"Chonglou, what happened?"
Soon after, Xu Lie pushed open the door and saw the nurse bandaging Li Chonglou's hand. He frowned and asked.
A scar had appeared on Fang Gang's resolute face at some point.
When Li Chonglou saw the scar, his eyebrows twitched slightly. After the nurse finished and left, he said, "Someone tried to harm my mother, and they've already escaped."
After speaking, he looked at his mother, who was slowly falling into a deep sleep after being given a sedative.
"Is it the same person who tried to assassinate you?" Xu Lie's sharp gaze intensified.
"Not sure."
Li Chonglou handed the syringe to Xu Lie and said, "The last time, the methods were forceful and direct. This time, it was mostly sinister and devious. It doesn't seem like the work of one person."
"But this is just my guess. I should be able to confirm it tonight."
"From now on, you guard the hospital. That way, I won't have any worries."
In a moment, he had calmed down.
He pondered the entire sequence of events.
A few days ago, to raise the surgical fees for his mother, he had no choice but to approach Lü Chenggong and his daughter.
This also led to him falling out with the Qin Prefecture Antique Association.
First, there was Qin Muyang. He was upright and proud, but his character was acceptable. He was willing to admit defeat and speak the truth.
He definitely wouldn't be the one plotting this.
Then, at the appraisal event at Qin Yun Manor, he encountered Director Cao Zhi.
This person was narrow-minded, mean, and insidious.
The fact that he was angered to the point of spitting blood on the spot was evident.
If anyone were to find someone to kill him, Cao Zhi would definitely be a suspect. However, Li Chonglou had not paid much attention to Cao Zhi before and had inadvertently overlooked him.
It was only now, as he sorted out his thoughts, that he remembered this person.
As for Lu Weishen, Li Chonglou had heard of him in his previous life but had never interacted with him.
He also had no opportunity to contact him after leaving Qin Prefecture.
But looking at the character of his disciple, Lin Ao, he probably wasn't much better.
If his mother's situation was not his doing, then if it was, he would be made to vanish without a trace!
Immediately, he informed Xu Lie about the banquet he was attending that evening.
"I can't let you go alone, it's too risky," Xu Lie said, his thick eyebrows furrowed, clearly very worried.
If Li Chonglou's suspicions were correct and Lu Weishen was the one who wanted him dead, then this dinner was a classic trap.
"Don't worry, Brother Xu."
Li Chonglou said lightly, "I'm not that easy to kill."
"Besides, what if the opponent uses a diversion and takes action against my mother?"
"Only with you here can I feel at ease."
"It's decided then."
Although his tone was mild, it was unquestionable.
Xu Lie knew that Li Chonglou had made up his mind, and further discussion would be futile.
This boss, much younger than himself, always surprised him with his words and actions, as if he harbored a soul of a hundred years old.
It was precisely this point that made him admire Li Chonglou immensely.
"What about the scar on your face? As far as I know, your boxing match isn't until the end of the month," Li Chonglou then asked.
"The scumbag who tricked Qianqian has been found," Xu Lie said, touching the scar, dismissing it lightly.
Li Chonglou didn't press further, but he could imagine certain scenes.
Given Xu Lie's personality, he must have gone to confront the person alone.
The opponent was probably not alone, and in the ensuing fight, Xu Lie sustained some injuries.
However, one could imagine how miserable the scumbag's fate was.
It was good that this matter was settled.
In his previous life, Xu Lie had disappeared while searching for this scumbag.
In this life, due to his intervention, the matter was stopped before it reached its worst outcome, which could be considered a blessing in disguise.
For the rest of the day, Li Chonglou did not leave the hospital. Firstly, there was nothing more to gain at Wenmiao.
It was rare to encounter something like the hairpin again.
Secondly, his hand injury had worsened from hitting someone, and the doctor absolutely refused to let him leave.
He had no choice but to return to his ward.
In the afternoon, Lü Yunxu called him via voice message: "Brother Li, I was supposed to go back to the company to record today, but I can't now."
"Why don't we just do an online appraisal live stream?"
Although she was under house arrest, the matter of the sweet white glaze was urgent.
In three days, on September 27th, a charity auction would be held. She was restless until this matter was resolved.
Li Chonglou had already considered this, and he was free now.
Following the method taught by Wu Hao, he logged into his account and started the live stream.
He changed his nickname to "Appraisal Maniac." Since he was in the hospital, he decided to set up the live stream without showing his face.
Soon, an ID called "Not as graceful as willows in the wind" entered the live stream room.
It was likely Lü Yunxu.
Without saying a word, she immediately sent a reward of a hundred rockets, and the popularity of the live stream room surged visibly.
In less than a minute, it broke through the ten-thousand mark.
"As expected of a strong woman, capable of great things," Li Chonglou exclaimed.
However, Lü Yunxu had attracted so many viewers with just a hundred rockets.
This showed her developed market economic thinking.
He found it difficult to come up with such ideas himself.
Everyone had different ways of thinking, and the results of doing the same thing would also be completely different.
"Teacher, I have something here. Could you take a look?" Lü Yunxu's bowl appeared on the screen, her voice pulling Li Chonglou back from his thoughts.
As soon as the bowl appeared, many professional comments appeared in the bullet screen.
"Yongle sweet white glaze? Who is this rich woman? How does she have this?"
"She immediately sent a hundred rockets. She's definitely not ordinary. I saw her from nearby people. There aren't many people in Qin Prefecture with this kind of ability."
"As far as I know, doesn't Chief Lü have a charity auction in a few days, and the item being auctioned is sweet white glaze? Could it be such a coincidence?"
...
The information in the bullet screen made Lü Yunxu's heart pound.
As expected, her father had already spread the news of the auction item.
Once someone recognized the authenticity of the sweet white glaze like Li Chonglou on the day of the auction, the Lü Group would face a huge scandal, and their stock price would inevitably plummet overnight.
At that time, it was possible that her father would even commit suicide by jumping off a building!
"Miss, what did you buy this bowl as?" Li Chonglou asked to draw out information.
"Yongle sweet white glaze."
"Shine a light on the inner wall of the bowl. If the thickness is consistent, it's a fake. Although the imitation is exquisite, it lacks a certain spirit. I can confidently say it's a modern artifact."
Under Li Chonglou's guidance, the scene from that day at Fenglinxue Grand Hotel was recreated.
This caused a huge uproar in the entire live stream room.
Many people forwarded the appraisal video. In less than an hour, it had spread throughout almost all of Qin Prefecture.
Li Chonglou's task was also completed. The next step was up to Lü Yunxu and her father.
Shortly after closing the video, Jiang Yuxin entered with a tall girl.
Her beautiful eyes filled with worry, she asked, "I just went to see your mother. What happened?"
"Someone wants me to wish I were dead," Li Chonglou replied truthfully.
"No way?"
The beautiful woman next to Jiang Yuxin showed surprise and scoffed, "Everyone knows you're a coward..."
"And someone is specifically targeting you? You're really flattering yourself."
"Is it because you refused to divorce Yuxin, which angered some rich second-generation?"
The speaker was also Li Chonglou's high school classmate.
She had always been close friends with Jiang Yuxin. She had looked down on Li Chonglou, a country bumpkin, since their school days. Later, she worked in the marketing department of the Jiang family's company.
In the three years he had been married to Jiang Yuxin, he had often been subjected to Cai Wen's sarcastic remarks.