The next second, a sentence appeared in Gu Rong's mind.

Just looking at you, just looking at you...

That kind of situation, like someone hiding in the shadows and secretly observing, is really quite frightening.

After chatting with Gu Rong for a while, Old Cao stared at the wooden box in Gu Rong's hand and said with a smile, "Little girl, have you discovered something?"

There are some things you can't take, or you'll be criticized, sent to a farm for reform through labor, or even executed. Don't do anything foolish.

When she was packing things up, except for the first three items which she disassembled on the spot to make it easier to retrieve them, she would then put them away in her storage space.

Everything was kept as is until it was taken directly from the box before the box was disassembled.

She scattered all the dismantled wood pieces everywhere.

She had A-Xi keep an eye on Lao Cao and the surrounding area.

The surrounding area was cluttered with debris, and there was no one else around. Old Cao didn't have any surveillance cameras or surveillance equipment, so he had no idea what she was doing.

Originally, if the other party hadn't come looking for her, she planned to dismantle the boxes and throw them around, thinking it wouldn't cause any major problems.

But if the other party comes looking for you, then you must be on guard and have some suspicions.

If the other party knows everything about the recycling center and sees a missing box, they might think she's hiding something, which could lead to trouble.

But when Lao Cao went to the recycling station to look for it, A Xi had already told her.

So she quickly opened the front boxes, the ones with the most hidden items, and then opened the last box.

She deliberately made a commotion to lure the other party over; this last box was also something she intentionally left behind.

There were only a few dozen silver notes hidden inside, laid out flat in the box, taking up very little space.

Once the contents are removed, the gap in the middle is so small that even if the other party opens it up to check, they won't be able to see what could be hidden inside.

Gu Rong pointed to the box at her feet: "I think this box is nice and I want to buy it. I'll just test how sturdy it is. How much is this box?"

Sure enough, the other party smiled and shook his head: "These boxes are the kind that can't be sold. If you like them, the ones outside are pretty good, and I'll give you a discount."

"Alright then," Gu Rong said, turning back every few steps as she walked outside.

Old Cao stood there, smiling as he looked Gu Rong up and down.

They're all wearing summer clothes now, so it's easy to tell if they're hiding anything.

After Gu Rong left, Lao Cao walked to the spot where the box had been, looked around, and bent down to make sure Gu Rong was gone.

In no time, they opened the box, and as Gu Rong had expected, the other party couldn't figure it out.

Old Cao looked at the box, somewhat puzzled: "Could it be that I'm overthinking things?"

Although puzzled, when Gu Rong and the others brought their things and said they wanted to weigh them, the other party emptied out all the books and checked them one by one.

Looking at the books on the ground, apart from textbooks from elementary to high school, all that was left were comic books; I couldn't find anything else.

Moreover, the two were dressed so lightly that they didn't seem like they could hide anything.

He stuffed the books back into the sack and weighed them: "It weighs 32.6 jin in total, which is 2 mao per jin, so it's 6.52 yuan."

Gu Rong took out the money and, together with Cao Baobao, tied the bag to the back seat.

Given the current situation, with things in the back seat, I can only sit on the front shoulder pole.

You know what, riding a bicycle like that is really awkward and uncomfortable.

Seeing that Gu Rong and the other person were about to leave, Old Cao asked with a smile, "Don't you want the boxes anymore? There are a few good ones over there."

Gu Rong shook her head and pointed to the bicycle: "I don't need it for now, there's not enough room for the bicycle. I'll choose one next time I rent an oxcart."

After watching the two leave, Lao Cao went to the places Gu Rong had just visited and searched them, but found nothing amiss.

He turned and went back to the door, and two men came in a short while later.

Upon seeing the two, Lao Cao immediately stood up: "Brother Wei, you're here. There's no one selling anything today, nothing new."

Old Wei waved his hand and asked, "It's nothing. We haven't finished going through the ones from a while ago. Let's go take another look. Is there anything special today?"

"Nothing else, just two little girls came to buy books. I checked them before they left, and they only had textbooks and comic books, nothing else."

Old Cao spoke for a while, then thought about Gu Rong's situation and said, "But that little girl looked at a wooden box."

The other party said they wanted to buy from me but I didn't sell. I looked inside and there was nothing there. They said they would come back next time, but I'm not sure if that's true. Do you two gentlemen want to go and take a look?

Although I don't believe a young girl could find anything valuable, it's just that there might be something from the other family's house in there, and they're coming back looking for it.

Old Wei raised an eyebrow and pointed ahead, indicating that Old Wei should lead the way: "Take a look."

Old Cao led the way, taking them to where Gu Rong was looking at the box, and pointed to the intact box on the ground.

Old Wei looked down and didn't find anything different. He tapped it with his hand, and the sound inside was a bit strange. It sounded like it was empty, but then again, it didn't seem quite right.

He couldn't find the mechanism, so he and the people around him dismantled the box.

Looking at the small gap in the middle, it doesn't seem like it could hide anything, but it doesn't seem like there's nothing there either.

Old Wei didn't want to waste too much energy on things that were uncertain: "Keep an eye on her next time she comes."

"Okay, Brother Wei, you guys get back to work, I'll go keep watch outside," Old Cao nodded with a smile.

The man next to Lao Wei looked around beforehand, his gaze settling on the broken wooden planks on the ground.

He turned and looked around at the wooden hills, then patted Lao Wei on the shoulder: "Lao Wei, let's stay here and watch today."

Old Wei glanced at the surrounding wood, but after a few glances at the beginning, he didn't really look around much.

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