After running around all day, Wang Qiang finally completed all the locations marked on Lou Xiao'e's house and notified everyone to leave immediately.
At the same time, he moved all the things he had hidden in various places to Lou Xiao'e's house. Now, the house has been sealed off by Wang Qiang under the pretext of higher authorities. There are seals on the door and Li Weidong guarding it.
Wang Qiang finished his work the next day at dawn, and it started raining heavily. Having worked all night, Wang Qiang went home to sleep.
He said that Xu Damao, in order to gain merit, braved the heavy rain and personally led a team to No. 317 Xinzheng Street.
Are you sure this is the place?
Li Huaide did not believe that Li Damao would personally supervise the process.
"Yes, it's the first room on the left on the first floor here," Xu Damao assured him, patting his chest.
Li Huaide nodded, turned around and said to his men, "Don't say a word after you go in. Take the stuff and load it onto the truck immediately."
"Yes, I understand."
The raiders rushed in immediately.
Li Huaide said to Xu Damao, "Do everything as I instruct."
Xu Damao nodded. "Don't worry, Director. I'll find a safe place to sift through the materials in a bit. Keep what should be kept, and hand over what should be handed over."
Li Huaide nodded in satisfaction upon hearing Xu Damao's words.
Just then, the people who were searching the house ran out. "Oh no, it's empty inside, there's no one here."
"What happened?"
Li Huaide stared at Xu Damao.
Xu Damao felt a little flustered and immediately said, "Go to his second uncle's house quickly."
Li Huaide was naturally unwilling to give up after failing to find anything. Upon hearing this, he waved his hand and ordered his men to follow him.
...
"Xu Damao, tell me, what exactly is the problem?"
Li Huaide slammed his fist on the table in frustration in the office. He had spent the whole day out in the pouring rain and hadn't gotten a single thing. Xu Damao stood there, barely daring to breathe.
"Director Li, I really don't know what happened. All their relatives and friends are here, but I didn't expect them to all run away."
Xu Damao's explanation was weak and unconvincing.
"I'm not going to listen to any of that. I just want to know where your things went!"
Li Huaide waved his hand impatiently.
"Director Li, is it Liu Lan? Is she the one who tipped them off?"
Xu Damao recalled Liu Lan's behavior that day and felt something was amiss. After drinking that day, when he asked Liu Lan to clean up, her expression was extremely unnatural, as if she was hiding something.
"Liu Lan?"
Li Huaide squinted, recalling Liu Lan's behavior that day. Then he shook his head.
"Impossible, what does she know?"
Li Huaide refuted Xu Damao's conjecture.
"You go find some clues right now. If you don't find any, I'll make you clean the outhouses."
Xu Damao came out of Li Huaide's office with a bitter face.
What should he do? Xu Damao knew that once he was no longer of use to Li Huaide, Li would discard him. After much thought, Xu Damao suddenly thought of Wang Qiang.
"There are rumors that Wang Qiang and Lou Xiao'e have an improper relationship, and that he's cheated on you. Whether it's true or not, I'll make an example of you first."
Xu Damao thought about how Wang Qiang rode a brand-new bicycle every day and never lacked food or drink. He had a constant supply of chicken, duck, fish, and meat. There must be something fishy going on.
Thinking of this, Xu Damao went back to Li Huaide's office. But standing at the door, he stopped abruptly, about to knock.
"Let's figure things out first, so we don't end up like we did today."
Xu Damao turned and left without knocking. He bought some snacks to go with his drinks and carried a bottle of wine back to the courtyard house.
"Is Brother Wang Qiang there? I got some wine and some snacks to go with it. I mainly want to thank you."
Xu Damao wore a fawning expression, but behind his smile lay a ruthless glint in his eyes. Wang Qiang looked at Xu Damao's donkey-like face, feeling uneasy. What bothered him most was that this guy had taken Lou Xiao'e's virginity.
"What's wrong with you today? I didn't help you with anything, why are you thanking me?"
"Brother Wang Qiang, look at what you're saying! If it weren't for you, I don't know how long I would have been stuck inside."
Wang Qiang looked at Xu Damao and knew he was lying. Xu Damao's entry was entirely due to Wang Qiang's orchestration. It was truly unexpected that this guy would disregard past grievances and come to him with wine and food.
"He wouldn't poison himself, would he?" Wang Qiang stared suspiciously at the wine and food in Xu Damao's hand. But then he thought, Xu Damao wouldn't have that kind of guts.
"Okay, I happen to have nothing to do, let's go."
Wang Qiang invited Xu Damao into the house, and the two set out wine and dishes and started drinking.
"Brother Wang, I really admire you. There aren't many people living the life you have these days!"
Xu Damao immediately started flattering him.
"Why envy me? You, Xu Damao, are living a good life. You're a projectionist, going to the countryside every day, bringing back plenty of good stuff, aren't you?"
Wang Qiang retorted that Xu Damao, under the guise of showing movies in the countryside, had been engaging in numerous illicit affairs. He had undoubtedly swindled countless valuables from the rural areas.
“Brother Wang Qiang, are you trying to embarrass me? I know there are rumors circulating that you instigated Lou Xiao'e to divorce me and that you were having an affair with her. I don’t believe any of that!”
Xu Damao couldn't hold his liquor, and his words were already incoherent.
"You don't believe me? Haha..."
"Brother Wang Qiang, what are you laughing at?"
"You must believe, you absolutely must believe!"
"What? Wang Qiang, you?"
Upon hearing Wang Qiang's words, and fueled by the alcohol, Xu Damao acted impulsively, grabbed a bottle, and smashed it down on Wang Qiang.
"Smack!"
The bottle shattered and hit the table, scattering broken glass all over the floor.
"Clang!"
Wang Qiang raised his foot and kicked Xu Damao out the door!
Xu Damao was still clutching half a wine bottle in his hand, lying on the ground.
"Xu Damao? What do you want to do?"
Wang Qiang shouted loudly, and Xu Damao fell to the ground, becoming much more sober. He had come to extract information, so how did it turn out like this?
Looking at Wang Qiang again, he had the expression of the King of Hell, which scared Xu Damao so much that his pants got wet.
He hurriedly scrambled out of the courtyard.
Xu Damao left the courtyard, gritted his teeth, and went to the factory to find Li Huaide.
"Director Li, I'm telling the truth!"
At this moment, Xu Damao was covered in mud and dirt, panting as he spoke.
"You suspect that Wang Qiang hid Lou Xiao'e's belongings?"
Li Huaide listened to Xu Damao's analysis with skepticism. He had also heard the rumors about Wang Qiang and Lou Xiao'e. He squinted and carefully examined Xu Damao.
He wondered to himself, was what Xu Damao said true or false? Could it be that he was using this as an excuse to settle personal scores and kill someone else?
Does Wang Qiang have the audacity to secretly keep Lou Xiao'e's belongings? And Lou Bancheng, would he really trust a stranger with his things?
"Xu Damao, don't play the piano recklessly and use your position for personal gain. I think you're deliberately trying to get revenge on Wang Qiang."
"Director Li, everything I said is true!"
"Where's the evidence? You said Wang Qiang hid the Lou family's things? Where did he hide them?"
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