The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 1997: It’s this old woman!

Chapter 1997: Chapter 1997: It’s this old woman!

As she spoke, Lin Caisang’s piercing gaze swept towards the servants who were bowing their heads.

"The nannies who accompanied Mother to the Qiushui Pavilion today were Nanny Wang and Nanny Liu. Now, Nanny Wang is here, but Nanny Liu is nowhere to be seen. Mother, where is your Nanny Liu?" Yue Chushui immediately followed up on Lin Caisang’s question, looking at Luo Mianyi as she asked.

"I..."

Luo Mianyi was caught off guard by the question, at a loss for words.

How was she supposed to explain this, that Nanny Liu had hidden herself because she knew something had gone wrong?

Of course, she couldn’t say that. Otherwise, wouldn’t the whole matter be blamed solely on her?

"Really? Mianyi, where is your Nanny Liu?" Old Madam Yue heard and immediately asked Luo Mianyi.

Although this daughter-in-law wasn’t to her liking, she still had a clear idea of the few people around her.

It was just that the matter of the missing person wasn’t something others would mention, and naturally, as an old woman, she found it difficult to speak out. Thankfully, someone remembered, she glanced at Lin Caisang, appreciating the girl’s unusual attention to detail.

"This..."

Luo Mianyi clenched her teeth in rage, furious at these people. Why were they insistent on not letting her off the hook?

Yue Chushui was now standing right in front of them, without any issue. Couldn’t they just drop the matter?

"Nanny Liu was just by my side. Now, I don’t know where she has run off to. Maybe she went to the kitchen to get some chilled melon after hearing that I wanted some earlier," she made up an excuse on the spot.

"Is that so?"

Old Madam Yue turned her head towards her own nanny and whispered an instruction.

"Go find her."

"Yes, Old Madam."

The nanny agreed and promptly departed.

While they waited for some time, Lin Caisang was not idle, quickly taking out a sketch pad and paper to start drawing a likeness of Grandma Liu.

Given that it was drawn with colored pencils, the resemblance was striking, looking as though it had been printed directly from the woman’s face.

"Old Madam, I suspect that they won’t be able to find her. Perhaps, let them have a look at the drawing I have here," she approached Old Madam Yue’s side, extending the drawing to her.

"What drawing?"

Luo Mianyi’s attention was also lured by her words and she asked.

"That kind of drawing from outside? Can you clearly see what a person looks like from that? Stop joking around!"

She scoffed disdainfully, indifferent to Lin Caisang presenting a drawing, but Old Madam Yue was thoroughly astonished upon seeing the portrait.

"This... this..."

She wanted to say how incredibly lifelike the drawing was.

"Go, have him identify if this is the person in the drawing," she handed the drawing to another nanny by her side and commanded.

"Yes, Old Madam," the nanny responded and went forth with the drawing.

Luo Mianyi looked on with derision, completely unconcerned.

It was just a drawing; even if the assassin leader identified the person in the drawing, she could simply claim that the figure in the drawing wasn’t Nanny Liu. Nanny Liu didn’t look like that at all.

"It’s her, it’s definitely her, this old woman!"

But before her wishful thinking could even materialize, she heard the assassin leader pointing to the drawing and excitedly exclaiming.

"It was that old woman who assured us that we needn’t worry, that even if anything happened, Madam Yue would take the fall for it, and that we would never be implicated. That’s why we took on the job."