More than ten minutes later, Meng Tao and Dou Nannan walked out of the hotel and took a taxi away.

Soon, a man in his thirties wearing glasses, dressed in casual clothes, a gray wide-brimmed hat on his head, a bag on his back, and a camera hanging around his neck came out jogging from the hotel. He looked like a reporter. He looked twice in the direction where Meng Tao and Dou Nannan's taxi had left, then looked at it with his camera, excitedly hailed a taxi, and drove away in the opposite direction.

The man's name was Li Lin. Meng Tao's feeling just now was correct. There was indeed someone on the second floor of the restaurant spying on them, and it was this man.

Li Lin is a tabloid reporter, and he also does gossip work. To put it bluntly, he sells the news he has obtained with great difficulty to interested wealthy and idle people in exchange for rewards.

A few days ago, Li Lin went to hang out in front of the mainland office in this city. He happened to see several cars driving into the yard one after another. They had obviously just come from the inland. Li Lin took some photos with his camera, but only took photos of the cars and not the people. He thought it was meaningless and not worth much if he sent them out. But he didn't expect that just those few photos would be bought by someone at a high price, and the buyer even invited him to meet at the hotel.

It was a young lady in a wheelchair, surrounded by seven or eight bodyguards and nannies. It was obvious that her family was wealthy and had no shortage of money. The lady asked Li Lin a few words and told him to keep an eye on the office. If he could capture photos of people entering and leaving the office, or find out related information, he should sell them to her and she would guarantee a generous price.

Who would refuse money to make? Of course, Li Lin was happy to do it. He immediately went back to the office to wait, but this time he was not so lucky. He was discovered and driven away. He watched someone come out, but the security guards stopped him from taking pictures and drove him away severely. He was disheartened and did not visit the office again for the past two days.

Unexpectedly, God blessed him with another unexpected surprise.

Just now, when he had finished his meal on the second floor of the restaurant and was about to leave, he casually glanced downstairs and saw the short-haired young woman. He was a reporter and had trained eyesight and memory. He recognized her at a glance and there was no doubt about it. The woman was from the inland office. That day, she walked out of the door with another couple and went to a nearby hotel.

Li Lin was disappointed that he missed out on a lot of money at that time, but he didn't expect to have this opportunity today! The girl next to the short-haired girl also looked very young, but her clothes were obviously married, fashionable and generous, full of jewels, she didn't look like an inland person, but more like a young lady from a wealthy family in Hong Kong. She walked in with the short-haired girl and ate at the same table. The two of them were talking and laughing, and seemed to be very familiar with each other. Maybe they were also people in the office?

Don’t worry about these, just take a photo as evidence.

The rich young lady who bought his photos was very interested in the people and things in the office. The more people she captured in the camera, the more money she would be paid. Li Lin excitedly hid behind the ornamental plants behind the railings and took four or five photos in a row. He seemed to be discovered during the process and had to stop. If they had not left so quickly, he could have taken a few more photos.

Li Lin urged the taxi driver to drive faster. When he got home, he immediately went into the darkroom to process the photos. After finishing, he went straight to a hotel, which was the place where he sold the photos last time. He went in hurriedly. After a while, someone led him out and they got into a private car and left. After driving for half an hour, they arrived at a wealthy area in the mid-levels. In a luxurious villa, Li Lin saw the lady in the wheelchair again.

The lady in the wheelchair was in unhealthy health. She was thin, pale, and frail. She coughed from time to time, as if she had tuberculosis. Li Lin was very afraid of being infected, but for the sake of money he had to endure it, thinking that he would have to take some preventive medicine later.

What surprised Li Lin was that the man who was originally listless and weak, after getting the photos he took and looking through two of them, he became energetic in an instant, like a dying person who was having a moment of life, and even his face seemed to become rosy.

"Both women above came from that office. So did the one wearing jewelry? Are you sure?"

"Yes, miss, I'm sure, especially the short-haired woman. I saw her walk out that day, but unfortunately she was blocked by others and I couldn't take a picture. Today, I spent a lot of effort to follow them for most of the day, from the office to Central Street. There were so many people following them that I couldn't get close to them. Finally, they went into the hotel and sat down to eat, and I finally found the opportunity to secretly take these pictures."

Li Lin exaggerated and boasted, but the lady in the wheelchair did not question him. Instead, she believed him and gave him a few more instructions, asking him to continue tracking and investigating. Then she asked someone to hand over some money and let him go.

Li Lin left happily with the money in his pocket. The lady in the wheelchair continued to look at the photos. A cold smile appeared on her pale and thin face: "Dou Nannan, you came here? That's great! You used to be against Wen Xin, but now that Wen Xin is gone in this world, you don't have to live. Go over there to accompany Wen Xin, otherwise she will be bored!"

If Meng Tao and Dou Nannan were present, it would probably take them some time to recognize that the lady in the wheelchair was actually Mu Wenlan.

At this time, Mu Wenlan was not only in a wheelchair and had difficulty moving, but her body was also as thin as a paper man. She was completely different from her image before she "disappeared". The difference was so great that even acquaintances would have difficulty recognizing her if they didn't explain it specifically.

When she ran to Province Y and wanted to capture Meng Taohua, she was still very good-looking. She was proud and arrogant but also beautiful. She was known as the daughter of the Meng family, and brought many followers with her. She could use the Meng family's connections at will, like a domineering female yamen. If she was not too vicious, wanting to harm Meng Taohua but not killing her directly, but wanting to put her in an irretrievable situation, she would not have angered Meng Tao and Shen Yu, who would have directly beaten her and thrown her out of the country, sending her to the tiger's den in Jinzhai to be tortured inhumanely. She was also tenacious, and I don't know what method she used, but she overcame many difficulties and finally met her biological father Murong Shengjie.

After the father and daughter reunited, Murong Shengjie took her to Gangcheng to seek treatment from a famous doctor. Mu Wenlan's body recovered very well for a while. Murong Shengjie also used the underworld forces he controlled and spared no expense to find some precious medicine according to the prescription of a Chinese medicine master to treat Mu Wenlan's severed tendons in her hands and feet. The treatment has been quite effective so far. Mu Wenlan's left and right hands can grasp some light objects. The broken tendons in her legs and feet will take time to heal. The doctor said that she will be able to use them within three years at the latest.

It might be the influence of the mutual bond between the twins. After all, the sisters have been inseparable for twenty years. Mu Wenlan found it difficult to accept Mu Wenxin's death and fell ill again, with a more severe illness.

Murong Shengjie was running around, killing people and setting fires everywhere, trying to cause chaos in the inland to divert attention and delay the excavation of the treasure. He had no time to care about Mu Wenlan. By the time Mu Wenlan struggled to get out of the hospital, he was so thin that he was just skin and bones and looked completely unrecognizable.

Mu Wenlan understood her father. He had too many things to do and couldn't take care of himself. She was full of hatred, directed only at those people in the inland area, especially Shen Yu, Meng Taohua, Meng Zhehan, and the Meng family! She wanted to drink their blood and eat their flesh. It was an irreconcilable hatred!

She swore that one day, she would settle all the old and new accounts together, and she would definitely kill these hateful people and avenge Wen Xin and her mother! Take back everything of the Murong family! Mu Wenlan gritted her teeth as she read through the photos, picked out the clearest frontal photo of Dou Nannan, handed it to the bodyguard Zhang Wu behind her, and said:

"Arrange someone to keep an eye on this woman. She knows martial arts, so be careful. Find the right opportunity to strike. If you kill her, you'll get a big reward. If you catch her alive, the reward will be tripled."

Zhang Wu took the photo and looked at it, then pointed at the woman wearing jewelry next to him and said, "What about this one?"

Meng Tao's makeup was very successful and deceived Mu Wenlan's eyes: "If this stranger, who has nothing to do with them, is still with them, it means he is also from the inland. Kill him and silence him. There will be a reward."

"Understood, Miss."

Zhang Wu went out, and the maid brought Mu Wenlan a drink. Mu Wenlan took a sip through the straw, and when he saw the housekeeper coming over, he asked, "Is there any news from the master yet?"

The butler bowed and replied, "My dear Miss, the master went out to sea a few days ago and has not returned since."

"Keep an eye on it, and tell me as soon as the master comes back."

"Yes, Miss."

"You go ahead."

Mu Wenlan knew that she was currently just an illegitimate daughter being raised outside, and her bodyguards and nannies were not from the Murong family’s mansion on the top of the mountain, but were hired temporarily, so they all called her the eldest lady.

Mu Wenlan accepted it calmly, not caring about the other eldest daughter of the Murong family, who was born to the wife of the main wife. What if she didn't admit it? Anyway, here, she is the eldest daughter!

On the other hand, Meng Tao and Dou Nannan guessed that they were being spied on by Mu Wenlan's men, but they didn't expect that they were already on Mu Wenlan's death list.

At this time, the two were leisurely shopping in the bustling Causeway Bay.

Dou Nannan was still a little wary and wanted to go back to the office directly, but Meng Tao said it was okay, as she had already gotten rid of the tail and there was still time to go for a walk, as she had finally come out.

Dou Nannan couldn't persuade Meng Tao, so she stopped insisting. She now had a completely changed opinion of Meng Tao. This woman was not as uneducated and knowledgeable as she thought. Instead, she knew much more than her. The more she learned about her, the more fascinated she became. She also wanted to see her other abilities. Since she insisted on going shopping, then let her continue. Anyway, there were security personnel following her in the dark, so she was happy to go shopping with them.

Meng Tao bought a lot of things this time and Dou Nannan did not stop her. Because Meng Tao had a lot of US dollars with her, she lent some to her after exchanging them, and she also bought things. Once a woman is addicted to shopping, she will not care about anything else. Both of them had a lot of packaging bags in their hands, but they were still not satisfied and continued to buy.

(End of this chapter)