I just want to live a good life

Chapter 144 I can’t hide it anymore

"I'm not talking nonsense. Brother Shaoyuan was taken away by you just like that. You can take him away if you want, and you can treat him better, but you let Brother Shaoyuan fall in love with you and then abandoned him. Do you know how painful it is for him?"

"When did I steal your brother Shaoyuan? Besides, the person he likes is not me, so how can I abandon him?"

"Then why do you always go to the old house to look for Brother Shaoyuan if you obviously don't like him? Every time you go to the old house, you send me away so that you can talk to Brother Shaoyuan alone?"

"..."

"It's because Prince Yongping likes the eldest lady and not you, so you want Brother Shaoyuan to like you, so as to prove that you are better than the eldest lady."

This kid is mentally ill, Su Nuan thought to herself and said it out loud: "You've been with me for so many years, is this how you view me?"

But after saying this, Su Nuan herself was stunned.

If we talk about the person who knows the original owner best, Bitao is definitely one of them, so is the original owner really such a person?

I feel so guilty, what should I do!

"Miss, have you been the Crown Prince's concubine for so long that you've forgotten who you are?"

"..."

Su Nuan really didn't dare to argue with her about this matter. If she talked too much and something outrageous was revealed, she would have to bear the consequences.

"Okay, don't worry about who I am. Anyway, you just think that I seduced your brother Shao Yuan away, so you hold a grudge against me and have been wanting to take revenge on me.

Let me think about when you started to do that to me.

The first time should be the flower-viewing banquet held at the Prince’s Mansion, and it was you who pushed the flower wall that fell down.

You sneaked into the garden while Chunliu was out, overturned the flower wall and soiled Chunliu's dress, which made me suspect Chunliu.

After this incident, you realized that you couldn't harm me with your own strength, so you betrayed me to Cheng Ansu, gave her the cake recipe, and revealed the store I had my eyes on to her.

Unfortunately, it didn’t do much harm to me this time, it just made me eat more carrots and cabbages for a few more days.”

Su Nuan took a sip of water to moisten her throat when she said this. Although she was not drunk at noon, she was thirsty after drinking so much.

"Miss, since you have already discovered me, why didn't you expose me earlier?" asked Bi Tao.

"Because I wanted to earn Cheng Ansu's money! And at that time I wasn't sure you were the one who betrayed me."

"But I clearly..."

"You clearly put the blame on Meixiang, right? You succeeded in putting the blame on her, so I have been on guard against Meixiang ever since."

"When did the young lady start to doubt me?"

"To be precise, I discovered you, that day when His Highness came to me with a food box for dinner. Oh, by the way, it was a little late that night, and you didn't see His Highness when he came.

I ate too much that night and went for a walk in the park alone after dinner, and then I found out that you were passing the message outside.

I read the note you left in the dog hole, so I knew you had a new partner, and I became wary of you."

Having said that, Su Nuan felt that she had said everything she needed to say.

"I didn't know that Miss has become so smart now!"

Bi Tao said to herself, "But Miss, why did you want to kill Brother Shao Yuan? You were going to marry into the Crown Prince's Mansion by then. Was it because he fell in love with the eldest lady?"

After hearing this, Su Nuan unconsciously turned to look at Mu Yunting, thinking to herself, "It's over. My image is completely ruined. I really shouldn't have let him interrogate Bi Tao together."

Mu Yunting was also turning to look at her, and his scrutinizing eyes made Su Nuan's scalp tingle.

In a hurry, he blurted out the words of rebuttal: "I didn't kill him."

"Who killed that?"

The person who asked Su Nuan questions this time was Mu Yunting.

He just looked at Su Nuan steadily, as if to say that you must answer my question.

Su Nuan sighed, she couldn't hide it anymore.

It has to be said out loud, and besides, the man was not killed by the original owner. Even if it is finally discovered that the original owner is involved, it will not be fatal.

Thinking of this, she turned around and asked Bi Tao: "Why are you sure that I killed Cui Shaoyuan?"

"The young lady went to the old house on the night that Brother Shaoyuan died. Grandpa told me so himself."

"I did go to the old house, but when I went there, Cui Shaoyuan had already been hanged. I saw the man's back."

"Why didn't the young lady ask someone to catch that man?"

"I don't know either. Maybe I was just scared silly at the time." This is something Su Nuan has never been able to figure out. Xia Qingyan is not a person who takes human life lightly. She shouldn't ignore it when she sees someone killing someone.

Bitao and Mu Yunting obviously didn't believe her words and looked at her with suspicion in their eyes.

"What I said is true, believe it or not."

"Why didn't the young lady mention Brother Shaoyuan's murder when she returned home that night?"

"I forgot about it after I got back."

This is the truth. Su Nuan really did not find the original owner's memory. If it weren't for the repeated dreams that followed, she wouldn't have dared to be sure that it had really happened.

"Xia Qingyan." Mu Yunting said in a deep voice: "I thought you were just a little naughty, but I didn't expect you to be this kind of person. You watched a murder happen but ignored it. Is it difficult for you to report it to the police? Or are you afraid that it will delay your marriage into the prince's mansion?"

"It doesn't matter if you misunderstood me, but you can't distort the facts. Do you think I am willing to marry into the Prince's Mansion? If there was something that could have stopped me from marrying there, would I not have done it?"

Su Nuan also got angry.

"So, you really forgot about it?"

Su Nuan rolled her eyes at Mu Yunting, which was considered as her agreement.

"What is your last memory of that night?"

Mu Yunting asked again.

Su Nuan shook her head. "I don't remember. In fact, I don't even remember what happened that night. The reason I said I saw someone hang Cui Shaoyuan was because I saw it in my dream later."

"Come with me." Mu Yunting suddenly pulled Su Nuan and walked out.

When the two were about to reach the door, Bi Tao cried behind them: "Miss, don't leave me here. Miss, Miss..."

Mu Yunting pulled Su Nuan into the carriage of the Prince's Mansion.

"Now tell me exactly what happened."

As soon as the two of them sat down, Mu Yunting gave the order.

Su Nuan sorted out her thoughts, sorted out the whole thing, and told it all, including the small wooden box she took back from Xia Qingyao.

Mu Yunting thought for a long time after hearing this, "Are you saying that the box is the one the mysterious man is looking for?"

"I'm not sure. I have no impression of this box, but logically speaking, that box should be what the mysterious person is looking for."

"That night when you stopped my carriage, did you go to see Ying Shu first? Did he take the wooden box?"

"No."

"Why are you so sure? Is Ying Shu hiding some secret?"

"How would I know if he has any secrets?"

"really do not know?"

"Okay, I know you suspect him, but this matter really has nothing to do with Ying Shu. You're wasting your time suspecting him."