Wen Jialiang caught a glimpse of the panic in Old Ma's eyes, and the words he was about to say changed abruptly.
"Third Brother Huo, it's really beneath you to say that to me here today!"
"You didn't put this meal on Lu Yi's behalf, did you?"
He tapped his fingers on the table, his expression softening.
Wen Jialiang glanced quickly at Lu Yi, noticing that he seemed to intend to stay out of it, and then gestured with his chin toward Old Ma.
Old Ma understood and stammered, "We have something to do at work, so we'll be leaving now!"
"Mr. Huo, please don't misunderstand. We are just following procedures and have absolutely no intention of targeting the Huo family."
“That Lu Yi… how about this, you accompany Young Master Huo tomorrow, perhaps you can provide us with some unexpected clues.”
Clang!
Wen Jialiang got up and picked up his coat from the back of the chair. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, the hem of his coat brushed against the teacup on the table, making a loud noise.
Just then, a series of disordered footsteps suddenly sounded outside the corridor.
Lu Yi, who had been silent all along, twitched his ears and turned his head in surprise to look at Huo Jingxi, who was all smiles. He slowly clenched his fists.
Just as he was hesitating whether to stop the people outside the door, his arm was suddenly grabbed.
"You must be... Officer Ma, right?"
Huo Jingxi fiddled with the lighter in his hand, casually lifting his eyelids to glance at Lao Ma a few times.
"Second Brother!"
Lu Yi was unaware that Huo Jingxi had a backup plan. Hearing Huo Jingxi's rudeness towards Lao Ma, Lu Yi's face darkened, becoming as black as the bottom of a pot.
After discovering that Gu Huainan and Lu Baoyun were "informants," he decided to play along and arranged today's dinner, all to do the Huo family a favor.
It's not for him to act like a big shot here.
Lu Yi was unaware of the extent to which Huo Jingxi disregarded human life.
But he knew that if Huo Jingxi dared to act recklessly, all of the Huo family's businesses would vanish into thin air tomorrow.
And the Huo family will disappear from Fengcheng without anyone noticing...
“Daniel is my godbrother. Finding out the cause of his death will also give my godfather some answers.”
"The moment the Huo family's goods entered the warehouse, Daniel happened to go to pick them up, and coincidentally, a car went out of control... Don't you think this coincidence is too intriguing?"
Lu Yi grabbed his arm with his other hand, and the two understood each other without saying a word.
"Third brother, these two have been watching us for more than just a day or two!"
“I knew it all along. If you haven’t done anything wrong, you have nothing to fear, especially since they’re ghost hunters…”
"What, you suspect I laid a hand on Daniel?"
"No, they suspected you and, in order to solidify my position in the Fan family, they helped me get rid of Daniel."
"What a joke! Would your godfather dare let a scoundrel like Daniel run the company?"
"So, you know him!"
"The goods were detained without cause, so it's perfectly reasonable for me to investigate them, right?"
"Do you have Daniel's friends or any close associates in your hands?"
"Third brother, in your eyes, am I, your second brother, really that despicable? I never harm innocent people."
"..."
Lu Yi gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and withdrew his hand.
When Lao Ma returned after receiving that phone call, Wen Jialiang's expression changed drastically. Lu Yi guessed that something must have happened to someone close to Daniel.
Old Ma's polite concession was, in effect, a warning to Huo Jingxi.
If Daniel has any friends or women in Huo Jingxi's hands, Lao Ma would definitely assume that the Huo family wants to use hostages to exchange for that batch of goods.
Lu Yi thought so too.
But if Huo Jingxi only investigated the ins and outs of the matter, then there would be big trouble.
At this moment, Huo Jingxi also gleaned some insights from his expression.
He narrowed one eye and thought to himself: I was careless!
"Mr. Wen, Uncle Ma, I'll go with Third Brother. Come on, let me see you off!"
Ignoring Huo Jingxi's sudden realization, Lu Yi walked straight to the door, opened it, and looked at both ends of the corridor.
The corridor was deserted.
Only faint sounds of laughter could be heard coming from other private rooms.
At that moment, he wished he had misheard.
"Mr. Wen, I will definitely be there tomorrow. I hope your investigation will have made some progress by then."
"This batch of goods is very important to the Huo family. This batch of custom-made fabrics fills ten containers. I won't go into the value of the goods."
"The most crucial point is that the client is meticulous; if we don't deliver the goods within three days, we'll face tenfold compensation..."
Huo Jingxi stood under the lamp, leaning on his cane. The wind blowing in from the doorway made his empty trouser leg flutter back and forth.
It was somewhat comical, yet it also evoked pity.
Wen Jialiang turned slightly, scrutinized him for a few seconds, and said coldly, "Huo Jingxi, the person who died was your brother's sworn brother, yet you only care about your goods. Is that righteous?"
After saying that, he turned and left.
Huo Jingxi stood there stunned, winking at Lu Yi and saying, "I'm not loyal? Ha, he really is..."
...
Lu Baofei, the famously tough woman, has been incredibly busy lately.
The clients she snatched from the Fan family were exceptionally difficult to please.
Although she doesn't need to personally face customers, the managers of the major workshops have practically worn out the threshold of her office.
Without exception, they all complained about the demanding nature of these customers, which had gone from specifying materials to specifying screw threads.
"President Lu, if this continues, we won't be able to get our work done!"
"Over the years, our craftsmanship has been praised by countless customers, but they say what we make is garbage!"
"It's not that we lack patience, but they're going too far. They actually want to inspect every single batch of steel we use. It's not that we're afraid of inspection, it's just..."
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