Miko pulled Li Qingyuan aside, pretending to mediate, "Qingyuan, let's talk this out. Now that the Buddha statue has been found, if you follow the clues carefully about what happened back then, you might find some leads."
Miko glanced at Li Gao, who was standing in the distance, seemingly casually.
Li Qingyuan finally calmed down. "Li Gao, come here!"
Li Gao is someone close to Li Luchuan, and also an orphan he sponsored a long time ago.
"Chairman..."
"Where did the Buddha statue come from? Where did Lu Chuan tell you to find it? Where is Shi Xun?"
Li Qingyuan didn't know what his name was now, but he remembered that he was given a name using his mother's surname, Shen, and his name was Shixun.
As for why he didn't use the surname Li, he was young at the time and didn't think about taking responsibility. It was just a whim. He was afraid that if they really found him, the old man would still be lying in the hospital and the incident would affect him so much that he wouldn't be allowed to be Li Ran's successor.
He did it just in case...
"You don't need to look at Lu Chuan. I'm asking you, where is Shi Xun? Where are he and his mother?"
“Li Gao, you are an orphan. How did you get to where you are today? You know in your heart that I have never mistreated you.”
"Chairman..."
With a thud, Li Gao knelt down in front of Li Qingyuan.
Li Luchuan's heart sank. "Chairman, Chen..."
"Qingyuan, what's going on here? Why is Li Gao kneeling down?"
Mao Yuling walked very lightly and slowly, and spoke very calmly, but she had rushed over and was already sweating profusely.
"Sister is here..."
"Who's your sister? You shameless thing, who gives you the right to speak?"
"At your age, don't be so impulsive."
"How could that be? Everyone says I have a good personality, only you think I'm irritable."
As Mao Yuling spoke, she walked up to the Buddha statue, reached out and touched it, "Making an example of someone to scare others, sowing discord—our Li family has all sorts of people already. If we bring in some shady characters, won't it just turn into a chaotic mess?"
Li Qingyuan frowned. "I've been indulging you all these years, Li Gao. Explain yourself. Where is he?"
“Li Gao…”
"Li Gao, don't forget who the chairman of Li Ran is. Without me, you wouldn't be where you are today!"
"Sister, Lu Chuan, let's talk about it. He's a member of the Li family after all, we have to find him."
If she can't give birth, then she'll just bring in one as a result. As long as it makes Mao Yuling uncomfortable, she'll feel good.
Bringing in an illegitimate child will drive her crazy every day; she'll be driven to her death sooner or later.
Li Gao lowered his head and explained everything clearly.
"You two are really amazing, incredibly amazing..."
Li Qingyuan raised his hand and knocked the Buddha statue to the ground, then turned and walked outside, startling Mao Yuling and Mi Ke.
"You've done a good job."
Mao Yuling cursed him under her breath, and Li Luchuan sat down as a result, saying, "It can't be hidden."
From the moment Shen Shixun appeared in the ancient city, the instant he heard that name, he knew he couldn't hide it anymore.
A person can live and die on the grasslands without leaving, and no one will know. But once they get involved with the Xiang family's car, sooner or later...
At first, he was just hoping for the best, but now he's only hurting himself.
"Sister, you're so capable..."
If she and Li Anqi team up to try and take her man, then she has no choice but to deliver a heavy blow and, incidentally, enrage Li Anqi.
After the person left, Li Luchuan lowered his head slightly and held his head in his hands.
"Mr. Li, I'm sorry."
“You owe my father a debt of gratitude, so you should help him with this kind of thing.”
"sorry."
"There's nothing to apologize for. That's all you owe him. Don't let it happen again."
After some investigation, Li Qingyuan learned that Shen Shixun had a child with Xiang Nanzhi, had married into the Xiang family, and was later kicked out by the Xiang family.
He felt a slight sense of disappointment, realizing that this child was quite different from what he had imagined, lacking any spirit whatsoever...
But now that he knew, he felt he had to meet him, so he went to Mancheng himself.
The city was crowded with tourists, and the grassland was packed. He glanced at a meat processing plant called Deji Farm from a distance, and then arranged to meet the people at a tea house nearby.
Shen Shixun was busy all day long without rest, braving wind and rain, with only making money on his mind.
When he earned his first pot of gold, he thought it should be enough to buy Xiang Nanzhi a decent piece of jewelry.
Later, as orders increased, he thought he could finally afford to buy her clothes and bags again... He just didn't know when he would be able to afford a large mansion in the ancient city where land was incredibly expensive...
He was in a daze, feeling that every day was fulfilling, so when he heard that a foreign business wanted to cooperate with him on meat products and wanted to help him export them, Shen Shixun came without hesitation.
He lacked formal education, and he was used to taking Sona with him wherever he went to do business.
Li Qingyuan was sitting in the corner behind him. Shen Shixun almost didn't see him when he went over, until Sona called out to him, "President Shen..."
He then stopped and glanced at the spot Sona had indicated. "Hello..."
Shen Shixun was neither humble nor arrogant, and took the initiative to greet him.
Li Qingyuan had his head down, but suddenly raised it. "Hello, Mr. Shen."
His previously empty mind was instantly filled with something, and all of Shen Shixun's memories were instantly revived and fiercely attacked him.
His eyes were bloodshot for a full half minute, until Sona called him, "President Shen..."
This is a major client! What's wrong with him today? "President Shen..."
Shen Shixun came to his senses and suddenly chuckled, "Sona."
"Hello Mr. Li, then we..."
"Sona, let me speak with Mr. Li alone."
He arrived in a hurry; if he had just asked the other person's last name, he wouldn't have been so panicked and unprepared.
Sona was confused. Could he really handle such a big deal on his own? "Mr. Shen, I'd better stay with you."
"No need, you can go out first."
Sona had no choice but to leave first, but she was still a little worried. "I'll wait for you at the door. Call me anytime if you need anything."
"good."
——
Wooden tables and chairs, several potted plants placed in teacups—this place is a teahouse during the day and a quiet bar at night, with a distinct ethnic flavor.
Locals don't like coming here, but tourists like this kind of style.
A cup of tea costs several tens of yuan. Reading books, taking photos, and looking out at the blue sky and grassland through the glass are the favorite pastimes of tourists.
Shen Shixun sat opposite him, ordered the cheapest cup of tea, and never looked at him.
Li Qingyuan, on the other hand, kept looking at him. Actually, Shen Shixun didn't look much like him; he looked more like the old man when he was young.
The old man was like this when he was young. He endured hardship and enjoyed happiness. He wasn't very sentimental and gave people a very serious and upright feeling, with a high nose bridge and a cold and arrogant demeanor.
Those hands were big and rough. After taking the tea from the waiter, Li Qingyuan subconsciously glanced at his own hands. "Genes are amazing. Look at our hand shapes, they look exactly the same."
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