Chapter 79: Be more fierce to me
The night was dark, there was not a single star in the sky, and even the crescent moon had disappeared behind the clouds.
This night, the Lu Mansion was destined to be restless.
After the fire was put out, gray-black smoke rose into the air, and the room where Lu Mingzhu lived in the north courtyard was burned to ruins.
The servants searched the North Courtyard thoroughly, leaving no blind spot untouched.
While waiting for the result, everyone was silent, and the room was filled with low pressure. Lu Youping's expression was gloomy, which made people tremble with fear. The surroundings were quiet and only shallow breathing could be heard. Suddenly, footsteps were heard outside.
Soon, several servants came in, and the leader bent over and presented something in his hands: "Master, Madam, we found this in the bushes in the north yard."
In the palm of the open hand, there lay a pair of silver filigree earrings. In the center of the interwoven silver flowers, there was a pink pearl inlaid, which emitted a soft luster under the candlelight.
"This earring?" Lu Youping looked at Liu suspiciously and said, "Look, this is Mingzhu's thing?"
Liu took one look and shook her head: "It's not Mingzhu's, but it looks familiar."
"This is obviously a girl's thing. Could it be those two maids'?" Qiao Jingru said.
Lu Xiang: "This pearl is of excellent quality. Huamei and Lanqiu may not be able to afford such a good thing."
It’s not Lu Mingzhu’s, nor does it look like Huamei or Lan Qiu’s.
Recently, only the three of them, the master and his servant, have been living in the North Courtyard. Could it be... that they were left there by the murderer?
The moment Lu Yue saw the pearl earring, her face suddenly changed. It was as if a bolt of lightning struck her mind, leaving her with a blank mind.
How is that possible?
The old lady caught a glimpse of Lu Yue's shocked expression from the corner of her eyes and couldn't help asking, "Yuer, what's wrong with you? Have you seen the earrings?"
Lu Yue's heart skipped a beat. When she heard the old lady ask this, her face turned pale as paper again. She shook her head repeatedly: "No... I haven't seen it."
Shouldn’t the earrings picked up be Lu Xiang’s?
Why did it become her earrings?
Did that bitch Xia Qing switch the earrings? But she had seen the earrings in her makeup box this morning. Xia Qing had not entered her room all day, so how could she steal them and switch them?
However, the current issue is not to investigate whether Xia Qing has stolen the earrings, but what should he do next regarding her earrings that were found in the North Courtyard?
The old lady's puzzled gaze lingered on Lu Yue for a moment. Although she didn't say anything, Lu Yue was so scared that her heart almost jumped out of her throat. She kept telling herself to stay calm, thinking that things had not yet developed to the worst point, but her trembling hands betrayed her inner fear.
"but……"
Just when Lu Yue was worried, she heard Lu Xiang's puzzled voice.
"After looking at it several times, I always feel that this earring looks familiar..."
Lu Yue felt that everything in front of her eyes was dark. Lu Xiang's shouting was like a death warrant hanging over her head, and she didn't know when it would fall on her.
"Have you seen it? Tell me quickly who it belongs to. Was it left by the murderer?" Lu Youping's tone became a little irritable because of his anxiety.
"Dad, let me think about it."
"You better think about it quickly!"
"Show me how fierce you can be. Shut up. How can you talk to your daughter like that? People who know you think you want to catch the murderer, but people who don't know you think you think Xiangxiang is the murderer. Don't you see that Xiangxiang is thinking? Why are you so anxious?"
Lu Youping: "..."
The granddaughter is my biological granddaughter, and the son was just adopted, right? ! !
Lu Xiang's eyes swept over everyone present one by one. Everyone she looked at couldn't help but have their heartbeat quicken. After looking at them for two rounds in a row, the confusion on Lu Xiang's face became even more severe. It was obvious that she couldn't remember where she had seen this earring.
Because he was anxious, he reached out and knocked his head.
The old lady quickly grabbed her hand and said, "Take your time to think about it. Don't be in a hurry. Since you have seen him before, he must be someone from the Lu Mansion."
No hurry?
Liu almost wanted to rush over and knock Lu Xiang's head open to find out who had seen this earring.
At this moment, a weak voice sounded in the tense atmosphere: "It seems...it seems to be from the fifth sister..."
As soon as the words fell, everyone's eyes turned to the person who spoke.
Lu Qiao? ! !
Her words were like thunder that exploded in everyone's hearts.
"Lu Qiao, what hatred do I have against you that you would hurt me like this?" Lu Yue screamed, her little face twisted with anger.
Liu rushed to Lu Qiao and grabbed her shoulders tightly with both hands, looking crazy: "Are you sure? Is this earring really Lu Yue's?"
"Aunt Liu, you're hurting Qiao'er, let go first." Aunt Lin was frightened by Liu's expression. Seeing that her daughter was in pain, she quickly pulled her hand away.
Lu Qiao was freed and quickly hid behind Aunt Lin. Her pair of dark eyes were as nervous as a frightened deer.
Aunt Fang was so shocked that she flew into a rage. She rushed towards Lu Qiao and wanted to tear her mouth off: "What nonsense are you talking about, little bitch? Wan Yue'er takes care of you so much, and you actually slandered her."
Lu Youping slammed the table, veins popping out on his forehead: "What are you all arguing about? Be quiet."
"Master..." Aunt Fang wailed and wanted to protest, but when she met his cold black eyes, the words were suppressed back on her lips.
Lu Xiang cast a faint gaze on Lu Qiao, with a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his mouth.
Haha...interesting!
She didn't say it was Lu Yue's earrings right away, she was just waiting for Xia Qing to show up. Lu Qiao had never come forward to point out this part of her plan, but she jumped out so impatiently.
Lu Qiao has always been weak and timid in public, so even if she recognized that the earrings belonged to Lu Yue, she should choose to protect herself and not let the fire burn herself.
As expected, she was a cold person in her previous life, so how could Lu Qiao change her personality in this life? The most hidden people in the Lu family turned out to be this mother and daughter.
However, for Lu Xiang, Lu Qiao's coming forward to accuse others had a better effect than she expected.
Lu Youping looked at Lu Xiang at this time, repeatedly confirming: "Xiangxiang, what do you think?"
When he asked this, he was already about 70% sure and just wanted to confirm it again.
Lu Xiang glanced at Lu Yue weakly and said, "Sixth sister's reminder really made me remember that I did see fifth sister wearing it."
"Lu-Yue!"
Lu Youping roared in anger and threw the earrings in his hand directly at Lu Yue. Although the earrings were small, when they hit Lu Yue's face, she felt as if she was being suffocated by a thousand-pound stone.
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