The slender woman slowly raised her eyes, revealing a very impactful face.
Pale face, scarlet lips, and dark blue eyes.
It can be said to be horrific.
Chu Ming stared at her for a long time, and the corners of his lips slowly curled up, revealing an appreciative smile.
"Yes, it is indeed a unique beauty."
"Manager, I'll keep this person and take her to dress her up."
The manager looked embarrassed and hesitated, "Boss, how about you reconsider? Although this girl is... nice-looking, we have no shortage of showgirls in our dance hall."
Having one more singer is not a big deal, but scaring the guests away is a big deal.
Chu Ming glanced at him dimly.
The manager wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and quickly changed his tone, "I remember now, we are short of one person, girl, come with me."
At the same time, Xie Weidong was cornered by a drunk girl.
"Come on, have a few drinks with me and I'll give you a tip." The girl said drunkenly.
Xie Weidong grabbed the broom tightly and dodged left and right. "Don't get me wrong, I'm cleaning. You can find someone else."
The girl stared at his hurriedly fleeing back and chuckled, "As expected of the Guangming Ballroom, even the cleaner is so good-looking..."
As the sky grew darker, more and more people came into the dance hall.
Neon lights flickered, melodious music played from old-fashioned speakers, the disco ball slowly rotated, and tiny spots of light fell on the dance floor.
The manager squeezed through the crowd and knocked on the door of the lounge with a frown, "Are you ready? The boss is waiting anxiously."
Jiang Ningyan faced the mirror and quickly put on another layer of rouge before trotting to open the door. "Manager, I'm done."
The manager glanced at her from head to toe, and his twisted eyebrows relaxed unconsciously, "Your face..."
Are you sure the person standing in front of him now is the same person as this afternoon?
Although she still had heavy makeup on, she looked much better. It turned out that the boss had a sharp eye.
"The boss is entertaining an important guest. Please sing a few songs and don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask. Okay?"
Jiang Ningyan looked in the direction of his finger, and suddenly her vision went dark.
"Is that the guest the boss is entertaining?"
The person opposite Chu Ming was sitting on the sofa with a cold handsome face, his long legs crossed, and a strong aura. It was clearly Lu Bingchuan!
"Nonsense." The manager puffed on his cigarette impatiently and urged, "Go over there quickly."
No one paid any attention to him.
"Are you deaf?" The manager turned around and was about to get angry when his eyelids suddenly twitched.
"Hey, what's wrong with you?"
Jiang Ningyan had already collapsed to the ground, weakly holding her head, feeling sick and powerless. "I, I feel so dizzy... I can't see anything clearly..."
It’s not certain whether Chu Ming recognizes her, but Lu Bingchuan can see through her at a glance.
Being caught red-handed in the nightclub, she simply couldn't imagine what Lu Bingchuan's expression would be.
The manager's face turned black as the bottom of a pot, and he almost wanted to curse, "Are you kidding me? Get out of here!"
Jiang Ningyan hurriedly stood up and stumbled back.
Chu Ming is busy, and now is the best time to find out.
Xie Weidong waved to her from the corner, and the two of them slipped to the door of the boss's office at the end of the corridor.
"I'll go in, you keep watch, and make a sound if anything happens."
Xie Weidong took out the lock picking tool from his pocket, fiddled with it for a long time, and the door opened with a click.
After he went in, Jiang Ningyan stood in the dim corridor, listening to the surging sound waves in the distance, feeling uneasy.
Perhaps because his sister was involved, Xie Weidong's series of actions were reckless and hasty.
How could Chu Ming, who has been in Beijing for many years, not notice such a simple trick?
"Look, I found it!" A low cry of excitement came from inside the house.
In the solid wooden cabinet against the wall, after removing the velvet covering, many antique collections were neatly arranged.
Xie Weidong flipped through the account book he found and couldn't help but gasp, "Every antique has a corresponding price. He's trying to smuggle it!"
"My suspicion was correct. There is indeed something wrong with Chu Ming!" He took out a notebook and copied quickly.
"Little boy, are you being too rude?"
A cold voice suddenly sounded.
Jiang Ningyan felt a chill on the back of her neck and realized that Chu Ming had already entered the house silently.
There was a smile on his lips, but there was no smile in his eyes.
Xie Weidong stood up with a fearless expression, "How are you going to explain these priceless things?"
Chu Ming sneered, "You're a rat that sneaked into my territory, why should I explain to you?"
Xie Weidong's face flushed red as he clutched the account book tightly. "I'm going to expose you!"
Chu Ming shook his head, as if he was speechless.
"Don't just stand there like an idiot. Sit down and let's talk."
These words were said to Jiang Ningyan.
Jiang Ningyan feigned composure, "Boss Chu, you're not going to drag us out and beat us to death, are you?"
"Of course not." Chu Ming smiled. "You are so stupid. You must have been instigated by someone. I don't blame you."
Jiang Ningyan didn’t know if it was an illusion, but his face seemed paler than the last time they met, and he was thinner.
"These things were voluntarily handed over by the Chu family at the beginning of the founding of the country. Now they are circulating on the market, so of course I have to buy them back."
Chu Ming picked up a bracelet from the cabinet.
"For example, this one, which my mother originally intended to leave for my sister."
Jiang Ningyan looked closely and saw a small word "Chu" engraved on the inside of the bracelet.
Chu Ming stared at her for a moment with an ambiguous expression, "If my sister were still alive, she would be as old as you."
His tone was slow and deep, and Jiang Ningyan felt an inexplicable strangeness in her heart, as if she was infected by his emotions.
"But she's very smart, she's definitely not as stupid as you."
Jiang Ningyan: ...
She lowered her eyes and apologized softly, "I'm sorry, we misunderstood you."
It seems that the price recorded in the account book is not the price at which these antiques were sold, but the price at which they were purchased.
Chu Ming laughed, "Your journalist friend seems to dislike me very much and has written a lot of bad things about me in the newspaper."
Xie Weidong's eyes were red, unable to contain his emotions any longer. "Two years ago, my sister was humiliated in the alley behind Guangming Ballroom and became mentally disturbed. This incident must have something to do with you!"
Chu Ming raised an eyebrow and thought for a moment before saying, "You mean...Xie Ting?"
Xie Weidong was shocked, "You know!"
"It happened on my territory, of course I know about it." Chu Ming clicked his tongue.
"She went to find her fiancé, but something happened on the way. Her fiancé's family turned against her and unilaterally broke off the engagement, right?"
"The two people who did it had their faces covered. My men only saw the general idea. After reporting the situation to the police, I stopped paying attention to it. If you don't believe me, go check the files."
Xie Weidong's face gradually turned pale, and he seemed to have lost all his strength. He slowly stood up by holding on to the wall.
"I won't give up. I will continue investigating..."
He seemed like he would fall at any moment. Jiang Ningyan followed behind him and was hesitating whether to support him when suddenly there was a sound of something heavy falling to the ground behind him.
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