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The chilly spring wind was especially mysterious in this silent night. Ning Xiaoxiao was dressed in a black one-piece suit as she stood on the balcony of her room.

He held his breath and listened to the sounds coming from the room beside him. He did not move a muscle until the lights in the entire Ning Residence went out. The air around them quieted down.

There were even some snoring sounds that Ning Xiaoxiao's nervous system relaxed. She then heaved a sigh of relief.

Tonight, she had to go to Shao Qiyu's building. The first thing she had to do was to ensure that no one could see her. Today's action was truly an adventurous action.

She wasn't sure what kind of evidence she could find to prove her innocence in the auxiliary building. This was a complete gamble, and Ning Xiaoxiao was betting on the possibility of exposing herself.

Perhaps today wasn't the best chance, but there was a mysterious sense of purpose in urging her to go to the secondary building.

Old Zhao woke up in the middle of the night and went to the toilet. The black cat beside him suddenly stood up, its fur standing on end.

Spring was approaching, and it was normal for cats to be in heat. But today, the cries of the black cat sounded a bit desolate. Elder Zhang followed the black cat's call to gain prestige.

It was as if there was a black shadow under the moonlight that was flashing past the gap between the two houses. The speed of the black shadow was so fast that it surprised Old Zhao.

Old Zhao was stunned on the spot. He didn't know if it was because he was too old and his eyes were blurry. He rubbed his eyes and looked carefully, but there was nothing there.

The only thing left was the green grass swaying in the night wind. Old Zhao shook his head in disbelief and walked into his room.

After returning to his room and lying down on his bed, Old Zhao felt that something was amiss. Although he was a little old, his eyes were still sharp.

The more he thought about it, the more he realized that there was a black shadow there. Furthermore, that black shadow seemed to be Ning Xiaoxiao. At the thought of this, Old Zhao abruptly sat up on the bed.

He got off the bed and put on his shoes. A devilish smile appeared on his face. He, Old Zhao, had lived for so many years. After going to and from the police station, he had finally figured out the truth of life.

What life, it was all bullshit. This person wanted to see what his life was, and how he would choose.

Even though Old Zhao had not read for a few days, he understood the principle of a man deciding victory over the heavens better than anyone else.

After Ning Xiaoxiao entered the Ning family, she messed up all of Old Zhao's plans. He had long since treated her as a thorn in his side. If the shadow that had just passed by was really Ning Xiaoxiao, then even the heavens were helping him.

Now that he had gone out to capture Ning Xiaoxiao, Ning WeiShan had proven that Ning Xiaoxiao had evil intentions. Perhaps Ning Weishan would overestimate him and give him a generous reward for doing so.

The secondary building had already been locked up for many years. Ning Weishan seemed to be afraid that others would enter and even placed a seal at the door. Ning Xiaoxiao harrumphed coldly in her heart. This was really a man's way of guarding against villains.

It was a pity that she was a weak girl. She was neither a gentleman nor a vile person. Furthermore, she had the black belt of Taekwondo, so she didn't need to go through the door.

Just like how she had climbed up to the second floor of Lu Qing's house countless times before, Ning Xiaoxiao walked along the wall with familiarity and climbed up to the balcony on the second floor and walked into the bedroom in front of Shao Qiyu.

Looking at the familiar furnishings in the bedroom, Ning Xiaoxiao felt her heart being lifted. It was the dressing table made of yellow rosewood that her mother loved the most when she was still alive.

On the bed hung her mother's most beloved drapes, but for a long time no one lived there. The furniture and draperies seemed to have lost their owner's luster, and no longer had the splendor of the past.

Ning Xiaoxiao gently touched the dressing table and recalled that her mother was sitting in front of the dressing mirror inside, meticulously tracing her eyebrows. Then she turned her head and asked herself if she looked good while sitting on the bed.

Back then, he only felt bored and frustrated, so he didn't even raise his eyes to casually deal with his mother. Now that he thought about it, that boring and ordinary day had now become a hopeless dream.

Ning Xiaoxiao was immersed in her own memories when she heard a cat meowing outside her window. It immediately pulled her back on her train of thought and raised her guard. Although she felt that she had done everything perfectly, no one would notice it.

However, cats were very intelligent creatures, so she didn't want to take this risk. She quickly turned off the small flashlight and hid under Shao Qiyu's bed, quietly waiting.

Old Zhao, who wanted to make a meritorious service, groped his way to Shao Qiyu's room downstairs. The cat that was guiding him, accidentally hid into the grass and disappeared without a trace.

Everyone in the Ning family knew that Old Zhao from the auxiliary branch had been sealed.

And he wasn't some superman or spiderman or anything like that. He could climb the wall from the first floor to the second floor, so even if he knew that there was someone in the secondary building, what could he do?

Did he want to wake everyone up by shouting downstairs in the middle of the night? What if his eyes were blurry and there was no one inside?

The cold wind cleared Old Zhao's mind. He instantly came up with another idea. He cleared his throat, coughed three times loudly towards the auxiliary building, and then deliberately stomped away with heavy footsteps.

Ning Xiaoxiao heard the three fake coughs and the footsteps that left at the end. She waited for the footsteps to get further and further away until she could no longer hear them.

Ning Xiaoxiao, who was hiding under the bed, came out and stretched her arms and legs. She did not know what had just happened downstairs, but she was sure that the person downstairs did not want to be caught.

Otherwise, he could have just shouted downstairs for Ning Weishan to come over, but he didn't know why this person was doing it. After thinking for a moment, Ning Xiaoxiao shook her head.

None of this was important anymore. She had not forgotten her main purpose for coming to the auxiliary building today. Since that person had purposely reminded her, she might as well treat it as making this friend of hers.

To be able to turn an enemy into a friend in the Ning family was definitely a good thing. A good man had three pillars. Ning Xiaoxiao opened the cabinet that Shao Qiyu had placed on the head of the bed.

In her memory, her mother would always place some precious items in that cabinet. Ning Xiaoxiao opened the cabinet and saw a small box inside.

Ning Xiaoxiao reverently opened the box. She thought it would be something similar to a diary, but she didn't expect it to be a dozen thick photos.

Shao Qiyu had the habit of taking pictures when she was young. Ning Xiaoxiao had been her model for many times when she was young, so when she saw the dozen or so photos, Ning Xiaoxiao was not very surprised.