Chapter 606: News in the Newspaper
Chapter 606: Chapter 606: News in the Newspaper
The secret chamber in the villa was well hidden. It took Su Qing over half an hour just to find its location. However, once she opened it, Su Qing finally understood why the villa’s secret chamber had such a high level of security.
In addition to the large number of antiques stolen from Hua Country and several rooms filled with gold and jewels, there was also a medium-sized armory. Inside the armory were crates of firearms, hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition, and plenty of other types of lethal weapons.
Su Qing narrowed her eyes, surveying everything. She couldn’t help but marvel inwardly. ’No wonder the Qiutian Clan is one of the most powerful families in Japan. This fortune is truly something to behold. Compared to this, the things in the basement of the Qiutian’s old house were practically nothing.’
But now, Su Qing happily took it all for herself. With a wave of her hand, she sorted everything by category and stored it away in her dimension.
Instantly, the once-packed storerooms were left with nothing but some Japanese-style fabrics and decorations that Su Qing had no interest in. They lay scattered about, making the place look utterly pathetic compared to how full it had been before.
In an excellent mood, Su Qing wiped away her fingerprints, footprints, and any other traces before swaggering out of the villa.
"AH!" At that very moment, Qiutian Wetai, who had been recuperating in the hospital for several days, let out a scream and jolted awake from a nightmare.
"Master! Master, what’s wrong?" Hearing Qiutian Wetai’s terrified scream, the head butler standing guard outside the room hurriedly knocked and asked.
"Come in." Qiutian Wetai clutched his chest, still badly shaken. The scene from his nightmare was still vivid in his mind; he felt his heart was beating so fast it was about to pound out of his chest.
"Master." The head butler could hear the panic in Qiutian Wetai’s voice and quickly opened the door. "Has something happened?"
"Did you assign men to the villa?" Qiutian Wetai asked.
"I did," the head butler quickly replied. "I’ve arranged for triple the number of guards at the villa, working in shifts around the clock. What’s more, the dozen-plus security cameras are being monitored twenty-four hours a day. I assure you, nothing will go wrong."
"That’s good." Qiutian Wetai nodded at the head butler’s words, but when he recalled the nightmare, his unease returned. In his dream, he’d seen the villa’s underground vault completely empty. Everything was gone—not just the antiques from Hua Country, but also the wealth the Qiutian Clan had amassed over several generations, and even the armory. It had all been completely plundered.
The nightmare had been too terrifying, and Qiutian Wetai simply couldn’t calm his racing heart. After a moment’s thought, he said, "Get the car. We’re going to the villa."
"Ah, now, Master?" The head butler glanced at the pitch-black sky outside and asked hesitantly.
"Yes, now. We’re going to the villa," Qiutian Wetai repeated. He wouldn’t be able to rest until he saw it with his own eyes.
"Yes, Master," the head butler quickly replied and went to have the car prepared.
However, half an hour later, when Qiutian Wetai saw the courtyard littered with unconscious guards and the destroyed surveillance cameras, and then laid eyes on the completely empty secret chamber, he finally couldn’t take it anymore and fainted.
’It’s over. It’s all over!’
’The fortune the Qiutian Clan built over generations... it’s all gone!’
In a single night, the Qiutian Clan robbery case escalated once again. Even the chief of police couldn’t take the pressure; he collapsed into his chair, terrified for his career.
Meanwhile, Su Qing, the architect of all this chaos, was already on a train to Sanyi Town.
"Get your papers! Papers here!"
When the train stopped at a major station, a newsboy seized the opportunity to hawk papers from window to window. "Big news! Big news! Qiutian Clan’s secret chamber robbed, losses are massive! Ye Yue Family elder attacked, life hangs in the balance!"
The boy’s young voice made everyone jolt. ’Such sensational news?’
A man immediately held out some money for the boy. "I’ll take a paper."
"You got it! Here you go." The boy happily took the money and handed the man a paper.
Within moments, a dozen other men had bought papers, making the newsboy so happy his eyes crinkled into a thin line.
Su Qing didn’t buy a paper. While she could converse normally in Japanese, she couldn’t read the language well. Still, the two headlines put her in a fantastic mood. ’Looks like Qian Ying is making progress on her end, too.’