However, given Gu Ming'en's status, it's only a matter of time before he gets what he wants.

Gu Ming'en spoke happily, but Gu Nianqiang was panicked.

How could she possibly allow Jiang Yilai to be recognized as a member of the Gu family!

The thought of Jiang Yilai becoming the Gu family's daughter and her and Fu Nanxiao becoming a perfect match makes it seem like even Old Master Fu might not be able to separate them anymore!

Gu Nianqiang was truly at her wit's end.

She immediately investigated Gu Ming'en's whereabouts that day and spent a large sum of money to bribe the staff.

Now, those keepsakes and Jiang Yilai's identity information have all been lost in the car accident.

Gu Nianqiang stared at the button in her hand with an inscrutable expression, slowly clenching her fist.

She will absolutely not let Jiang Yilai have a chance to enter the Gu family!

Appraisal Center.

Jiang Yilai stared at the monitor without blinking.

This is a surveillance video provided by the appraisal center. In the video, they did indeed load the items onto the vehicle.

Jiang Yilai watched, feeling somewhat devastated.

She went to the scene of the car accident; the car was burned to pieces, and it would be almost impossible to find her belongings in the mess.

She wanted to find it herself, but the police wanted to collect physical evidence.

Mr. Qian from the appraisal center watched the whole thing with her, then turned to her and said, "Ms. Jiang, as you can see, the item really was involved in a car accident. Nobody wants to see a car accident happen on the road. Our driver is still in the hospital receiving emergency treatment. Please be magnanimous and forgive us, okay?"

"understanding?"

Jiang Yilai's eyes reddened: "Do you know what those two things mean to me?!"

These not only represent the hope of finding out her mother's background, but that button is also something her mother left her!

She'd treasured it for so long, how could it just disappear after she took it over!

Mr. Qian looked troubled: "I know, I know, I understand how you feel, but we can only do our best to compensate you. Actually, it wasn't your own things that were burned. There were so many things in the car, and we will compensate you for them one by one."

"I don't want compensation! I want you to do everything in your power to find it! I want to see all the surveillance footage along the route the car travels, and everything the police find!"

A hint of impatience flashed in Mr. Qian's eyes: "Ms. Jiang, you already have the appraisal results, so why are you making such a fuss? We have a lot of things to resolve, and we really don't have time to play games with you. It's highly likely that the item won't be found. If you're not satisfied with our compensation, why don't you name another amount?"

He thought that Jiang Yilai was holding onto the issue because she was dissatisfied with the money.

This kind of thing has happened before; some people just seize any opportunity to extort money from others.

Jiang Yilai gave him a cold look and gritted her teeth, repeating, "I said, all I want to do now is check the surveillance footage and what was left after the car accident!"

"There's really nothing we can do about that."

"Let me put it this way, Miss Jiang, we can only compensate you for the price, and we won't take care of anything else." Mr. Qian adopted a rogue attitude: "These are matters for the police, and we don't have the authority to handle them."

He was clearly only willing to pay money and unwilling to trouble anyone else.

He also had his own opinion on money.

Mr. Qian pretended to look at the appraisal record, then smiled and said, "I don't think these two items of yours are very valuable. Although the jade is of good quality, one is a small button and the other is a fragment of a jade pendant. They're not worth much. How about this, I'll give you double the compensation, ten thousand yuan!"