Chapter 64: The Real Culpri (1/2)

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Translator: Storm in a Teacup

Hearing Hong Yu’s words, Madam Zhang, with her face darkening, outstretched her hand, intending to slap Hong Yu. “Little bitch, what nonsense are you talking about! Don’t you afraid your tongue will be cut off?”

However, her arm was suddenly seized by someone. Madam Zhang looked up, meeting An Rushuang’s cold eyes.

“Since she is my maid, it’s not your turn to reprimand her!” An Rushuang got rid of her arm before retorting coldly.

Almost being pushed to the ground, Madam Zhang turned exasperated, her face still retaining her graceful bearing suddenly livid with anger. Gasping for air, she turned back and knelt down before An Yipei, shouting with sobs, “Lord, you must believe us. Lingshan definitely hasn’t even touched the invitation! If she really had it, there would be no need for her to ask for your help!”

Madam Zhang wiped her tears away, her voice tuneless due to the heavy sob.

Staring at his injured eldest daughter, An Yipei felt his heart poked by something. Though suffering bad injury, she was composed and calm when facing difficulties. It seemed that Rushuang had grown up suddenly, no longer a child in want of her father when having a nightmare.

“Rushuang, do you have anything to say?”

An Rushuang looked up at him, saying slowly by slightly opening her lips, “Since father has already made a decision, there is no need to aske me about it.”

With a sigh in his heart, An Yipei said in a low-pitched voice, “Zhong Yi, have a thorough search in the two yards. You must find the invitation even if you have to dig the earth to a depth of three feet!”

Upon hearing his rising voice, Madam Zhang and An Lingshan, standing closely beside him, couldn’t help shuttering in disturbance.

Clenching her fists, An Lingshan tried her best to hold back the uneasiness in her heart. Though she asked Silver to pass message to her, she had never allowed her to enter her bedroom. Even they found the invitation at her yard, she could argue that it was Silver who hid it and kept her from knowing the reality. No matter what happened, she would never fall into An Rushuang’s trap!

Everybody was waiting silently in the room. An Rushuang helped Zhao Xiaotao rise to her feet. Given her bad injury, it may be intolerable for her to kneel for such a long time.

Zhao Xiaotao glanced at An Rushuang in gratitude before walking to Hong Yu.

She was frightened then, but it was her mother she really worried about. As for the father, it was better for them if he was killed.

Zhao Xiaotao actually felt relieved when thinking of Zhao Laoda.

Zhong Yi came back after an hour. He walked ahead with a lantern, followed by several menservants.

“Lord, I have found the invitation.”

He presented it to An Yipei.

With the light fragrance emitting from the invitation lingering in the air, An Yipei asked directly, “Where did you find it?”

Madam Zhang interrupted in a hurry, “Was it in Liuxi Pavilion?” Seeing Hong Yu glaring at her, she ground her teeth and finally stopped talking.

With a strange look on his face, Zhong Yi nodded slightly before saying, “There was an invitation in Liuxi Pavilion.”

Having a full vent to her anger, Madam Zhang, filled with pleasure, turned to look at An Rushuang in arrogance. “Hum, we have got the proof indeed! Do you still have anything to say? As I see it, the truth is very clear now!”

An Rushuang, still expressionless as before, stared at An Yipei without saying a word.

Though she kept silent, no one could ignore her existence.

Fixing her eyes upon An Rushuang from the beginning to now, An Lingshan began to feel worried instead.

Why would she feel worried?