Chapter 13: Wu Hong's whereabouts
The farce of the previous night made the Lu family restless, and at this time, Lu Jingcheng faced the thick stack of documents on the table, only to feel a wave of sleepiness attack. He rubbed his eyes and stood up, ready to pour a cup of coffee for drinking.
The office door "knocked" twice, and a bright face poked in from outside the door, "Jing Cheng." β
"Yucheng - why are you here? Lu Jingcheng was a little surprised.
Shang Yucheng smiled playfully, "I'll supervise you!" See if you're working hard. β
Lu Jingcheng pulled her to sit on the sofa next to her, yawned and said, "I didn't sleep well last night, and I was sleepy today, so you came to talk to me." β
Shang Yucheng glanced at him, "I want to chat with you again, and I want to be a lobbyist for you - I come and go with you all day long, am I your girl?" β
"After these busy days, I can always do whatever you want?" Lu Jingcheng smiled and said, "Did you go to find your sister-in-law today?" β
Shang Yucheng nodded. "Went early in the morning. My sister-in-law seems to be really angry, and I persuaded her for a long time to get better. Now that this situation is in place, even though the eldest brother is the eldest brother, you have to persuade him more - there is no harm in behaving in a proper manner. β
Lu Jingcheng nodded, "I naturally know this." β
Shang Yucheng chatted with Lu Jingcheng for a while before leaving, "You do something, I'll go talk to the eldest brother so that he can rest assured." β
Lu Jingcheng nodded, "It's okay." I'll go with you. β
Shang Yucheng hurriedly stopped, "You don't have to accompany me." This short matter of the family should not be talked about in the office in the first place, and you are doing things here, where can you be as careless as me? β
Lu Jingcheng felt that there was some truth, "Then I'll ask someone to take you to the eldest brother's office." β
When Shang Yucheng walked into Lu Jingpeng's office, he saw at a glance that there was a cigarette butt that was about to be extinguished in the half-filled ashtray on the table.
She lowered her eyes slightly, "Big brother." β
"Yucheng, why are you here?" Lu Jingpeng looked at her in surprise, "Sit down." β
"It's fine." Shang Yucheng raised his eyes to look at Lu Jingpeng, with a look of embarrassment, "Jing Cheng asked me to go and see my sister-in-law in the morning, so I talked to my sister-in-law for a few words." β
A hint of unnaturalness flashed on Lu Jingpeng's face, and he quickly spoke, "Your sister-in-law is bored at home all day long, and she is easy to think crankily. Persuade her more. β
Shang Yucheng nodded, "Yes." That's what I said to my sister-in-law. The eldest brother does things outside every day, and it is inevitable that he has to socialize. Occasionally, if you lose your care and cause misunderstandings, it's no wonder that the big brother is not surprised. β
Lu Jingpeng heard Shang Yucheng say this, and nodded, "That's right." After speaking, he smiled and said, "Miss Yucheng is so reasonable, the second brother is really a blessing." β
Shang Yucheng smiled modestly, "Before, my sister-in-law was just angry for a while, but now that I have figured it out, I guess I won't misunderstand my eldest brother again." But that Miss Wuβ" Shang Yucheng said as he carefully observed Lu Jingpeng's reaction, "Big brother should probably avoid suspicion." β
"That's as it should be." Lu Jingpeng nodded solemnly, "It was originally a coincidence and misunderstanding - if Mr. Ye hadn't seen Miss Wu, he would have had to joke with me, and there would have been no such thing, he had already called me to explain." Mr. Ye has always been like this, although I know it, but your sister-in-law is serious, but it makes you laugh. β
Shang Yucheng hurriedly shook his head, "Don't worry-"
Before Shang Yucheng finished speaking, the phone on Lu Jingpeng's desk suddenly rang.
Lu Jingpeng smiled apologetically and picked up the phone.
Shang Yucheng sat on the other side of the desk, unable to hear what was said on the phone, but saw Lu Jingpeng's face suddenly sink and said in a low voice, "What does it mean to be gone?" β
Shang Yucheng's heart tightened, could it be that they were referring to Wu Hong?
Lu Jingpeng looked at Shang Yucheng in front of him, glanced up, and said with a gentle sigh, "Tell everyone to find it quickly." After speaking, he hung up the phone, got up with a smile and said, "There is a lost item in the warehouse, I'll go and take a look." I'm really sorry Yucheng. β
Yu Cheng hurriedly stood up, "It's important to get down to business, big brother, go get busy, I'm about to leave too." β
The two left the office, and Lu Jingpeng left in a hurry. Shang Yucheng thought about it and returned to Lu Jingcheng's office.
Lu Jingcheng was anxious about a pile of goods lists, and when he looked up and saw Shang Yucheng coming back, he asked, "Have you told your eldest brother?" β
Shang Yucheng nodded, as if he said casually, "Just after saying a few words, the eldest brother went to inspect the warehouse - by the way, aren't you in charge of the goods here, don't you have to take a look?" β
Lu Jingcheng said suspiciously, "Inspect the warehouse?" The warehouse was just taken stock yesterday, what are you going to check today-"
After thinking about it, Lu Jingcheng picked up the phone and dialed a number.
Shang Yucheng took Lu Jingcheng's water cup and carefully refilled the hot water for him.
Lu Jingcheng called the warehouse and interrogated it carefully, and after making sure that everything was normal in the warehouse, he hung up the phone with confidence.
Shang Yucheng saw that he had finished making the call, so he stood up, "I'm leaving, you can concentrate on your work." β
Lu Jingcheng nodded, got up and sent her to the door and said goodbye.
Since the warehouse has not lost the goods, what was said on the phone should be Wu Hong. Shang Yucheng's heart was full of doubts, if Lu Jingpeng didn't know Wu Hong's whereabouts, then where did Wu Hong go?
Shang Yucheng arrived at the Longxing teahouse that he had made an appointment with Shu Qiang, and saw that Shu Qiang had not yet arrived, so he ordered tea and snacks. When the guys in the store brought things up, Shu Qiang stepped into the teahouse.
"Miss Shang." Shu Qiang walked over with a look of shame on his face and sat down opposite Shang Yu City.
Seeing his expression, Shang Yucheng knew that there was no news of Wu Hong, so she took a cup of tea and poured tea for him, and said, "Lu Jingpeng is also looking for her, so it can be seen that even he doesn't know Wu Hong's whereabouts." β
Shu Qiang frowned, "Could it be that she avoided our eyes and escaped alone?" It doesn't make sense - Zhao Yilin is just a young grandmother who doesn't go out of the door, Wu Hong may not be able to fight her, just hide and not disappear without a trace. β
Shang Yucheng also looked solemn, "What happened in it?" β
Suddenly, she thought of someone.
As if he had a heart in his heart, a young and handsome man walked into the teahouse with great energy, it was Ye Shen who Shang Yucheng had just remembered!
Ye Shen stood at the door, swept over Shang Yucheng at a glance, and when he saw Shang Yucheng raise his head, a big smile appeared on his face, and he walked over.
Shu Qiang saw Shang Yucheng looking behind him, turned his head and glanced at it, and became very nervous, "Miss Shang! β
Shang Yucheng shook his head helplessly, "I haven't had time to tell you yet, he has already discovered our partnership. β
Shu Qiang was stunned, Ye Shen had already walked in front of them.
"It seems that the disharmony of the Lu family has not affected Miss Shang's good mood for drinking tea at all." Ye Shen smiled and said, "Miss Shang doesn't mind if I sit down, right?" β
Shang Yucheng raised his eyelids coldly, glanced at him, and turned to Shu Qiang.
Shu Qiang understood, got up neatly and left.
Ye Shen didn't mind Shang Yucheng's coldness, sat opposite Shang Yucheng, poured a cup of tea for himself, and drank it.
Shang Yucheng saw that he didn't mean to take the initiative to speak, so he simply got straight to the point, "Say it." What do you want to do? β
Hearing this, Ye Shen put down the teacup in his hand, put away his arms a little childishly, and looked well-behaved, "It's very simple, I want to hear you tell a reasonable story." He smiled, "I know you won't tell me the truth, but if you want to tell the story reasonably and without loopholes, you probably won't be too far from the truth." β
Shang Yucheng had to admit that what Ye Shen said was the truth. But it's not so easy to get her to admit defeat. She smiled slightly, "I haven't known Mr. Ye for a long time, I'm afraid I don't know your preferences, I don't know if Mr. Ye wants to listen to a story written by British novelist Robert Stevenson - "Kidnapping"?" β
Ye Shen nodded matter-of-factly, "Just listen to the name, you know it's a good story." β
Although Shang Yucheng had already guessed that Ye Shen had taken Wu Hong away, the guess was far from enough, she needed an answer, so she opened her mouth to test Ye Shen.
Seeing his sleek style, Shang Yucheng smiled coldly, "Since Mr. Ye likes it, I'll buy one for you another day." Excuse me. β
With that, she made a gesture to get up and leave.
Ye Shen held down her hand holding the table, "Miss Shang, I think it's good for both of us to talk openly and honestly, why are you in a hurry to leave?" He paused and raised his eyes to look at Shang Yucheng, "Doesn't Miss Shang want to know the whereabouts of that Miss Wu?" β
Shang Yucheng looked at him in surprise, not knowing what to say for a while.
Ye Shen smiled, "What, Miss Shang is surprised by my sincerity?" β
Returning to his seat, Shang Yucheng couldn't help but ask, "Why are you interested in Wu Hong?" β
Ye Shen shook his head, "I'm not interested in Wu Hong, but I'm interested in the reason why Miss Shang is interested in Wu Hong." β
Although Ye Shen said it awkwardly, Shang Yucheng still understood what he meant, and she said, "Who am I interested inβthat's my business, why should Mr. Ye care?" β
Ye Shen took a sip of tea gently, "Just think I'm curious." He smiled very kindly at Shang Yucheng, and put on a well-behaved appearance like a child waiting to eat candy, "Okay, I'll wait to hear the story." β
Shang Yucheng looked at his smiling face, and for some reason, his heart suddenly relaxed.
For a moment, Shang Yucheng quietly opened the corner of her memory, as if there was an urge to suddenly wake up in her heart, wanting to erupt.
She used to be so simple and full of kindness, as if the most complicated thing was only how to politely reject those ignorant or bold overtures.
However, simplicity is a powerless thing, and she needs more than that.
Ye Shen looked at Shang Yucheng opposite, quietly, without saying a word.
Shang Yucheng came back to his senses and raised his glass to take a sip of tea, "Mr. Ye, I just have a few words I want to ask Miss Wu, it is about a late friend of mine, and it is really inconvenient to disclose it to Mr. Ye." Please also forgive Mr. Ye. β
Ye Shen frowned slightly, "Deceased friend? β
Shang Yucheng nodded, "That's right. This is originally a private matter, and it is not worthy of Mr. Ye's concern, please raise your noble hand and do not interfere. β
Ye Shen looked at her for a while before he said, "If I take you to see her, aren't you afraid of startling the snake?" β
Shang Yucheng looked at him puzzled and didn't speak.
"If it's as simple as you say, you just want to ask her a few words - then why don't you just ask her?" Ye Shen looked at her carefully and continued, "Unless the words you asked are related to the people around her, you are not willing to startle the snake, and would rather set a trap in a roundabout way and destroy her relationship with certain people. β
Ye Shen lowered his eyes slightly, "This person is Lu Jingpeng." Is that right? β
Shang Yucheng tried his best to hide his somewhat flustered emotions, and smiled reluctantly, "Mr. Ye's thoughtfulness is admirable, but I'm afraid that this matter is wrong, I don't ask naturally my reason, and it has nothing to do with others." β
Ye Shen smiled faintly, "It doesn't matter if you don't admit it, I have my own way to prove it." β
Shang Yucheng looked at him with a confident expression, so he had to pretend to smile calmly, "Mr. Ye's family has a big business, and he manages every day, so why care about such a trivial matter." β
Ye Shen shook his head, and showed that nonchalant smile again, "The only benefit of Yeda is that it can make me do whatever I want." As for home-" Ye Shen leaned closer, "I'm single and haven't started a family, how can I have a 'big' word?" β
Shang Yucheng finally didn't hold back his eyes.
Ye Shen smiled and stood up, "Let's go." β
Shang Yucheng was stunned for a moment, "Where are you going?" β
"Don't you have something to ask Miss Wu? I'll take you to her. With that, Ye Shen had already turned around and walked out.