Through the Mirror

"I think it looks great, too." Xia Lijuan lived up to her name, like a jasmine bud about to bloom. However, her words diminished her beauty. "I'm going to the town library with Xu Yang this morning. I remember there's a Hanfu costume shop next to it. I thought we could go there and explore, so I picked this dress out specifically for the occasion."

Xia Yi nodded and put the earrings in her hand into the pocket of her skirt.

Seeing Xia Yi's actions, Xia Lijuan narrowed her eyes and smiled happily: "You are so beautiful, these earrings will definitely suit you."

Xia Yi smiled subconsciously and raised her hand to touch her ear. It had been so long since she had heard such straightforward praise, but she would have been even happier if it hadn't come from Xia Lijuan. There was no mirror on Xia Lijuan's dressing table either. The only mirror was a handheld one, the back of the handle inlaid with gemstones. This must be the lost mirror the hook-nosed steward had mentioned when she first arrived.

"The mirror isn't found. It was the one Butler Zhang gave me yesterday, but the thief who stole it has found it." Xia Lijuan saw Xia Yi looking at her handheld mirror and said, "It was a maid I used to have a good relationship with. I didn't expect her to steal something. If she really liked it, she could have told me and I could have given it to her. The gemstone on the mirror isn't particularly valuable, so there's really no need to steal it."

"Okay, I'm done packing. Sister, let's go downstairs to eat." Xia Lijuan said as she was about to take Xia Yi's arm.

Xia Yi paused and blocked it silently.

"I'm sorry, I'm used to holding your hand." Xia Lijuan noticed Xia Yi's discomfort and quickly let go, sticking out her tongue and said embarrassedly.

"It's okay, it's my problem."

Xia Yi said this, taking a step back and silently following behind Xia Lijuan. Xia Lijuan no longer smiled and approached her to talk, her whole demeanor cold. The elevator was under maintenance, so the two of them walked down the stairs quietly.

Before I even reached the living room, I suddenly heard heart-wrenching cries from the yard.

"Miss, Miss, the investigation must be wrong. Don't you know that I have the best relationship with you? I have hands and feet, I definitely wouldn't steal anything. Those accessories found in my room were all given to me by you... I said so many good things about you among the maids... Bitch, you bitch, are you framing me? You are so young and you can lie, you have a father but no mother to teach you!"

When Xia Lijuan passed by the living room and sat down in the dining room, Xia Yi turned his head and glanced at her. It was Anjie who was crying. In the morning, Anjie was happy and wanted her to help say hello to Xia Lijuan. In less than an hour, their relationship had deteriorated drastically.

No, they had nothing to do with each other.

Xia Lijuan should think so too.

Xia Yi lowered his eyes and looked at Xia Lijuan who was eating breakfast slowly. Xia Lijuan acted as if she didn't hear anything and her expression didn't change at all.

"You can't send me to the police station. I've worked in the Xia family for a year and am the longest-serving employee here. I've stirred up a hornet's nest for you, Butler Zhang, and I've even been on duty for you... By the way, I've also guarded the Mirror House..." Angel yelled and was dragged away by Lao Xiong and several security guards.

Guarded the House of Mirrors?

Is this related to Anjie being taken away for stealing?

Xia Yi was slightly stunned as she held the thing Xia Lijuan gave her in her pocket.

"I'm full." Xia Lijuan pushed the plate away and wiped the corners of her lips with a tissue.

Xia Yi was tidying up the plates while observing Xia Lijuan out of the corner of his eye. Xia Lijuan finished her meal and immediately called Xu Yang. The memo from Jing Fang's suicide had Xu Yang's details on it. After the police investigation, Xu Yang would likely know about Jing Fang's suicide. Faced with such a situation, Xu Yang probably wouldn't be in the mood to go bookshop shopping with Xia Lijuan. Sure enough, Xia Lijuan looked surprised when she heard the call, but she immediately said, "So what? We need to use the things we bought today tomorrow. We can't let Jing Fang's incident ruin our plans!"

It was obvious that Xu Yang did not agree with Xia Lijuan on the phone. After Xia Lijuan hung up the phone, she told the servants not to follow her and returned to her room with a stern face.

"Young lady only gets so angry after encountering the incident with Xu Yang!" The maid collecting the dishes nearby said angrily. "Xu Yang is just average-looking, and his academic performance isn't great. He's just a driver for the Jing family, and Jing Fang is close to him. When they were out playing, they happened to meet Xu Yang. At first, the two young ladies had a good relationship, but it ended up falling out because of Xu Yang."

"Really?" Xia Yi agreed with the maid's gaze. Xu Yang was most likely a cover. Xia Lijuan was very smart. If she was a little familiar with Jing Fang, she would know who set the template for her daily dressing and daily routine. She couldn't resist. The depression and jealousy hidden in her heart would drive her crazy.

"Of course it's true. I heard it from the old man." The maid said as she pushed all the dishes into the kitchen.

Xia Yi followed the maid and after breakfast, they gathered in the small garden in front of the main hall. The hook-nosed butler scolded Angel for more than ten minutes before assigning tasks. Xia Yi's task was to clean a library on the basement floor. Because the master liked reading, a total of seven libraries were built in the entire castle, which housed the books collected by the master.

Xia Yi followed the direction pointed by the housekeeper and came to the library on the basement floor.

The library is very large and decorated like a modern library, with crystal chandeliers and rows of white glass-paneled bookshelves. However, most of the books inside are ancient books, with covers that show signs of repair and even some bamboo slips.

Xia Yi looked around and found that there were no mirror decorations here either.

She wiped along the bookshelf one by one, and in a bookshelf in the corner, she found a red hardcover book that looked out of place with the surroundings.

Xia Yi took out the book. The book was about as thick as the joint of his middle finger. There was no title or author. The first page contained the main text.

"Look at yourself in the mirror, and then look at those rich ladies in the celebrity shops who are dressed in fancy clothes and have spent most of your life savings on a piece of clothing. Do you feel unwilling? Look at yourself in the mirror, and then look at those beauties who are constantly using money to package their faces. Can you feel that money is the most important thing in people's lives? Money can buy beauty, status, and all kinds of unexpected surprises. They decorate your youth and prolong your youth infinitely..." There is nothing else written in the book. From beginning to end, it describes over and over again the benefits of having money.

Xia Yi: “…” Everyone knows the benefits of having money. Do you still need to publish a book?

Xia Yi turned the book to the end, then turned it back, looked at it from the side, and finally found a page that was stuck together.

Xia Yi gently separated the pages.

"The first step to having money is to have your own mirror spirit. Create a comfortable environment filled with mirrors for the mirror spirit. That is the most important step you need to take to attract the mirror spirit. The next three days are spent in solemn prayer. Pray that the mirror spirit will choose you. Pray that you will have enough luck to make the mirror spirit choose you. This is just the first step."

There is only a narrow text in the center of the two glued pages.

Seeing this, Xia Yi hurriedly went to other bookshelves to look for the red book, but there was only this one red book in the entire library on the first basement floor, and there were no other steps in the book. The entire secret technique should have been kept in a scattered manner.

Xia Yi took a photo of the contents of the red book and went to other libraries in the villa without stopping.

Perhaps there are other documents hidden in these libraries.

Xia Yi searched until the evening, but all he found was a red book.

In the evening, the servants and security guards were eating in the small dining room. When Lao Xiong and the other two saw Xia Yi, they naturally sat at the same table with Xia Yi.

"Xia Yi, the master and mistress took the young lady to the Jing family tonight. I overheard that they might not be back tonight." Gao Yang said as soon as he sat down. "What a coincidence, that's why the management is so lax tonight, and we can still have dinner with you. We found a big clue, do you want to take a look?"

Luo Dian also smiled shyly, glancing at Old Xiong's expression before handing the note to Xia Yi: "We found it in a children's book covered in money symbols. It's in the warehouse over in the side hall. I asked the elderly people, and they said the warehouse was filled with old toys that Xia Lijuan couldn't bear to throw away, as well as some old furniture and books. But I searched the entire warehouse and only found this."

Xia Yi was stunned when he saw the contents of the note.

——Rumor has it that those who use the secret magic of the mirror to plunder other people's wealth need to use fresh blood to feed the mirror spirit, otherwise the mirror spirit will return all your coveted wealth to its original owner.

Please note that the amount of fresh blood must be sufficient. If the mirror elf is not full, no one knows what will happen.

The mirror elves are a united but stingy family.

Is the mirror elf referring to the monster that jumped out of the mirror last night?

From this point of view, the mirror house in the entire side hall is the comfortable environment created by the Xia family for the mirror elves. They are not only guarding the mirrors, but also the fresh blood prepared by the Xia family for the mirror elves.

Xia Yi then showed what he had filmed to Lao Xiong and a few others.

"Last night there was a monster that didn't eat anyone." Xia Yi said.

"If the mirror elves are stingy, then they should come out again tonight. I wonder how many mirror elves there are?" Gao Yang said, "Anyway, if I were a mirror elf and the time came for me to come out, I would definitely come out to settle accounts with those who happened last night. They won't remember you, right?"

Xia Yi shook his head: "I don't know, they hunt by smell."

"Then do you know the time they come out?" asked Old Bear.

Xia Yi nodded: "Twelve o'clock." As soon as Xia Yi finished speaking, the four of them turned to look at the clock in the middle of the small dining room. It was now half past eight in the evening, and there were only three and a half hours left until twelve o'clock.

Gao Yang threw down his chopsticks and suddenly became alert: "Damn it, I was wondering why the three people from the Xia family went out for a banquet and haven't come back yet. They must have known that something bad was going to happen tonight. This family must have gone out to seek refuge!"