40: Zero Yuan Purchase, a Big Bang

Fang Lairong was already feeling nervous at this moment, but looking at everyone's eyes, he didn't have time to think too much. He took out a key from his arms and handed it to his son Fang Jiayao.

Fang Jiayao took the key from Fang Lairong, walked forward and opened the door, revealing the bluestone floor inside.

Fang Jiayao made way and let his father Fang Lairong go first. Everyone followed Fang Lairong and entered one after another.

Everyone looked at the house in front of them with curiosity, as this would be where they would live in the future.

A light breeze accompanied by the fragrance of flowers blew towards us. The courtyard was shaded by green trees. This was a two-story house. Everyone walked through the courtyard and entered the hall.

The hall is decorated simply, with several landscape paintings hanging on the wall. Sunlight shines through the windows onto the bluestone floor, casting mottled shadows.

Everyone spontaneously found a seat and sat down. After all, they had carried so many things and were already exhausted and out of breath after walking all the way.

"Grandpa, is this where we will live from now on?" Fang Xiaohai asked.

"That's right. We will live here for a while. We will go back to the Fang family's old house sooner or later." His words revealed a determination to win.

"Okay, go find a room and live there. Live the same way you did before. Don't worry, I'll take care of your finances. Come to my study in half an hour."

After hearing what Fang Lairong said, everyone could guess that he still had a lot of property. Although he was kicked out of the Fang family, a big family, he felt relieved if his quality of life did not change.

After everyone responded, they dispersed and went to the second courtyard to choose a room.

Of course, they would actively avoid the master bedroom, after all, the master bedroom was where Fang Lairong, the head of the family, lived.

After Fang Lairong saw that everyone had left, he stood up and slowly walked towards his study.

He entered the study and walked to a corner. He remembered that he had hidden more than a dozen large yellow croakers at the bottom of this cabinet.

He reached in and fumbled around for a while, but came up with nothing.

Fang Lairong frowned, and a bad feeling welled up in his heart.

He remembered correctly, he had hidden more than a dozen large yellow croakers in this location.

Unconvinced, he reached under the cabinet again and searched, but found nothing except dust on his hands.

A chill rose from behind. Fang Lairong stood up, walked to a bookcase, and took out a thick book from it.

He gently opened the book and saw that the middle of the book had been hollowed out.

The big hole dug in the book was empty, and the several large yellow croakers he had placed inside were also missing.

Fang Lairong threw the book in his hand aside, then raised his hand and took out another book, opening it with trembling hands.

When he saw that the contents of the book were the same as the previous one, his face turned very pale. He then pulled out three more thick books from the cabinet, and the results he obtained were exactly the same.

[Gold, my gold... why is it gone? Who did it? Who did it? ? ]

Fang Lairong's heart kept roaring.

He took two trembling steps forward, then sat down on the ground. He reached out his hand to feel the ground in front of him, and lifted up a piece of bluestone floor, revealing a small hole on the surface. Inside the hole was a small box.

When Fang Lairong saw that the small box was still there, his pale face regained some redness.

He couldn't wait to stretch out his hands and pick up the small box in the cave.

When he raised his hand to hold the small box, his face turned pale again in an instant. The small box in his hand slipped from his hand, hitting the ground with a "clang" sound, and also hitting Fang Lairong's heart.

When Fang Lairong picked up the small box with both hands, he felt that the weight of the box was wrong. It was very light and did not look like it was filled with yellow croaker at all.

At this moment, footsteps could be heard one after another outside the study.

After Fang Lairong's descendants chose their rooms and put their luggage in them, they walked towards the study.

"Grandpa, I'm coming in!" The first voice to sound was Fang Xiaohai's.

Fang Xiaohai waited for a while but there was no response from his grandfather. At this time, other relatives also rushed over.

They also greeted Fang Lairong in the study, but there was no response. Everyone looked at each other. Fang Jiayao, the son, raised his hand, touched the door of the study and pushed it hard.

The door of the study was opened, and they saw Fang Lairong slumped on the ground, his face pale and dazed.

In front of Fang Lairong, there was a wooden box lying on the ground.

"Dad (Grandpa...)——"

Everyone shouted at Fang Lairong but he didn't respond.

Everyone felt an ominous feeling. Fang Jiayao took the lead and moved closer to Fang Lairong.

"Dad, what's wrong with you? Why are you sitting on the ground?"

Fang Jiayao said this and reached out to help Fang Lairong up.

As soon as his hand touched Fang Lairong, Fang Lairong came back to his senses. He shook his head to refuse, and looked in the direction of the small box.

Fang Xiaohai followed in and saw that his father had gone to help his grandfather, so he walked towards the direction where the small box was.

Fang Xiaohai picked up the small box on the ground and opened it. Seeing that it was empty, he turned it around curiously and then put the box aside.

Fang Xiaohai took the box and turned it over. Fang Lairong, who was sitting on the ground, looked up and saw the empty box.

Fang Lairong's voice was hoarse and trembling, "It's gone, my gold is gone, all gone..."

As soon as these words were spoken, the study room fell into dead silence.

"Grandpa, what do you mean by this?" Fang Xiaohai reacted after asking the question. He turned his head and looked at the small box he had placed aside.

"Grandpa, do you mean to say that the small box originally contained gold?"

"Dad, did you remember the wrong location?" Wang Xiaohong who was standing nearby said.

Fang Lairong shook his head helplessly, revealing a painful look: "Impossible, this is gold! How could I remember the wrong location? "

Fang Lairong pointed to the small box and the thick books he had thrown aside, and then pointed to the cabinet.

"I hid gold in these locations, but now... there is nothing left."

When everyone heard these words, they looked at each other in confusion. Then they reacted and walked towards the directions pointed by Fang Lairong, raising their hands and starting to search.

However, as time went by, everyone searched these locations but found no trace of gold.