Chapter 301 - Come to Condemn Him (1/2)

When Shi Qingxue returned to the Luotong Boudoir, her face was still unusually red, and her clothes were a little messy, but if people didn’t check her carefully, they couldn’t find anything wrong.

The chief criminal Mo Junyang dressed like a gentleman followed her, looking distant, yet his bright eyes reflected his satisfaction.

However, the person who dared to look into Mo Junyang’s eyes and even study the expression in his eyes seriously was grabbed by Xia Mang as the maid reported the situation in the Luotong Boudoir to her.

Xia Mang gave Shi Qingxue a note with a signature, “the strange thief Ling Yang”.

It seemed that the criminal was afraid that other people wouldn’t know that this theft case was caused by Ling Yang again.

“Gee, they tried to draw a tiger yet ended up with the likeness of a dog. Only those people could do something so stupid,” Shi Qingxue glanced at the note and said with disgust.

Xia Mang goggled in doubt and didn’t know what Shi Qingxue was talking about. She thought that Qingxue didn’t realize the seriousness of the matter, so she stressed again, “My Lady, this strange thief Ling Yang came to our mansion not long ago, and he came again. It’s obvious that he keeps an eye on Duke Shi’s mansion. No matter what purpose he has, we can’t let it pass easily. We must…”

“Fine!” Shi Qingxue was able neither to cry nor to laugh and interrupted Xia Mang’s endless talk.

Last time, the “theft case” in Duke Shi’s mansion had been planned by Shi Junhe, and it had nothing to do with the Luotong Boudoir, so she didn’t specially talk about it with Xia Mang.

Unexpectedly, somebody tried to deceive everybody in the name of “the strange thief Ling Yang”, which even confused Xia Mang who was always smart.

“My Lady!” Xia Mang got mad. She was unhappy as Shi Qingxue didn’t care about her own “safety”.

When Xia Mang was about to speak, Qingxue smiled. “Do you think that he dares to come if I am at home?”

Xia Mang was stunned. “Do you mean that the strange thief Ling Yang only steals things but doesn’t hurt people, so it’s nothing serious?”

This girl firmly believed that it was the strange thief Ling Yang.

Shi Qingxue was helpless. She had to pull the maid aside and tell her, “Don’t worry. The person who sneaked into the Luotong Boudoir was not the strange thief Ling Yang, so you don’t need to panic so much.”

“No?” Xia Mang was open-mouthed in surprise and came back to earth after a long time.

Then she asked nervously, “Who is it? Is it somebody in the mansion?”

After she asked, she covered her mouth, for fear that somebody heard it and the criminal was alarmed.

Shi Qingxue nodded with approval.

Xia Mang didn’t let her down as expected and she was enlightened as soon as the lady reminded her. She instantly guessed that it was somebody in the mansion.

“Don’t be so nervous. Didn’t you say that this thief didn’t get anything? So don’t worry…” He wouldn’t succeed.

Shi Qingxue spoke with confidence and even winked at Xia Mang complacently.

Obviously, others were not so carefree as her.

Shi Junhe looked serious and walked to her, asking in a deep voice, “Qingxue, are you sure that it wasn’t stolen?”

He intentionally stressed the word “it”, and he looked cold.

Qingxue knew that her father had guessed what the thief wanted to steal this time.

So even though Shi Junhe was worried, he didn’t dare to ask directly as he was afraid that the person who sneaked into the Luotong Boudoir hadn’t gone away but still watched everything here.

If Shi Junhe told Shi Qingxue to check “it” at this hour, it would give that thief an opportunity.

Shi Qingxue wanted to comfort Shi Junhe, while Shi Jie came over in a rush again, reporting to them, “My Lord, Princess Royal came with the second madam.”

Although they had broken up the family, Shi Jie still cautiously addressed Mo Shujun and Zhang Qiuyan as before.

Shi Junhe wasn’t in the mood to bother about these trifles. He just furrowed his brows after hearing that. “Where are they?”

“Princess Royal went to the ancestral hall in the mansion as soon as she arrived and told you to go there at once.”

The eyebrows on Shi Junhe’s forehead knitted together, and he thought that since Mo Shujun moved out, she had never returned to Duke Shi’s mansion, and it seemed that she would draw a demarcation line with his family.

She came this time and went to the ancestral hall directly. Did she want to get Shi Lei’s skeleton back?

Shi Junhe restrained his fidget and told Shi Qingxue, “You and His Excellency stay in the East House and investigate the theft case. It’s so important and can’t be stolen.”

Afterward, he didn’t give Shi Qingxue a chance to disagree but rushed to the ancestral hall with Shi Jie.

In the ancestral hall, Mo Shujun had been standing in front of Shi Lei’s memorial tablet for a long time, like she did for many days in the past. She looked at her husband’s memorial tablet alone quietly.

Seeing the similar scene, Shi Junhe got soft-hearted all of a sudden and his voice became soft involuntarily.

“Mother, nice to see you.”

Shi Junhe and Mo Shujun almost cut off their relationship as “mother and son” and even wanted to be completely isolated from each other all their lives after falling out.

However, they did have a close relationship for so many years. It was said that even if the mother was not amiable, the son should respect her.

Shi Junhe loved and respected Mo Shujun since childhood and had grown up under the traditional culture. She had done something excessive to him, and he was really angry then, but he would get tenderhearted to her later.