At the same time, Su Honghe's study room in the Su family in the capital was still brightly lit.
Not long after she fell asleep, she was woken up by someone. Su Ruowei, who said her father was looking for her, was walking towards the study at the moment.
On the way, she asked Qiuyue to test the boy who was leading the way to see if she could find out why her father called her to the study in the middle of the night.
It's a pity that the young man is a strict-tongued person, so Qiuyue didn't ask anything.
Su Ruowei frowned upon seeing this.
Daddy called her to the study at this time, which had never happened before.
However, she couldn't find out any useful information, which gave Su Ruowei a vague premonition.
"Master, the second lady is here."
The boy took Su Ruowei to Su Honghe's study and shouted outside the study with a raised voice.
"Let her in."
Su Honghe's deep voice came from inside the house, and the waiter stepped aside to let Su Ruowei in.
When Qiuyue was about to follow Su Ruowei in, she was stopped by the boy on the side.
"The master only lets the second young lady in."
Su Ruowei gave Qiu Yue a look, and Qiu Yue could only stand aside and wait obediently.
Su Ruowei pushed the door open and went in, with a smile on her lips and said coquettishly as usual, "Dad, it's so late, why haven't you rested yet?"
"If you are exhausted, my daughter will feel sorry for you."
"Ruowei, come here, daddy wants to ask you something, answer me honestly."
Su Honghe did not smile as usual when he saw Su Ruowei. At this moment, his face was cold and serious.
Su Ruowei still kept a smile on her face, but she was secretly wary in her heart.
As he walked, he thought about what he had done recently, whether there was anything he should not let his father know, and whether those things had been cleaned up.
"Recently, rumors have spread in the capital for no reason that your sister has disappeared and has not been seen. Either she is dead, or she has lost her innocence and has no face to see people, so she deliberately avoids seeing people."
Su Honghe waited for Su Ruowei to come up to him and seemed to be talking casually. In fact, his eyes were always locked on Su Ruowei.
So he clearly saw the nervousness flashing in Su Ruowei's eyes after hearing what he said.
"Do you know about this?"
"My daughter knows."
Su Ruo adjusted her breathing slightly and replied calmly, "This matter has been widely known to everyone in the past few days, which means that there are fewer people talking about it these days."
Su Honghe didn't beat around the bush, "Let me ask you, are you the one who spread these rumors?"
Su Ruowei was shocked and raised her head in disbelief. After a while, she quietly said, "Why did dad ask this? Is it because he suspected that I did it?"
Su Ruowei directly turned against the guest and threw the question to Su Honghe.
Su Honghe looked at Su Ruowei's aggrieved look at the moment. If he hadn't sent someone to find out everything, he might still feel guilty that he had misunderstood Su Ruowei.
"The rumor that Su Qianxi might have lost her innocence was first spread by an outsider who came to the capital to deliver goods."
Su Honghe sat on the chair and did not answer Su Ruowei's question. Instead, he slowly told the results of his investigation in the past few days.
"I was just curious as to why an outsider would spread unfavorable rumors about Su Qianxi for no reason, so I sent someone to investigate. It turned out that he left the capital after delivering the goods."
"The people I sent out in the past few days finally found his trace. He said that someone gave him a sum of money to spread this rumor to the outside world."
Having said this, Su Honghe paused, tilted his body slightly, and asked Su Ruowei with a smile.
"Ruowei, do you know who paid him to do this?"
Su Ruo's hands hanging slightly by his sides were clenched into fists, and his palms were covered with sweat. He pretended to be calm and said, "My daughter... I don't know."
"It was the money your personal maid Qiuyue gave him and what he was told to do."
Su Honghe's tone was gentle, but what he said made Su Ruowei feel shuddering.
"Since you don't know, then the maid named Qiuyue made her own decision."
"No matter how bad the relationship between Su Qianxi and her family is, she is still a member of the Su family. If a servant dares to be so bold as to try to destroy the master's reputation, then he will not be allowed to stay!!"
"Dad took care of this maid for you. I'll ask the housekeeper to arrange a new maid for you tomorrow."
As he spoke, Su Honghe raised his hand and knocked on the table twice.
In the quiet study, the crisp sound of fingers tapping on solid wood was particularly clear. It was soon heard by the servants outside the study, who immediately opened the door and came in.
"Master, what are your orders?"
"Call a few people and beat the maid named Qiuyue to death with sticks beside the second lady."
"Daddy!!"
Before the servant could answer, he was interrupted by Su Ruowei's sharp voice.
Su Honghe turned his head and looked at Su Ruowei, "Huh?"
"Dad, Qiuyue is very good to me. We get along like sisters. This time Qiuyue did something she shouldn't have done, but Qiuyue also felt unfair for me."
After saying that, Su Ruowei knelt down and kowtowed heavily, "Please be magnanimous and let Qiu Yue go this time. My daughter promises that Qiu Yue will never dare to do it again in the future!"
Seeing this, Su Honghe waved his hand, and the servant wisely exited and closed the door.
After the servants went out, Su Honghe put away the smile on his face, slapped the table angrily, and said sternly, "Now that things have happened, you still haven't told the truth!!"
Su Ruowei looked at Su Honghe in a panic, "Dad... Daddy?"
"The delivery man from out of town said that the person who bribed him gave him a full five hundred taels of silver and asked him not to expose the person who bribed him no matter who came to the door."
"If I hadn't asked someone from the government to come forward, the other party would have been afraid of going to jail. I didn't know you were so bold."
"I called you here today to give you a chance to confess, but you still chose to lie to me!"
Su Honghe took a deep breath and looked at Su Ruowei with deep eyes full of disappointment.
"How many years does it take for a maid to save five hundred taels of silver on a monthly salary of just a little to be able to save enough money? You can actually tell me that you don't know anything without changing your face!!"
Su Ruowei didn't expect that her father had already found out everything and called her over to ask. It was just a formality.
And all the lies she told out of luck were seen by her father.
Thinking of this, Su Ruowei felt her whole body go limp, as if all her strength had been drained away in an instant.
"Why?"
The study was quiet for a long time before Su Honghe's hoarse voice sounded.
"You have always been well-behaved and sensible. You are very different from your sister. Your mother and I are most at ease with you. Why do you do this?"
There was a hint of crying in Su Ruowei's voice, "Daughter... my daughter was just confused for a moment."
