vstars Chapter 126 What’s going on?
Chapter 126 What’s going on?
Before Ye Qinghao could speak, Ye Feiran began to howl at the top of her lungs: "Did that bug suck all my blood? Dad... am I going to die?"
"I don't want to die, Dad... I'm only eight years old..."
"I haven't eaten enough, played enough, grown up enough, or gotten married yet, boohoo..."
Ye Qinghao felt his head was spinning from all the yelling, took a deep breath and roared, "Shut up!"
Ye Feiran was startled and hiccuped: "Hiccup, I... I wanted to shut up, but I... I couldn't help it..."
Eleven stepped forward and delivered a swift chop to the back of Ye Feiran's neck.
The wailing stopped abruptly.
With a tense expression, Shiyi let out a long sigh of relief under everyone's gaze: "Finally, it's quiet."
Ye Qinghao stared at Eleven for a long time, opened his mouth, but really didn't know what to say. After a while, he remembered the important matter: "Besides sucking human blood, are Yangyan worms poisonous?"
"No," the guard replied in a low voice. "The Yangyan worms only suck human blood, but they are just worms no bigger than a little finger. At first, you'll notice that the person being fed on starts to turn pale and bloodless, and slowly becomes thinner. Only after a long time will you notice that something is wrong..."
Ye Qing'an frowned slightly: "No wonder I felt Fei Ran had lost some weight recently. I originally thought it was because he had been controlling his diet and started to gain weight, but I never expected..."
Upon hearing Ye Qing'an's words, Ye Qinghao couldn't help but glance at Ye Feiran.
She does seem to have lost quite a bit of weight.
"Let's go check on him in his room first."
The group arrived at Ye Feiran's room. The other three guards were still inside. The blankets were torn and scattered messily on the ground, where there were many dead insects.
"The Yangyan insects are not too small. The stitches of the bedding in the mansion are so dense that it is difficult for the insects to crawl out if they are trapped inside. However, they can use their antennae, which are as thin as needles but softer than needles, to suck people's blood. Ordinary people would hardly notice them if they were not paying attention."
“After the Yangyan worms suck human blood, they will grow larger. However, the ones found in the Second Young Master's quilt are not very big yet, so they must have been put in there for a relatively short time.”
Ye Qing'an nodded: "Feiran has only been living in my courtyard for a little over a month, and the servants come to wash the bedding every ten days or so, so it's not too long."
Ye Qing'an's eyebrows twitched slightly, and she turned to instruct the guards standing to the side: "Go and bring all the maids in the courtyard here, and ask who took apart and washed the Second Young Master's bedding, and who put it back together?"
It didn't take long; the results came quickly.
"It was a maid named Furong."
“Furong?” Ye Qing’an frowned and looked up at Ye Qinghao: “A couple of days ago, a maid named Zixiao told me that she shared a room with Furong and saw Furong sneaking out of the courtyard in the middle of the night.”
"But she was timid and afraid of being discovered by Furong, so she didn't follow."
Ye Qinghao seemed to be thinking: "Since the incident happened to a maid in your courtyard, why don't you handle this matter?"
Is this a test for her?
Ye Qing'an nodded: "Take all the servants in the courtyard away and interrogate them separately."
"Ask, who washed, changed, and sewed the Second Young Master's quilt? It was the quilt that was changed that day."
"Furthermore, have you noticed anything unusual about the other maids and servants in the courtyard recently?"
Ye Qing'an narrowed his eyes: "Try to bluff again. Say that we already know who did it and who is behind it. If anyone is willing to provide clues and evidence, give him a thousand taels of silver, let him get rid of his slave status, and send him to a place of absolute safety."
“When interrogating Furong, tell her directly that someone saw her leave the courtyard in the middle of the night and followed her all the way. I know exactly what she did. If she is willing to confess the truth, I will save her life and give her a sum of money to send her away so that no one can find her.”
"And tell them that the master has arrived, and that what he said just now was at his behest."
The guard acknowledged the order and withdrew with his head bowed.
Ye Qinghao's gaze fell on Ye Qing'an, his eyes thoughtful: "You have somewhat surprised me."
Ye Qing'an naturally understood the meaning behind Ye Qinghao's words, and she had indeed deliberately shown her strength today. Since she wanted to gain a foothold in the Ye family and gradually make Ye Qinghao trust her, she couldn't let Ye Qinghao think that she was useless.
“During that time in the manor, life was rather difficult. If I hadn’t been assertive, people would have tried every means to bully me and Eleven.”
"Eleven and I once had days when we could only eat grass roots to stave off hunger." Ye Qing'an lowered her eyes: "There were also people from the village who saw Eleven and me, an orphan and a widow, and even tried to force themselves on me, breaking into my place in the middle of the night..."
"I had no choice but to threaten suicide. That time, I realized that if I were weak and backed down, I would have no way to protect myself and Eleven."
Although Ye Qinghao knew that Ye Qing'an was not living a very comfortable life at the manor, he never expected that she would be living such a life.
"How could that be? That's our Ye family's estate! Although it's a bit remote, they should still know your identity, right?"
“Yes.” Ye Qing’an lowered her eyes and chuckled, “It’s our Ye family’s estate.”
"However, if I weren't staying at the Ye family's estate, perhaps my life wouldn't be so difficult."
Ye Qinghao's eyes flickered slightly, and he immediately understood the meaning behind Ye Qing'an's words.
For the first time, he had the idea of sending someone to investigate what Ye Qing'an had experienced at the manor...
The guards moved extremely quickly, rushing back in less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.
"The servants in this courtyard all say that it has always been Furong who is in charge of changing the bedding for the second young master."
“A maid named Linglan said that recently, among the servants in the courtyard, Furong has been wearing more red agate jewelry. She saw Furong wearing a pair of red agate earrings and a pair of bracelets.”
Ye Qing'an narrowed her eyes: "Red agate is not cheap. Where would a maid get so much silver to buy red agate jewelry?"
The guard continued to report: "I told them what the young lady said, and someone identified Furong and another person named Hanxiao as frequently finding excuses to leave the courtyard, and no one knows what they are doing there."
Who identified him?
"Lily of the valley".
Lily of the Valley… Ye Qing'an does remember her; she was the maid who followed Eleven on the day Eleven had her accident.
That's interesting. Of the four maids sent by Liu Xueying, besides Zixiao, what's the situation with Linglan?