Xie Jingrong, who had been thinking that one more helper might work better, expressed his gratitude politely but refused his help. He stressed repeatedly. "Please tell Officer Qiao that it is my private affair, and it is a big taboo to use public forces to deal with private matters. It is not good to hire so many people, otherwise I will feel really guilty about it! Those senior people in the family would blame me for it too!"
Strategist Lu was startled as he smiled and nodded. "You are right, absolutely right! Young Master Xie, don't worry, I will never deal with private things using public forces, never…"
Strategist Lu informed County Magistrate Qiao about it, and the magistrate had to drop the idea of getting the staff to search for the plant or putting up the poster of offering prizes to those who found it.
