Lan Yao didn't want to talk. Lan Yao closed her eyes. Lan Yao just wanted to sleep.

As she fell asleep, she heard the familiar voice again. Lan Yao didn't want to pay attention, since Gu Zixiao was in the courtyard anyway.

Gu Zixiao will definitely take the initiative to find out what happened.

Just as Lan Yao had predicted, Gu Zixiao, who had been suddenly awakened by the noise in the middle of the night, got up and quietly went to the place where the noise was coming from.

Of course, besides Gu Zixiao, the other people who stayed at Grandma Yu's house yesterday also got up. They quietly came to Gu Zixiao's side and asked in a low voice, "What happened, boss?"

Li Hao knew what had happened before and had probably guessed it, so he said, "Those people are looking for the Wang family's wealth."

As soon as he said that, everyone immediately understood.

Lei Shengrong said with some disdain, "They're really something. They can do something so heinous."

Li Hao shrugged: "Isn't this the social atmosphere right now?"

Wang Zhenfeng looked at Gu Zixiao: "Should we interfere?"

Gu Zixiao said indifferently, "It doesn't matter. It doesn't affect us. It's better to avoid trouble."

Although Lei Shengrong disapproved of those people, he knew that Gu Zixiao was right. He patted Wang Zhenfeng and Li Hao on the shoulder and said, "Let's go back to sleep."

Li Hao yawned as well: "Boss, keep an eye on things for a while. If nothing else happens, you can go to sleep too."

Gu Zixiao: ...

He gave a half-smile: "You all seem to trust me completely."

Lei Shengrong replied without hesitation, "It's not for us. Boss, your husband is still in this house. It wouldn't be good if something happened to disturb him."

Gu Zixiao chuckled twice: "Get lost."

Lei Shengrong quickly grabbed Wang Zhenfeng and Li Hao and ran away.

Gu Zixiao could still hear Wang Zhenfeng say, "Old Lei, you really know how to talk."

Li Hao: "This is called a precision strike."

Gu Zixiao: ...

You bunch of bastards, you've finally caught me red-handed.

One day...

Gu Zixiao withdrew his gaze and turned it back to the neighboring courtyard. After watching for a while, he didn't notice anything else the people were doing. They seemed to be diligently digging, searching through the houses, and making noise, and they were very careful about the volume.

However, no matter how much you pay attention to the volume, in the dead of night, when it's so quiet, you'll still end up making the sound very loud, which is bound to be heard by people with sensitive ears and who are alert.

Gu Zixiao thought to herself, "If they make a bigger fuss, I'll knock these people out."

Outside, Gu Zixiao was keeping watch to prevent the other party from disturbing Lan Yao's sleep, while inside, Lan Yao was resting with her eyes closed.

With so much noise outside, it was impossible for her to truly fall into a deep sleep, given her personality. If something really happened, she wouldn't even be able to react.

This was a habit she developed after suffering several major losses during the apocalypse.

So even after arriving in a relatively peaceful society, Lan Yao's habits couldn't be changed anytime soon.

While Lan Yao was resting with her eyes closed, she was unaware that the jade Pixiu had already blocked her as its master and was quietly communicating with the space.

Jade Pixiu: "Space, space, it's too noisy over there. Space, think of a way to take away the wealth over there. Anyway, that family is all dead. Keeping it is just letting others benefit. Since that's the case, it's better to give it to the master."

Space thought it made a lot of sense, so it agreed with the jade Pixiu's suggestion. It left Lan Yao silently, went for a walk in the neighboring courtyard, and quickly returned to Lan Yao's body.

Lan Yao suddenly opened her eyes and asked the jade Pixiu, "Did something just happen?"

The jade Pixiu feigned ignorance: "Master, what did you say? What happened?"

Lan Yao chuckled twice. Just as she was about to say something, she heard a very light knock on her door.

Lan Yao casually threw on a coat, opened the door, and asked coldly, "What is it?"

Gu Zixiao frowned and asked, "Has anything happened here?"

Lan Yao: "No. Why would you ask that?"

Lan Yao couldn't help but sigh inwardly, Gu Zixiao was as quick-witted as ever.

Gu Zixiao must have discovered that the jade Pixiu had done something.

"Are you sure nothing's wrong?" Gu Zixiao asked again.

He clearly felt something enter Lan Yao's room, so he was a little worried and came to knock on Lan Yao's door to ask.

“Nothing really happened. No, come and see for yourself.” Lan Yao impatiently stepped aside, gesturing for Gu Zixiao to come in and see for herself.

Gu Zixiao noticed Lan Yao's emotions and smiled, "It's good that nothing happened. You know, you are the most important person to me right now. If anything happens to you, I will die with you."

Lan Yao held back for a moment, but couldn't help rolling her eyes: "Then your life is really worthless. I don't want a cheap piece of trash like you."

"It doesn't matter. As long as this slut likes you, that's enough." Gu Zixiao said indifferently.

Lan Yao: ...

She snorted: "...Do you have anything else to say? If not, I'm going back to sleep."

"No."

As soon as Gu Zixiao finished speaking, he and Lan Yao looked towards the edge of the courtyard and saw that several people who had been searching for things in the neighboring courtyard suddenly jumped over the edge of the courtyard and walked quickly toward them with various weapons in their hands.

Lan Yao leaned lazily against the doorpost and said to Gu Zixiao with a half-smile, "Gu Zixiao, I'm a delicate and weak man now, and your husband needs your excellent wife to protect him."

Gu Zixiao: ...

With your high combat skills, do you still need me to protect you?

Well, since Yao Xin has said so, it's time to show him my charm as the strongest fighter.

Gu Zixiao moved with the speed of a phantom, quickly arriving beside the group. She raised her hand and slashed down hard at the back of their necks.

Logically speaking, with Gu Zixiao's strength, she could easily knock someone unconscious, and the person who was knocked unconscious would have a huge bump on the back of their neck.

But in reality, Gu Zixiao didn't make any of them faint; instead, she provoked their ferocity.

Lan Yao, always eager for drama, asked, "Dear Gu Zixiao, do you need my help?"

If it were based on Gu Zixiao's previous personality, he would definitely have thought it over and said no.

But now...

Facing Lan Yao, he hesitated for a second before nodding, his voice pleading and imploring: "Yao Xin, I'm so stupid, so incompetent, can you help me?"

As he spoke, he quickly ran up to Lan Yao, grabbed her hand, and said pitifully, "They are so mean. I'm not strong enough, so husband, please protect me."

Lan Yao: ...

Isn't this a case of shooting oneself in the foot?