I painted an aircraft carrier on the courtyard house for Dongda University.

Upon hearing Zhou Weiguo's words, Qin Huairu's face instantly flushed with grief and indignation. Her eyes reddened, and her lips trembled slightly. She looked as if she had suffered a great injustice and wanted to vent all her grievances and resentment.

The onlookers below were already whispering and discussing among themselves. Someone muttered, "Could it really be that Zhou Weiguo bullied Qin Huairu?"

These words were like a pebble thrown into a calm lake, creating ripples.

Another person immediately retorted, "Don't talk nonsense. Zhou Weiguo is a cadre, after all. How could he do such a despicable thing? Besides, he has a beautiful foreign guest named Natasha at home."

"But Qin Huairu just said that Zhou Weiguo asked her to come." Someone else raised a question.

Upon hearing this, Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong exchanged a glance, a glint of light flashing in their eyes, as if they had discovered some incredible secret.

Yi Zhonghai secretly pondered: If what Qin Huairu said was true, Zhou Weiguo would be in trouble. He might be able to use this opportunity to suppress Zhou's momentum, or even send him to prison. Then, with some effort, he could eventually regain control of the compound.

Liu Haizhong was also secretly plotting something, thinking that if he could find something to hold against Zhou Weiguo, he would have more confidence when speaking in the courtyard in the future.

With their own agendas, the two men quickly discussed it and led the group back into the house, preparing for a thorough search.

In an instant, the room was ransacked, with clothes and miscellaneous items scattered all over the floor, cabinets turned upside down, and the bed overturned.

Everyone worked up a sweat, but still came up empty-handed.

Outside, Jia Dongxu stood frozen, his eyes vacant, muttering to himself, "Impossible, absolutely impossible, how could there be no one here?"

He instinctively looked east, staring intently at the direction of the east courtyard, his eyes filled with resentment and confusion. "I clearly saw you inside, how could you just vanish into thin air?"

After saying that, he seemed to be possessed, frantically circling around the room, his eyes wide open, not missing a single corner, and carefully checking every window.

But reality gave him a cold shower: all the windows were tightly closed, with the latches firmly in place, making it impossible for anyone to climb out of the windows.

Jia Dongxu stood there, looking bewildered, his doubts growing stronger.

At this moment, Qin Huairu stood aside, watching everyone busy and flustered, her face full of disbelief.

She was also wondering to herself: What methods did Zhou Weiguo use to disappear without a trace? Could she have really seen wrong?

Yi Zhonghai walked up to Qin Huairu, his expression serious and his tone scrutinizing: "Huairu, are you sure it's Zhou Weiguo? Don't wrong an innocent person."

Qin Huairu's face instantly turned extremely ugly. After stammering for a long time, she finally managed to squeeze out a few words: "Um... Uncle, I can't be sure either..."

Just then, the gate to the east courtyard creaked open, and Zhou Weiguo strode out with steady steps, a hint of doubt on his face. He looked at the group and asked, "What are you all doing? Why are you all gathered here in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?"

Upon hearing the sound, Qin Huairu and Jia Dongxu turned around abruptly. They exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with shock and disbelief.

Unable to contain his anger, Jia Dongxu stepped forward, pointed at Zhou Weiguo, and loudly demanded, "Zhou Weiguo, did you just bully my wife? Confess now!"

All eyes immediately focused on Zhou Weiguo, their gazes filled with curiosity and suspicion.

Zhou Weiguo was speechless, looking at Jia Dongxu with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot, and retorted, "Are you out of your mind? Which eye of yours saw me bullying your wife? Didn't you see I just came out of the yard?"

Jia Dongxu had completely lost his temper. His face was flushed red, and his voice rose several decibels involuntarily: "No, it must be you! I clearly saw... no, I clearly heard you call Huai Ru into the pillar's house."

Zhou Weiguo sneered and said unhurriedly, "Jia Dongxu, let's put aside the fact that I didn't call your wife. Even if I did, don't you think your wife is too easy to call? Just any man calls her, and she follows him into his house. Don't you think there's something wrong with that?"

Upon hearing this, everyone began to whisper among themselves.

Upon hearing this, Jia Dongxu felt as if he had been struck on the head, his face turning pale and then red. His anger instantly found an outlet; he turned around abruptly, raised his hand, and slapped Qin Huairu hard across the face. With a crisp "smack," a clear handprint instantly appeared on Qin Huairu's face.

After the fight, Jia Dongxu didn't say a word, turned around and angrily went back to the Jia family home.

Qin Huairu stood there, covering her burning face, her eyes filled with grievance and helplessness, tears welling up in her eyes.

Zhou Weiguo walked into the house and frowned deeply when he saw the mess inside.

He turned and walked out, saying to the crowd, "Neighbors, I understand catching a thief, but you can't leave the house in such a mess! How is Zhuzi supposed to live here when he comes back?"

As he spoke, he gave Qin Huairu a meaningful look.

Qin Huairu felt a chill run down her spine under Zhou Weiguo's gaze. She began to wonder if she was dreaming, or if she hadn't actually seen Zhou Weiguo at all. Was the person in the house Sha Zhu? Had she really made a mistake? Her mind was a jumbled mess, a jumble of thoughts flashing through her head.

Just as Qin Huairu was filled with doubt and her thoughts were in turmoil, a person staggered into the courtyard.

Zhou Weiguo looked closely and saw that it was He Yuzhu, who was drunk. He quickly stepped forward and slapped He Yuzhu across the face.

The slap jolted He Yuzhu back to his senses. He looked at Zhou Weiguo blankly and stammered, "Uncle, why... why did you hit me?"

Looking at He Yuzhu's drunken state, Zhou Weiguo asked irritably, "Where did you go drinking again? You're in this state."

He Yuzhu scratched his head and said with a silly grin, "Today we're hosting some leaders, and Director Li asked us to prepare extra dishes to celebrate my master and fellow apprentices coming to the factory for a reunion, so I had a few extra drinks, hehe."

"What about Yushui? I haven't seen her today?" Zhou Weiguo then asked.

He Yuzhu replied with a grin, "Yushui said she's going to stay overnight with Yu Haitang today. By the way, Uncle, what are you all doing here? Why are there so many people?"

Zhou Weiguo pointed to the main house and said, "Your house has been burgled."

Upon hearing this, He Yuzhu instantly sobered up considerably, his face turning extremely flustered, and he ran into the house.

But after running only two steps, his foot suddenly slipped, and he fell headlong towards Qin Huairu.

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