"Hehe, you flatter me, young mistress. I learned all this by following the young master around for so many years. By the way, young mistress, is something wrong here? Something seems a little strange to me."

Upon hearing this, Yi turned around and glanced at Xia Bingqing's room. The door was tightly closed; she hadn't come out. Perhaps she was worried that Li Ma would target her, so she simply stayed in her room and didn't come out.

Yi nodded slightly. "There is something, but it can't be explained in just a few words."

"Let's talk while we eat. Lunch will be served soon, so let's have some snacks to tide us over." Li Ma truly loved Yi Yi and treated her like her own daughter.

Li Ma smiled mysteriously and took a box from the person behind her.

"Guess what delicious treats Aunt Li brought you?"

"It's obvious, it's pancakes. You don't know, Li Ma, I smelled pancakes as soon as you came in, but you were setting the rules, so I was too embarrassed to ask for some."

Yi Yi's eyes lit up, and she stretched her hands impatiently in front of her chest. "Hurry, hurry, I'm so hungry!"

"I knew you'd like it." Li Ma said with a doting look, handing over the box. "Besides your favorite pancakes, I also brought some newly made snacks that I'm sure will suit your taste. Come on, let's go to the yard and eat and talk."

With Li Ma around, Yi Yi felt reassured and her mood improved considerably. The two ate and talked. Yi Yi told Li Ma everything that had happened from last night to this morning.

"How outrageous!"

Upon hearing this, Li Ma could no longer contain her anger.

"This is ancient fake news! It's been debunked long ago! How can there still be people spreading such nonsense and rumors! That person must be deliberately trying to smear us; they have no good intentions. No, this can't be left like this; I have to report it to the master!"

"Mother Li, Mother Li... please stop..."

If Yi hadn't been pulling and dragging her, Li Ma would have already run away in a flurry.

"Li Ma, we can't tell the old man about this."

Why?

"The old man wasn't feeling well for a while, but he's only recently started to recover. If we disturb his peace with these little things, what if he gets angry and collapses again?"

Another reason why Yi Yi didn't want the old man to know about this was that, apart from Mu Nanxun, no one else knew her true identity, including the old man. Even now, the old man still believed she was the daughter of the Su family of Yancheng.

Li Ma and the others thought it was all fabricated news, but Yi Yi knew that what the news said was true.

If this news is brought up again, and the old man discovers something amiss, or if others find out her true identity, it could cause an even bigger uproar.

"So this matter must not be made public. Not even Sister Wenya can be told."

Li Ma nodded in agreement, "Yi Yi, you're right. We won't tell the master and young lady. But we must tell the young master and ask him to take charge and find out who's behind this!"

"Don't...don't tell Mumu yet."

"Ah, I can't even tell the young master."

“It’s not that we can’t tell him. It’s just that we can’t tell him now,” Yi Yi corrected. “Mu Mu is abroad on business and can’t be distracted, especially by something so trivial. Maybe it’s just someone’s prank. Don’t worry about it. Let’s handle what we can ourselves and not let Mu Mu worry.”