If I remember correctly, I saw that gemstone brooch when I bumped into Yichen in the backyard. How could it be lost in just half an hour?"Let's go."
The old lady had changed her clothes and took Yibai to the living room with her .
The living room was brightly lit, with more than a dozen standing with their heads down. Mu Xinyan and Su Yichen were sitting on chairs, both with unpleasant expressions. But Yibai noticed that Yichen'seyelids lifted slightly when he saw him come in.
"Grandma, you're here"!
Su Yichen immediately stood up and gave his seat to the old lady.
Mu Xinyan called out "Mom" and said, "I've asked them all. These eleven people don't have any proof or vitness to prove that they didn't have the time to steal the brooch".Old Mrs. Su nodded with a dark face and asked Su Yichen"Have you searched the room"?
"I have, I've searched everywhere. I was wearing the brooch before I went to take a bath. I didn't expect it to be gone in just half an hour. I clearly put it on the dressing table," Su Yichen said with red eyes. "That was a gift from my father. If I lose it, how can I explain it to him when he comes back..."
Mu Xinyan quickly comforted Su Yichen, and then sternly questioned the servants.
"Who took second Young master's brooch ? If you tell the truth now, I won't call the police and pretend this never happened"!"one out of the 11 people without alibi's spoke out "I really didn't take it! I was on duty last night and went to bed early this morning." said one of the security guards."Me too, I went to bed early because I have the early shift tomorrow..." said another maid.
Everyone was trying to defend themselves, when a servant hesitantly stepped forward and said, "Madam, When third young master was taking a bath at that time. I was cleaning the living room and saw first young master go upstairs...".All eyes immediately turned to Su Yibai, who had a cold and calculating expression. He understood in an instant that the missing brooch was indeed targeted at him.
He lowered his face, and took a cold glance at Su Yichen's face , he looked at the servant who accused him and said, "You can eat a meal recklessly , but you can't speak recklessly. I only went to the kitchen to brew medicine for my grandmother and never went upstairs. Do you have any evidence that I went upstairs"?
"Yes," Su Yichen stepped forward and spoke up for Su Yibai, "Although my brother grew up in the countryside, the farmers who took care of hin were all honest people and wouldn't teach him to steal. Are you sure you saw it clearly? Maybe you are just feeling guilty and deliberately framing my brother, or maybe you saw it wrong"?
The servant looked shocked and knelt down on the ground with a look of extreme frustration. "Madam, I have been with the Su Family for almost ten years, and everyone knows my character! Why would I frame First young master for no reason? Besides, I never said that first young master stole the necklace. I only saw him go upstairs, and I don't know anything else, nor have I ever taken third young master's brooch"!
The servant spoke with a sense of grievance, and tears flowed down his face, appearing particularly sincere.At this moment, the old lady's gaze couldn't help but fall on Yibai's face,and she saw that Yibai's eye's were clear without any hint of guilty conscience or anxiousness.So she couldn't help but waver and think that this servent must be hiding something,but just then Su Yichen put on a very understanding look and spoke at the right moment, "brother, if you took it, can you give it back to me?
I know there won't be anything good in the countryside, and it's normal for you to want it at first sight. For other things, just tell me, and I'll give them to you directly. But that brooch has a special meaning to me. Can you give it back to me, please"? Yibai was so angry that he gritted his teeth.
Su Yichen was best at pretending to be pitiful.He failed in the last life because of this.However, a crying child has milk to drink. In this life, he understood this principle.
"Grandma."
With the combination of new and old grudges, he didn't need to pretend. His eyes automatically turned red."I really didn't take it, and I didn't even go to the second floor. If you don't believe me, you can search me or go to my room to look for it".He said this, and his gaze fell coldly on the servant kneeling on the ground. He continued, "But if it turns out that the brooch was not taken by me, please give me justice"!
The servant on the ground trembled.
For some reason, Yibai was just a little boy who hadn't grown up yet, but the look he gave just now had her just now had a intimidating and thunderous suppression.She hurriedly avoided her eyes and dared not look at Yibai again.Old Mrs Su looked at Yibai's expression full of grievances and immediately softened her heart. She patted Yibai's shoulder and said, "Don't worry, as long as this old lady is here, no one will wrong you."
Yibai felt a slight relief in his heart. Just as he was about to respond to Old Mrs Su's words, a servant rushed in through the door, panting, and spoke out in an urgent and alarming tone " The brooch has been found!"
The old Mrs Su furrowed her brows and asked, "Where was it found?"