In the end, after finding out what had happened, the Village Committee members directly escorted Li Xiaohua to the Police Station.
Gao Jinghui had gone out and brought back the news.
There was hardly any Gold dust left in that stretch of river. Aside from Third Brother Liu bringing his daughter and searching the places Su Qiao and the others had searched before, everyone else had returned empty-handed.
Of course, that included the gloomy-looking Su Family.
Xiao Aizhen cautiously approached her husband. "What happened?"
Su Guoqiang's face was tense as he threw the basin in his hand onto the ground. "Not a damn thing! Gold? We didn't even see its shadow."
"How could that be?"
Hadn't someone seen with their own eyes that her younger brother and Erya had found gold?
Liu Hong's hands were almost soaked raw, but she hadn't found a thing. Her face was full of disappointment.
After the disappointment came thick jealousy.
"That dead girl Xiao Qiao—I have no idea how she managed to find it. She probably just got lucky."
Su Guofu had the gloomiest expression of all. He snorted. "Lucky or not, she found it anyway."
"What are you going on about? Get up early and go again tomorrow. This time, we'll bring Baozhu." Old Lady Su was naturally in a bad mood too.
"I refuse to believe that, with Baozhu's luck, we still won't be able to find any gold."
"Grandma, I... I'm going too?" Su Baozhu looked at the palms of her second aunt's hands, which had been soaked pale, and felt somewhat unwilling.
Old Lady Su was full of hope. "Baozhu, you have the best luck in our family. If you go, we'll definitely find some gold. Even if we don't find a big nugget, finding a small one is a