Chapter 278: The Chaos And Commotion In The Shao Residence.
While Shao Cheng has left to deal with a runaway rat, the entire Shao Residence was completely chaotic with a heavy atmosphere as vigorous guards simply surrounded the entire place with tense bodies and alert expression on their faces, especially in a particular area of the main residence where the head and madams mainly reside.
"Nianzu, how dare you!!!"
In the illuminate yard with a significant amount of guards holding burning firewood in their hands, Shao Yin glare with murderous eyes toward the head butler shakily kneeling in the ground with an extremely horrified expression on his face.
While the numerous normal objects place in the ground have caused the entire situation to become chaotic, especially after everyone has gone ahead to take proper rest after their wonderful and heartwarming new year celebration.
"M-My Lord… I…"
Despite how Nianzhu wanted to plead that he wasn't guilty while remaining ignorant about the entire situation, however, the proof of everything he has been doing from the past few years was carefully placed in front of him.
There wasn't even a single item missing, especially the one that has been extremely well hidden, even the new objects he has just received a while ago were found out!
Why didn't they listen to my advice? My instinct has been right all along, it wasn't the right time to fully made a move!
Why couldn't they wait to take revenge and restrain themselves more? The long years of meticulous plan to deal with the Shao Family were completely wasted!
Honestly a bunch of incompetent people! I choose the wrong people to ally with!
No matter how much Nianzu inwardly complains while extremely regretting his rash actions when choosing the wrong person to ally with couldn't change the fact that his long years of drugging and poisoning a certain person were discovered.
"Nianzu! How dare you betray our trust! How could you have the nerve to secretly plot with others while drugging my Mother all these years???"
The oldest son of the Shao Family, Shao Yan's chest violently moves up and down from utter anger while his eyes have turned completely bloodshot after discovering the fact that his Mother Yanmei has been secretly targeted without them knowing about it.
Although, he couldn't control and restrain anymore after his eyes have laid upon the countless ordinary objects found in the place where his Mother Yanmei regularly spends her time with and has rushed over to ruthlessly beat the traitor to death.
Damn, they wanted my mother life!
"Brother, calm down!"
"Chonglin, how can I calm down? Our Mother health has been deteriorating all these years and we have always believed that no medicine has worked out so far! However, it was all because someone has been silently drugging our Mother all these years!!"
"I understand and know how it feels but Older Brother, we need him alive to learn who is the mastermind behind it!"
Although I already learned most of the important information from Third Brother, but we still need to completely let everyone understand how despicable and malicious the people we have been sincerely trusting all these years.
The third Uncle... the Zhang Family... just wait... we will definitely make you pay!
Shao Chonglin continues to prevent his older brother from killing the head butler that has evil intentions a long time ago and just a mere thought about it has caused his entire face to pale while his heart twists with terror.
After all, they honestly and completely trusted Nianzu to properly take care of what is happening in their family, and yet, they have been blind all these years and have made a grave mistake in putting their life and safety to the wrong person.
And such a mistake has caused their Mother Yanmei's life in grave danger. Who would have thought that Nianzu has been silently drugging their Mother all these years?
It was a slow drug to completely break their Mother Yanmei body apart, causing her already bad health to slowly deteriorate, which will cause her to die quicker in the future.
Although there is also a fact that the people behind the scenes can always take their Mother life whenever they wanted it, which they have planned to do tonight.
Such intention is really terrifying and sinister, especially after a wonderful new Year Celebration with their family finally being complete.
Just imagining being completely clueless about the entire ordeal when the enemies have the chance to achieve what they planned to do tonight made Shao Chonglin feel cold all over his body.
Fortunately, Chonglin third brother has opened his heart up, finally worrying about their family situation, and has saved their family from experience a miserable situation.
Especially when he didn't even figure out that Nianzu is among the list of people with bad intentions toward their family after trying to investigate everyone around them.
"Father, please allow me to fully investigate who is behind this."
Shao Chonglin turned his attention toward his murderous father who was also trying to stop himself from slashing the kneeling person to death.
There is always an inverse scale in everyone and in Shao Yin's case, their family has always been the bottom line that shouldn't be touched.
"Go."
Although the Shao Family is far carefree and kinder among the countless aristocratic family in the Chang Empire, especially when they are also in a higher position with great authority, but it doesn't change the fact that their family has been in power for generations.
So it wasn't surprising when in their residence, there is a place where they kept people captive to torture with, particularly having the skill and proficiently in interrogating people with various means.
After all, the Shao Family has started first in the military before the next generations have produced people skilled in officialdom in the Royal Courts which has caused the Shao to become known as a family in civil and military power.
So, in their family, aside from the youngest brother and sister, most of the siblings have been taught how to interrogate people, even the first and second daughter has been educated despite being female.
Although it was only in knowledge while the first and second sons were already experienced on it.
So it wasn't surprising when Shao Chonglin has been given the task to interrogate the traitor, especially after showing how much he was calmer than the first son.
And when Shao Chonglin was preparing to follow their trusted subordinates who have taken the shaking Nianzu, he couldn't help but glance around the area to check if the little chubby wolf cub has already left.
While feeling extremely amazed at how unusually sharp the wolf cub's nose is since it has definitely helped locate some of the extremely hidden objects that have caused his mother life in harm.
Little Chen Yu probably went ahead to meet the 'fake' third brother who was supposed to be on the way to check what has been happening after the chaotic and loud rackets in the entire residence, which was also part of the plan.
"By the way, is Little Cheng alright?"
When Shao Yan was pacifying his confused, angry, and flustered younger brother and three sisters after suppressing the violent urge to beat the traitor, he couldn't help but glance around to see if his third brother has also appeared.
In which he couldn't help but feel disappointed that his third brother didn't come after the commotion.
Although it's understandable too since the courtyard where their third brother lives is a bit far while the people weren't supposed to get close without having ordered, but the disturbance in the main residence should also have reached it.
"The guard secretly place around Third Brother courtyard should have reported if something happened."
Chonglin calmly reported although he knows that his third brother should have quietly gone to deal with the certain problem regarding his little student situation and leaving a fake 'Shao Cheng' to take his place away, but the entire time he still couldn't stop the anxious emotion he felt.
Even after knowing how Chonglin third brother has already planned everything in such meticulous care regarding the circumstances, carefully considering everything without missing a single detail, even going so far as to leave a way out just in case something unexpected appeared.
"I will personally go check if Little Cheng is alright, I can't fully rest and calm down if I don't see it myself."
"Make sure to not disturb your third brother, he is still recuperating from being poison. Little Cheng is probably too tired and has been in deep sleep to discover what has happened."
After Shao Yin's third son was mentioned, he has taken a deep breath in order to restrain the murderous and violent emotion he felt after learning that his wife has been targeted while at the same time walking toward his pale face wives that has been silently sitting behind them.
However, before everyone can feel a bit relaxed after what happened, a guard has quickly arrived with a serious expression on his face.
"My Lord, we are unable to find the maidservant named Mei in the entire residence."
If the head butler Nianzu has betrayed them, then there is no denying the fact that his relative has a high chance of being a traitor too, especially when everyone has already witnessed the unusual obsessive behavior the woman has shown before.
So as soon as everyone has heard about unable to locate the woman in the entire residence, a bad premonition has quickly emerged in everyone's heart.
When Shao Chonglin heart skips in unease with his sibling's eyes widening in horror while their Twin Mother felt like they are about to faint, Shao Yin has finally roared with his chest violently undulating.
"Fast! Quickly Check Little Cheng Situation!"
As soon as Shao Yin has finished yelling, the howl of the familiar wolf cub has suddenly resounded out in the far distance.
It was extremely loud to the point that it has even managed to even reach the main residence.
Which at the same time causing everyone's face to become extremely pale after easily perceiving the mad, violent, and anxious emotion on the wolf cub's continued crazy howl.
And when everyone was thinking of personally rushing to check their family situation, a blurred pink figure has quickly rushed over and stopped before everyone's feet.
"Pinky!"
As soon as everyone's eyes laid upon the pink rabbit, everyone couldn't help but let out a shocked gasp after seeing the familiar red ribbon being bitten in the pink rabbit's mouth.
"... Little Cheng? Little Cheng!!!"
After a few seconds when the pink rabbit has appeared, everyone has been pushed into confusion while on the brink of madness after they have fully check that the red ribbon truly belongs to Shao Cheng which has also caused various unfortunate imaginations to emerge in their mind.
Huh... wait... where are you guys going?
When everyone has rushed over to the direction where Shao Cheng lives, the pink rabbit couldn't help but anxiously jump after being ignored and completely left alone before quickly following his bug family.
And despite how Pinky was making crazy noise to get everyone's attention, unfortunately, it has failed and can only watch as the head of the bug Family has quickly ordered his subordinate to quickly find his missing son.
It doesn't matter if they have to explore and ransack the entire Chang Capital in order to do so.
Hey, hey, this wasn't part of the plan!
I was supposed to guide you where they have taken the 'fake' Papa bug away...
Hey! Please don't keep ignoring me and quickly let me do the task I have been given!
Ah... my wonderful rewards seemed to be flying away...