Chapter 1611: Discovering Important Clues

"But you have been frightened, and there are no other activities planned for now, so hurry and take this time to get some good rest."

Liu Xin'ai also said: "You do need to rest; after all, you are injured."

Jiang Chenghao had originally intended to respect Xu Xiaoxiao's wishes; if she wanted to rest, she could rest, and if she didn't, she could walk around.

But the moment he heard the word "injured"...

Jiang Chenghao stood on Liu Xin'ai's side: "Which room do you want to sleep in?"

Once Xu Xiaoxiao opened her mouth, how could she win against the three people opposite her?

In the end, she still went upstairs accompanied by Jiang Chenghao.

Now, there was no one else around.

Jiang Baobao no longer had any reservations and asked Liu Xin'ai straight away: "What are your thoughts?"

Liu Xin'ai shook her head gently.

"Oh, don't pretend in front of me, you definitely have thoughts!"

Jiang Baobao had just seen Liu Xin'ai reveal a thoughtful expression.

She was certain that Liu Xin'ai must be suspecting something!

Under Jiang Baobao's gaze, Liu Xin'ai was silent for a moment.

Then, she said: "It's not that I have thoughts, I just find it strange. Although Xiao Xiao is unconventional, she is not careless."

Jiang Baobao had the same thought!

That girl was not a novice in the kitchen, and she had been practicing her culinary skills quite a bit lately.

How could she have spilled oil onto the fire?

The more Jiang Baobao thought about it, the more something felt wrong.

After her eyes darted around, Jiang Baobao suggested: "Let's go, let's go back to the previous kitchen and take a look!"

At this time, Li Xiao and Qin Yiyan were standing inside, arranging something for some people.

Seeing Liu Xin'ai and Jiang Baobao return, Li Xiao asked: "Did you leave something behind?"

"No, we just wanted to come and take a look."

As Jiang Baobao said this, she walked over to the stove area.

Among some charred items, she discovered a deformed bottle.

Liu Xin'ai saw it too; she found something to gently touch it with and muttered: "Burned like this, you can't see any clues anymore."

Clues...

Upon hearing this, Li Xiao revealed a profound expression, then thought for a moment and said with certainty: "This oil pot, I'm afraid there's a problem with it!"

This calm sentence caused Liu Xin'ai and Jiang Baobao to look over immediately.

The expressions on the faces of these two were more serious than the other.

Jiang Baobao even asked: "Why do you say that?"

"When the Shanzhuang was being prepared, in order to improve quality, the kitchen supplies were all chosen from big brands, and the materials used were also environmentally friendly. Like this oil pot, the bottle material deforms when it encounters heat, but it won't burst open, to ensure safety."

Hearing this, Jiang Baobao hurriedly lowered her head to look carefully.

The oil pot... was split open!

Jiang Baobao's heart beat very fast; she felt that there was an invisible hand behind the scenes, manipulating everything...

Liu Xin'ai was equally restless, and she asked Li Xiao: "How do you know these things?"

"When the Shanzhuang was being prepared, I happened to have nothing to do, so I helped finalize some details, and kitchen supplies were among them."

Since Li Xiao said so, it was enough to prove the credibility of these words.

Then it could be confirmed that this oil pot...

Had been swapped by someone!

The person who swapped it probably didn't notice those details and just found a product that looked similar to replace it.

That person couldn't have been a prophet; they must have known that Xu Xiaoxiao was going to cook before they went to the kitchen to tamper with things.

As for where they heard it...

In the card room!

But when they were playing cards, no one else came in, so does that mean... someone was eavesdropping!?

Jiang Baobao gasped and looked at Liu Xin'ai.

Liu Xin'ai had also guessed something.

She looked up at the smoke-filled kitchen and muttered: "This place was just burned by fire, even if surveillance equipment was installed, it would have been burned."

Therefore, this place was the safest.

But...

Liu Xin'ai turned around and looked at the few people standing nearby.

Li Xiao knew what Liu Xin'ai was worried about, so he said: "They are all our own people, reliable."

This made Liu Xin'ai heave a sigh of relief.

Afterwards, she spoke up and said: "From now on, we must be careful not to alert the enemy."

"Mm."

Liu Xin'ai stared at the charred oil pot for a while, then said: "Have someone take this for testing; perhaps there will still be clues on it."

"Good, I will handle this matter. The situation is unclear now, so don't wander around, go to the room next door and rest."

Liu Xin'ai and Jiang Baobao did indeed need to go to the room next door.

But it was not to rest, but because there were some things they needed to ask Xu Xiaoxiao.

At this time, Xu Xiaoxiao was lying on the bed, staring at the ceiling.

Thinking of everything that happened today, Xu Xiaoxiao let out a long sigh.

Sigh, this was supposed to be a nice vacation, so why has it been filled with such bad luck?

Surely there won't be anything more unlucky happening from here on out!

Just as Xu Xiaoxiao was lost in her random thoughts, she suddenly heard a knock at the door.

Perhaps because Xu Xiaoxiao was concentrating so hard, the sudden sound of the knocking startled her.

Patting her thumping chest and taking a deep breath, Xu Xiaoxiao stood up from the bed.

When she opened the door, she saw Jiang Baobao and Liu Xin'ai standing outside.

After the two of them entered, they didn't say a word, but first carefully checked every corner of the room.

Only after confirming there was nothing suspicious did they ask, "After you went into the kitchen, did anyone come by?"

Xu Xiaoxiao was bewildered by the two women's actions.

Upon hearing this question, she was even more bewildered.

After her brain processed it for a moment, she replied, "Yes, there was, the staff member who delivered things."

This answer caused Liu Xin'ai and Jiang Baobao to exchange a look.

They both knew that, in all likelihood, that person was the one with the problem!

"No, why do the two of you look as if you know something?"

Jiang Baobao withdrew her gaze and smiled, "It's nothing, just checking."

Xu Xiaoxiao didn't speak, but tilted her head and stared at her two friends, lost in thought.

It was obvious that Xu Xiaoxiao did not believe this explanation.

Jiang Baobao, however, acted as if nothing were the matter and chatted with Xu Xiaoxiao, "Where is your uncle?"

"I was a bit hungry just now, so Cheng Hao went to find me something to eat."

Since arriving at the Shanzhuang, Xu Xiaoxiao had put in quite a bit of effort, but hadn't eaten much.

Now that things had quieted down, she felt empty in her stomach and wanted to eat something.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Baobao said, "Your uncle isn't familiar with this place, he might not know where to find food; I'll go help."

After saying this, Jiang Baobao wanted to take Liu Xin'ai and leave together.

But neither of them managed to leave.

Because their hands had been grabbed by Xu Xiaoxiao.

"Where exactly did something go wrong?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Baobao first looked at Liu Xin'ai.

The latter showed a helpless expression and then said, "As expected of a psychologist, your observation is truly meticulous."

"Sigh, it's just that this psychologist has had all kinds of bad luck today, the kind that hits rock bottom!"

Xu Xiaoxiao sighed, thinking that if she had known it would be like this, she should have stayed at home instead of going out!

Liu Xin'ai also felt that Xu Xiaoxiao was truly pitiful today;

it was bad enough to have poor luck, but now she was also being schemed against.

If she were to be kept in the dark as well, it would be even more miserable.