young five years old Yichen going to the clan's bank with the magic stone recorder in his hands.
Arriving there, Lin Lui heartlessly scolded him and said that he won't get his pocket money as he was to nurse his father and was immediately sent out from there.
Then the next month, Yichen went there again with the same recorder; that time too he still didn't get his pocket money. It went on, till this one time he was a bit taller.
The six-year-old Yichen went to the clan's bank but this time, the treatment of the clan's banker was even harsher, he was mocked ridiculously and was immediately kicked out from the clan's bank.
Young six years old Yichen was seen being thrown down to the ground. He tossed off the dirt and stood up.
His angry face was recorded in the magic recorder; he clenched tight the magic stone recorder in his hands and was seen keeping it inside his pocket.
From that moment on, there were no new records as he eventually got tired and never went to the clan's bank.
Though Yichen was very small, he knew that the clansmen were treating him harshly and were being nasty towards him.
Being a young hot-blooded boy, he recorded the entire scene so that when his father got well or his mother had returned, he would show it to them and make them pay for it.
Small Yichen had waited for their return in desperateness all those years, bearing the burdened to himself but his years of waiting went futile; years and years went by and still, there weren't any signs of his father's recovery nor his mother coming back to him.
His father's diseases had become permanent and his mother hadn't returned to him.
As it went on, the bright energetic Yichen slowly turned gloomy with no hint of life and hope in him; the treatment of the Lin clansmen too got wilder and bizarre with time.
Yichen had been waiting for this day his whole life. He was waiting for the day when he could get his revenge for all the wrongs and mistreatment done to him and his father.
Both Lin Lui and Lin Qui were left crooked by the image they saw. Their face were as if they had eaten some rotten egg.
While they thought that they outsmarted the kid, they didn't expect the sudden plot twist. To think that they lost to a kid their faces turned blue in shame and anger.
With such solid proof, all angry eyes were on them.