Queeny's eyes were still cool. She looked up at Bella and then at Gina.
After that, she said sternly, "This footage has been tampered with. The one who swapped the ingredient was not Gina."
"What?"
Everyone was shocked.
If it was not Gina, who would it be?
At this moment, the people in the room all became nervous. They looked at one other, wondering who meddled with the soup.
Even Bella looked puzzled.
She was standing nor far away from Queeny, so she had a clear view of the screen Queeny was watching.
In that video, she didn't see anyone go near that cabinet. Then how could Queeny conclude that Gina was not the wrongdoer?
Could she be making things up?
So she complained, "Queeny, I know you meant well. You're so kind that you want to help her out. But you should at least tell right from wrong. The footage showed that no one else came near the cabinet except Gina, who opened it to fetch stuff. How can you say for sure that she didn't steal anything?"
Queeny raised her head and darted her a cold look.
Perhaps she was overthinking this, but Bella suddenly felt that the look Queeny gave her was a bit weird.
It was as if Queeny was... looking at an idiot!
Sensing this, Bella's temper towered immediately.
But Queeny stated her analysis before she could fly off the handle.
"Based on the footage of the last few days, it's certain that only Gina had opened the cabinet. But this can't prove that she swapped the chicken" she said seriously.
Baffled, Bella asked, "Now she is the only person who touched the cabinet, why can't it prove that she's the thief?"
Queeny paused. When she looked at Bella again, her eyes registered clear impatience.
Ella couldn't bear this anymore. She said, "Miss Collins, can you please save your questions until Miss Horton finishes her words? You interrupted her in the middle of her analysis. How should she answer you then?"
Bella was stumped for words.
She gnashed her teeth and let out a snort before berating, "She's talking so slow. Who knows if she has finished? Geez! Why is she speaking like an old nag? Others may think her menopause has arrived early."
As soon as these words were out, not only Ella but Felix looked at her with icy eyes.
However, clearly, no one in the room wanted to waste their time arguing with her.
In a flat voice, Queeny said, "I'm sure Gina didn't steal anything because this footage has been tampered with. I asked Ella to pause here because this is the funny part. If you don't believe me, come here and watch carefully."
Everyone was taken aback by what she said. Next, they all leaned in to watch the video.
Felix didn't move, for with his sharp vision, he already noticed this detail when Queeny replayed this part before.
Maybe the one who tweaked this footage was not skillful enough, even though the rest of the footage had been edited smoothly, a tiny flaw was left in this clip.
In the part where Queeny asked Ella to pause, someone's back was shown, who just stepped one foot out of view of the camera. But the next second, the whole person vanished.
There was not a trace of that person in the rest of the video.
This was odd.
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