This was the third time Qiao Ning had come to Li Family's Residence. Every time she felt gloomy, this time she was even more successful.
Mrs. Li sat on the sofa while Zhong Qing stood beside her. As she sipped her tea slowly, she glanced at Qiao Ning casually.
Every time the corner of his eye swept past Qiao Ning, qiao Ningdu felt creepy.
"Madam, madam has brought it here." Mi Dai broke the silence.
Zhong Qing smiled and said, "Sister Mi Dai, long time no see. I heard from brother chengyan that you helped him work abroad. Sister Mi Dai is getting more and more beautiful. I returned home and brought a gift to sister Mi Dai. I'll bring it to sister Mi Dai later."
"Thank you, Miss Zhong." Mi Dai said quickly.
Mrs. Li said, "Chengyan asked you to come with me because he was afraid that I would bully this girl! It's really too much to worry about. I didn't mean to be rude to a girl who didn't know anything. Since you're here, take a look at the ledger. It's the things and all the expenses for the party. Check the accounts and see if it's right. Is there anything different from the ledger?"
After Mrs. Li finished speaking, he winked at Zhong Qing and asked Zhong Qing to give Qiao Ning the ledger.
Qiao Ning quickly took it and thought, is it that simple? Is it just a reconciliation?
"Just settle the bill here! The servant will take you to the study. Don't take out this ledger. Don't take any photos. You can't leak it out." Mrs. Li warned again.
Qiao Ning nodded and went with Mi Dai to the room the maid had arranged for her.
Qiao Ning had thought that Mrs. Li would arrange a broken, old, windowless room for her to torture her. But she didn't expect it to be a study, and it looked very good.
Mi Dai looked at it and said, "This room is not bad."
"Yes, it's strange. Why didn't it bother me?" Qiao Ning asked curiously.
This was really not Mrs. Li's style. Could it be that she had tampered with the accounts?
Qiao Ning quickly opened the ledger and took a cursory look, but found nothing wrong.
"Knock, knock, sister Mi Dai." Zhong Qing knocked on the door and called sweetly.
Mi Dai immediately smiled and said, "Miss Zhong."
"Sister Mi Dai, this is the gift I brought you. I hope you like it." The gift that Zhong Qing brought her was actually a bottle of perfume.
Mi Dai smiled and said, "Thank you, Miss Zhong. I like the taste very much."
"That's good. I won't bother you to read the ledger. But sister Qiao Ning, auntie said you'd better read it yourself. She still wants to talk to you. But if you don't know anything, you can ask me or sister medai. Sister Mi Dai is very good." Zhong Qing smiled at qiao ning again.
Qiao Ning nodded awkwardly.
After Zhong Qing left, she sighed. Looking at Zhong Qing's passionate face, it was hard for her to associate the person who stabbed her in the back with her.
"You have a good relationship with Zhong Qing!" Qiao Ning said.
Mi dai said, "She is Mr. Zhong Moqian's sister and has always admired Mr. Li. Naturally, she is very flattering to the people around Mr. Li. However, she did a good job. No matter how much she dislikes him, she can smile at him. Look, bringing me a gift, in fact, she hates me to death."
"Ah, she hates you? Why?" Qiao Ning was curious.
Mi Dai smiled and blinked, "The same reason as you, but she didn't ask directly like you did. She kept guessing that human nature is like this. She always likes to guess. That's how many things come out of nowhere."
"So, do you mean that she's a man of mixed feelings?" Qiao Ning asked immediately.
Mi Dai smiled but did not say anything, which she was very careful not to comment on others.
Qiao ning curled her lips in silence and picked up the ledger.
Mi Dai asked again, "Do you need my help?"
Qiao Ning shook his head, "I can still understand this. After all, I went to college. Even if I'm not an accounting major, I still have no problem with simple accounting books."
"That's good. Actually, I don't want to help you either. Since Mrs. Li asked you to look at the ledger, I'll definitely ask you the details. If I help you, it's actually not good for you. Take your time and I'll go out for a cup of coffee." Mi Dai said.
Qiao Ning nodded and waved her to leave. He flipped through the ledger and looked at it seriously.
These ledgers didn't look complicated. The names of the people invited and the ingredients needed for the day. Because it was held in Li Family's Residence, several chefs were specially invited to help. The items were clearly arranged. There was no need to bother at all, just to check them one by one.
She really didn't know what Mrs. Li wanted her to do with this ledger. Was it really just to let her study?
The sun was really setting in the west. Didn't Mrs. Li finally figure it out and accept her?
"Drink some water!" Someone said behind him.
Qiao Ning thought it was a servant and said without raising his head, "Put it here! Thank you."
"You don't have to be so tired. In fact, there's nothing good about this ledger." The man behind him added.
Qiao Ning was surprised and turned to look behind him.
"Why are you?" Qiao Ning said in shock.
She didn't expect that the person who brought her water wasn't a servant, but Yan Su, who hadn't seen her since the last time.
Yan Su smiled and said, "Why? Are you surprised to see me?"
Qiao Ning turned to lie on the chair and said, "Of course I'm surprised. Why are you here?"
Yan Su shrugged and said, "Every rich person has to have one or two powerful poor relatives around him. Some things are not convenient for outsiders to do, and his own people are always more reliable than outsiders."
"Uh, so... Mrs. Li asked you to do something?"
Yan Su nodded, "We're going to have a family dinner soon, so there are a lot of things we need people to do. Anyway, I'm fine, so I came to help. Every year, I came to help. I have some experience. If you don't know anything, you can ask me."
"I only read the ledger now, and there's nothing I don't understand." Qiao Ning said.
Yan Su nodded and glanced at her ledger. When he saw a set of data, he frowned and asked doubtfully, "Is this crystal cup gone? Why is it still written on it?"
"Ah, what crystal cup." Qiao Ning asked in surprise.
Yan Su pointed to a set of data and said, "This crystal cup was brought back from england the year before last by Mrs. Li. He liked it very much, but last year it was broken by a child from a relative's family. This one is a set, and the broken one is useless. Last year, my wife asked me to put it away and put it in the warehouse. I don't know why it's written again this year. I shouldn't have used this one. Have I already made it up? I heard that this one is unique. The price of the compensation is higher. It's better to change it to a new one."
"Ah, then should I tell Mrs. Li?" Qiao Ning said.
Yan Su said awkwardly, "Go and confirm it first! If it's really made up, Mrs. Li won't be happy that I told you this. And he won't be happy. If you don't know the situation, just listen to me and tell her such unnecessary things."
"Yeah, do you know where the warehouse is? Let's go and see before we decide." Qiao ning said.
Yan Su nodded and led her upstairs quietly. The storage room was the attic upstairs, where all the valuables were kept.