"Has a thief broken in?"
This is probably what everyone who saw this scene would say.
However, Gu Tingxiao glanced at the box that Xiao Anman had used to store jewelry, which had suffered the most damage.
But a strange feeling kept rising in my heart.
Even if a thief breaks in, they know the location of the room after scouting it out beforehand.
However, there aren't many people who can be so precise in targeting Xiao Anman's room from the very beginning.
Moreover, the starting point is quite intriguing.
To verify this, Gu Tingxiao specifically instructed the servants not to peek into his study and bedroom.
Sure enough, his study and bedroom were neat and tidy, without any signs of being disturbed.
So who exactly did this?
Gu Tingxiao recalled the scene in the hall just now.
Basically everyone who was invited was in the lobby just now.
It would be difficult for the remaining children, whose behavior is less restrained, to find Xiao Anman's room so accurately.
Moreover, this box contains an unusually large amount of stuff.
It wasn't just some scattered diamonds.
There were also many valuable and very heavy items.
Even if someone has scouted the location and wants to move all of these things at once.
But it's not that easy either.
Gu Tingxiao remained unmoved.
He didn't make a fuss and left Xiao Anman's room as it was.
Then the banquet continued in the living room downstairs.
Throughout the entire process, from his speech to his banquet performance, Gu Tingxiao showed no sign of anything amiss.
Therefore, no guest could guess from Gu Tingxiao's face what had happened to cause his departure halfway.
Only Zhong Jiarui noticed Secretary Zhou, who had disappeared the moment Gu Tingxiao came down to take over the banquet's proceedings.
Although Zhong Jiarui had never dealt with Secretary Zhou, his keen observation skills told him that Secretary Zhou was more than just Gu Tingxiao's right-hand man.
In certain moments and in certain senses, Secretary Zhou was even a representative of Gu Tingxiao.
Someone with such an identity certainly wouldn't disappear without a reason.
Zhong Jiarui was a little curious.
It wasn't out of curiosity about new things, but rather because my keen intuition discovered something discordant and sparked my curiosity.
Even after coming downstairs, Gu Tingxiao's expression remained perfectly composed.
However, it was precisely because Gu Tingxiao was so normal that Zhong Jiarui's exclamation when he heard the maid break something seemed so abnormal.
Gu Jia, has something unexpected happened?
Today, Xiao Anman is in charge of being an adorable little angel, so Gu Tingxiao doesn't want to tell her about his troubles.
At least not now.
And Xiao An really likes those sparkly things, even though she can make up for it herself.
However, if those things really can't be recovered, the treasures given by Gu Xuexi and the unique dowry of Old Madam Gu that are stored in the box are all impossible to replicate.
The thought filled Gu Tingxiao with intense hatred for the person who stole Xiao Anman's things.
An'an in their family didn't have any particular hobbies.
She likes to collect diamonds and jewelry, and that box of things was collected by Xiao An with great effort.
Instead, it was collected little by little from the time he joined the Gu family.
Needless to say, the items are precious, and each one also holds Xiao Anman's own unique memories.
It was time to cut the cake.
Wearing a princess crown, Xiao Anman, whose little hand was being held by Gu Tingxiao and gripping the hilt of the knife, felt her father's unsteady strength and looked up at Gu Tingxiao with a puzzled expression.
It seems like Dad is feeling a bit conflicted. What happened?
The sight of those large, bright, clear eyes looking at him brought Gu Tingxiao back to his senses from his anger towards the thief.
Perhaps for Gu Tingxiao, even if a thief really came today, he probably wouldn't be so angry as long as it wasn't Xiao Anman's things that were stolen.
Not getting angry easily has long been a defining characteristic of Gu Tingxiao.
However, this label can be used for anything he encounters, but it cannot be used for Xiao Anman.
A father's favoritism and doting on women are, of course, unique.
Otherwise, Gu Tingxiao wouldn't have immediately instructed Secretary Zhou to check the surveillance footage while simultaneously contacting Songwutang's people to track and investigate the sudden change.
Regardless of their tactics, since they've made a move here today, they definitely can't be let go so easily.
"Daddy, what's wrong?"
"Dad is fine. Dad is very happy that our An'an has grown up."
Gu Tingxiao snapped out of his thoughts and looked at the little dumpling beside him, who was dressed up by Gu Xuexi and was all sparkly.
When we brought Xiao Anman back from that remote little village, she was still so thin and small, and she was even reluctant to communicate with people.
But now, Xiao Anman is able to adapt to everything very well.
As a father, Gu Tingxiao already knew Xiao Anman's true identity, but this did not stop him from loving Xiao Anman as a father.
No matter what Anman will become when she grows up, Gu Tingxiao knows that she is still a child who needs his care.
She has no relatives to protect her from the wind and rain, and she doesn't understand the wickedness of people's hearts. She doesn't know how much she will suffer from outsiders.
Gu Tingxiao felt heartbroken just thinking about that scene.
He looked at Xiao Anman as if she were his own child. He wouldn't be perfunctory with her or harsh on her. He only hoped that he could always be by Xiao Anman's side to take care of her whenever she needed him.
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