Chapter 15: Capturing the Thief

About half an hour later, a commotion erupted outside the Falling Cherry Pavilion, led by Aunt Mei.

The two maids beside Aunt Mei were very strong, banging on the courtyard door with loud thuds.

After a long time, no one came to open the door, and Aunt Mei’s smugness grew, further convinced that Mei Changsheng had already succeeded and was likely having his way with Tang Chuyao. Dujian and Yinghe in Tang Chuyao’s courtyard probably just wanted to suppress the situation and keep it from being discovered.

“Bixiang, are you sure you saw a thief enter the young lady’s courtyard?” Aunt Mei pretended to ask Bixiang.

Bixiang nodded confidently and said loudly, “I saw that thief enter the young lady’s courtyard with my own eyes!”

However, after banging on the door for a long time, no one opened it. Just as Aunt Mei was about to have someone break down the door, it was opened from the inside.

The person who opened the door was Yinghe, who calmly greeted Aunt Mei, “Aunt Mei has arrived!”

Aunt Mei ignored Yinghe; the two maids beside her pushed Yinghe aside, and a crowd of people surged into the Falling Cherry Pavilion.

Upon reaching Tang Chuyao’s door, Dujian was guarding the entrance. Seeing the group of people, she became a bit flustered and quickly said, “Aunt Mei, our young lady is feeling unwell and is currently resting…”

Before Dujian could finish her sentence, the two maids immediately stepped forward and pulled her aside, quickly restraining her.

Aunt Mei kicked open the door, and a group of people followed her into Tang Chuyao’s room.

The anticipated scene did not unfold. Instead, Tang Chuyao lay on the bed, her face pale, occasionally coughing.

The room was small, and the furniture was very simple; it was clear at a glance that there was no way to hide anyone!

Aunt Mei looked at Tang Chuyao in disbelief. The maid she brought began searching everywhere—inside the wardrobe, under the bed—looking in every possible place.

Tang Chuyao, dragging her sickly body, propped herself up and asked, “Aunt, what is this about?”

Aunt Mei, frustrated at not finding anyone, replied dismissively, “You don’t know, young lady. I heard from the maid that a thief entered your courtyard!”

“Cough, cough… cough, cough, cough…”

Tang Chuyao coughed violently, her face turning red, and after a while, she finally caught her breath and weakly said, “Aunt, you must be mistaken?”

“How could there be a thief in my courtyard?”

Not giving Aunt Mei a chance to respond, Tang Chuyao continued, her voice filled with sorrow, “Are you trying to bully me, a lonely girl without a mother’s love?”

“Bringing so many people here to publicly claim that someone is hiding in my courtyard!”

“How am I supposed to live with myself after this?”

After saying that, Tang Chuyao covered her face with her hands and began to cry…

Many of the people Aunt Mei brought were not oblivious to the truth, and seeing Tang Chuyao’s state made them feel that Aunt Mei was being somewhat excessive!

Moreover, Aunt Mei was usually very harsh with them, and if she was in a bad mood, she would often scold and hit them!

At this moment, they empathized with Tang Chuyao, observing her frail figure, and increasingly felt that Aunt Mei was bullying her!

Aunt Mei frowned as she looked at Tang Chuyao, sensing that the Tang Chuyao before her was somewhat different from before, though she couldn’t quite pinpoint what had changed.

However, since she hadn’t found Changsheng, there was no way to embarrass Tang Chuyao, so she could only leave for now.

“Miss, you’ve misunderstood. I was just worried that the thief might harm you!”

“Concern leads to confusion. That’s why she brought everyone to catch the thief, but didn’t consider so much!”

“Wow!” Only to see Tang Chuyao on the bed spit out a mouthful of blood, then weakly propped up her upper body, her face pale as if she was about to die at any moment.

Tang Chuyao’s eyes were fixed on Mei Niang, who was startled by Tang Chuyao’s appearance, especially Tang Chuyao’s gaze at her made her think of that bitch Chi Ran!

Chi Ran also looked at her with this kind of look when she was dying, and she immediately shivered all over.

She hurriedly stepped back a few steps, and was supported by Bitong beside her before she fell to the ground.

“It was my negligence. I won’t disturb Miss’s rest.”

After saying that, she left with everyone. She was as aggressive as she was when she came, and she was as panicked and embarrassed as she was when she left.

After Dujian was released by the two maids, she immediately ran into the room and shouted, “Miss!”

Yinghe also cried beside her, “Miss!”

The group of people who followed Mei Niang left were all startled. Could Mei Niang’s act have angered the Miss to death?

Alas, Miss is so pitiful. A child without a mother’s love is really bullied by everyone!

Mei Niang made a big fuss about bringing them to find the thief, but in fact, there was no such thief at all. Isn’t this just smearing Miss?

A girl who hasn’t married yet is rumored to have found a man in her courtyard. How can this girl face people in the future?

Yinghe and Dujian’s voices just now were very shrill, not entirely fake, but they were really scared when they saw Tang Chuyao spit out a mouthful of blood.

Tang Chuyao saw Dujian and Yinghe’s worried eyes, and quickly comforted them, “Yinghe, Dujian, don’t worry, it’s just the juice of dragon blood!”

“It looks like blood, you see I’m fine!” After saying that, she winked at the two of them, smiled sweetly, revealing a pair of dimples, very cute.

Yinghe was stunned for a moment, Miss is getting more and more like Miss, especially those dimples, how long has it been since she saw Miss smile?

Tang Chuyao got out of bed and asked Dujian to help her tidy up the room. Mei Niang had brought people to search it, making it a bit messy.

A few days ago, she had cleaned up a room in the courtyard that was not often used, and put some small porcelain bottles in it, all of which were pills she had brewed according to the system’s instructions.

However, they were all simple medicines, for treating external injuries, typhoid fever, and some medicines for expelling parasites.

Next, she wants to research some other medicines.

In fact, the medicine she gave Mozhu was not poison, but a pill for treating typhoid fever. Normal people would not have any side effects if they took it.

Mozhu is a thief with a guilty conscience, and she has the deed of sale in her hand, so she is not afraid that she will betray her!

After all, Tang Chuying is much more ruthless than her. As long as Mozhu has a little brain, she will know who to listen to!

At noon, Dujian ran over excitedly to tell Tang Chuyao what she had just heard!

Wen Yong’s mansion really had a thief. Someone found a thief who had entered Wen Yong’s mansion and had just run into Mei Xiangyuan.

Mei Xiangyuan is Mei Niang’s courtyard. At that time, Mei Niang was resting on the couch. After the thief came in, he immediately pounced on Mei Niang. Fortunately, Bitong was quick-witted and blocked Mei Niang.

At this time, the servants, maids, and old women in the mansion all came to Mei Xiangyuan, and even Tang Youze came when he heard the news. But when they arrived, the thief ran away!