Quick Wear: The Development of a Pure Cannon Fodder

But unexpectedly, Shang Liang had already been on guard against his actions.

This made Liu's father feel a little resentful towards Liu's mother for suggesting to search the room, but he was more displeased with Liu Ziyu. No matter what the other party's reason was, he actually dragged the Liu family into the water. He was simply an ungrateful person!

Seeing the maids leaving, Liu Ziyu couldn't hide her fear. She knelt down and said, "Mother! I did pawn the glass jade bracelet, but I only pawned jewelry because I wanted to buy a lot of things!"

Mother Liu had no idea that Father Liu was already dissatisfied with her. Furious, she looked at her eldest daughter, no longer able to trust her. She pulled her hand away from Liu Ziyu and pointed at her nose, her face filled with rage. "How much do you usually spend? Do you think you can fool me? How can you have so many expenses?"

Mother Liu was certain Cui Yu's story was true. As someone who managed all the expenses in the Liu residence, how could she not know how much her eldest daughter's monthly expenses were? She herself had never favored one over the other, giving both children equal amounts from her own private treasury each month. Neither Liu Xian nor Liu Ziyu would ever be short of money! Why would Liu Ziyu have to sell her jewelry and dowry?!

This was mainly because the jewelry Liu Ziyu liked was extremely valuable. Her mother had felt sorry for her being harmed by someone like Cheng Ting and was willing to pay for her to have a few more pieces made. The silver she could get from pawning just one of these valuable pieces far exceeded Liu Ziyu's monthly salary. Cuiyu also said she had pawned quite a few pieces of jewelry, which would have earned her dozens of times more. In the past, why would Liu Ziyu have needed to spend so much money?!

Even though there was a voice in Liu's mother's heart that kept deceiving herself, saying that Liu Ziyu was not such a person, Cuiyu's words and Liu Ziyu's behavior gradually made Liu's mother realize the truth.

This made her fear Liu Ziyu. What kind of hatred could make Liu Ziyu do such a thing, disregarding her family and sisters? Had the Liu family ever wronged her? What had Liu Ziyin done to her?

Seeing how heartless her mother was, believing that dead girl's words without even listening to her explanation, Liu Ziyu burst into tears. "Mom, why don't you trust me? Do you think I'm so vicious? That I'd even disregard my family just to harm my sister?"

Shang Liang, who had been silent all this time, spoke up, "There's no need to be like this, Miss. Wait until the maids come back and you'll know what's going on."

Liu Ziyu's sobs choked, and she glanced at Shang Liang, who was sitting next to her, with resentment in her eyes. On the surface, she still pretended to be innocent and wronged, but her mind was working frantically, waiting to see how she would explain the money after it was found.

Liu Xianze was stunned by the situation. Like his parents, he had never known his eldest sister held such a deep grudge against his second sister, even going so far as to drag the Liu family into a trap to set up his second sister! Why? Their family had never been like this before. Why had it become like this?

His mood seemed to be stirred by a violent storm, with confusion and loss surging in his heart. There was even a hint of begging in his voice, "Sister, you really didn't do those things, right?"

Liu Ziyu choked up a little, looking at Liu Xian with a look of deep dissatisfaction and anger in his eyes, "Since you don't believe me, why are you asking me?"

Liu Xian's eyes fell on Cui Yu who was kneeling beside him. Looking at Liu Ziyu who was being unreasonable, he felt that the other party's excuses were not credible. "Because you can't explain why you sold your jewelry and dowry."

When Liu Ziyu was about to say something, she saw several maids and guards sent by Shang Liang coming back. They were holding her jewelry and a palm-sized bag in their hands. She took the familiar purse in her eyes, and her slightly trembling fingers clenched the corner of her clothes, but she still couldn't hide her inner panic.

"Master, Madam, many pieces of the young lady's jewelry are missing, including a pair of pure gold hairpins, a mutton-fat jade pendant, a mithril treasure ring (and so on), and the glass jade bracelet that you gave to the eldest young lady as a dowry. This old servant and others have searched high and low, even in Cui Yu's room, but couldn't find it." Before the nanny came, she had already drawn up two lists of lost jewelry according to the guard Shang Liang's instructions. One list was in the guard's hands, and the other was presented to Liu's mother.

Mother Liu scanned the list, each item a valuable ornament. She had the bag of silver coins spread out on the tray. That sum was exactly the half of the money left for Qing Dafu and the others. She looked at Liu Ziyu, her voice tinged with silent sorrow and disappointment. "What else do you have to say?"

Liu Ziyu no longer had any room for argument. As long as Shang Liang sent someone to the pawnshop that Cui Yu mentioned to check the prices of all the jewelry pawned, he would know how much money Liu Ziyu actually got. So he was not afraid that Liu Ziyu would argue that the money was only as little as that on the tray.

But even so, Liu Ziyu still tried to deny it, "I said, I used all that money to buy things... I didn't do it at all."

Shang Liang said, "Then please tell me, Miss, what did you do with all that money? We can check it out. Otherwise, it would be bad if there was a misunderstanding."

Liu Ziyu was unable to explain the situation in the end. His father could no longer bear it. His eyes were filled with anger. He slapped Liu Ziyu in the face and said in a thunderous voice, "You are still trying to make excuses at this point! What did the Liu family do to make you so crazy about them? What grudge does your sister have against you that made you so cruel to frame her? You are simply a disgrace to the Liu family!"

Liu Ziyu covered the side of her face that was rapidly swelling red. The shame and anger of being exposed turned into rage, and her eyes were filled with hatred when she looked at Liu's father, as if she wanted to condense her emotions into substance and kill him. "You say I'm a disgrace? Yes! I am indeed a disgrace to the Liu family, but if you hadn't broken off my engagement with Cheng Ting, how could I have been laughed at! You clearly knew that I didn't want to break off my engagement with Cheng Ting, but you still went against my will and harmed me in the name of doing good for me! Why can't I fight back!"

Neither Liu's father nor Liu's mother thought that Liu Ziyu was targeting Liu's mother and the Liu family because of Cheng Ting.

Father Liu looked at her, his eyes full of disbelief, as if he had heard something shocking. His eyes seemed to be about to jump out of their sockets as he stared at his daughter who hated him so much. His voice was both excited and puzzled. "You want to harm our Liu family just for Cheng Ting? Do you know? Although we proposed this, Cheng Ting also voluntarily broke off the engagement with you. We never forced him! And Cheng Ting has ended up like this now. If we were not really doing this for your own good, why would we come to his house to talk to him about breaking off the engagement? Do you want us, as your parents, to watch you jump into the fire pit of the Cheng family!"