The Chosen System: Counterattack with Husband

On the outskirts of the imperial capital, there is a vast, antique private manor, which is brightly lit at this moment.

Zhou Zhiyu, who had always appeared in front of everyone with refinement and elegance, was now pacing back and forth in his room in pajamas with disheveled hair, looking irritated. His meticulously trimmed eyebrows were tightly furrowed, and in his hand he was holding a mobile phone whose interface was stuck in the address book state, as if he had just finished a call.

"After causing such a big incident, you just disappear from the face of the earth... Do you think I'm easy to bully?"

After a while, Zhou Zhiyu finally stopped pacing back and forth. His face turned grim, as if he had made up his mind. He sat back on her bed and entered a number.

Her purpose of contacting this group of people before was originally just to create a small obstacle for this auction, and then she would jump out to resolve it. It would also make it natural for her father Zhou Fu to stop focusing only on his eldest brother and second sister, and to pay more attention to her existence as the third child.

But when the fourteenth lot was put on the auction table, she realized that the people she had contacted in advance had ulterior motives and did not simply follow her instructions to tamper with the items, but directly caused a death. Their behavior not only hindered the normal progress of the auction, but also made her preparations completely useless, and her position became very passive.

Although she did not have a very close relationship with the younger generations of the other three families, after seeing the situation two days ago, even if she was stupid, she understood that those people had already begun to suspect her.

When it was her turn to be questioned that day, although she appeared calm on the surface, she was extremely panicked inside. However, neither her father Zhou Fu nor the police officer in the white shirt seemed to suspect her, so she was greatly relieved at the time.

During the days when the auction was suspended, she had been thinking about how to handle the follow-up. However, when she used her spare mobile phone to contact those people, they simply cut off contact and disappeared. They even didn't want the balance required for the service, which made Zhou Zhiyu very angry.

"Hello, it's me. I'll send you a few names and you can take them to the old place for me."

Zhou Zhiyu naturally wouldn't let go of those people who took advantage of her. As the daughter of the Zhou family, she naturally couldn't allow herself to be bullied without any means. She immediately mobilized other people to start a large-scale search in the imperial capital.

There was no way those people could leave the imperial capital under her nose, and she would never let them leave!

The moment Zhou Zhiyu put down her phone and lay down, there was a knock on her door.

"Miss San, you haven't eaten all day today, do you want to eat something?"

The Zhou family's housekeeper was standing at the door of Zhou Zhiyu's room, holding a plate full of various light dishes in one hand. When he heard that Zhou Zhiyu inside the room did not respond, he raised his other hand and knocked gently.

"Ahem, come in."

Zhou Zhiyu hurriedly disguised his voice to sound like he was still seriously ill. He coughed twice before responding weakly.

When the housekeeper walked into Zhou Zhiyu's room, he saw the usually pampered third young lady climbing up from the bed with a pale face.

He hurriedly put the plate in his hand on the table beside him, and quickly stepped forward to help Zhou Zhiyu up.

"Thank you, Uncle Wang. Just leave the food there. Ahem. I'll eat it when I have more energy."

Zhou Zhiyu smiled weakly with pale lips at Butler Wang, indicating that he was fine.

Perhaps it was because her appearance was so convincing that Butler Wang did not become suspicious. He handed the medicine and warm water that came with the dishes to Zhou Zhiyu, and after she finished eating, he left the room directly.

After Butler Wang left the room, Zhou Zhiyu lay on the bed for a few more minutes. Only after she heard the footsteps outside the door gradually fading away did she breathe a sigh of relief, take off the sickly mask on her face, and take out the mobile phone that she had just hastily hidden from her bedside table.

Ever since Zhou Zhiyu could remember, Butler Wang had always been by her father Zhou Fu's side. It was no exaggeration to say that he was her father's confidant and a pair of eyes in the family. However, he was only responsible for her and her elder brother and second sister's daily life and diet, and did not interfere much in other matters. The three siblings of the Zhou family spent more time with him than with Zhou Fu himself, so the three of them had great feelings for Butler Wang.

However, Zhou Zhiyu understood that even so, she could not let down her guard in front of Butler Wang. There were many things that she could not let Zhou Fu know, and she could not let Butler Wang hear even the slightest bit of it.

She looked at the message sent by the other party on her mobile phone, and felt relieved. She did not even bother to wash up. She lay down on the spot and closed her eyes, intending to rest for a while.

Pretending to be sick is a very exhausting task. In order to avoid suspicion from her father and housekeeper Wang, she took three cold showers yesterday to make her face look as pale as if she were sick.

At this moment, Zhou Fu, who was in the control room of Huarong Hall, also received a call from Butler Wang. After learning that Zhou Zhiyu, who was at home, was fine except for feeling unwell, he hung up the phone with relief.

His third daughter had been spoiled since childhood and her psychological quality had never been as good as that of her older brother and second sister. Now that she was frightened by the police's questioning and fell ill, he did not think it was strange.

Out of compensation to Zhou Zhiyu, Zhou Fu did not let his suspicion extend to his third daughter. However, Zhou Zhizhen and Zhou Zhishan in Box No. 2 obviously did not agree with their father's point of view.

"Brother, what do you think is the probability that the incident two days ago was related to Zhiyu?"

Zhou Zhishan was watching the situation outside on the TV screen, and casually asked his elder brother Zhou Zhizhen for his opinion.

"Judging from Zhiyu's past behavior, this might have been due to her. But Dad probably won't think so. After all, Zhiyu has been so well behaved these past few days and doesn't look like someone who would cause trouble."

Zhou Zhizhen, who had a handsome appearance, pondered for a while before answering Zhou Zhishan's question very slowly.

"If her acting skills can successfully fool the police, then it shouldn't be too difficult for her to fool her father."

Zhou Zhishan felt a little discouraged when she thought of her third sister who was only clever in these matters. Based on her past experience, she really couldn't imagine why Zhou Zhiyu wanted to affect her father's reputation at this critical juncture.

"I spend a lot of time with her, and from what I know about her, she might try to win Dad's approval, but she would never do anything that would affect Dad in a big way."

Zhou Zhizhen said in a deep voice.

"You mean... the trick she originally wanted to do wasn't actually what happened in the past two days, and she was just being used by someone?"

Zhou Zhishan analyzed what his elder brother said. Although his words were questions, his tone was extremely firm.

"Nine out of ten."

Zhou Zhizhen looked towards the control room with concern and sighed deeply.

He just hoped that today's auction process would go smoothly and without any problems.