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Chapter 819
It was reasonable to say that she hadn’t touched that thing since it was put there, because everyone knew that she was in charge of Bella Qiao and Yusra Lin’s three meals a day, so as long as it was the ingredients for those two, no one else would usually come over and touch it.
So what’s this all about?
Zhang Feng also did not panic.
Bella Qiao was in no hurry, so she first took a closer look at the bird’s nest, and then had someone call Uncle Ou to confirm to him that the bird’s nest he had sent over was indeed of the highest quality.
Then, before turning again to the group of servants in front of him.
“In the meantime, who else is on duty in the kitchen besides Zhang Feng?”
Everyone looked at each other.
Immediately afterwards, three more maids stepped forward.
Bella Qiao looked at them and asked, “Are you all cooks?”
The three shook their heads, and I don’t know if it was because they were afraid of her, or because they were shy, but their heads stayed down.
Whispering, “No, Miss Jo, we’re just helping out in the kitchen, washing dishes and doing chores and stuff.”
Bella Qiao raised her eyebrows.
“So have you guys ever touched any of Zhang Feng’s ingredients?”
“No.”
The three of them denied it in unison, while also shaking their heads.
Bella Qiao fell silent.
Just at this time, suddenly one of the younger maids said, “Actually, since this is placed in Sister Zhang’s place, it’s impossible for others to get it, after all, normally if there are any precious ingredients, Sister Zhang would lock them in the cabinet, and we don’t have the key, so we can’t get it at all.”
As soon as this was said, Zhang Feng was also busy explaining, “Yes, Miss Qiao, because after all, there are many people in the castle, and sometimes I’m afraid that whoever will have dirty hands and feet and make an indecent scene, so usually if there is anything more precious sent over, I will put it in a cupboard, and I’m the only one who has the lock on that cupboard.”
Kitty Qiao raised her eyebrows and held out her hand, “Bring me the keys.”
When Zhang Feng heard this, he even pulled out a small iron grey key from his pocket and handed it to her with both hands.
Bella Qiao took a look at it and found that it was just an ordinary key, thus it seemed that the lock was also just an ordinary lock.
But Rao has been able to prove that it can’t be touched by a normal person without a key.
After all, it’s unnecessary to have to pick locks and take such risks for a serving of bird’s nest.
Thinking about it, Georgie’s eyes flickered.
Yusra Lin, however, had lost patience.
She shouted impatiently, “I say, Bella Qiao, why the hell are you still dawdling here?Isn’t it obvious now that this is going on?”
“The stuff is sure it’s a superb bird’s nest and she’s the only one who has the key, and now that it’s been switched, who else could it be if she didn’t do it?”
Georgie looked up and looked at her.
The eyes are cold.
Yusra Lin was inexplicably flustered by her gaze, and she suddenly stopped talking.
Only then did Bella Qiao turn back and look at Zhang Feng.
“Is there surveillance in the kitchen?”
Zhang Feng was slightly stunned at the words.
Nodding evenly, “Yes.”
“Show me.”
The group then took Bella Qiao with them and headed to the kitchen.
At this time, around this time, the main building had also heard about the incident, and Gu Si Qian came running over.
The more you look at the monitor, the more you want to act like you’re aware of what’s going on, so before you open the monitor, you say, “Bella Qiao, first of all, it’s obvious that it’s the kitchen maid surnamed Zhang who did this, but you try to justify her.”
Bella Qiao stared at her with a calm gaze and said, “Naturally, we’ll do what we have to do.”
Yusra Lin sneered, “Okay, but you said that, so if I call the police then, don’t come back to stop me!”
I said, and frowned very scornfully.
“I’ve always hated such thieves since I was a child, and you’re the only one who is so black and white as to want to shield them!”
Bella Qiao didn’t bother to get into a war of words with her, anyway, if it came to a real fight, ten Yusra Lin wouldn’t be enough for her to see.
And why bother with her on the mouth?
She directly ordered the surveillance footage on the computer to be brought up, as it would take some time to check from the time Ober sent the bird’s nest over, which was several days in total.
She couldn’t watch it alone, so she had more computers brought in, made a copy of each of the surveillance files, and ordered a few people who looked like they’d be more reliable to come over and watch it together.
The entire time, Gu Si Qian just stood quietly in the doorway and watched, never interfering.
There was just a hint of playfulness in those dark eyes.
Georgie looked fast.
It was almost as if people hadn’t even read an hour of it yet, and she read the whole day’s as fast as she could.
It didn’t really need to be looked at little by little in detail, after all, the cabinet with the ingredients was right there, and someone really close to open it could see it at a glance.
So, she turned it up almost as fast as she could, watched it for about half an hour, and then suddenly froze.
Show’s brow furrowed tightly.
“Wait, pause here and pour another twenty seconds or so.”
She said directing Moon who was helping her with the computer next to her.
Since she still has an injury on her arm, it’s not easy to operate, so it’s always Moon who is helping her.
Moon nodded at the words, and was busy dragging the screen’s progress bar back twenty seconds.
Georgie told her to stop fast-forwarding, then looked fine.
In that image, I saw that everyone was busy with their own work, and then everyone left one after another soon after.
Moon looked at the computer and didn’t see anything wrong, and frowned in confusion.
“Miss Jo, what’s wrong with this picture?”
Bella Qiao’s face was calm, and he said in a quiet voice, “Drag back another ten seconds and let me take another look.”
Moon was puzzled, but she still said “Oh” and helped her drag back the progress bar so she could read it again.
This time, Georgie finally confirmed it.
Just as the picture played to one of those places, she said, “Right here, pause.”
Moon was busy tapping the pause.
That’s when Bella Qiao said in a quiet voice, “Okay, you don’t have to look.”
Everyone froze and looked up at her in confusion.
While they were watching the surveillance, Yusra Lin had been standing around watching the jokes, because she was already certain in her heart that the thing was taken by Zhang Feng, so she let Bella Qiao do whatever she could to find out, but in the end, she could only trace it back to Zhang Feng’s head.
So, she wasn’t in a hurry at all, if it wasn’t for the fact that Gu Siqian didn’t allow her to approach, she would have gone over to talk with him to relieve her boredom.
Now seeing that she had made everyone stop, this scoffed out, “How’s that?See anything yet.”
The words sounded like concern, but the tone was full of sarcasm and smugness.
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Bella Qiao’s eyes were calm and looked up at her, then at Zhang Feng.
Then only then did he say in a deep voice, “This surveillance image has been tampered with, and the person who stole the bird’s nest was not Zhang Feng.”
“What?”
Everyone was stunned and a little surprised.
Not Zhang Feng?Who could that be?
Everyone was on edge, and you were all wondering who had touched those bird’s nests.
Yusra Lin also frowned.
Since she was standing not far from Jackie, she was able to see the image on the computer screen in front of Jackie at a glance.
It was obvious that she hadn’t seen anyone else touch that locker at all, so how could she suddenly make a judgment that Zhang Feng hadn’t taken it?
Is she trying to open her eyes to a lie?
So, she was very disgruntled and spoke up.
“Bella Qiao, I know that you also have good intentions and want to justify this cook surnamed Zhang, but when you are born, you have to have the most basic sense of right and wrong, right?The picture on this computer clearly shows no one, just Zhang Feng opening the cupboard to get something, how can you conclude that the bird’s nest wasn’t taken by her?”
Bella Qiao looked up and gave her a cold look.
I don’t know if it was Yusra Lin’s illusion, but she suddenly felt that the way Bella Qiao was looking at her was a little strange.
It’s like…looking at a retard!
In reaction, Yusra Lin’s heart leaped up in anger.
However, before she could strike, Joaki spoke up.
She said in a deep voice, “The surveillance footage from a few days, from beginning to end, did only show Zhang Feng opening that cabinet, but that doesn’t mean that the bird’s nest was changed by her.”
Yusra Lin was puzzled, “She’s the only one who touched the cabinet, why can’t we prove that she changed it?”
Jochie paused, and then looked at her with some annoyance.
Xiao Yue couldn’t help herself and spoke up, “Miss Lin, please can you wait until our Miss Qiao has finished her speech before asking questions next time?Miss Qiao hasn’t even finished talking yet how do you want people to answer you?”
Yusra Lin: “…and…”
She gritted her teeth and snorted at last, “She talks so slow, who knows if she’s finished?Really!Young Nori speaks like an old woman, and those who don’t know it think the youth has an early shift.”
As soon as this was said, not only Xiao Yue, but also Gu Si Qian’s eyes went a little colder.
However, it was clear that no one there wanted to bother her with such questions.
Bella Qiao spoke in a light tone, “The reason why I say that the things were not taken by Zhang Feng is because, this surveillance picture has been tampered with, the place where I just asked Xiao Yue to pause is the place that has been tampered with, if you have any disbelief, you can come over and take a closer look.”
When she finished, everyone was surprised, so everyone leaned in to watch.
Gu Si Qian didn’t even have to lean over, he had good eyesight, in fact, he had already noticed this detail the few extra times Bella Qiao had just played it.
Perhaps the other side’s technique was not up to the task, so the image, though edited, revealed a small flaw.
Right where Georgie had just asked Moon to pause, there was a back that had clearly just taken one foot out to leave the image, but the next second, the entire body was gone.
The picture was completely empty of him.
This is odd.
For it is reasonable to say that there is a trajectory of human movement, and departure cannot be a sudden disappearance, but rather a process of taking a step.
Now in this case, it’s obvious that there’s another section of the image that was cut in the middle, and that person overlooked that little detail when they cut it.
It was just a matter of hurrying to splice the back of the picture with the front, so that it constituted such an ouroboros.
This, like, everyone gets it.
“Oh my God!Who could that be?Who would have edited this surveillance over?”
“The person who edited the clip must be the one who switched the bird’s nest around!”
“But we can’t even edit the video, so I don’t think it’s our kitchen that did this.”
Everyone was talking about it for a while.
Yusra Lin saw the situation, and at this point, she also vaguely realized that this matter only really had nothing to do with Zhang Feng.
She couldn’t help but be a little annoyed at the moment, originally thinking of reflecting her cleverness and ability in front of Gu Si Qian for once, but unexpectedly ended up making a mess of things.
In order to keep Bella Qiao from being superior to herself in front of Gu Siqian, so she had to go one way to the dark side.
Thinking of this, Yusra Lin even said, “Although the video has been edited, but that doesn’t mean that the things aren’t taken by Zhang Feng ah, maybe it’s because she switched the bag before she thought that there was surveillance filming, so she returned to edit the surveillance over?”
Everyone was dumbfounded when that was said.
Yeah, that’s a possibility too.
However, Zhang Feng was busy waving his hand.
“No, I, I don’t cut any videos at all, and all the surveillance in the castle is manned, and no one can get those without the young master’s orders.”
That’s true.
After all, Gu Si Qian’s identity was special, and the security in the castle had always been very tight.
Naturally, something as important as surveillance can’t be touched by anyone who wants to.
Thinking of this, Bella Qiao looked up and directed her gaze at Gu Si Qian who had been standing beside her as a wallflower.
Kusken raised his eyebrows and understood what she meant.
So, turning around, one of the men in charge of surveillance was called in.
The only person he called was a young man who looked to be in his mid-twenties, with slightly disheveled hair and a pair of glasses, a gentle man of culture at a glance.
On the way here, he already knew the reason why Gu Siqian had called him over this time.
Therefore, as soon as he came over, he held his glasses on the bridge of his nose and honestly explained, “I’m responsible for installing all the surveillance on the secondary floor, but since the kitchen side is far away from the main control room, a separate switchboard was installed in that lounge next to it, and since I’m responsible for the entire secondary floor, I can’t be here very often, so the server room here is usually locked.”
Bella Qiao sniffed and asked, “Are you the only one who has the key too?”
The man nodded and fished a key out of his pocket.
“Yes, I have the key over here, and only this one.”
Georgie took the key over and looked at it, her eyes dark.
It’s a bit bizarre when things get to this point.
At this time, Xiao Yue didn’t know what came to her mind and suddenly said, “So then, it’s even more unlikely that Sister Zhang is the one who swapped the bird’s nest?After all, the person who swapped the bird’s nest is the one who edited the video, and let’s not talk about whether Sister Zhang can edit the video or not, she can’t get into that machine room without a key ah.”
Her words were a wake-up call.
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The rest of them followed suit.
“Yeah, that’s right.”
“Who can get in without a key?It can’t be flying in!”
“So it shouldn’t be our kitchen that did this.”
Someone with a much clearer head saw the situation and said something.
“Could someone have stolen the key and put it back for you?”
The young man who was in charge of monitoring the situation shook his head at the news.
“No way, I keep my keys close to myself, they never leave my person, so there’s no way they could be stolen.”
That was a bit confusing.
No one stole the key, but the surveillance video and indeed was tampered with, can’t be really ghosts do?
Thinking about it, someone had already changed their face.
Of course Bella Qiao wouldn’t believe there were ghosts in the world.
Her face was pale and her eyes were cold and steady, sweeping over each and every face in front of her.
Finally, the eyes fell on a young girl who had been standing in the corner.
The girl looked very young, no more than sixteen or seventeen, not reasonably old enough to work.
But Georgie remembered passing by the garden once before and overhearing the maids gossiping that she had been here three years.
It’s only sixteen or seventeen now, and three years ago, it was only thirteen or fourteen!
Excluding the fact that Gu Si Qian actually let such a small girl work as a maid here, at that time, Bella Qiao heard it and felt some sorrow and sympathy, and because of that, she paid a little more attention to her.
At this point, she just kept her head down and her head was almost buried in her chest.
The hands placed in front of him had been restlessly and vigorously strangling the corners of his coat, and he looked both nervous and frightened.
Bella Qiao was not confused.
“What’s wrong with you?”She asked suddenly.
Everyone froze and turned to look at the girl following her gaze.
About to feel the gaze, the girl looked up, revealing a pale, overwhelmed face.
“I, I didn’t much…”
It was in denial, but the voices were shaking and it was clear that they were guilty.
Bella Qiao’s eyes sank.
At this point, Yusra Lin also saw that something was wrong.
She wasn’t stupid, but with a twinkle in her eye, she had figured it out and immediately took charge, pulling the girl out of the pile of people with one hand.
“Say!Did you steal the bird’s nest?”
Her voice was tinged with a little bit of anger, and the girl was so frightened that she didn’t even struggle, but just kneeled down with a “poof”.
“I didn’t!I didn’t steal it!I picked up those bird’s nests in the garden!”
Everyone was shocked when that was said.
Moon thought of something, her eyes cold, and turned her head.
Bella Qiao didn’t stop her, and sure enough, soon after she came over with several boxes of excellent bird’s nests.
It was very ugly.
“Miss Jo, found it!”
She handed several boxes of bird’s nests to Bella Qiao.
Bella Qiao took a look at it, then turned it over to Zhang Feng.
“Sister Zhang, can you see if these are the boxes?”
Sister Zhang took a look at it and turned pale.
Nodding repeatedly, “Yes!That’s all.”
I said, turning my head, my eyes falling incredulously on the girl, “It’s actually you!How could you do such a foolish thing!As valuable as these bird’s nests are, can they be worth as much as your reputation?How could you do something like steal?”
The girl’s name was Xiaoyu, and because she was young, she was usually taken care of by Sister Zhang and others over here.
Everyone already had some sympathy for her, plus she was sweet and hardworking, so they almost all treated her like a sister already.
However, I never thought that the sister, who is usually so cute and sweet in front of them, would do something sneaky behind their backs, and almost caused Zhang Feng to lose her job and get a crime for nothing, so everyone was naturally angry and chilled.
Jade just shook her head repeatedly at the sight, her face already in tears.
“It’s really not me, Sister Zhang, I didn’t steal the bird’s nest, these are the ones I picked up in the garden.”
Yusra Lin shouted harshly, “Nonsense!It was in the kitchen cupboard with the ingredients, how could you find it in the garden?Make up a decent one even if you’re lying!”
Jade didn’t know how to explain this to her for a moment, so she just knelt there and kept crying.
At that moment, another servant stepped forward and said, “Since that’s all that’s been said, I might as well get right to it.”
I said, and gave Jade a bit of a struggling look.
But about the end of the conscience prevailed, she said truthfully: “A bunch of us helpers, are not very educated, but Jade is different, she went to high school, she knows more about computers ah these, and will use the computer p picture to make videos and so on, I think if she really let her edit a video, it should not be impossible to do.”
As she said this, a few people beside her chimed in.
Yusra Lin became even more proud of the situation.
“That’s not it?You have the bird’s nest, and you’re the only one of everyone who can edit video, so who switched this thing if not you?Could it be that Bella Qiao and I switched and deliberately set you up?”
As she said this, she even tilted her head slightly and looked at Bella Qiao.
Obviously, a little uncomfortable with something like bringing her and herself into one side of the fence.
Although Jade was still shaking her head, she couldn’t say anything in reply except “I’m not” and “I’m not”.
But how puerile a rebuttal like that would seem at this point in time.
Bella Qiao looked at the situation and knit her brows slightly.
With her instincts, she felt that the girl might not be lying about what she was saying.
But the evidence was in front of her and she couldn’t say anything.
I could only look up at Ober and say in a deep voice, “Ober, I’ll leave this matter to you.”
Ober now sank to his knees and nodded.
To Jade, he said, “Considering you’re a first-time offender and young, I won’t call the police to send you to jail, from today onwards, you’re out of here and you’re never to be seen around here again, got it?”
After saying that, he also looked at Gu Si Qian, as if asking for instructions.
Kusken didn’t open his mouth, which meant he agreed.
Only then did Ober order two more servants, “You go and help her pack her things and send her away.”
The two maids whispered yes, Xiaoyu still can’t stop crying, Zhang Sister heard in the end also a bit intolerant.
Although she had made a mistake, she was still young enough to say that she might have been momentarily haunted.
So, also walking over, he coldly said, “Still crying?What’s the point of crying when you make a mistake?Take a moat and learn from it, and don’t make the same mistake again when you go to the new owner’s place, understand?”
Jade nodded jerkily and choked out, “Understood.”
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