Chapter 53 What thing? (2)
Chen Hui knew that this was not Li Youde’s special hobby. He did this for a reason. Why was he smelling? Was there a weird smell on her?
Regardless that Li Youde was in front of her, Chen Hui also raised her hand and smelled it. The fragrance of the soap on her hand was somewhat strong. Beneath this fragrance was a particular smell. It was some kind of medicinal smell.
She had smelled this on his thing.
Chen Hui was shocked. It’s over! She had washed her hands thoroughly because she felt disgusted, but she had never thought of changing clothes. How could she have thought that this kind of medicinal smell was so sticky? She had already run a circle outside and it was still sticking to her like she was a corpse!
Chen Hui never expected that she would fall on this small problem. She had successfully thrown the disaster out. How could it be like a boomerang? This disaster is back again!
Li Youde was silent for a long time before saying, “You have touched it.”
“I didn’t!” Chen Hui replied subconsciously.
Li Youde looked fixedly at her. Chen Hui was a bit annoyed in her heart but her expression remained upright.
Li Youde pointed at the brocade pouch that had been packed in a box on the table and said, “The pouch has been opened. I tied the knot with my own hands. I can recognize that someone has touched it.”
Chen Hui lowered her head and said nothing.
Li Youde’s voice was a bit cold, “What did you see?”
Chen Hui thought, she absolutely can’t admit it! Even being a dead duck, she had to deny it. How could he accept that others had seen his thing? It was definitely graver than looking at his lower body!
“I haven’t looked at it,” Chen Hui denied.
Li Youde’s voice was calm, but it was more like a false calmness before the storm, “Lady Chen, don’t lie. You have this special kind of medicinal smell on you.”
Chen Hui said, “Lord, this Lady Chen doesn’t know what you are talking about. This Lady Chen hasn’t touched your thing. After sending you out of the residence in the morning, this Lady Chen went back to Chrysanthemum Yard and didn’t go out again. If you don’t believe me, you can ask Xiao Liu and the others.”
Chen Hui’s alibi was indeed strong, but Li Youde knew that he hasn’t smelled wrongly. He could remember the smell for a lifetime.
“I believe you never went out and also didn’t go to the study? However, is it that animal that brought this thing to you?” Li Youde asked again.
Chen Hui said, “Lord, you don’t know. The eight characters of I and that cat don’t match. How could it give me anything?”
- The four pillars of Destiny or eight characters are the the year, month, date and hour that someone is born. It is used to predict someone’s destiny and marital matches.
Li Youde said, “If you don’t tell the truth, I have my own way!”
Chen Hui hesitated and asked, “What way? …A beating?”
Even if he wasn’t in a good mood now, seeing Chen Hui’s momentarily timid appearance, Li Youde still thought it was quite funny. However, he said with a sullen face, “What do you think?”
Chen Hui didn’t say anything. If it was really a beating…should she confess? Thinking of the tragic scene of grandmother Xu being beaten at that time, she couldn’t raise the interest to experience it herself. However, she was uncertain about what would happen after she confessed. She wondered which one was a bit more tragic.
She sneaked a peek at Li Youde and decided to not confess until the last moment.
Seeing Chen Hui’s silence, Li Youde raised his voice, “Ah Da, call Xiao Tiao over!”
Chen Hui felt worried and thought of Xiao Tiao’s timidity. She couldn’t help but be worried. At that time, she didn’t tell Xiao Tiao what it was, but Xiao Tiao knew about the brocade pouch!
The person waiting outside the door quickly brought Xiao Tiao over.
Xiao Tiao stood in silence with her head down and looked terrified.
Li Youde looked at Chen Hui once and asked Xiao Tiao, “Xiao Tiao, raise your head and tell me, have you seen this?”
Xiao Tiao raised her head and glanced at the box quickly. She was not good at hiding her emotions and her complexion changed.
Li Youde asked, “Have you seen it?”
Xiao Tiao lowered her head and shook her head vigorously, “This slave, this slave hasn’t!”
“Lies!” Li Youde abruptly slammed the table, making Xiao Tiao kneel hurriedly and banged her head on the ground.
“Lord, this slave, this slave really hasn’t seen it before!” Xiao Tiao said while she kept banging her head. The sound was so loud that the vibration even reached the soles of Chen Hui’s feet through the ground.
At this time, Xiao Tiao remembered that time at Rely Bamboo Pavilion where she made Lady Chen suffer with her because of her cowardice. After that, she secretly vowed to not let Lady Chen be implicated because of her uselessness. She had seen the brocade pouch. Chen Hui said at that time that it might be something for a voodoo spell. It must be someone who wanted to frame Lady Chen for that person to quietly sent the voodoo spell here. She couldn’t say anything. She would rather die than say one word!
Chen Hui’s heart ached very much at the sight of Xiao Tiao knocking her head so hard. That honest girl didn’t know what to do.
She hurriedly stepped forward to stop Xiao Tiao and turned around to look at Li Youde.
Li Youde was cold and silent.
Chen Hui said, “Lord, why bother with a maid?”
Li Youde sneered, “If you tell the truth, I naturally have no reason to make things difficult for her.”
Chen Hui said, “But this Lady Chen already told the truth!”
Li Youde’s face was stiff and only glared at her. Chen Hui looked at him in the eyes for a long time and finally lost the battle.
“Lord, this Lady Chen will tell everything, alright?” Chen Hui said, “But…you have to promise to not get angry.”
“Alright, I promise,” Li Youde said. He pointed at Xiao Tiao, “Get out!”
Xiao Tiao gave Chen Hui a worried look. The latter said ‘it will be fine’ without sound. She had no choice but to retreat with the already swollen forehead. Only Li Youde and Chen Hui were left in the room.
Chen Hui took advantage that she had just came forward to support Xiao Tiao to take a few steps back. She estimated that if Li Youde died of anger, it would be impossible to come over and choke her to death in one step. She said, “Lord…you really won’t get angry?”
“Speak!” Li Youde said impatiently.
Chen hui sighed and said, “Yes, this Lady Chen has seen the content of this pouch, but this pouch suddenly appeared in this Lady Chen’s room. This Lady Chen didn’t know what it was at that time!”
Li Youde’s hand that was placed in front of him suddenly clenched.
“Then…you know what it is now?” Li Youde felt his throat tighten as if it would break if he said one more word.
Chen Hui nodded and said, “I know!”
“…What?”
“Sausage!”
Li Youde suddenly raised his head and glared at Chen Hui. He said through gritted teeth, “Try to say more nonsense!”
Chen Hui shrunk her head and deliberately put on an innocent look. She asked carefully, “Lord, if this Lady Chen tells the truth can you not kill me? I promise to not spread it to outsiders!”
Li Youde glared at her once, “Will you talk or not!”
Chen Hui said, “This Lady Chen will speak!”
She approached Li Youde sneakily and whispered, “Lord, is this the witchcraft from the legends? Are you using them to curse Lord Wang? Lord, don’t worry, this Lady Chen is on your side and wish like you for Lord Wang to drop dead. I definitely won’t tell anyone about this matter!”
Li Youde looked in amazement at Chen Hui. He never expected that she thought so.
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