novelhk Chapter 413 Qian Xiangmei is indeed problematic
Chapter 413 Qian Xiangmei is indeed problematic
Lakeside.
Meng Yunxiu and Ruan Xingmian had just sat down under the parasol when the housekeeper came out from another way.
"Miss Third, Miss Xingmian."
Meng Yunxiu smiled at him and said, "Housekeeper, tell me what you have observed about Xiang Ma in the past two days."
"Yes." The housekeeper nodded. "In the past two days, Xiang Ma has gone out at least ten times when Miss Yueyin didn't need to be taken care of. Every time she went out, she carried a bag in her hand, but came back empty-handed. I thought it was very strange, so I asked someone to take inventory of the furnishings in the house. I found that the antiques in the restaurant and at the corner of the stairs had changed from authentic to fake, with a value of over 100 million."
Ruan Xingmian was a little surprised, "Did you follow her to where she went to make the deal?"
"Yes, we went to the antique street 20 kilometers away from here, but all the antique ornaments and jewelry of the Meng family have the Meng family's mark. Generally speaking, antique shops will not easily accept them and will definitely ask us for confirmation. But we did not receive any confirmation for the antiques that Xiang Ma sent out, so I suspect that Xiang Ma has someone there."
Meng Yunxiu frowned. "In my memory, Xiang Ma is a decent person who does things steadily. She never associates with those people, and she would never betray the master. This Xiang Ma has a problem."
"Mom, has the person who investigated Xiang's family situation made any progress?"
"They reported to me last night that what happened to Xiang Ma was true. Her grandson, son and daughter-in-law did die in a landslide. But before they died, their house was burned down. The reason was that her son made a mistake and was laid off by the company. After that, he was unable to recover and went to gamble. In less than a month, he lost all his family property.
When the other party saw that they could not come up with the money, they wanted to set fire to the house to force them out and seize their property.
Unexpectedly, he failed and burned someone to death inside. If Xiang Ma hadn't woken up early that night, she would have been buried in the fire along with her family."
so coincidental?
Ruan Xingmian was a little skeptical, probably because Xiang Ma's family had been targeted for a long time.
The housekeeper also added: "Yes, this incident caused quite a stir in Xiang Ma's hometown. Many people said that the fire was very big and it took the fire department a whole night to put it out. Fortunately, Xiang Ma's house is not a high-rise building, otherwise everyone in the building would not be able to escape.
But unfortunately, a landslide occurred in their city the next afternoon. The news spread everywhere, and the incident was quickly forgotten. If our people hadn’t found the neighbor who lived in the same building as Xiang Ma, we wouldn’t have known about it.”
Ruan Xingmian frowned, "So, Xiang Ma's identity is probably not simple."
"And there's more." The housekeeper remembered another detail, "The neighbor also said that on the night of the fire, Xiang Ma ran out to ask neighbors for help, but everyone was busy escaping and no one helped. Then she had to go back by herself, but when we went downstairs, we heard Xiang Ma hanging outside the balcony shouting for help, her shouts were heartbreaking."
Ruan Xingmian immediately asked back, "Just Xiang Ma?"
The housekeeper nodded affirmatively, "Yes, she is the only one!"
"That's strange. How could Xiang Ma, an elderly person, have so much strength? And the fire was so big, and no one heard her family members' cries for help. This is obviously unreasonable."
The housekeeper added: "The explanation given by Xiang Ma was that her son's bedroom was locked and there was no response when she knocked on the door, so she had to go and ask for help. As a result, she accidentally slipped and got hung outside. Fortunately, the firefighters arrived in time and rescued her, otherwise she would not have survived."
"Uncle housekeeper, if I let you hang outside the balcony on the second floor, how long can you last?"
"This..." The butler couldn't answer.
He didn't think there was anything wrong with these words before, but when Miss Xingmian asked him, he realized that something was wrong.
Meng Yunxiu also felt that she had indeed overlooked something, "Mianmian, do you have a suspect?"
Ruan Xingmian shook her head. "Not yet, but the fact that Xiang Ma came to the Meng family means that the other party must have intentions towards the Meng family. Mom, you and Dad should be more careful during this period."
Meng Yunxiu realized that someone might be planning to attack the Meng and Ruan families, so she nodded immediately and said, "Don't worry, Mom will take good care of herself. But as for Yinyin, do you want to transfer Xiang Ma away?"
"I would rather keep our troops on hold in the current situation, because it's best if Xiang Ma isn't at the Meng and Ruan families. Otherwise, with so many people here, accidents could easily happen. As for Sister Yue Yin, we can secretly arrange more people to protect her. Xiang Ma still needs Sister Yue Yin to conceal her identity, so she will definitely not attack her."
Meng Yunxiu felt that her analysis made sense. "Okay, let's do as you say. I'll find a reason and send two more capable people to the Waterside Villa, so that we can know if anything happens."
"It's a good idea, but they may not accept it. But it's a good thing if they don't accept it, because it just shows that Mother-in-law Xiang does have other ideas."
Meng Yunxiu disagreed with her somewhat. After all, Xiang Ma was old and would definitely want someone to share the burden.
Besides, Yinyin is used to having many people take care of her, so she wouldn't refuse.
But what she didn't expect was that just after she arranged for someone to go there in the afternoon, Ruan Yueyin personally sent the person back in the evening.
And he looked very aggrieved.
"Mom, I know I'm not your biological daughter, and I did do some wrong things before. But you can't treat me as a prisoner! I'm a living person, and I don't need these two people to monitor my life. If you insist on me taking those two people in, then you might as well take me back home, so that my every move will be under your eyes, right?"
Meng Yunxiu and Ruan Zhaoliang were both a little tired these days. They were thinking about choosing new schools for their two daughters before going to bed, but they didn't expect Ruan Yueyin to barge in.
The servants who followed her and did not dare to stop her all admitted their mistakes, "Master, Madam, I'm sorry, we failed to stop Miss Yueyin."
"You guys go down."
Ruan Zhaoliang's face turned grim and he asked them to leave.
Then he looked at Ruan Yueyin with dissatisfaction, "Yinyin, do you know what you are talking about? Your mother and I raised you to this age, is it just to treat you as a prisoner?"
Ruan Yueyin knew that what she was doing was wrong, but she couldn't help it.
In the afternoon, she went to Jiang Li to confide her situation, trying to use Jiang Li's influence to get Ruan Xingmian excluded from the socialite circle.
However, Jiang Li refused to let her in and asked the servant to tell her that they should not meet again and that they could not be friends even if they met again.
She didn't believe it, so she went to find Xu Mingan and two other close friends.
But Xu Mingan was not at home, and another close friend had gone abroad to travel.
She felt greatly humiliated.
After returning home, her mother-in-law reminded her that her mother had sent two people to monitor her in order to prevent her from going out and causing trouble.
She rushed over in anger.
"Dad, I don't want to speculate like this, but Mom never makes any arrangements. She had to arrange someone for me after Xingmian came back. And Mom went out to chat with Xingmian for a long time at noon today, and someone was arranged to go to my place in the afternoon! I think I have been very well behaved during this period, and I haven't made any trouble. I have even been trying to repair my relationship with my sister.
Why can't she tolerate me?"
Ruan Yueyin felt really aggrieved when she spoke to the end.
His voice was choked up.
Although Meng Yunxiu was also angry with her, she still patiently explained when she saw that she had misunderstood.
"Yinyin, it's not what you think. I went to talk to Mianmian because I wanted to understand her needs and decide which school to choose for you and her. I also arranged for someone to take care of you because I was worried that Xiangma was old and had limited energy and wouldn't be able to take good care of you. Otherwise, you wouldn't have to sacrifice your rest time to learn those cooking skills. Look at you these past two days, you look haggard."
When Ruan Yueyin heard this, her heart moved, and her eyes were filled with expectation, "Mom, are you worried about me?"
"Of course, you are my daughter who I raised myself, how can I not feel sorry for you!" Meng Yunxiu said, her eyes became colder, "I only arranged a chef and a hygienic lady to go there today, how can they be related to monitoring you? Who is gossiping in front of you? Tell me, I will deal with them right away!"
Ruan Yueyin quickly refused, "No one guided me, I just thought the wrong way. Mom, don't be angry, I will never think like this again..."
After coaxing Ruan Yueyin and sending her away, Meng Yunxiu told Ruan Zhaoliang what she had talked about with Mianmian today.
Ruan Zhaoliang took it very seriously. "There is indeed something wrong with Xiang Ma. Mianmian's arrangement is also correct. We should not alert the enemy at this time. But I am still a little worried. Yinyin is protected too well by us. Unlike Mianmian, who can distinguish right from wrong, she will be taken advantage of, just like just now."
Meng Yunxiu secretly sighed, "If this is true, then we have done our best. We have loved her for 19 years, but she has such an image of me in her eyes. I am really heartbroken."