"Oh? Then tell me quickly, what is the news that has shocked even my beautiful sister-in-law?"
Lan Guoer walked up to her, took her arm, and joked as they walked.
"I was worried that Zuo Youde would not give up and come to cause trouble for us, so I asked Xiaohua to keep an eye on him last night. Guess what happened?"
Lan Guoer hadn't expected Long Xiangling to be so vigilant. After hearing what she had learned, she asked curiously, "What's going on? He won't know that we brought Bu Ku home, so he might be up to something bad, right?"
Long Xiangling nodded and shook her head.
"He now only suspects that we were the ones who took Bu Ku away. Apart from our appearance, he knows nothing else. He is now sending people to snoop around!
However, many people saw us yesterday. With his power, he might be able to find out our identities quickly.
Guo'er, do you think we should do something first?"
Long Xiangling heard Su Guosheng talk about the Zuo family's family background yesterday. She knew that the other party was not easy to offend, so she couldn't help feeling a little flustered.
"Don't worry!" Lan Guoer patted her shoulder and comforted her.
"Even if he finds out, what can he do? Would he dare to come to us openly and ask for someone? Would he dare to bring the matter of the relic to light?"
Lan Guoer knew very well that this relic was a treasure of Buddhism. Zuo Youde dared to swallow it for his own selfish desires and took it as medicine, which was undoubtedly a blasphemy to Buddhism.
Although the ten-year movement had just ended, the belief that had been passed down for thousands of years could not be wiped out. Lan Guoer was sure that Zuo Youde would not dare to be criticized and made the matter public.
"But...but if he..."
"Don't say but!" Lan Guoer knew what Long Xiangling was worried about, and patted her shoulder, as if she didn't take the matter seriously at all.
"Have Xiaohua continue to keep an eye on what's going on over there. We'll tackle any incoming enemy with our own force and any incoming water with our own earth!
Even if we do nothing, with Xiaohua, Xiaohei, and Xiaoqing around, he won't get any benefit! Don't you agree?"
Lan Guoer raised her eyebrows and gave her a wink.
Long Xiangling was stunned, as if she had just realized what was happening.
Habits are terrible!
During these days in Kyoto, her "special skills" were useless and she almost regarded herself as a weak little woman!
Coming to her senses, she shook her head vigorously.
"That's right! If I take his life, wouldn't it be easy? It would be so simple and effortless, without anyone knowing. Shouldn't the one who should be afraid be Zuo Youde?"
After figuring this out, Long Xiangling straightened her chest, her expression instantly relaxed, and she walked towards the counter, chatting and laughing with Lan Guoer.
"Guo'er, do you feel that this department store is much quieter than before the New Year?"
The last time Long Xiangling came to the department store was a few days before she and Su Jin got married, when she came with Lan Guoer to buy coats.
"Maybe it's because the Chinese New Year just passed, and everyone has already bought everything they should have bought before the New Year!"
Lan Guoer looked at the few customers in front of each counter and didn't think much about it. She just thought it was a silent period after excessive consumption.
At this time, in the office of the department store.
Section Chief Xie's face was gloomy as he was scolding his staff in a serious manner.
"Do you know how many connections I used? How much effort did I put in to get to that level of connection with Master Wu? And you just said you didn't know, didn't you? And it's over?"
A month ago, Mr. Wu inexplicably cut off all cooperation with the department store.
Section Chief Xie didn't take it seriously at first.
I thought it was just a matter of selling less goods. The shortage of supplies hasn't been going on for a day or two. We've dealt with it before, haven't we? It won't affect the normal operation of the department store!
Who would have thought that the department store’s appeal to customers has dropped dramatically since the scarce supplies provided by Mr. Wu were gone!
Coupled with the recent relaxation of black market controls, the number of people visiting department stores has been decreasing day by day over the past month, and the situation is extremely bleak.
Out of desperation, Section Chief Xie asked someone to contact Mr. Wu, hoping that Mr. Wu could continue to provide supplies to the department store.
Who would have thought that Master Wu didn't even meet him, but only let the middleman pass a message to him, saying that they bullied his family, and still wanted him to supply goods. Did he think that Master Wu was easy to bully?
When Section Chief Xie heard this, he was completely stunned!
This Mr. Wu is known as the "Cold-Faced Yama" in the underworld!
Even if he had the guts to do so, he wouldn't dare to provoke this ancestor!
Previously, he thought it was just a normal business breakup and reunion, but after knowing the news, Section Chief Xie couldn't even sleep well, for he was afraid that Master Wu would take some revenge on him in secret.
What’s even more annoying is that he still doesn’t know what went wrong that caused that gentleman to completely cut off business ties with them!
You know, the sales volume of department stores is also quite impressive! The profits that this channel of department stores brings to Mr. Wu are also not to be underestimated.
In order to prove himself, he would not hesitate to cut off his own source of income!
Section Chief Xie knew with his toes that he must have completely offended that "living ancestor" this time!
The more Section Chief Xie thought about it, the more frightened he became, and finally he slammed the table!
"Think! Think carefully for me!
"Who on earth is this blind person? What stupid thing did he do? How dare he offend the living...living ancestor...?"
He spoke with a trembling voice, tapping the table anxiously.
"If you can't come up with an answer today, this month, next month... BOOM, BOOM, BOOM! You might not even think about pocketing any bonuses in the future, comrades!"
Zhang Lan sat among them, listening to Section Chief Xie's words with a frown on her face.
"Director Zhang, you've always been cautious. Did you notice anything wrong?"
Section Chief Xie glanced at Zhang Lan and saw that she seemed to be thinking about something, so he asked.
Zhang Lan recalled, "I remember that the other party cancelled their cooperation with us the day after we held the lucky draw. Everything was going well before that.
Could it be that something happened on the day of the raffle that angered the other party?"
"I remember now!"
At this time, a sales team leader suddenly thought of something and said,
"There was indeed a conflict on the day of the lottery! A little kid won first prize that day..."
The sales team leader recounted the events of that day one by one. Director Xie had no idea that such a thing had happened that day, but the more Zhang Lan listened, the more certain she became. Finally, she said with certainty,
"That's the problem! We've really messed with someone we can't afford to mess with!"
"Who? Who is the one we can't afford to offend?" The sales team leader and Director Xie asked at the same time.
The others were also confused, and someone echoed,
"I still have some memories of what happened that day. Afterwards, one of the children seemed to be lost in the crowd. The family was anxious to find their child, and in the end, they didn't pursue the matter of the award any further."
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