Chapter 225: Emptying the Huang Residence

The door closed.

Jiang Wei placed the "fainted" Jiang Xiaoxiao on the couch and stood to the side, hands folded.

Huang Suntian rubbed his hands together impatiently, and in two or three motions, untied the rope binding Jiang Xiaoxiao's hands and feet.

"Hehe, now you've finally fallen into my hands." Huang Suntian looked at the little person on the couch, a near-pathological expression appearing on his face. His entire face was abnormally flushed, appearing somewhat manic.

He swallowed his saliva, his hands sweating from nervousness and excitement. Just as he was about to reach out his demonic claws toward Jiang Xiaoxiao on the couch, he finally realized something. He glared at Jiang Wei to the side and said, "What are you still doing here? Get out!"

However, in the split second he was stunned, Jiang Xiaoxiao on the couch suddenly opened her eyes, pulled a syringe from her sleeve, and with lightning speed, jabbed it into Huang Suntian's arm.

Huang Suntian's eyes rolled back, and he fainted instantly.

"Phew..." Jiang Xiaoxiao sat up straight from the couch and let out a long sigh of relief.

Her palms were drenched in sweat from nervousness, fearing that Huang Suntian would discover she was faking a faint.

Jiang Wei took off her veil hat and kicked the fainted Huang Suntian on the ground. "The dosage of the anesthetic was a bit too high."

Hearing this, Jiang Xiaoxiao subconsciously looked at the syringe in her hand. Because of her nervousness earlier, she had accidentally pushed all the anesthetic in the syringe into him...

At this dosage, he probably wouldn't wake up for a day and a night.

"Oh well." Jiang Wei put her veil hat back on and pulled an anesthetic gun from her space. "I'll take care of those people outside one by one, then search every room."

Originally, she had wanted to force Huang Suntian to reveal the whereabouts of the account book, but since he had already fainted, she would just have to find it herself.

Either way, there was still enough time.

She had an endless supply of anesthetic in her space; knocking out everyone in the Huang Residence was more than enough.

Jiang Wei walked to the window with the anesthetic gun, aimed at the patrolling guards outside, and took them down one by one.

In the blink of an eye, a large group of people in the courtyard had been put down.

Jiang Xiaoxiao opened the door and walked out, surveying the Huang family's backyard.

It had to be said that the Huang family was truly one of the top wealthy households in Yong'an County. This backyard leaned against the mountains and faced the water, with white walls and dark tiles, dotted with mountain rocks. The lotus pond below even kept koi fish, exuding nobility and luxury everywhere.

After a quick glance, Jiang Xiaoxiao took out the map Shen Que had prepared earlier, compared it with the Huang family's backyard for a long while, and finally pointed to the residence in the southeast corner. "That should be the room where the old Huang couple lives."

Jiang Wei walked up without a word, aimed at the wide-open window, and fired two shots of anesthetic. The two people inside fell to the ground in response.

With this, there was no one awake in the Huang family.

Jiang Xiaoxiao continued to compare the map and then pointed to the side room. "This one should be the study."

Jiang Wei walked up and kicked the door open.

There was no one inside.

Jiang Wei strode in, and Jiang Xiaoxiao put away the map and followed closely behind.

Generally speaking, things like books should be kept in the study, so that account book should be there too.

The mother and daughter began to search the room.

Neither of them had ever seen this account book, not even Shen Que.

They could only search blindly.

However, half an hour passed, and unsurprisingly, the two of them found nothing.

Jiang Xiaoxiao looked at the books all over the floor, her little face slightly wrinkled.

"Let's go check other rooms," Jiang Wei said.

After she finished speaking, she glanced thoughtfully at the books on the floor, then decisively squatted down, pressed her palm to the ground, and said, "Collect!"

The books all over the floor vanished in an instant.

Even the few remaining on the bookshelf were collected into Jiang Wei's space.

Jiang Xiaoxiao narrowed her eyes and suddenly smiled. "Mother, since there's still plenty of time, let's collect... er, search room by room."

Jiang Wei nodded. "Good."

Thus, the mother and daughter were like a swarm of locusts passing through; every time they entered a room, all the valuable items inside were collected into Jiang Wei's space.

Brushes, ink, paper, inkstones, porcelain, spices, tea leaves, silks, and satins... anything valuable and useful was collected into the space with a wave of Jiang Wei's hand.

Even the kitchen was not spared.

All kinds of vegetables, rice, fine flour, oil, and countless seasonings inside all went into Jiang Wei's space.

In the end, almost every room in the Huang family's backyard had been emptied by the mother and daughter.

Yet, there was still no sign of that account book.

Jiang Xiaoxiao couldn't help but wonder if the account book Shen Que spoke of was really in the Huang family.

With no other choice, the mother and daughter could only go to the main room in the front yard to take a look.

The main room was usually used for receiving guests, and generally, no one would hide important things in a room used for guests.

Jiang Xiaoxiao took short steps, imitating her mother, and kicked open the ajar door of the main room.

With a "creak," the doors of the main room swung open, and the cold moonlight shone inside.

It illuminated Li Jinfeng's pale face.

Seeing clearly who was hiding in the main room, Jiang Xiaoxiao couldn't help but be stunned.

Li Jinfeng was holding a valuable vase in her hands, a bundle slung over her arm, her face full of the guilty expression of a thief caught in the act.

The moment their eyes met, Li Jinfeng screamed, "You, you actually dare to..."

Before she could finish, she was restrained by Jiang Wei with a grappling technique. "Try making a sound if you dare!"

Li Jinfeng's expression tightened, and she immediately clamped her mouth shut.

It wasn't because of Jiang Wei's threat, but because she also realized that what she was doing could not be made public.

She didn't know that the mother and daughter had already knocked out everyone in the backyard, including the patrolling guards, so she threatened in a low voice, "You have such audacity! You actually dare to raid the Huang Residence at night. Do you really think the Huang Residence's guards are vegetarians?"

"I don't know if their guards are vegetarians, but I know you're about to suffer." Jiang Wei tightened her grip, and Li Jinfeng immediately cried out in pain.

"Ah ah ah, let me go! Do you know how much the Huang family values me now? I am carrying the Huang family's own flesh and blood. You actually dare to treat me like this! If the Huang family's Old Madam finds out, she will definitely not spare you two!"

"Own flesh and blood?" Hearing this, Jiang Xiaoxiao lowered herself slightly and looked at Li Jinfeng's slightly protruding belly. "Are you sure the child inside is Huang Suntian's?"

Although it was a question, she used a tone of certainty.

"You, you..." Li Jinfeng's face changed instantly, and she glared at Jiang Xiaoxiao in disbelief. "Do you know something!"

Jiang Xiaoxiao tilted her little head and smiled with an innocent expression. "Guess."

"You, what exactly do you want to do!?" Looking at Jiang Xiaoxiao's calm and composed appearance, Li Jinfeng was already anxious. "I warn you, you had better not go out and talk nonsense..."

"It's possible for me not to go out and talk nonsense."

Jiang Xiaoxiao straightened up gently, folded her arms, and said slowly, "First, answer me one question. You've been in the Huang family for so long, you should know where the Huang family's Old Madam often goes... right?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 226 =====