Xu Shaojun emerged from the police station with a furrowed brow. The murderer remained at large, and the person hiding in the shadows was nowhere to be found. This was proving to be a serious problem.
"Should we go back to the mansion, or somewhere else?"
Then, the soldiers standing nearby, thinking themselves wise and mighty, walked towards a... pastry shop.
Could it be that you have a sweet tooth and a love for sweets?
Xu Shaojun picked up a sample from the side, tried it, and found it to be cloyingly sweet.
"Boss, I'll take a pound of this."
Xu Shaojun pointed to a pastry shaped like a flower that he had just tasted, savoring the lingering sweetness in his mouth.
I really don't understand. It looks nice, but it's so sweet that I can't bring myself to eat it.
How could Luo Jiu, that woman, like to eat such things?
Xu Shaojun held the freshly received, still-warm hibiscus pastry and silently complained to himself.
Oh well, it's good to make her smile.
However, when he looked up again, he saw a man.
He was wearing a black trench coat and a hat. Holding the brim of his hat, he cautiously slipped into the back door of the police station, glancing back every few steps.
The instant he turned his head, Xu Shaojun saw his entire face.
It was the face of the man who appeared on the first corpse!
He was the man Luo Jiu saw at the banquet, the one who ordered his assassination.
But why did he turn around and go into the police station?
Xu Shaojun sat in the car, watching the scenery outside the window slowly recede into the distance, still unable to figure it out.
The Jiang family...
Xu Shaojun silently turned the ring on his finger, lost in deep thought.
The Jiang family had been a local tyrant in Shanghai since the late Qing Dynasty.
In the early days, they mainly collected protection money, but later, after the establishment of the Republic of China, they whitewashed their image.
However, even though the Jiang family has retired, there are still many people in the underworld who were once their henchmen.
It seems that Shi's takeover of Shanghai has greatly impacted his power. Seeing his territory about to be handed over to someone else, he was certainly unwilling to accept it.
But who should be targeted first?
Xu Shaojun supported his chin with his hand and rubbed it back and forth.
His eyes gleamed with ferocity, and a cruel smile played on his lips.
I suddenly forgot, the Zhou family used to be a subordinate family of the Jiang family, didn't they? And about that drugging incident... I think he was involved too...
Zhou Ming dared to bully my Xiao Jiu, so... I'll start by taking you down.
A soldier driving the car felt a chill run down his spine when he saw Xu Shaojun's sinister smile. Such an expression rarely meant anything good…
Who's going to be unlucky this time?
"Change trains to the foreign firm."
...
In the evening, Xu Shaojun finally finished his business and rushed back from outside.
Knowing that there's someone who's always loved him, waiting for him, leaving a light on for him—that feeling is truly wonderful.
"Did you eat the hibiscus pastry I brought back today, Miss?"
The first thing Xu Shaojun said after taking off his clothes was about Luo Jiu.
"Well... you should go and see, Miss Luo came back in a rage and is packing her things to leave right now."
This hibiscus pastry... is ruined too.
Upon hearing this, Xu Shaojun's brows furrowed deeply. What's wrong now? Why is he throwing a tantrum?
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