Huo Beiting quickly returned to the room and told Yan Qing what he had discovered. Yan Qing raised an eyebrow and said, "I told you, this matter is not that simple. There must be someone behind this who wants to harm me."
"Then who do you think it is? Who has a grudge against you?"
Following his intuition, Yan Qing said Sophia's name.
But Huo Beiting denied it: "That's impossible. You two just met, how could there be any hatred between you?"
"I don't have any hatred. I don't know why, but my intuition tells me that Sophia did it."
However, Huo Beiting felt that the evidence was insufficient and he could not conclude who did it.
"The matter still needs to be investigated slowly. I won't wrongly accuse anyone, but if someone is really harming you behind your back, I won't let her off."
"Then who do you think it is?" Yan Qing asked.
Huo Beiting did not give an answer: "That depends on the evidence from the investigation."
Yan Qing thought this was fine, at least she didn't have to make wild guesses: "Okay, go ahead and investigate. Once you have the results, you must inform me as soon as possible."
As soon as she finished speaking, her cell phone rang. She looked at the number on it and answered it.
Zhang Yaoxi's voice soon came from the other end of the phone: "Yan Qing, you actually got married without telling me. Why didn't you tell me that you and Huo Beiting were married? Are you afraid that I would go to your wedding banquet?"
After hearing this, Yan Qing felt very embarrassed. It wasn't that she didn't want to inform her, but at that time, Zhang Yaoxi was still abroad, and she felt it would be better not to disturb her: "You didn't want to come back, so I didn't bother you."
"But I'm already in China. I came back this time because I'm getting engaged. Lu Bolu and I have decided that we want to be together."
"So you're coming back to China this time to meet her relatives, right?"
"Yes, I was planning to come and see you, but I didn't know you were no longer in the country."
Yan Qing smiled, this must be a coincidence.
"Although I didn't attend your wedding, you have to come to my engagement ceremony."
"Sure, but I'm still abroad. When will you hold the ceremony?"
"You don't have to come back, because Lu Bolu and I have decided that we will also go to Country M to hold the event."
"That's perfect. Just contact me when you get here."
After hanging up the phone, Yan Qing told Huo Beiting the news. She said, "In a few days, Zhang Yaoxi and Lu Bolu will hold their engagement ceremony. We have to attend it."
"Okay," Huo Beiting agreed immediately.
"But we can't just go like this, we still have to bring some gifts."
"What are you planning to buy?"
"I haven't decided yet. Is there anything special here? I want to buy something unique for them."
There are some villas near the manor, and there are no big shopping malls. If you want to go to a shopping mall, you have to drive for several hours.
Huo Beiting thought for a moment and said, "There's a small town nearby. We can go and have a look together tomorrow. But this small town is different from the big shopping malls in China. You have to be mentally prepared."
Yan Qing nodded. She planned to go to the town to take a look tomorrow.
She got up early the next morning, put on her makeup, and went out of the manor with Huo Beiting.
Huo Beiting drove for two hours before arriving at the small town. The town was very quaint and there were no tall buildings. After getting off the car, Huo Beiting took Yan Qing for a walk around. When they arrived at a small shop, Yan Qing took a look. The items inside were all local specialties, including some jewelry and accessories, but the styles were completely different from those in China.
She thought that such a gift was good, at least it was unique.
After walking around for a few times, she saw a ruby ring. The ruby emitted a dazzling brilliance and was particularly attractive. She walked over to take a look at it and then asked about the price.
"Five hundred thousand."
The price is five hundred thousand US dollars. These words flashed through Yan Qing's mind. Because everything used here is US dollars, the price is not cheap.
Yan Qing liked the ruby ring very much and decided to buy it. Huo Beiting walked over and took a look at it, then said worriedly, "Are you sure you want to buy this? There is no guarantee for gemstones bought from here. Why don't we go to a big shopping mall together to buy it?"
"But the mall is too far from here. How many hours will it take to walk there?"
Yan Qing decided to buy the ruby ring because even if she went to the mall, she might not be able to find such a unique piece of jewelry.
The boss took off the ruby ring and let Yan Qing try it on her hand. She looked at it for a few seconds and liked it very much. If it wasn't a gift for Zhang Yaoxi, she would have decided to keep the ring.
She looked at it repeatedly, and finally said with certainty: "Okay, this ring is it. I'll buy it."
Huo Beiting, who was standing on the side, frowned because he felt that there was something fishy about the jewelry.
So he reminded again, "Why don't we go to the big mall? The main jewelry there is genuine and of good value."
But Yan Qing had already decided to buy the ruby ring. No matter how Huo Beiting reminded her, she was determined to buy it. She took out her wallet to pay, but then she realized that her wallet was missing.
The boss was still urging them to pay. Yan Qing looked everywhere but couldn't find the wallet.
She suddenly realized that her wallet had been stolen, she looked outside, and then ran out.
Not far ahead of her was a little homeless child, who was running forward with Yan Qing's wallet in his hand. Yan Qing shouted, "Stop! Give us back our wallet."
But the little street kid didn't stop, and instead kept running forward at full speed. Yan Qing frowned, thinking there was no way he could escape!
She went after the little waif.
Seeing Yan Qing running away, Huo Beiting also chased after him.
As he ran, he reminded Yan Qing, "Be careful."
But Yan Qing obviously didn't hear it at all. She ran forward with big strides and was about to catch up with the little wanderer, but the little wanderer suddenly ran towards the side road.
Yan Qing frowned, because by the time she reached the path, the little stray boy had disappeared.
In front of her, there were several roads, each leading to a different place. Yan Qing was very unfamiliar with this place and she didn't know which road to take. She had clearly seen her little homeless son here just now, but why did the homeless child disappear when she came over?
She frowned, chose a path, and ran over there.
But after running for a long time, she didn't see anyone.
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