Chapter 455: Ma Guixiang: Your Family Has Treasure

The content of Liu Guangqi's narration.

It made her daughter-in-law Ma Guixiang instantly have a few improper thoughts, and her eyes unconsciously revealed a hint of greed.

Ma Guixiang knew how huge the harm Liu Haizhong brought to the steel plant ten years ago was; the tens of thousands of workers at the steel plant turned pale at the mere mention of his three characters, and within just ninety days he threw the plant into chaos, countless people suffered family ruin and death because of Liu Haizhong.

What she cared about was not that, and she wasn't worried about Liu Haizhong's arrest.

What Ma Guixiang cared about were the things left behind by wealthy families.

No matter a woman's age, young or old, they all have an inexplicable obsession with gold and silver.

Back then, Liu Haizhong could easily bring several shareholders of the steel plant under control, and those shareholders' homes were filled with mountains of gold and silver.

Even siphoning off just a little would be enough for the Liu family to eat and drink for a lifetime.

Ma Guixiang suddenly realized that Liu Guangqi had misunderstood the meaning of Liu Haizhong's request to buy a house, thinking Liu Haizhong was scheming against him.

In fact.

Liu Haizhong wanted to hand over the Liu family's biggest secret to Liu Guangqi.

The real reason he had Liu Guangqi buy a house was that there were some unspeakable things at home that could guarantee Liu Guangqi a lifetime of food and clothing.

This is not Ma Guixiang joking.

After being the steel plant's prominent figure for ninety days, Liu Haizhong should have left the Liu family with plenty of gold and silver treasure; otherwise there would be no reason for Liu Guangqi to go see him specially.

As for why it wasn't stated outright,

it's a very simple principle.

With comrades standing guard around, Liu Haizhong couldn't openly say in public that the family hid gold and silver treasure, so he could only hint at it with veiled words, using phrases like "regardless of consequences, at any cost, no matter what, must, necessarily, definitely" to remind Liu Guangqi.

Just thinking about having more gold and silver at home,

Ma Guixiang's heart

plunged into endless ecstasy.

She let out a breath, looked at Liu Guangqi, and told him in detail the analysis she had in her mind about Liu Haizhong's having him buy the house back.

"Head of the family, I've realized things aren't what you imagined. Dad had us buy the house back, which should be a good thing for us—for example, there might be some things we don't know about hidden at home, like gold rings, gold bracelets, silver dollars, gold bars, and so on."

Liu Guangqi was dumbfounded.

The family hid gold and silver treasure, which is why they had him buy the house back.

How could that be possible.

How could there be gold and silver jewelry in the Liu family's old house.

For a moment.

He didn't know whose surname to take.

He stared blankly at his own wife.

"What are you looking at me for? Can Dad still trick you?" Seeing Liu Guangqi keep staring at her, Ma Guixiang helplessly explained, "A tiger's poison does not eat its own cubs. You three brothers—you're the eldest, Guangtian the second, Guangfu the third—how does Dad treat you? Don't you know in your own heart?"

"That saying isn't wrong; Dad treats me well, he dotes on me. When I make a mistake, he doesn't hit me; he hits the second and third brothers, saying he's using the chance to beat them to strictly educate me."

"That's right, he wouldn't harm you."

"But I still think it's impossible; you say the family hid gold and silver treasure—how could that be?"

"What's impossible about it?"

Ma Guixiang patiently analyzed again.

She analyzed from the angle of paternal love all the way to the house, then from the house to the contemporary circumstances, firmly stating that the Liu family hid something.

Unfortunately.

In the end she still couldn't convince Liu Guangqi, who raised a new doubt: if the family had gold and silver treasure, why did his mother sell the house to Shazhu?

According to Liu Guangqi's view, the family simply had no gold and silver treasure; it was all Ma Guixiang's wild fantasies and wishful thinking.

It must be that Liu Haizhong, worried he'd have nowhere to live when he returned, simply fabricated this huge lie for Liu Guangqi.

Ma Guixiang is obviously not someone who gives in easily.

Possessed by the thought of gold and silver treasure, she firmly believed her analysis was correct, in order to convince herself and also Liu Guangqi.

She even came up with a reason that left no room for Liu Guangqi to doubt in the slightest.

"Head of the family, how can you be so muddled? You don't know what kind of person our mother is, what her temperament is? As her son, you should know! With her temperament, if the family hid gold and silver treasure, she'd surely be overjoyed to the point of blurting it out without restraint. It's definitely Dad worrying that Mother might find out about the hidden treasure and accidentally spill it; you don't even consider the situation back then—if the truth of Dad privately hoarding gold and silver treasure got out, could Dad still be alive? You three brothers would also suffer misfortune. My point is, Mother doesn't know about this; only Dad knows, so Mother sold the house to Shazhu."

"I still think you're wrong."

"What's wrong with it? Keeping gold and silver treasure secret naturally means the fewer people who know, the better—look at ancient people: after they hid their gold and silver treasure, they'd kill many who knew to ensure its safety."

Dogs that bark don't bite.

Dogs that bite don't bark.

Privately hoarding gold and silver naturally means the fewer people who know, the better.

"I didn't tell you to go buy the house back right now; you can go to Mother's place to inquire, I remember Mother seemed to have stayed at our home for a few days."

Being reminded by Ma Guixiang like that,

Liu Guangqi then recalled that Er Da Ma was living at her son's home.

At the time it caused quite a stir.

According to Er Da Ma's account, Liu Haizhong had let him stay there specifically for a few days, and coincidentally, Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu were not staying at home those days.

If there truly were gold and silver treasure hidden,

it would be highly likely during those few days.

"I understand, I'll go ask about the situation that day."

"Why aren't you in a hurry at all? Waiting a few more days? Until when? What if Shazhu sells our house to someone else—what then?"

"Then I'll do it tomorrow."

"That's about right." Ma Guixiang anxiously urged Liu Guangqi, "When you go to sound out Mother's intentions, you can't go empty-handed; as the saying goes, 'courtesy demands reciprocity,' so you must bring something."

They are not of the same family.

They do not enter the same family's gate.

Ma Guixiang, who was instructing Liu Guangqi, also nervously reminded him to be extra wary of Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu, lest they end up without gaining any gold, silver, or treasures and yet be unjustly envied by others.

Thus.

Then it would be a loss outweighing the gain.

Facing Ma Guixiang's reminder, Liu Guangqi kept nodding.

As a member of the Liu family.

Naturally, he knows what kind of people Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu are.

Must be on guard!