After Reborn, I Became the Bigshots' Beloved novel Chapter 400

Chapter 400: Chapter 400 Don’t Pretend to Be Unaware

Lin Fangling pointed at the incense burner and exclaimed in shock. In an instant, everyone gathered around to take a look.

They saw that the black powder inside the incense burner indeed contained some unknown white powder mixed in.

Shi Erya was stunned and bewildered: "How could this happen... My calming incense only has black powder."

Although no one knew what the white powder was, it was clear that it wasn’t originally part of the incense.

Seeing everyone’s expression change, Lin Fangling quietly exhaled in relief—

Thankfully!

At the time, she had worried that if the mentally impaired boy Shi Luochen failed to kill Lu Sheng, she would need a backup plan.

She hadn’t expected this backup plan to come in handy now—what brilliant foresight she had.

Lin Fangling lifted her gaze and looked at the timid, cowering servant Aunt Chen.

While the others were momentarily distracted, she shot Aunt Chen a meaningful look. Aunt Chen immediately understood and subtly nodded, signaling Lin Fangling not to worry.

Lin Fangling then put on a face of disbelief.

She raised her voice and said, "If the black powder is the calming incense, then what is this white stuff? Someone must have tampered with the incense burner!"

Pretending to be furious, Lin Fangling suddenly walked behind the other servants and dragged Aunt Chen forward: "Aunt Chen! You were the one who lit the incense for Lu Sheng, weren’t you? Tell us, what’s going on?"

"I... I..."

Lin Fangling’s imposing presence seemed to terrify Aunt Chen, who stammered and hesitated in her speech.

"I—I don’t know what this white powder is. When I lit the incense, it wasn’t there."

Shi Muchuan, standing tall and commanding, narrowed his eyes sharply: "Is that so? Then tonight, has anyone else touched the incense burner after you?"

Aunt Chen bit her lip and said, "I don’t know. I placed the incense burner in Miss Lu Sheng’s room and left. What if someone entered her room before Lu Sheng returned..."

Lin Fangling immediately turned to the other servants and asked, "Did anyone see someone else enter Lu Sheng’s room after Aunt Chen?"

In the Shi Family, the cleaning staff would sweep through every floor of the mansion overnight and in the early morning before the owners woke up.

If anyone did sneak into Lu Sheng’s room after Aunt Chen, it would surely have been noticed.

But the servants exchanged glances and shook their heads, saying no one else apart from Aunt Chen had been seen.

Lin Fangling sneered: "Did you hear that? So, what’s left for you to argue about?"

"You lit the incense and placed it in Lu Sheng’s room directly. Now the burner has foreign substances, and you’re telling us you don’t know what they are?"

"Madam, I swear I’m being wronged. I truly don’t know what’s going on!"

Aunt Chen protested and wept while trying to plead her innocence.

But Lin Fangling seemed entirely unmoved.

"Stop pretending!" she snapped coldly. "There are no other abnormalities in the room, and Lu Sheng hasn’t eaten or drunk anything. She’s clearly in a deep sleep because of this incense."

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