As Tang Shi Tong began to secretly plot how to get revenge on Zhang Liu Nian, the phone beside him rang.
"Hello?"
"Yes, I did lose my only daughter six years ago."
"What? Speak clearly, what do you mean you might have found my daughter? How could my daughter still be alive after being lost for six years?"
Tang Shi Tong's mind was blown. Who could tell him why someone was calling to say they might have found his daughter?
When his daughter went missing, they searched for two full years, finding nothing. Back then, they knew she must be dead, and only then did they gradually come to terms with it.
Now, the old Tang family faction was claiming to have found his daughter, which was a huge joke.
Six years ago, although not all-powerful in Nan Cheng, their Tang family was still a prominent clan. Finding their daughter should have been much easier for them, so how could they be outdone by these people?
"It's true, Comrade Tang. She looks at least seven to eight parts like you. If you saw her, you'd recognize her immediately. And Zi Long has also investigated this matter, and the person indeed came from your family." Wang Da Chui's excited voice came from the other end of the phone.
Upon hearing this, Tang Shi Tong immediately frowned. Zhao Zi Long had also helped him investigate? And she came from their Tang family? How was this possible?
At that time, their Tang family had only recently been rehabilitated, having lived in the old house for less than a year. Who would have targeted his daughter?
It was impossible, absolutely impossible.
"It's true, Comrade Tang. If you don't believe me, you can look at Zi Long's investigation results. He has already sent them over, and you should see them tomorrow." Wang Da Chui was very excited about Zhao Zi Long's investigation results. This was truly a great achievement, and Tang Shi Tong would definitely not drag them down with him anymore.
They didn't want to be on the sinking ship of the Tang family any longer.
"Okay, I understand." Seeing that the investigation results would be sent over soon, Tang Shi Tong said no more. Everything would have to wait until he saw the results.
If his daughter had actually been raised by Zhang Liu Nian, then he... he would still take his life. After all, Zhang Liu Nian had caused their Tang family to be in this state.
They were supposed to be able to control Nan Cheng with an iron fist, and the provincial capital would have been their next stepping stone. But all of that was destroyed by Zhang Liu Nian.
Therefore, it was only right to take Zhang Liu Nian's life. He wouldn't let Zhang Liu Nian off the hook just because he accidentally raised his daughter.
At most, he would have his daughter burn more paper money for Zhang Liu Nian later, to help him live better in the afterlife, as repayment for raising his daughter for several years.
Zhang Liu Nian was unaware of Tang Shi Tong's thoughts of burning more paper money for him. At this moment, he was leading Zhang Qian and Uncle Yi towards the place where Zhu Lao Si hid his money.
They planned to take Zhu Lao Si's private funds first. Anyway, the authorities didn't know exactly how much money Zhu Lao Si had, and they wouldn't notice if a few million went missing.
"There are four hiding places for Zhu Lao Si's money, two in the open and two hidden. Based on my estimation, these two hidden ones are where the bulk of his drug money is. If it's all paper currency, we might not be able to carry much." Uncle Yi felt that since Zhang Liu Nian only brought two of them, they wouldn't be able to carry much.
"We'll make a few more trips, and the brothers' death benefits will be secured." Zhang Liu Nian did not agree with bringing too many people. After all, they were doing this kind of thing, and it was not advisable to have too many.
"That works too."
Uncle Yi just wanted Zhang Liu Nian to take all the hidden assets of Zhu Lao Si so that he could rapidly expand his business empire. But if Zhang Liu Nian didn't have this idea, there was nothing he could do.
He couldn't be exposed again. If he was exposed further, there would be no explanation.
After walking for half an hour, Uncle Yi suddenly pointed and whispered, "We are now going to a dilapidated courtyard with a dry well. That's one of Zhu Lao Si's hidden spots. I don't know how much is there."
"Let's go," Zhang Liu Nian nodded and quickened his pace.
When they arrived in the courtyard, they immediately began searching for the dry well, eventually finding it in a house.
Looking down into the dark, dry well, the three of them turned on their flashlights and shone them inside.
After confirming that there was no water below and no danger, they cooperated to lower someone down.
"Brother Liu Nian, come and see, there's another hole here. I'll go in and take a look first." Zhang Qian was the first to go down. In no time, he discovered another hole in the well, and he became as excited as an explorer who had discovered a treasure.
Zhang Liu Nian, standing above, quickly reminded him, "Be careful, don't be reckless."
"Okay," Zhang Qian responded, stepping towards the human-sized hole.
Uncle Yi was the second to go down, followed by Zhang Liu Nian. As soon as he reached the bottom, he heard Zhang Qian's exclamation from inside the hole.
"Wow, we're rich, we're rich, it's all money!"
Zhang Liu Nian exchanged a look with Uncle Yi upon hearing this, then they walked through a short tunnel that took two minutes, finally arriving in a spacious stone cave. Inside, there were small mountains piled with gold bars. A quick glance suggested at least thirty million.
Zhang Liu Nian smiled. Gold bars were good; they were small and easy to move. These gold bars were now all his.
"My heavens, it's all gold bars! Won't this be beneficial for us? If we make a few more trips, we can transport it all home!" Uncle Yi was also happy. He had thought it would be cash, but it turned out to be gold bars.
This was really convenient for them.
"Brother Liu Nian, let's get started quickly so we can finish early and rest." Since following Zhang Liu Nian, Zhang Qian had become accustomed to the sight of a house full of gold bars.
From his initial exclamation to his current numbness took only a few seconds.
"Okay, let's begin." Zhang Liu Nian didn't want to waste any more time here. He sized up the quantity and mentally estimated the number of trips, then began to move the gold.
They had each brought a large sack when they came, and now they just had to fill them. However, considering the weight of the gold, they could only fill half a sack.
Even half a sack made them exhausted. If it weren't for Zhang Liu Nian's strength, Uncle Yi and Zhang Qian wouldn't have been able to climb up.
"Let's bring back carrying baskets later. Those things are much better than sacks," Zhang Qian said, sitting by the dry well and gasping for breath.
Uncle Yi nodded in strong agreement, "Carrying baskets are indeed much better. These sacks are difficult to handle."
"..." Zhang Liu Nian remained silent. He also rested for a while, then silently picked up the gold and started walking back.
Seeing this, Zhang Qian and Uncle Yi stopped resting, picked up their respective sacks, and followed.
The journey was uneventful, but moving gold was indeed tiring. Even with carrying baskets later, Uncle Yi and Zhang Qian were bent over with exhaustion.
Seeing them like this, Zhang Cheng got them wheelbarrows from the department store to push, which saved them a lot of effort.