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Lin Yueqi picked up the golden hairpin and scrutinized it. "This is not Second Miss's …" Suddenly, his eyes turned abnormally sharp as he looked at Li Xiaoyi and asked sternly: "Xiaoyi, you stole something! You actually stole Second Miss' golden hairpin! "

Li Xiaoyi's entire body was shivering as his legs went weak. He fell to the ground and started crying out of fear. As he cried, he said,

"The last time I went back to see my mother, my mother passed away, because without money, my mother could not be buried in peace, and now that the corpse is still in the memorial hall, my father died early, and it was my mother who raised me. She was really not easy, how could I let her not rest in peace, she was poor in her previous life, and after death, I wanted my mother to enjoy the glory, so …" He lowered his head, tears streaming down his face as he rubbed the corners of his clothes.

"For the sake of burying your mother, you can't … You must know that once you are discovered stealing from a large family, you might even lose your life.

Li Xiaoyi hurriedly knelt beside Lin Yueqi and pleaded, "Brother Lin, I beg you, please don't tell anyone about this. Please help me. Please help me this time. I beg you!" With that, he kowtowed.

Lin Yueqi quickly helped Li Xiaoyi up and said with concern, "You're my best friend, I definitely won't tell anyone else, but your mom is perfectly fine so why would she suddenly …"

That day, when I went home to see my mother and found that she was not at home, I knew that she was usually at work, so I went to find her. Before I even got to the door, I saw a crowd of people outside the mansion, and when I pushed my way through the crowd to take a look, my mother …" She fell dead on the ground, her neck was covered with blood. One of her fellow villagers said that because she was a little hungry, when she saw that Big Yellow had a few meat chunks in his bowl, she wanted to pick them up and eat them, but when the big yellow dog saw that, it jumped on her and bit her. Even if you said that she was bitten by a dog, she was still a beast, but the other servants not only ignored her, they also laughed, until she was bitten to death. "My poor mother went just like that. She's been wearing rags all her life, wuu …" At this point, she burst into tears again and began to sob.

When Lin Yueqi heard this, his grip on the golden hairpin loosened. "Here, take this golden hairpin and exchange it for silver taels. Buy some good clothes for your mother and bury her well!" He handed the golden hairpin to him.

Li Xiaoyi originally thought that Lin Yueqi would ignore the affection between brothers to expose him, but he didn't expect Lin Yueqi to help him in this situation. He was so excited that he couldn't speak.

Lin Yueqi patted his shoulder and said, "This is a big matter. Master Zhang will definitely not let this matter go and will investigate it strictly. Don't let anyone else know about this. Don't ever try to steal again."

Li Xiaoyi wiped his tears. His face was filled with gratitude as he vigorously nodded his head.

He was furious when he found out that the thief had actually stolen into the little miss' room. Who was this thief? The Zhang Clan's compound had a very high wall. Plus with the constant patrolling by the servants, it was very difficult for foreign bandits to enter the courtyard. It was obvious that these thieves were among the servants serving Second Miss. These servants stood in two rows, Lin Yue Qi and Li Xiao Yi were among them. They looked at the servants around them who were holding big sticks, everyone looked at each other, and everyone looked at each other, not daring to breathe too loudly.

He walked to the chair in the center of the courtyard and sat down. He asked leisurely, "Who stole the lady's golden hairpin? Come out quickly. If I ask you later, I'll make you feel worse than death!"

After a while, it was still silent, and no one admitted it.

Master Zhang jumped up from his chair and shouted, "Hey, I don't believe that I can't find this thief today!" He came to each of them and observed them side by side. There was a short man who had never seen such a stance before and was trembling in fear. Seeing him, Zhang Jiexi pointed his finger at him. "Him? Beat him ruthlessly for me!"

The two servants came forward and dragged the servant out, and tied him to the bench. The short one shouted, and then the two servants raised their sticks and started shouting, screaming in pain, and soon, their pants were stained with blood. Everyone trembled when they heard the short one's heart-wrenching scream, and Li Xiaoyi's lips turned blue, and his whole body was covered with sweat as he shivered, and every rod that hit the short one was on the short one's body felt like it was hitting him.

"If this continues, the little guy will definitely die, right?" Lin Yueqi thought. He didn't want an innocent person to take the blame.

"If you don't tell me, I'll beat you to death. Do you know who stole it?" Zhang Jiexi stomped his foot and said fiercely.

The little guy was hit until he didn't even have the strength to speak. "Watch carefully, every one of you will be like him soon. I want to see how hard your mouth is. Keep fighting! "

Master Zhang then returned to his chair and sat down. Slowly, he picked up his teacup, blew on it and took a sip.

"Stop hitting me, I was the one at fault, it has nothing to do with anyone else!"

Everyone was shocked as to who had spoken. They saw Lin Yueqi walk out from the middle of them and arrive in front of Lord Zhang.

Li Xiaoyi was shocked. He didn't think that not only did Lin Yueqi help him hide the truth, but he also helped him shoulder this matter. Thinking of this, tears welled up in his eyes, his heart filled with endless guilt and gratitude. He knew that the odds were against him this time. With Lord Zhang being so ruthless, even if Lin Yueqi wasn't beaten to death, he would at least become a cripple. He also understood why Lin Yueqi was replacing him; it was to let him live and return home to bury his mother.

Lin Yueqi was taken away by the servant. As he walked, he turned his head to look at Li Xiaoyi, his eyes filled with determination. Li Xiaoyi knew from his many years of experience in the Zhang Mansion that he must have been taken to the Reflection Room in the backyard. Thinking about the room was the place where Zhang Jianzhao would corporal punishment for his servants, and anyone who entered this room would be sent inside. Li Xiaoyi secretly broke into a cold sweat for Lin Yueqi. He planned to wait until nightfall to sneak into his room and think of a way to rescue Lin Yueqi.