3334 The Truth Comes Out

"What's this gold-planting talisman, what's it used for?" Mu Qingya couldn't help but lightly press her throbbing head. "Explain it clearly."

Mu Dongni then plopped down on the ground, wailing and intermittently recounting the events of the past three days to Mu Qingya.

When she spoke of her coveting Fifth Sister-in-law's successful "gold planting" and eagerly offering her a million spirit coins, she noticed her eldest sister-in-law's utterly bewildered expression, which made Mu Dongni feel incredibly stifled.

She cried out, "Eldest Sister-in-law, it's not that I'm stupid! It's that Fifth Sister-in-law is too good at deceiving people! She acted too convincingly! I don't care, Eldest Sister-in-law, you're the head of the family, you must do me justice!"

"This is all the savings I have in my life; I can't just let Fifth Sister-in-law swindle it all away for nothing! I'm not asking for much; I don't even want any interest. Just make her return the principal to me!"

Mu Qingya stared at Mu Dongni with a look that plainly said "idiot," her mind seething with contempt.

Was this woman an utter fool?

What, you're still thinking you can get that doubled interest back?

You already know she's scammed you!

Being able to get the principal back would already be a blessing, wouldn't it?

You were greedy for wealth, and now you've gained nothing. Who's to blame but yourself?

Mu Dongni had been carefully observing Mu Qingya's expression. Now, seeing her silence, she became anxious and quickly cried out, "Eldest Sister-in-law, you must help me, Eldest Sister-in-law."

"Shut up." Mu Qingya snapped at her, utterly unwilling to deal with this mess. But the current situation was that if she didn't intervene, there was no telling if these two would continue to cause a ruckus and eventually bring the matter before the Old Madam.

Mu Qingya sighed and turned to Madam Hua. "Fifth Sister-in-law, is the matter truly as Second Miss says?"

Madam Hua, the Fifth Madam, her face slightly contorted, quickly tried to argue, "Of course not, Eldest Sister-in-law. How could I possibly deceive her? The gold-planting talisman truly did produce spirit coins for me multiple times before!"

"It's just that I didn't know the gold-planting talisman would suddenly become ineffective last night! I even lost hundreds of thousands of spirit coins myself, Eldest Sister-in-law," the Fifth Madam wailed. "Don't you think my heart aches? Do you think I'm happy about this!"

"I also want to make money, but this gold-planting talisman, I don't know what happened, perhaps it was used too many times and became ineffective! As a result, it swallowed up Second Sister's spirit coins and my own!"

"Ask Second Sister! After we buried the spirit coins yesterday, I didn't go back there. It wasn't until just now that I found Second Sister, and we dug it up together. Wasn't that right, Second Sister? We both uncovered that stone box together. So many people witnessed it clearly!"

"The money was swallowed by the gold-planting talisman, my heart is bleeding and aching!"

"You liar! You definitely tampered with it! Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence! Oh, the first day I buried it, a million spirit coins, and with one word from you, it's gone!!" Mu Dongni lost her composure again, trying to pounce forward and beat Madam Hua severely.

Everyone quickly grabbed her with many hands, and Mu Qingya also roared, "Where did you bury it?"

Madam Hua's eyes narrowed slightly, a subtle expression that didn't escape Mu Qingya's notice.

Her face grew even more displeased.

Mu Dongni quickly crawled up from the ground. "Eldest Sister-in-law, I'll take you there."