After she left, Aunt Liu said to Su He with emotion, "Da Ya is such a sensible child. She's so young but she's almost like a maid in the Zhu family. She has to do all the chores."

I once saw the Zhu family make such a small child carry a large basin of water. It's true, if it weren't for Daya's strength, she really wouldn't have been able to carry it.

"What are the Zhu family thinking? Their daughter is so young and already so sensible; she'll definitely be filial when she grows up. Why don't they treat her well instead of tormenting her like this!"

Su He sighed after hearing this, but didn't offer any opinion. It wasn't appropriate for them to comment on other people's affairs.

Sister Liu clearly thought the same thing, and after complaining to her for a couple of minutes, she stopped talking.

Su He sat at the Liu family's house for an entire afternoon, only returning home after Liu's wife had almost finished making the clothes.

When I went out for dinner that evening, I saw Daya wandering around the yard again. As she passed the gate, Xiao Zhang even gave her a steamed bun.

Da Ya was too embarrassed to accept it and refused with a blush, but Xiao Zhang insisted on giving it to her. In the end, Da Ya didn't know where she got the strength, but she stuffed the steamed bun into his arms and ran away.

Xiao Zhang was left standing there, holding the steamed bun, shaking his head helplessly.

He even smiled at Su He after seeing her.

Su He smiled back, thinking that Xiao Zhang had a good personality, no wonder Tao Hong had taken a liking to him. As for Xiao Wang, he was usually much more serious and rarely interacted with them.

To be honest, the two security guards don't have to stand straight all the time except when they check other people coming in and out. They can rest when no one is around, or they can take turns standing guard.

It's not that tiring, and it's a pretty good job.

So it's understandable that Tao Hong had taken a liking to Xiao Zhang.

...

After dinner, Su He went home and went to sleep. But when she got up the next day and went to have breakfast, she felt something was wrong.

The atmosphere in the cafeteria was off; people were rushing around or had furrowed brows.

Su He's heart skipped a beat when she saw this, guessing that something must have happened.

After quickly finishing the rest of the meal, I rushed back to the family compound and headed straight to Sister Liu's house.

Sure enough, we soon got some information from her.

Last night, Liu's husband, Lao Tang, was called away in the middle of the night and hasn't returned yet. Moreover, the family compound is under lockdown today, and none of the family members who are supposed to go to work are able to leave their homes.

The research institute helped them get leave.

In addition, the research institute also issued a notice saying that something important had been lost. Until the item was found, everyone should stay home as much as possible, not approach the security guards, and not pass on messages or deliver mail.

Su He was startled upon hearing this.

They immediately understood what was going on.

The mole has acted!

Clearly, Sister Liu also had her suspicions. "How come something's gone missing again? Could it be the same person who did it last time? How could that person be so wicked? Could it really be someone from our residential compound? Is there a spy among us?"

The more Liu thought about it, the more frightened she became. The thought of living in the same residential compound with the spy for so long filled her with dread.

Seeing this, Su He comforted her, "Sister-in-law, don't worry. The matter is still unresolved, and we don't know what's going on. Don't scare yourself."

Sister Liu then came to her senses. "Yes, I shouldn't scare myself. I'm just curious who it is. I know most of the people in the residential compound, and none of them look like bad guys!"

Su He laughed upon hearing this, "Bad people don't wear their names on their faces, so they definitely won't let anyone tell. Since the research institute investigated for so long and still couldn't find out, they won't let anyone discover it easily."

Aunt Liu thought about it and agreed. "So the reason they're not letting people get close to the gatekeeper is to prevent the news from getting out, right? We can just see who gets close to the gatekeeper and then pass the news out."

Su He chuckled upon hearing this. This idea was too naive. How could an insider be so stupid? Knowing that they were not allowed to get close to the gatekeeper, they still insisted on trying to send messages out from there. Were they afraid of not being exposed?

However, Su He didn't discourage Sister Liu, after all, she was just an ordinary person, so she nodded and didn't say anything.