The quiet night passed, but what awaited them was an eventful day.
While Gu Sisi and Gu Chenfei were still asleep, the Huo family was in an uproar. The just - missing relic had been found.
However, it was found on another child of Gu Sisi.
"Huo Cheng, how do you explain this now?" The eldest sister of the Huo family looked at Huo Cheng smugly. She came to Huo Cheng's room early in the morning, sneering sarcastically.
"Eldest sister seems quite certain that I stole the relic?" Huo Cheng remained as calm as ever, sipping his tea as he watched his own elder sister mock him.
"What else do you have to say, fourth brother? Now the relic has been found, on your child. In this family, besides you, who else would go into that child's room?"
The eldest sister of the Huo family spoke rudely, not holding back such words at all.
Since the eldest sister of the Huo family had come, it wouldn't be long before Father Huo and Mother Huo arrived.
Huo Cheng just waited quietly.
Sure enough, soon Father Huo and Mother Huo came to Huo Cheng's room. Father Huo looked furious, while Mother Huo looked incredulous.
"Come here, arrest this unfilial son and lock him up in the dungeon!"
Father Huo didn't even give Huo Cheng a chance to explain. Mother Huo tugged at Father Huo's sleeve beside him.
"Don't hold me back. This is the child you've worked so hard to protect. See if he's grateful to you? This is how he repays you!" Father Huo had completely lost his temper.
First, when he saw the surveillance footage, he still held out a glimmer of hope for Huo Cheng. Although it was obvious from the surveillance that it was Huo Cheng, out of his long - standing partiality towards Huo Cheng,
Father Huo still chose to believe him and thus acquiesced to Mother Huo's decision to confine Huo Cheng to his own room.
He never expected that the relic would finally be found on Huo Cheng's child. If it weren't for the servant who saw it on the child while changing the child's clothes and making milk powder in the morning,
Father Huo would have immediately assumed it was Huo Cheng's doing. He sent someone to find Mother Huo and then rushed here. He just didn't expect that his eldest daughter would also be here.
"The eldest sister sure gets the news fast," Huo Cheng sneered, which instantly woke Father Huo up.
"Yan'er, why are you here?" Father Huo asked his eldest daughter seriously.
Since it concerned the family treasure, there was no room for carelessness. Although the treasure had been found, the real culprit hadn't been identified yet. If the real culprit was found, no matter who it was, they definitely couldn't stay in the Huo family.
Huo Yan had never heard such a tone before. Even though Father Huo was usually imposing, he had never spoken to her like this. However, Huo Yan was indeed feeling guilty. After all, she had sent someone to follow Father Huo and report any news to her immediately.
In addition, she had also arranged her own people around Huo Cheng's child. There was no other purpose but to catch Huo Cheng's mistakes. She knew that Huo Cheng would definitely go to see his child when he came back.
She was hoping that Huo Cheng would do something inappropriate when seeing his child, so that she would have a reason to slander Huo Cheng in front of their father.
But Huo Yan never expected that the spy she had placed would become an obstacle to her at this moment.
She didn't know what to say. Although it was an open secret that she had placed a spy beside her father, it still seemed inappropriate to admit in front of her father and mother that she had placed a spy beside them.
So she chose to remain silent.
But in the eyes of others, Huo Yan's silence seemed like she had no reason to refute the facts.
Father Huo's look at the eldest sister of the Huo family became a bit strange, but he didn't say anything more. The main suspect now was still Huo Cheng.
"Forget it, Yan'er. We'll talk about your matter later."
"Come here, tie up this unfilial son and send him to the dungeon." This small episode didn't stop Father Huo from locking Huo Cheng up in the dungeon.
Especially when Father Huo saw Huo Cheng looking so calm and unconcerned, he became inexplicably furious.
Unfilial son, unfilial son. He was definitely an unfilial son!
"Stop! You haven't even given the child a chance to explain, and you're going to lock him up in the dungeon. What kind of father are you?"
In the end, Mother Huo still sided with Huo Cheng.
"Explain what? There's no need to explain about the surveillance footage. Now the relic has appeared on his son. What else is there to explain? Who else could it be but him?!" Stubborn Father Huo wouldn't listen to anything.
"I said stop! I just want to ask a few questions." Seeing that Father Huo wouldn't listen to reason, Mother Huo got angry too.
"Fine, then we'll wait until the madam has asked her questions." Father Huo sat angrily on a chair beside him.
He had no choice since Mother Huo had said so.
Mother Huo first asked the servant who had found the relic, "I'll ask you three questions.
"First, this relic is a precious treasure of the Huo family. How did you know that? Didn't you think it was just a personal item of the young master?"
"Second, since you said you found it while changing the young master's clothes, it had already been two days since the treasure was lost. Why did you just find it now? Have you not changed the young master's clothes all this time?"
"Third, you're just a little nanny. You're only responsible for taking care of the young master on a daily basis. How did you find our bedroom to inform us?"
After Mother Huo finished asking these questions, the little nanny was already so scared that her legs went weak. She fell to the ground and couldn't say a word. Mother Huo's three questions had undoubtedly cornered her.
"Madam, madam, please listen to my explanation! Madam, I'm wronged!"
The little nanny pleaded bitterly, but she couldn't escape.
"Then tell me, who is the one behind you?"
Mother Huo bent down and stared directly at the little nanny. The oppressive feeling from a superior rushed over.
"Madam, this... this," the little nanny subconsciously looked at the eldest sister of the Huo family, but was immediately glared back by the latter. She knew she was doomed either way.
"Madam, no one instructed me. Madam, I'm wronged!" The little nanny retorted.
"Are you saying I've wronged you just now? Then answer my questions and explain to me," Mother Huo said angrily with a laugh.
"Madam, madam!"
"Alright, go to the prison and explain. Under torture, let's see if you'll tell the truth," Mother Huo waved her hand.
"Come here, take her away."
After the little nanny was taken away, Father Huo cleared his throat, seemingly feeling a bit embarrassed. Mother Huo's words made a lot of sense. He had been so impulsive just now that he almost locked up his own son.
Thinking carefully, there were loopholes everywhere. That nanny was indeed suspicious, but it was absolutely impossible for a nanny to steal the relic.
The Huo family's treasure wasn't something that a little nanny could steal. Torturing her was to find out the real culprit behind the scenes.