Forced to marry a disabled man in the countryside? I'll repay you tenfold!

Su Wanqing's gaze remained calm. "This person just said you work at the oil refinery, right? Judging from your tone, anyone who didn't know better would think you witnessed me sabotaging the operation. I suspect that your rush to convict me is because you and Comrade Jiang Weiwei coordinated beforehand. She's responsible for playing the victim, and you're responsible for orchestrating this 'thief crying 'stop thief'' act?"

Section Chief Ma's eyes darted around. How did she know?

"Otherwise, I really can't understand it. Are you unable to understand what Elder Shen is saying, or are you selectively deaf? My yield is consistently over 300 jin, more than double that of Comrade Jiang Weiwei! Elder Shen has long made it clear that whoever has the higher yield and better technology will have the management rights of the planting site. I have a sure win, so why would I need to risk sabotaging a competitor whose yield is only half of mine?"

What am I after? Am I going to risk being accused of damaging collective property and ruining my future? Am I out of my mind, or was I kicked by a donkey?

Many people around nodded in agreement, agreeing that there was some truth to it. Indeed, with such a high chance of winning, why go through the trouble of self-destruction?

Su Wanqing pressed her advantage, "Furthermore, I've mastered the mycelium propagation technology. Even without the aforementioned strains, I can independently cultivate high-yield mycelium. Elder Shen can attest to this; following my method, it's entirely feasible for a single planting site to produce over 3000 jin per batch after scaling up production. What does this mean? It means I don't need to rely on any special resources or connections; I can create considerable output and value for the country solely through technology!"

In other words, even if I don't become the person in charge of the cultivation site, I can still cultivate mushrooms. What reason do I have to sabotage Jiang Weiwei's efforts?

Everyone looked at Old Shen again.

Old Shen nodded. "Comrade Su Wanqing's words are true. Moreover, her mushroom cultivation method does indeed produce enormous yields. She is very likely to achieve excellent results in this national competition, bringing honor to us! What the country needs are precisely such truly talented technical personnel!"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the factory and mine managers immediately changed.

Comrade Jiang here still needs connections to get more mycelium, but the comrades here are already able to produce several thousand kilograms of oyster mushrooms steadily. Leader Jiang is amazing, but they haven't stooped to the point of needing to curry favor with the leader's daughter!

"Wow! Comrade Su is truly young and promising, and a man of great talent!"

"Mr. Shen is right! Such talent deserves even more protection and support!"

"Yes, yes, the person who destroyed the mushrooms is despicable, but it definitely wasn't Comrade Su!"

Seeing that public opinion was beginning to shift, Su Wanqing seized the opportunity to offer her own deduction: "So, I have a bright future and make a living with my skills, why would I want to sabotage Comrade Jiang Weiwei's mushrooms and invite trouble upon myself? I don't think anyone else has any motive to do something that harms others without benefiting themselves."

"So, the most likely explanation is that someone knew they couldn't win the competition, but was unwilling to accept defeat, so they orchestrated this whole mushroom destruction drama to frame me, drag me down with them, and make them disqualified, or at least ruin my reputation. Even if they lose, they want to take someone down with them!"

"You're talking nonsense! You're slandering me! My key has always been with Old Shen, and I haven't even been inside this room! How could I have staged this? You accuse me of sabotage, where's the evidence? Anyone can make empty promises!"

Jiang Weiwei's eyes darted around, as if she had suddenly thought of something. "It's very simple to prove whether it was you or not. The doors and windows of this house are not damaged. How did the vandal get in? They must have climbed onto the roof! Just ask around in the village if anyone has a ladder, and who borrowed it last night. Wouldn't that be enough to find clues? Old Shen, I suggest we immediately have Secretary Liu investigate! Whoever borrowed the ladder is the prime suspect!"

She sneered inwardly; everything was going according to plan.

The people over there had already made arrangements. As soon as they asked, they would truthfully confess that Su Wanqing had borrowed the ladder last night! With witnesses and physical evidence, let's see how Su Wanqing can still deny it!

Old Shen also thought this was a direction for investigation. "That makes sense. Xiao Zhang, go and ask around in the group if anyone has a long ladder and if anyone lent it out last night."

"Wait a minute." Su Wanqing narrowed her eyes. Well, she hadn't expected that Jiang Weiwei, this reborn person, wasn't entirely useless. She had actually devised a series of schemes and was waiting for her here.

Since Jiang Weiwei brought this up, they'll definitely insist that she gave false testimony saying she borrowed the ladder. They'll probably even go into details about the time and place.

At that point, even if she has something to say, she won't be able to defend herself.

Because defense is always the worst approach; you can only ever claim, "I didn't do it." Offense is the best defense! She wanted to throw the dirty water on Jiang Weiwei!

Let her think of a way to break the deadlock—

Jiang Weiwei, as if she had caught someone red-handed, sneered, "What? Are you scared? You want to admit it now? Elder Shen, what did you say that day? Anyone who dares to sabotage this experiment that concerns people's livelihoods is an enemy of the country and the people, and will not be tolerated! Do you still stand by your word?"

She got this idea after hearing what Elder Shen said. As long as Su Wanqing was implicated in sabotaging the experiment at this planting site, she would be doomed!

Old Shen gave Jiang Weiwei a deep look, then turned to Su Wanqing. "I keep my word. Comrade Su Wanqing, what do you want to say?"

Su Wanqing: "Mr. Shen, leaders, before we investigate the ladder, I have a suggestion. Since Comrade Jiang Weiwei believes that the vandal climbed the ladder to the roof and started from the cracks in the roof, then there must be traces left on the roof."

I request that, right now, in front of everyone, a ladder be set up immediately to inspect the roof!

If there are marks on the roof, it proves that someone did indeed go on it. Conversely, if the roof is clean, then the claim of roof damage is unfounded, and it means Jiang Weiwei is deliberately slandering me!

Jiang Weiwei: "Fine, I see you won't shed tears until you see the coffin. Then go up and take a look. There will definitely be signs of damage!" Of course she knew, because she had damaged it from the top. Then Wang Tieniu would insist that she borrowed the ladder and that there were signs of damage at the scene. Let's see how Su Wanqing can argue then!

Jiang Weiwei was a little confused as to why Su Wanqing would go to the trouble of checking things out.

Since both sides insisted on investigating, Old Shen sent someone to find a ladder. Before long, the old wooden ladder from Wang Tieniu's house was carried over.

Wang Tieniu scratched his head. He originally thought they were going to question him about "borrowing the ladder" last night, but he didn't expect them to ask him to bring the ladder over.

He glanced at Jiang Weiwei subconsciously, and seeing her shake her head almost imperceptibly, he shut his mouth.

He didn't mention borrowing the ladder, but waited until someone asked, then he insisted that Su Wanqing had borrowed it yesterday.

Old Shen asked Wang Tieniu to go up: "Comrade Tieniu, could you please go up and check if there are any signs of damage to the roof?"

Although Wang Tieniu didn't understand why, he still climbed up as instructed and carefully inspected the roof. He wondered to himself: Why are they checking the roof? Shouldn't they be checking who borrowed the ladder? Why aren't they asking him?