As Charlie made his way back to New York, Arman’s ne was soaring high above the ocean.


    Meanwhile, Steve Rothschild remained under the watchful eye of Hank. The men from the Rothschild family had been tirelessly scouring the Zhou family manor since the early hours of the morning, but their search yielded no results.


    Howard had reached a point where he was ready to take bold action. In the past, he had refrained from overtly troubling the Zhou family, but now that the Sifang Baozhuang might have been taken, he felt an urgency to uncover any clues. He feared that if he didn’t act quickly, opportunities would slip away.


    Thus, he decided to elerate the search efforts and instructed Hank to intensify their investigation. Simultaneously, he dispatched another team equipped with extensive geological exploration tools to the site.


    A convoy of heavy-duty trucks arrived at the Zhou Manor, where they set up a variety of equipment to thoroughly scan the underground area. This advanced detection gear was capable of identifying even the smallest ant nests below the surface. If there was something hidden below, they were certain to discover any ndestine passages.<h3 style="background-color:DodgerBlue">


    However, it was important to note that this was, after all, the Zhou family manor. While Zhou Liangyun hadmitted an offense, his family’s culpability was not as severe. The Rothschild family’s overt intrusion and their digging into the Zhou family grounds were akin to discovering oil in someone’s backyard. Such a significant operation could not be concealed from the public eye.


    Consequently, several independent media outlets, including short video tforms, swiftly reported on this astonishing and seemingly uwful endeavor.


    The American public was taken aback.


    No one anticipated that the newly exposed Rothschild family would continue to act with such tant disregard for thew. Their direct employment of an engineering team to excavate at the Zhou family manor made them appear as outright ouws, leading to an unprecedented wave of public bacsh against the Rothschilds online throughout the morning.


    The FBI was nearly beside themselves with rage.


    Understanding that they could not exert control over the Rothschild family, they had always hoped for them to maintain a low profile. Ideally, one could break thew, but it should be done discreetly. Any tant disregard for thew would only serve to embarrass the authorities.<fnb5bb> This content belongs to fι?dnοvel</fnb5bb>


    Yet, Howard, driven by urgency, could no longer afford to be concerned about appearances. He needed to establish whether there were any clues as soon as possible. If it turned out that no secret passage existed, then the events of the previous night might have been a misinterpretation. Conversely, if a passage was indeed discovered, he would follow it to uncover the truth.


    Howard had invested his family’s reputation and dignity into the pursuit of Sifang Baozhuang, underscoring its significance to him.


    However, reality often unfolds in unexpected ways.


    The exploration team reported that they had clearly mapped the conditions within five hundred meters beneath the Zhou family manor, revealing no trace of a secret passage.


    This indicated that the Zhou family manorcked the necessary infrastructure for anyone to enter or exit discreetly.


    Howard was left baffled.


    In an effort to mitigate the escting public outrage, he decided to withdraw everyone from the Zhou Manor. To cate the public’s anger, the American police and FBI selectively detained some individuals associated with this incident, partly to show ountability.


    Confused, Howard turned his attention back to Zhou Liangyun. He believed that regardless of whether the Sifang Baozhuang had indeed been taken, Zhou Liangyun must possess crucial information about the situation. To locate the whereabouts of Sifang Baozhuang, they needed to start with him.


    Thus, Howard quickly contacted Hank with a directive: “Hank, regardless of the means, you must bring Peter Zhou out of Manhattan Hospital!”


    Hank responded, “Sir, Peter Zhou is under police and FBI protection, and numerous media outlets are gathered at the hospital. Given these circumstances, my only option may be to forcibly extract him…”