Chen Liang felt a pain in his chest. After a violent coughing fit, he spat out a mouthful of blood. After a long pause, he said, "I stumbled upon a clue last night. Xia Zhichu was once lost and adopted. If we can find this family, we will definitely be able to use them as our best weapon against Xia Zhichu."
Mr. Si touched his nose, and the meaning in his eyes became even deeper.
After countless investigations, he learned that Xia Zhichu had already severed ties with the Xia family. In other words, it was unlikely that they could use the Xia family to deal with Xia Zhichu.
But now Shen Liang said that Xia Zhichu still had a family to support, which suddenly gave Mr. Si some hope.
"Who is that family?"
After hearing this, Shen Liang said with a guilty conscience, "At the moment... I'm not quite sure. I only know that they are a wealthy family, living in a luxury villa, and have servants serving them. But I also know a very important clue. When Xia Zhichu was taken away by the Xia family, the family gave Xia Zhichu a priceless jade pendant."
"Jade pendant? What kind of jade pendant?"
Mr. Si just felt it was extremely weird. There were not many valuable jade pendants in the world. Moreover, he was an antique lover who liked to collect rare treasures. If he could describe what it looked like, maybe he would know what kind of treasure it was.
Chen Liang recalled what Xia had just said. It seemed that he had not mentioned the appearance of the jade pendant, so he continued vaguely, "I don't know what the jade pendant looks like, but I know that it was sold for a high price of five million twenty years ago."
As soon as he said this, Mr. Si's pupils suddenly dilated.
Twenty years ago...
Five million is already a sky-high price. What kind of treasure can have such a high collection value?
I remember that he also had a jade pendant, which he accidentally picked up while performing a mission in the mountains when he was a soldier. Later, he sent it to a jade shop, had it forged, and gave it to his wife as a token of love.
But before his wife broke up with him, he gave the jade pendant to Si Guangxu.
Later, I heard that Si Guangxu gave the jade pendant to Yaqing, and he never saw the jade pendant again.
Now, Chen Liang said that there was a jade pendant that could be sold for a sky-high price of five million twenty years ago, which suddenly aroused Mr. Si's interest.
"Master Si, I've been searching for the whereabouts of this jade pendant, but as you know, this is a treasure from twenty years ago. Many people and things have changed. It would be very difficult to find the jade pendant in such a vast sea of people. So, could you please lend a hand?"
"As the richest family in Jincheng, the Si family must have known people from prominent families. Anyone who can afford to buy the jade pendant must not be an ordinary person. As long as Mr. Si is willing to make a move, I believe we can find the jade pendant soon."
Mr. Si should have refused, but at this moment he was very interested in the jade pendant. After thinking for a moment, he finally nodded and agreed.
"Okay, I'll look for the jade pendant, but you have to show sincerity!"
Mr. Si is a businessman and he will definitely not do business at a loss.
Of course he must get this jade pendant!
"Don't worry, I heard that Xia Zhichu and Si Shao have returned. I will take action after I recuperate for a few days." Shen Liang looked at his broken body, looked at Mr. Si with pity, and finally made a request shamelessly.
"But as you just saw, I'm being chased by my creditors. If I don't pay them back, I'm worried my life will be in danger at any moment."
Mr. Si's eyebrows twitched, and finally, with a gloomy face, he threw out another check for five million.
"Use this money to pay off your gambling debts, but if you fail to produce results that satisfy me, I will make sure you never stand up again in Jincheng!"
The eerie voice, as if coming from ancient times, made Shen Liang shudder.
He picked up the check with trembling hands, and then rushed to the hospital with his injured body.
Now that he has the money, he will make the Zhou family give an explanation tonight no matter what, and even sign a divorce agreement with Zhou Qing immediately!
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Xia Zhichu didn't know that Jincheng was in turmoil at the moment. After talking to Si Mochen on the phone, she lost her sleepiness and just stayed in the living room.
At two o'clock in the morning, Si Mochen still hadn't returned.
Xia Zhichu wanted to see if the news had been processed, so he took out his mobile phone to check the trending searches.
As expected, the video has been taken down.
All news broadcasts also displayed an unplayable interface.
Xia Zhichu raised the corner of his mouth, Si Mochen really didn't lie to him.
I was in a very good mood and was about to go back to my room to lie down and wait for someone, but suddenly a trending search popped up on the screen.
Out of curiosity, Xia Zhichu clicked on it and saw that it was the news that Chu Tiantian had told her not long ago, the scene of Shen Liang and Zhou Qing arguing on the street.
Xia Zhichu already had a general understanding of the situation and knew what had happened between the two, but he didn't expect it to become so serious.
In the video, Shen Liang cursed Zhou Qing and even pushed him to the ground when Zhou Qing talked back.
Then, the entire screen was blood red.
This made Xia Zhichu couldn't help but recall the scene when Lin De tweeted about Liu Jiajia's miscarriage, which was also so bloody.
As expected, when a man becomes so cruel, he will not even spare his own flesh and blood.
Xia Zhichu was in no mood to continue watching, so he turned off the video and went back to his room to sleep.
Now that she has returned to her country, she should cheer herself up and return to the workplace.
After all, she had never returned to the design department since the incident at the quarterly show, and she didn't know what the design department was like now.
Taking a deep breath, Xia Zhichu sent Si Mochen a good night text message, then covered herself with the quilt and closed her eyes.
I don’t know if it’s because Si Mochen is not around, but Xia Zhichu still had nightmares during this sleep.
It’s still that luxurious villa.
The scene in the dream was very clear. She even saw the appearance of her elder brother. He was so handsome and cold, just like Si Mochen.
After she was taken away, her elder brother gave her a jade pendant.
At this point in the dream, Xia Zhichu suddenly opened his eyes, his mind filled with the image of the jade pendant.
What’s going on? It was clearly a dream, but why do I always feel like I have owned this jade pendant before?
Xia Zhichu looked at the time. It was almost dawn, but Si Mochen still hadn't returned.
Xia Zhichu thought that he would go to work soon, so he turned on the light and got some drawing paper and pen. Then, relying on his memory, he drew the shape of the jade pendant.
A totem with auspicious dragon patterns.
There is also a sword carved on it.
This is clearly an antique.
It looks very much like the personal belongings worn by ancient generals.
After Xia Zhichu finished painting, he just stared at the appearance of the jade pendant in a daze.
Little did he know that at this moment, the door outside was opened, and Si Mochen appeared at the door, looking tired.
Seeing the light on in the room, the man changed his shoes and came closer wearing cotton slippers. Before Xia Zhichu could react, he hugged her from behind.
"What time is it? Why aren't you asleep yet?"
A deep and magnetic voice sounded in his ears. Xia Zhichu was stunned for a moment, then put down the drawing paper of the jade pendant, turned around abruptly and threw himself into the man's arms.
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