Chapter 157 The man in the photo is Gu Hanchi
Luo Zhiwei did not return to the villa with Lu Jingxiao, but instead went back to the Luo family's villa.
Gu Beixiao and Gu Youran followed behind.
"Weiwei, what are you doing back here? There's no one here." Gu Youran couldn't help but ask curiously.
After Zhao Tingguo and Lin Wanru were taken away by Lu Jingxiao, no one lived in the Luo family villa.
What is Weiwei coming back for?
“I came back to find a photo. My mother and my mom definitely know each other. I’ve seen my mother’s photo in her album.”
She kept thinking about it on the way, and she was basically certain that Lin Yuehan and Luo Huining knew each other.
However, she needs to find the photos first.
Gu Youran's expression instantly turned serious. She followed behind Luo Zhiwei and volunteered, "Weiwei, I'll search with you."
Lu Jingxiao and Gu Beixiao followed behind the two of them. Suddenly, the two looked at each other, as if exchanging some information.
Do you think what Weiwei said is credible?
Gu Beixiao asked, though he had doubts and found it somewhat absurd.
There are probably unspeakable secrets behind how Gu Hanchi met Ms. Luo Huining.
Lu Jingxiao didn't hesitate at all. He said decisively, "Of course it's believable. When has Weiwei ever lied to anyone? What she said must make sense. I will send someone to investigate."
He believed everything Weiwei said and investigated it at all costs.
Luo Zhiwei stood at the door of a room on the third floor, suddenly hesitant to go in. Gu Youran asked curiously, "Weiwei, why aren't you going in?"
"This is my mother's study. After she passed away, all the valuables in here were taken away, leaving only some odds and ends."
Zhao Tingguo felt it was bad luck and wanted to move the things out of the room, renovate the study, and leave it to Zhao Yulan as a walk-in closet.
She desperately tried to stop him, even threatening him with her life, before Zhao Tingguo finally gave in and stopped trying to take the study.
Gu Youran was somewhat touched. She gently comforted her, "Weiwei, don't think too much. If Auntie knew, she would definitely want you to be alright. Let's go in. Gu Hanchi from the Gu family is trying to smear Auntie. We have to clear her name."
Luo Zhiwei nodded: "Yes."
Those so-called reasonable guesses are all attempts to smear her mother; she needs to find evidence.
After mustering her courage, she finally opened the door to the study. Everything inside was covered in a thick layer of dust, indicating that no one had cleaned it for a long time.
She went inside and started looking through the photo albums.
"Ranran, look for it. It's a photo. Maybe there's an album or something."
Gu Beixiao and Lu Jingxiao also came in to help with the search.
The four of them searched through the study, and finally Lu Jingxiao found a photo album on the top shelf.
Luo Zhiwei looked at the photo album with some excitement; this must be it.
Lu Jingxiao handed the photo album to Luo Zhiwei and asked softly, "Is this it?"
Luo Zhiwei's eyes lit up: "Yes, this is it, the photo album that Mom treasured most when she was alive."
She couldn't find it and thought Zhao Tingguo had put it away, but unexpectedly... she found it here.
She carefully wiped the dust off the photo album, placed it on the desk, and opened it under everyone's gaze.
The long-forgotten photos were well preserved, but their vintage feel was still evident.
The first page of the album features a photo of two girls, both smiling sweetly. One is the mother, Luo Huining, and the other is Lin Yuehan, who looks exactly like the woman on the tombstone.
Luo Zhiwei pulled out the photo, and Gu Beixiao excitedly took it in his hand.
It really is his mother. The two women in the photo are smiling so sweetly; they must be good friends.
"It seems they do know each other, but... I still don't understand why you separated from us?"
Luo Zhiwei couldn't figure this out either.
They flipped through the photos one by one, and it was clear that they had a very good relationship; they had been inseparable almost from university to their working lives.
This photo album was almost entirely filled with pictures of her mother and her mother. It wasn't until she flipped to the very end that Luo Zhiwei saw a picture of a man.
It's a solo photo, but it looks familiar.
Luo Zhiwei stared at the photo for a long time, unable to recognize the person or match the image to the picture: "Who is this man?"
Lu Jingxiao curiously leaned closer, took one look, and blurted out, "Isn't this Uncle Gu San?"
What? !
A photo of Gu Hanchi?
Why is it in Mom's photo album?
Luo Zhiwei curiously held the photo up a little higher, and Gu Youran noticed something on the back of the photo: "Weiwei, are there words on the back?"
She flipped the photo over, and it read: My love, when will you return?
!!! !!! !
Luo Zhiwei is going crazy!
My mother's lover, the person my mother loves most, is actually Gu Hanchi?
How is that possible?
If his mother and Gu Hanchi had dated, how could Gu Hancheng not recognize his mother? What's going on?
"No, impossible, it can't be. How could my mom have ever been with Gu Hanchi?"
However, as it turns out, what she couldn't accept was precisely what actually happened.
There was a notch at the end of the photo album. Luo Zhiwei was a little curious and tried to open the album, but found that she couldn't open it at all... Maybe there were many things hidden inside.
But why did Mom design this groove so...?
"Shall I give it a try?"
Lu Jingxiao didn't want to see Weiwei looking conflicted.
Weiwei didn't want to ruin the integrity of the photo album, so forcibly dismantling it was impossible; she could only try to find a way little by little.
But as expected, this was not Lu Jingxiao's forte.
He couldn't open it either.
Gu Beixiao tried a couple of times, but to no avail. He struggled for a moment and asked, "Don't you have a key or anything?"
"So many years have passed, even if we had the key, we probably wouldn't have been able to find it by now."
Lu Jingxiao was somewhat disappointed.
Luo Zhiwei was not discouraged. She suddenly looked up at Lu Jingxiao and asked, "President Li, don't you know how to pick locks?"
"I'll call him now."
Without hesitation, Lu Jingxiao dialed Li Huaijin's number: "Come to the Luo family villa."
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Li Huaijin, holding the photo album, also saw the man's picture and reacted the same way as Lu Jingxiao: "Isn't this Uncle San's picture?"
How did I end up here?
The four brothers come from a prominent family and have known each other since childhood, so it's not surprising that they recognized Gu Hanchi.
This also proves that the man in the photo is undoubtedly Gu Hanchi.
Is Gu Hanchi really the mother's lover?
Li Huaijin examined the photo album, flipping through it from top to bottom, and said with some helplessness, "Why don't we just tear it down by force? This lock is really old... it's rusted and very difficult to open."
Luo Zhiwei was very conflicted. She knew she was asking the impossible, but she really didn't want her mother's things to be damaged.
"Li Huaijin, are you even capable of this? If all we can do is demolish by force, what are we doing here? If you can't handle it, then get out of here and I'll send someone else!"
Gu Youran used a provocation tactic, which was a bit underhanded, but it was very effective.
Li Huaijin immediately stopped talking about anything else: "Little Youran, a girl shouldn't say a man is no good. Today I'll show you whether I can or not."
It's just a rusty lock, surely he can handle it?
Today, I have to show my worth in front of Gu Youran.
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