Xiao Yuxi and Xiao Yuyan's embroidery skills were not outstanding, but their results were always simple and neat. Some scented sachets had such embroidery.
The one Xiao Yuxi had torn off was one of the embroidered scented sachets that she had worked hard on to embroider, so Xiao Yuyan was shocked.
"Xi'er, what's wrong with you?" Xiao Fenghao couldn't help but ask.
The siblings saw as their sister sniffed the dried herbs and flowers. A moment later, her face changed into one of surprise, then puzzlement and anger.
Her youngest sister's inner thoughts proved to be true!
There was some kind of suspicious powder inside the sachets, mixing with the dried herbs and flowers. She just touched it with the tip of her finger, and it already made her feel itchy all over.
"Second Brother, Yan'er, let's go back." She told them as she began to pack their items.
"Don't you say Miss Wang's guard is going to pick up the scented sachets, Elder Sister?" Xiao Yuyan's small face was full of confusion.
Xiao Fenghao was still holding a grudge over his younger sister's earlier kick, so he didn't let go of the opportunity to nitpick at her. "You aren't just making trouble, are you, Xi'er?"
Sighing, Xiao Yuxi racked her brains on how to answer their questions. She hadn't prepared any explanation because her mind was filled with the thoughts of her siblings getting beaten!
No one could beat them but her! Absolutely not allowed.
She scratched the back of her head. "Let's go home first, and I will explain."
The idea that she knew what would happen beforehand from their youngest sister's inner thoughts was too absurd, so she couldn't tell them about it.
"Check the items inside this sachet." She could only give the sachet to her younger sister. "Sniff it, don't stick your finger inside."
She didn't want Xiao Yuyan to get rashes, too!
Xiao Yuyan already guessed that there might be something wrong with the sachet. The moment she took a sniff, she sneezed a few times.
Her eyes were filled with astonishment. Now, she became aware they couldn't talk about it in public. Lest someone eavesdropped on them, and if there were people with malicious intentions lurking by, they might do something.
Someone had used powder with the intention of destroying their small business!
"Let's go back home, Second Brother," Xiao Yuyan decided.
Xiao Fenghao just followed what his younger sisters wanted. The three siblings left the village market and headed home.
This scented sachet business was actually started by the three of them, each person having their own role. When Xiao Fenghao played in the back mountain, he would often bring back some flowers.
His younger sister made these flowers into scented sachets, adding the herbs they picked into the mix. Unfortunately, Xiao Fenghao wasn't good at recognizing wild herbs. Mostly, he would bring back useless weeds instead.
"Mother," the Xiao siblings greeted Zhou Anran, who was already waiting at the door for them.
When she spotted her children walking toward the house unscathed, she heaved a sigh of relief. So, her guess must have been correct. Her eldest daughter could hear Little Ya's inner thoughts!
She just didn't know whether the other two could hear it too.
"Come inside, I already made lunch for all of you."
They stepped inside the house.
"Little Ya is still sleeping?" Xiao Yuxi asked. She really wanted to give her cute sister a big kiss, if not for the powder she had touched.
Zhou Anran nodded. "She already drank some congee earlier."
She was originally worried about it, but the strange entity that was talking to Little Ya assured her it was normal for her to be lethargic. It was because her youngest daughter had just awakened her previous life's memories.
From similar habits, like putting her hands below her cheek or the ability to kick her blanket and the bed into a mess when she was sleeping, had convinced her that she was still her daughter.
Xiao Qingya still spoke in chopped short sentences, but her inner thoughts were truly rich.
"Mother," Xiao Fenghao called out, seemingly having something he wanted to talk about.
Zhou Anran shook her head. "Eat first, fill your stomach, and talk later. You all must have been hungry."
Xiao Yuxi approached them as soon as she finished washing her hands. Whoever had sabotaged their scented sachets was really ruthless. She wondered whether the culprit was involved with the person who had kidnapped her youngest sister, too.
They all obediently ate until they finished their lunch. Only then did Xiao Fenghao start the conversation again.
"Xi'er, Yan'er, tell Mother about your finding," he turned to his younger siblings.
Although she already heard about what had happened, Zhou Anran was still shocked when her twin daughters' recount was similar to the plot in her youngest daughter's words!
"Mother, if I hadn't come to save Second Brother and Yan'er, they might have gotten beaten up," Xiao Yuxi muttered.
Her other two siblings' mouths twitched. Before they could respond, Xiao Yuxi already continued, "Last night, someone kidnapped Little Ya from right under our noses. Then, today, the scented sachets we made have such a problem. I think that the culprit might be related."
"I agree with Elder Sister. Little Ya is usually very obedient. It's also impossible for such a little one to wander alone in the dark as Grandmother claimed…" Xiao Yuyan said, biting her lip.
"It might be Grandmother or Eldest Uncle's family," Xiao Fenghao snorted.
"Hush, don't speak carelessly," Zhou Anran sighed helplessly.
She has the same suspicion, but as an elder, she couldn't be as blunt as they are. As a mother, Zhou Anran didn't understand why Chen Huayun was so biased, always treating her like an outsider ever since she was little.
She always spoiled Zhou Shiming, the eldest son, making her always give way to her eldest brother. Clearly, she was a woman who valued sons over daughters.
However, fortunately, Chen Huayun's treatment of her youngest daughter, Zhou Shuran, wasn't as bad as how she had treated Zhou Anran.
Now, she even become the prime suspect who hurt her baby daughter!