Hearing footsteps coming down the stairs, she held her breath, already prepared for the worst. She looked up at the stairwell, only to see someone else.
Lu Anning looked at the strange man following the waiter and stayed where he was.
It’s not a rose!
"I want to see your boss!"
The waiter smiled slightly: "This is the owner of our coffee shop."
The man smiled politely. "Excuse me, sir, what can I do for you? Is there something wrong with the food in our store? Or is their service not good enough?"
After a while, Lu Anning opened his mouth and said, "The person I want to see is the previous owner. Wasn't the coffee shop owner a woman before?"
The man suddenly realized: "You're looking for her! Then you might have come to the wrong place. I just signed a contract with her two days ago, and this store has been transferred to me. If you want to find her, I'm afraid you should go ask somewhere else."
"Change hands?"
Lu An Ning asked for details and found out that Rose was in a hurry to sell the shop. The boss took advantage of the booming business of the coffee shop and bought the shop at a low price. He was happy that he had got a good deal, but when Lu An Ning asked him about it, he felt unsure.
Lu Anning ignored her boss's questions. She couldn't find Rose, and her mind was a mess. She really couldn't guess what her purpose was.
If it wasn't to threaten her and Tang Jingyuan, then what exactly did she want to do?
She stood by the road, watching the cars coming and going, and a feeling of powerlessness washed over her. Suddenly, it seemed that Kyoto was so big, and it would be so difficult to find someone.
She thought of her fourth brother Gu Feng. Perhaps he knew what to do.
The call was quickly picked up, and the helpless Lu Anning finally found his savior.
"Fourth brother, Mom and Second Brother may have been taken away by Rose, and Bai Yue is also missing. You need to think of a solution quickly!"
Gu Feng could hear Lu Anning's anxiety over the phone. He comforted her and asked her to explain the whole story.
Realizing the seriousness of the problem, Gu Feng warned Lu Anning: "Go back to your office right now and don't go with anyone. I'll come pick you up right away. During this period, if Rose contacts you and asks you to go somewhere, don't listen. Remember?"
Lu Anning agreed, hung up the phone, and could only return to the office temporarily.
When Zhong Ling saw her, Lu An Ning's face turned pale and she was at a loss.
"Mr. Lu, what's wrong with you?"
Lu Anning shook his head: "I'm fine. If anyone calls me, tell me the first time. Remember!"
Zhong Ling nodded repeatedly, sensing that something had happened. Seeing Lu An Ning like this, she didn't dare to ask more questions.
The waiting time was particularly agonizing. Lu Anning was restless and had no time to deal with the company's affairs. It was not until he saw Tang Jingyuan and Gu Feng rushing over that Lu Anning found his backbone.
Unable to figure out Rose's purpose, she was extremely confused and worried that Rose would do something extreme to her mother and second brother. She would rather be the one to be taken away.
"What should I do? Will Mom and my second brother be in danger?"
She should have been on guard sooner!
The two men looked solemn, and Gu Feng was worried about Lu An Ning staying in the company. No one knew what Rose was up to. He didn't want Lu An Ning to get involved, but he still couldn't avoid it.
"Follow me first!"
Lu Anning was taken by Gu Feng to one of their hidden workplaces. Seeing many busy figures in the office, Lu Anning didn't dare to ask more questions.
In the tightly controlled meeting room, a confidentiality agreement was placed in front of Lu Anning.
"After you sign this document, you must not reveal anything you hear from now on to anyone else. Little sister, do you understand what I mean?"
Lu Anning nodded seriously and signed his name without hesitation.
After all the formalities were completed, Gu Feng finally got down to business. The first thing he placed in front of Lu Anning was a photo of Rose. The projection screen on the wall was filled with information about Rose.
She was the chemistry genius, the one with the twisted personality and the paranoid personality. Just as Lu Anning guessed, she was the one who was directing Bai Lu from behind.
For a long time afterwards, Gu Feng talked about the connection between Rose and the whole incident.
Rose, who possesses the technology to synthesize unknown ingredients, somehow gets to know the Bai brothers and sisters. They come to Kyoto together and use various methods to distribute goods and occupy the entire market.
"This is the document that just came down. It revises the control of psychotropic drugs to include the drug we discovered this time. To be precise, it's far more harmful to the human body than methamphetamine. The higher-ups are taking this very seriously, so they've set up a special task force and put me in charge."
Gu Feng emphasized, "The Rose you see is not just a paranoid woman. Up to now, we still don't know how many people she has under her command. She also possesses weapons and is an extremely dangerous person."
Lu Anning's face was solemn: "She is so powerful, why did she choose to target us?"
Gu Feng shook his head. "She has a strange personality. No one can figure out her thoughts. She does things according to her own preferences and has no rules to follow. This is our most difficult problem! We even have the most powerful psychologist in the team analyzing her mental activities, but there is still not much progress."
"Fourth brother, just tell me, how can we find her and rescue Mom and Second Brother?"
This was the most difficult part for Gu Feng, because he was now somewhat helpless. The pressure from above was enormous, and they had raided many places but still couldn't find the root cause.
Only when the Rose's base is found and all of them are captured in one fell swoop, will Kyoto be completely peaceful.
If he continued to indulge her in causing trouble in Kyoto, who knows how many people would die at her hands. Gu Feng set his sights on Tang Jingyuan.
"Jing Yuan, you are the one who understands Rose the best. I really need you. If I delay any longer, I am worried that even my little sister's safety will be threatened."
Tang Jingyuan pursed his lips, and after thinking it over again and again, he finally nodded.
"Ensure Ningning's safety. I'll help you find the person."
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