Mrs. Bai, however, didn't relax at Bai Suihe's words. "He Er, is your husband really reliable?"
Instead, she began to wonder if her silly daughter had been coaxed and deceived by him. Taking out her bottom-of-the-trunk stash of silver to buy supplies, only to hand them all over to her husband—no matter how she thought about it, it seemed highly inappropriate.
Bai Suihe blinked. Being a scapegoat wasn't easy; even his character was being questioned.
"You are just too kind-hearted. You shouldn't have been in such a hurry to send people out to do this," Mrs. Bai said, increasingly convinced of her own guess. "You must always keep your guard up. If they really need to make preparations, shouldn't the Gu Mansion be emptying their own pockets?"
Bai Suihe hadn't expected the excuse she concocted yesterday to have such a massive flaw. "You have a point, Mother. But the silver has already been spent. What should I do?"
