Chapter 192 - The Root of Trouble was a Strange Flower with Three Different Colors (2/2)

Mo Xuetong stood up too. She held Luo Mingzhu’s hand and stopped her. “Second Sister, even if there is something wrong with the flower or not, you can’t get to First Cousin when he is meeting guests outside. Besides, now that the flower has already been in the manor, you shouldn’t attract others’ attention by sending it out. You may just wait until the feast is over and then ask First Cousin.”

She knew that the flower was of no danger now. She knew someone had set up a long line since now and would wait until she turned seventeen. Though they still had some hints now, they would all be cleaned up by then. All she could do was to remind her cousin to find the clue and the causes before everything got cleaned up, which would help them avoid that conspiracy.

Besides, the flower had been laid out and seen by many misses. If they took it back, it would cause others’ suspicion.

Luo Mingzhu hesitated for a while, and realized Mo Xuetong was right. Then she just hurriedly told Mo Xuetong a few words, “Okay, Cousin Tong. Then you’re supposed to rest for a while and I’ll go and look after them over there.” Then she walked to the crowd. Today every miss in Luo Manor were to be taken care of by her and she must take that suspicious flower out of their sights first.

Just after Luo Mingzhu left, Mo Yu rushed in and whispered by Mo Xuetong’s ear, “Miss, Second Miss is gone.” She had followed Mo Xueyan around. At first, Mo Xueyan just casually walked in the garden, and Mo Yu just casually followed her. But Mo Xueyan was out of sight just in a moment, which made her worried.

Mo Xuetong got stressed too. “Where did she disappear?” She wasn’t worried about Mo Xueyan, only the reputation of the daughters in Mo Manor couldn’t be disgraced any more. After Mo Xueqiong’s incident, Mo Xuemin caused such a disturbance. If Mo Xueyan caused trouble in Fu General Manor again, the entire Mo Manor would be disgraced.

“It was right at the pa.s.sage, which was only two turns away from the second door. Second Miss can’t have…” Mo Xueyan’s behavior was not a secret at Mo Manor and she had always been near to the second door. If Old Sir hadn’t gotten angry at her, she would have kept making trouble.

Mo Xuetong knew about that place, which was really not far from the second door. If she really went out and bothered that respected guest, even Fu General Manor would suffer.

Instantly, she made a decision, “Mo Yu, you go there through that path and I’ll go along this one. My Second Sister is unfamiliar with the road and may not be able to find the second door.”

Even if Mo Xueyan wanted to ask, she couldn’t say she wanted to go to the second door as a miss accompanied by a maid! Moreover, if it’s known by others, it wouldn’t benefit anybody. Mo Xuetong believed Mo Xueyan wouldn’t be that stupid.

Mo Yu hesitated and didn’t leave, “Miss, I’m worried about you being alone.”

Mo Xuetong only brought Mo Yu along because Mo Xueyan only brought a maid with her. Mo Yu just walked away because Luo Mingzhu was there with her. But now Luo Mingzhu wasn’t here, so Mo Yu couldn’t help worrying about her miss.

Mo Xuetong said then, “Don’t worry, this garden is full of maids and I’m familiar with this place. Don’t worry, I won’t get lost. Hurry up. Otherwise, if something really happens, it will be troublesome.” By then, Mo Xuetong was really anxious. After the whole set of incidents at home, she saw how big her father’s pressure was. If Mo Xueyan really did something troublesome at the point, her father would be totally disgraced.

Mo Yu didn’t dare to say anything more, and she had no choice but to walk towards the other door, “Yes!”

Mo Xuetong hurriedly walked out the door of the yard. She knew the next turn was behind the rockery, and there was a shortcut which would save her much time. It might help her catch up with Mo Xueyan. The rockery there was close to bawn of the inner yard. Only people familiar with the place knew more than half of the rockery was outside of the bawn.

The narrow path was tranquil. No maid was walking on the trail because it was so quiet. When stepping on the fallen leaves, she heard the leaves rustle, and the path seemed even more silent. Mo Xuetong had something to worry about in her heart and quickly walked by the rockery. When she was about to go across the rockery, she suddenly heard a girl utter a sound. “Ah”.

She suddenly stopped and leaned on the rockery. At such a time, she thought she should evade from anyone who would appear at this place.

She hid there and listened carefully, but she couldn’t hear anything. Maybe she had heard it wrong! Mo Xuetong hesitated for a moment. When she was about to walk out from the rockery, she heard a soft voice from a girl again, who sounded quite close to her.

This time, she heard it clearly. It was a girl’s voice which was on her left side, but she couldn’t see her.

A m.u.f.fled masculine voice came, “Tell me, how many studies are there in your manor besides this one?” Mo Xuetong crouched and didn’t dare to move anymore. A study. Someone was looking for studies in Fu General Manor. She suddenly remembered what happened at the old house in Cloud City that night.

Although it was proved later that one of the men in black was Feng Yuran, how about the other one! What were they looking for? Were they also looking for them in her grandma’s home?

The timid voice revealed that the girl was totally frightened, “This one is First Old Sir’s study… The one on the left belonged to Second Old Sir. His Excellency owns two. One is next to the outer yard, and the other is in the inner yard. The rest are small ones which belong to misses.” Her voice didn’t sound very clear, so maybe her mouth was blocked?

The voice came from the left behind her and wasn’t far from her. In that direction, there was a strangely shaped stone. Only if she moved a bit, she could see what’s behind the stone. Mo Xuetong thought for a while and stood up carefully. She touched the stone surface on the rockery and silently moved over.

The oppressive male’s voice lowered and asked sharply, “Where did your First Aunt use to live in the manor?”

Her mother? Somebody was asking about her mother again!

Mo Xuetong’s foot which reached out s.h.i.+vered and accidentally fell on a high rock, which immediately made a sound which was neither too light nor too heavy.

Someone shouted, “Who is it!”

Mo Xuetong was terrified! When she was about to step back, a hand reached out from nowhere and dragged her over. She was so frightened that she almost screamed. The other hand of the man tightly blocked her mouth. She unconsciously bit it.

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