Ding Youyi clearly didn't believe it: "Such a large amount of supplies, all given to him?"

"Of course I couldn't give him all of it; I kept a small portion for myself."

Before Ding Youyi could speak, Zuo Ling continued:

"Want to know where I put it? Why should I tell you? Everyone knows that supplies are life-saving. Don't bother, I'm not telling you."

Trying to get anything out of her? No way!

I'm still feeling the pinch from losing those twenty sheep.

Suppressing the malice in his eyes, Ding Youyi's smile became even more gentle:

"Jiaojiao said that she tested you when she went to Kyoto. At that time, you couldn't absorb the energy crystals, but before she went to Kyoto, you had already stockpiled them."

Zuo Ling sneered:

"Heh, speaking of which, I should ask you this: if you're going to awaken my superpowers, why not just say so directly? What are you trying to do by being so secretive? What ulterior motives are you hiding?"

Zuo Ling's question was sharp and went straight to the core issue, causing the expressions of the Ding family members to change slightly.

“Now we are asking you a question,” Ding Youyi said firmly.

Taking two steps closer to him, Zuo Ling raised her chin and said coldly:

“You ask, I’ll answer. Don’t believe me? Fine, I’d love to. Do you think I care about the Ding family?”

Fourth Uncle Ding Fenghe slammed his hand on the table and shouted sternly:

"Zuo Ling, what kind of attitude is this? Don't forget, you took 30 million from the Ding family, and most of the supplies you hoarded belonged to the Ding family. With such a disaster, shouldn't you take them out?"

Zuo Ling found it amusing; she had given it to her, yet she still wanted to take it back from her.

"The Ding family owes me 30 million. They gave birth to me but didn't raise me, and now they think they're right? They want me to hand over the supplies? Don't dream!"

Seeing that Zuo Ling was completely unmoved by reason, Ding Fenghe was so angry that his beard trembled.

Ding Fengguo smoothed things over:

"Alright, alright, give her the 30 million, it's hers now, she can do whatever she wants with it."

As the head of the family, he still has some sense of perspective.

Ding Fengguo said to Pei Nansheng, "Nansheng, take Zuo Ling down to rest. We can talk about it later."

"Master..."

Ding Youyi was anxious; he still had many questions. How could he let Zuo Ling go so easily?

Ding Fengguo stopped her. He had just returned and was already interrogating her. How could she be polite and resistant? There was plenty of time. What was the rush?

After the two left, the room fell silent.

Ding Youyi said, "Master, do you believe what Zuo Ling said? I don't think that girl told the truth at all."

Fourth Uncle was equally dissatisfied:

“They have no sense of discipline at all. They were raised outside and they're not on our side. It's hard to say whether we can rely on them.”

He turned to his second uncle and asked, "Second brother, what do you think?"

Second Uncle tapped the armrest lightly with his fingertips, and after a long while slowly said:

"Extreme cold, polar night, earthquakes, who knows what will happen in the future? That girl has ice powers, at least we won't lack water anymore."

Everyone felt a chill run down their spines. Extreme cold and polar night had arrived; who dared to say that extreme heat wouldn't come?

Thinking about it this way, most of her resentment towards Zuo Ling dissipated.

Ding Fengguo glanced around and, seeing that everyone was silent, made the final decision.

"It's just one more person to support. The Ding family doesn't need her to eat. Let's leave it at that for now."

Ding Youyi then asked, "What about Jiaojiao? Aren't we going to send someone to look for her?"

Ding Jiaojiao is not like Pei Nansheng. Although she has some skills, they are limited. Several days have passed since the incident, and Ding Fengguo has lost hope.

But Ding Jiaojiao is his own granddaughter, whom he raised by his side and watched grow up. If he doesn't seek her out, he's too cold-hearted.

He instructed Ding Youdao, "Send a few people to look for your own daughter."

Ding Youyi offered a friendly suggestion: "Brother, I'll assign you a few people to search together."

It's a good thing to have someone help you, and Ding Youdao never refuses.

Just as they were about to leave, someone barged in, described as being even worse than Pei Nansheng and Zuo Ling.

"Fourth...Fourth Uncle, no...something terrible has happened, the warehouse...the warehouse has been robbed."

Everyone was shocked.

Liangzi was from Fourth Uncle's family. Fourth Uncle stamped his cane and asked anxiously, "Which warehouse? How was it robbed?"

Knowing the matter was of great importance, Liangzi braced himself and said:

“Rare…rare metals…that warehouse, everything inside…is gone.”

"What?"

At the same time, two voices came from the family head, Ding Fengguo, and the fourth uncle.

Fourth Uncle's vision went black, his body swayed, and he stomped his cane several times:

"How could it be gone? Wasn't there someone guarding it? It was bolted from the inside; you couldn't get the door open without heavy weapons. How could it have been stolen? Tell me in detail what happened."

Liangzi was about to cry; he wished he knew what had happened.

"Old Liu went to deliver goods a few days ago and everything was fine. Then there was an earthquake at night, and a lot of rocks rolled down the mountain, blocking the road. We were worried about what would happen to the goods, so we kept clearing the rocks. Today, a batch of goods was delivered, and when we opened the warehouse door, the goods... the goods were all gone."

Everyone understood; it meant that they didn't even know when the goods had disappeared.

Enraged, Fourth Uncle raised his cane and struck Liangzi.

"You good-for-nothing! You didn't even know when you were robbed! What can you do? What can you possibly do?"

Liangzi dared not dodge and had to endure it.

The third and fourth uncles didn't get along, so he pretended to advise them:

"Fourth brother, calm down, calm down. If you hit him, will the things come back? Let's think of something else. All the valuables are in that warehouse. What are we going to do about such a huge loss?"

The subtext is: you, the fourth brother, are in charge of the goods, and you'll bear the losses; don't expect us to share the burden.

The second uncle stood with his hands behind his back, his face grim and silent.

Ding Fengguo, the head of the family, felt a throbbing pain in his temples. They had just lost five airplanes, and now their rare metal vault had been robbed. Who was targeting the Ding family?

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