It was already dark when the five of them emerged from the Purple Gold Club. The receptionist had disappeared, replaced by a man in a black uniform.
Han Tianyu and Lu Zifan left together. Jiang Linghao took Jiang Luoning back to the Jiang family's old house. Fu Linxiao asked Lin Ming to take him back to the Fu Group to handle business.
Three days of peace and tranquility passed. On this day, Jiang Luoning arrived at the coffee shop as scheduled. As soon as she entered, she saw Chen Xu and Dong Siqing waiting there. Dong Siqing immediately stood up and looked behind Jiang Luoning. Seeing that there was no one else behind her, she asked, "Miss Jiang, did you come here by yourself? Why didn't Master Fu accompany you?"
Jiang Luoning heard it but ignored it. Chen Xu hurriedly pulled the corner of Dong Siqing's clothes from behind. Dong Siqing frowned unhappily, glanced at Chen Xu behind her, and didn't say anything.
Jiang Luoning pulled the gift he'd prepared from his bag and placed it on the table. He then sat down across from the two of them. Seeing Chen Xu and Dong Siqing both looking puzzled, he opened the box and found two exquisite lovebird brooches, one for men and one for women. Each brooch was inlaid with a sapphire diamond, and between the two lovebirds was a square metallic design. This square pattern represented the first generation of Wuyingtang's monitoring device. If they had placed the monitoring device on the bracelet, they wouldn't have failed to recognize it.
Dong Siqing saw the exquisite brooch in the box and thanked Jiang Luoning. She then picked up the ladies' brooch without any precautions and was about to put it on herself. Jiang Luoning was a little surprised to see Dong Siqing's behavior. He walked to Dong Siqing and helped her to put her hair behind her shoulders, adjusted the brooch, nodded and praised: "Well, it suits you very well, very beautiful!" Then he looked at Chen Xu.
Chen Xu picked up the brooch, examined it for a moment, and said, "Thank you for the gift, Miss Jiang. I like it very much. However, I don't have the habit of wearing brooches, and this is a couple's style. I'm afraid it's a bit inappropriate for Siqing and me." He turned to look at Dong Siqing, handed the brooch to her, and placed it in her palm. He then looked at Jiang Luoning and said calmly, "Let Siqing accept this gift for me. When she meets her sweetheart, she can consider it a gift from Miss Jiang. What do you think, Miss Jiang?"
Jiang Luoning looked at Chen Xu, a smile on his lips, and replied nonchalantly, "Of course, the gift is given out, of course it's up to the owner to decide."
"But... I thought Mr. Chen and Miss Dong were childhood sweethearts and had feelings for each other. But you can't blame me. You two are inseparable every day, and every time we meet, we see you two going out together." Jiang Luoning asked tentatively again.
Dong Siqing hurriedly shook her head and denied Jiang Luoning's words: "Brother Xu and I grew up together. He is my brother! It's not like what you said!"
Chen Xu smiled and shook his head, also denying it, but did not say anything.
After Dong Siqing finished speaking, she put away the men's brooch and smiled again to thank Jiang Luoning.
Jiang Luoning took a look at Dong Siqing's extremely happy expression, and his heart was full of doubts. In the previous life, the two of them had boasted about their engagement in front of him, so what was their situation now?
After a moment's thought, Jiang Luoning stood up and said she was going to the bathroom, asking the two to wait for a moment. Jiang Luoning's bag was still on the seat, but Chen Xu and Dong Siqing didn't pay attention. In the bathroom, Jiang Luoning put on headphones and listened to the conversation between Chen Xu and Dong Siqing. Then he took out a plastic bag from his pocket and put the hair in the bag.
"Brother Xu, you said Miss Jiang returned my gift. Doesn't that prove that she considers me a friend? Can I get closer to Fu Linxiao through her?"
"Maybe," Chen Xu's casual voice drifted over. Jiang Luoning then listened to Dong Siqing's conversation about the brooch. After a while, not hearing anything of value, he packed up his headphones and returned to the café. He chatted with the two for a few more minutes, exchanged contact information, and then left.
Outside the cafe, Fu Linxiao waited in the car, watching the surveillance footage. While Jiang Luoning was in the restroom, Chen Xu had been playing with the brooch, his eyes unreadable, as if lost in thought.
Jiang Luoning got in the car, and before he even sat down, Fu Linxiao asked, "Ning'er, did you find anything?"
Jiang Luoning slowly took out a wet wipe from his bag to wipe his hands. He then handed the bag of Dong Siqing's hair to Fu Linxiao. Fu Linxiao took it and tossed it to Lin Ming, who was driving in the front seat with an expectant look on his face. "They didn't poison us, and they probably didn't even know about it. Otherwise, they wouldn't be so completely defenseless. As for the bug? I think Chen Xu knows about it, but it's hard to say for Dong Siqing."
Fu Linxiao heard Jiang Luoning's logical analysis and nodded with satisfaction: "Well, Ning'er and I really have a tacit understanding!"
Lin Ming, who was driving in the front, looked at the two bosses in the back seat and asked the question in his mind: "Why did you say Dong Siqing didn't know?"
"Didn't you realize that Dong Siqing approached me because of your Master Fu?" Jiang Luoning looked at Lin Ming like he was an idiot. "The first thing she asked me when I walked in was why your Master Fu wasn't with me. She thought your Master Fu and I were conjoined twins! Don't be so obvious about your intentions, okay?"
Fu Linxiao felt a sudden itch when he heard the little girl calling him "Master Fu" all the time. He was the little girl's, so he could only call her "the little girl's family." It seemed that the little girl didn't have a clear understanding of this identity yet, so he still had to work hard.
Cough, cough cough...
A deliberate coughing sound was heard. Jiang Luoning looked up at Fu Linxiao and ignored him. Instead, he rolled his eyes at him.
"Oh! I see. Then it's completely meaningless for Dong Siqing to install a tracker on you. If she wants to install one, it should be on Master Fu! She has taken a fancy to my Master Fu, right?" Lin Ming said with sudden realization, and nodded with satisfaction. He looked at Jiang Luoning and Fu Linxiao behind him through the rearview mirror, as if begging for praise, but saw Fu Linxiao with a gloomy face and Jiang Luoning who was watching the show with a smile.
"Lin Ming, have you ever thought about the consequences of talking too much?" Fu Linxiao's sinister voice sounded. Lin Ming felt goosebumps all over his body. He immediately raised the baffle to block out the cold and murderous sight.
The space was closed. Jiang Luoning glanced at Fu Linxiao with disdain and asked, "What are your plans next?"
"The bait has been spread. It depends on whether it's a small shrimp or a big fish that takes the bait. I've arranged for people to secretly monitor Chen Xu. We just have to wait and see when he reveals his true colors." Upon hearing the inquiry, Fu Linxiao told Jiang Luoning without reservation. However, Fu Linxiao was still worried about Jiang Luoning's safety, so he opened his mouth and gave a warning: "Ning'er, if it's really them who did this, you've been exposed now. I'm afraid they will harm you. It's best for you to stay with me or your eldest brother!"
Jiang Luoning looked at Fu Linxiao, who was worried about his safety, thought about it and nodded in agreement.
Then we saw Chen Xu and Dong Siqing leaving the coffee shop in the surveillance footage. The waiter went over and collected the cups they had used. Not long after, the waiter brought the two cups to the front of the car.
Lin Ming took the two cups and drove away.
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