Chapter 58: Evidence of Theft
Soon, noon came, and the five of them all returned to the house after eating, ready to take a lunch break. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info Zhong Liyue walked comfortably towards the bed, picked up the book and continued to flip through it.
"What's in your hand?" Chun Qiao suddenly stood in front of Zhong Liyue and asked very seriously, pointing to the book.
Zhong Liyue moved the book and looked at Chun Qiao, sat up, looked at her puzzled, and said, "Book! What's wrong? ā
"Of course I know it's a book, and I'm asking, where did it come from?" Chun Qiao's face was solemn and authentic.
Zhong Liyue replied truthfully: "I borrowed it from the eldest young master." ā
"Impossible! The eldest young master's collection of books are all masterpieces, how can he lend them to a maid casually? Chun Qiao's voice was loud and stern, attracting the attention of the other three.
"How can the eldest young master be so stingy?!" Zhong Liyue glanced at her and continued to lie back to read disappreciatively.
Chun Qiao held back for a moment, and then continued: "The eldest young master is not stingy, we can't care about being slaves, in short, he won't lend the book to a maid casually. ā
Zhong Liyue was confused by Chun Qiao's sudden questioning, and after secretly scolding 'nerves', she continued to lie down and read with a cold face, "I don't believe you wait for the eldest young master to come back, and ask him yourself!" ā
"How dare you steal the eldest young master's collection? Say, What else have you stolen? Chun Qiao was unusual, and pointed at Zhong Liyue unrelentingly and asked.
Zhong Liyue frowned and looked at her puzzled, what was going on with her today? Sapo's appearance is like the same as she used to be. "Did I say did you take the wrong medicine today, or did you forget to take it?"
Chun Qiao glared at her viciously, squinted her eyes slightly, and said in a cool voice: "Wait for me to find evidence later, see if you are still hard-mouthed?!" ā
"Evidence? What evidence? "The more Zhong Liyue listens to it, the funnier it gets, is she still here?!" Why are you so sure I have proof? ā
Chun Qiao showed a sudden expression, his eyes lit up, and said, "You're right!" It's possible that the stolen goods have already been given away by you. ā
Zhong Liyue was completely speechless to her, and she really wondered if she was lowered by someone today. didn't want to be familiar with her, Zhong Liyue said 'inexplicable', and simply moved her eyes back to the book to continue reading, and no longer bothered with her.
The atmosphere froze all at once.
Ruodong, Zhixia, and Nianqiu were all looking at the two of them.
Chun Qiao squinted his eyes and gave orders: "Ruodong, Zhixia, Nianqiu, you come and search her belongings to see what else she has stolen." ā
The three of them looked at each other, and they were at a loss for what to do.
Zhong Liyue felt very strange, stood up in surprise and looked directly at Chun Qiao, and asked calmly, "What the hell is going on with you today?" ā
"How dare you disobey my orders?" Chun Qiao tilted his head and looked at the three of them with sharp eyes, and after a slight pause, he couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Did you steal the eldest young master's things with her?" ā
The three of them hurriedly waved their hands to deny it, and in order to show their innocence, they walked over obediently.
"You're still energetic, aren't you?" Zhong Liyue frowned and said unhappily.
Chun Qiao ignored her and commanded the three of them: "Zhixia, you search her body, Ruodong and Nianqiu, you turn over her bed." ā
"Stop!" Zhong Liyue stretched out her arms to stop them, looked at Chun Qiao coldly, and said unceremoniously: "If you want to search my things, you can come up with evidence!" ā
"Evidence, we have to search it to find out if it has been transferred out by you." Chun Qiao pressed step by step: "If you are not weak-minded, what can we not search?" ā
"Why are you searching for me without evidence? If I'm sure you've stolen my stuff, can I rummage through your stuff as I like? Well? ā
"The evidence will be there when we find out." Chun Qiao grabbed Zhong Liyue's arm and motioned to Zhixia with his eyes.
Zhixia and Nianqiu glanced at each other, deliberately avoiding Zhong Liyue's eyes, and dared to touch her bed.
Zhong Liyue squinted at Chun Qiao, wondering why did she take a 'piece of evidence'? Could it be that she specially prepared it, just waiting to be searched out so that it could be planted for her?
Intuition told Zhong Liyue that this unexpected event was very strange, and Chun Qiao seemed to have some other purpose.
Thinking of this, she suddenly calmed down.
Ruodong didn't make a move for a long time, she walked up to Chun Qiao and muttered, "Is there any misunderstanding in this?" Everyone lives under one roof, where is Liyue ......"
"Shut up!" Chun Qiao glared at him sharply and interrupted Ruodong's plea: "If you don't want to bear the charge of the same party, you can search her for me." ā
"Chunqiao, are you trying to frame me for something?" Zhong Liyue stared into Chun Qiao's eyes and asked tentatively.
Chun Qiao looked back at her without changing his face, and asked rhetorically, "What do you have for me to frame?" ā
Zhong Liyue was suddenly asked. yes, what do you have to frame? If you want money, you don't have money, you want fame. If Chun Qiao doesn't like her, then since the first day she was beaten into the bamboo garden, she has a thousand ways to torture her, and she still has to wait until today?
So why exactly?
For a moment, she felt that something was wrong, and that something was wrong should be the crux of the problem. Zhong Liyue tried hard to remember, but she couldn't remember where something was wrong at that moment.
"Found it!" Nian Qiu's voice suddenly interrupted Zhong Liyue's thoughts.
Everyone raised their eyes to look at Nian Qiuyang's hand in the air, and she was holding a few broken silver taels in her hand.
Chun Qiao sneered, raised her eyebrows and asked Zhong Liyue: "You still said you didn't steal?" ā
Zhong Liyue shook her head helplessly, and lazily explained: "Those two taels of silver were there before I entered the mansion. ā
"I know you're so clever that a fool would argue with you! You look at her, and I'll report to the chief steward and let the chief steward decide the matter. Chun Qiao said.
"What the hell are you pumping today?" Zhong Liyue said in the fire.
She really admired Chun Qiao's ability to make strong words, and saw Chun Qiao decisively walking towards the door, she was angry and annoyed in her heart, but reason told her that it was useless to get angry now, so she turned her body and wanted to catch up and talk to her. Nianqiu hurriedly strode over and blocked in front of her, as if she was going to run away.
"You really think I'm a thief?" Zhong Liyue was amused by their behavior, and said deliberately: "Then you don't go and take a look, what are you missing?" ā
Nianqiu and Zhixia glanced at each other, their faces a little embarrassed, after all, they had eaten her things before. Nian Qiu apologized and said, "Liyue, we are also forced to do so, don't embarrass us." ā
Hearing this, Zhong Liyue's mood finally improved a little. If even they were abnormal, she would have wondered if she had lost her memory and forgotten what had happened. Otherwise, how could Chun Qiao suddenly become so unreasonable? "You still have a little conscience!"
Zhong Liyue sat on the edge of the bed, glanced at the book in her hand, and then raised it to her eyes to continue reading. While watching, she waited quietly, she didn't believe that Chun Qiao really went to find the big housekeeper.