"In my opinion, this matter isn't that simple. Think about it, there's that message, and the strange noises outside the young mistress's room that night. So many strange things, all targeting the young mistress alone. Could it be that the young mistress isn't as simple as we think, and that she's actually..."
"Shh, stop talking. Can't you see the young master is angry?"
The crowd quieted down on their own, and many eyes turned to Mu Nanxun, seemingly waiting for him to give a result.
Atao looked incredulous and loudly retorted to Xiaohei, "What do you know, you big man? This is foundation, it's what we girls use for makeup. Haven't you ever seen a woman put on makeup before?!"
Xiao Hei's face fell; he had indeed never seen it before.
Mu Nanxun said calmly, "Please invite Ouyang."
"yes."
Xiao Hei turned and walked out, leaving the foundation box behind.
"My, my foundation..." Atao crawled over from the ground to get it, but was held back by two servants who wouldn't let her get close.
Mu Nanxun picked up the foundation box, looked at it, and closed the lid.
After a while, the snake in the bag gradually calmed down.
"Is this yours?" Mu Nanxun asked, his gaze fixed on Atao's face.
Atao felt a burning intensity under Mu Nanxun's gaze and nodded, "Yes, it's mine."
"Can you afford something this expensive?"
You don't even need to search online; the packaging of this foundation is different from the usual ones, and you can tell the difference at a glance.
"Could it be stolen?"
A voice spoke from the crowd.
Then someone else spoke up.
“That’s right, we’re all servants, who can afford foundation like this? Even if we saved up to buy it, we might not know its quality. Look at the box, it’s all in foreign languages, we don’t recognize any of them, how can we buy it?”
“I also think it was stolen. Could it be something the young mistress stole? But Xiao Hei just said these snakes were attracted by the foundation, so if this belongs to the young mistress… then…”
"Shh...don't talk nonsense...who knows where she stole it from, and now she's gotten herself into trouble."
When Atao heard others say that she had stolen the item, she immediately protested loudly, "No, I didn't steal anything! I didn't steal it!"
"Where did it come from?" Mu Nanxun didn't believe it was hers either, nor did she think she had stolen it.
"This is...this is..." Atao lowered her head and stammered, "This is my own thing."
Yi Yi couldn't stand it anymore. It was obvious that A Tao had fallen into someone's trap, yet she was still covering for them.
“Ah Tao, you just heard what Xiao Hei said. This foundation might not be foundation at all, but the culprit that attracted so many snakes. Think about it carefully. The person who gave you this foundation isn't doing it for your own good, but to make you take the blame.”
"No...no, this is just, it's just normal foundation." Even now, Atao still couldn't believe that this foundation would attract so many snakes; there must be some mistake.
Even at this point, she still refused to believe the truth. Yi felt a headache coming on. "If you still don't believe it, then wait for Xiao Hei to invite Ouyang over. Soon you'll know whether you've been deceived or not."
"No, how... how could this be? This is clearly just foundation. It's so smooth and silky on the face. Look... how could it be something else? She wouldn't do this to me."
"he?"
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