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

Zhou Weiguo looked at Liu Guangqi and couldn't help but nod. This kid is interesting.

"That's enough, that's enough for full-time employees. Alright, since I've agreed, you don't need to worry about it anymore. I'll arrange for Liu Guangtian to get a job at the factory soon, and Guangfu is old enough, I'll also arrange a job for him."

Upon hearing this, Liu Guangqi quickly nodded excitedly, "Thank you, thank you, Uncle Weiguo. Um, Uncle Weiguo, could you please not tell anyone about this?"

"Aren't you afraid I'll pocket your thousand-plus yuan?"

Liu Guangqi laughed and said, "How could you possibly be interested in something with so little money?"

Zhou Weiguo was even somewhat appreciative of his talent after hearing this.

Liu Guangqi is a really good person, but considering the absurd things Liu Haizhong did later, it might be better to let Liu Guangqi leave.

So he nodded: "Alright, all you did tonight was deal with some national food coupons. Go on."

Liu Guangqi said thank you and turned to leave.

Zhou Weiguo didn't think much of it and turned back to his own home.

At one o'clock in the morning, a figure quietly left the Liu family's house.

The man used the spare key that was placed on Yan Fugui's windowsill to open the courtyard gate and slowly disappeared into the darkness.

Early in the morning, a scream suddenly rang out from the quiet courtyard.

"Help! My God! My house has been burgled! Those damned thieves have stolen everything from Old Liu's house!"

The heart-wrenching cries instantly drew everyone out of the courtyard.

Everyone hurriedly threw on a coat and rushed to the backyard. There they found Auntie Er sitting on the ground, looking utterly dejected, wailing and crying.

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu stood aside, looking like they wanted to say something but hesitated, asking each other something.

Yan Fugui glanced at it, his heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly ran towards the courtyard gate.

His heart skipped a beat when he saw the open gate and the lock lying to one side.

Yan Fugui hurriedly shouted to Yan Jiecheng, who had just finished dressing, "Go call the police right away! Something terrible has happened! Something terrible has happened!"

After saying that, he went into his own house and started rummaging around under the bed.

After a while, he finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his belongings neatly arranged in the box.

Yan Fugui went to the backyard again, where a large crowd had gathered, pointing and whispering about the Liu family.

When the second aunt saw Yan Fugui, she seemed to have found her pillar of support: "Third Uncle, come quick! My house has been robbed of everything! How am I supposed to live now?"

Yan Fugui looked at the woman in front of him, hesitated for a long time, and said, "Second Aunt, you're the one in charge now! You're asking me what to do? How am I supposed to know what to do?"

Aunt Erda finally realized what was happening, but after only two seconds of stunned silence, she started pounding the ground and wailing again.

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps sounded outside the door.

When everyone saw several police officers enter the backyard, Yan Fugui quickly stepped forward and explained the situation.

The police officer in charge said, "Comrade Song Dahua (Second Aunt), please stop crying and tell me what happened."

The old woman finally realized what had happened and rushed forward to grab the police officer: "Officer, this morning I just got up, thinking I'd take some money to the market to buy something. But when I opened the drawer where we keep our small change, I found it completely empty—not a single penny left! Then I quickly ran under the bed to check our savings box, and even the box was gone! That damned thief! He left us with absolutely nothing! That's all the savings my husband and I have accumulated over ten years!"

Upon hearing this, the police frowned, went inside to inspect the house, and then inquired about Liu Haizhong's family situation.

Finally, the police officer frowned and looked at the second aunt, saying, "Song Dahua, have you seen your Liu Guangqi? Why did he disappear so early this morning? And it's obvious that your courtyard gate was opened from the inside by someone from within. The place where the gatekeeper keeps the spare key is somewhere only people in your courtyard would know. We've also checked the walls and roof; there were no signs of climbing over. So, regarding your situation, it's best to first investigate internally. Do you understand what I mean?"

Upon hearing this, Aunt Er was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly turned around and went home, rushing into Liu Guangqi's room.

The crowd immediately erupted in uproar.

"What does this police officer mean? An inside man?"

"Nonsense, Liu Guangqi is gone, and so is the money. That's simple. Liu Haizhong's favorite son has run away with the family's money."

"I know that. I heard Liu Guangqi say that his girlfriend wanted him to develop his career in another city, saying that he could become a leader there, but Liu Haizhong has always disagreed."

"Yes, yes, yesterday when that fat leader from the neighborhood committee came to the compound, his eyes were practically drooling over Liu Guangqi. Is Liu Guangqi afraid that he'll take a liking to him?"

Just then, a scream came from inside the house: "It's all gone! The clothes are all gone! Everything's gone! Guangqi, have you gone mad? All I asked you to do was marry Wang Meili, and you ran off with the whole family's money?!?"

After a long while, Aunt Er walked out of the room, trembling and with a look of despair on her face.

Seeing the situation, the police officer understood what was going on and asked, "Comrade Song Dahua, have you thought this through? Are you still going to call the police? If you insist on calling the police, we can report it and have someone arrested, but your Liu Guangqi will be..."

Upon hearing this, Aunt Er trembled, her expression shifting between struggle, anger, and worry.

After a long pause, she sighed and said, "Officer, I won't call the police to catch the thief. Um, could you please help me find him?"

The police officer looked troubled: "Comrade Song Dahua, Comrade Liu Guangqi has only been gone for a short while, so we definitely can't treat him as a missing person. I suggest you look for places he frequents, or schools or something; maybe it's just the kids playing a prank on you?"

Upon hearing this, Aunt Er nodded vigorously: "Ah, yes, yes, maybe Guangqi really is just joking with us."

Then, the second aunt started begging and pleading with the people in the courtyard to help her go out and look for Liu Guangqi.

Several hours passed in a flash, and the group finally followed the despairing Second Aunt back to the courtyard house.

It turned out that she and her people had searched for a long time before finally finding the home of Liu Guangqi's so-called boyfriend.

But when they arrived, the house was already deserted. Since it was a rented house, and the family consisted of only two women who didn't interact much with the other people in the neighborhood, all anyone knew was that they had left with lots of bags yesterday afternoon, and the house was now empty.

Seeing the second aunt's desperate expression, one of the people hesitated for a long time before saying, "Um, second aunt, last night I saw Liu Guangqi standing at the entrance of the east courtyard, talking to Director Zhou about something. Do you think we should go and ask Director Zhou if he knows what's going on?"

The second aunt, who had already given up hope, felt as if she had grasped a lifeline upon hearing this. She rushed to the east wing gate and banged on the door, shouting, "Zhou Weiguo, Zhou Weiguo, come out! Where have you hidden my son? Even if my husband, Lao Liu, has offended you, you don't have to go through all this trouble for my family! Zhou Weiguo, come out!"

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