Chapter 150: Chapter 150: Slap in the Face! Exposing the Real Culprit (1)
Aunt Li was a servant in the main house of the Zhou Mansion.
After the Eldest Young Master Zhou passed away unexpectedly, only Su Lan and Zhou Yanyan, mother and daughter, were left in the main house.
Previously, when Eldest Young Master Zhou was in charge, the servants were all dedicated and hardworking.
But after the Eldest Young Master Zhou was gone, Second Young Master Zhou began to manage the household.
Second Young Master Zhou was Zhou Zhiyan’s father, which was one of the reasons why Zhou Zhiyan was now the most favored in the Zhou family.
Because she was the apple of her father, Second Young Master Zhou, and Madam Zhou’s eye.
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Moreover, with her academic achievements and reputation as a skilled surgeon, Old Lady Zhou liked this granddaughter very much.
The situation for Madam Su Lan of the main house and Miss Zhou Yanyan became extremely difficult.
Zhou Yanyan was in her senior year of high school this year. She originally wanted to apply to a medical university, but Zhou Zhiyan did not like having someone in the family studying the same field as her, so Old Lady Zhou ordered Zhou Yanyan to apply to another college.
Since Old Lady Zhou did not favor Su Lan and Zhou Yanyan, the attitudes of the servants towards the mother and daughter also underwent significant changes.
After all, who would want to follow an employer with no prospects?
Aunt Li was one who had switched from serving the main house to the second house.
Aunt Li’s son had a car accident a while ago. She worked at the Zhou Mansion during the day and went to the hospital to take care of her son in the evening, not returning to her own home until nearly dawn.
Aunt Li’s home was a single-story house far from the city center, with a small farmhouse yard, where a large camphor tree was planted.
One evening, as Aunt Li was returning home on her electric scooter, lightning flashed and thunder rolled, and a heavy rain began to pour.
Aunt Li was soaked to the skin.
When Aunt Li got home, she went into the bathroom to take a shower.
Halfway through her shower, the electricity suddenly went out.
A flash of white light passed by, and then, something swooped past the window.
“Meow~”
In the dark rainy night, a cat’s meow startled Aunt Li, sending shivers down her spine.
She haphazardly put on her clothes and was about to step out of the bathroom when a noise came from the window.
Aunt Li turned back and saw a white cat with blood streaming from its eyes perched on the window sill. As the lightning flashed, the sight was as terrifying as could be!
“Ahh!!”
With a scream, Aunt Li ran out with trembling legs.
Stumbling to the door, the scene she saw in the tree drove her completely out of her senses.
There, lit up by the lightning, a completely white cat hung from the branches. The cat’s corpse swayed back and forth in the wind, swinging to and fro.
Aunt Li turned deathly pale with fear, holding her head in her hands, her body shaking uncontrollably.
“Mocha, it’s not my fault, every debt has its debtor, it wasn’t me who hurt you, it was Miss Zhou ah—”
Scared out of her wits, Aunt Li spilled out the truth.
Ming Yao and Jing Hang emerged from the shadows.
Ming Yao patted Aunt Li on the shoulder, and Aunt Li looked up to see Ming Yao, dressed in a red gown, and screamed out loud, her eyes rolling back as she fainted on the spot.
Ming Yao shone a flashlight on her face, touching her nose with a slightly innocent look.
“Is it that scary?”
Jing Hang, “Sister, you put on make-up and wear a red dress at night, it looks like you did it on purpose to scare her!”
Ming Yao chuckled lightly, not denying it.
Although Aunt Li was acting under orders, she had indirectly caused the death of Little Snowball.
Ming Yao had spared her from being frightened to death, which was mercy itself!
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The following day.
Old Madam Zhou’s beloved cat had been missing for two or three days.
Everyone in Zhou Mansion knew that Mocha had been Old Madam Zhou’s cat for many years, and she held deep affection for it.
The people of Zhou Mansion had been searching for the cat for two or three days on behalf of Old Madam Zhou.
But they had not found it yet.
Old Madam Zhou got up early in the morning, and without even eating breakfast, she vented a great fury.
“Where on earth has Mocha gone? If you can’t find it, you all might as well not come to work!” Old Madam Zhou said, pain throbbing in her chest from anger.
Madam Zhou and Zhou Zhiyan came over, with Zhou Zhiyan taking out a bottle of medicine, she fed Old Madam Zhou a pill, and spoke in a soft and gentle voice, “Grandma, we will definitely find Mocha, please don’t let anger harm your health!”
Zhou Zhiyan soothed Old Madam Zhou’s chest.
With Zhou Zhiyan’s consolation, Old Madam Zhou’s mood softened somewhat.
But upon thinking of Mocha, who had been missing for several days, Old Madam Zhou’s eyes reddened again, “Mocha has never left me for this long. I’ve been so worried these past few days that I’ve had insomnia!”
Madam Zhou sat down next to Old Madam Zhou and said with a furrowed brow, “Mother, I think it’s not entirely right to blame the servants for not taking care of Mocha. Don’t you usually have Su Lan take care of it for you?”
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Su Lan was Madam Zhou’s sister-in-law. When Eldest Young Master Zhou was the Person in Charge, Madam Zhou was quite flattering and respectful towards Su Lan, calling her ‘sister-in-law’ and treating her almost like a blood sister.
But ever since the Eldest Young Master Zhou was no more, Madam Zhou’s attitude towards Su Lan changed visibly at the speed of the naked eye.
She no longer called her ‘sister-in-law’, nor was she close to her.
Now when they met, she directly called her Su Lan.
After all, she was the wife of the Person in Charge of the Zhou family, and besides Old Madam Zhou, she had a unique and unparalleled authority to speak in the house.
What was Su Lan compared to that?
If it weren’t for pity on her being a widow and orphan, she would have driven her out of the Zhou family long ago!
Old Madam Zhou seemed to think of something, and she said with a grave face, “Call that mother and daughter here!”
Ever since her eldest son died, Old Madam Zhou had taken quite a dislike to Su Lan and her daughter.
Back when her eldest son wanted to marry Su Lan, she was opposed to it.
Although Su Lan’s family background was average and only had some slight relation to Old Madam Ming, her own family was very ordinary.
But her son insisted, saying that Su Lan was beautiful inside and out, virtuous and genteel, and that marrying her would bring prosperity to the Zhou family.
The Zhou family might be prospering now, but Su Lan had squandered away his life!
Over the years, Old Madam Zhou had always seen Su Lan as the star of disaster that had cursed her son to death!
Su Lan and Zhou Yanyan arrived in the living room, both of them somewhat cautious and apprehensive.
“Mother, you called for me?”
“Grandma.” Because she had never been favored from childhood, Zhou Yanyan, who was already introverted, spoke even less, her voice as quiet as a mosquito’s buzz when calling Old Madam Zhou.
Even though Zhou Yanyan was the offspring of her eldest son, her timid nature, so much like Su Lan, was something Old Madam Zhou did not like in her granddaughter at all.
Compared to Zhou Zhiyan, she was like the difference between heaven and earth.
With her meek and compliant presence, who couldn’t even let out a fart in front of others, she wanted to be a doctor?
Old Madam Zhou’s face turned livid as she said, “Su Lan, if it weren’t for the fact that Mocha was quite fond of you, do you think I would have let you stay in Zhou Mansion? You killed my son, and now do you also want to kill my beloved cat?”
Su Lan shuddered all over, her face turned pale, “Mother, I didn’t harm Mocha, nor did I harm Yanyan’s father.”
“Yes, my son wasn’t killed by you, he was cursed to death by you!” Old Madam Zhou, pointing at Su Lan’s nose and shouting in front of Madam Zhou, Zhou Zhiyan, and the servants said, “You disaster-bringing star, you broom star, if you don’t find my Mocha today, do you believe I’ll flay your skin?”
“Mother, that day after I held Mocha and let him sunbathe in the courtyard, when I put him back in your room, it was Zhiyan who took him from my hands, saying she wanted to play with Mocha for a while…”
Su Lan was interrupted before she could finish speaking by Madam Zhou’s cold voice, “Su Lan, what are you implying? Are you suggesting that Mocha’s disappearance is related to our Zhiyan?”