Xie Sui didn't ask anyone else, just a few brothers he could trust. He treated it as entertainment.
Including Monkey Kong and the others, it gave them a sense of belonging. Men, after all, only forge deep bonds through shared experiences.
Monkey Kong visibly withered, completely drained by the young ladies. He hadn't left the hotel for three days. When Xie Sui saw the bill, his face turned green.
Damn it, they really went all out with the young ladies who wouldn't demand money.
Wu Xiong wasn't much better; his legs were trembling. Xie Sui looked at them and felt like beating them up.
Only Dry Monkey was doing slightly better, not because he didn't want to play, but because his stamina couldn't keep up. His heart was willing, but his body was weak.
"Focus on the real business. If you find it, I'll give you two pounds of gold, solid gold, no tricks. If you don't find it, you get nothing."
The villa was pitch black everywhere. Du Feiyang was enthusiastic. "I'm definitely going to find it. This is fun. Brother Xie, are you sure there's gold?"
"Not sure, but if the police aren't ashamed to search, should we let them benefit?"
Everyone tapped and knocked, not missing an inch of space. They even pried up the floorboards in the rooms, but there was nothing.
Monkey Kong pulled open a curtain in the living room and suddenly saw two black and white eyeballs. He cried out in shock, "What is that?"
He swung his hand to hit it, but it hit the wall instead. Something darted out from under his arm, flipped over the window, and ran away.
"What's wrong?"
"Someone just ran out. Damn it, there's someone else here. People really scare each other to death. Hurry and search, see if there's anyone else."
Xie Sui was speechless. It seemed the news had spread, and many people were coming to look for the gold.
They didn't find the gold, but they searched cabinets and drawers for people first. As a result, they actually found a few. Xie Sui beat them up but eventually let them go.
"Haha... Brother Xie, your place has become a treasure cave. Everyone comes to look. What a spectacle."
Xie Sui was also helpless. "Should I put up a sign and charge an entrance fee?"
Du Feiyang said, "That's a good idea. Didn't they say to be open-minded? Maybe the entrance fees will even cover the cost of the gold."
"That's a suggestion too."
They didn't find the gold, but they did find the red wine Xie Sui had hidden. The group was quite carefree. In the villa after the fire, with no lights and in the darkness, drinking red wine felt like filming a horror movie.
Dry Monkey, who was good at picking locks, was still wandering around. The others had given up. So many people had searched without any leads, and they had even less hope.
"Brother Xie, come here."
Du Feiyang was making funny faces with his flashlight to scare people when he heard Dry Monkey's call from the bedroom. The group climbed upstairs and went to the bedroom.
Dry Monkey was lying on the ground, ungracefully trying to dig under the bed. His skinny, exposed backside made Du Feiyang want to kick him.
He held back, though. Brother Xie's brother was their brother too; they couldn't bully him.
"What's wrong?"
"Brothers, help me flip the bed over."
Monkey Kong, with his great strength, and Wu Xiong struggled for a while before managing to flip it. Xie Sui's eyes lit up. Was there something under the bed?
But there was nothing.
Dry Monkey said, "Look at the bed, not the floor."
It was a wooden bed with a luxurious Simmons mattress. Xie Sui had slept on it; it was quite comfortable.
Dry Monkey lifted a layer of wooden boards under the bed, and a dazzling light flashed across everyone's eyes.
"There's really gold!"
Everyone stared at the underside of the bed. The entire bed frame was paved with gold bars, which was quite shocking.
"Quick, cover it up so no one finds out."
Xie Sui worried about more thieves, so he quickly restored it to its original state. His heart pounded with excitement. "Dry Monkey, you're amazing! How did you find it?"
So many people had come and gone, digging three feet deep, yet no one thought to break open the furniture to look. This thief was clever, hiding it right under everyone's noses without anyone discovering it.
Dry Monkey smiled. "The first step for us thieves is to train our touch. We can tell if jewelry is real by touching it and know the material by looking at it. I just happened to take a look, and the sound was off, so I searched carefully, and I really found something."
"I'll reward you with ten gold bars. Hurry and check the other beds. This one definitely won't be enough. That's more than two pounds of gold!"
They went to search in other rooms. Du Feiyang worried, "Brother Xie, we didn't bring bodyguards. Can these few people be trusted?"
This was hundreds of millions of dollars worth of gold. Would they become greedy? These desperate men, who often skirted the edges of the law, would do anything for money.
Xie Sui said, "I trust them. Don't worry. If I didn't trust them, I wouldn't have let them come."
The three people who had just returned to the door heard Xie Sui's words, exchanged glances, and showed determination. They couldn't betray Brother Xie's trust.
There were beds in three bedrooms with gold underneath. Xie Sui calculated that the amount was roughly enough.
"How do we get it out?"
They had found the gold, but how to transport it was another problem, especially with so many eyes watching.
Xie Sui chuckled. "We'll transport it openly. We'll say we're renovating the villa tomorrow and need to haul away old furniture. Who would stop us from transporting trash?"
"Brother Xie is brilliant. Dry Monkey, restore the bed so no one can tell. I'll come to haul it away tomorrow."
"Send it to my villa in the suburbs. At least it's an object; it can be used for firewood if it's dismantled."
"You're so stingy."
They didn't stay to watch. They locked the door and left. Although locking it now was pointless, as people could still enter through the windows.
They left dejected and with nothing to show for it. The people watching nearby were also disappointed. Was the information false?
High-ranking officials at the police station also received the news and doubted their intelligence, but they didn't give up and still had people keep an eye on the place.
The next day, Du Feiyang brought a crane and trucks to clear out the furniture, and then the construction team moved in to prepare for renovations.
The police also sent people to monitor. With countless eyes watching, Du Feiyang's scalp tingled. This batch of gold had attracted too many people's attention.
Was it really worth it for just over two pounds of gold?
He spoke without knowing the cost. It was hundreds of millions of dollars. Ten thousand yuan could break someone's legs, a hundred thousand could take a life, and hundreds of millions could do so much.
Some people were uneasy. Would Young Master Du suddenly come to move furniture and find something?
The police came to probe, offering a cigarette. Du Feiyang was polite and accepted one, speaking in a bad tone, "Is there something wrong? Brother Xie asked me to move the furniture and prepare for renovation. Are you going to stop us?"
"No, this is Mr. Xie's house. If he wants to renovate, of course, we can't stop him. It's just that Chinese New Year is coming, is it appropriate to renovate now?"
"Who said we're renovating now? We're clearing things out so the construction team can inspect it. We'll start after the New Year. The design plans must be made first. For such an expensive house, we can't just rush into it, right?"
"Of course not, Young Master Du. Are you really going to the mainland?"
"Is that not allowed?"
"It is. Who dares say it's not allowed? It's just that without Young Master Du, Hong Kong City won't be as lively. Those celebrities really like you, Young Master Du."
"They like my money, don't they?"
Du Feiyang dealt with wave after wave of inquiries, feeling very nervous, afraid they would inspect the old furniture.
He dared not look at those beds for too long. There were too many smart people; a single glance could be noticed.
Following Xie Sui's instructions, he intentionally and unintentionally glanced at the basement, also asking the renovation team to measure the basement closely. He also prevented others from looking, which aroused suspicion. Did it mean it was in the basement?