Chapter 463: House Fight Turns into Thriller 2
"Sister, I heard that you received a gift from mother. Why, don't you like it?" Liu Ruyan asked, but her eyes fell on the jade hairpin on the ground.
"Oh? Is this the gift my mother gave me?" Liu Hui asked pretending to be ignorant and picked up the jade hairpin on the ground.
"Yes, sister, don't you like it? This was specially picked for you by mother." Liu Ruyan said with a sly look in her eyes.
"I like it, of course I like it." Liu Hui said, putting the jade hairpin back into the box. "But I'm a little curious, why did mother suddenly give me a gift?"
"This... Mother naturally feels sorry for my sister." Liu Ruyan said, turning her head away guiltily.
"Oh? Then why don't you give some gifts to mother? After all, mother is not in good health now and needs someone's care." Liu Hui said, looking directly at Liu Ruyan with sharp eyes.
Liu Ruyan's face changed when she heard this, but she soon regained her composure. "What are you talking about, sister? Of course I care about my mother. But I am of humble status, so my mother may not like the gift I give her."
"Sister, you're too kind. Mother has always loved us two sisters. How could she dislike your gift?" Liu Hui said with a hint of sarcasm in her tone.
Liu Ruyan's face turned even uglier when she heard this. She knew she couldn't get any advantage today, so she found an excuse and left in a hurry.
Liu Hui looked at her leaving back and sneered in her heart. She knew that the contest between her and Liu Ruyan had just begun. But she also believed that as long as she had enough wisdom and courage, she would be able to defeat this seemingly innocent commoner.
Liu Hui returned to her own courtyard, still feeling doubts about her mother's sudden gift and vigilance towards Liu Ruyan. She sat in front of the dressing table, her eyes fell on her calm face in the bronze mirror, thinking secretly in her heart. Her mother's sudden show of goodwill and Liu Ruyan's ulterior motives made her feel that things were not simple.
She recalled every detail of her mother's life. In her memory, her mother was always so strong and had never suffered from a serious illness. Why did she die suddenly? There must be something strange. Liu Hui's eyes flashed with determination, and she decided to investigate secretly to find out the truth.
As night fell, Liu Hui put on her nightgown and quietly came to the courtyard where her mother lived. She hid in the dark and carefully observed every move in the courtyard. The lights in the courtyard were dim, and several maids and old women were busy. Everything seemed normal, but Liu Hui keenly caught a hint of something unusual.
She saw a little maid looking around furtively, and then quietly slipped into a side room. Liu Hui's heart moved, and she followed quietly. She stuck to the window and looked inside through the gap, only to see the little maid talking in a low voice with a middle-aged woman. The two looked nervous, as if they were plotting something.
"Mother Zhang, are you sure the Madam won't find out?" the little maid asked in a trembling voice.
"Don't worry, Madam is so ill now that she doesn't know anything." The middle-aged woman sneered, "As long as we do things cleanly, no one will suspect us."
Liu Hui was shocked when she heard this. She realized that there might be some unspeakable secret behind her mother's death. She suppressed her anger and grief and continued to listen to the conversation between the two.
"But doing so is too risky. What if..." The little maid was still hesitant.
"Nothing will happen!" The middle-aged woman interrupted her, "As long as we get the money, we can run away and never have to live in fear again."
The little maid seemed to have made up her mind after hearing this and nodded. Then the two began to get busy, preparing something.
Seeing this, Liu Hui knew it was not a good time to alert the enemy, so she quietly retreated. After returning to her own yard, she lay on the bed tossing and turning, with a lot of thoughts in her mind. She decided to investigate the matter more deeply and find the traitor who betrayed her mother.
At this moment, she suddenly felt a throbbing in her mind, and a ball of light slowly emerged. Liu Hui looked at the ball of light in surprise, not knowing where it came from and why it appeared in her mind. She curiously reached out to touch it, and the ball of light instantly opened up, revealing a colorful turntable.
"This is..." Liu Hui was confused, but then she thought that this might be an opportunity for her to investigate the matter. She didn't know what the turntable was for, but she couldn't help her curiosity and pressed the button on the turntable.
The turntable started spinning instantly, with colorful lights flickering. Liu Hui looked at the turntable nervously, looking forward to its result. After a while, the turntable slowly stopped and a gift bag popped out.
Liu Hui was delighted and quickly opened the gift package. After the gift package exploded, a green skill card appeared in her hand. She looked carefully at the words on the card and saw that it read "Green skill ghost slave 1, ghost slave type smoker, smoker skill hallucination".
"What does this mean?" Liu Hui was confused, but then she thought that maybe this skill could help her investigate the matter. She decided to try this skill to see its effect.
The next day, Liu Hui quietly came to the courtyard where her mother lived and found the maid who had conspired the night before. She secretly observed the maid's every move, looking for an opportunity to use her skills.
The little maid was busy in the yard alone, with a focused look. Seeing this, Liu Hui quietly approached her, and then suddenly released the "Smoker" skill. A puff of green smoke instantly enveloped the little maid, and she suddenly became dazed and her eyes were blurred.
"Who are you? Why did you betray my wife?" Liu Hui took the opportunity to ask.
Upon hearing this, the little maid's eyes flashed with confusion, and then she slowly spoke: "I... I am the Madam's personal maid, but... but after the Madam became seriously ill, Mother Zhang found me and said that as long as I help her, she can give me a sum of money... and let me run away..."
"Mother Zhang? What did she ask you to do?" Liu Hui asked.
"She...she asked me to monitor Madam...and then poisoned Madam's medicine..." the little maid said in a trembling voice.
Liu Hui was filled with anger and grief when she heard this. She had never thought that her mother's death was actually caused by poisoning. She suppressed her inner impulse and continued to ask, "Where is Zhang's mother now?"
"She...she is in Madam's room now...preparing to deal with Madam's belongings..." said the little maid.
Liu Hui had already made up her mind when she heard this. She decided to take action immediately to catch Zhang Mama, the traitor, and seek justice for her mother.
She quietly came to her mother's room, only to see the door was closed and heard Zhang's mother mumbling from inside. Liu Hui took a deep breath, pushed the door open and rushed in.
Seeing this, Zhang's mother's face changed and she wanted to run away, but Liu Hui blocked her way. She looked at Liu Hui's angry eyes and knew that she had nowhere to escape.