Xia Chuhe withdrew his hand, which had been awkwardly hanging in mid-air, and asked in confusion, "Are you feeling unwell?"
Lu Dangui shook his head, his expression as indifferent as ever.
"I'm a little tired and want to be by myself."
Xia Chuhe didn't force her. He took her to a house and said it had been reserved for her since the city was built.
After waking up, Lu Dangui was polite but distant.
Xia Chuhe felt something was wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was.
After all, Lu Dangui had chosen to leave Taotie City and return to the upper echelons. She still had an inseparable bond with the upper echelons. After waking up from her coma, everything had changed, and she needed time to adjust.
Xia Chuhe used this excuse to comfort himself.
A few days later, Xia Chuhe went to find Lu Dangui and explained to her the ownership of part of Taotie City's operations. Lu Dangui had shares in many industries within the city.
She can choose what to do, or she can lie at home and count her money.
Lu Dangui examined the properties Xia Chuhe had given her closely, and after a long while, she said, "I'd like to know more about them. Can I move freely in these shops?"
Xia Chuhe had no objection.
A few days later, Li Qiusheng, who was traveling far away, sent Xia Chuhe a small trinket.
The auction item she saw at a certain base was a time-limited prop that could detect lies, and it only worked for ten minutes.
Auxiliary items, inexpensive.
Li Qiusheng thought that his eldest son was busy with many affairs of state, and the "National Preceptor" Bu Yi was in a coma. His eldest son would inevitably encounter some difficult moments to make, so he bought it.
Unexpectedly, Xia Chuhe actually encountered a problem that was neither too big nor too small, but quite troublesome.
Xia Chuhe didn't need to solve this problem herself; she just listened to Li Yue's complaints, who was at a loss for what to do.
A renowned restaurant chain has been found to have used stale ingredients, causing customers to get food poisoning.
This news has significantly damaged the restaurant's reputation.
Kezhen Restaurant sources all its ingredients from its own factories or farms, so there is absolutely no possibility that there will be any problems with the ingredients.
The problem can only be with people.
But the store where the accident happened had a manager, chef, waiters, and all the other staff who had worked there for a long time.
Li Yue meticulously reviewed the people who had entered and exited the restaurant before the incident, but found nothing amiss.
It was only then that Li Yue realized the seriousness of the situation.
Actually, getting an upset stomach isn't a particularly big problem.
But what if next time, someone with malicious intent throws in poison instead of bad ingredients?
Having no clue what to do, Li Yue immediately told Xia Chuhe about it.
If Bu Yi were awake, finding out who did the bad thing would be a piece of cake, but unfortunately she showed no signs of waking up.
Li Yue is meticulous in her work and generally does not overlook any clues.
Xia Chuhe asked Ji several times, but only received a few ambiguous answers.
She kept this in mind and would ask about it whenever she had a spare moment, hoping that the Book of Answers might one day take pity on her and give her a relatively clear warning.
[Far away, yet right before my eyes]
One day, Xia Chuhe thought of this matter again and asked Ji for his answer.
Xia Chuhe suddenly stared at the person in front of him—Lu Dangui.
Xia Chuhe's hand trembled, and the little lie-detecting gadget that Li Qiusheng had given her fell out of the farm.
"Have you heard about what happened at the Zhenxiu Restaurant not long ago?"
"What's up?"
Lu Dangui remained calm.
Xia Chuhe had imagined how she would get along with Lu Dangui after everything settled down.
She assumed the two of them would spend a lot of time together, handling official business, shopping, eating out, playing games, and so on...
Unexpectedly, the reality is that we only see each other every few days.
"It's nothing serious. The food wasn't fresh, which caused the customer to have diarrhea. I can't figure out what went wrong. Can you help me think of something?"
Lu Dangui frowned and pondered: "Could it be that the people who deliver goods from the factory are selling inferior products as superior ones, secretly selling the good goods at high prices, and only delivering defective products?"
【lie】
"You really haven't heard about this?"
"No."
【lie】
Xia Chuhe closed his eyes.
Lu Dangui countered, "You suspect I'm involved in this?"
"I'm only being honest with you because I consider you a friend," Xia Chuhe said. "Did you do it?"
"If you considered me a friend, you wouldn't ask me such a question." Lu Dangui said coldly, then got up and left.
She neither gave a direct answer, nor admitted nor denied anything.
Now, even without the tools to detect lies, Xia Chuhe realizes that Lu Danggui was the one who did it.
Why did she do that?
Xia Chuhe did not tell Li Yue the result.
Following the previous incident, Li Yue strengthened the management of the Zhenxiu Restaurant.
After being suspected once, Lu Danggui is unlikely to take action again anytime soon.
Xia Chuhe postponed many other matters and focused his attention on Lu Danggui.
She even brought in a black cat from the Meow Meow Army that was good at stealth, specifically to keep an eye on Lu Dangui.
Soon, Lu Dangui did something else that Xia Chuhe couldn't understand.
She revised an evaluation form for a small factory.
She changed the ratings of workers who were originally rated as excellent to poor, while she gave excellent ratings to workers who were rated as average.
Performance is related to workers' wages.
If this performance evaluation form is distributed, the workers will definitely be dissatisfied.
Xia Chuhe secretly approached the management and changed it back.
Her actions clearly alarmed Lu Dangui.
The next day, Lu Dangui suggested leaving Taotie City and visiting other cities, such as the nearby Tian Sheng Temple.
Xia Chuhe hesitated.
The Temple of the Heavenly God was once the place where the upper class created Bru. It was only because Xia Chuhe broke the rules of the Temple of the Heavenly God that he barely managed to seize this city.
If something seems amiss, then one should do something about the rules of this land...
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