Everyone left amid Meng Xianchen's angry rebuke, and the storm was finally settled.

Meng Xianchen looked at the backs of the people leaving and couldn't help but sigh. He could already feel the heavy burden on his shoulders, which was almost making him breathless.

Gu Tingchen put away his stern gaze and looked at Meng Xianchen softly: "Are you okay?"

Meng Xianchen forced a smile and said, "I'm fine."

"Then let's go and see him." Gu Tingchen suggested.

Meng Xianchen naturally knew who Gu Tingchen was referring to. He pursed his lips and nodded, then walked towards Mr. Meng's room with Gu Tingchen.

Just as I reached the door, suddenly, a figure flashed by!

Gu Tingchen stopped Meng Xianchen with a sharp look in his eyes, "Wait!" His alert look scared Meng Xianchen.

"What's wrong?" Meng Xianchen was stunned and looked at Gu Tingchen with a confused expression.

Gu Tingchen gave Meng Xianchen a look, signaling him to be quiet, and then Gu Tingchen whispered in his ear: "Someone just went in first."

Hearing Gu Tingchen's words, Meng Xianchen's eyes immediately became nervous.

"I'll go and take a look." Meng Xianchen hesitated for a moment, but decided to go and check it out himself.

Gu Tingchen grabbed Meng Xianchen's arm and said, "I'll go with you."

The two of them then walked towards Mr. Meng's room. When they reached the door, Gu Tingchen put his index finger on his lips, signaling Meng Xianchen not to make a sound, and then he put his ear to the door.

Sure enough, there was a rustling sound coming from the room.

With a bang!

Gu Tingchen kicked the door open!

The two men rushed in at once, wanting to catch the people in the room red-handed. Sure enough, a woman was in Mr. Meng's room.

Gu Tingchen looked closely and found that the woman was none other than the cook.

Meng Xianchen's eyes flashed with impatience, "What are you doing here?"

Because the cook had honestly confessed what had happened, Meng Xianchen did not punish her, but simply transferred her to a cleaner's job.

The cook was so frightened by the two people who suddenly broke in that the vase in her hand fell to the ground with a bang and broke.

This frightened the cook so much that she jumped to her feet.

"Master, I'm sorry, I, I really didn't mean it." The cook apologized to Meng Xianchen timidly.

Before Meng Xianchen could even open her mouth, Gu Tingchen already suspected that she had impure motives.

"Let me ask you again, what are you doing here?" Gu Tingchen frowned tightly, with nothing but vigilance and speculation in his eyes.

The cook was trembling with fear, lowering her head, not daring to even look at Gu Tingchen. "I'm here to clean the room."

But this reason was not convincing to Gu Tingchen at all. He curled his lips and sneered: "No one was asked to clean this room. What? You came to clean it without permission?"

"No, my supervisor asked me to come." The cook looked up nervously at Gu Tingchen.

Meng Xianchen couldn't bear to listen any longer and interrupted their conversation, "Impossible! I specifically asked not to clean this room."

"Who asked you to come here? What is your purpose in coming here?" Gu Tingchen narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the cook.

Unexpectedly, the next second, the cook suddenly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Meng Xianchen and Gu Tingchen!

"Master, Mr. Gu, I was really wrong. I didn't know that I couldn't enter here... I can't afford to pay for this vase. I really can't afford it. Please forgive me." The cook said as she sobbed.

Seeing her like this, people who didn't know her would think that Meng Xianchen and Gu Tingchen bullied her.

Meng Xianchen subconsciously looked in the direction of the secret room. Fortunately, there was no sign that the secret door there had been tampered with.

"Have you cleaned this place?" Meng Xianchen asked with a hint of tentativeness in his tone.

The cook finally stopped crying and sobbed, "No, I, I just wiped the table and you came in, and then I was so nervous that I broke the vase."

She wiped her tears, and her useless look made Meng Xianchen and Gu Tingchen a little impatient.

"Okay, wipe your tears, get out quickly, and never come into this room again!" Meng Xianchen frowned and growled in a low voice.

The cook quickly staggered to her feet and prepared to run out.

"Wait!" Gu Tingchen called the cook before she even left the house.

The cook suddenly stopped and stood obediently in front of Gu Tingchen.

"What's your name?" Gu Tingchen stared at her seriously.

"My name is Meng Zhen. It's the name given to me by the master." The cook said cautiously, as if she was afraid of making Gu Tingchen unhappy.

Gu Tingchen had a stern face and refused to smile. "What is your relationship with the old man?"

Meng Zhen was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and replied, "It's a master-servant relationship."

"From today on, you will be responsible for cleaning my room." Gu Tingchen suddenly suggested.

Now Meng Xianchen and Meng Zhen were both stunned, not knowing what Gu Tingchen was up to.

Gu Tingchen's attitude was very firm, so Meng Zhen had no choice but to nod: "Okay, Mr. Gu."

"You can go out now." Gu Tingchen finally nodded and let Meng Zhen go.

Meng Zhen fled from Mr. Meng's room.

After she left, Gu Tingchen walked over and locked the door. Then he turned to look at Meng Xianchen and said, "Do you think she's telling the truth? Did she come here just to clean the room?"

"What else? She's just a servant, there's no need for her to lie." Meng Xianchen didn't doubt it too much.

Gu Tingchen curled his lips in a cold smile, then kindly reminded Meng Xianchen, "Don't forget, she was the one who poisoned me. She was the one who poisoned me, and she was the one I ran into in this room. Don't you think this is too coincidental?"

"You mean..." Meng Xianchen tried hard to understand what Gu Tingchen meant.

Gu Tingchen shook his head: "I didn't say anything, I just think this is too coincidental, like some kind of deliberate arrangement."

"Then why did you let her clean your room? Aren't you afraid that she will poison you again?" Meng Xianchen began to admire Gu Tingchen's courage.

Unexpectedly, Gu Tingchen smiled calmly and said, "Don't worry, she won't do such a thing as poisoning again, because no matter if it was intentional or not, doing so will only expose her."

No matter how stupid a thief is, he will never be caught in the same place twice.

"I want to keep an eye on her and see what's wrong with her." Gu Tingchen narrowed his eyes, a hint of alertness flashing across his eyes.

Meng Xianchen nodded when he heard this, "Thank you for your hard work during this period."

Hearing the teasing in Meng Xianchen's words, Gu Tingchen rolled his eyes at him and said, "You'd better keep an eye on me, lest I get poisoned to death by Meng Zhen in your house."

"This is none of my business..." Meng Xianchen shrugged, deliberately angering Gu Tingchen.

"What a heartless guy." Gu Tingchen sighed.