In the living room, Li Yusha and Aunt Zhang were carried in, each lying on a sofa, their expressions contorted in pain.
Song Qiaoying rushed over upon hearing the news. "What happened? Someone, quickly go and fetch Dr. Zhang."
"Mom, I fell down, and Aunt Zhang fell while trying to help me..."
Due to stepping on oil, the inertia of the fall was greater, causing even more pain.
"Let me take a look..." Song Qiaoying saw that there were only women around and gently lifted Li Yusha's clothing from behind. She discovered that her entire back was bruised!
"It's my fault for not taking good care of Miss. Please punish me, Madam!" Aunt Zhang shed tears of pain. That damned Qing Yan, how could the floor be so slippery? How did she manage to escape unscathed? Was it possible that she had noticed the oil on the ground from the beginning? That's impossible! With her eyes, how could she have possibly noticed? Even if she did notice, how could she have gracefully avoided the oil stains on the floor and walked into the house?
"Aunt Zhang, Sasa said you fell while trying to help her. I'm grateful beyond words. How could I punish you?"
"Madam, you are kind-hearted. Protecting Miss is my duty, even if I have to give up my life..."
"But everything was fine. How did the fall happen? Where did it happen?"
"Madam, you're unaware. Qing Yan Miss said that Young Master Si wanted to meet Miss Yusha. Afraid that Young Master Si would wait for too long, Miss Yusha wanted to quicken her pace. Unexpectedly, she fell before reaching the front door!"
As soon as Aunt Zhang finished speaking, Xiaoqin timely added, "I just went to the spot where Miss Yusha fell. The ground had been sprinkled with oil..."
"Why would there be oil on the garden ground?" Song Qiaoying looked puzzled.
Xiaoqin hinted indirectly, "I find it strange too. When Qing Yan Miss called Miss Yusha over, there happened to be oil on the ground..."
"Bold!" Song Qiaoying became furious. "Are you suggesting that all of this was a setup by Yan Yan to frame us?"
"Madam, please calm down. I didn't mean that. It's just a speculation..." Xiaoqin quickly apologized, bending over in remorse. "Miss Yusha treats me like a sister, and seeing her injured like this, I was just momentarily anxious..."
"What's going on?" Li Yuanfu arrived upon hearing the news. After listening to the sequence of events and seeing the condition of the two women, he hurriedly asked, "Why hasn't Dr. Zhang arrived yet?"
"He's on his way. They said it'll take another fifteen minutes."
"Tell the driver to hurry."
"Yes!"
"Master, Madam, don't you find it strange?"
The one speaking was Aunt Li, who had a good relationship with Aunt Zhang and had been in this family for twelve years.
She, relying on her status as an elder, arrogantly said, "Young Master Si usually only looks for Miss Qing Yan. Why did he suddenly look for Miss Yu Sha today? And coincidentally, there was oil on the ground when Miss Yu Sha went out. Everything is just too convenient!"
Song Qiao Ying glanced at her displeasedly and asked, "Li Jie, what do you mean by that?"
"Madam, in order to not wrong the innocent and not let those who framed Miss Yu Sha go unpunished, I dare to ask Miss Qing Yan to come down and explain what happened, and I request to check the surveillance footage!"
"Nonsense!" Song Qiao Ying didn't expect this servant to be so audacious and make such a request. "I'll let it pass because you're an old member of the household, but I won't give you a second chance if the opportunity arises again. Be careful!"
Dare to doubt Yan Yan, showing incredible audacity?
"I heard someone looking for me?"
Just then, Qing Yan walked down the spiral staircase casually, accompanied by Aunt Lan. It seemed that Aunt Lan had informed her of everything that happened in the living room.
"Yan Yan, why did you come down?" Song Qiao Ying looked at Aunt Lan again and asked, "Who told you to invite Miss Qing Yan down?"
"Li Jie's voice was too loud." Qing Yan came before everyone, glanced indifferently, and said, "Didn't you want to check the surveillance?"
"Yan Yan..."
"Go ahead and check." Qing Yan's tone was calm. "I also want to see if someone is playing with fire and getting burned, or if they are throwing stones at their own feet."
"You..." Li Jie felt displeased with her, but she still said, "Since it's Miss Qing Yan's own request, I will bring it up for everyone to see. I believe everyone has doubts about what happened and how Miss Yu Sha fell!"
"If the person who framed Miss Yu Sha can hide in the shadows and watch her fall like this without facing any consequences, then in the future, won't everyone be able to climb on top of Miss Yu Sha? How much more suffering does she have to endure? Does she still have any status in this household?"
Qing Yan leisurely leaned back on the single sofa. Aunt Lan poured her a glass of lemonade, which she casually sipped and said, "Stop talking nonsense."
"You..."
"Check."
"Just you wait!" Li Jie went to check the surveillance, and soon, the large TV screen started playing the surveillance footage from the afternoon.
Li Jie fast-forwarded the footage three times. At 5:20 p.m., Xiao Qin was washing the garden, and at 5:30 p.m., the screen suddenly turned into black and white stripes. Then, the time jumped to 6 p.m.
Qing Yan walked into the main gate, and not long after, Zhang Ma accompanied Li Yu Sha as they walked out of the main building. Before they reached the carved gate, Li Yu Sha slipped and fell, and Zhang Ma also fell while trying to support her.
"It doesn't seem to be anyone's fault. Miss Qing Yan didn't do anything, and neither did Miss Yusha!"
"They both seem innocent!"
"Aunt Li, you've misunderstood Miss Qing Yan. At this time, she had just finished work and returned home."
"Yeah."
Several maids spoke up in defense of Qing Yan.
"No!" Aunt Li seemed to have found a clue, pointing at the screen with a cold smile. "Look closely, it's right here. Qing Yan passed by without slipping, but Miss Yusha fell!"
Everyone looked, and it was true, both Miss Yusha and Miss Qing Yan passed through that spot.
Aunt Li said firmly, "Miss Qing Yan must have known about the oil in advance and avoided it! But Miss Yusha didn't know and slipped when she walked over!"
In other words, Qing Yan was the one who spilled the oil!
"Nonsense! Miss Qing Yan didn't get off work and come home until six o'clock. How could she have had time to commit the crime!" Aunt Lan stepped forward to accuse, "Madam is still here, and you dare to slander Miss Qing Yan! You have some nerve!"
"This surveillance footage was purchased by Madam at a high cost from abroad and hasn't malfunctioned in the past five years. But precisely during this half-hour period from 5:30 to 6 o'clock, the footage was deleted. And then, at exactly 6 o'clock, Miss Qing Yan appeared in the frame! Doesn't that seem a bit too obvious!"
"What do you mean!" Aunt Lan couldn't bear it anymore and stood in front of Qing Yan, arguing with Aunt Li. "Miss Qing Yan just arrived in this house. She doesn't even know where the oil is kept! You can't tarnish her!"
"It's also possible that you told her!"
"You're speaking nonsense!"
"I heard Xiao Qin say that when Miss Qing Yan came home from work, she first sent Miss Yusha and Zhang Ma away and then went upstairs by herself!"