She doesn't want to pretend anymore

"I did go out. Didn't I find an iron box yesterday? That little box, do you remember it?"

Manshu did not hide it, she just didn't want her elders to worry, so she didn't say hello before leaving.

But now that everything is done, she doesn't mind Professor Yan finding out.

Professor Yan understood: "You went to find someone to open the box? Who did you find?"

After he asked, he answered himself: "Is it Lao Qiao?"

"Old Qiao is obviously an expert, but it's a pity that he likes to stay in a corner."

"However, many of the things he had were of unknown origin, and the police didn't find any evidence against him, but that doesn't mean he's really clean."

"If you associate with him, be careful. If he really does something illegal, the police will definitely not tolerate it."

Manshu said he knew.

The captain of the literary investigation team said that time that they had been keeping an eye on Lao Qiao for a long time.

After all, compared to other people, Lao Qiao has an unusually large number of genuine goods.

No one wants to know what opportunities he has. They just hope that everything he has is clean.

"Don't worry, Grandpa. However, I think many of his things were probably collected in the countryside a few years ago."

"But a cunning rabbit has many burrows, so he must have hidden a lot."

As far as Manshu knew, Lao Qiao also worked in a scrap yard during those special ten years. It was a good place where one could find a lot of things.

Lao Qiao has a good eye and is not lacking in means, so it's not surprising that he can save up so many things.

"That's good." Professor Yan nodded.

As long as they are not reselling cultural relics and have some skills, he will not interfere.

"The box is open? He has a way to find the hidden keyhole of the mechanical lock. I'm not surprised. As long as he studies hard, he can really find a way."

"However, the lock itself should require a key to open. Blindly using external force to intervene may cause the lock to be locked from the inside, or the self-destruct device inside to be activated."

"How did he solve this problem?"

I have to say that Professor Yan is still very studious even at his age.

"The keyhole was indeed not difficult for Mr. Qiao to find. He seemed to have opened the wheel and found the keyhole based on the correspondence of the Five Elements and Eight Diagrams."

"As for the key, it's a coincidence. Xiaolong has been wearing it since he was a child."

"Later, Mr. Qiao was worried that he might lose it, so he helped collect it."

This is indeed a coincidence.

Professor Yan nodded.

He was not curious about what was in the small box.

He just said, "Since you took the small box back from the director of the orphanage, and she said it belonged to your great aunt, it might have been left for Xiaolong. Remember to give it to her."

Manshu nodded: "Everything else was given away, but one thing was left for our Yan family, so I took it back."

Professor Yan was not surprised. Manshu was very enthusiastic about that thing. If it wasn't what she wanted, she would definitely not be so anxious to open it.

"Just be sensible."

On the other hand, Ichiro Oda, who had completely lost contact with Chi and received inside information that Chi had committed suicide, almost fainted in the ward.

He never expected that after losing two generals, he would also lose a powerful general like Chi.

Chi had been with him for many years and had never made any mistakes, but this time he failed in China.

Sure enough, my father was right, China was here to defeat them!

Everything in China is full of variables, he shouldn't be careless!

However, Ichiro Oda was very uneasy because he had not yet completed the tasks assigned by his superiors but had failed one after another.