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Ye Jinxiu smiled in satisfaction, took off her handkerchief and looked at Little Red.

Xiao Hong immediately grabbed the pile of silver and handed it over to the two of them. "You are both smart people and should be able to do it well. The innocence of this little miss will depend on you two."

The two of them immediately felt as though they were shouldering a heavy burden.

Their young mistress's future was all on them. But for the Miss's sake, it was for their own good. Only if Ye Jinsu lived well could they, the servants, live well.

After the two of them left, Ye Jinsu hugged Little Red with a sad face and wailed, "Little Red, how much money do we have left?"

Little Red hugged Ye Jinsu and took out the last small purse. There was only half a bag of crushed silver left. This was the last bit of Ye Jinsu's savings.

"Miss, we only have this little bit left. We have to use it sparingly."

Ye Jinsu let out a long sigh as she held her forehead.

He had to think of a way to exchange some silver when this matter was over.

Xiao Hong also took a deep breath, and suddenly asked, "Why did the young miss send two people to do such an important thing?"

"Can the two of them find out that it was Second Miss who set it up?" Little Red pouted and said. She obviously didn't think that these two people had such abilities.

Ye Jinxiu still hadn't come back from the pain of losing money. She grabbed Little Red and pressed her sore shoulder before she said, "You also think that I will find out that it was Ye Jingru who did this?"

"Otherwise?" Little Red looked puzzled, "Second Miss, if you do something like that, of course you have to investigate thoroughly. Then, you have to return the innocence of the young miss!"

Ye Jinxiu shook her head. "It's useless."

"Do you think the Old Master doesn't understand who did this?"

"Do you think Ye Shisui will punish Ye Jinru?"

"He just lost his beloved wife and now he only has one daughter left. Will he be able to punish her?"

"But! This matter is clearly the Second Miss' fault! " Xiao Hong was in a hurry to refute, but felt that Ye Jinsu's words were reasonable and her tone became smaller and smaller.

In the end, Xiao Hong could only say in a low voice, "Does the Old Master not care about this?"

"He can't." Ye Jinsu leaned back in his chair and said. He was now an old man and the one in charge of this family was his son. "The only thing he can do is to protect the Ye family's reputation."

"I'm not worth it for him to have a falling out with his son."

"We are in this mansion, but we are all alone with no help. Even with ironclad proof, we still can't stand up straight." Ye Jinsu said with a smile, but no one could tell if she was happy or sad.

Little Red, hearing this, felt a hint of bitterness.

"Then what does Miss intend to do?"

"Didn't I tell the two of them to go investigate?" Ye Jinsu raised her eyebrows and said.

"What can they find out?" Xiao Hong frowned and asked.

"Both of them, find out who's the source of this rumor and keep talking about it."

"Uninterruptedly?"

Ye Jinxiu nodded and turned to ask Xiao Hong, "How long has it been since the rumors spread?"

Xiao Hong pondered for a moment. "It's been about seven to eight days."

"If anyone were to carefully think about such outrageous and extraordinary rumors, he would know that they are definitely false. However, these few days, the rumors only became more and more intense. "Do you think everyone in the capital is stupid? Do you really believe it when they hear it?"

Ye Jinsu tilted her head as she pinched a piece of tea in her teacup with her fingertips. Her gaze seemed to be looking at the tea leaves, but also seemed to be looking elsewhere.

At first, she was infuriated, but after calming down, she realized that there were too many flaws.

"There must be someone among them who has been spreading my rumors nonstop for the past seven to eight days."

"When it comes to rumors, if you don't believe it when others say it twice, you will believe it when it comes to the third time." Ye Jinsu looked at Little Red and said.

Turning his head, Ye Jinsu picked out the annoying tea leaves. The tips of his fingers were soaked by the cold tea as his round nails soaked into the tea. It was somewhat cold.

"We don't need to blow this matter up. It's not good for me or for Ye JinRu."

"Just capture that person."

"If we really go deeper, we might not be able to find out. If we do, we might not be able to get justice."

"There are some things that just need to be done." Ye Jinsu narrowed her eyes and spoke with a dangerous tone. With a slight movement of his finger, the obstructing tea leaves were flicked away from his finger and landed in an unknown place.

Ye Jinsu picked up her handkerchief and wiped the water droplets off her fingers, "As for Ye JinRu, I will play with her slowly."

When Ye Jinsu said this, she did not look at Xiao Hong at all.

Little Red, who was standing behind Ye Jinsu, still felt an inexplicable cold energy rush from its feet to its spine and up to its head. Xiao Hong could not help but shiver. She had never seen such a young lady before.

He seemed to have become more powerful, and also became more terrifying …

Ye Jin Su put down her handkerchief and returned to her normal appearance. She turned her head and said to Xiao Hong, "I slept in the afternoon, so I'm not tired yet. Please accompany me to the courtyard."

It was a surprisingly cool night, a good summer night.

Perhaps it was because it had rained earlier, but the heat had dropped quite a bit. The swing that Ye Jinsu had ordered to be planted under the locust tree had also been completed.

Ye Jinsu sat on the swing and looked up at the sky full of stars and the giant locust tree.

From her perspective, the locust tree was really big, almost covering the entire sky. The star could only escape out of its gap and reveal a little shadow.

The lonely moon hung high in the sky, bright and clear.

Xiao Hong quietly swung the swing and looked down to see Ye Jinsu's slightly cold expression, covered by a layer of estrangement under the bright white moonlight.

"Miss, are you unhappy?" Little Red couldn't help but ask.

She had never seen Miss like this before. She was completely unfamiliar with her. She was on the verge of not knowing Miss.

Ye Jinxiu closed her eyes and didn't answer. She only quietly raised her head.

After a long time, when Little Red thought that Ye Jinxiu wouldn't answer, Ye Jinsu finally spoke, "Do you think I should be happy?"

Xiao Hong bit its lips and did not say anything.

Ever since the rumor had spread, the young lady's expression had been very calm, frighteningly calm.

Unusually, the young mistress went to find the old master to apologize. If it were in the past, the young mistress would have started a quarrel with the old master.

But now, the young mistress had only received a single blow and didn't say anything.

However, Little Red knew that Ye Jinsu suffered a lot of grievances, but now she could only sit here and rot all these things into her stomach.

"My father was someone who only had my sister in his heart. From the moment I was born, he wished he could strangle me."

"My grandparents, a family, if necessary, could abandon me, a 'useless chess piece', as a child."

"My mother, a woman who is laughable and lamentable for half her life."

"I, a person who needs to work step by step with my family and become enemies with my own father in order to survive."

Ye Jinshu closed his eyes and spoke quietly, as if he was talking about something extremely ordinary.

However, Xiao Hong ruthlessly covers her mouth, unable to hold back the tears flowing from her eyes.

Ye Jinsu smiled and said, "Tell me, how can I be happy?"