"Qingxiao," Lin Xiangyi asked, "Did you beat Lu Dingyuan before you came back last night?"

"Lu Dingyuan was beaten?" Xie Qingxiao asked with a frown, looking clueless, his acting skills were superb.

Lin Xiangyi even wanted to give him a thumbs up.

"It's like this. This lady Lu's son, Lu Dingyuan, was beaten last night. Now they have identified you as a suspect. We want to find you to find out more about the situation," the police said.

"What suspect? He is the murderer! Damn it, he actually dared to hit my son. Hurry up and catch him. I want to shoot him! Shoot him!" Mother Lu jumped up and down.

Xie Qingxiao glanced at her with a cold look.

His reputation was well-known, and Mother Lu was still very afraid of him. She shrank back and subconsciously took a step back. Then she remembered that the police were still here. What was she afraid of? Xie Qingxiao would never dare to hit her in front of the police:

"Comrade Public Security, he glared at me! He must be guilty!"

The two police officers didn't want to pay attention to him, and said to Xie Qingxiao: "We have some questions to ask you, please answer truthfully."

"Ask," Xie Qingxiao said calmly, with a calm attitude and no fear at all.

"Where were you at half past eight last night?"

"My brother Zhang Pengfei's house."

"What?"

"Drinking and discussing business!"

"What time did you come back?"

"About nine o'clock."

"Any witnesses?"

"My brother and his wife."

"What kind of witness is this?" Mother Lu said hurriedly, "You have a special relationship with Zhang Pengfei, he will definitely help you testify. Besides, there was more than one person who beat my son last night. Zhang Pengfei might be one of them! Public Security Comrade, he can't make up his lie. It was him and Zhang Pengfei who beat my son half to death. Hurry up and catch him!"

Xie Qingxiao: "Their neighbors saw me at Zhang's house. You can go and ask them. If they didn't see me, there's nothing we can do."

The police couldn't get any useful clues after asking this question, so they could only nod and say, "We will verify it, Aunt Lu. Although this comrade has not been able to completely prove that he was not there, there is no definite evidence to prove that he was there! We have no right to arrest him. We need to conduct another investigation. It's time to go."

"How can you just leave like this? No, you can't leave!" Lu's mother hurriedly tried to stop the two police officers, but the two officers didn't want to be bothered by her, so they walked past her and said goodbye.

When Mother Lu saw this, she started to throw a tantrum.

"If you don't want to get out of my house, I'll help you get out later," Xie Qingxiao said coldly.

Mother Lu shuddered suddenly. Xie Qingxiao was not someone to be trifled with. Now that the police had left, he would definitely not indulge her. He hurriedly asked the police to wait for her and ran away unwillingly.

When Xie's mother heard that they had left, she ran out in high spirits: "Bah! This old witch! Her own son got beaten up for causing trouble outside, and she even threw dirt on my son. What a piece of shit!"

Lin Xiangyi: “…” Her mother-in-law only showed her aggressive side in front of Lu’s mother.

Xie Qingxiao touched his nose.

“Ahem!” The two men brought back by Xie Qingxiao had been invisible for a long time. When they saw that the storm had calmed down, the older man cleared his throat to show his presence: “Ah Xiao, this is your aunt and sister-in-law, right?”

"Yes, this is my mother and my wife. Mother, wife, this is Brother Long Feilong," Xie Qingxiao introduced them. The other man was Long Fei's younger brother, who came with Long Fei.

Xie's mother didn't know Long Fei, so she greeted him with a smile. Lin Xiangyi knew him, so she smiled and stretched out her hand, saying, "Brother Long, I've heard of your name for a long time. We finally meet."

"I've heard of you for a long time! A Xiao mentioned you to me and said that you are the one in charge of your family's braised food business. Today I see that your reputation is well-deserved! You are so beautiful!" Long Fei laughed heartily.

Lin Xiangyi paused.

What Long Fei meant was, in a harsh way, that because she was so pretty, Xie Qingxiao was blinded by lust and handed over the family's braised food business to her?

Xie Qingxiao also frowned and wanted to say something.

Lin Xiangyi stopped him and said with a smile, "Really? Thank you, Brother Long, for praising my good looks! Well, Brother Long, Qing Xiao and I have something to say. You sit down and have a drink of water first. Mom, can you help pour Brother Long a glass of water?"

After saying that, she pulled Xie Qingxiao back to the house.

"Wife, why don't you let me explain to him?" Xie Qingxiao asked.

"There's nothing to explain. It's okay if he thinks so, as long as he doesn't mean any harm," said Lin Xiangyi.

She could see that Long Fei truly believed that it was because she was so beautiful that Xie Qingxiao was bewitched by her, so Xie Qingxiao spoiled her and gave her the business.

Lin Xiangyi didn't care. After all, he was just a partner. As long as they could achieve a win-win cooperation, that was enough.

"I mainly want to ask you," Lin Xiangyi said worriedly, "Have you really handled Lu Dingyuan's matter? Will the police find out anything?"

"Don't worry, it's been handled," Xie Qingxiao said, "Although they may not believe that we are in Pengfei's house, they can't find any definite evidence."

He and Zhang Pengfei did not go to ambush Lu Dingyuan in person last night, but asked Er Laizi to do it. They only went to block Lu Dingyuan after learning that Lu Dingyuan had left the machinery factory.

He then returned to Zhang Pengfei's home and stayed there for a while before going home.

With Shen Xiaolan covering for them, it would be difficult for the police and the Lu family to find evidence.

Lin Xiangyi was relieved and asked, "What is Brother Long doing here? Has he agreed to join us?"

Xie Qingxiao: "I agree. He came here just to sign the contract directly... Have you drafted the contract?"

"It's ready!" Lin Xiangyi said with some surprise. She turned around to find the contract she had prepared in the afternoon and showed it to Xie Qingxiao: "Take a look and see if there is anything that needs to be changed."

Xie Qingxiao took the contract and looked at it carefully. He discussed with Lin Xiangyi two unreasonable places, and Lin Xiangyi changed them immediately.

After the discussion, the couple walked out with the contract.

Outside the door, Long Fei and his younger brother had already started chatting with Xie's mother. His younger brother was a talkative person and made Xie's mother laugh so hard that she couldn't stop.

Seeing them come out, Xie's mother knew that they wanted to talk about serious matters, so she gave them the space and went to cook.

"Brother Long, it's getting late and you have to go back soon. Why don't we get down to business?" Xie Qingxiao said, asking Long Fei and the other man to go to the dinner table to talk.

The Xie family's dining table was a square table with long benches. There were four of them in total, and one person could sit on one side.

Long Fei brought his younger brothers to the dining table first, but did not sit down - although Xie Qingxiao called him brother, he knew very well that Xie Qingxiao was the party A in their transaction.

He thought Xie Qingxiao would sit in the main seat, but he saw Xie Qingxiao pull out the long bench opposite him and let his wife sit down.

Long Fei: "...Are you asking his wife to come and talk to him?