In the evening, Ling Shen sent the prepared list to Meiyuan.
When Ling Chuchu heard that someone from Ling Shen's side had arrived, she was immediately excited. She didn't care about anything else and ran out of the room immediately.
When Ling Chuchu saw that the person coming was just a little maid in Ling Shen's room, and not the personal Nanny Park, her face fell.
Fortunately, the list was delivered. Ling Chuchu suppressed her smile, sent the little maid away, and took the list back.
"Shen Qingyun has now learned her precious daughter's ways, and is just as sarcastic and mean." Ling Chuchu snorted coldly.
After that, she opened the envelope and tore it open.
After reading the contents of the letter, Ling Chuchu's face turned pale and black, and she suddenly threw the list at Zhiqin.
Zhiqin was so frightened that she kept shaking.
It turned out that the list that Ling Shen had drawn up for Ling Chuchu only had a dozen items in total. Not to mention that the Ling family was considered a wealthy family before, even if a girl from an ordinary family got married, it wouldn't be so shabby.
Of the dozen or so items, one book accounted for one of them, a total of seven or eight books. Ling Shenshi was clearly showing her perfunctory and provocative attitude.
"What does Shen Qingyun mean? Is she treating a beggar like that for such a small thing?" Ling Chuchu yelled.
"Miss, don't be angry..." Zhiqin hurriedly comforted Ling Chuchu.
"Don't be angry, don't be angry. You just tell me not to be angry. Besides this, can you do anything else?" Ling Chuchu glared at Zhiqin fiercely.
After saying that, without waiting for Zhiqin to reply, she picked up the teacup on the table and threw it at Zhiqin.
The tea in the teacup was boiling hot, and Zhiqin took it directly. In the blink of an eye, her hands began to turn red and swollen.
"You useless idiot, get out of here."
Ling Chuchu glared at Zhiqin.
Zhiqin didn't want to delay any longer, so she bowed and apologized, then fled out of the room.
Zhihua happened to come in from outside and saw this scene, and she almost didn't react. Soon, she realized that someone must have provoked Ling Chuchu again and made Ling Chuchu unhappy.
Thinking of Ling Chuchu's usual rage, Zhihua was terrified.
"What are you doing here again?" Ling Chuchu looked at Zhihua impatiently.
"In reply to the young lady, we have received news that you should give them some more silver," Zhihua responded cautiously.
"You want silver again? Do you really think my money fell from the sky?" Ling Chuchu was furious. "I don't have any. Let them ask for it somewhere else!"
Zhihua responded and turned to leave.
"Wait."
Suddenly, Ling Chuchu called Zhihua again.
"Tell them that I'm short of money these days and I'll send it in a few days." Ling Chuchu was very impatient.
Zhihua nodded again and left the room.
In Lanyuan, everything that happened to Ling Chuchu reached Ling Qingwan's ears.
She was very curious about what secrets Ling Chuchu's uncle and aunt were hiding that could make Ling Chuchu live in such a tight financial situation and still have to give them money.
But no matter how strange it was, Ling Qingwan couldn't figure out the reason for a while.
Nightfall.
Ling Qingwan did not rest, but sat at the table reading a book.
As time passed and there was still no movement outside, Qiao'er became a little worried.
"Miss, it's so late, why don't you take a rest first."
"Wait a little longer." Ling Qingwan looked indifferent.
Qiao'er wanted to say something, but seeing Ling Qingwan's firm attitude, she had to stop talking.
After a while, Hong Chang suddenly rushed in.
"Miss! Miss! You guessed it right!"
Hong Chang's loud voice instantly broke the silence in the room.
"I was the one who caught the man along with the servants in the mansion."
Without waiting for Ling Qingwan and Qiao'er to ask, Hong Chang spoke first.
"And guess what? Ling Chuchu is here too!"
"Really?" Ling Qingwan's eyes lit up.
Ling Chuchu is here too... That's really unexpected good news.
"It's absolutely true!" Hong Chang answered firmly.
"Qiao'er, Hongshang, the two of you notify the housekeeper and call the servants in the mansion to the front hall." Ling Qingwan instructed the two.
Then she went straight out of the Orchid Garden.
At this time in the hall, Ling Shenshi looked tired and looked helplessly at the people kneeling in front of her.
Among these people, the most conspicuous one is Ling Chuchu.
She was dressed in black, exactly the same as the three men in black next to her. Zhiqin knelt at the edge, trembling.
“Wanwan!”
Only when she saw Ling Qingwan coming did Ling Shen reveal a slight smile.
When Ling Chuchu heard Ling Qingwan's name, a cold light flashed in her eyes.
"Mom, you've worked hard." Ling Qingwan held Ling Shen's hand.
"Yes, it was the middle of the night and there was a thief in the mansion. Don't you think this is just torture for me?" Ling Shen raised her voice, and she wished she could whisper in Ling Chuchu's ear.
Ling Chuchu clenched her teeth and said nothing.
"I heard from the maid that someone broke into the storehouse and stole my mother's dowry. I was wondering where the thief came from. I didn't expect that you were involved in this, big sister."
Ling Qingwan brushed past Ling Chuchu and walked to the chair and sat down.
"I didn't steal it." Ling Chuchu retorted.
"If you didn't steal, then why were you wearing black and appearing in the warehouse in the middle of the night? If you didn't steal, then who were the people next to you? Don't you know them?" Ling Qingwan acted as if she had heard a funny joke.
Even now, he has been caught in the act, yet he still refuses to admit it. This is a joke.
"Big sister, the backyard of the mansion should not be short of money for your plum garden every month, right? Tell me why you are so desperate that you steal my mother's money in the middle of the night."
Ling Qingwan frowned, looking disappointed.
Ling Chuchu hated Ling Qingwan.
"This was done by Zhiqin. I knew she was going to steal from the storehouse, so I came to stop her in a hurry. Ling Qingwan, don't lie!"
really.
Ling Chuchu had framed her maid before, and she did the same thing again this time.
Ling Qingwan had expected this.
"Since it was Zhiqin who did it, take her to the government office and punish her for theft." Ling Qingwan didn't even raise her eyelids.
After she finished speaking, several men came forward and tried to take Zhiqin away.
Unexpectedly, Ling Chuchu blocked Zhiqin's way.
Zhiqin was her personal maid, and she knew so many shameful things about her. How could she hand Zhiqin over to others for interrogation? What if Zhiqin couldn't keep her mouth shut and told everything? What should she do then
Thinking of this, Ling Chuchu became even more determined to protect Zhiqin.
"Zhiqin is my maid. If you want to take her away, you should at least ask me if I agree, right?"
"What a deep love between master and servant. I am really moved." Ling Qingwan chuckled. "Well, when Lord Sun comes, you two can go to the government office together and explain everything."
"What do you mean?" Ling Chuchu was dumbfounded. "Did you report it to the police?"
"There's a thief in my house, why can't I report it to the police?" Ling Qingwan shrugged indifferently.
Ling Chuchu was about to faint from anger.