"Be careful at work. I'll come to see you when I'm less busy," Lu Chuanbai said, reluctantly stroking Xu Qingqing's head.
"Okay, I know," Xu Qingqing replied. Hearing the airport broadcast announcing that Lu Chuanbai's flight was about to go through security, she urged him to queue up quickly.
"You should also take good care of yourself. Don't overwork," Lu Chuanbai said.
They didn't wave goodbye until Lu Chuanbai had passed through security and was about to board the plane.
The tomb robbers were successfully captured. Based on Liu Shicheng's confession, the international police caught all the tomb robbers of the White Lotus Sect abroad.
This arrogant and inflated tomb - robbing gang was completely wiped out.
The most unfortunate were probably those who had been deceived by the White Lotus Sect. They had placed crazy bets and bought cultural relics like crazy.
Not only could they not get their money back, but they also had to be held accountable.
Since the step - mother had transferred the money to Wang Chengxiang's bank card and placed bets in his name, she was not held responsible.
After learning that all her money was gone, she locked herself in the room and threw things around frantically.
That was her savings of several years! It had all gone down the drain in an instant!
The step - mother buried her head in the quilt and silently vented her anger, afraid that her husband downstairs would hear.
After crying for a long time, she got out of bed. Her eyes were red at the corners, and her eyes were fierce. Her two hands tightly grasped the bedsheet.
No, she had to get the money back!
Even among sisters, accounts should be settled clearly. Since her money was gone, she had to go to her elder sister!
The step - mother quickly tidied herself up, covered the red corners of her eyes with concealer, and went downstairs looking haggard.
Father Lu was teasing the parrot in the cage. He looked up at the step - mother but didn't say a word.
Seeing Father Lu with his head down, talking affectionately to the parrot, the step - mother felt sad.
Since the argument at the family dinner last time, Father Lu's attitude towards her had become colder and colder.
She was too embarrassed to ask Father Lu to buy her bags by acting coquettishly. This further strengthened her determination to go to Chen Zhen to get the money back.
...
It started snowing again in the Dongshan Mountains of Dongchuan Province. The goose - feather snow fluttered gracefully, covering the overlapping mountains with a white blanket.
Xu Qingqing had been in the research room in Dongchuan Province for a whole morning. Her hands and feet were numb from the cold, and she still had a meeting in the afternoon.
The content of the meeting was that Wang Lide showed various precious cultural relics that the police had recently retrieved from the White Lotus Sect.
"All the cultural relics will be inspected and restored by our Special Action Group for Cultural Relics. Then you'll be able to feast your eyes," Wang Lide said.
Looking at the photos shown one by one on the PPT, Xu Qingqing remembered the bronze ware that Wang Chengxiang had taken to Lu Qi's shop for appraisal last time. She raised her hand and asked, "Teacher Wang, has the bronze ware in Wang Chengxiang's hand been retrieved?"
Wang Lide's hand pressing the remote control paused. "Not yet. I'll ask the policemen following him to bring it here this afternoon."
"Okay."
In the spacious and bright office of the Lu Group, Lu Chuanbai had missed lunch time because he was too focused on his work in the morning. He was still having lunch.
Knock, knock, knock!
Someone knocked on the office door.
"Come in," Lu Chuanbai said.
Gao Bo walked in with a thick stack of manila file bags in his hand, looking serious. "Mr. Lu, I've investigated everything you asked me to last time."
"The person who deceived Yiyi and An'an and forged the paternity test report is Tang Li, the heir behind Tang's Hospital."
Lu Chuanbai was not surprised by this name. He had expected it for a long time.
He would surely teach Tang Li a good lesson when he had the chance.
"Anything else? Hurry up and say it," Lu Chuanbai said slowly as he picked up some rice and put it into his mouth.
"Also, when I was investigating your step - mother and her brother - in - law Wang Chengxiang last time."
"After your step - mother confessed her identity to the chairman, she once transferred 2 million to Wang Chengxiang. Then, after your mother had the accident, the step - mother successfully moved into the Lu family..."
Gao Bo didn't dare to continue. Lu Chuanbai's face was gloomy, and he even broke the bamboo chopsticks in his hand. The temperature around him dropped to freezing point.
Lu Chuanbai's eyes were full of killing intent, and his thin lips were tightly pursed. His aura was so intimidating that even Gao Bo, who was used to seeing him angry, didn't dare to say another word.
He had long suspected that his mother's death was not a simple accident!
Once he found out the truth, he would surely make that mother - and - son pair pay the price.
Lu Chuanbai was so angry that he couldn't eat anymore. He covered the lunch box, picked up his car keys, and left the desk.
"Mr. Lu, what are you going to do?" Gao Bo was worried about him and quickly followed to ask.
Lu Chuanbai gave him a cold and fierce look, scaring Gao Bo so much that he didn't dare to take another step forward.
"This is not your business. Do your job well."
Lu Chuanbai took out the file bag from Gao Bo's hand and found Wang Chengxiang's address.
After saying that, Lu Chuanbai left without looking back. After getting into his sports car, he drove straight to Wang Chengxiang's house according to the address.
The step - mother took a car to her elder sister Chen Zhen's community. The car stopped in front of the villa No. 402. The step - mother got out of the car and rang the doorbell.
"Sister! Open the door for me!"
Hearing her sister's arrival, Chen Zhen, who was hiding at home, was so anxious that she paced back and forth. She looked anxiously at Wang Chengxiang, who was lying on the sofa looking pale.
"If the money is lost, we can earn it back. Can you stop lying there and doing nothing!"
"My sister must be here to ask me for the money. Can't you at least help me deal with her!"
Wang Chengxiang hugged the bronze ware tightly, stared blankly at the ceiling, and was too heart - broken to say a word.
He had thought he would make a fortune this time and had invested all his savings. But now it had all gone down the drain.
The money was gone, and the factory had no cash flow. The workers were making a fuss about getting paid or they would go on strike. He was at the end of his rope!
Hearing the continuous ringing of the doorbell and the step - mother's pounding on the door, Chen Zhen was afraid of attracting the neighbors. She glared hatefully at the useless Wang Chengxiang and gritted her teeth to open the door.
The step - mother walked in aggressively, forcing Chen Zhen to take several steps back.
"Why did it take you so long to open the door when there's someone at home! Are you deliberately avoiding me!"
Chen Zhen said nervously, reaching out to hold her sister's arm. "No, it's just that your brother - in - law lost all his money. I was just comforting him."
The step - mother's eyes fell on Wang Chengxiang, who was lying half - dead on the sofa. He had completely lost his previous arrogance as a nouveau riche.
When the step - mother saw the bronze ware in his arms, a glint of greed flashed in her eyes. She walked over unceremoniously to grab it.
Wang Chengxiang turned over and hugged the bronze ware tightly in his arms, turning his back to the step - mother.
Seeing Wang Chengxiang dare to resist, the arrogance that the step - mother had developed over the years as Mrs. Lu came out. She kicked the mahogany sofa hard.
"Brother - in - law, I lost all my money because of you. You should at least give me an explanation!"
Chen Zhen blocked the step - mother, spreading her arms and nervously protecting her husband.