Chapter 885: It Wasn’t Her (4)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The moment Xia Nuannuan was implicated, everyone’s expressions darkened.
Mei Feng’s voice weakened at once. “What nonsense are you speaking? How could Young Madam have taken the money?”
The young housekeeper immediately said, “Why not? Young madam is from a poor family too! If it was really as much money as Madam has said, why wouldn’t she covet it?!”
Xia Nuannuan listened to this with clenched fists.
Poor family. Someone had actually gone to the extent of criticizing her for this now.
She felt her face burn.
The young housekeeper was terrified of being sent to the police station, hence, she stood up with a snap and said, “I’m willing to let you search me. I wish to prove my innocence. I didn’t steal it!”
Mei Feng shot Shen Xiu a look when those words were spoken.
Shen Xiu looked suspiciously at Xia Nuannuan.
Xia Nuannuan bit her lip and looked at Shen Xiu. “Dad, I didn’t do it.”
The man knitted his brow and said after a moment, “Get a few people to search the housekeeper’s room!”
At these words, the butler called a few people at once and led them into the housekeeper’s room.
After five minutes, they came back out.
The butler glanced at Xia Nuannuan and shook his head, saying, “We didn’t find anything.”
The young housekeeper sighed with relief and sat back on the ground. Crying, she said, “It really wasn’t me!”
She suddenly turned to look at Xia Nuannuan and asked, “Young Madam, why did you take Madam’s money and almost get me in trouble?”
Mei Feng immediately rebuked the girl. “What nonsense are you speaking? How could Young Madam possibly steal that? Even if so… I’d have given her the money.”
Her obvious attempt to defend Xia Nuannuan aroused suspicion amongst the other housekeepers.
The way they looked at Xia Nuannuan was as though she was the culprit, and the atmosphere became uneasy.
Xia Nuannuan’s expression was solemn as she looked at her in-laws. “Dad, Aunty Mei, I’ve always acted with integrity. I did not take the money.”
Mei Feng agreed, “That’s right. I asked Nuannuan to come in, to have a word with her about Zihao’s pocket money. It’s not possible that she stole the money.”
The young housekeeper refused to let it go. She knew that if the culprit wasn’t caught today, she would still be a suspect and there was the possibility that she might lose her job with the Shen family.
Wealthy families like the Shen family paid a wage that couldn’t be compared to others. Furthermore, she felt a sense of accomplishment for being able to live in such an environment. How could she leave?
Hence, the young housekeeper kept going and asked, “In that case, Madam, were you with Young Madam the whole time? Were you there watching Young Madam from the time she entered the room till she left the place?
Having heard these words, Mei Feng was visibly shaken. Then, as though she had remembered something, she frowned and looked at Xia Nuannuan. She coughed and made it very apparent that she was trying to hide something. “That’s- that’s right…”
But Shen Xiu caught this and frowned. “Speak the truth!”
Mei Feng elbowed Shen Xiu and said, “Let it be. It’s just 50 thousand. Let’s not investigate any further.”
“No way!”
“No way!”
Shen Xiu and Xia Nuannuan said at the same time.
Then, Shen Xiu looked at Xia Nuannuan with deep intention. “We have to get to the bottom of this matter. The Shen family will not tolerate a dishonest daughter-in-law!”
He turned to look at the butler and gave a firm order, “Search Young Madam’s room!”