"Okay, okay, don't cry."
Xu Qingqing stroked Xu Yiyi's head, feeling the trembling of her son's body due to uneasiness. A cold glint flashed in her eyes.
Once she found the evidence, she would never show mercy.
The policemen took the statements and left after saying they would do their best to investigate.
Xu's mother rubbed her arms restlessly, fearing that those lawbreakers might show up again.
Since such a thing had happened even in the safest place - home, it was really hard not to be nervous!
Xu's mother heaved a long sigh. "What should we do about sending An'an and Yiyi to school in the future?"
Tang Li, of course, would not miss such a good opportunity to show himself. He smiled and promised, "Auntie, don't worry too much. I'll accompany you to pick up and drop off the kids until the bad guys are caught."
"But you must be busy. How about just asking for leave for the two kids?" Xu Qingqing declined Tang Li's offer.
Tang Li had helped her a lot, and she already felt really indebted. If she asked the boss of the antique store of the Tang family to pick up and drop off her kids, she would never be able to repay this favor.
Tang Li was a bit helpless about her refusal. A faint smile appeared on his gentle face. "Qingqing, you don't have to be so polite with me. Aren't we friends?"
"Moreover, I've watched these two kids grow up. I can't just sit back and do nothing."
Tang Li knew very well that Xu Qingqing was a person who would yield to soft persuasion rather than coercion. At the antique appreciation fair last time, he had given her a hairpin in a seemingly casual way, which was already a strong offensive. Now he should give ground to gain more.
Tang Li lowered his head and stroked Xu Yiyi's head. "Yiyi, let uncle take you and your sister to and from school, okay? Uncle will protect you. No bad guys will ever bully you."
"Okay."
Xu Yiyi and Xu An'an had already regarded Tang Li as a great hero in their hearts since he had saved them just now. They felt extremely safe around him.
Moreover, they had just gotten used to the kindergarten life and were still very excited about it. They didn't want to leave.
Xu An'an, with her tear - streaked face, tugged at Xu Qingqing's sleeve.
"Mummy, I still want to go to kindergarten with brother. I've made an appointment with Xiaomei. We're going to play house together tomorrow."
Xu Yiyi also wanted to play with other kids. "Let Uncle Tang take us. Uncle Tang is so powerful. No one will bully us."
Seeing that the two kids were so insistent, Xu Qingqing couldn't bear to refuse. She heaved a long sigh and cast a complicated look at Tang Li.
"Then I'll have to trouble you."
"It's no trouble."
After a dull dinner, Xu Qingqing found Tang Li and wanted to ask what the attacker looked like.
Tang Li was carefully examining the butterfly knife that the attacker had dropped on the ground under the light, looking thoughtful.
Xu Qingqing walked over and asked, "What, did you find something?"
Tang Li nodded and turned the butterfly knife over. A cold glint flashed on the blade.
He pointed at the lotus symbol as small as a soybean grain engraved on the handle of the butterfly knife and said to Xu Qingqing, "You know that my family made our fortune from tomb - raiding."
"My grandfather has dealt with many tomb - raiders. Among them, there is a tomb - raiding sect called the White Lotus Sect. These people will do anything to make money."
"And their symbol is a white lotus."
Hearing Tang Li's introduction, Xu Qingqing got a bit nervous. "You mean the person who threatened my dad tonight might be from the White Lotus Sect?"
"Yeah. They might have wanted to record evidence of your dad's forgery, but your dad is so upright that they failed." Tang Li nodded.
"So that's it."
Xu Qingqing was now completely sure in her heart that Gu Anrou had sent these people.
Because the items at the auction held by Gu Anrou last time were from tomb - raiders.
"Can you still find someone from their organization now?"
If she could find someone from the White Lotus Sect and ask if they were cooperating with Gu Anrou, then the truth would come out!
But Tang Li shook his head regretfully. "Since our family decided to go straight, we've cut off all ties with those tomb - raiding families."
"However, I'll help you investigate."
"Thank you."
Even though she had a clue, Xu Qingqing still couldn't feel at ease. She always felt that Gu Anrou was up to something big this time.
On the other side, in the backyard of the Gu family's villa, Gu Anrou quietly opened the back door and paced anxiously on the threshold, looking around.
"Why aren't they here yet!"
After waiting for another five or six minutes, a blinding white light shone over, and a black van slowly stopped in front of her.
Gu Anrou was both surprised and delighted. This was the first time she was going to see the mysterious man's true face. When the car door opened, she curiously looked inside.
A young man handed her a note, and then the car door was closed.
"This is the forgery letter written by Father Xu himself." The voice came from the driver's seat.
The window of the driver's seat rolled down. The mysterious man was wearing a mask. Gu Anrou could only see his sharp eyes like an eagle's, and she couldn't help shivering.
Every time she asked the mysterious man to do something for her, he would always agree. She thought the mysterious man must be a gentle - looking person, but she never expected him to look so fierce.
Gu Anrou couldn't help raising her voice to boost her courage. "Okay, let me take a look."
"Yeah." The mysterious man nodded and reminded Gu Anrou, "We've done what you asked us to do. Transfer the compensation to my card right after you've checked the note."
"If the compensation doesn't arrive within an hour, be careful that I'll expose your plan."
"Okay, I got it." Gu Anrou opened the note. After checking it carefully, she folded it again. She sneered in her heart that Father Xu had been bought off for just 500,000 yuan. He was really good - for - nothing.
After getting the evidence, Gu Anrou sent a message and said to the mysterious man, "I've already asked someone to transfer the compensation to your card. Now we're even."
The next moment, there was a ding on the mysterious man's phone. He really received 5 million yuan in compensation.
The mysterious man curled his lips. "How can we be even? The auction items were lost in your auction house. According to your rules, the Gu's Auction House should compensate at the original price, right?"
Hearing what the mysterious man said, Gu Anrou frowned and asked unhappily, "What else do you want?"
"We'll cooperate again when we have the chance. All my items are genuine. If they're sold at your Gu's Auction House, it'll also add glory to your auction house."
Just as Gu Anrou was about to refuse, the mysterious man rolled up the window, stepped on the accelerator, and the car sped away, leaving the exhaust fumes that made Gu Anrou cough.
"Son of a bitch!"
Gu Anrou let out a puff of air, and then arranged for someone to post this note on the Internet.
The caption read: A well - known antique appraiser actually made his fortune by forgery.
Then Gu Anrou called He Qingwei. "Uncle He, I've already posted the evidence you asked for on the Internet. I'm sure it'll cause a stir soon. You must stand up and punish the Xu family then."
There was a confident and venomous tone in Gu Anrou's voice.
Xu Qingqing, this time you've finally fallen into my hands!