Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Chapter 138 Ruyi Lost
"My wishful fortune is gone!"

In the Gu Family School in the early morning, a few sleepy students who woke up early were about to lie down on the table to catch up on sleep, when they were startled by this sudden scream, and the remaining drowsiness was instantly dispelled.

"What's the matter? Ruyi disappeared?" Gu Huaishao's expression froze when he heard the words, and he walked up to Gu Mingan who was looking for him in a hurry, "When did you disappear? Did you forget it somewhere?"

"I put it in the desk drawer when I left school yesterday evening, and it disappeared early this morning."

Gu Mingan frowned, looking anxious and worried: "This Ruyi has the miraculous effect of transferring luck. It just made my school work better yesterday, but I lost it today. How could it be such a coincidence?"

"Cousin Ming'an, no matter how hard you look for it, it may not be lost. What if you just put it in the bookcase last night?" Gu Huaishao comforted, while picking up Gu Mingan's still neat bookcase, "Look , you haven't looked for it in this bookcase, maybe it's in there, don't be too pessimistic..."

"I've already looked for the bookcase, no." Seeing Gu Huaishhao's action of rummaging through the bookcase, Gu Mingan seemed to be a little absent-minded, and after a casual reply, his eyes wandered around intentionally or unintentionally.

"Indeed not." After flipping through the bookcase and still not finding it, Gu Huaishao's expression turned serious, "Could it be that someone took it away and didn't tell you?"

Wu Qimo snorted lightly: "What do you mean you took it and didn't tell him? Isn't that stealing! This Ruyi is so precious, and it has the miraculous effect of transshipment. Gu Ming'an was so ostentatious yesterday, maybe some thief will miss it!"

As he said that, he rolled his eyes twice: "This is a school, servants and maidservants generally don't come here, and snitches outside can't come in, and Mr. Chen doesn't know about this matter. I know you are happy, and I know The only ones you left Ruyi at the school last night were those of us present..."

"Since Ruyi was still there after school yesterday, the thief must have waited for everyone to leave before stealing Ruyi." After figuring out the clues, Wu Qimo suddenly felt hopeful, and turned to look at Gu Mingan, "Gu Mingan , who were you the first to leave yesterday? Who else was in the school when you left? As long as we find out who left the school later than you, we can catch the thief very quickly!"

Gu Mingan sighed, and the worry between his brows remained undiminished: "Yesterday I reviewed my homework for a while, and I was the last one to leave. At that time, there was no one else in the school except me..."

"Then what should we do? Wouldn't the clues be broken in this way?" Wu Qimo couldn't think of any other way for a while, frowning and fell silent.

Seeing Wu Qimo's silence for a long time, as if he was really stumped, Gu Mingan cursed an idiot in his heart. He really couldn't wait, so he had to open his mouth, pretending to remind him unintentionally: "...this thief may not be It is to stay at the end, he can wait for everyone to leave, and then turn back, so that it is not easy to be found..."

"It makes sense!" Wu Qimo's eyes lit up, but quickly dimmed again, "However, how do we know who turned back?"

"..."

The Qi and blood in Gu Ming'an's chest stagnated, he was so stupid that he almost pouted, and almost wanted to yell the answer in his face immediately, but fortunately, Xue Yue on the side interjected at the right time to help him suppress this impulse :
"It's not easy? The school is near the southeast gate, and it's the fastest way to leave Gu's mansion from there. Just ask the boy at the gate, don't you know who has come back?"

"However... what I can think of, people can definitely think of it. If we people from other palaces want to steal Ruyi, the risk is too great." At this point, Xue Yue paused, with a meaningful tone, "So I I feel that it is more convenient for people in the Gu mansion to commit crimes, maybe they are family thieves..."

Gu Huaishao didn't expect that he was also under suspicion. Hearing this, he was breathless, his eyes filled with panic, and waved his hands repeatedly to deny: "Cousin Ming An, no, it wasn't me! I didn't steal it!"

"—Look, I don't have anything here." Gu Huaishao had a temperament that couldn't hide anything, and was eager to prove his innocence. Before Gu Mingan could ask a question, he opened the bookcase in front of everyone and flipped through the contents. He was in a mess, for fear that others would misunderstand him.

Seeing this, the rest of the Gu family's children followed Gu Huaishhao's example and opened their bookcases for Gu Mingan to check, but none of them found Ruyi.

In this way, apart from Gu Ming'an himself, the only people living in Gu's mansion who haven't checked the bookcases are Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan.

Feeling the eyes of everyone falling on him and Cheng Yan in unison, Gu Yunji's heart couldn't help but sink.

Just now when Gu Mingan said that Ruyi was gone, Gu Yunji had a bad premonition. Later, when he saw him pretending to be acting all morning, he still pointed the finger at him and Cheng Yan...or in other words, only Cheng Yan.

After wandering around for so long, it was finally justifiable to suspect Cheng Yan. Gu Mingan felt relieved, and couldn't wait to walk to his desk, and said maliciously: "Mr. Cheng, take out the bookcase for us. Let's see, do you still need me to remind you?"

Gu Yunji took a step forward calmly, stopping Gu Ming'an's figure: "Cousin Ming'an, what are you in a hurry for? You haven't read my bookcase yet, why is it Cheng Yan's turn?"

"Aren't they all the same, what's the difference?" Gu Mingan raised his eyebrows, and responded kindly, "All right, all right, let's look at you first."

"Look at this - these are the four treasures of the study: brush, ink, paper, and inkstone; these are the four books: "University", "The Doctrine of the Mean", "Mencius", "The Analects of Confucius"; this is the homework assigned by Mr. Chen yesterday; these are recent years Exam question set..."

Gu Yunji didn't appear to be in a hurry at all, he slowly took out the things in the bookcase, showed them one by one in front of everyone, and then put them back carefully and arranged them neatly, with slow movements, as if he was delaying time.

"Gu Yunji, what are you talking about?" Gu Mingan ran out of patience, grabbed his bookcase, and shook out all the contents. "Just let us see clearly? It's just a bookcase, will it take so long?"

After checking Gu Yunji's bookcase, Ruyi was still not found, now only Cheng Yan's is left, whether he stole it or not, the result will be revealed soon.

For a moment, everyone's throats rolled, their hearts were both nervous and expectant, their burning eyes seemed to be glued to Cheng Yan's bookcase, and they stared at his rummaging without blinking.

Cheng Yan's expression remained unchanged, and he calmly took out the contents for everyone to see one by one: brushes, rice paper, books, rulers... One after another, with the soft sound of the last inkstone falling on the table, The bookcase is empty—still unsatisfactory.

Seeing this, the excitement burning in everyone's eyes was instantly extinguished.

Gu Yunji exhaled imperceptibly, and before he could let go of his heart, he heard a persistent voice next to his ear: "It doesn't mean anything if you don't find it in the bookcase. What if you hide it somewhere else?" What? At least I have to search the room where Cheng Yan lives, so that I can be completely relieved."

(End of this chapter)