Chapter 3 — She Is My Blessing

"Nguyet, wait until the other woman falls asleep late at night. You sneak into her room and look inside her clothes to see how much money is hidden."
My whole body stiffened, standing still, not even daring to breathe too hard. Obviously Truong Thanh Nguyet had never done anything like stealing, her voice was trembling constantly.
"Niang, I'm afraid this is not okay. What should I do if she sees me?"
"That woman's background is unknown. The clothes on her body are all of the highest quality brocade, only the noble families in the city can wear them."
Luu Ngoc Thuy's voice is extremely certain:
"She absolutely can't have only brought two taels of silver with her. She's definitely still hidden away. Just go find her. She lives alone here. Even if she discovers that she's lost her money, she doesn't dare turn on us."
Truong Thanh Nguyet hesitated for a moment and then asked:
“Mother, why don't you go by yourself?”
Luu Ngoc Thuy's voice revealed an awkward tone, slowly speaking out her calculations.
"You're still young, even if you're accidentally caught, just say you're just having fun and randomly rummaging around and you'll be able to get away with it. I'm an adult. Once exposed, if you make a fuss to the government, you'll have to face a lawsuit."
Hearing this plot, a cold chill ran down my back. I didn't expect Luu Ngoc Thuy's mind to be so sinister and calculating. Constantly giving in cannot solve anything. It's time to use some tricks to warn the two of them.
05
Back in the yard, I often saw Truong Xao having finished splitting firewood and bowing his head to arrange the firewood neatly. I gently walked next to her, leaned close to her ear, and asked her to help me find something. After Truong Xao listened, without asking another word, he immediately patted his chest and happily agreed.
"This thing is everywhere in the wild mountains. Please wait a moment, I will immediately go pick it up for you."
Waiting for everything to be arranged properly, I hid the silver bag close to my body in the lap of my shirt, used my hand to press it tightly before lying on the bed and closing my eyes to rest. But my heart is filled with something, I toss and turn, I can't sleep anyway. I don't know how long I had been in a daze when I suddenly heard a very soft noise outside the door. Here we come! Obviously, Truong Thanh Nguyet's heart was extremely tense. She stood outside the door for a long time before tiptoeing into the room. My dress is placed on the wooden chair closest to the door. She immediately reached out and groped in the fabric. In just a blink of an eye, a painful cry suddenly rang out. Truong Xao next to him was awakened by the noise and quickly sat up to light the candle. The firelight clearly illuminated the face of the person who had just arrived. The girl's face was full of surprise and she asked silently:
“What are you doing running into your room in the middle of the night?”
I rubbed my eyes and sat up just in time, pretending to be confused and observing the two of them.
“What happened?”
Truong Thanh Nguyet has a habit of being startled, her whole body stiffens in place. After a while, I panicked and made up a reason.
"Xiao Xao, I didn't clean up properly at night. I just woke up to go outside and almost stepped on grease and slipped, so I came to tell you. How can you be so careless at work?"
Truong Xao was sleeping soundly, was woken up for no reason, and was suddenly blamed for it, suddenly stunned on the spot. Instinctively, the girl turned her head to look at me, her eyes filled with panic. Luu Ngoc Thuy, hiding in the darkness, heard the movement and quickly ran over. She agreed to reason Truong Thanh Nguyet just made it up and sternly reprimanded Truong Xao.
"Even such a small thing can't be done! Your sister's body is inherently weak. If something really falls down, what should I do in the future?"
Truong Xao grabbed the hem of his shirt, endured it for a long time, then replied in a low voice:
"It was my negligence. Next time I will definitely clean up carefully."
"Oh!"
Luu Ngoc Thuy sighed as if angry at her for not being close.
"It's all meat falling from people's bodies. Why is it that you're the only one who's so clumsy and doesn't make people worry half as much as Nguyet Nhi?"
Having said that, she intended to pull Truong Thanh Nguyet away.
“Are you done performing yet?”
A calm and cold voice rang out from my mouth. Luu Ngoc Thuy's footsteps immediately stopped, her expression looked unnatural.
“What do you mean by that, Miss?”
My eyes fell on Truong Thanh Nguyet's hand, which was always hidden behind her back, and calmly said:
"This lady is sure she came here to ask for a crime, doesn't she have another intention? Why do you keep sneaking around? Do you dare to show your hand for everyone to see?"
Truong Thanh Nguyet's face changed drastically, a layer of cold sweat immediately appeared on her forehead. Next to Truong Xao immediately reacted, suddenly stood up from the bed, quickly rushed in front of Truong Thanh Nguyet. Truong Thanh Nguyet did not have time to dodge, her wrist was grabbed tightly by Truong Xao, exposed to the candlelight. Her palms were red, covered with tiny bumps, looking like they had just been stung by poisonous insects. I reached out and took out a torn piece of cloth from under my dress and slowly opened it. Inside was a handful of nettle leaves, with small thorny hairs growing on the surface of the leaves.
“What just injured her was this thing.”
I raised my eyes and looked at Truong Thanh Nguyet, my voice cold:
"Sneaking into my room in the middle of the night, rummaging through my clothes, what exactly do you want to do?"