Shu Qingqing didn't reply to him, but changed the subject.
"What's for dinner tonight? Is there a chef here?"
Shang Duojin: "I'll cook for you. If I bring the chef over, I'll have to settle him in, which is a hassle. Anyway, the academy gave us almost a month off this time, and some important classes will be held online. There's nothing that requires me to leave here specifically to do."
It's said that it takes a hundred days to recover from a broken bone, so it's impossible for Shu Qingqing's shoulder injury to heal in just one week. It will probably take about a month to barely recover.
After sighing, the smart bracelet vibrated. He opened it and saw a message from Qiao Mei.
"I haven't found any useful clues about who instructed your mother. Who do you think would help her?"
Before sending Pang Cuihong to the orange orchard, Qiao Mei originally wanted to get some information out of her, but the police station was keeping a close eye on her, and she was afraid that her sudden closeness with Pang Cuihong would arouse suspicion, so she had to give up.
Instead, they started by investigating her recent activities.
Let's see where she went.
Aside from the records of her transferring her spacecraft from Lan Huaxiang to the Imperial Star, there were only records of her buying banned drugs and some daily necessities. There was no trace of her contact with others.
This is utterly unbelievable.
After listening to Qiao Mei's explanation, Shu Qingqing asked Qiao Mei to wait a moment while she took out a notebook and listed some people who might help Pang Cuihong.
First is Si Ming, but Si Ming is only powerful on Orchid Star. On Empire Star, with the help of Qiao Mei and Shang Duojin, their family's power can never surpass that of the Shang and Xu families.
She touched her chin, crossed out Si Ming's name, and then thought of the disgusting man that Pang Cuihong was looking for. She had heard that he came from the Imperial Star. Could it be him?
Shu Qingqing shook her head and muttered to herself, "No, that's unlikely. If he has that kind of ability, why would he get involved with Pang Cuihong?"
She couldn't think of anyone else besides these two.
He knows her background very well, and he doesn't want her to be with Shang Duojin...
Suddenly, a suitable candidate came to Shu Qingqing's mind, but she was a little unsure.
After all, she hadn't seen her for a long time.
She put down her pen and said to Qiao Mei uncertainly, "Perhaps you could check on Bai Xin's recent situation? She's probably the only one who doesn't want me to be doing well."
She really couldn't think of anyone else.
"Bai Xin...? Okay, I'll check how you are doing. Are you doing alright living with Boss Shang? I'll find some time to visit you and bring you some things. Yan Qing made some extra jewelry because she had leftover materials, and she gave them to me so I can share them with you."
"Look, how about this Saturday? I have to go to my grandfather's house to learn how to assemble and disassemble mechs from Monday to Friday, so I probably won't have time."
Shu Qingqing glanced at Shang Duojin, who was still frantically cooking, sighed, and didn't tell Qiao Mei the truth about her situation.
After setting a time, I turned off the personal computer and went to the kitchen to check on Shang Duojin.
He was washing vegetables, but they were exactly the same as when he took them out. They hadn't been picked yet; they were just sitting in the sink. Shu Qingqing was speechless and rubbed her forehead. She walked up to him and told him to move aside.
"Let me do it. You call this washing vegetables? You've just sprinkled water on them. You haven't washed away any of the dirt inside. If you keep doing it like this, you might actually poison me if you cook it like this!"
Shang Duojin didn't move, looking at her seriously: "Then tell me how to do it. I'll do it. You're a patient, how can I let you do it?"
"Just pick the vegetables and wash them, right? Or you can move a stool over and sit next to me. If I don't understand something later, I can ask you directly and you can give me directions so I don't do it wrong."
The young man's sincere attitude instantly dispelled Shu Qingqing's initial intention to insist on his departure.
She nodded, found a stool, and started directing him to cook.
It was only after this instruction that she realized Shang Duojin was actually quite talented, and could basically apply what he learned to other situations.
Later on, she basically didn't need to say anything more; they were already able to use it normally.
She even had the energy to ask her what Qiao Mei wanted from her earlier.
"I just asked around about people who might help Pang Cuihong come to the Imperial Star, and she said she's coming to see us next Saturday and will bring us the jewelry Yan Qing made."
Shang Duojin nodded, set the cut tofu aside, and rinsed the knife with water.
"Who are the suspects?"
"Currently, there's only Bai Xin. Do you remember my childhood friend Si Ming? Bai Xin was his former fiancée. Her family is also from the Empire Star. I remember her family background isn't bad, but I'm not quite sure to what extent."
"The Bai family?" Shang Duojin seemed to have a vague impression of them. When he started cooking porridge, he opened his smart bracelet and asked about his sisters.
He only received a reply after a whole table of dinner was ready.
His sisters all sent him the same document. He opened it and looked at it, and the information was almost identical.
It's said that the Bai family has connections with the royal family and the federal army, so it's no wonder they have the ability to ignore the help from their family and the Xu family.
[A loving family]:
Eldest sister (Shang Lan): "Why do you suddenly want her information? Is it because she interfered with the matter of sending Pang Cuihong over? I'm already thinking of a solution, so you don't need to worry about it."
Third Sister (Shang Cheng): "Eldest Sister, needless to say, he's definitely feeling sorry for his little fiancée and wants to stand up for her. But to be honest, her biological mother is really disgusting. If it weren't for your help, she might not even be able to survive right now."
When Shang Duojin saw that his older sister was already helping with the investigation, he immediately told Shu Qingqing that Qiao Mei didn't need to investigate anymore, since his older sister had already taken action.
"My eldest sister is very efficient, let Sister Qiao take a rest."
"You told her that?" Shu Qingqing frowned. "I didn't say I wanted your older sister to help. Isn't telling her this just bothering her?"
"No, my older sister probably already had it planned out. When I asked her, she told me that she was already investigating. You're someone the business is protecting now, so of course they won't let you swallow this grievance. Just wait for the results."
"The people the merchants are protecting..." Shu Qingqing murmured the sentence to herself. When she sent a message to Qiao Mei, she said to Shang Duojin in a very low voice, "If one day your family finds out that everything was fake, will they hate me as much as they hate Pang Cuihong?"
"Also, they don't really need to be so nice to me."
Everything was built on deception from the start, and once the truth is revealed, she will return to her previous state.
Shang Duojin noticed that something was wrong with her, put down the spoon in his hand and called out to her, "Shu Qingqing, look up."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
