The noisy fireworks celebrations around them gradually died down. It was eleven at night, outside Chu Villa.
A four-wheeled electric cart bearing the property management logo was stopped by two black-clad bodyguards on duty.
"Gentlemen, I'm from the community's Property Management Office. We just received an electrical fault alarm, so we're here to make an emergency inspection of the power box."
A middle-aged man sitting in the cart spoke with a thick northeastern accent. His skin was dark, his face honest and simple, and he showed no nervousness as he spoke.
The people living in this community were either rich or influential, so security arrangements like these were nothing unusual to the staff.
By now, a large area around Chu Villa had been designated a special security zone, with anyone entering or leaving subjected to strict checks.
Atlantis Corporation owned fifty percent of Chu Group's shares, and Chu Group was also its first known partner. That special status naturally attracted attention from every faction.
With the grudge between the Ghost Captain and Riyao Group in the picture, anyone interested could also uncover the feud between Riyao Group and Chu Group.
Once could be a coincidence. But twice?
After investigating for some time, many factions had naturally noticed the vague connection between Chu Group and the Ghost Captain.
As Atlantis Corporation's influence grew, the Chu mother and daughter, who served as an important link in its partnership with the Ghost Captain, naturally received special attention from the state.
General Hu and Zhonghua's top leadership had already mistakenly concluded that Chu Xiaoxiao was the Ghost Captain's "illegitimate daughter."
Outsiders assumed that the Ghost Captain's "heart" was some miraculous object that granted immortality, or perhaps a core component from an ancient spacecraft.
But why couldn't it mean the Ghost Captain's "precious darling"?
Because