Chapter 164 Scaring Su Nanqing
Chapter 164 Scaring Su Nanqing
Su Nanqing glanced at the package she had just opened, and sure enough, it wasn't the box she had brought!
To avoid confusion, she would put a dot after the production date on the outer box of any mooncakes containing maca, but this box had nothing on it.
She thought to herself, "What a miscalculation! I didn't expect Hua Qingmeng to bring the same kind of mooncakes! The box I brought is still at the Ye family's house! I have to find it as soon as possible and make them eat it tonight. Otherwise, if they take it as a gift and word gets out, things will be hard to control."
“Uncle and Aunt, if neither of you has any blood sugar issues, I think you should try the classic version. That's the real deal from the old brand!” Su Nanqing said, getting up to go inside.
Mother Ye quickly stopped her, "Nanqing, sit down, don't bother. This is already cut open, try this first."
Su Nanqing walked between Mr. and Mrs. Ye, put her hands on their shoulders, and leaned down to say, "Uncle and Aunt, give me this piece. It's perfect for me to have a low-sugar one to satisfy my craving. I'll go inside to find the box I brought. I'll be right back. Please wait for me a moment."
After saying that, she took the plate in front of Ye's parents and placed it on her own seat. "Xinghe, give your half to Qingmeng. Come in with me to look for it."
Apart from some fresh produce that has already been placed in the refrigerator, most of the things Hua Qingmeng sent are still piled up in the entryway.
The two searched inside for a long time but found nothing.
Su Nanqing recalled the situation after she entered the Ye family home. She searched the living room again, but found nothing.
She pulled Ye Xinghe aside and whispered, "Xinghe, two boxes of mooncakes I brought are gone."
"Could it be from your home...?"
Ye Xinghe looked at her with a horrified expression, "You mean a thief broke in?"
"I don't think so. Why would they take mooncakes when they have so many expensive wines to choose from?"
Su Nanqing lowered her voice, "No, what I mean is, could it be that one of your servants secretly took it and ate it?"
Ye Xinghe quickly denied it, "Definitely not."
“Our servants have been with the Ye family for decades, and nothing like this has ever happened before.”
As the two were discussing this, Qiao Lin walked in from outside the gate, saw Ye Xinghe, and walked straight towards her.
"Young Miss, everything has been taken care of."
Ye Xinghe feigned a look of sudden realization, "Qiao Lin, what did the packaging of the mooncakes you just delivered look like?!"
Qiao Lin was taken aback by the question. "It's square in shape, and the outside is made of wine-red silk."
"I thought the boxes were pretty, so I took those two boxes."
Su Nanqing grabbed Qiao Lin's arm, looking somewhat nervous, "Where did you send it?"
Ye Xinghe removed Su Nanqing's hand. "Sister Nanqing, don't be angry. You didn't give the mooncakes you brought to outsiders."
"I just had Qiao Lin pick out two boxes of mooncakes to send to my grandfather's house. It just so happens that they were the two boxes you sent, which shows that the things you send are really good."
“Our whole family will go there tomorrow, and we will get to eat there too.”
Su Nanqing calmed down a bit and realized that she had just lost her composure. "Xinghe, that's not what I meant."
"But why don't you call Grandpa? It's not good for the elderly to eat too much sweet food. That mooncake has a pretty high sugar content."
Su Nanqing felt extremely uneasy at this moment.
Most elderly people have some heart problems. If Ye Xinghe's grandfather has heart failure, taking Dama might cause an accident. If that happens, things will get really serious!
Su Nanqing became increasingly frightened as she thought about it, and her body trembled slightly involuntarily.
Ye Xinghe smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'll tell him right away."
Ye Xinghe called her alternate account, waited a while, and said, "My grandfather probably didn't bring his phone. Oh well, my second uncle and the others will probably remind him."
After saying that, he was about to walk into the house.
Su Nanqing grabbed her arm. "Xinghe, why don't you call the landline at home? Someone should be able to answer. Just remind Grandpa not to eat it."
Ye Xinghe stopped and turned around, looking at her suspiciously. "Sister Nan Qing, do you know what kind of state you're in right now?"
Su Nanqing was stunned for a moment, "Huh? What does it look like?"
Ye Xinghe's gaze turned cold, her face expressionless as she stared straight at her. "You keep telling me to remind Grandpa not to eat them, as if those two boxes of mooncakes were poisoned."
Hearing this, Su Nanqing felt a chill in her heart. She forced a smile at Ye Xinghe, but the smile was very stiff.
Ye Xinghe continued, "Originally, you intended to poison our family with mooncakes, but unexpectedly, they were sent elsewhere! You were afraid that something might happen to them, leading to the exposure of the matter, so you kept asking me to remind those people not to eat them."
As Ye Xinghe spoke, she walked towards Su Nanqing, gradually cornering her against the wall.
Su Nanqing could no longer control herself. She was so frightened that she trembled all over and could barely speak, "Xing... Xinghe, what... are you... saying?"
Ye Xinghe stared intently at her, her eyes filled with fierce determination. "Su Nanqing! I was right about everything!"
Su Nanqing felt her legs go weak and was about to collapse when Ye Xinghe grabbed her arm.
Immediately afterwards, Ye Xinghe's expression suddenly switched back to her previous sweet smile, and she said gently, "Sister Nan Qing, are you scared?"
"I was just kidding you! Why are you so timid?"
Ye Xinghe pulled her into her arms, gently stroking her back, her expression turning cold again. "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid."
Su Nanqing took a while to calm down before pretending to be angry and pushing Ye Xinghe away, "You brat, you actually scared me! You're so mean!"
Ye Xinghe's expression suddenly turned cold again. "Who are you calling a brat?"
Su Nanqing was so frightened that she froze on the spot.
Looking at Su Nanqing's expression, Ye Xinghe found it quite amusing and said with a grin, "How was my acting? Wasn't it good?"
"If I can't make it in this industry in the future, I'll become an actress. What do you think, Sister Nanqing?"
Su Nanqing nodded blankly.
The two returned to the backyard.
In the following time, Su Nanqing was noticeably quieter than before. She didn't hear her parents speak to her several times, and seemed quite distracted.
Su Nanqing was still worried about what might happen to the Ye family. She had only intended to kick Ye Xinghe out of Huashi, but things had spiraled out of her control, dragging the entire Ye family into the mess.
And what Ye Xinghe just said—was she really just trying to scare me, or did she already know something?
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