Chan Xue was also very angry, but she didn't start cursing like Qiao Yun did. Instead, she said, "Young Master, you did something wrong this time. Since you promised Miss to take care of Huo'er, how could you be so negligent?"
Duan Qingxi held the work lazily lying on her lap and said calmly, "This matter should have nothing to do with my brother."
Qiao Yun and Chan Xue looked at each other, both very puzzled.
Duan Qingxi said, "I know exactly what kind of person my brother is. Since he promised me to take good care of Huo'er, he will do his best. However, we are away doing disaster relief work, and my brother and father also have to take care of the victims outside the city. In addition, outsiders are eyeing our general's mansion covetously, so they have much more to do than us."
Chan Xue was indeed a clever person. Upon hearing this, he said, "Miss, what you mean is that someone stole Huo'er while the Young Master was away and hid him away. They abused Huo'er while ensuring that he would be alive until we returned. They didn't dare kill him. Firstly, Huo'er was given to you by the Ninth Prince, and that person was worried about getting into trouble. Secondly, they wanted to use Huo'er to drive a wedge between you and the Young Master..."
"Everyone knows that the young lady likes Huo'er, and before she left, she gave Huo'er to the young master for safekeeping. Many people also know that the young master must be looking for Huo'er, and that person took advantage of the young lady's return to temporarily throw Huo'er here in order to force the young lady and the young master to separate!"
After a pause, Chan Xue's expression grew more serious. "Even more, if Huo'er accidentally died here with the young lady, that person could even tip off the Ninth Prince, saying that the young lady deliberately killed Huo'er!"
Qiao Yun is a straightforward person and never thinks about these twists and turns.
Hearing Chan Xue say this, his face turned pale, "Who... who is this person? How could he be so vicious!"
Duan Qingxi stroked Huo'er's fur and sneered, "Who else could it be?!"
Apart from that woman Duan Shishi, who else would go to such great lengths to harm her?!
No matter how stupid Qiao Yun was, she could guess who it was when she saw the expressions on Duan Qingxi and Chan Xue's faces.
She was very angry and said, "This second young lady is really going too far!"
Chan Xue said, "There's something even more outrageous. I was just going to prepare some hot water for the young lady, and on the way I went to the kitchen to get her some food. And guess who I saw?"
Duan Qingxi looked at Chan Xue, as if waiting for her to say who she saw.
Finally, Qiao Yun said, "I know, it must be those people from the second house! The young lady asked me to find out what happened in the mansion recently, and I found out everything."
"The Second Miss took advantage of the Young Lady's absence and, who knows what, said to the General to get him to bring all the people from the Second House back! Even more disgusting is Miss Chen Xuan'er from the Chen family. Everyone in the mansion knows she covets the Young Master, yet the General arranged for her courtyard to be next to the Young Master's. She hangs around the Young Master's courtyard every day, pretending to run into him by chance. It's really disgusting!"
Chan Xue nodded at Duan Qingxi and said, "Yes, that's what the servants in the kitchen said. Miss Qingqing and Miss Chen Xuan'er are also very arrogant. They either beat or scold the servants in the mansion. I heard that when you were away, the servants in our courtyard were often ordered by them to do hard and tiring work."
Duan Qingxi frowned and said, "Everyone has suffered such injustice, won't you tell your brother and father?"
Based on her understanding of her father and brother, if they knew about this, they would definitely scold Duan Shishi and would never allow such a thing to happen again.
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