"You put it away and quietly put it in the wife's and fourth master's bedroom, and then go and do whatever you have to do." Yun Qiao said.
Changning said yes and went out.
Yun Qiao was sitting on the sofa, fiddling with her three copper coins again, thinking in her mind: "I have to change the lock cylinder in a few days. Du Xiaoqin can't tolerate me like this, so there's no way."
She didn't go against Du Xiaoqin either.
As long as Du Xiaoqin doesn't bother her, she will be very well-behaved and quiet.
"Is she my biological mother? Even if I haven't seen her for more than ten years and have no feelings for her, I still can't tolerate such an obedient daughter."
There was movement downstairs.
Du Xiaoqin wants to search all the rooms in the house.
However, she started with Yun Qiao first.
Fourth Master Xi did not object.
In their view, Yun Qiao and her two maids were the only outsiders in the family. The fourth master's promissory note book had never been lost, and nothing happened until Yun Qiao came.
They talked about searching the whole family, but in fact they were just searching for Yun Qiao.
If Yun Qiao couldn't be found here, they would go to the servant's room where Changning and Jingxin lived.
Seeing Du Xiaoqin bringing someone in, Yun Qiao said, "In that case, I'll go downstairs and wait, in case I don't explain clearly."
She got up and left.
Du Xiaoqin and two maids were not in a hurry to move the sofa, but went through Yun Qiao's wardrobe and drawers carefully.
In the living room downstairs, there was not only Fourth Master Xi, but also Xi Wenlan and Du Xiaoqin's three sons.
"...Did you steal my dad's promissory note?" the second child asked Yun Qiao.
The second child is fifteen years old this year and is taller than Yun Qiao. He is immature as an adult and very mean as a child. Yun Qiao is not on the same level as him.
Yun Qiao: "Of course not."
"I think you are a thief!" the second child said viciously.
Xi Wenlan scolded his younger brother: "Wenqing, don't mess around!"
The second child listened to his sister's words, rolled his eyes at Yun Qiao, shut up and sat next to her.
Yun Qiao sat down and Fourth Master Xi glanced at the children in the living room. He was not in a good mood.
"Look for it slowly, I'm going to lie down for a while." Fourth Master Xi said.
He got up and went back to his room.
The maid Chang Ning brought the tea and placed it in the hands of the young masters and young ladies. She looked at Yun Qiao again and quietly retreated.
Yun Qiao picked up the tea and took a sip.
Xi Wenlan chatted with Yun Qiao and comforted her: "My parents didn't doubt you. We are a family. We are anxious if we lose something. You also hope to find it soon, right?"
Yun Qiao licked the tea lid with her fingers, flicked the floating leaves a few times, and hummed casually.
Xi Wenlan wanted to say something else, but then he saw his father walking out again.
He said to Xi Wenlan: "Go up and tell your mother to come down and stop turning over."
Xi Wenlan: "Oh, okay."
Brothers Xi Wenqing and Xi Wenzhan were puzzled and asked Fourth Master Xi: "Dad, are you not looking for it?"
"Dad, this country bumpkin must have stolen your cashier's book. She has a short-sighted mind and is curious about everything!"
Xi Wenlan scolded his two younger brothers again: "Don't talk nonsense, Yun Qiao is not a thief."
After that, she went upstairs.
Du Xiaoqin was called down, feeling unhappy, and said to Fourth Master Xi: "Don't worry about it, I will find it for you! Someone must have stolen it in this house!"
Fourth Master Xi: "Go back to your room with me. I have something to say."
"Why are you hiding it?" Du Xiaoqin refused to leave and shouted loudly in front of a family of servants, "How can I pay back what I lost?
The people who work in our house have clean hands and feet, but they don’t check it out for no reason, which makes them all panic, why should they?”
The servants heard this and felt deeply that the fourth wife was sensible this time.
Fourth Master Xi coughed lightly: "Go back to your room and talk."
Servants are the best at spreading news, and the whole garden will know about something very quickly.
The Xi family has a large population, and the fourth master doesn't want others to laugh at him.
However, Du Xiaoqin refused and asked Fourth Master Xi to speak openly if he had anything to say, and insisted on going through Yun Qiao's room again.
"Stop flipping through it, I found it. It's...pressed under the magazine on your dressing table." Mr. Xi's voice was soft.