There are less than ten days left until the eighth day of August.
Feiye City has been extremely lively these past few days, not only because of the opening ceremony of the college, but also because the Gong family is searching for some people throughout the city.
In just a few days, several waves of people have been arrested and released.
This made people who were not in Yecheng panic.
But soon, those responsible for arresting people went outside the city.
And those people who were captured before were released again because they were sure that they had nothing to do with the people they captured.
The Gong family only conducted routine questioning on them and did not embarrass them, so this small turmoil quickly subsided.
However, they just told the Waigong family that they had lost a runaway slave.
But what kind of escaped slave could allow them to mobilize such a large force
It's a pity that the Gong family is too strict. If they don't tell, no one will have a chance to know.
But no one knew that this move of the Gong family was just a drunkard's intention.
In Gong Si's study, the whole family was listening to Ning Liang's reply.
"Based on what we have investigated in the past few days, it should be these families who kidnapped the second lady that night and mingled with the guests."
Ning Liang put the list in his hand on the desk.
In the past few days, they had only used the pretense of catching escaped slaves, but in fact they were investigating the people who took Lin Mengwu away at the banquet.
Now, these results show that these people may have colluded as early as when they first entered the city to register.
Gong Si lowered his head, looked at the list, and then handed it to Lin Mengya.
After the latter browsed it hastily, he compared it with the guest list of the banquet that day in the system.
As a result, some discrepancies were discovered.
"There are some people missing from these families. Although it doesn't matter, this way, things can be explained."
Everyone in the family knew that she had a photographic memory, so they didn't bother to check again.
But in fact, even if it is verified, it is of no use at present.
After all, they are guests, not prisoners.
What would they do even if they knew? You can't just watch in secret first. After all, catching a thief means catching stolen goods.
"How abominable!"
Gong Bin slammed the table.
They carefully arranged the arrival of these guests, and there was never any neglect.
But they have such ill intentions towards the Gong family.
Even though he knew this, he still couldn't help but feel angry.
"Brother, why are you angry with these people? Ning Liang, are you sure these people are really sent by these aristocratic families?"
She raised the list in her hand and asked.
Ning Liang also shook his head and replied: "I also find it strange that these aristocratic families are so far away from our home. Firstly, we don't have any close friendship. Secondly, they all arrived early, which is really confusing." Puzzled."
Lin Mengya nodded, she also thought this would be the case.
Others also understood what she meant. It seemed that someone had taken advantage of their loophole this time.
"But these people cannot enter the academy venue. On the day of the opening ceremony, only families with invitations from our Gong family can enter to watch the ceremony. Others can only stay outside."
"But what if they also forged the invitation?"
Gong Bin couldn't help but asked worriedly, while Lin Mengya and Gong Si looked at each other and smiled.
"Whether it is a forgery or not, Fourth Brother and I can see through it at a glance. Brother, don't worry, no one will succeed in forging it."
Because all the invitations contain the pinyin abbreviations of those families.
With such unique and simple anti-counterfeiting technical support for her, the possibility of fake invitations is extremely slim.
If anyone is really smart and can figure out the secret -
As everyone knows, the mark she made was not just this one.
As the official day approaches, the Gong family becomes busier and busier.
As one of the most powerful figures in the Gong family now, she and her fourth brother were pulled by Mrs. Lian to try on new outfits one after another.
The fourth brother is a man, as long as he pays attention to his accessories, that's all.
At most, add a crown and it will be the most formal outfit.
But on her side, she was in dire straits.
"The style of this skirt is pretty, but the pattern on it is too vulgar. Go get her another one!"
In the Dongyuan, Lin Mengya was taken out of bed by Mrs. Lian early in the morning, washed her face, and under the command of Mrs. Lian and Sister Hui, she wore one set of dresses for them to see.
At first she could hold on, but after changing almost seven or eight sets, she finally realized what it meant to live without love.
"Madam, I think this set looks pretty good, otherwise, just have it!"
After struggling all morning, Lin Mengya, whose stomach was still empty, asked with a smile.
No matter what, even her aunt is doing it for her own good, and even if she doesn't want to, she can't go against their good intentions.
Mrs. Lian looked at the dark green dress she was wearing and frowned slightly.
"It's rare that a girl like you can hold down such a color without looking old-fashioned. But that day is a festive day, so it's time to have a festive color. You guys, go get that set of crabapple red and give it to her to try on. "
When Lin Mengya heard that she wanted to try on clothes, she couldn't help but pretend to be dead.
Fortunately, Aunt Lian was finally satisfied with this set of crabapple red.
Then she was pinned in front of the dressing table and asked Aunt Lian to try on the sets of hair and facial hair.
At least I can sit down now, and I’m not afraid that my stomach will stretch out when I eat, which will affect the look and feel of my clothes.
She ate the honey cheese prepared by Bai Su and felt that the world was so beautiful!
"Looking at your gluttony, you look a bit like Ya'er."
It’s not like Madam Lian didn’t notice that this girl has been staring closely at Mice since she arrived.
Ya'er was a girl like her and couldn't help but laugh.
With a twinkle in her eye, Lin Mengya took another big mouthful and put it in her mouth and said: "As the saying goes, we are not a family unless we enter the same house. The family master and I also have similar interests, so we feel like sisters. Now the family master is not at home. , I certainly want to share more of the burden for the family master!"
Mrs. Lian was coaxed by her and shook her head, and said helplessly: "You, you will try your best to make excuses for your greed. But you are right, Ya'er is not here, it is a lot harder for you."
"What's the point of hard work? The master of the house is so kind to me, so I have to repay her."
Lin Mengya really didn't blush when she praised herself.
But she also saw Sister Hui in the mirror, who was a little unusually silent.
It seems that it's because of that skinny monkey again.
"Sister Yue, please help me see if the jade inlaid on this hairpin is a little crooked?"
Shangguan Hui, who was immersed in his own thoughts, suddenly woke up when she called her.
He took a step forward, took the hairpin over, and after subconsciously checking it carefully, he said, "It's not crooked, it's still good."
"Oh, that's it. But Sister Yue, you seem to have something on your mind? I called you twice just now, but you didn't reply to me."
She turned her head and asked with a smile.
Shangguan Hui looked at her but hesitated to speak.
Lin Mengya knew that Sister Hui was probably worried about the people around her.
At that moment, he stood up and pulled Sister Hui to the front of Aunt Lian.
"Madam, you have such good taste, I have really seen it today. However, I still have to go and have a look at the dishes. You rest here first, and I will go with Sister Yue to have a look, okay?"
Even the madam was actually a little tired, but she was just happy that it was a rare opportunity to dress up a girl. She was working hard to make her children the most beautiful girls at the ceremony.
Seeing her being so obedient and letting her mother-in-law and maids dress her up, I felt satisfied and didn't refuse at the moment.
Lin Mengya immediately took off her dress, took off her hairpins, put on her usual clothes, and left Dongyuan with Bai Su and Sister Hui.
"Oh my God, Madam is really powerful. In Madam's hands like this, I can only accept defeat."
She patted her chest and sighed exaggeratedly.
Shangguan Hui was worried. After seeing her appearance after the disaster, he couldn't help but smile, nodded her forehead and said.
"This is because mother values you. You and I are the same. Although you are not your biological child, you have not been treated badly."
"Of course I know. Both the madam and the head of the family are kind-hearted. I will keep their kindness in mind."
Looking at the girl in front of him, Shangguan Hui's desire to talk was particularly strong for some reason.
Maybe they were all lonely and helpless, and finally regained the love of their families; or maybe they all had their lives changed because of that beautiful and intelligent woman.
In short, facing Su Mei, Shangguan Hui just wanted to tell her everything that was on his mind.
"Xiaomei, you said that if everything you have been looking forward to for a long time has changed and become completely unfamiliar to you and completely unacceptable, what will you do?"
Lin Mengya didn't know what Sister Hui was referring to, so she suppressed her expression and pretended not to know, "If it were me, I would naturally not be willing to be wronged. Since it's not what I want, then I don't want it."
"But what if you can't let go? He is all you think about, but when he really comes in front of you, you feel that he is completely different from before. What should you do?"
Lin Mengya saw the painful struggle in Sister Hui's eyes, and thought that her reason had been telling her that the person in front of her was Lin Nansheng, her lover, and her destiny.
But emotionally, she clearly felt that that person was no longer the one she was familiar with.
Such repeated tug-of-war and torture can really break a person's heart.
Lin Mengya sighed softly and looked at Sister Hui seriously.
"Sister Yue, are you sure that is really the person you are waiting for?"
Shangguan Hui subconsciously wanted to nod, but when she thought about everything that had happened in the past few days, she couldn't nod her head no matter what.