Such a big thing has happened since last night, causing such a commotion. All the servants in the villa have gathered here. If we can't find the culprit among these people... no, not everyone is here. There's still one.
Xia Bingqing...
Right, how could she forget about Xia Bingqing?
Xia Bingqing didn't seem to show up at all, which is really unreasonable. Besides, she and Xia Bingqing had a past conflict, and the last news story was caused by Xia Bingqing and Liang Xiaoru.
Besides Xia Bingqing, she couldn't think of anyone else who would do such a thing.
"Shut up, all of you!" Li Ma roared, unable to contain her anger any longer. "If any of you don't want to work here anymore, you can go to the housekeeper to collect your wages right now and get as far away as possible."
The villa fell silent again. Everyone looked at each other, but no one spoke first in response to Li Ma's words.
Li Ma caught her breath and continued, "Hmph, don't think I don't know what you're thinking. When we hired you, we found out that many of you have families in debt or have good-for-nothing younger siblings who need your support. You don't have any special skills yourself. If you lose this high-paying job, your whole family will starve!"
"Our young mistress took pity on you and hired you, paying you salaries far higher than those of white-collar workers in other buildings. And what do you do? Instead of appreciating this job and being grateful to the young mistress who gave you the opportunity, you sit here listening to irrelevant people gossiping. Aren't you afraid of biting your own tongues?"
These words silenced everyone present. Li Ma was right. Their job, though seemingly lowly, offered far better pay and benefits than most people's; others would envy them more than anything. If they lost this job, with their abilities, they wouldn't be able to find one with the same pay anywhere else.
“What happened last night was clearly someone sabotaging us behind the scenes, trying to make our young mistress take the blame. You were all so stupid to believe it so easily. I'm warning you, if anyone dares to say another word out of line, I will immediately report it to the young master and the master, and ask them to deal with it according to family rules!”
“Sister Li, that’s not how it works,” Aunt Zhang said hesitantly.
Li Ma glared at her, "What else do you want to say?"
Aunt Zhang glanced cautiously at Yi Yi, then at Li Ma, and continued, "We...we know that the young mistress is good to us, a rare kind person. To be honest, we don't want to believe those rumors, but...but these things happening one after another are too strange. Take the night before last, for example, the strange noises at the young mistress's door, we all heard them."
“Yes, yes, we all heard it,” several servants immediately chimed in.
Then, Aunt Zhang continued, "And last night, so many snakes gathered at the young mistress's door. We all saw it with our own eyes. It wasn't some kind of trick. How could it be fake? Sister Li, if you insist that someone is deliberately framing you, then find that person and make it clear. Then we won't make wild accusations."
"What's the rush? An honest official needs time to solve a case. Of course, we're going to find that person. Then let's see what you have to say!"
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