"Could it be because of the five hundred tulips that the murder was committed?" the middle-aged male artist asked.
Little Taotie took out a toy pipe, putting on a serious face, "Let’s assume it’s the same as it is now. He came for the five hundred tulips, but the Gardener was reluctant to part with them and only gave out two hundred."
The middle-aged male artist, "It does seem like something a flower lover would do."
Little Taotie took out his cell phone, silently sending a text message.
Ji Guang received the message and stopped pestering the Gardener, instead graciously letting him go.
The Gardener was somewhat dazed, Ji Guang had actually let him go.
Seeing him standing there stupidly, Ji Guang asked, "Aren’t you tired? Why aren’t you going back to rest?"
The Gardener hurriedly nodded and rushed out.
He dashed towards the garden.
From a distance, he saw someone picking flowers in the sea of tulips.
"You can’t just pick them like that, you won’t live long!" the Gardener shouted.
The person looked up to meet the Gardener’s gaze.
Narrowing his eyes, the person asked, "Are you the Gardener?"
The Gardener nodded, "Are you the flower seller?"
"Then who was that person I met just now?"
"Just now?" The Gardener was completely bewildered.
"Haha, someone just handed me two hundred tulips. Looks like our little deal has been found out, and this is their way of warning us to stop."
Upon hearing this, the Gardener’s heart rate increased, filled with fear.
If the Earl found out the truth, he would surely be kicked out.
Where else could he go other than here?
And, where could a Gardener dismissed by the Earl go?
"The person who disguised themselves as me, what did they look like?"
"Skinny and tall, about your age, and the voice was similar to yours."
The Gardener couldn’t think of anyone at that moment, but he did have suspects, like Ji Guang.
If Ji Guang hadn’t been bothering him, he would have made it to the front gate earlier.
The person impersonating him must have some connection to Ji Guang.
"I’ll help you pick, it’ll be faster," the Gardener moved forward to help.
The other person didn’t refuse and continued to focus on picking flowers.
Everyone returned to their resting place, with the maid standing guard outside.
The sky became darker, and the stars were almost invisible.
Tomorrow would bring bad weather.
Little Taotie lay by the window, watching the two people in the garden vigorously picking flowers.
Little Taotie had someone notify the Earl to look outside.
The Earl was about to go to sleep when he saw a member of the Rock Band approaching, hurriedly getting up fully clothed, and asked, "What’s the matter now?"
"I’m borrowing your window to enjoy the view."
The Earl, quite puzzled, leaned over for a look and froze completely.
Someone was stealing tulips in the middle of the night!
And one of them was his own Gardener!
"I need to go down and warn them!" the Earl picked up a shotgun from the wall, shouldering the weapon and walking out.
"It’s just flower theft, are you planning to kill someone?"
"You don’t understand, these servants... if you don’t scare them good, they’ll just do it again."
When a line of people approached, the Gardener was the first to react, and when he saw the person in the lead, his face instantly turned pale.
It’s over, the Earl has found out!
He’s going to kick me out!
Just as everyone internally screamed, maintaining a compliant facade, not daring to even breathe aloud, Little Taotie pulled out a bag of chips and began to eat.
In the silence of the night, the sound of Little Taotie eating chips was particularly loud.
The Earl aimed his head at the Gardener, his voice cold, "Haven’t I been good to you? Why do you want to harm me ?"
The Gardener’s face darkened as he countered, "Have you been good to me? How much monthly money do you give me? You’re toting a shotgun, are you going hunting? You don’t even see me as a person!"