Chapter 140 Is the dust settled?
After Li Qingqing returned to her residence, she remembered that her jade lock seemed to have been left at the Lu family.
After Song Jihe untied her, she didn't dare to stay for a second longer to ensure her own safety and quickly left the Lu family.
Song Jihe didn't ask her any further questions, but he just didn't know whether she had picked up the jade lock.
Li Qingqing didn't have Song Jihe's contact information. Although it seemed a bit inappropriate to ask Lu Yan to help her find out the whereabouts of the jade lock now, the jade lock was really important to her.
After hesitating for a long time, Li Qingqing finally called Lu Yan.
"Um...are you busy?"
Lu Yan was already preparing to finish the work, which was mainly to organize all the evidence of the Jiang family's crimes together, mainly provided by Mu Xingyi, and some in the hands of himself and Qin Yichuang.
"What's the matter? Is there a problem over there?"
Lu Yan held the phone between his shoulders while operating on the computer.
"...I just lost the jade locket my mom left me at your house. Can you help me ask Aunt Song if she found it?"
Of course, Lu Yan also knew the importance of the jade lock to Li Qingqing. Although he was indeed very busy at the moment, he still decided to ask for her first.
"Okay, I'll ask for you now, wait for my news."
Lu Yan hung up the phone and was about to call Song Jihe, but unexpectedly Song Jihe called first.
"Hello, Mom, you called at a strange time. Qingqing said her jade locket was left at our house. Did you see it?"
Song Jihe was hesitant on the other end of the phone and didn't speak for a long time, as if he had something he wanted to say but didn't want to say.
Lu Yan noticed her abnormality and asked again, "What's wrong, Mom?"
Song Jihe hesitated: "...Ayan, Qingqing's jade lock is with me, but..."
She didn't express her suspicion directly, but asked Lu Yan again, "Is this jade lock... really Qingqing's...?"
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After hearing what Song Jihe said, Lu Yan felt that something seemed to be wrong.
When he saw Li Qingqing's jade locket before, he felt it was very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere. At that time, he thought that Song Jihe seemed to have a jade locket of similar style.
But he thought it was just a coincidence at the time. After all, it was common for some wealthy families to have gold or jade as heirlooms.
But now that Song Jihe had specifically asked about the jade lock, the meaning behind it was self-evident...
Lu Yan asked in a somewhat erratic voice, "Mom, do you have a similar jade locket...?"
Song Jihe sighed deeply over there, "This is what I want to tell you, A Yan, Qingqing might be..."
"Mom, stop talking." Lu Yan interrupted her harshly.
"Don't worry about this for now. I'll investigate. Qingqing's background has always been complicated. Perhaps there are some misunderstandings..."
After saying that, Lu Yan hung up without giving Song Jihe a chance to speak again.
Lu Yan always remembered the jade lock. When he was a child, he was playing in Song Jihe's room and accidentally found the jade lock.
Because there was a word engraved on the back of the jade lock, he found it novel and asked Song Jihe where the jade lock came from.
Song Jihe told him that this was a family heirloom safety lock, but it was passed down to daughters, not sons.
There are two jade lockets passed down from his great-grandmother's generation, one engraved with the word "Ning" and the other engraved with the word "An", which means peace and health in the new year.
He had just looked at Li Qingqing's piece a few days ago. On the back was the character "安", and if he remembered correctly, Song Jihe's piece was exactly the character "宁"...
Lu Yan's knuckles turned slightly white as he gripped the phone, and some bad thoughts flashed through his mind.
He held his breath and immediately reminded himself that there were more important things to deal with. He would consider other issues after he eliminated the Jiang family, the biggest threat to him.
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Song Jihe stared at the jade locket that was exactly the same as hers, frowning deeply.
Although she also felt that the matter was a bit too coincidental, she clearly remembered that one of her aunts also had the surname Li...
If that's the case, then isn't Li Qingqing her peer? Then she and A Yan...
Oh, this... isn't this a mess?
The more Song Jihe thought about it, the more anxious she became. It was all because the old lady had given birth to so many children. She really didn't understand the specific situation of her aunt's family.
But judging by the surname, Li Qingqing is indeed Lu Yan's elder.
But... this age doesn't seem to fit...
I don't know when her aunt gave birth, or how many children she had in the family...
The more Song Jihe thought about it, the more confused she became. So she simply packed up her things and set out again on the road back to her parents' home. She had to go back and ask her old mother in person.
As soon as Song Jihe left the villa, Lu Mingqi came back.
He hurried upstairs and saw that the door of the small room in the attic was still closed, and there seemed to be no signs of violent damage.
Could it be that Lu Yan deliberately shocked him?
Lu Mingqi came to the door and first put his ear against the door panel to listen. There seemed to be no sound in the room.
He didn't rush to use the key to open the door, but tried turning the door handle first.
really!
The door is not locked!
The person ran away!
When Lu Mingqi opened the door, he saw only ropes scattered on the ground, nothing else.
He slumped to the ground, feeling deserted by everyone.
Lu Mingqi didn't know how Li Qingqing escaped, but he knew that his only bargaining chip was gone.
Because he never expected that Lu Yan would not even let him, his own father, go one day, so he never reserved any backup plan for him.
He was greedy and sold out his bottom line in exchange for wealth, but he was really doing it for the Lu family, to establish a stable empire for Lu Yan.
Of course, there is also his own selfish motives. After all, who doesn't yearn for wealth and power?
His biggest mistake was idealizing Lu Yan so much that he couldn't tolerate even the slightest bit of worldly filth...
Lu Mingqi went downstairs in a daze and sat on the sofa in the living room in a daze for a long time.
He was not awakened until a bunch of fireworks exploded outside the window.
Looking at the empty villa in front of him, he was suddenly confused.
What was the point of his life's struggle? How did he end up like this?
The fireworks ended and the sirens started.
Lu Mingqi did not run away because he knew that the outcome today was doomed from the day he chose to cooperate with the Jiang family.
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Of course, everyone in the Jiang family was also taken away for investigation tonight.
The evidence provided by Mu Xingyi was direct and effective, and coupled with the considerable black material that Qin Yichuang had accumulated about the Jiang family over the years, all the evidence combined made it impossible for the Jiang family to recover.
Disregarding human life, human trafficking, organizing dynastic activities, cross-border drug trafficking, bribery and corruption... the Jiang family is almost evil.
Of course, as Lu Mingqi's son and Fengze's president, Lu Yan also had to be investigated, but he had already prepared for it.
All the related projects after he took over Fengze were clean, and the investigation was just a routine matter. As for those historical issues, it depends on how the court rules.
But the seizure of Fengze was almost a foregone conclusion. Fortunately, he had already moved some of his industries out. Although the scale was not comparable to Fengze's, this was the maximum he could save.
Everything has settled down, but Lu Yan is not as happy as he imagined, because he knows that God may be playing a bigger joke on him.
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