Shao Xiaofei lowered her eyes.
In front of Qin Yu, she was no heroine, lacking any sharpness or domineering presence. All she had was eyes full of grievance and a heart full of resentment.
It turned out that Huo Junyu had already seen Dong Jielin taking pictures, and he had secretly contacted his bodyguards to come and take Dong Jielin away.
Before all this could be accomplished, Shao Xiaofei had already "acted as a chivalrous hero."
Huo Junyu smiled at the two of them, then turned and left.
Pei Nian followed.
Reaching a secluded spot, Huo Junyu stopped and added a few more words of advice: "Have you remembered everything I told you?"
Pei Nian nodded very seriously.
"We must never let Lu Ran get close to her."
“I understand.” Pei Nian’s eyes darkened. “It’s right for us to take precautions like this. Lu Ran isn’t thinking clearly right now, and she might do something she doesn’t know. Mianmian is pregnant now, so we need to be even more careful!”
"Hmm." Huo Junyu looked at her and said meaningfully, "It seems you really care about Mianmian."
Pei Nian paused for a moment, then remained silent.
"Why?"
“Because…” Pei Nian lowered her head, her voice very soft, “because Sister Mianmian is good to me.”
"She used to be very good to Lu Ran."
“I’m not like Lu Ran!” Pei Nian suddenly raised her voice, “I…I will never betray Sister Mianmian!”
Huo Junyu wanted to ask more, but he stopped himself from speaking.
In fact, he had considered many reasons, including the one that Huo Jingnan had initially suspected—Pei Nian's sexual orientation.
But now that Pei Nian and Huo Jingnan have a stable relationship, it means she likes men, so...
Huo Junyu was completely baffled.
No one in this world will be kind to another person for no reason. Even the closest relatives can kill each other for their own benefit.
Closest relatives?
A sudden thought flashed through Huo Junyu's mind, and he stared blankly at Pei Nian.
Just then, his phone rang.
After answering the call, his father-in-law's deep voice came from the other end: "Junyu, are you free now?"
"Dad... what's wrong?"
"Come to my house right away," Lu Lishan said in a low voice. "When you get there, go straight to my study. Oh, and... don't let Xiaoyouzi know."
Huo Junyu was puzzled and immediately rushed to the Lu family after hanging up the phone.
Lu Lishan was already waiting for him in the study. The tea had just been brewed, at a temperature that was neither too hot nor too cold, and its aroma filled the air.
Huo Junyu greeted Lu Lishan respectfully and sat down opposite him.
"Take a look at these."
Lu Lishan placed a stack of photos on the table. Huo Junyu flipped through a few and saw the key figure.
"This person..."
"Do they look familiar?" Lu Lishan smiled faintly. "These are the people I found on the black market."
"Isn't this Cheng Suyue's accomplice?" Huo Junyu blurted out.
When they investigated Cheng Suyue before, they found that a group of people had close contact with her in private. That group was from a small gang in Yangcheng, and they were all small-time thugs.
Later, when Cheng Suyue jumped off the cliff, that group of people scattered like monkeys after the tree fell, and no one knew where they went.
With Lu Lishan's power, he could have wiped out that group of people in one fell swoop, but he felt it wasn't worth it. They were just a few small fry, not anyone important, and couldn't cause any big trouble.
I never expected to see it on the black market.
“Ayi has already questioned these people.” Lu Lishan took a sip of tea. “They don’t have any connections, they just make a living by collecting protection money through petty theft. Later, they set their sights on the black market for medicine, thought it was a very profitable business, so they joined forces to do it.”
"As it turned out, Lu Ran found them some time ago."
Huo Junyu listened quietly with a somber expression.
"The sleeping pills that Lu Ran asked them to find were a kind of 'suicide drug' that had been ordered to be removed from the market by the authorities several years ago, but it was still circulating on the black market. According to their confession, Lu Ran gave them a lot of money, and they took the drug according to the dosage after they got it, so they were not in any danger."
"Even after Lu Ran took the medicine, she was still able to call them to ask about the precautions for this medicine."
As he spoke, Lu Lishan showed him the phone call records he had found.
Huo Junyu narrowed his eyes. Sure enough, Lu Ran had contacted these people before her accident.
"It was all her meticulously planned scheme!" he whispered. "She used this method to make Yangyang feel guilty, then tied him up, and finally achieved her goal!"
Lu Lishan's expression changed, and he let out a long sigh.
"Junyu, I'm so sorry... I never expected Lu Ran to turn out like this."
"Dad, this isn't your fault."
“After investigating all this, I’ve thought a lot about it.” Lu Lishan looked up at him, a complex look flashing in his eyes. “Lu Ran grew up in an abnormal environment, so it’s hard for her to grow into a mentally healthy person. Although she used to be kind and timid, and she was determined to bring Xiaoyouzi back… her personality will go to another extreme if she is stimulated in the slightest.”
"Dad, what do you plan to do?"
"Lu Ming has caused me to be separated from my family for more than 20 years. I will never allow his daughter to harm my family again!"
Huo Junyu nodded.
Perhaps some people would see them as ungrateful. After all, when Lu Ran was mistaken for Lu Xiaoyou, she wasn't so bad as to take advantage of the situation to seize the Lu family's assets.
But times change.
We cannot deny her current wickedness just because of her past kindness.
People change; some people become better, while others become worse.
“Junyu,” Lu Lishan looked at him, “I feel very reassured now that you’re in the company. But you still need to do something for me.”
"Dad, please tell me."
Lu Lishan said, enunciating each word clearly: "Take back Lu Ran's shares."
Huo Junyu's eyes lit up; he hadn't expected his father-in-law to have the same idea as him.
During this time, he also studied how to take back Lu Ran's shares, but after consulting a lot of information, he couldn't come up with a reasonable solution.
If Lu Lishan supports it, then this problem will be much simpler!
“Dad.” Huo Junyu smiled confidently, “Back then, her shares and assets were all gifts from you. According to Lu’s company articles of association, the donor has the right to take back the donated shares, but there is a prerequisite… that the recipient’s actions threaten the company’s interests or the personal safety of others.”
“Given Lu Ran’s current state, she’ll do something that harms the company’s interests sooner or later,” Lu Lishan said in a deep voice. “So you need to be extra careful with her, keep an eye on her every move, and once you get something on her, you’ll act on my behalf!”
After saying that, he handed Huo Junyu a document, fully authorizing Huo Junyu to help him reclaim the shares, and he had already signed his name in the blank space.
“If it’s not necessary, I won’t attend the board meeting.” Lu Lishan was also conflicted. “I don’t want to face her… After all, Yuqing and I have always treated her like a daughter. We thought she would be like Xiaoyouzi.”
But in fact, blood ties are the most magical.
Some things are etched into our genes and cannot be easily changed.
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