Returning to the Lu family, as soon as the car turned off, Shen Qiqi felt a strange atmosphere.
In the past, no matter how chaotic things were, at least there were human voices.
Today, it is eerily quiet, like the calm before a storm, which makes people feel uneasy.
Pushing open the old wooden door, a musty smell mixed with an unknown strange smell hit her in the face, and Shen Qiqi almost vomited.
Lu Qing also frowned. This smell was too unusual.
The two exchanged glances, and everything was said without words.
In the room, Old Mrs. Lu was crying so hard that if you didn't know her, you would think she had just returned from a funeral.
The families of her eldest uncle and second uncle surrounded her, chattering about something in a buzzing voice, like a group of noisy sparrows.
Seeing Lu Qing and Shen Qiqi coming back, their voices stopped abruptly, and their eyes shot over in unison, like searchlights, wishing to illuminate them from the inside out.
"What exactly happened?" Lu Qing spoke directly, breaking the strange silence.
"Oh, my son, you are finally back! Look, look at this..." Old Mrs. Lu grabbed Lu Qing, pointed at the mess in the room, and started crying.
Shen Qiqi looked around. The room was indeed messy, but this mess didn't seem like ordinary rummaging. It was more like...
Deliberately created chaos.
“Qiqi, go to my room first.” Lu Qing said to Shen Qiqi in a low voice.
Shen Qiqi nodded, turned and walked towards Lu Qing's room.
She knew that Lu Qing asked her to look for any clues.
Along the way, all kinds of gazes pierced her like needles. Shen Qiqi pretended to be calm and walked without looking sideways.
But I couldn’t help but complain in my heart: This Lu family is more exciting than a palace fighting drama!
After entering the room, Shen Qiqi carefully observed everything around her.
She knew very well that in this situation, any clue could become key evidence.
Suddenly, she noticed a wooden box under the bed.
This box is usually locked, but today it is ajar, revealing a gap.
Shen Qiqi's heart skipped a beat. Could it be...
Just as he was about to open the door, he heard the eldest uncle's wife's sarcastic voice from outside: "Hey, Third Sister-in-law, what are you looking for? You're in such a hurry, aren't you hiding some treasure?" The eldest uncle's wife folded her arms and leaned against the door frame. Her lips, painted bright red, looked like two slices of chili peppers, and her words were also spicy: "Third Sister-in-law, this room is such a mess inside and outside. Why are you hiding in Third Brother's room instead of helping to clean it up? Could it be... that you're hiding something shameful?"
Chen Qiqi slowly stood up, patted the non-existent dust, and looked at her uncle's wife with a smile: "Uncle's wife, if you don't know me, you would think I'm a bandit. I'm just helping Brother Qing find out if he has lost anything important. After all, our family has been robbed and everyone is in a panic." She deliberately emphasized the three words "robbed", and her eyes swept across her uncle's wife's face like a searchlight, observing her subtle expressions.
The eldest uncle's wife's expression changed slightly, and then she returned to her sarcastic expression: "Oh, Third Sister-in-law is really good at talking. The thief hasn't even been caught yet, and you're already blaming others? If you don't know, you'd think you were guilty of being a thief!"
The air in the room seemed to be frozen and filled with the smell of gunpowder.
Shen Qiqi met her uncle's and aunt's gaze without fear: "Uncle's and aunt, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. I'm upright and I'm not afraid of what people say. But some people should ask themselves first, have they done anything wrong?"
Between the two of them, there was a flash of lightning and a war without gunpowder was unfolding.
Shen Qiqi looked around the room and her eyes fell on an old wooden box filled with miscellaneous items in the corner.
She walked over calmly, pretending to sort out the things in the box, but actually secretly looking for clues.
When her fingers touched a stack of yellowed papers, Shen Qiqi's heart trembled. She quickly pulled out the stack of papers and stuffed it into her sleeve.
Those were some account records. Although the handwriting was blurry, Shen Qiqi felt that this might be the key evidence she had been looking for!
Lu Qing walked into the room and saw Shen Qiqi's slightly excited expression, and a glimmer of hope ignited in his heart.
"So, did you find anything?"
Shen Qiqi shook her head calmly and said in a low voice, "Let's go out first."
The two walked out of the room side by side. The uncle's wife stared at them like a poisonous snake, with a cold smile on her lips.
"Third sister-in-law, what treasure did you find? Can you let us open our eyes?"
Shen Qiqi curled her lips and smiled: "Treasure? Of course I found it, but..." She paused deliberately, her eyes swept across the crowd, and finally stopped at Mrs. Lu, "...This treasure is not something that everyone can see."
Shen Qiqi had an unfathomable smile on her lips. She was not some naive person. She disdained the idea of showing one's cards directly.
This group of people are all very cunning. She has to hide the evidence first and then play with them slowly!
Her heart was pounding. The pleasure of having her intelligence crushed was simply too great!
Lu Qing looked at Shen Qiqi's lively eyes and understood what evil tricks this little girl was planning again.
While no one was paying attention, he secretly pulled Shen Qiqi's hand, warm and powerful, as if to say: Don't be afraid, I'm here.
Shen Qiqi looked up and met Lu Qing's deep eyes. Her heart warmed, as if all her uneasiness disappeared in an instant.
He was always like this, giving her the most steadfast support when she needed it most.
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