Hearing Lu Chuanbai's words, Lu Fenglin's anger flared up. He immediately recalled the days of his childhood when he was bullied for not having a father.
Just seeing Lu Chuanbai made these memories resurface. If it weren't for his vicious mother, he and his own mother wouldn't have had to live such a hard life!
On the other side, Gu Anrou stormed home and flung all the clothes and shoes she had bought onto the floor.
Just then, her phone rang. It was exactly twelve o'clock. Great! Someone was calling to harass her in the middle of the night. Who on earth was this blind fool?
"Hello!" she snapped.
It was that mysterious person, calling to urge her to sell that batch of goods quickly.
"Big brother, you want me to sell the goods, but I get no money and no benefits. Why should I?" Gu Anrou was fuming and took her anger out on the person on the other end of the phone.
"What are you talking about, Miss Gu? Won't I give you the money?" The mysterious person had no idea what had gotten into Gu Anrou. Which time had he not given them the money? It was just that the money went into the accounts of the Gu Corporation instead of Gu Anrou's bank card.
"I don't care. You have to do one more thing for me. Otherwise, this batch of goods will be destroyed in my hands!" Gu Anrou, simple - minded and impulsive, threw a tantrum.
The mysterious person quickly agreed. Before Gu Anrou even said what the thing was, he just agreed, as if there was nothing he couldn't do.
"I want you to deal with Xu Qingqing. When have you ever succeeded? I'll give you one last chance. If you don't handle this properly, this batch of goods will be destroyed by me!" Gu Anrou thought this would spur the other person into action.
"Fine." After the mysterious person agreed, he told her to find a channel to sell the goods quickly.
"Once you've done the job, I'll sell not just one batch but ten batches of your goods for you." With that, she hung up the phone huffily.
Hehe, Xu Qingqing, you're done for. I don't believe that if you lose your innocence, Brother Chuanbai will still like you.
After half a month of hard work, Xu Qingqing finally restored the jade pendant.
Under the spotlight, she held the jade pendant. It seemed to have a kind of spirituality, and the texture of the whole jade pendant was clear, transparent and beautiful.
Knowing that she could pick up the jade pendant today, the old lady came to the store early in the morning and waited.
After Xu Qingqing packed the jade pendant, she handed it to the old lady. Lu Qizheng was chatting with the old lady.
"Please check it, Grandma." Xu Qingqing offered the jade pendant in her hand.
"Good! Good." The old lady took the jade pendant shakily and slowly opened it.
"This..." The old lady choked with emotion. "It's finally restored."
Lu Qi and Xu Qingqing looked at the old lady and knew in their hearts that this must be an extraordinary jade pendant. Although the jade pendant was extremely valuable, the old lady dressed simply.
"Child." The old lady put away the jade pendant and thanked them. "Thank you for your hard work!" She bowed deeply. "This was left to me by my late husband. Thank you so much."
Hearing the old lady's words, Xu Qingqing thought that this jade pendant must be a token of love.
After the old lady left, the store's account received a huge sum of 500,000 yuan, much higher than the original price.
Presumably, it was the old lady who transferred the money. They didn't think much of it. People who owned such a jade pendant couldn't be of low status.
"Alright, I'm going off work!" It was the lunch break.
Lu Qi waved his hand. "You've worked hard, Qingqing. You can rest more this afternoon and come later."
"Oh, are you really willing, young boss?" Xu Qingqing joked.
"By the way, there's an appreciation conference in a few days. Come with me. The shareholders of the store proposed that we should buy a few more valuable antiques."
People who opened a cultural relic restoration store were also enthusiasts of cultural relics. From the display in the store, one could see traces of antique porcelain. Xu Qingqing agreed, thinking it would be good to go and broaden her horizons.
Xu Qingqing took her car keys and went to the garage. She planned to take Xu An'an and Xu Yiyi to Qin's Sushi Restaurant for lunch. It was a very famous sushi restaurant, and Xu Yiyi and Xu An'an had been clamoring to go there for a long time.
The underground garage was always dim, and there were few vehicles and people coming and going. When a group of strange men walked up behind Xu Qingqing, she didn't think much of it and assumed they were there to pick up their cars.
Suddenly, a man raised a stick and struck hard at Xu Qingqing's neck. In the reflection of the car window, she noticed it and dodged to the side. To her surprise, there was another man behind the pillar, also holding an iron rod.
They all had one thing in common: they wore masks and black clothes.
This time, Xu Qingqing wasn't so lucky. In the blind spot of the surveillance camera, she was knocked unconscious. A van drove up quickly, and they carried Xu Qingqing into the van.
At the Xu family's.
"Mommy hasn't come yet, brother." Xu An'an said to Xu Yiyi. "An'an's tummy is so hungry." She patted her little belly. She was so hungry!
Xu Yiyi comforted her. "Mommy might be a bit busy. Let's wait a little longer." He gently patted his sister's back.
Just like this, the two children, Xu An'an and Xu Yiyi, waited from twelve noon until one o'clock in the afternoon.
Xu Yan didn't go out today. He was sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper. Looking at his nephew and niece, he wondered what was going on with Xu Qingqing. She had promised the kids but hadn't shown up yet.
At a waste factory on the outskirts of Qingchuan City.
Xu Qingqing's hands and feet were tightly tied with thick hemp ropes. Her mouth was stuffed with a piece of cloth, and her eyes were blindfolded.
She was tied to a chair, unable to move or call for help.
"Give up."
"No one will come to save you!" A few kidnappers were sitting at a wooden table filled with roasted peanuts and beer. They kindly informed the woman in front of them.
This area on the outskirts was very remote. Rumor had it that this abandoned factory was haunted, so there was hardly anyone around day or night. It was completely silent for miles around. These people were determined not to let Xu Qingqing leave alive.
At the Gu Corporation.
"Anrou! I told you last time that you'd better get rid of those goods of unknown origin quickly!" Father Gu looked at his delicate and willful daughter helplessly.
Since the last crisis of the Gu Corporation, Father Gu had to be extremely cautious. Having suffered a crisis once, he would never allow the Gu Corporation to fall into another one.
Gu Anrou didn't understand why her father was so opposed to these goods. "Oh, Dad, since we can make money from them, isn't it good to earn more?"
Gu Anrou didn't realize the danger of these goods. She simply thought that, as the mysterious person had said, everyone could make money and it was a win - win situation.
"This isn't about making money. If the Gu Corporation gets into trouble just for the sake of this money, I'd rather not have it!" Father Gu refused Gu Anrou's request for this batch of goods in an uncompromising tone.