"Xu Qingqing, you and your father colluded to forge evidence and deceived so many people. Today, I'm going to search your family's antiques!"
Xu Qingqing's pupils darkened, and a coldness crept into her voice. "On what grounds can you search our house? Do you have any evidence?"
"Gu Anrou, don't think I don't know. You're just holding a grudge and trying to get back at me. But you can come after me, but don't bully my family!"
At the mention of the previous incident, Gu Anrou's face darkened further.
"How dare you bring that up! Guards, throw her out!"
It seemed that she was determined to break in!
Xu Qingqing's eyes grew colder. "What do you mean? Breaking into someone's house is against the law!"
"Humph, I have He Qingwei's permission to be here!"
Gu Anrou had anticipated Xu Qingqing's retort and immediately brought up He Qingwei.
Hearing this, Xu Qingqing understood why Gu Anrou had the audacity to cause trouble at their home. She had someone backing her up.
"So, it was you who sent people to threaten my father yesterday and fabricated the news that he had forged evidence!"
Xu Qingqing asked angrily. The thought of her father being implicated because of her filled her with guilt.
"Damn it!"
Gu Anrou, confident that the Xu family was doomed, had no intention of hiding anything. She burst into laughter.
"Of course. But how can you blame me? Your father was just too greedy. He sold his integrity for 500,000 yuan. Hahaha!"
"500,000 yuan? What are you talking about?"
Xu Qingqing was stunned. She sensed a loophole in Gu Anrou's words.
Xu Qingqing hadn't been present at the time. She had only heard the story from her parents, and they hadn't mentioned the 500,000 - yuan bribe.
Xu Qingqing subtly tried to trap Gu Anrou. "It's all because of your despicable means. You kidnapped my son and did such underhanded things!"
"If you hadn't kidnapped my son, why would my father have agreed to that recording?"
Hearing this, Gu Anrou rolled her eyes. "Are you stupid? Who secretly recorded anything? Your father signed it himself!"
"It's in black and white. Don't even think about denying it!"
Xu Qingqing realized that her parents hadn't mentioned signing anything. They had only said that a young man had tried to record something.
But Gu Anrou was so sure that it was her father's signature. Her expression didn't seem fake.
Could it be that Gu Anrou had been deceived by that young man?
Just as Xu Qingqing thought of this, Xu Yan also had the same idea. He took out his phone and looked at the signature on the picture.
Only then did he realize that the signature wasn't his father's at all. His father's handwriting was never that ugly.
Xu Qingqing's cold lips curled up. "Gu Anrou! It's you who fabricated the evidence. My father's signature is never that ugly. You've been deceiving everyone!"
"You're lying!"
Hearing this, Gu Anrou thought Xu Qingqing was just making excuses. After all, she had heard the mysterious man say yesterday that it was Xu's father's signature.
Gu Anrou sneered. "I'm not falling for your tricks."
"If you don't get out of the way, you'll be defying orders, and the consequences will be even worse!"
Seeing that Xu Qingqing fell silent, Gu Anrou thought she was scared. She waved her hand and motioned for the strong men behind her to step forward.
"Bring out all the treasures in their house."
"I'd like to see who dares!"
A sharp male voice came from the room. Xu Yan stepped out of the threshold and looked coldly at Gu Anrou.
"Gu Anrou, don't forget that the Xu family has been helping your Gu's Auction House with antique appraisals. If you don't want to break off the cooperation, leave now."
But Gu Anrou didn't take Xu Yan seriously. She sneered.
"Once the news of your forgery spreads, who would still want to cooperate with you?"
Seeing that Gu Anrou had no intention of reconciling, Xu Yan locked the door and called the security guard.
"Security guard, do you want to lose your job? The last time our house was attacked by strangers, and now you let someone in to cause trouble for us!"
The security guard was a snob. Before entering, Gu Anrou had stuffed a big red - envelope into his hand and told him to ignore any phone calls.
The security guard simply hung up the phone.
"Damn it!"
Hearing the busy tone on the phone, Xu Yan's anger flared up.
Was this what it meant to be bullied when one was down? He finally understood.
"See? No one believes your Xu family anymore." Gu Anrou sneered.
"Locking the door won't help. Break it down!"
At Gu Anrou's order, a strong man took a sledgehammer from the car and approached menacingly, looking down on Xu Qingqing disdainfully.
"Get out of the way!"
"I'd like to see who dares!"
Xu Yan stood in front of his sister.
"Humph." Gu Anrou hooked her finger triumphantly. The strong men beside her pushed Xu Qingqing and Xu Yan aside and tied their arms behind their backs.
"Let me go!" Xu Qingqing struggled desperately, but her wrists were tightly bound.
Xu Yan was in a worse situation. He was punched in the face during the struggle, and the corner of his mouth was bleeding.
"Brother!"
The two were pushed to the side. The man with the sledgehammer walked up to the villa door, swung the sledgehammer, and hit the electronic lock hard.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Once, twice, three times...
The electronic lock was knocked askew by the sledgehammer. Only one screw was still holding on.
Under the repeated blows of the sledgehammer, the electronic lock finally couldn't bear the weight and fell off. The door opened.
"I'd like to see who dares to go in!"
Tang Li drove back. His eyes were full of gloom, and his usual gentle demeanor had disappeared completely.
Seeing Tang Li bringing her parents back, Xu Qingqing asked in panic, "Why did you bring my parents back?"
"I had no choice."
Tang Li gave a bitter smile. Everything had been going well, but on the way, Xu's mother had met an old friend and insisted on getting out of the car to say hello. As a result, the friend had blurted out the whole thing.
After learning the truth, Xu's parents had insisted on coming back home.
Xu's father looked grim and said with deep pain, "You two! How could you not tell your mom and me about such a big thing? You even tried to hide it from us!"
When he said this, he was not only worried but also angry. He was the father, and he should be the one protecting his children.
But instead, he had been protected. This made the proud Xu's father extremely angry.
Even the gentle Mrs. Xu was angry. Seeing her children's bound hands, she stepped forward to untie them. Although her eyebrows were raised, her voice was full of concern.
"You didn't tell your dad and me about such a big thing. If we had come a bit later, our house would have been demolished!"
Xu Qingqing knew she was in the wrong and apologized, "Mom and Dad, I'm sorry. Brother and I thought we could handle this, but it still affected you..."
Seeing the Xu family's parents arrive, Gu Anrou sneered sarcastically, "Even if your ancestors came, these antiques that don't belong to you still have to be taken out."
Back then, Xu's father had looked down on Gu's father and had given him a hard time on many occasions. Gu Anrou was going to get her revenge.
"Miss Gu, you have one last chance."
A gentle yet cold voice caught Gu Anrou's attention. She glared at Tang Li.
"Mr. Tang, I almost forgot about you. It was you who guaranteed Xu Qingqing's entry into the auction that day. You two colluded to deceive me!"
Tang Li felt no guilt at Gu Anrou's accusation. Instead, he said, "If you still want to continue the cooperation with the Tang family, apologize to the Xu family immediately and leave with your people. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude."