Chapter 12: Questioning

When the sky was bright, Xie Mulin woke up from his slumber again, only to feel that his head was still a little groggy, but the headache had been reduced a lot.

It seems that the cold medicine works pretty well.

Merely......

Her stomach rumbled twice. She groaned and covered her stomach, rolled over, and curled her body as if that would reduce her hunger a little.

There's no way, it's been almost two days, and she's only eaten so much, how can she not be hungry?

In the middle of the night, in addition to two pieces of chocolate, she also made two spoonfuls of cereal with the little tea she had leftโ€”not that she was reluctant to eat a few more spoonfuls, but that there was only enough tea to make so much. In this way, she soaked for half an hour before the cereal was soft enough to be eaten. As for the taste, there is no need to mention it, what else can a person who is about to starve to death find fault with?

She almost got up in the dark and searched the house to see if she could find anything to eat. Although this house has been searched several times, maybe there are fish that have slipped through the net?

But she really didn't dare, she couldn't hear the movement outside the door, in case someone suddenly came in to go to the toilet, she was rummaging through the cabinets, wasn't that exposed? Before, Cao's relied on her to be "unconscious", so she was relieved to have a private meeting with her lover in this house. Xie Yingrong went to the study, and she could suspect that she had stolen the letter. Xie Mulin didn't want to take the risk of making this group of shameless and insidious women the object of their extermination.

After eating the cereal, she seemed to feel better, and then she fell asleep. After all, she is still a patient, no matter how bitter and hateful she is, she has to take care of her body before she can talk about the future.

Just when she woke up, all the cereal she had eaten earlier had been digested, and the hunger pangs hit again. But now, she no longer has the water to make cereal, and she can't even drink tea to moisten her parched throat.

I really want to curse......

There's a sick person in this room! Why didn't anyone come to see her? Send some water!

There was a not-so-pleasant smell in the air. Shermulin knew where it came from. No way, this day and night, many people have come to use the temporary clean room one after another, and even she used it once in the middle of the night. No one cleans the toilet, so it's no wonder it smells good!

Fortunately, the east end of this upper room has been specially renovated to make a small warehouse, and the high parts of the north and south walls have been made of air windows, and the ventilation is maintained every day, so that the smell in the house will not be too bad.

But the role of the air window is also limited, in addition to the small air window in the east room, there is only the narrow window in the north, which is rarely opened, and the air circulation speed is limited, so it can only be said that it cannot suffocate people. If it weren't for this smell, there would be a lot of tables, chairs, and stools in the small storeroom, so why would the people in the big room never come, and only go when they have to solve their physiological needs?

Xie Mulin was in such an environment, thirsty, hungry and uncomfortable, and his heart couldn't help but become more and more irritable.

Why don't she pretend to be sick as soon as possible and go out to deal with the people in the Xie family's big house? Since she knew that the Cao family and the others were going to play a trick, how could she try to grab it in front of them and find and hide the letter, so as not to let her cheap father really end up with a murderous end? What can she do all the time hiding here?

If you act naturally, you should be able to hide from the Cao family, right?

Xie Mulin turned over irritably, saw the row of drawers on the right, remembered Xie Yingrong's words, sighed, and casually opened a drawer to look in.

Be prepared. I wonder if she really needs to hide something valuable and plan for her future life.

There were so many things in this drawer that she only recognized one crystal ornament that seemed to be worth a little money, and the others couldn't even make out the material.

Xie Mulin put on the ornament, closed the drawer, and planned to look at something else, when he suddenly heard the sound of the door opening, and hurriedly pretended to be asleep again.

Xie Yingrong tiptoed in and quickly closed the door.

She walked to the entrance of the cabinet room and glanced at it a few times, and saw that Xie Yingzhen seemed to be still asleep, but her posture was not the same as before, and her expression seemed to be very painful, so she guessed that the other party might have woken up at night, but she was obviously more sick.

Xie Yingrong frowned, didn't pay too much attention to it, and didn't carefully check the patient's condition, glanced at it a few times and then retreated, and began to rummage through the cabinets again.

Xie Mulin closed his eyes and guessed, did Xie Yingrong start to find a place to hide the letter again? Should she give each other a hand? There is no safer and more confidential place in this world than her study space, and that letter is extremely important, it can easily put Xie Pu to death, and it must not be searched by Cao Shi and others! And how long can Xie Yingrong protect it?

But then again, this letter is fake, so why can't it just be destroyed? The Cao brothers and sisters, Fang Wenshan and the others had no way to forge the same letter in a short period of time, and if they destroyed it, they would have no evidence to slander Xie Pu. As for other indications of chasing after the wind and shadows, Xie Pu is not stupid and sweet, and he will naturally have a way to deal with it.

From stealing letters in the study, to the officers and soldiers coming to the door, the banquet was over, and then to the people in the big room being placed under house arrest in the upper room, Cao and others suspected Xie Yingrong of stealing letters...... For such a long time, Xie Yingrong actually just carried the letter on her body, obviously she only needed a brazier to solve it, what was she thinking?

Considering that this girl is most likely a reborn, she did not destroy the letter, could it be because the letter had other uses?

Xie Mulin thought about whether he should "wake up" and communicate directly with Xie Yingrong, then heard the door open again, and then quickly closed.

Xie Yingrong quickly turned around to look at the person, and found that it was Aunt Dajin, who immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and then became a little impatient: "What's the matter with Auntie?" My wife's people stared at me closely, and I finally took a breath under my aunt's cover, and my aunt suddenly walked away, and they would surely find that we were all gone, and they would soon find us. Auntie, can't you let me worry a little more?! โ€

Aunt Dajin grabbed her daughter's wrist, pulled her away from the door, pulled the person to the cabinet in three or two steps, and asked in a low voice: "Tell me honestly, what did you take from the study?" Stop lying to me! Now is not the time for you to mess around! My wife is going to beat you into a thief, and I am the one who bears the blame for you, and you have escaped! I just overheard Mrs. Qian say to Gui Zhen that the letter is extremely important, it seems to be related to the master's lawsuit, and it will be bad if you can't find it. That letter can save the master, right? Confused stuff! Even if the lord looks at the eldest lady and the second girl, he has never treated you badly. Otherwise, where else can you learn poetry, calligraphy and painting from Mr. In the past, you just complained a few words, but now the lord is in trouble, and the whole family is anxious, if you take something that can save him, but hide your temperament, and cause the lord to suffer a lot, I can't rely on you! โ€

Xie Yingrong was taken aback, but then threw her hand away with a calm face: "I don't know what you're talking about." I went to the study to look for a book for Miss Xue Si, but I didn't find it. I don't know what letters my wife lost. Something happened to my father, and I was also worried about him. If I can get him out, how can I not help? But could this be the case with me as a girl? With my wife here, where is my place to speak? My aunt was inexplicably suspicious of me, and I was still wronged! Could it be that in my aunt's mind, I am a foolish person who doesn't know what to do? โ€

Aunt Dajin looked at her suspiciously, and she also raised her chin, looking confident.

Unexpectedly, Aunt Dajin smiled instead: "You were born by me, can't I tell if you are telling the truth or a lie?" It's okay to have a hard mouth, anyway, ......" said while looking Xie Yingrong up and down.

Xie Yingrong's expression couldn't help but stiffen, but he quickly relaxed again. She didn't believe that this stupid biological mother could see through her details.

However, her self-confidence was soon slapped in the face.

Aunt Dajin suddenly grabbed her arm, quickly intervened into her collar and neckline, and touched her ribs to find a letter.

Xie Yingrong was shocked.