Chen Xiao did not attend the afternoon meeting and asked Zhang Shun to drive back directly.
When I got home, my wife wasn't at work yet.
In the yard, Zhou Yun was holding Doudou's hands and learning to walk.
On the steps at the door, Lin Shiyi was reading a newly bought textbook.
Two secret guards were standing guard at the door with vigilant looks. They would occasionally glance at Doudou in the yard, with a hint of tenderness occasionally flashing in their eyes.
Chen Yu did not drive the car to disrupt the scene, but directly asked Zhang Shun to drive the car to Bai Qingci's house next door.
Both sisters now live in this place.
As soon as the car appeared, several secret guards on guard at the door immediately turned their eyes over.
The alarm was lifted when they saw that the person behind the car was Chen.
At the door, Bai Ruoxue's personal female bodyguard Ren and Bai Qingci's female bodyguard Nanxing were originally sitting and chatting. After seeing Chen Ruo, they immediately stood up and went into the house.
After a while, Bai Qingci and Bai Ruoxue both came out.
When they met again, the two sisters looked a little haggard, especially Bai Qingci, whose eyes were red and swollen, obviously she cried too much.
"Come here."
Chen nodded.
"I came here as soon as I hung up the phone."
"Come in with me."
Bai Ruoxue said softly, then turned around and led Chen Xiao into the house.
Going all the way to the second floor, Bai Ruoxue knocked gently on the door of a bedroom.
"Uncle He, let me come in."
After saying that, he raised his hand, opened the door, and led Chen Xiao in.
Stepping into the bedroom, Chen 꼎 immediately noticed the gray-haired old man lying in the bedroom.
The other person was originally lying on the bed. When he saw the two people enter the room, he struggled to get up and tried to sit up.
"Uncle He, just lie down, that's all..."
Bai Ruoxue hurried forward, wanting to ask the other person to lie back down.
But the old man waved his hand.
"fine……"
Seeing that the other party insisted, Bai Ruoxue had no choice but to pick up a pillow and gently help him lean on it behind his back so that the old man could lean on it and sit up.
He turned around and said to Chen Shao: "This is Uncle He, my second uncle's old housekeeper."
"Uncle He was the housekeeper of the Bai family when my father and second uncle were young, and he followed my grandfather. Later, when he was older, he retired and followed my second uncle..."
"If you ask who in the Bai family knows my second uncle best, it's not my dad, it's Uncle He."
Chen 缎 took two steps forward and greeted him respectfully.
"Uncle He."
"This must be Mr. Chen from Ruo Group."
Uncle He looked pale, and his voice was light, as if he didn't have much strength.
"Seeing you today, you are indeed very impressive. Heroes emerge young."
"Uncle He is so polite."
Bai Ruoxue explained: "On the night when Second Uncle got into trouble, Uncle He was not at home and luckily escaped being hunted down."
"I also got the news from Uncle He yesterday, and quickly sent someone to secretly bring him over."
Chen Yu nodded, looking at the old man in front of him, thinking that even if he survived by chance, the old man would have been tortured half to death.
"Uncle He, Chen Xiao came here this time to listen to something from you." Bai Ruoxue explained softly.
Uncle He nodded.
"Don't worry, Miss. I will tell you everything I know."
Bai Ruoxue then turned to look at Xian Chen, signaling him that he could speak.
Chen hesitated for a moment, then reached into his pocket and took out the blood-red jade pendant.
"Do you recognize this, old man?"
The moment he saw the pendant, Uncle He's expression suddenly changed.
Surprise, shock and confusion.
"This is……"
Uncle He reached out his hand excitedly and snatched the jade pendant away.
He took his palm and observed it carefully, and finally nodded.
"No doubt about it. That's it."
Bai Ruoxue stood aside and was a little curious, because it was also the first time she saw this thing.
"Uncle He, what is this?"
“This is a token of my love.”
"A token?"
Bai Ruoxue didn't understand, but Uncle He didn't continue to explain. Instead, he looked up at Xian Chen.
"How did Mr. Chen get this?"
"That night, Mr. Bai sent someone to pass on the message to me and gave me this thing."
Uncle He was stunned for a moment, but soon he understood.
"I see. I didn't expect that Second Master has already made his choice."
Bai Ruoxue had a lot of questions in her head, but Chen 꼎 asked directly.
"Uncle He, is this thing related to the pawnshop that Mr. Bai mentioned?"
Uncle He gently stroked the jade pendant with his wrinkled hands and nodded slowly.
"Yes. This is the pawnshop's token."
"Holding this item means you become the new owner of the pawn shop."
"I never thought that the Second Master would finally give the pawnshop to you for safekeeping."
Chen 꼎 couldn't help but ask: "What exactly is a pawn shop?"
Uncle He hesitated for a moment, then consciously looked at Bai Ruoxue beside him.
Bai Ruoxue was surprised.
"Uncle He, can't I listen?"
"Miss, according to the Bai family's rules, I can only tell this secret to others if the owner of the pawnshop agrees."
Bai Ruoxue looked incredulous.
"Am I also considered a human?"
Uncle He said slowly: "Back then, the first person to run the pawnshop in the Bai family was actually the old man of the Bai family, that is, your great grandfather."
"After the old man opened the pawnshop, no one in the Bai family knew of its existence."
"Including your grandfather and father, young lady."
"It was not until later, when the old master knew that he didn't have much time left, that he gave this jade pendant to Master 깊."
"So Erye became the second owner of the pawnshop."
Bai Ruoxue widened her eyes in disbelief.
As a member of the Bai family, this was the first time she heard of this.
The second uncle was actually the second person in the pawnshop, and even his own father didn't know?
How many secrets does the Bai family have that others don’t know?
Since this pawnshop is so important, why did the second uncle hand it over to Chen 꼎?
Isn't Chen 輎 from the Bai family?
Bai Ruoxue glanced at Chen Xiao with a strange expression.
"Then... I'll go out first, you guys chat."
As a result, Chen Yuyi stretched out his hand to stop her.
"It's okay. You're not a shrew either. Let's listen together."
"꿯녊This has always been your Bai family's secret."
Chen 꼎 looked at Uncle He and said with a smile, "Uncle He, please help me solve this problem."
Uncle He was silent for a few seconds and then spoke slowly.
"Back then, the old man of the Bai family wanted to make the Bai family prosperous forever, so he opened a pawnshop."
"In the beginning, there was only one pawnshop. Gradually, with the old man's authorization, the number of pawnshops increased and spread to major cities across the country."
"A pawnshop, as the name suggests, is a private shop that provides people with items as collateral and then lends them money at high interest rates."
"However, with the advent of the new era, the pawnshop business gradually declined, so the Bai family's pawnshop kept pace with the times and became a pawn shop. The business also changed from traditional jewelry pledge to a variety of pledge and sales services such as real estate, vehicles, gold jewelry, and baby watches."
Chen 꼎 frowned: "I'm afraid this pawnshop is not that simple, right?"
Uncle He nodded.
"Of course, this is just a disguise for the pawnshop. Its real function is to collect information nationwide."
"Back then, the old man of the Bai family hoped to use these pawnshops across the country to collect various legends or information from the folk society, so as to investigate strange people or strange and supernatural events that occurred in various places."
Chen 缎 and Bai Ruoxue were both stunned.
"Paranormal event?"
"A strange person?"
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