Madam Xiao told her son about the girl sneaking into the courtyard for a second time.
She told him how extraordinary the plum tree was.
Apart from the fragrance of the plum blossoms, it hadn't let the girl notice the slightest thing amiss.
Thinking of it, Madam Xiao couldn't help marveling at how perceptive the girl was.
When she thought about catching the girl sneaking into the courtyard the second time, and the girl telling her...
That she'd smelled a stronger fragrance of plum blossoms than the first time she came in.
Madam Xiao had truly felt a chill crawl over her scalp at the time.
That girl...
Was far too perceptive.
The girl had seemed quite calm the whole time.
Until they mentioned calling her parents.
Then the girl started begging them.
But after they agreed not to call her parents...
The girl had gone right back to being sly.
Restless and eager to try again.
As if she were plotting her next break-in.
They had warned the girl.
She still hadn't given up, asking if she could be invited into the courtyard as a friend.
The old lady and Madam Xiao had both been stunned.
Madam Xiao marveled at the girl's... persistence and quick thinking.
She was also a little worried about the girl's persistence and quick thinking.
"Mom, don't worry."
Xiao Xiao reassured Madam Xiao.
"It'll be fine."
"She won't discover anything."
Xiao Xiao's lips curved.
Since the girl had only smelled the lingering fragrance of plum blossoms in the courtyard, then...
She definitely wouldn't discover anything.
Her son's certainty made Madam Xiao pause for a moment.
Then a smile spread across her face.
"Mm."
"If Xiao Xiao says so..."
Madam Xiao naturally trusted her son.
At some point, her son had