Daily Intelligence System: Financial Independence-Chapter 176 - 127: Lei Busi’s Stainless Steel Cup and Old Lv’s Pickle Jar!

Chapter 176: Chapter 127: Lei Busi’s Stainless Steel Cup and Old Lv’s Pickle Jar!

"Bye-bye."

Jiang Yi waved goodbye softly to Jiang Tao, then turned around and walked into the school.

After watching Jiang Yi walk away for a stretch, Jiang Tao finally turned around and got in the car, set the navigation, and drove toward Longze Garden.

In less than 10 minutes, the Mercedes GLS drove in from the west gate of Longze Garden.

He circled around the neighborhood for quite a while before he found Building 26, where Jiang Yi rented her place.

He found a roadside spot that wouldn’t block anyone and parked the car there.

Jiang Tao got out of the car, entered Building 26, and took the elevator straight up to the 12th floor.

"1203, this should be it."

As soon as he stepped out of the elevator, he was facing unit 1203.

Jiang Tao took out the key Jiang Yi had given him and let himself in.

Right at the entrance, there was a small shoe rack.

On it sat only a pair of light purple, somewhat cute women’s slippers.

Looks like Jiang Yi is still living alone for now.

On the balcony straight ahead was a row of chubby, very cute-looking succulents.

The living room wasn’t big, but it was neat and tidy, everything in order.

The sofa cover on the couch was stretched out perfectly, not a single wrinkle.

It was obvious Jiang Yi normally paid a lot of attention to cleanliness and really enjoyed life.

After a quick look at the layout, Jiang Tao went straight to the master bedroom and pushed open the door.

Except for a double bed that looked a little old, there was nothing else in the master bedroom—it felt kind of empty.

The floor in the room was spotless, cleaned thoroughly.

Jiang Tao closed the door and started scanning the ceiling with his eyes.

In his line of sight, about twenty centimeters from the window, the ceiling was giving off a dim golden glow, like a breathing light.

"Behind the curtain box?"

Jiang Tao leaned closer to the window and looked up.

The decoration in this room was still a style from more than ten years ago.

The curtain box and the ceiling above it were separated by a single piece of plywood, about twenty centimeters wide.

If you just took out that plywood divider, you could see what was inside the ceiling.

"What kind of weirdo was the previous owner, anyway?"

"What was going through their head—putting a watch worth over two million up there?"

Jiang Tao grumbled quietly, starting to figure out how to grab the watch up on the ceiling.

There was neither a ladder nor a stool in the room, so it really wasn’t easy to get at it just now.

Even though he was less than two meters away from that Patek Philippe Nautilus worth over two million.

All Jiang Tao could do was look at it and get anxious.

He pulled out his phone and checked the time—it was only 9:48 in the morning.

Plenty of time left for his little operation—no, his "action time."

Jiang Tao immediately took the elevator downstairs and found a hardware store nearby, spent over a hundred bucks and bought a small stainless steel step ladder.

To cover up his real purpose, he also spent 500 to buy a brand new set of curtains at a curtain shop.

He returned again to 1203, Building 26, Longze Garden.

Jiang Tao carried the little ladder into the master bedroom and shut the door again.

He put the ladder by the window, and after climbing it, his head could just reach inside the curtain box.

Ka!

With a gentle twist, he popped open the plywood divider between the curtain box and the ceiling.

Jiang Tao swallowed nervously, his eyes peering up at the ceiling.

Sure enough!

Not even twenty centimeters from the curtain box, there was a box about the size of a kid’s soccer ball, made of what looked like redwood, sitting squarely there!

"There you are!"

Jiang Tao stretched out his hand and grabbed the box, then climbed down from the ladder.

First, he used the old curtain hanging by the window to wipe off a layer of dust from the box.

The piano lacquer finish on the box instantly shone bright again.

Jiang Tao felt even just the box itself must be worth some money!

He carefully opened the box.

Inside was a rose gold watch set with a bunch of diamonds on the face.

Even though Jiang Tao didn’t know much about watches, just looking at it he could feel its overwhelming aura of luxury and privilege!

"What kind of person wears more than two million on their wrist?"

"With that money, you could just buy two apartments outright in Ping County."

Jiang Tao muttered quietly to himself.

He didn’t know watches, couldn’t see what was special about it anyway.

The only reason he opened the box was simply to check if the watch was still inside.

Since it was there, he was at ease now.

He couldn’t even be bothered to try it on.

With a click, he shut the box again.

As for putting it on and taking a picture to show off in his social circle or whatever—

If he were ten years younger, maybe he’d do it.

Now? Forget it, no point.

He finished with the box, and for appearances, climbed up the ladder again, took down the old curtain, and put up the new set he’d just bought.

Once the new curtains were up, Jiang Tao wrapped the box in the old curtains he’d taken down, carried it downstairs, and put it right into the trunk of the Mercedes GLS.