"I didn’t." Lianlian shouted, but her voice lacked confidence. Ah Xiao turned to Ji Yunya, "Miss, your heart is like a clear mirror, and there’s a scale in your heart to judge who is loyal and who is treacherous." Yun Ya looked at this thin, small, and ordinary-looking girl. She seemed unremarkable in a crowd, and Yun Ya’s initial impression of her was timid and cowardly. Yet, unexpectedly, she was clever. Yun Ya curled her lips, "What’s your name?" Ah Xiao bowed her head respectfully, "My name is Zheng Xiao." Lianlian thought to herself that things were not good, and quickly rushed out, "Miss, don’t listen to her nonsense. I offended her before with my words, and she’s surely holding a grudge against me. Now she’s deliberately slandering me. Miss, you have to believe me." Ah Xiao sneered coldly, "Miss, the innocent clear their names. If I didn’t do it, I would never admit it. Miss, you can send someone to search our rooms. I’m sure everything will be clear." Yun Ya waved her hand, "Aunt Li, take someone to search their rooms." Lianlian exclaimed in panic, "It can’t be searched." Aunt Li glared at her coldly, like a clown jumping up and down, thinking everyone else was a fool, "Get out of my way." Lianlian shrank her neck in fear. Aunt Li suddenly pushed her aside and pointed to two maids to go with her to the servants’ rooms. Yun Ya shifted her posture, looking at the calm Ah Xiao and the trembling Lianlian. She found it interesting. Some pretend to be sheep to eat the tiger, while others are self-righteous; in life, one wrong step leads to many wrong steps. Soon, Aunt Li returned in a fierce mood, throwing a few branded clothes and a stack of CNY at her feet, "Explain this to me." Lianlian thought it was over and immediately knelt on the ground, "Aunt Li, I lost my mind. Please give me another chance, I won’t dare next time." No tears until seeing the coffin. She was the one who brought her in, and now with such an incident, she also couldn’t escape blame. Miss must be very disappointed with her and, thus, even more hateful towards Lianlian. "Miss gave you a chance earlier; you didn’t repent and went on to slander Ah Xiao. Is there any point in saying this now? Also..." Aunt Li pointed to that pile of clothes, "You dared to hide Miss’s clothes, how bold you are, forgot my previous warnings?" Every season Miss’s wardrobe is changed with all high-end custom brands, and the old clothes that are removed are generally disposed of by Aunt Li, usually taken to be burned. She always entrusted Lianlian to do these tasks, not expecting her to dare hide them. Who knows what other disgusting things she’s done? Thinking about this made Aunt Li hate even more. Miss is a very cautious person, and the manor’s security is impenetrable. She doesn’t even allow her worn clothes to leak outside; otherwise, those high-end clothes, even if worn by Miss, could still sell for a good price using her name. Miss does not care about this little money, but unexpectedly this cheap wench... Lianlian turned pale, "I really know my mistake, Aunt Li, Miss..." She hurried to Ji Yunya’s side, knelt down and tugged at her skirt, "Miss, please give me another chance, I swear there won’t be a next time..." crying as if she would burst into tears. The young girl smiled gently, raised her hand to wipe away the tears on her face with such tenderness, just like a patient and loving mother watching her child’s tantrum, Lianlian stared at her blankly. "Don’t cry anymore, girls don’t look good if they cry too much." "Miss, you don’t blame me?" ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴠɪsɪᴛ novelFirｅ.net "How could I not? You betrayed me." Lianlian’s heart skipped a beat, but the girl in front of her was so gentle it made her momentarily forget the danger, "As long as Miss can forgive me, I’ll do anything." The young girl’s lips curved into a gentle smile, "Oh? Anything?" Lianlian nodded fervently like a chicken pecking at rice, as long as she was not kicked out of the Ji Family, she was willing to do anything. Yun Ya smiled and looked up at Ah Xiao, "She slandered you, so, you tell me, how should she be punished?" Ah Xiao was taken aback, not expecting Miss to suddenly ask her, thought for a while, "Her wrongdoings are within the moral realm, not breaking the law, so I think her ill-gotten gains should be confiscated, and then she should be expelled from the Ji Family and never be rehired." It sounded very humane, and also very considerate. Yun Ya nodded, "Alright, let’s do as you said." Aunt Li glanced at Ah Xiao and gestured for others to take Lianlian away. Lianlian clung to Yun Ya’s leg, pleading incessantly. Yun Ya sighed and shook her head. Lianlian said to Ah Yun standing behind Yun Ya, "Ah Yun, please help me plead with Miss, ask Miss not to kick me out of the Ji Family."