QTIMP -Chapter 284 Character Persona – Violent (Part 12)

Jiang Siyan saw that he didn’t respond and didn’t press further. Although he usually acted a bit carefree and loud, he was actually very measured when it came to doing things.

His occasional chatter was only because he considered them especially close friends. Moreover, because his father had given him the name “San Si Er Yan” (think thrice before speaking), it had become a guiding principle in his daily behavior, and he always kept his boundaries well in check.

The next day, Si Qiu and Siyue came over to deliver food. Ye Shubai took the lunchbox and said, “This isn’t just a gift for nothing. Think of it as my thanks—for taking care of my three meals a day these past few days, and also for delaying your journey to find your family because of me.”

After saying this, he stared at her, as if waiting for her response.

Si Qiu curved her lips into a gentle smile and took the shoebox from his hands, slowly opening it. Inside were a pair of milky-white small leather shoes. Her eyes lit up slightly.

“Thank you. The shoes are very beautiful—I like them a lot.”

Giving shoes, whether from a man to a woman or a woman to a man, has carried different meanings since ancient times. Now seeing Si Qiu accept them and express her liking, Ye Shubai felt his heart pounding like a drum.

Even his usually restrained behavior became bolder. He asked about Si Qiu’s past life, and by the time she left, he felt a lingering sense of unfinished conversation.

In the past two days, Si Qiu had sensed that her identity should already have been confirmed—no one was monitoring her anymore.

With such a good opportunity, she naturally wouldn’t be polite. Earlier, when she went shopping with Jiang Siyue, she had already scouted quite a few places and gathered a lot of information.

So after 9:30, she went out openly. Following her previous plan, she moved toward several residential estates.

After the founding of the country, the first major step was abolishing the old laws and taking over the cities. Everyone knew the Party’s principles, so some capitalists lived in constant fear.

Some chose to voluntarily hand over their property to support early national construction, while others tried to flee abroad with their wealth, afraid of being liquidated by the new government.

That night, she went to the home of a well-known local wealthy merchant. In the past, he had provided substantial financial bribes to both the puppet government and the Kuomintang. Now his entire family had already fled overseas by plane.

When Si Qiu arrived at his estate, she immediately noticed faint moving shadows. It seemed she wasn’t the only one trying to make an unexpected fortune.

She saw people pulling down curtains, others carrying away sacks of grain, and even some lifting large jars.

Of course, Si Qiu wasn’t there for those things. She took out a metal detector given as a system reward. Soon, she found a pair of gold rings hidden in a crack in the wall.

Carefully avoiding the others, she continued searching and found several gold bars and silver coins hidden inside a bedpost.

Step by step, she collected quite a haul of scattered valuables. When she reached the master bedroom, the detector reacted strangely beneath the floor tiles under the bed.

The European-style bed was extremely heavy. Even though it had already been disassembled into several pieces, it was still difficult to move. Fortunately, she now had space in her storage.

She stored and released it to shift the bed aside, then took out a crowbar and pried up the suspicious floor tile. She originally thought she would find a gold bar or some silver coins—but unexpectedly, it was a hidden passage.

She went back to store the bed again, then placed it back in its original position at the entrance of the passage.

After that, she put on a headlamp and climbed down into the passage. Soon she arrived in a secret chamber—so large that its exact size couldn’t even be determined, because it was completely packed with boxes.

Si Qiu glanced at her spatial storage. Thankfully, the supplies being distributed now were all in card form, and there was still plenty of space left inside. With a wave of her hand, she took in the first two rows of crates at the entrance.

The crates in the back were the same, one after another. She kept collecting them like that until the very end, only then did Si Qiu realize that this space was actually over 100 square meters with a height of five meters. Just how many crates had she stored in it?

After finishing, she didn’t rush to leave. She took out a metal detector and continued scanning. As expected, it gave off a reaction on one of the walls.

After searching for a long time, Si Qiu finally found the mechanism.

A brick on the wall dropped down, revealing a sandalwood box inside. The box was about 50 cm long and roughly 30 cm in height and width.

Si Qiu didn’t even open it—she simply stored it into her space. She continued checking and confirmed there were no other abnormalities before climbing out the same way she came in.

She retrieved the bed, set it back in place, and then left, continuing her search. She also discovered another small cellar, but inside it was only grain, sugar, salt, and oil.

Si Qiu didn’t hesitate and took it all. By then, her space was already nearly full. After confirming there was probably nothing major left behind, she quietly returned to the hotel.

After taking a shower, she, who had been exhausted, immediately felt refreshed. Since she was already awake, she decided not to waste time and began organizing all the crates inside her space one by one.

She grouped what could be stored together, placed what could go on shelves onto shelves—moving everything around. She was still thinking of checking out other old residences in the next few days.

What difference was there between this and picking up money? Si Qiu didn’t feel tired at all.

“Jewelry—just put as many pieces as possible into one box. Don’t put one hairpin in an oversized case.

Wrap bracelets in the silk cloth inside the box and stand them upright in rows. Isn’t that the same? Look, such a big box only has one earring in it. It could easily hold three or five pairs—or even ten. Nothing will get damaged inside the space anyway since nothing is shaking it.

Wow, such a big box only holding a single white jade Guanyin statue for blessing offspring. That’s such a waste of space. There’s clearly room left for silk fabrics and embroidered pieces.”

As she sorted things like this, she actually freed up another third of her space. Mainly because she still had many items from her past lives stored inside.

Those things could be carried into the next world, so she was absolutely not going to touch them.

The next day, when she went to the hospital to deliver food to the two of them, Si Qiu took out a pair of gold earrings and gave them to Jiang Siyan.

“Sister Si Qiu, why are you giving me something so valuable? Hurry up and take it back. You should save it for your own dowry in the future.”

A bright smile appeared on Si Qiu’s face—she looked more lively and cheerful than usual. Leaning close to Jiang Siyue’s ear, she told her about the treasures she had found at the Zhou residence last night.

Jiang Siyue listened in shock. “Sister Qiuqiu, aren’t you being too bold? Wasn’t that dangerous?”

Si Qiu thought for a moment. “It was a bit dangerous. I saw two men fighting for some reason—one even smashed the other’s head with a brick.”

“But I stayed hidden the whole time, and I was just really lucky yesterday. I found quite a lot of things.”

Jiang Siyue quickly grabbed her hand. “Sis, I know you’re very skilled, but don’t go again. Since you already got so much this time, let’s just stop here. What if you run into someone with a gun or get ambushed?”

Si Qiu nodded. “Alright, I won’t go anymore. I just got curious because I heard people talking about it while I was out shopping, so I went to take a look.”