# Chapter 5587: The Missing Tea and the Butler’s Cold Sweat
Hello everyone, it’s me again! How are you all doing? Today I will continue to walk with you and review Chapter 5587 of “Married at First Sight.” This chapter is a tense, sharply focused scene where a small matter—a missing batch of premium tea—becomes the crack that threatens to expose years of quiet corruption. So let’s step into the Longbottom family’s secondary residence and watch the pressure rise.
The chapter opens with Stuart trapped in the worst kind of silence. Laurence has just asked him about the tea, and Stuart stammers, not daring to answer. His mind is caught in a vise. If he claims all the tea was consumed, then who drank it? But if he says it was never used, then who took the rest? There is no safe answer. Every possible reply leads straight toward a truth he desperately wants to bury.
Laurence’s expression darkens. He does not raise his voice into a rage, but his stern command is even more frightening: bring him the ledgers. Stuart tries to buy time, reminding him that it is almost dark. But Laurence refuses to be delayed. He asks whether he is not allowed to check the accounts after dark, whether this place has no lights at all. Then he cuts deeper: he wants to know exactly where the tea has gone. He is the head of the family, yet he cannot even get a decent cup of tea. That humiliation sharpens his anger, and Stuart has no choice but to obey. He hurries away, wiping sweat from his forehead.
To understand why this moment is so dangerous for Stuart, the chapter pulls back and explains the Longbottom family’s tea arrangements. Both the main estate and the secondary residence receive fresh tea every year—premium varieties so fine that even other wealthy families struggle to buy them. The tea is usually reserved for the head of the family’s daily use or for entertaining distinguished guests. Every shipment must be recorded. Every allocation must be documented, whether it is used or given away. Only the family head has the authority to give it away as a gift.
Of course, the Longbottom family has had no official family head for thirty years. The acting heads did not possess absolute power, but they still held certain authorities in the absence of a legitimate heir. This year’s fresh tea arrived long ago. Manny had taken some to give away as gifts, but a portion remained. Since Tony and the others rarely visited the villa, Stuart had secretly sold the remaining tea for cash.
This is where the chapter reveals the rot beneath Stuart’s polished butler exterior. As the butler of the secondary residence, he enjoys a generous salary and excellent benefits. It is a stable job, better paid than most ordinary employees earn, comparable to a white-collar professional’s income. But Stuart has grown greedy. He is no longer satisfied with what he has. He wants more money, and so he begins exploiting his position to pocket a little extra.
Every expense is supposed to be recorded in the books, but his position gives him the opportunity to alter the accounts. As long as the discrepancies are not too large, his superiors will not investigate—they will not even bother to check. They understand that nothing would get done if they micromanaged everything, so they generally turn a blind eye to minor embezzlement. At most, they would give a warning before dropping the matter.
Stuart knows better than to take too much. He sells only some items. Since the villa is usually reserved for vacations, the food and supplies are of the highest quality. But the head rarely visits, which means provisions are always in surplus. Selling those items outside brings in a tidy sum. Over the years, Stuart has made several hundred thousand a year selling off food, drinks, and other household supplies. Combined with his salary, he enjoys a lifestyle more comfortable than that of small business owners. He has even built a small villa for his family and bought two apartments in the city center, intending to give them to his two sons as wedding gifts. He, his wife, and both sons each own a car worth several hundred grand.
People whisper behind his back that he is too greedy, but he ignores them. As long as the people above him do not investigate, he has nothing to worry about. He has always been loyal to Manny and Tony, so he is not especially concerned when Laurence suddenly takes over as the family head. He assumes Laurence is unfamiliar with the family’s internal affairs and will not discover his actions. After all, he is just the butler of a secondary residence.
But fate moves faster than Stuart’s calculations. Laurence shows up suddenly. Stuart receives word only five minutes before Laurence arrives. Even if he wanted to cover his tracks, there is not enough time. And now, with one simple question about tea and one cold order for the ledgers, the comfortable little kingdom Stuart has built on stolen supplies begins to tremble.
This chapter is short but sharp. It turns a household detail into a weapon and makes the reader feel the sweat on Stuart’s forehead. Laurence’s authority is quiet but absolute, and Stuart’s guilt is loud precisely because he says so little. The tension comes from the gap between what Stuart knows and what Laurence is about to uncover.
Reader’s Impressions & Star Rating: I really enjoyed this chapter’s compressed tension. It is not a loud confrontation, but it feels like a trap closing. Stuart’s panic is believable, and the chapter does a strong job showing how greed can make a person careless. My rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4.7 / 5 Stars.
Next Chapter Prediction: Laurence will inspect the ledgers and quickly notice inconsistencies in the tea allocations. Stuart may try to deflect blame toward Manny, Tony, or the villa’s staff, but Laurence is likely to press harder and demand a full accounting. The next chapter may reveal the first concrete evidence of Stuart’s years of embezzlement, and Stuart could either confess, attempt a desperate cover-up, or try to drag his former patrons into the scandal.
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