Late at night, the family gathered in the study. Lin Lishan sat on a chair and told her daughter about a lot of things that had happened at home and outside recently.

Zhou Jiao saw that she was in a very good mood and did not show any excessive emotion when she mentioned those things. She did not even mention her suicide attempt and pretended to be ignorant of it.

——Life has to go on, and it’s good that she can think things through.

Zhou Xiaozheng glanced at Ping An who was yawning, then saw his little hands tightly clutching his mother's clothes. He smiled and shook his head, "Rest first, we'll talk about it tomorrow."

Zhang Guoqing glanced at his wife and clapped his hands at Ping An. "Let your mom chat with grandpa and the others. Dad will take you to wash up and wait for mom, okay?"

Ping An tilted his head, "Sleep together?"

"right."

"Okay then. I still have a lot to talk to my mom about."

Zhang Guoqing picked up the child and said with a smile: "Then I will accompany the child first. Dad, don't stay up late at night and go to bed early."

Lin Lishan also stood up. "You two can continue chatting. I'm going to go see if Aunt Chen has prepared a midnight snack. Let the child eat before going to sleep."

Zhou Xiaozheng nodded after hearing this. As he watched them close the door and leave, he asked, "Do you have any good news to tell Dad?"

Zhou Jiao happily took his arm and said softly, "Dad, look at the ground..."

As she finished speaking, a large wooden box about one meter long appeared in front of the father and daughter.

Zhou Jiao opened the lid. "I took advantage of bank transactions to withdraw all my overseas savings accounts in four or five major cities. There are also documents and jewelry from my grandmother's safe. There are always people around outside, so I haven't had time to take a closer look yet."

Zhou Xiaozheng glanced at the US dollars, British pounds, and French franc coins inside. He was not at all surprised by his daughter's presumptuous behavior. "No accidents?"

"No, I was always very careful, and I withdrew most of my money in the City of Peace. Luckily, my grandmother was smart enough to open a safe in that country, otherwise it wouldn't have been so easy.

The financial system there is very developed, and there are many wealthy people. After I completed a transaction with someone, when I went to collect the money, the bank manager looked at the receipt and didn't ask any questions. The service was very efficient.

I went straight in, and when I came out he had already paid me everything. It was very fast, and my colleagues in the coffee shop outside didn't notice anything unusual.

Zhou Xiaozheng ignored the big box full of cash, took out a black travel backpack from it, and signaled her to take the big box away first.

Zhou Jiao put the items into the space and stayed close to her father, watching him take out several small and large wooden boxes from inside and open them one by one with great effort. She felt really embarrassed.

——I took it in a hurry and didn’t organize it again. Fortunately, there was space, otherwise it would take up a lot of space.

After the father and daughter finished their inspection, they exchanged a wry smile. The document bag contained nothing but two property certificates and a single letter. But come to think of it, her father wasn't even born then.

Zhou Jiao said guiltily, "Dad, four of my grandparents' old friends ran into me this time. They were all either wealthy or high-ranking. They left me their addresses, but I didn't dare contact them. I immediately gave all the notes to my colleagues to hand over to the team leader, but I still remember all the addresses."

Zhou Xiaozheng put down the documents in his hand and asked softly, "Are you worried that there might be something wrong with those people's background?"

Zhou Jiao nodded seriously.

Zhou Xiaozheng patted her head. "You're right to think so. Those people are acquainted with your grandparents, so they must be in high positions now. It's impossible that they didn't get the news from back home."

"I thought so too. What if they are enemies, or are after the Gu family's property? The domestic situation is unclear right now, so let's wait and see."

Zhou Xiaozheng nodded in agreement. It was absolutely possible! In the past few years, none of his parents' old friends hadn't contacted their old friends abroad. If they'd cared, those elders abroad would have written long ago. This time, they might have run into their daughter, but whether intentionally or not, it was best not to get too close.

"Come and take a look at these two properties, one farm and one house. Your grandfather's name is on both. It's impossible that our Zhou family was as clean-handed as the outside world said. Next, find an opportunity to visit the other two secret rooms and see what's going on."

Zhou Jiao's eyes lit up when she heard this. "Is the danger over?"

"Over the years, our family's public image has been established, and the rats in the dark have been eliminated. Nowadays, local people are constantly reclaiming wasteland, and if things go on for a long time, the secret room might be exposed. It's time to open it, but we still have to be careful."

Zhou Jiao nodded in understanding and pointed at the two documents. "I don't know who lives in these two properties now. But I've checked the laws of both countries. As long as we, father and daughter, exist as legal entities, no one can take them away."

"When your grandparents returned to China, they should have made arrangements in advance. Leave this matter to Dad. I'll ask my lawyer friend in Hong Kong to handle it."

Even if you have money, you can't give foreigners cheap things! Zhou Jiao finally felt relieved. But then she thought of something and laughed foolishly at her father again.

Seeing this, Zhou Xiaozheng immediately asked, "Did you do something bad?"

"Dad, why are you so smart?"

Zhou Xiaozheng glanced at her sideways, "Have you forgotten what you promised me? You're so bold. Tell me, what good thing did you steal?"

Zhou Jiao looked at the study regretfully, "It's too small here, I can't fit it in."

Zhou Xiaozheng looked at her with a headache.

He knew how much surprise she had, even without her saying it. This child was so bold. Did she ever consider what would happen if she got caught? She couldn't go alone from now on. Xiaowu had to come along. As a father, he was truly worried.

"Be good, listen to Dad. Safety first, nothing is more valuable than your life."

Zhou Jiao knew her father was furious the moment she heard it, so she quickly grabbed his arm and shook him, "Dad, I'm being very careful. Really, don't you think your daughter is so timid? I didn't even want any of it, but all those things were swaying right under my nose late at night, one carload after another. And it was raining heavily that night, oh my, I had to minimize their losses, right? Just think about the waste."

Zhou Xiaozheng burst out laughing and cursed, "You little devil. Did the loss of your things cause a stir?"

Zhou Jiao shook her head proudly. "The Su Kingdom was about to start the journey at night. After I finished, I even opened the warehouse door. I guess they still think it was scattered all the way."

Forget it, Zhou Xiaozheng didn't even need to ask. Those people were either eating melons or keeping it a secret from the higher authorities. Thinking of this, he blurted out, "Flour and coal?"

"You're awesome! You're worthy of being my dad. There's still a lot of canned meat, but it tastes terrible. And that white wine is almost like alcohol. Dad, please help me find a place to deal with it. The warehouse is about to explode."

Zhou Xiaozheng laughed heartily upon hearing this, then stopped laughing and said, "Well done! We've made back our investment of over ten pounds of gold. Let's discuss those things with Xiaowu. There's no such thing as a fool in this world."

Zhou Jiao nodded cheerfully. She and her father truly were father and daughter; they even had the same ideas. She gave herself a thumbs-up for having such a father!