The servant who had come to prepare a foot bath for Bai Erlang saw his own young master emerge covered in dust and immediately set down the wooden basin to run over, "Second Young Master, Second Young Master, how did you get so dirty? Didn't you just take a bath?"
Having finally found someone, Bai Erlang grabbed him and exclaimed impatiently, "A thief entered my room, and my things are missing!"
The servant quickly understood and asked, "Is it the chest from under the bed?"
Bai Erlang glared, "How do you know?"
"It was taken by Mrs. Bai," the servant explained: "Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, and early today Mrs. Bai had her maids clean the room and sprinkle realgar powder, and that's when they found a chest under the bed."
The servant spoke softly, "Young Master, your chest wasn't locked. The maids opened it, and then Mrs. Bai came. She ordered people to move the chest away."
Bai Erlang paused, "Mother didn't mention it at dinner just now..."
