So, what will become of Niu Dan is indeed a problem.
After much deliberation, Lin Mingfu decided it would be best to tell Niu Dan not to go back with Lin Huihui tomorrow, but to stay behind for now. Once the news of this matter had died down, he would find a way to get him out of here.
*
The next morning, a scream shattered the tranquility of the Lin family home.
Lin Huihui was startled awake by a scream. She had a dream in which Donkey Egg, all wet, reached out his hands to her, grabbed her neck, and asked her why she wanted to kill him.
Lin Huihui, who was awakened from a nightmare, took a long time to come to her senses.
She couldn't wait to see how Donkey Egg was doing.
As she stepped out of the room, her new maid, Linglong, told her, "Miss, Donkey Egg accidentally fell into the water and drowned last night."
Lin Huihui feigned a shocked expression: "How...! How could this be?"
"He said he was going back to his hometown today! How pitiful."
Lin Huihui felt a little nervous and chimed in, "It's quite pitiful, but it was also very careless of them to fall into the water."
By this time, the donkey's body had been retrieved.
Lin Huihui wanted to find out what her father's attitude was towards this matter. Would he close the case as an accident, or would he investigate it again?
As soon as he walked over, he heard Lin Shikang say, "Donkey Egg accidentally fell into the water and drowned. Cremate him and let Niu Dan take his ashes back to his hometown."
Upon hearing this, Lin Huihui breathed a sigh of relief.
Lin Shikang saw Lin Huihui, and his gaze was appraising. Lin Huihui felt a tightness in her heart, as if her father knew everything.
Immediately afterwards, Lin Shikang said to Yuan Yajing, "Wife, Donkey Egg came with me after all. He is a junior in my clan, and now this accident has happened in my house. I feel ashamed for his family. Give Donkey Egg fifty taels of silver as a token of my sympathy."
"I'll take care of it right away."
Fan felt that fifty taels was too much. Years ago, someone in the village had an accident while working for someone else's family. The other party only compensated him with ten taels of silver and a donkey, which was less than twenty taels in total. But now, this spendthrift son of his is offering fifty taels right off the bat. What a spendthrift!
Yes, in Fan's eyes, Lin Shikang was a spendthrift.
Without saying a word, Fan immediately followed and said to Yuan Yajing, "Yuan, give me the money, I'll go give it to Niu Dan, and I'll also give the child a few more instructions."
In reality, Madam Fan wanted to get fifty taels of silver from Madam Yuan, give fifteen taels to Niu Dan to take back, and the rest of the money would naturally go into her pocket.
Then, everyone realized that Niu Dan was also missing!
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