Ai Wen's colleagues looked at him.
Expressions of immense shock were written all over their faces.
"You're pulling this stunt?"
"Do you have any idea who she is?"
"Isn't this going to get us all killed?"
Ai Wen indeed didn't know, and there he stood, his face the picture of dejection, still scrutinizing the situation.
From behind, a diplomat asked, "So, Miss Ning, he's spouting nonsense, accusing Miss Ning of theft? I couldn't help but laugh when I heard that. Is this the kind of quality your countrymen have, to frame others at will?"
The group panicked, hastily explaining, "This was our mistake, we were unaware, didn't know..."
They looked frantically at Su Tingyan.
No wonder she'd just said she was well-acquainted with the officials...
Could she be any closer than being practically official herself?
The group quickly said, "Miss Ning, it was Ai Wen who came to us first, we were deceived by him."
