Yan Shuo arrived, and Fu Lun called Xu Keke down.
Before Xu Keke even reached the reception room, she heard Du Shan's innocent voice coming from inside.
The soldiers standing in the corridor had their lips tightly pressed together, suppressing smiles. Upon seeing Furen, they immediately straightened their expressions.
Xu Keke stopped, and Fu Lun also stopped and stood next to her.
"I really didn't expect it to be so terrible. I only found out that day that people can really die from being shot. I can't even bear to think about what happened that day, it was just too horrible. I still have nightmares about it every night."
"Young Marshal, those people are so pitiful. How can we help them? I heard from the church pastor that we are all equal, all God's children. We should help them..."
Fu Lun whispered in Xu Keke's ear, "If this were my sister, I would feel embarrassed."
“I don’t know how,” Xu Keke glanced at him.
They could still hear noises inside, and the guard frowned as he came out. Seeing the two of them, he rolled his eyes. Seeing that they didn't move, the guard simply pushed Furen inside.
Then, with a forced smile, he said to Xu Keke, "Miss Du, the young marshal has been waiting for you for a while."
When they went inside, they found that there were indeed only Yan Shuo and Du Shan there. Yan Shuo was sitting in the middle of the sofa, a cigar in his mouth, while Du Shan stood obediently to his side.
Upon seeing Xu Keke and Fu Lun, Du Shan's originally shy smile became somewhat stiff.
"How did she get in?" Furen nudged the guard, making no attempt to lower his voice or hide anything.
The guard rolled his eyes at him. "These people outside are yours, aren't they? She said she's Miss Du."
"I..." Furen cursed. He then grabbed Dushan and dragged her out.
Xu Keke had expected Du Shan to ask her for help, but the child was clearly clever. She only glared at her resentfully before following Fu Lun out.
Once the commotion had subsided, Yan Shuo put away his cigar. "Your sister's perfume is too strong. It's a shame the Jin family gives her so much money every year."
"Just because you don't like it doesn't mean everyone does." Seeing Yan Shuo make way for her on the sofa, Xu Keke didn't stand on ceremony and sat down directly.
"Li Dakang has contacted you."
Xu Keke nodded, fiddling with the cigar box beside her. "We have to put his mind at ease first. If his left arm wasn't injured, then there must be a hidden pocket on the left side of his clothes. He always stands on the left, with his right side facing people. It must be an instinctive way of protecting something he considers important. His clothes are probably taken out to be washed."
"No, it was washed by the Chen family's servants. They checked his clothes and said they were all normal."
"Normal?" Xu Keke raised an eyebrow, then thought about it again, "I didn't ask Su Wan why she would hide the things on her person, so that no one would find out."
"That's the nature of their profession. People and goods must be together. If a person is in danger, they must destroy the goods first. They must never let the person and the goods be captured together. His mother had mentioned this before, but I never thought about it in that way."
Xu Keke picked up a match, looking eager to try it out. Yan Shuo thought she wanted to light it and handed it to her, but Xu Keke refused, saying, "I just want to take a look."
"By the way, Su Wan is missing. Hasn't he looked for her either?"
Yan Shuo, "He personally killed the man, set fire to the body, and watched him turn to ashes before he left."
Xu Keke understood his meaning and used a body double to make Li Dakang believe that he had done it himself. This Li Dakang is really ruthless.
"If the item is on your person, it's on the left side. Either the person checking is incompetent, or they didn't look carefully enough. This is a bit difficult; I can't sew."
Yan Shuo laughed, "It's alright, we still have Fu Lun. Besides, that medicine only needs a little bit, it'll be enough trouble. Actually, you don't need to get involved."
"I knew it! If we knew where it was, how come we still couldn't get our hands on it?"
Yan Shuo: "Yes, we've overcomplicated things."
This person was so easy to talk to, and Xu Keke was so kind-hearted, "No, it's not that simple. It's all about timing, location, and people. Otherwise, it would be better to just arrest him than to just find someone to drug him."
As the two were talking, a quarrel broke out outside. The guard went out to check and returned, looking at the two with a complicated expression. "Is that Director Du and Mrs. Li?"
Xu Keke and Yan Shuo walked out. As they walked, Xu Keke muttered, "They won't be closing the net so soon, will they?"
The reason they were able to hear it was because Chief of Staff Chen had brought everyone to a room very close to them.
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Madam Li was clearly furious, repeating the same question over and over. Madam Chen tried to calm her down while also explaining something to Du Bingtian.
Upon seeing Xu Keke, Madam Du stood up excitedly and pulled her over, saying, "Tell them, wasn't it when we went to Ruifutang that a woman gave the suitcase to the driver?"
Xu Keke looked around blankly, her expression suggesting she knew even less than the second concubine standing next to Du Bingtian.
"Tell them!" Old Madam Du said anxiously, raising her hand to strike Xu Keke. Before Xu Keke could react, Yan Shuo grabbed Old Madam Du's wrist.
He didn't hold back and simply pushed her away. Du Jue followed from the side, "Grandmother, don't worry, eldest sister doesn't know what happened either, hitting her won't help."
“How could she not know? How could she not know?” Old Madam Du’s hands trembled with anger. “She saw it with me that day. Tell them, did we both see it together? That woman gave the box to Mrs. Li’s driver.”
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