A thought suddenly flashed through Su Qianli's mind. She remembered the little guinea pig roaming the entire dependents' compound looking for the Jade Cicada, and the gossip it had picked up along the way.
One of the stories involved Chief of Staff Wang of the dependents' compound. It said that his grandson had been given a beating for stealing money from the family. At the time, Su Qianli hadn't paid much attention to this, asking the little guinea pig instead if there was any other, more unusual news. However, the little guinea pig had insisted that the theft itself was quite extraordinary, emphasizing that a large sum of money had been stolen.
Looking back now, Su Qianli couldn't help but feel suspicious: Could it be that Chief of Staff Wang had embezzled Old Madam Qiu’s money? If that were the only issue, it hardly seemed enough to drive Old Madam Qiu to defect to enemy agents. So, what exactly had driven her to such a desperate measure? Su Qianli felt there must be something much more serious at play, and it was likely related to that pocket watch.
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