On the way back to the hospital.
Li Chonglou and Chen Zhenghe sat together in the back. The car belonged to Chen Zhenghe and was currently being used by Xu Lie.
There was no way around it; that punch had left Chen Zhenghe with a psychological shadow weighing tons.
Beyond that, he had thought that Xu Lie’s backing was Lu Yunxu.
After all, he had seen them together when accompanying Jiang Tao to sell the jade incense burner.
Therefore, whatever Xu Lie said, he listened to, not daring to disobey in the slightest.
Seeing Li Chonglou staring at him, Chen Zhenghe felt uneasy but didn’t dare to speak rashly.
“Chen Zhenghe, why did you think of helping people steal graves?” Finally, Li Chonglou asked.
“Master Li…”
Chen Zhenghe put on a distressed face and pleaded in a low, humble tone, “I really didn’t steal graves. Jiang Tao was looking for someone, and I just helped connect them.”
“Later, I also made amends by accompanying Master Xu to catch them red-handed.”
“Please be magnanimous, Master Li, and show me mercy. I’ll go the other way whenever I see you, alright?”
He was truly afraid that Li Chonglou would send him to jail, just like Jiang Tao.
“Don’t play meek with me. Do you think I can’t tell that the jade cicada you’re wearing is a funerary object?” Li Chonglou saw through his pretense and repeated Old Chen’s words: “I won’t pursue past matters; just behave yourself from now on.”
“Also, your father asked me to pass on a message: the qinanxiang he has is worth tens of millions.”
“As long as you calm down and behave, it will all be passed on to you in the future. Otherwise, he’ll donate it.”
Chen Zhenghe’s heart sank with a thud, like a heavy drum being struck.
Li Chonglou’s method of striking first and then offering kindness truly made his heart flutter with unease.
Yet, he couldn’t hide the greed that radiated from him.
Tens of millions!
He never imagined that the wooden block his old man constantly fiddled with could be so precious.
Last time, someone had offered thirty thousand for it and asked him to find a way to get it out.
As a result, his old man found out, beat him severely, and kicked him out of the house.
He couldn’t help but secretly rejoice that he hadn’t stolen it, or he would have suffered a huge loss.
It seemed he had to find a way to get it out, unbeknownst to anyone.
“I warn you, don’t have any crooked thoughts.”
Li Chonglou saw through the kid’s wicked intentions at a glance and lectured, “If you dare to steal your father’s qinanxiang, I’ll make you worse off than Jiang Tao.”
Hearing this, Chen Zhenghe couldn’t help but shiver.
He didn’t know what kind of background this master had, to have even caused Jiang Tao’s demise.
He timidly asked, “Master Li, what exactly is your relationship with my father?”
“No relationship, I respect him!”
To be born and not raised, a broken finger can repay.
To be born and raised without being born, a lifetime of devotion is hard to repay.
For the sake of repaying a fallen comrade, raising Chen Zhenghe for decades shows he is not to be trifled with!
“Do you want to make money?”
Seeing his bewildered expression, Li Chonglou pointed out, “I heard from Brother Xu that you’ve sold many items for cheap in the past.”
“If you want to make money, help me find similar items in Dongshan from now on. When you find something, call me. I’ll give you a commission for every successful transaction.”
The so-called items were old things.
Chen Zhenghe understood immediately.
“No problem, leave it to me, Master Li.” Chen Zhenghe patted his chest thunderously.
His thin body insisted on displaying a heroic demeanor, which always felt out of place.
This guy interacted with people from all walks of life. Not only did he know brokers like Huang Yongshou, but he could also hire grave robbers for Jiang Tao.
He had some influence in the underworld.
However, he had a fatal flaw: gambling.
He lost nine out of ten bets, which is why he associated with people like Jiang Tao, having no bottom line for making money.
But this was not a bad thing for Li Chonglou; it made it easier to control Chen Zhenghe.
Upon arriving at the hospital, he returned the car and told Chen Zhenghe to scram.
Li Chonglou, with Xu Lie, headed straight for his mother’s ward.
A crowd had gathered at the door, pointing and murmuring.
Walking closer, he saw Ji Shan kneeling on the ground, repeatedly slapping herself. Her face was already swollen like a bun.
Snot and tears smeared her face, making her look utterly miserable.
In front of her was Gang Zi, a subordinate of Wang Dehai.
Seeing Li Chonglou return, Gang Zi immediately changed his expression and respectfully greeted, “Brother Li, the task entrusted by the boss is completed. I can leave now that you’re back.”
“Thank you for your trouble.”
Li Chonglou pointed at Ji Shan and said, “Take her with you too. Don’t delay my mother’s surgery.”
Then, Ji Shan was dragged away by Gang Zi by her hair, screaming hysterically, from in front of the ward.
The onlookers were all horrified, and not a single one dared to intervene.
“Did you go to Grandpa’s place?”
Jiang Yuxin saw Li Chonglou push open the door and asked with lingering fear, “Your mother’s friend Ji Shan came again just now.”
“Later…”
It went without saying that Gang Zi must have appeared and severely taught that vixen a lesson.
This incident might leave the old hag with lifelong trauma.
She would probably not dare to interfere in other people’s family affairs again.
“I saw it. You can go back and rest.”
Li Chonglou glanced at his mother, who was eavesdropping, and lowered his voice, “I’ll stay with her from now on.”
“After my mother recovers, I’ll take care of her for a while before returning.”
Hearing this, Jiang Yuxin’s beautiful eyes struggled for a few seconds before she looked up and said, “Your house in the countryside hasn’t been lived in for a long time. Why don’t you and your mother move in with me after she’s discharged?”
“My father is out of town, and my mother is alone. It will be more convenient for you to take care of her.”
She had pieced together some of the events at the Jiang family villa from the family group chat.
It was nothing more than Li Chonglou rushing into the villa in anger and openly declaring war on Jiang Tao.
Then, he presented various pieces of evidence, completely resolving his father’s predicament, and even prompting his grandfather to personally come forward to protect Jiang Tao.
She thought it would end there.
But she hadn’t expected Li Chonglou to, single-handedly, render her grandfather speechless and send Jiang Tao to prison.
This removed her crisis.
The process was simple, but it had made her heart surge for a long time.
For the first time in her life, she tried to cast aside her previous notions and look at Li Chonglou objectively.
She discovered that this man was truly completely different from before.
As if he had shed his mortal coils and undergone a rebirth.
Inviting him and his mother to live with her was both an expression of gratitude and an attempt to show goodwill.
After all, divorce was not her wish.
“Let’s talk about it later. My mother might not go!” Li Chonglou politely declined.
Given Liu Zhiru’s personality, she would definitely not give his mother a good look.
He didn’t want his mother to go to the Jiang family and be subjected to their cold shoulder.
Changing the topic, he hid his injured hand and chatted with his mother for a while, offering comfort before the surgery.
Soon, Huang Qishan entered with medical staff.
They performed the final pre-operative examination and then took Zheng Xiumei into the operating room.
After sending Jiang Yuxin away, Li Chonglou asked Xu Lie to hide in the shadows and waited outside the operating room alone.
Although he appeared calm on the surface, his palms were already sweating.
Even with a divine doctor like Huang Qishan performing the surgery, anything could happen. Until the last moment, his heart couldn’t be at ease.
*Tap, tap, tap…*
During this tense moment.
The sound of high heels echoed down the corridor.
Tian Lingli, with Wu Hao, whose head was bandaged, arrived, carrying a basket of nutritional supplements, and strode towards Li Chonglou.
“Why are you guys here?” Li Chonglou got up and asked.
“If it wasn’t for Goddess Tian telling me, I wouldn’t have known Auntie was in the hospital. Louzi, you’re not much of a brother!” Wu Hao walked up to Li Chonglou, put down the items, and punched him in the chest, blaming him.
Tian Lingli’s eyes darted flirtatiously, and she giggled, “Don’t look at me like that. I guess I’m also your功臣, right?”
“Knowing Auntie was going to have surgery, how could I not come to visit?”
“Of course, I also want to ask you for a favor…”