Chapter 237: Less Sketches

Ye Yun'an blinked. He understood what Ye Mingzhu meant. She hid the things very well.

Now he felt relieved and yawned: "Sister, then I will sleep with Fifth Brother."

Ye Wu was just inside Ye Yun'an, smiling awkwardly.

Ye Mingzhu didn't stay long. She told the two of them to go to sleep and left.

When she came out, she saw lights in the main hall. She walked over and saw Uncle Yan, Fu Chengyun and Aunt Jiang all sitting in the hall, each with their heads lowered, as if thinking about something.

"Mingzhu, how is Yun'an? Is he feeling better after taking the medicine?" Aunt Jiang was the first to notice that Ye Mingzhu had returned.

"Much better. I saw that he and Fifth Brother were not in good spirits, so I let them sleep first." Ye Mingzhu sat next to Aunt Jiang.

"This Ye Wu, I haven't slept yet, but he fell asleep first." Fu Chengyun muttered softly.

Ye Mingzhu turned her head and pretended not to hear: "Uncle Yan, did you see the person who just came? What did he look like?"

She didn't expect that people in ancient times would actually come to steal at night. They were still sleeping at home when someone set off smoke. This was too unsafe.

"Two people came, both wearing black clothes and covering their faces, so I couldn't see their faces clearly." Uncle Yan shook his head. The two people who came were not particularly good at martial arts, but they were very slippery. They only dodged and did not confront him head-on. He had not yet figured out their martial arts style.

"No need to guess, it must be the person who bought your house. He is here to look for treasures." Fu Chengyun slammed the table, scaring Ye Mingzhu.

"It's night time now, keep your voice down." Ye Mingzhu reminded him.

"Mingzhu, today it's all thanks to Lord Fu. It was he who discovered the thief that allowed us to come here in time." Uncle Yan hurriedly explained, fearing that Ye Mingzhu would misunderstand Fu Chengyun.

Ye Mingzhu didn't expect Fu Chengyun to have such a skill. She stood up and bowed to him: "Thank you very much, Master Fu."

Fu Chengyun stood up and said, "That's not necessary. I live here after all, and I can't bear to see you get into trouble. It's just that you're in really good health. You didn't even faint from the smoke."

Ye Mingzhu's heart skipped a beat. Yes, Ye Yun'an, Ye Wu and Aunt Jiang who lived in the backyard were all drugged. Why was she still so awake?

There was a hint of confusion in her eyes, which was just seen by Fu Chengyun.

Just now when Ye Mingzhu went to deliver medicine to Ye Yun'an and the others, Uncle Yan and Fu Chengyun checked several windows in the backyard and found holes in the window papers, which must have been caused by thieves putting smoke inside.

But why didn’t Ye Mingzhu get knocked unconscious?

Fu Chengyun remembered that when he knocked on the door just now, Ye Mingzhu came to open the door. Although her clothes were a little messy, she was very clear-headed and did not look like she was knocked unconscious by smoke.

"It might be because of the medicine Mingzhu is taking." Aunt Jiang came to Mingzhu's rescue: "Mingzhu has been taking medicine to regulate her body since before she got married. A few days ago, I found that her health has improved a lot, so I changed her medicine. Maybe she has adapted to the properties of the medicine, so she didn't faint from the smoke."

Ye Mingzhu's face was full of confusion, and she obviously didn't know about this.

Uncle Yan had interrogated countless prisoners, so he could naturally see that neither Aunt Jiang nor Ye Mingzhu were lying.

"Maybe Mingzhu's physique is different from others." Uncle Yan did not discuss the smoke issue too much, but talked about the thief instead.

"Mingzhu, do you want to go and see if anything is missing?" Uncle Yan reminded Ye Mingzhu.

"Uncle Yan, Yun'an guessed that the people who came were looking for treasures," Ye Mingzhu simply laid out the matter without any hesitation.

"We haven't had any conflicts with anyone since we moved to town. Besides, that guy asked us for the treasure during the day, but we didn't get it. Maybe he sent someone to look for it."

"But, what exactly is a treasure?" Ye Mingzhu looked confused. "We just bought this house. We haven't lived here long. I really don't know what can be called a treasure."

Uncle Yan also guessed that it was the person who bought Ye Mingzhu's house, but they had no evidence.

"Or, why don't you take out some precious things from your home and let us see if they can be called treasures?" Fu Chengyun suddenly spoke.

"There's no such thing as a thief who can steal for a thousand days. We just have to know what they're looking for."

Ye Mingzhu snorted in her heart. She was not afraid of thieves coming. There was nothing visible in the house anyway. She was just worried that the thieves would come again and scare Aunt Jiang and Ye Yun'an.

"It's not that I don't want to take it out, it's that I don't know what can be considered a treasure at home." Ye Mingzhu counted on her fingers: "Aside from a few small pearls, we don't have any gold, silver, jade, antiques, calligraphy or paintings at home. How can we determine what is a treasure?"

Uncle Yan and Fu Chengyun were silent for a while. After a while, Uncle Yan said, "Mingzhu, why don't you check if there's anything missing from your house? Then we can discuss what to do."

"What's there to look for at this hour of night?" Aunt Jiang said, "There's nothing at home, and we're not worried about losing it. You guys should go back and get some rest. We can talk tomorrow if there's anything."

Uncle Yan immediately stood up and said, "It's a little late. How about we go back and rest first and look for it tomorrow?"

The second half of the sentence was addressed to Fu Chengyun, but he did not understand what Uncle Yan said. His eyes were still fixed on Ye Mingzhu.

"Since everyone is worried, let's go look for them."

Ye Mingzhu knew that there was nothing much at home and was not afraid of them looking.

Seeing this, Aunt Jiang guessed that Ye Mingzhu must have hidden everything, so she stood up and said, "Then let's go and take a look together."

Although they said they were going to check together, they only went to the study to check. Ye Mingzhu and Aunt Jiang's bedrooms were checked by themselves.

Just as Ye Mingzhu guessed, there was no sign of thieves entering their bedroom, and nothing was moved.

But the signs of searching the study should not be too obvious.

Ye Mingzhu and her family had not been here long, and the books in the study were mostly educational and some storybooks.

At first glance, all the books were neatly arranged, but upon closer inspection, I found that all the books had been flipped through and opened, and two of the books even had folded corners, probably because I was in too much of a hurry to notice.

Ye Mingzhu opened the drawer of the study, and some sketches she had drawn were inside.

"What is this? Is it a map?" Fu Chengyun took the sketch. There were some lines drawn on it, and they finally converged into one place.

Ye Mingzhu was a little embarrassed: "These are just sketches of jewelry. I drew them for fun."

"Jewelry sketches?" Fu Chengyun didn't quite understand.

"It's women's jewelry," Ye Mingzhu explained. "I'm drawing jewelry designs for a friend's shop."

Fu Chengyun has not yet married and has never paid attention to women's jewelry, so he didn't notice it just now. Now looking carefully, the picture in his hand seems to be a hairpin?

He flipped through the sketches in his hand, which seemed to be all about hairpins and the like. He didn't say anything and handed them back to Ye Mingzhu.

Ye Mingzhu took the sketches and was about to put them back when she noticed the thickness was wrong. She checked each one and looked up: "It seems like a few of these sketches are missing?"