It seemed that in this family, the only outsiders were her foolish parents.
They had spent their entire lives devoted to their niece, yet in the end, not a single one of the valuable treasures they had kept hidden away would ever fall into their hands.
Thinking about this, Qiao Nian felt much better.
Next was Qiao Wei’s room.
The moment she entered, Qiao Nian was a little surprised.
Qiao Wei wasn’t there.
It was already past nine at night. In this era, there weren’t many people who went out at night.
But when Qiao Nian thought about the person she’d seen earlier that day, she immediately understood.
That was very much in keeping with Qiao Wei’s usual style.
Still, none of it had anything to do with her.
Qiao Wei truly was the most spoiled person in the Qiao family. All the furniture in her room was brand-new—the large wardrobe, dressing table, and all the other pieces of furniture. Everything her mother had in her own room, Qiao Wei had as well, without missing a single item.
For an unmarried girl, this was practically the most luxurious treatment imaginable.
Qiao Nian quickly searched through everything.
The wardrobe was packed with clothes in all sorts of colors. Inside a goose-yellow shirt, she found more than 200 yuan in cash.
There was also a pair of jade bracelets on the dressing table. Their color was clear and translucent, with a faint pale-green tint.
Compared with Shen Guifang’s bracelets, Qiao Wei’s pair was much more suitable for a young girl.
Besides those, there were several pieces of jewelry—a simple gold necklace, a gold bracelet, and more.
Qiao Nian tossed everything into her space.
After finishing her search of Qiao Wei’s room, Qiao Nian headed straight for the kitchen.
The leftover rice, flour, cooking oil, eggs, and everything else she could find were all thrown into her space.
Then she looked at the furniture from her third uncle and aunt’s room inside her space.
Qiao Nian paused.
She couldn’t show favoritism.
So she emptied everything from her parents’ room, Grandpa Qiao’s room, Qiao Wei’s room, and even the items in the living room into her space.
There was no point leaving them anything.
Looking at the completely empty rooms, Qiao Nian was finally satisfied. She nodded and was about to leave.
But just as she reached the doorway, she heard intermittent voices outside.
Someone had opened the compound gate.
Under the locust tree by the entrance, Qiao Wei and Zhou Shaoliang were standing close together, reluctant to part.
Qiao Nian almost admired her.
Even with her face swollen and red, Qiao Wei could still act so coy and clingy.
Wasn’t she embarrassed?
“Brother Shaoliang, I don’t want you to leave. I still want to spend more time with you. Just a little longer. Go back later, okay?”
“All right, all right. Be good. It’s already very late. I’ll come pick you up tomorrow. I’ll take you to the state-run department store.”
Qiao Wei’s eyes lit up. She pouted and wrapped her arms around Zhou Shaoliang’s arm, acting spoiled.
“Okay, Brother Shaoliang. Just thinking that I’ll be able to see you first thing tomorrow morning makes me so happy.”
Hearing those voices, Qiao Nian rubbed the goosebumps that had risen on her arms.
She instinctively ducked behind the wall, then remembered that she had already taken the Invisibility Pill and boldly walked back out.
Sure enough, Qiao Wei and Zhou Shaoliang were still wrapped up in their lovey-dovey exchange, completely unaware that anything was wrong.
“The Qiao family home has already been completely looted. It’ll be quite a show when Qiao Wei goes inside later.”
Qiao Nian muttered to herself, looking at Qiao Wei with some anticipation.
It wasn’t long before the two finally parted.
Qiao Wei walked toward the courtyard, turning her head back every few steps to look at Zhou Shaoliang.
Qiao Nian crouched behind the wall and waited for a long time.
Still, she didn’t hear a single sound.
She decided to head back to the Li family home and get some sleep.
But the moment she stood up, the tip of her nose almost collided with a wall of flesh.
Qiao Nian jumped in fright and quickly stepped backward.
When she looked up, she saw that the person standing in front of her was none other than Zhou Shaoquan.
He stood at the entrance of the Qiao family’s courtyard, staring directly at her.
Hadn’t she taken the Invisibility Pill?
Could its effect have already worn off?
No way.
Qiao Wei had only just gone inside, and she hadn’t noticed anything unusual at all. Even the dog in the courtyard seemed not to have detected her presence.
Qiao Nian instinctively looked down at the ground.
The moonlight was hazy, and the man’s shadow stretched long across the ground.
But beneath her feet, there was nothing.
Qiao Nian forcibly suppressed the shock in her heart.
The man spoke, his voice warm and gentle.
“Miss Qiao, we meet again.”
Zhou Shaoquan touched his nose.
He had followed Zhou Shaoliang out.
After dinner, just as dusk had fallen, he had seen his brother sneak out suspiciously. For some reason, he had followed him.
Sure enough, just as he had expected, Zhou Shaoliang had come to see Qiao Wei.
He found it boring and was about to leave when, out of the corner of his eye, he saw this young woman riding her bicycle toward the compound at full speed.
He watched as she went in and out of various rooms.
He even saw her digging furiously in the backyard in the middle of the night.
For a moment, he almost thought that beating people up earlier that day hadn’t been enough for her, and that she had come in the middle of the night to kill someone and bury the body.
His first thought hadn’t been to stop her.
Instead, several different plans immediately flashed through his mind about how he could help her cover everything up and get away with it.
When he realized what he was thinking, even he was startled.
Qiao Nian frowned.
Although she couldn’t understand why this man could see her, after everything that had happened over the past few days, she had more or less figured it out.
The world was enormous.
It wasn’t impossible for other people to encounter their own opportunities as well.
Since she couldn’t figure it out, there was no point dwelling on it.
She could simply ask the system about it afterward.
Anyway, she had already purchased the after-the-fact cleanup service. The system might be a little unscrupulous, but she still trusted its abilities.
So what if someone had seen her?
They weren’t close anyway. With that thought, she gave an awkward laugh. “What a coincidence. It’s getting late, so I’ll head back first.”
Then she hopped onto her bicycle and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
She respected the abnormalities in this world, but it was still better to keep her distance.
This Zhou Shaoquan seemed somewhat different from the one in her previous life too.
Watching the speed at which she rode away, Zhou Shaoquan’s eyes grew deep, and the corners of his lips unconsciously curled into a faint smile. The girl looked small and slender, but her stamina was truly extraordinary.
She was living so freely and boldly now, completely different from her previous life.
And that was a good thing.
This trip to the Qiao family had certainly not been in vain.
Qiao Nian pedaled furiously toward the Li family. After thinking for a while, she couldn’t help asking, “System, did the invisibility pill stop working just now?”
“The invisibility pill is still in effect,” the system replied in its stiff electronic voice. “If there were outsiders around right now, all they would see is a bicycle riding down the street with no one on it.”
Qiao Nian was speechless.
Luckily, it was the middle of the night. If someone had seen that during the daytime, they probably would have been scared half to death.
But she had also confirmed something from the system: Zhou Shaoquan could see her even while she was invisible.
Sure enough, there was something unusual about him too.
A flicker passed through Qiao Nian’s eyes.
Zhou Shaoquan, I hope you’re a friend and not an enemy.
When she returned to the Li family, the house was empty again. Old Man Li seemed to have already cleaned himself up and was sleeping quietly.
Li Dachuan was hospitalized, and Wang Xiuying had taken the children somewhere and hadn’t returned. As for the four sisters-in-law, after each of them had paid one hundred yuan last time, they probably wouldn’t dare come looking for trouble again anytime soon.
They had actually cleaned up this quickly?
With no one coming to provoke her, Qiao Nian suddenly felt a little bored.
Forget it. Li Dachuan had already had his stomach pumped twice in a row. She might as well give him some time to recover. Now that she had taken the permanent Super Strength Pill, there wasn’t much left for her to worry about anyway.
Looks like tomorrow, she could only go to the Qiao family and watch the excitement.
Thinking about it, Qiao Nian couldn’t help giggling.
She was honestly a little impatient for tomorrow to come.