Chapter 150 Disturbed by the Jade Pendant
“People as dangerous as Meng Huai’an are not people like us ordinary citizens. We cannot curry favor with those in power.”
"From now on, we should have less contact with them to avoid bringing us utter disaster."
As soon as he finished speaking, he felt the jade pendant in his palm was like a hot potato; he couldn't throw it away, nor could he keep it.
When Xie Hanchuan heard Lin Luoxi say that the other party was Meng Huai'an, he was really afraid that Lin Luoxi would fall for such a handsome man.
I had the privilege of meeting Meng Huai'an once before, and I could tell from his attire that he was no ordinary person.
If Lin Luoxi were to fall for a man like that, he really wouldn't have anything to offer in order to win against him.
But when I heard Lin Luoxi's last words, I finally calmed down.
As expected of the girl he chose, she is not a vain woman.
Lin Luoxi was unaware of Xie Hanchuan's inner thoughts, and she became restless because of the jade pendant in her hand.
"Second sister, should we still go find Manager Xu?" Lin Wenqian saw that Lin Luoxi's face did not show any joy, but instead looked worried. She hesitated to speak, but finally couldn't help but ask.
"Go, why not go? Just consider it as him repaying the life-saving grace I gave him." Lin Lin Luo Xi thought to herself, and her mind was no longer filled with so many worries.
Without dwelling on anything, he called out to Lin Wenqian and Xie Hanchuan, and they hurried towards the county town.
"Miss Lin, what brings the three of you here?" As soon as Lin Luoxi and her companions arrived outside the No. 1 Restaurant, they were spotted by the sharp-eyed Manager Xu, who quickly came out to greet them warmly.
"Manager Xu, how have you been lately?" Seeing the warm smile on Manager Xu's face, Lin Luoxi also smiled and stepped forward to greet him.
"Thanks to you all, our business is booming right now..." Manager Xu said, glancing provocatively at the restaurant across the street.
Ever since Lin Luoxi sent those rare wild animals as the restaurant's prized possessions, their No.1 Restaurant has been packed with customers every day.
He was so busy calculating accounts that his hands cramped up every day, and he made a fortune. The young master even gave him a significant increase in his monthly salary.
With the rise in wealth, his wife doted on him every day when he returned home, and he enjoyed a warm and cozy life with his wife and children every day... cough cough, I digress...
Lin Luoxi didn't miss Manager Xu's gaze. Following Manager Xu's provocative look, she saw a portly man dressed as a manager standing at the entrance of the restaurant across the street.
The man's eyes, squeezed into slits by the fat on his cheeks, revealed only tiny, bead-sized pupils that gleamed with a sharp light.
When the fat man saw Lin Luoxi looking over, a fierce glint flashed in his eyes, but it disappeared in an instant.
"Heh..." Lin Luoxi was very sensitive to the malice others showed her, and naturally she caught the fleeting sinister look in the fat man's eyes. She was not afraid at all, and the corner of her mouth curled up, returning a playful smile.
Seeing the fat man opposite her break down because of her smile and glare at her, Lin Luoxi smiled smugly.
"Miss Lin, since you're here, please do me the honor of coming in for a chat." Manager Xu had naturally seen Lin Luoxi's interaction with that fat man, and he felt very pleased to see Lin Luoxi making the fat man so angry.
Manager Xu walked beside Xie Hanchuan, and they followed each other into the restaurant.
"Manager Xu, this man's face suggests he likes to cause trouble behind people's backs. You should be careful," Lin Luoxi kindly reminded him as they walked inside.
"It was Miss Lin who saw through his wicked thoughts with just one glance. He liked to use underhanded tricks behind people's backs. We've been tripped up by him quite a few times before."
The mere mention of the fat man across the street filled Manager Xu with rage, and he whispered quite a bit about it to Lin Luoxi and the other two along the way.
If it weren't for the powerful backing of their young master, their No. 1 Restaurant would probably have been ruined by that fatso.
Along the way, Lin Luoxi heard a lot about the fat man's deeds, and she became wary of him.
"Manager Xu, let me show you something." After being invited into the private room by Manager Xu, Lin Luoxi took out a jade pendant from her bag and handed it to Manager Xu while Lin Wenqian closed the door.
"Miss Lin, where did you get this jade pendant from?" When Manager Xu saw the jade pendant that Lin Ruoxi handed over, his eyes widened and his expression was one of utter shock.
He swiftly grabbed the jade pendant from Lin Luoxi's palm and examined it closely.
Upon seeing the familiar patterns on it, confirming that it was the jade pendant belonging to Meng Huai'an's personal attendant, Manager Xu's hands began to tremble with excitement as he looked at Lin Luoxi with expectant eyes.
“Miss Lin, do you know where the owner of this jade pendant is? Our young master has been searching for him for a long time and is very anxious.”
"Manager Xu, this jade pendant was given to me by Zhao Fengyang, who is by Young Master Meng Huai'an's side. He said that you are familiar with the construction team I am looking for, so he asked me to come to you. He said that as long as you see this jade pendant, you will take us there."
Seeing how excited Manager Xu was, Lin Luoxi didn't keep him in suspense and told him the truth directly.
"Miss Lin, do you know where Young Master Meng is now?"
As Yan Shaoqun's capable manager, Manager Xu knew that their young master was so anxious about finding Meng Huai'an that he couldn't sleep day and night, and even developed blisters on his lips.
"By the way, Miss Lin, please wait here for now while I inform our young master."
Manager Xu felt that he was being too anxious. Instead of asking now, he should just ask the young master to come over and listen to Miss Lin tell him where Young Master Meng Huai'an was.
"Alright, Manager Xu, you can go ahead now. We'll wait for you to come back here."
Last time, the relationship between Meng Huai'an and Yan Shaoqun was not simple. It was probably because Meng Huai'an's sudden disappearance worried Yan Shaoqun that Manager Xu was so excited when he saw the jade pendant.
After searching for a long time without any news of Meng Huai'an, and now that they finally had news of him, Manager Xu lost his usual composure and rushed outside in a hurry.
Not long after, two hurried, heavy footsteps came from outside the private room where Lin Ruoxi was.
Before Lin Luoxi, Lin Wenqian, and Xie Hanchuan could even exchange a few words, the door was opened again from the outside, and all three looked over.
Then I saw Yan Shaoqun, who had seemed like a high-and-mighty flower last time, rushing in with a completely out-of-place expression and beads of sweat on his forehead.
"Miss Lin, do you know where the owner of this jade pendant is?" On the night Meng Huai'an had his accident, Yan Shaoqun had a bad feeling and led his men out of the city to Meng Huai'an's inevitable return route.
All that could be found on the country road leading to the mountain forest near the city gate were traces of a fight, as well as fabric from Meng Huai'an's usual clothes.
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