When they finally couldn't dig anything out, Mao Mao reluctantly prepared to jump back onto Su Ruojin's bed, but Su Ruojin stopped her.
"Your paws just dug in the dirt, you're not allowed on the bed!"
Mao Mao stopped abruptly, paused for a moment, rolled its big eyes around, flicked its tail and flew onto the washbasin stand. It dipped its paws into the basin and rubbed them, then rubbed them on the towel next to it before flying back to Su Ruojin's side and lying down, falling asleep in a second.
Su Ruojin reached out and touched the fur, then looked up at the camellia in the pot.
These people are really persistent.
Camellias are not poisonous and do not react with anything, so Su Ruojin did not pay much attention to them. She did not expect that the "trap" was hidden in the soil.
Without even thinking, she could guess that all of this was aimed at the jade pendant in her hand.
It seems I'll have to have a good talk with my great-uncle tomorrow.
If this matter isn't resolved soon, she won't be able to bring her grandmother back to Da Chu.
As for who sent the flowers...
Early in the morning, Yanluo brought a basin into the house, only to find that the soil in the camellia pot had been dug out in a mess and the ground was covered with dirt. She looked puzzled.
"Miss, what is this?"
Su Ruojin told Yanluo about what happened last night.
Even though her young mistress was sitting safely in front of her, Yanluo still felt a lingering fear.
"Miss, perhaps we shouldn't stay at the Zhao residence anymore."
"Nothing ventured, nothing gained. I can't just let people bully me like this."
Although there was no hairy cat last night, and these snakes might not have been able to harm her, Su Ruojin was not about to let it go so easily after being plotted against in her sleep.
"Miss Ke..." Yanluo was still shaken.
"Yanluo, go and investigate what's going on with these camellias," Su Ruojin instructed.
"Yes, Miss." Yanluo understood that once her mistress made a decision, it would not be changed, and all she had to do was cooperate with her.
After having breakfast, Su Ruojin went to Zhao Guangtao's room, took his pulse, and was relieved to find that there was nothing seriously wrong.
"Grand-uncle, could you please tell me what the purpose of the jade pendant from the Zhao family is?"
She is now certain that the jade pendant Zhao Guangtao gave her must have other uses besides withdrawing silver; otherwise, he wouldn't have gone to such lengths to kill her and steal the pendant.
But why is it that when they attack her, they want to kill her, while Zhao Guangtao, Zhao Tingyi, and even her grandmother are only rendered unconscious?
"Xiao Jin, what happened to you again?" Zhao Guangtao sensed something was wrong from Su Ruojin's tone.
“Grand Uncle, someone put a bloodfang snake in my room last night.”
Zhao Guangtao was instantly startled and sat bolt upright in bed. "What!"
The Bloodfang Ring Snake is one of the three most venomous snakes in Yunqi. If a person is bitten, they will die without any chance of treatment.
Someone actually tried to harm Xiao Jin at the Zhao residence!
How dare they!
Zhao Guangtao was both angry and anxious, and began to cough violently.
Su Ruojin quickly patted his back, "Grand Uncle, don't worry, I'm fine, don't worry."
"They...they...how dare they!"
Zhao Guangtao wasn't stupid. The only person who could act so recklessly in the Zhao residence could be an insider.
After recovering from the shock, Zhao Guangtao leaned against the pillow to catch his breath and slowly said, "Xiao Jin, you're right. The jade pendant in the Zhao family is indeed not only used for withdrawing silver."
Through Zhao Guangtao's narration, Su Ruojin finally understood why someone wanted to steal this jade pendant.
No wonder they were willing to risk her life to steal such a jade pendant.
But how could such an important secret be so easily known?
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