Lu Zheng's eyes darkened. "How did you figure that out?"
Qiao Zhen pointed to the small storage box, "This box should be under the bed. I remember it clearly. It was to hide the safe. There's no mistake..."
She turned on her phone's flashlight and shone it on a spot. "It was originally placed here. You can see the faint marks left by dust on the ground. There's only one box of this size. It's also very new and has marks from being dragged and rubbing against the ground."
Lu Zheng lay down beside her and looked under the bed. "Are any things missing?"
Qiao Zhen checked the contents of the safe. "The safe doesn't look like it's been disturbed."
She sat up and looked around her bedroom again.
Upon seeing the wardrobe, she suddenly remembered, "The clothes in the wardrobe! I folded them all neatly, but they just hit my face, and I didn't even realize there was a problem..."
She quickly got up and opened all the wardrobe doors.
In her memory, some of the neatly folded out-of-season clothes were a messy jumble, as if they had been taken out and stuffed back into the closet, and then the closet door was closed, pretending that everything was fine.
“No wonder Luo Sheng’s succulents fell onto the table…” Qiao Zhen muttered to herself as she thoroughly inspected every corner of the house.
Lu Zheng followed quietly behind.
Qiao Zhen found signs of disturbance in places such as the TV cabinet in the living room and the ceiling cabinet in the kitchen.
“Nothing was lost.” Qiao Zhen’s face was grim. “There was two thousand yuan in spare cash in the TV cabinet, and not a penny was missing. There were some small pieces of jewelry on my dressing table, which were worth a little money, and they were all there too.”
Lu Zheng said, "The thief's purpose was not for the money."
Qiao Zhen stared into Lu Zheng's eyes, "For one thing."
Neither of them said it, but they knew very well—
The Eternal Heart.
As for who wants the Heart of Eternity, there's no need to guess.
Qiao Zhen bit her lip, glanced at Lu Zheng's expressionless face, and looked at the empty living room. A pang of bitterness and grievance welled up in her heart.
It turns out this was a series of interconnected schemes.
By falsely accusing Qiao Luosheng of assault, she plunged the Qiao family into turmoil, forcing them to stay away from home. This allowed her to easily infiltrate the house and search for the Heart of Eternity. After completely destroying everyone in the Qiao family, naturally no one would investigate the whereabouts of the Heart of Eternity.
Fortunately, the safe was sturdy enough that the thief couldn't open it...
A faint, sweet, fishy taste seeped into her mouth, and Qiao Zhen decided to let it go. She casually took out a few changes of clothes and daily necessities and stuffed them into her suitcase. "It's a pity we don't have security cameras at home, so we can't get any evidence. The security cameras in the neighborhood probably won't be of much use..."
This community isn't small, with about one or two thousand residents. Add to that visitors, delivery drivers, and other people, and finding the thief is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Moreover, even if a suspicious person is found, without conclusive evidence that he entered her home, it will be difficult for the police to handle the case.
Lu Zheng comforted her, "I will arrange for bodyguards to stay here. If they don't succeed the first time, they will likely come back a second time."
Qiao Zhen glanced at the man standing in her home and smiled bitterly to herself.
Finally, step by step, she fell into his hands.
She shook her head, went back to her room and took out the Heart of Eternity. "Perhaps it's safer to keep it in your hands."
Lu Zheng's gaze was deep, and he did not take the ring box. "It's in the bank's safe deposit box."
Qiao Zhen raised her eyebrows, realizing that Lu Zheng would never let the Eternal Heart return to his hands, so she didn't insist, lest she anger him again.
"That works too."
After leaving the Qiao family home, the two first stored the Heart of Eternity in a bank safe deposit box with the highest security level, then went to the sanatorium to pick up Qiao's mother and caregiver Deng, and the group returned to the resort.
Qiao Luosheng was doing his homework when he heard them return. He excitedly went to greet them and hugged his mother.
The mother and son hadn't seen each other for a while, and they seemed to have so much to talk about.
Seeing that they were completely unaware of the commotion outside, Qiao Zhen secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't care about what was going on online, and seeing that it was almost time, she went to the kitchen to prepare dinner.
The resort provides a variety of fresh vegetables and meats for guests to cook their own meals. She is actually not a very good cook and mostly just follows the recipes.
"Then add two spoonfuls of light soy sauce..." Qiao Zhen stared at the recipe on her phone, turned her head to get the condiment bottle, and suddenly a flash of light caught her eye.
Flames erupted in the wok, and billowing steam hit her face.
"Where's the lid..." She quickly turned off the switch and looked around for the lid. When she looked up, she saw the lid being tossed effortlessly onto the wok, fitting perfectly. The flames quickly went out, just as perfect as the man standing in front of her.
"After a long day, let's just order takeout." Lu Zheng looked down at the petite woman in front of him, his tall frame easily closing in and trapping her in a corner of the kitchen counter.
"Thank you for your help today. This is just a small token of my appreciation." Qiao Zhen naturally guessed what he wanted to hear.
"Is this the return gift?" Lu Zheng braced his hands on the edge of the kitchen counter, stopping Qiao Zhen's attempt to escape.
Qiao Zhen looked up at Lu Zheng's icy, incomparably handsome face; such a perfect and beautiful face always exudes irresistible allure.
She tiptoed and quickly kissed his thin lips. "Add this."
Lu Zheng's eyes were deep as he hooked her chin. "How is this enough?"
Before she could finish speaking, a domineering intrusion occurred between Qiao Zhen's lips and teeth.
"Ugh—" Qiao Zhen was startled and poked Lu Zheng's shoulder hard, glancing towards the kitchen door to signal him to be mindful of the situation.
But the man in front of her was already lost in the sweetness of the kiss, his hands tightly wrapped around her waist.
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