"I'm married." Zhou Siyu smiled and stroked the ring on her hand. "Thank you for your kindness, Aunt Wang. Your niece will definitely meet someone even better in the future."

"Oh my, this child, she really knows how to talk." The woman in overalls looked at Zhou Siyu with a smile. "Aren't your family worried about you traveling so far by yourself?"

"My husband and I came together," Zhou Siyu lied without batting an eye. "He said he wanted to make some kind of investment here..."

"So your husband is that big grudge... oops... kind-hearted man?" The apron-wearing woman abruptly stopped herself, awkwardly laughing as she uttered a nonsensical remark: "You have excellent taste."

"Huh? I don't really understand these things."

Zhou Siyu narrowed her phoenix eyes slightly; it seemed this situation was even more murky than she had imagined.

"Oh dear, don't scare her." The woman in overalls nudged the woman in apron with her elbow and laughed, "We're poor here, and we've never seen much of the world. Please don't take offense."

"It's alright, it's alright." Zhou Siyu waved her hands repeatedly, then asked in confusion, "The environment here is so nice, and there are plenty of resources, why doesn't anyone come to develop it?"

"Oh, how could that be?" The old woman with her hair in a bun grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds and said angrily as she cracked them open, "I heard that a few years ago a really powerful person came out of our area. He made a lot of money outside and donated a lot to construction projects, but we haven't seen a single penny of it."

"How could this happen!"

Zhou Siyu chimed in, hurriedly handing over some melon seeds.

"And that school wall, it's been repaired and it keeps collapsing, it gets washed away every year when it rains, it's so dangerous..."

"Yes, that stone bridge is hundreds of years old and it's shaky. I was terrified when I saw the child walking on it."

"Oh." Zhou Siyu feigned surprise and covered her mouth. "But I heard that the government headquarters allocates a sum of money here every year, it shouldn't be that..."

"Tch, naive." An old man watching the chess game nearby said disdainfully, "If you keep plucking feathers from a passing goose, layer by layer, even a phoenix will become a featherless sparrow."

"Is that so..." Zhou Siyu said angrily, "How could they do this? This is too much!"

The group started discussing amongst themselves, while Zhou Siyu sat among them, leisurely cracking sunflower seeds. It seemed that he had really made the right decision to come this time.

The government headquarters is probably aware of these shady dealings, so they specially set up a new bank on Planet Twenty-Eight, assigned a dedicated person to manage it, and all funds must be approved to ensure that other government officials cannot get any kickbacks.

Of course, even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake. To prevent a backlash from the local government, the government headquarters borrowed a group of special forces soldiers from the army to protect all participants.

But this kind of 24-hour protection is more like surveillance. Although Zhou Siyu was very uncomfortable, she had no choice but to accept it.

It wasn't until lunchtime that the group slowly dispersed and headed home. These people were mostly retired from government agencies or government-owned factories; even if they didn't work, their pensions were enough to make a living.

What are your thoughts?

Zhou Siyu patted the sunflower seed crumbs off her hands, stood up and straightened her clothes. Her gentle smile had vanished, and her amber eyes remained completely still.

"These officials have gone too far; they should be arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment!"

Yu Zhen puffed out his cheeks angrily. He was going to write a letter of complaint to report these corrupt officials who held positions without doing their jobs and stole money from the people!

"I'm giving you a task: find out the real situation at the school." Zhou Siyu tossed the car keys to Yu Zhen. "Don't ask the principal or the school leaders. Ask two types of students: the unruly bad students and the average students who are barely noticeable."

"Then what are you doing?"

"I'm the boss, what's it to you?" Zhou Siyu leaned against a willow tree with one hand in his pocket, looking lazily at the repair shop across the street. "I'm naturally going to... oops! To keep an eye on the car repair progress..."

Yu Zhen's eyes were practically rolling to the sky. Can't you be honest? You're clearly just after Yu Wei's muscles and good looks!

"Let's get moving," Zhou Siyu patted Yu Zhen on the shoulder. "We don't have much time."

This time, we will spend three months conducting preliminary investigations, and then discuss the development plan with the government officials after we return.

This was a scheme orchestrated by the government. If the Chu family won the bid, the project would tie up most of their funds and become a bottomless pit. If the Chu family didn't bid, they would lose the development rights for the Fourth Star District.

However, they didn't dare to openly set a trap for the Chu family, so they pushed Zhou Siyu forward. Even if the plan failed, it would be Zhou Siyu who offended the Chu family, not them.

Zhou Siyu naturally understood the intricacies of the situation, but his goal was not to weaken the Chu family; he wanted to completely destroy the Chu family and become the boss himself.