Xia Chujian tried to struggle and was astonished to find that even using the strength of her mecha, she could not budge She Zhuyin in the slightest!
She knew She Zhuyin was powerful, capable of taking on High-Rank Insectoids alone.
But she had never imagined that She Zhuyin would use that kind of power on her!
Still, Xia Chujian did not think much of it. She felt that She Zhuyin must have had her reasons.
So after one attempt, she gave up and obediently said, "Aunt, I didn't talk to you, did I?"
"When I left, it was the middle of the night, and you were still asleep."
She Zhuyin looked unconvinced. "Is that so? Then where did you put all the gold jewelry I made for you?"
Xia Chujian immediately told her where she had hidden her gold.
When She Zhuyin heard that one of the places was "a shoebox under the bed," she was momentarily speechless.
She released Xia Chujian's arm and casually brushed away nonexistent dust from Xia Chujian's mecha. "You child, if you don't have enough Safes, I'll buy you a few more."
"Why hide them in a shoebox?"
Xia Chujian said with a grin, "If I use a safe, thieves will know at a glance that it holds valuables."
"But if I leave it in a shoebox, thieves will have a harder time finding it."
Of course, her shoebox was no ordinary shoebox.
Small Nine Xiang had specifically saved one up for her. It looked like a shoebox on the outside, but it was actually made from an incredibly tough Alloy that even Su Buyan did not recognize!
Its hardness and security were no less than a safe's—if anything, they were better.
Naturally, she had no need to explain all that to She Zhuyin.
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