The rosy morning light painted the sky. Zhang Moyan walked out of the glass revolving door of the hotel lobby. It was still early and there were not many cars on the road. She took a deep breath of the fresh air of the small town with some nostalgia, and as if she had made an important decision, she took out her cell phone to call a taxi to the airport.

I had just turned on the screen and had not had time to enter the unlock password when a call came in with a string of unfamiliar numbers, showing that it was a number from the Ruzhou area.

Zhang Moyan answered the call hesitantly, and Xiao Huai's voice came from the phone: "Ms. Zhang, where are you now?"

He spoke hurriedly. Zhang Moyan guessed that he must have found the envelope he left for him when he left Xiao's house last night. There was more than 20,000 yuan in it, which was all the money Xiao Huai spent on buying clothes for her last time at the mall.

"I'm already in the airport waiting hall." Zhang Moyan replied quickly to prevent any future trouble.

"That's good. Don't leave yet. Come out now!" Xiao Huai said.

Come out? Zhang Moyan was puzzled.

We were already in the terminal, so he thought the airport was a movie theater and could just leave whenever he wanted? And knowing that he had the intention of paying back the money, it was even more impossible for him to "agree to leave."

"I'm about to board the plane..."

"Grandpa Guotao has suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and is in the hospital!"

Zhang Moyan's unfinished lines were interrupted by Xiao Huai's words. Coincidentally, at this moment, a car that was picking up people stopped at the hotel entrance and honked at Zhang Moyan who was blocking the road.

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Xiao Huai heard it immediately from the other end: "You haven't arrived at the airport yet? Then where are you? I'll pick you up now! Uncle Chai said that Grandpa was not right after he came to see you last night, so we wanted to find out what happened!"

The moment Zhang Moyan heard that Xiao Guotao had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, her heart sank. When she heard Xiao Huai say this, she completely forgot what she had said at the airport.

"Which hospital is Mr. Xiao in? I'll call him directly!"

"I'm on my way now. Just tell me where you are and I'll pick you up right away!" Xiao Huai said without hesitation.

"I'm at the Four Seasons Holiday Hotel on Xihuan Road. I'm at the hotel entrance now." Zhang Moyan told the truth.

"Okay, I'll be there in about 10 minutes, wait for me!" Xiao Huai ended the call briefly.

Zhang Moyan, carrying two pieces of luggage, anxiously waited at the hotel entrance. How could Xiao Guotao suddenly have a cerebral hemorrhage and be admitted to the hospital? Could it be related to her conversation last night? The old man's emotions did fluctuate when he talked about his deceased friend...

In less than 10 minutes, Xiao Huai's BMW arrived at the hotel entrance. Despite the current circumstances, he got out of the car very gentlemanly, walked around to the other side, opened the door for Zhang Moyan and invited her in, showing the cultivation and qualities that a true descendant of a famous family should have.

"When did Mr. Xiao suffer the cerebral hemorrhage? How is he now?" Zhang Moyan couldn't wait to ask as soon as the car started.

"I discovered it early this morning," Xiao Huai said, steering the wheel. "Grandpa Guotao always has a regular sleep schedule. Uncle Chai discovered it when he didn't get up on time and went to wake him up!"

"So how is he now?"

"We just finished the first operation and the patient hasn't woken up yet."

"So am I going to the hospital now?"

Xiao Huai stepped on the accelerator and was silent for a moment: "I'm going home now. The elders are waiting for you at home!"

Zhang Moyan paused for a moment and felt that there seemed to be something wrong with this sentence.

"Are they all waiting for me? Why aren't they in the hospital taking care of Mr. Xiao? I can go directly to the hospital and talk to him!"

Xiao Huai gave her a meaningful look and said, "My eldest and second aunts are taking care of us in the hospital. Let's go home first."

Zhang Moyan felt a surge of uneasiness in his heart.

A red light came on ahead. Xiao Huai stopped the car temporarily and turned around: "Ms. Zhang, we also lost something very important."

Zhang Moyan's stomach suddenly tightened, and her throat began to tighten involuntarily: "What is that?"

"Grandpa Guotao's five notebooks," Xiao Huai's dark eyes looked straight into people's hearts, "his life's work!"

Zhang Moyan felt the hairs on her body stand on end under his penetrating gaze. "Why are you looking at me like that?! You don't think I took it, do you?"

Xiao Huai didn't say anything. When the traffic light ahead changed, he turned around and started the car.

No wonder Xiao Huai was so eager to help her put her luggage into the trunk just now. It turned out that he wanted to withhold evidence!

Zhang Moyan looked at Xiao Huaisi's calm profile and suddenly felt a little angry: "You doubt me? What basis do you have to doubt me? What notebook? I don't even know if it's square or round?!"

She would never accept this big pot that fell from the sky.

Xiao Huai said calmly, "No one said you took it. We just wanted to understand the situation first. After all, you were the last outsider Grandpa met." He paused, "And your identity is indeed very suspicious."

Zhang Moyan sucked in a breath of cold air. Xiao Huai, who was so polite, said this, and he seemed to be almost certain of it. One could imagine what a terrible state the other people waiting in the Xiao family would be in.

"Stop the car! Stop!" Zhang Moyan reacted subconsciously, "I didn't steal anything. I don't want to go back with you!"

This attitude made Xiao Huai feel even more suspicious of her: "Don't be nervous, no one said you were the one who stole the notes."

"What do you mean nothing?" Zhang Moyan said anxiously, "You've already made up your mind, so there's no way I can explain it clearly! Stop the car! If you don't, I'm going to jump out!"

In a hurry, Zhang Moyan unbuckled her seat belt and tried to pry open the car door, but the door had already been locked tightly by Xiao Huai.

"Ms. Zhang, I hope you will cooperate, otherwise we will hand you over to the police directly!" Xiao Huai gave her an ultimatum of using courtesy first and then force.

Zhang Moyan's hand holding the car door suddenly stopped moving. What if he handed it over to the police?

Crimes like this involving theft of commercial secrets are criminal cases. No matter what, the person will be detained first, and this detention can last up to 7 months!

As for the technical skills she might encounter during the interrogation, she had heard about them before. They would definitely be much more severe than facing the elders of the Xiao family directly...

In the closed carriage, beeps kept coming one after another, reminding her that she was not fastening her seat belt.

Zhang Moyan was scared. She thought about being detained by the police and the consequences of being detained. She might not even be able to get a criminal record certificate in the future... She silently pulled the seat belt from behind and put it on.

Xiao Huai looked at her actions and said nothing more. He drove the car steadily towards the Xiao family.

The buildings and greenery on both sides retreated at a constant speed. As they got closer and closer to the Xiao family, Zhang Moyan's heart beat more and more irregularly.

Xiao Huai turned the steering wheel into the last branch road. Suddenly, a black SUV came speeding from the opposite direction, passed by them in an instant, did a beautiful drift and spun, and with a sharp "swish" sound, it stopped steadily in front of the BMW that was slowing down and turning!

Xiao Huai was frightened by the surprise attack and slammed on the brakes. The car body shook violently, and he and Zhang Moyan were thrown out by inertia and hit back into the seats.

In the shaking vision, they saw Xiao Xingyu jumping out of the off-road vehicle and walking towards them.