Chapter 2308

Chapter 2308: Safe at Home

Zhu Yanyi sighed. "If you live here every day, you won't notice how fast things are changing. But once you leave, you see it clearly. It’s really developing fast."

Yan Aohan nodded beside her. "Yes, very fast." He then asked, "Have you finished redecorating all the rooms on the first floor of the Zhu family house?"

"It’s all done. The elders can move in right away," Zhou Feng smiled. "To finish quickly, I hired forty workers. That’s why it was so fast."

Zhou Feng paused and added, "By the way, three months ago, someone sneaked into the Ruyi Space garden we were guarding for your wife. He stole a ginseng root. We caught him. It was Old Zhang, the rag picker."

"After questioning, she said her adopted daughter was sick. The doctor said she needed good medicine, but she couldn’t afford it. she heard there was medicine in the Ruyi Space garden, so she sneaked in. But when I asked who told her, she couldn’t say. We are holding her now. How should your wife handle this?"

"Old Zhang… his daughter is named Yan Hong, right?" Zhu Shun Yao asked.

"Yes. Her name is Zhang Yan Hong," Zhou Feng nodded.

"What is Zhang Yan Hong like?" Zhu Yanyi asked casually.

"A bit selfish, but filial. At least, since we locked up her adoptive father, she visits her every day. She brings her food and clothes," Zhou Feng said.

"By age, she should be one year younger than our Dou Miao," Xie Xinlian said.

"Yes, she is nineteen this year," Zhou Feng replied. she knew these details well.

"Doesn’t she go to school?" Xie Xinlian frowned slightly. "At that age, she should be in college, right?"

"She does. She got into a vocational college for fashion design. She studies at Yingxiong Vocational University in Yong City. They say she does well there and is even a class monitor," Zhou Feng explained.

Hearing the school name, Zhu Yanyi knew it was just a vocational college with no real prestige.

"This Old Zhang was tricked into stealing the ginseng. I might be suspicious, but I think Zhang Yan Hong likely instigated it," Zhu Yanyi said slowly.

"Ani, why do you suspect that?" Old詹 asked curiously.

Zhu Yanyi answered directly. "Old Zhang is an outsider in our Xiegan Village. Most people here are surnamed Zhu. Some other families fled here in past dynasties. The newest group are educated youth who settled here during the Cultural Revolution. Old Zhang is also an outsider, one of those educated youth."

"However, he never contacted his family. Villagers guessed he had no family left. He has a strange temper. His house is in Xiegan Village but far from others. He rarely interacts with people."

"Someone like her wouldn’t believe there is ginseng in my Ruyi Space garden. What I grow there is a secret. But Zhang Yan Hong is selfish. A selfish person has their own ideas. She knows I am a doctor. She knows I manage the garden myself when I am in the village."

"So, she might suspect there are good herbs inside. She might not know about the ginseng, but she could say there are valuable treasures to sell. Don’t forget, I have Azure Sovereign Qingdi protecting the garden. So her suspicion is normal."

"If you say so, Old Zhang was likely instigated by Yan Hong. If it is really her, this girl has deep thoughts," Zhu Shun Yao frowned slightly.

Xie Xinlian snorted. "Her parents and grandparents were like that. Bad bamboo can still produce good shoots, but can they be good?"

Zhu Shun Yao coughed twice. "Wife, don’t speak like that. Bad bamboo can still produce good shoots. Besides, this is just our daughter’s guess."

Xie Xinlian said, "My daughter’s guesses are usually accurate."

Zhu Yanyi laughed. "Mom, I’m not that magical. I only guessed this after hearing Zhou Feng. Of course, it’s just a guess. I hope it’s not true. If it is, we cannot underestimate Zhang Yan Hong."

"Why do you say that?" Xie Xinlian asked curiously. The other elders in the car went quiet to listen.

Zhu Yanyi smiled. "Why? Because Zhou Feng said Zhang Yan Hong is very filial. She visits Old Zhang every day and brings food and clothes."

The elders understood. Old Chun said directly, "Yes, yes. She is educated. Her brain is better than this old man’s."

Old詹 glanced at Old Chun, then said to Zhu Yanyi, "You make sense. If this girl instigated it, bringing food and clothes has a purpose."

"What is the purpose?" Old Chun looked at Old詹 curiously, winking. He knew the answer but teased Old詹 on purpose.

Old詹 glanced at Old Chun, not angry. "How would I know young people’s thoughts? I know people say there is a generation gap now. I am old. She is nineteen. The gap is huge."

Old Chun snorted at Old詹. "Old詹, after all these years, you still have this temper."

"Has your temper changed?" Old詹 retorted directly.

Old Li smiled at Zhu Yanyi. "Ani, guess again. If this girl instigated it, what is her purpose?"

"I can’t guess the exact purpose. I haven’t met Zhang Yan Hong yet. But nowadays, it is usually for fame and profit."

"She is a girl. Reputation is important. If people find out she instigated her adoptive father to steal, her reputation is ruined. So she must keep it secret. That is one reason."

"Second, she brings food and clothes to Old Zhang. People see this and think Old Zhang raised a good daughter. She looks very filial. This gives her a good reputation."

"Third, the purpose of stealing medicine. If she used it herself, she wouldn’t do this. Likely, someone wants to get my medicine through her. To use her, they must offer benefits. So, fame and profit are normal guesses."

Zhu Yanyi said all this. Although there was no evidence, no one in the room thought her guess was wrong.

"If this is true, this girl is not simple," Old詹 said seriously.

Mrs. Chang smiled lightly. "How powerful can this girl be? She is not in the same league as our Ani, right?"

Hearing this, all the elders in the car laughed loudly.

"Grandma Chang, I am so pure and kind. You can’t say that," Zhu Yanyi pretended to be shy. This made everyone in the car laugh again.

After laughing, Xie Zhong said, "Regardless, you must be careful. If this girl is smarter than others, A Lian cannot outsmart her. If she schemes against A Lian, it will be bad."

"Dad, am I that stupid?" Xie Xinlian laughed.

"In the past, we had no money, so we didn’t teach you much. Now, you learned to read by yourself and lived in the capital for a long time. Your horizons have expanded. But your character has always been straightforward. If that girl really wants to scheme, she is no match for Shun Yao, Ani, or Dou Miao. The only person she can scheme against is you."

Xie Zhong looked seriously at his daughter. He knew his daughter very well.

Zhu Yanyi listened with a smile. Zhu Shun Yao said, "Zhang Yan Hong has had nothing to do with our Zhu family for a long time. So even if she schemes, she cannot target us. Besides, our family is only here for the New Year. After the New Year, we will leave Sicheng Town. Old詹 and others will stay. That girl cannot scheme against people she doesn’t know. We just need to be careful for this short time."

"There is no reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days when thieves only steal for a thousand days. I say, we should investigate. If this girl really has problems, we should nip it in the bud," Old Li said.

Zhu Yanyi nodded immediately. "Grandma Li is right. I think so too."

Yan Aohan smiled lightly. "Just a little girl. I will have someone investigate." He then said to Zhou Feng, "You have been too comfortable lately. You didn’t notice anything abnormal."

Zhou Feng could not argue. This was indeed their fault. They never expected someone like this in a rural town like Sicheng Town.

"Boss, it is my fault. I didn’t notice this problem," Zhou Feng admitted. He did not shift blame. If he was wrong, he was wrong.

Yan Aohan smiled slightly and did not scold him further. "It’s fine. Go back and investigate properly."

"Yes," Zhou Feng agreed immediately. Yan Aohan was willing to give them a chance to correct it, so he cherished it.

After entering Sicheng Town, they first dropped Xie Zhong off at his home. Then they took the rest to Xiegan Village. Qi Jizong and Luo Wenhua planned to go home, so they had someone take them directly to the Qi family home.

When Zhu Yanyi and others returned home, they started organizing the rooms. Of course, they organized the elders’ rooms first.

Fortunately, Zhou Feng did a good job. All the rooms on the first floor were renovated. They were all independent rooms, spacious, with new furnishings. The staff who cared for them lived in a dormitory building nearby, about five minutes away. This building belonged to the Azure Sovereign Qingdi Group.