Chapter 1539: Chapter 1539

An incident in the ice cellar?

Su Yunjin looked towards Gu Yan, her face filled with anxiety, "Husband, please quickly go check what happened?" Since she hadn’t finished her confinement after childbirth, Su Yunjin couldn’t accompany Gu Yan.

She could only let Gu Yan go first to check the situation.

Gu Yan comforted his young wife.

"Yunjin, don’t worry, I’ll go have a look right now, it probably isn’t anything serious." Gu Yan released his wife’s hand, and just then, Auntie Bao rushed in from outside, panting heavily.

Gu Yan stood up, "Auntie Bao, what exactly happened? What’s wrong with the ice cellar?" As Gu Yan asked, he began to walk outside, Auntie Bao said: "Young master, some workers have reported catching two thieves in the ice cellar, asking for you to come and see."

Su Yunjin was somewhat stunned, "Thieves? Auntie Bao, you’re saying there were thieves in the ice cellar?" That shouldn’t be right, her and Gu Yan’s ice cellar wasn’t even finished yet! There was nothing there yet, so what could thieves possibly steal? Moreover, they were digging an ice cellar, even if the ice cellar was completed, whatever was inside wouldn’t be worth stealing, right?

Ice is a good thing in summer, a rarity, but in winter ice can be found everywhere, even the lake’s surface has a thick layer, ice now is worth nothing at all, could those thieves have their brains pinched by a door? In the dead of winter, they actually went to steal ice from her and Gu Yan’s ice cellar.

Such intelligence-lacking thieves.

Su Yunjin silently scorned the thieves in her heart.

"Madam, it wasn’t just any thieves that went into the ice cellar, they’ve been caught and are still in the ice cellar now!" Auntie Bao nodded. Gu Yan said, "Yunjin, I’ll go with Auntie Bao to the ice cellar now to take a look, you stay in the house and have your meal." Having said this, Gu Yan turned back to Auntie Liang, "Auntie, please trouble you to stay and help madam with her meal."

Auntie Liang nodded, Auntie Bao followed Gu Yan out, and Gu Yan felt that Auntie Bao had not finished what she was saying in front of his young wife, so once they were outside, he asked her, "Auntie Bao, about that thief, is there something you still want to say?"

"Young master, how did you know I had more to say?" Auntie Bao looked at Gu Yan in surprise; she did not expect Gu Yan to see through her thoughts.

Gu Yan smiled, "Auntie Bao, you stopped suddenly after speaking half of what you wanted to say, it was obvious you kept the other half to yourself." Auntie Bao inwardly admired Gu Yan.

She dared not keep any more secrets and gave a truthful answer.

"Young master, indeed I didn’t finish what I wanted to say. Actually, the two thieves caught, you and madam know them." Auntie Bao heard that those were Gu Baofu and Mrs. Zhang; one was Gu Yan’s eldest brother, the other his sister-in-law. Knowing that the brother and sister-in-law had gone to steal from the ice cellar, Auntie Bao was worried that it would trouble Su Yunjin, so she didn’t speak of it in the house.

A flicker of confusion passed through Gu Yan’s eyes, "Someone I know?"

"Young master, they are your eldest brother and sister-in-law," Auntie Bao revealed directly. Upon hearing that the thieves were Gu Baofu and Mrs. Zhang, Gu Yan’s brows immediately furrowed.

Auntie Bao said, "Young master, I heard the workers saying those two were acting suspiciously in the ice cellar, not sure what they were looking for. Had they not taken a fall in the ice cellar, they wouldn’t have been discovered."

Gu Yan strode towards the ice cellar under construction, Gu Baofu and Mrs. Zhang were each bound with hemp rope, in a sorry state.

Having been frozen stiff while lying in wait outside earlier, being bound by the hemp rope now only added to their discomfort, especially for Mrs. Zhang who was quite unwell all over.

As soon as she saw Gu Yan enter from outside, Mrs. Zhang immediately called out, "Third brother, third brother you’ve come? Look at these workers you’ve hired, they’re too disrespectful, after all, we’re still your elder brother and sister-in-law yet they tied us up."

"Yes, third brother, it’s good that you’ve come, quick, come and release your elder brother and sister-in-law," Gu Baofu, seeing Gu Yan, also couldn’t wait for Gu Yan to release him.