"Old sir, I haven't asked for your name yet?"

The old man smiled and said, "Your surname is Wei, which means to protect our country."

Xu Lixue immediately clasped his fists and said, "So it's Mr. Wei. My last name is Xu, Yanwu Xu, you can call me Xiao Xu."

Wei Fu smiled and said, "I don't deserve the title of old gentleman. You can just call me Steward Wei."

"Okay, Butler Wei, I'm lucky to have your help today, otherwise I don't know when I'll be able to finish cleaning up. I'll definitely thank you next time I have the chance."

"It's just a small favor. Well, I have other things to do, so I'll leave now. When you leave, just put the broom and dustpan next to you, and someone will pick it up."

Seeing that Wei Fu was about to leave, Xu Lixue couldn't help but get a little anxious, "Butler Wei, please stay."

Wei Fu stopped walking, turned around and looked at him with a smile, "Xiao Xu, do you have anything else to say?"

"Well, I want to ask you about someone, but I don't know if it's convenient."

"That's nothing. You might as well tell me about it. I may not know it."

"I'm looking for someone. His name is Shao Mingzhi. He's about 40 years old."

Wei Fu was surprised at first, then he smiled and said, "What a coincidence, I happen to know this person."

After searching for so many days without any progress, Xu Lixue appeared calm on the surface, but he was actually quite frustrated inside. Now that he finally got the news, he couldn't help but feel happy.

"Butler Wei, do you know where he is now?"

"He is in the compound. Come with me and I will take you to find him."

"good."

After walking left and right for more than ten minutes, Xu Lixue was brought to a small courtyard that looked very desolate and remote.

From the signs of dilapidation, you can tell that this is not a place where people live.

"Butler Wei, where is this?"

Wei Fu turned around, and his originally gentle eyes suddenly became sharp.

He just raised his hand, and suddenly several burly men appeared from all around and tied Xu Lixue tightly with hemp rope.

In fact, Xu Lixue realized something was wrong halfway through, but he had no way out.

There was no way he could escape from the Shao family compound, which was as big as a royal garden, by himself.

Moreover, based on his observation and judgment, Butler Wei really knew Shao Mingzhi. In order to find him successfully, he had to take a risk.

Seeing that Xu Lixue did not resist at all and there was no panic on his face, Wei Fu's eyes revealed a hint of approval, but it was fleeting and he soon returned to his coldness.

"Who sent you?"

"A friend asked me to do this."

"What friends?"

Xu Lixue took a look at the environment he was in and said, "Before answering this question, I want to know if Steward Wei knows the person I'm looking for?"

Wei Fu smiled slightly, but there was no warmth in that smile.

"You have no room for bargaining. Just based on your behavior of trespassing into the Shao family compound, I can definitely send you to the public security bureau."

Thinking of Yun Mo's instructions before departure, Xu Lixue took a deep breath and softened his attitude.

"Butler Wei, I have no ill intentions. I came to the capital to bring a message to Mr. Shao Mingzhi."

"What?"

"I can only tell Mr. Shao Mingzhi that I must be loyal to the person who entrusted me with the task."

Wei Fu stared at him inquiringly for a long time before saying, "Mr. Shao is not at home. I am his housekeeper. I can pass on the message for you."

Xu Lixue shook his head, "I'm sorry, Steward Wei, I can't trust you."

Xu Lixue was locked up in a small courtyard, tied up tightly, and two strong men took turns guarding the door, making it impossible for him to escape.

On the other hand, Zheng Hua soon got the news that Xu Lixue was detained through his best friend.

Of course, in a society ruled by law, no matter how prominent the Shao family is, they would not openly cross the red line of the law. They would only tell the outside world that they were keeping Xu Lixue as a "guest" at the Shao family.

"It's over, it's over, something terrible has happened! Cousin, help!"

Zheng Hua rushed to the magazine office and told them everything about how Xu Lixue disguised himself to go to the Shao family to inquire about information and was detained by the Shao family.

After hearing this, Wen Qingsheng also felt a headache.

Even if he had ten times the courage, he wouldn't dare to go to the Shao family to ask for the person, but he couldn't just ignore it. After all, he promised to take good care of Xu Lixue.

What's more, Zheng Hua was also involved in Xu Lixue's going to the Shao family, and Zheng Hua was the person he arranged for Xu Lixue.

After much thought, Wen Qingsheng decided to ask his uncle for help.

As for why he didn't go to his own father, one reason was that he was afraid of being beaten, and the other was that the disaster was caused by Zheng Hua, so there was nothing wrong in letting Zheng Hua's father come forward to solve the problem.

But Zheng Hua refused to do it. If the matter was reported to his father, wouldn't he be in big trouble?

"No, cousin, you can't go to my dad. If he knew I got into such a big trouble, he would definitely beat me to death."

Wen Qingsheng patted his shoulder comfortingly, "Don't worry, I'm here. How could I just watch you get beaten to death?"

Before Zheng Hua had time to be moved, he heard the next sentence, "At most you will be beaten half to death, but you won't die."

Zheng Hua almost burst into tears, "Are you still my brother? Are you my enemy?!"

"He's just my cousin, not my biological brother. We're not that close."

Zheng Hua stared at him aggrievedly, "What do you mean?"

Wen Qingsheng spoke earnestly and with sympathy in his eyes, "I told you to study more but you insisted on herding pigs. You can't even understand me. Of course I want to draw a clear line between us. When the Shao family comes to settle accounts, I won't be implicated by you."

"You, you, are you speaking human language? Don't forget, it was you who asked me to take care of Brother Xu! You are not free from responsibility in this matter!"

Qing Wensheng scratched his nose guiltily, "I asked you to be his guide, to take him around, to eat and play, not to lead him to cause trouble.

What kind of place is the Shao Family Courtyard? Can you just enter it casually? He is an outsider and doesn't know the seriousness of the situation. Don't you understand that too?"

Zheng Hua said with a sad face, "I just wanted to help him. He couldn't find anyone, so I thought of letting him go to the Shao family to inquire. We agreed in advance that we would only ask the Shao family's servants and not disturb the Shao family. If I had known that he would be discovered, I would never have come up with this bad idea."

"You know you're thinking of a bad idea... Ding-ling-ling."

The quarrel between the two brothers was interrupted by the ringing of a telephone.

Wen Qingsheng picked up the phone, "Hello, uncle..."

Zheng Hua on the other side immediately gestured nervously to Wen Qingsheng: Don’t say anything, shush, please, my dear brother…

"Okay, uncle, I got it. I'll be right there."

After hanging up the phone, without waiting for Zheng Hua to ask, Wen Qingsheng said directly: "Let's go home."

Zheng Hua's heart tightened, "Whose home is this?"

"Nonsense, of course I'm going back to your house!"

"You go ahead, I won't go back."

Wen Qingsheng grabbed him by the collar and walked out, "Your dad told me to take you back with me."

Zheng Hua kept struggling, "If I don't go back, my dad will definitely know what I did, and I will definitely be punished if I go back."

"It's not up to you!"

(End of this chapter)