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

He never expected that the two of them could joke around like this.

Zhou Weiguo could no longer hold back and teleported into the house.

"Wow! Honey, when did you get back?"

Zhou Weiguo laughed and said, "Just got back? Weren't you itchy? Let me scratch it for you, haha."

After playing around for a while, the three of them finally quieted down. Zhou Weiguo looked at Natasha and Tian Zao in front of him and smiled as he gave them both a gentle pat on the head.

He laughed and said, "Natasha, I didn't realize you were so capable! You're a real surprise when you finally speak, even managing to impress Tian Zao with your simple wisdom!"

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The next morning, as dawn broke.

Zhou Weiguo was sound asleep.

Suddenly, a series of rapid knocks on the door shattered the morning's tranquility.

Zhou Weiguo frowned, sat up from the bed with an impatient look, and then opened the east gate with a slightly lazy gait.

However, when he saw who was outside the door, he was instantly stunned.

"Hey! Old Qin, how did you know I was back?" Zhou Weiguo asked in surprise.

Old Qin was wearing a thick military overcoat. He looked him up and down, his eyes full of smiles.

Old Qin slowly circled Zhou Weiguo, then gently patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Good lad, you haven't gained much weight after being away for so long. As for how I knew you were back, you were driving around in a Jeep with a Hong Kong license plate, it's a miracle they didn't arrest you! They called me last night, it's just that the ordinary soldiers don't recognize that plate. When you entered Beijing, the officer on duty was one of my juniors, he called me and that's how I let you pass."

Zhou Weiguo suddenly realized, slapped his forehead, and exclaimed, "No wonder I waited for so long at the city gate last night."

Old Qin laughed heartily, "Alright, let's go! I won't be able to celebrate the New Year once you're back."

Zhou Weiguo shook his head helplessly, sighed softly, and then quickly washed up.

At this moment, Old Qin shouted loudly towards Zhou Weiguo's house, "Weiguo's wife, I'm borrowing your Weiguo for half a day. When he comes back, I'll have him bring you some good food. Goodbye!"

More than ten minutes later, the car sped along and drove directly into the lake.

This time, Qin Lao led Zhou Weiguo directly to Long Lao's home.

When the two entered, Old Master Long's face immediately lit up with joy, and he warmly greeted them, "Come, come, let's have a meal together. I bet neither of you has eaten yet."

Zhou Weiguo didn't stand on ceremony with Elder Long. He reached out, picked up a fried dough stick, and began to devour it with gusto.

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, the three of them moved to the reception room and sat down together.

Seeing that Zhou Weiguo was still not speaking, Old Qin raised his hand and lightly tapped him on the head, urging, "What are you dawdling about, kid! Hurry up and finish speaking, then hurry home for the New Year."

Zhou Weiguo, having been hit, quickly explained, "Well, Elder Qin, I was just waiting for your orders since you two weren't saying anything."

Old Master Long smiled and said, "Alright, alright, Weiguo, tell me quickly, how did your trip to Hong Kong go?"

Without further hesitation, Zhou Weiguo recounted the details of his trip to Hong Kong, selecting only the parts he could talk about.

After he finished speaking, Old Qin said with a puzzled look, "You haven't stayed there for that long, have you? More than two months! We both thought you were having so much fun over there that you didn't want to come back."

Just as Zhou Weiguo was about to explain, the red telephone on Long Lao's desk suddenly rang.

Old Master Long gestured for the two to wait a moment, then answered the phone. After a while, Old Master Long's expression became very strange.

Seeing this, Zhou Weiguo chuckled and teased, "Old Long, are you sad or happy?"

Old Long looked embarrassed and pondered for a long time before slowly saying, "Well, yesterday, Xiao Rizi's sanctuary, the bank's headquarters, the National Museum, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and an unknown area were all attacked by unknown forces. Most importantly, Xiao Rizi's newly appointed war criminal prime minister and his newly formed cabinet were all at the sanctuary yesterday, and now they have all disappeared."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Weiguo unconsciously shrank back, thinking to himself: That's not just missing, it's more like vaporized.

"Hiss—" Old Qin gasped, surprised, "Has Xiao Rizi broken some heavenly law? Where did this unknown attack come from? With such a large-scale operation, the civilians will probably suffer heavy losses as well."

After hearing this, Elder Long said with a puzzled look, "At first, I thought so too, but the news from over there is that apart from the war criminal prime minister and his war criminal cabinet at the shrine, as well as some priests who went missing, there were no civilian casualties. The only one was a dumpling shop next door, which was probably destroyed by the shockwave because it had been in disrepair for many years. Fortunately, there were not many people in the shop at the time, and even the owner was washing dishes in the backyard, so he was unharmed."

Zhou Weiguo lowered his head, secretly relieved.

For him, the fact that no civilians were harmed made him feel a little better.

Old Qin nodded and analyzed, "In that case, it doesn't count as a terrorist attack. At most, it's just a premeditated act of targeting. You know what, this gang has done everything I wanted to do. I really want to have a drink with the leader of this organization sometime to express my gratitude."

Old Long glared at Old Qin and said irritably, "Are you stupid? That museum has a lot of our national treasures, not to mention its main bank's vault. Our people suspect that a large amount of gold from our Xia Kingdom was likely transported somewhere by some scoundrel over the years. Now that's happened, forget about the national treasures; the gold might have even turned into liquid gold."

Old Qin couldn't help but grin, muttering, "What a pity, what a pity! Those were all good things. Especially in those years, our people estimated that the 'little devils' plundered over 20,000 tons of gold from our Xia Kingdom, and at least 5,000 tons were transported back to their homeland. The rest was buried in the Northeast and in the Philippines. If I had that much gold, I could have built a lot of cannons and warships."

Old Long sighed, his expression grave, and said, "That's not the most troublesome thing. The most pressing and troublesome issue is that our people have secretly sent back information that both the US and the UK suspect we're involved in this matter, or rather, whether they're involved or not, they just want to use this as an excuse. Now we can only wait and see what cards they play."

Zhou Weiguo lowered his head, remained silent, clenched his teeth, and thought to himself: This is really going to be a disaster.

Meanwhile, Old Qin, standing to the side, kept his eyes fixed on Zhou Weiguo, sensing something was amiss. Why was this kid so quiet today? It was so illogical!

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