Chapter 170
In an era without surveillance and computers, it is indeed difficult to find a few petty thieves who come and go like the wind.
But not as big as people think.
Because the police's methods of catching thieves are backward, the thieves' methods of stealing are also backward. It doesn't matter if there is no surveillance. If they go door to door asking, there will always be someone who has seen them or knows some clues.
The four members of the Chu family searched their home carefully several times and confirmed that nothing was missing. Then Chu Liqiang went to find someone. He first told the local police station about the break-in at his home, and then told his comrades and the commander. When the commander heard it, he was shocked that Chu Liqiang had been the one who was stolen. He immediately sent a battalion of people to help with the investigation and protect the Chu family.
Chu Jiujiu had never seen so many PLA soldiers in her life. When she went to the military area to play, she only saw them in training or living. Nothing like now, where they were all fully armed, with solemn expressions as if they were about to go to the battlefield.
Chu Jiujiu, Wen Xiuwei, and Chu Shao were all standing outside the house. Their home had been occupied by the People's Liberation Army, and they could not go in until the carpet search was over.
Wen Xiuwei was the most worried person. She had a strong sense of crisis, even more so than Chu Shao. Chu Shao would only worry about this and that after something happened, but she would start worrying about this and that before anything happened.
Seeing Wen Xiuwei looking at her home with worry, he raised his arm and silently hugged her to him. Leaning on Chu Shao's shoulder, Wen Xiuwei sighed softly.
Chu Jiujiu, who was standing next to them: "..."
It's true love between parents, but the child is an accident. It would be fine if you two didn't comfort me, but why are you feeding me dog food so openly?
Late at night, Chu Jiujiu stood silently in the moonlight, feeling particularly redundant.
With so many people coming, the noise was naturally quite loud. When the noise reached the Han family, Grandpa Han, who was a light sleeper, woke up immediately. Grandma Han was sleeping soundly, and even if there was an earthquake at that time, she would not be woken up.
Others sleep less soundly as they get older, but Grandma Han is the opposite. The older she gets, the more soundly she sleeps.
Grandpa Han didn't wake her up. He put on his clothes and came out. Coincidentally, Han Shengyi also came down. The grandfather and grandson looked at each other and walked out together. Grandpa Han walked in a hurry. Han Shengyi followed behind him and picked up a flashlight.
From a distance, Grandpa Han asked the people at the Chu family's door, "What's going on?"
Seeing Grandpa Han coming over, Wen Xiuwei immediately left Chu Shao's arms and trotted over to Grandpa Han. "Did I wake you up? It's nothing serious. Come sit here and I'll tell you."
Grandpa Han was taken away by Wen Xiuwei, but Han Shengyi did not follow. He strode forward and came to Chu Jiujiu. He looked her over carefully before asking, "What happened?"
Chu Jiujiu subconsciously glanced at the officers over there. These people had been standing there and talking since they arrived. She was standing far away and couldn't hear what they were saying. Maybe that was why they were standing so far away.
Following the PLA's instructions, Chu Jiujiu whispered, "There are thieves in our house. These people were all sent by Commander Duan. This matter must be kept secret. Don't tell anyone else."
Chu Jiujiu also knew that she didn't need to remind Han Shengyi, as he was more tight-lipped than Chu Shao, but she still said something to make people feel more at ease.
Han Shengyi didn't care about the latter part. He only cared about the first part. "A thief broke in? What was lost?"
He was not surprised by the current situation, because Chu Liqiang's official position was too high. Even if an egg was lost in his house, these people would take it as seriously as they do now. The Chu family was robbed, which would only alert one commander. But if their Han family was robbed, even the highest leader might be alerted. At that time, maybe a regiment would come directly.
Chu Jiujiu shook her head and said, "Nothing is lost."
Hearing this, Han Shengyi's expression changed slightly, just like Chu Shao's before.
They all thought that losing something was better than not losing anything, because if something was lost, they would know what the thief's purpose was. But now nothing was lost, which made people feel uneasy.
Who knows what they are up to? What if they are here to steal state secrets? What if they want to harm the Chu family?
Without any clues, they could only prepare for the worst.
This group of people didn't know how long they would have to work. Grandpa Han over there also learned the whole process. He was still as kind as ever, but the smile on his face had faded a little.
He asked Chu Jiujiu and the others to go to Han's house to rest and wait until tomorrow to see how things progressed. Chu Jiujiu was reluctant to leave because she was afraid that someone would need her help. Wen Xiuwei didn't want to leave either, but Chu Jiujiu wouldn't let her stay.
Tomorrow she and Chu Shao will go to see someone off at the airport. They will be the most tired people these two days. Unlike herself, they also have super memories. They can't help much if they stay, so they should go back to sleep quickly.
Wen Xiuwei wanted to stay regardless of whether it was useful or not, while Chu Shao thought that Chu Jiujiu was right based on rationality, so he took Wen Xiuwei away. On the other side, Han Shengyi said a few words to Grandpa Han, who looked at Chu Jiujiu and nodded to him.
"Hurry back after you're done. Did you bring some Fengyoujing (medicated oil)? There are a lot of mosquitoes at night, so be careful."
He didn't mention any names, but Han Shengyi knew that the complete version of Grandpa Han's words should be "You watch over Jiujiu". Among the four young people, she was the least worrying one. Even though she was eighteen years old, everyone couldn't help but miss her and say a few words.
Han Shengyi agreed with a smile, returned to Chu Jiujiu, and pulled her to sit aside.
As they got further away from the crowd, Han Shengyi's voice returned to normal. "Have you guessed what they want to steal?"
Chu Jiujiu turned her head and looked at him inexplicably, "I'm not a thief, how could I possibly guess that?"
Han Shengyi fell silent, his expression somewhat complicated.
"Wine."
"What?"
"You should already know that whatever you think in your heart will show on your face."
Chu Jiujiu: “…”
She froze, then began to argue, "I know, but I've improved now. I can pretend!"
Han Shengyi said slowly, "But you still can't hide it from me."
Chu Jiujiu: “…”
The atmosphere was silent for two seconds, and Chu Jiujiu silently admitted defeat. "I think there's a slight possibility... these thieves are coming for me."
Chu Jiujiu lowered her head. She didn't notice the change in Han Shengyi's expression. The careless and frivolous look disappeared in an instant, and the tenderness hidden in his eyes turned into something cold and dangerous.
He rarely has a blank expression on his face, because once he does, it means he is really angry, and when he is angry, a large number of people will be in trouble.
For example, his mother's family and the family his mother remarried.
Han Shengyi glanced at the Chu family's house in the distance, which blended into the darkness. Then, he asked Chu Jiujiu, "Why do you say that?"
His tone was quite normal. Chu Jiujiu didn't notice the subtle changes. She sighed and spoke with great hesitation, "Actually, I'm not sure, but just now in the room, I saw my dressing table was rummaged through inside and out, especially my jewelry box, the three-layer pearwood box. Even the interlayers are in the wrong place. I don't know if they only rummaged through mine, because I asked Weiwei, and she said she didn't notice anyone touching her things."
There are two possibilities. Maybe those people really didn't move, and they were just coming for Chu Jiujiu. Maybe they moved, but Wen Xiuwei couldn't see where they moved. In this case, even if they didn't come for Chu Jiujiu, they were definitely coming for the jewelry.
Chu Jiujiu didn't dare tell the People's Liberation Army about this speculation because it sounded like a blind guess, but she could tell Han Shengyi without restraint.
She raised her head suddenly and eagerly told Han Shengyi her thoughts, "You said that the thieves went through my jewelry box. Inside were gold bracelets, gold necklaces, and the jade bracelet that Grandma Han gave me during the Chinese New Year. Each one is worth a lot of money, but they didn't take it. If they value money so much, why did they go through my jewelry box?"
Taking a deep breath, Chu Jiujiu quickly pulled out the thing from her neck. She had put it on an hour ago because she felt it was no longer safe to put the necklace in her bag.
She tugged at the pendant and tried to lower her voice. "Brother Shengyi, this is our Chu family's heirloom. I think they came to search our house just to find it. Today, I put the necklace in my bag and took it out, so they returned empty-handed. If I had left it at home like before, they might have really taken the necklace away!"
Han Shengyi didn't say anything for a moment.
Because he didn't know what to say.
After quietly looking at the pendant in Chu Jiujiu's hand for a while, Han Shengyi asked her, "Is this necklace valuable?"
Chu Jiujiu nodded vigorously. "It's very valuable, otherwise it wouldn't be a family heirloom."
Han Shengyi was silent for a moment. Just now, he thought that when Chu Jiujiu said she was coming for her, she meant for her as a person. Now that he knew that she was coming for her necklace, his mood suddenly dropped.
He could still calmly analyze for Chu Jiujiu, "Thieves steal things to sell them for money. It's said... the necklace can be sold for money, and your bracelet and earrings can also be sold for money. Even if they can't find your necklace, they will take other things. It's impossible for them to take only one thing. They didn't take anything, so they probably didn't come for money."
Chu Jiujiu was a little anxious. If she was really looking for the necklace, it would not be for money!
The necklace has special functions, but Chu Jiujiu couldn't tell anyone this. She could only hold it in, and she felt so angry. What she really meant was that if those people came for the necklace, then they probably knew what the necklace was used for. Then, she, who came to this era through the necklace, was probably in danger!
Chu Jiujiu had a bunch of questions in her mind and a lot of words she wanted to say, but she couldn't tell her the background, let alone the rest of the words. She looked at Han Shengyi with frustration, her lips moving several times. Finally, Chu Jiujiu stood up in a huff and ran quickly towards the crowd in the distance.
Forget it, I won’t say it anymore! She will just tell Chu Liqiang tomorrow!
Han Shengyi was still sitting in his original position, looking at Chu Jiujiu running away with some confusion. After a while, he looked at the ground.
Necklace, heirloom...
After sitting alone for a few minutes, with mosquitoes just biting his ankles, he stood up and returned to the group.
The party lasted most of the night before people dispersed.
The life of the Chu family has changed a lot. Originally, Chu Shao could have rested for a long time, but because of this incident, he was ordered to report to the military academy. The reason was that the leaders felt that the Chu family was not safe now. As a national first-class talent, Chu Shao must return to a tightly secured environment as soon as possible. The only consolation was that the school had reserved a single dormitory for him and the furniture was prepared for him, so he could live in it with Wen Xiuwei.
Wen Xiuwei had a good attitude. It didn't matter where she stayed. And unlike Chu Shao, she was very free. She could go wherever she wanted and just had to come back on time.
During the day, Wen Xiuwei is busy outside, sometimes going back to her parents' home, sometimes running errands, and sometimes taking care of household matters.
The Chu family has now become a key protection zone. There are soldiers sent to guard inside and plainclothes soldiers patrolling outside. The entire Chu family is like an iron wall, just to prevent those people from coming back to steal again. But even though it is safe to this extent, Chu Liqiang still doesn't let Chu Jiujiu stay at home alone.
She can come back when he is around, but when he is not around, she has to stay at the Han family obediently. She is not allowed to go to the research institute or the department store. She has to wait until they catch the thief.
Chu Liqiang was so nervous not only because he heard Chu Jiujiu's speculation, but also because he would have done the same thing even if Chu Jiujiu hadn't said so.
After listening to Chu Jiujiu's guess, Chu Liqiang expanded his thinking and felt that he could investigate in this direction.
The fact that the necklace was a family heirloom of the Chu family was impossible for outsiders to know except for the Chu family themselves. Therefore, Chu Liqiang gave an order, and the Chu Lidi family and Chu Lijun who had returned to the country were all secretly investigated.
Zhang Nan now wished he could catch that man with his own hands, twist off his head and drink it with his wine.
…
Didn't he say it wouldn't be discovered? And yet, it was discovered that very day! She even doubted whether he had restored everything to its original place as he had promised.
How else could they have discovered it so quickly?!
Zhang Nan hated two types of people the most in her life: one was a subordinate with insufficient ability, and the other was a boss with too many ideas. This person was obviously the first type. He messed up the matter, and after getting wind of it, he didn't inform Zhang Nan and just ran away. This made Zhang Nan feel very difficult now. She was afraid that his ability to escape was also so poor. If he was caught, with his irresponsible character, he would definitely give her up.
Zhang Nan used a fake name and a fake identity, but her face was real.
No, we must nip all dangers in the bud.
Zhang Nan spent a lot of money and found another group of people, asking them to find the fugitive and kill him directly.
Sitting in the hotel, Zhang Nan once again lamented that it was inconvenient to do things when one was away from home.
She didn't know anyone here and couldn't find capable people. If she were in the United States, there wouldn't be so many troubles. Even in Japan, it would be better than here. At least her father had acquaintances in Japan, and those people did things very efficiently and effectively.
Bandits are bandits wherever they go, and they always try to bring their banditry to the local area.
No matter how capable Zhang Nan is, it is impossible for him to bring in a group of foreigners legitimately. If it were to smuggle them in, it would be feasible, but Zhang Nan himself did not want to spend so much effort.
It's just a necklace, there's no need to make such a fuss.
Sitting on the sofa, she thought thoughtfully that she had to hire locals.
After thinking for a long time, she still didn't know who she wanted to use. Suddenly, she glanced at the clock next to her and saw that it was almost time, so she stood up and walked outside.
Today was the day she and Chu Yue had agreed on. She wanted to send Chu Yue abroad. She told Chu Yue that she would leave by plane, but in fact, Zhang Nan wanted her to leave by boat.
Chu Yue has no skills and no money, so Zhang Nan is unwilling to invest too much in her. If she is lucky enough to survive on the sea for several months, then she will consider whether to give Chu Yue a chance to live.
Smuggling, illegal immigration, and transporting foreign garbage are all things Zhang Nan does regularly. Her father made his fortune from this, and after she took over, she further expanded the business, even tending to get involved in more serious matters. But Zhang Nan doesn't think there's anything wrong with her. Some people do clean business, while others do dirty business. After all, isn't it all business? Her ability to do it well and expand it is her ability.
Zhang Nan's mentality can be described as casual at best, but at worst, he is selfish and disregards human life.
Chu Yue was no longer of any use to her, and she was willing to send her abroad not because she wanted to fulfill her promise, but because she didn't care about the money or her life. She thought it was a bit fun, so she did it.
The world is now closed to information. Once a person goes abroad, it is like sinking into the sea. Unless he comes back, the news about this person will completely disappear. And Zhang Nan will never let Chu Yue come back.
Not only Chu Yue, but also Chu Lijun had the same result.
Zhang Nan doesn't have the unenvironmentally friendly habit of throwing things away after use. She always destroys things after use, and doesn't even give others a chance to pick up the garbage.
Some time ago, Zhang Nan always felt that someone was watching her when she went out. Now that feeling is gone. But whether there is someone watching her or not, Zhang Nan's life goes on as usual. It is because she was so patient that she was not caught by those who investigated her.
When Zhang Nan arrived at the place where she had agreed to meet Chu Yue, she was already half an hour late. She thought Chu Yue must be extremely anxious, but when she got there, she found that Chu Yue was not there at all.
Although she is not here, there is someone waiting for her.
Ding Boyun waited for half an hour before he saw Zhang Nan appear. Slowly standing up, Ding Boyun walked over, adjusting his expression and smiling at Zhang Nan. He said, "We met once during the Chinese New Year. I should call you Second Aunt, right?"
Zhang Nan was able to laugh in this situation. He took a good look at Ding Boyun and then curled his lips. "That depends on what state Chu Yue is in now."
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