Chapter 96 Suspicion
The little maid was brought over.
She knelt in front of Shen Yuan and spoke incoherently, extremely panicked, "Your servant Xier greets the Madam."
Chen Yuan looked at the person in front of him and said softly, "Don't be nervous. Just tell me slowly if you have something to say."
Xier kowtowed heavily to the ground, "Madam, my concubine Lin is missing."
Chen Yuan's expression remained unchanged. "When did she disappear? Why didn't you tell the Marquis that Aunt Lin didn't see you?"
Xier's eyes were filled with tears. "After the Marquis's wife knew about my aunt's fake pregnancy, she completely alienated her from her. I dare not disturb the old lady, so I can only come to you for help."
A living person would not disappear for no reason.
Chen Yuan's brows gradually furrowed, "When did your aunt disappear?"
Xier said, "That day, Auntie went out and said she had something important to do and wouldn't let me go with her. So I waited in the house, but Auntie didn't come back even after dark. I didn't see her for several days."
Chen Yuan ordered Sanjiu, "Go check where Aunt Lin went after she left the house that day."
Maybe others would run away, but Lin Wanyin definitely wouldn't.
She was determined not to leave until she got her mother's belongings.
Sanjiu returned quickly, "Madam, I found out that after Concubine Lin went to Ruyi Tower that day, she returned to the Marquis' Mansion. The doorman said that she has not been seen leaving since then."
Where will people go when they are in Gu Mansion?
Shen Yuan frowned in thought.
She suddenly remembered the scent of rouge she smelled on Gu Jingchu that day.
That is the rouge that Lin Wanyin often uses.
Her heart began to pound, and an idea gradually formed in her mind.
Taozi looked at Shen Yuan's gradually pale face and asked with concern, "Madam, are you feeling unwell? Why do you look so pale?"
Chen Yuan calmed down and shook his head, "It's nothing, take Xier away first, I will send someone to look for your aunt."
Xier was taken away.
If Lin Wanyin disappeared, it must be related to Gu Jingchu.
She remembered that there was a dark room in Gu Jingchu's house.
The chill seeped from the soles of his feet, and Chen Yuan didn't dare to think any further.
We still have to give it a try.
Ronghuiyuan.
When Gu Jingchu saw Shen Yuan coming, his eyes immediately lit up.
He walked up to Shen Yuan very happily and said, "Qingmu said that as long as I take the medicine well, my sister-in-law will come to see me."
He had an innocent look on his face and eyes as naive as a child's.
If it's fake, this kind of scheming is really chilling.
Shen Yuan forced a smile and said, "Yes, I will come to see you if you take your medicine well."
Gu Jingchu was indeed happy.
He took out a kite and handed it to Shen Yuan eagerly.
"Sister-in-law, look at this kite. Isn't it beautiful? I made it for a long time and wanted to give it to you. Do you like it?"
His hands were covered with scratches, but he didn't care.
Chen Yuan took the kite and said, "I like it very much. How about we go to the backyard and fly a kite?"
There was a large lake in the backyard of the Marquis's Mansion. Gu Jingchu was happily running around by the lake with a kite in his hand.
Shen Yuan sat in the pavilion.
Gu Jingchu ran towards her with sweat all over his forehead.
"Sister-in-law, why don't you come and play?"
Shen Yuan pointed to the lake in front of him and said, "I want to eat fish. Do you want to learn how to fish?"
Gu Jingchu gave Shen Yuan a big smile, "If sister-in-law wants to eat, I will learn."
Just then, Taozi came over with a cup of tea.
Her hand slipped and the tea spilled all over Shen Yuan's dress.
The smile on Gu Jingchu's face instantly faded, and his eyes narrowed dangerously, "You actually splashed water on my sister-in-law!"
Chen Yuan immediately comforted her and went to Ronghuiyuan while changing her clothes.
Inside the house, Chen Yuan found the secret door according to his memories from his previous life.
Her eyes fell on a blue-glazed and famille rose-colored plum blossom-patterned vase on the antique display cabinet.
Shen Yuan walked over quickly, his eyes fixed on the secret door, and his hand gently turned the vase.
My heartbeat suddenly quickened.
There was no sign of the secret door opening.
The switch of the secret door in the previous life was clearly this vase.
Could it be that Gu Jingchu has moved to another place?
Chen Yuan fumbled around on the antique display shelf bit by bit.
A green-glazed Boshan stove on the table nearby emitted wisps of green smoke.
A thin layer of sweat gradually appeared on Chen Yuan's forehead.
"Sister-in-law, what are you looking for?"
Gu Jingchu's voice suddenly sounded behind her.
Chen Yuan's breath was choked, and he quickly retracted his hand, causing his sleeve to knock over a coral ornament beside him.
Gu Jingchu stared at her without blinking, "Sister-in-law, what are you looking for? I'll help you find it."
Chen Yuan suppressed the tension in her heart and said casually: "I dropped my earrings here last time. I remembered it and came to look for it on the way."
"Have you found your sister-in-law?" Gu Jingchu raised his face, still looking innocent.
Chen Yuan forced a smile and said, "One earring on each side, no big deal. Did you catch any fish?"
Gu Jingchu frowned and thought for a while.
He took out a box, opened it, and said proudly, "Sister-in-law, look at this silver. Is it enough to buy you earrings? I'll buy you whatever you like!"
Shen Yuan stared at his eyes carefully, which were clearly black and white with no other colors.
Is she overthinking it?
"No need, just keep the money. I'm a little tired and want to go back first. You have to be obedient, okay?"
For some reason, Gu Jingchu in front of her made her feel a little creepy, and she didn't want to stay here for a moment.
After Shen Yuan finished speaking, he turned around and walked out in a hurry.
After she left, Gu Jingchu put down the box and narrowed his eyes dangerously.
Yuan'er suspected him. What went wrong?
Is it difficult because of that bitch Lin Wanyin?
Anyway, we can't keep her locked up anymore.
Gu Jingchu walked to the table and his hand just touched the green-glazed Boshan furnace.
Then I heard the sound of Shen Yuan coming back.
He didn't have time to retract his hand, so he immediately opened the stove lid and pressed it inside with his hand.
Behind Shen Yuan was Old Chen.
The smell of burnt flesh spread out, and Shen Yuan looked at Gu Jingchu and said in a deep voice: "What are you doing?"
Gu Jingchu seemed to be unaware of the pain and looked at Chen Yuan innocently, "Sister-in-law, it's too choking, it smells so bad."
The remaining eight points of suspicion are reduced to three points.
Who in their right mind would press the incense burner with their hands?
She walked over, picked up the teacup beside her and poured it into the incense ash burner.
"It's extinguished like this. Let Mr. Chen see your hands."
After Chen Yuan and Mr. Chen left, Gu Jingchu called Qingmu.
Aoki was surprised at first, then delighted.
"Prince, are you alright?"
Gu Jingchu stared at him gloomily, "Shut up! If anyone else knows about this, I'll kill you."
Aoki broke out in a cold sweat and quickly knelt down, saying yes.
Gu Jingchu ordered in a deep voice, "Go to the Lin Mansion in person and help me with something."
Late at night, the darkroom door was opened again.
Lin Wanyin leaned limply against the wall, staring at Gu Jingchu coldly.
Gu Jingchu looked down at her and said, "You can get out now."
Lin Wanyin shrank back and looked at him warily, "Are you so kind? If you want to kill me, just say so!"
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