"Abbot, didn’t you want to know about the factory information?" Fu Shiyan spoke in a low voice, "These people won’t act without seeing profit first, they won’t reveal any information without a little incentive."
Jiangli looked at the excited shop owner, seeming a bit...
The shop owner quickly brought over the order list and handed it to them, "The factory information for where my shop sources goods is all here."
Her shop generally sourced goods from only two factories, both local to H city.
Within the past year, they only sourced from these two factories.
There were no others.
Records from a year ago had been destroyed, said the shop owner.
Jiangli recorded the information of these two factories and said, "Thank you."
The shop owner, all smiles, replied, "No problem at all..." She then looked expectantly at Fu Shiyan, "Shall I pack all these lucky cats for you?"
Fu Shiyan said, "Yes. Send them to this address."
He pulled out his phone, wrote an address, and showed it to the shop owner.
The shop owner took one look and realized it was... the orphanage.
Was this... using lucky cats for a good deed?
The shop owner was surprised, but she didn’t care who they were for; as long as she could sell them, it was fine!
"Alrighty then! Would you make the payment first, and I’ll pack them up and send them off as soon as possible?"
Duan Jianchuan wisely stepped forward, "I’ll take care of it."
The shop owner promptly began tallying and billing with Duan Jianchuan; the combined price of all the lucky cats in the shop was substantial.
Duan Jianchuan paid without even blinking.
The shop owner’s face was about to split with joy.
After the payment was made, Jiangli and the others left the shop.
Once in the car, Fu Shiyan turned to Jiangli sitting beside him and asked softly, "Abbot, would you like to check out the factories?"
Jiangli looked at the addresses of the two factories, "Yes, we still have time, let’s go check them out."
Xia Xin sat in the passenger seat and, upon hearing this, turned to ask, "Why is our ancestor looking into the origin of these lucky cats?"
Jiangli gave a vague explanation, "I feel these lucky cats are related to me."
Xia Xin had a face full of question marks, "Huh?"
Jiangli didn’t explain any further.
Scratching his head, Xia Xin could only follow them, full of doubts, to check the factories.
However, after investigating both factories, Jiangli didn’t find any familiar scents.
Those two lucky cats probably weren’t produced by these factories.
Jiangli felt somewhat disappointed.
She had thought she would find some trace.
But the trail had abruptly ended.
Jiangli looked down at the lucky cat in her arms and took out the previously seen Five Thunder Talisman.
Both the lucky cats that appeared in H city and the iron Five Thunder Talisman proved there was some connection between her and H city.
But she couldn’t recall ever having been to H city.
And now, the clues they were following had run out.
For a moment, Jiangli felt a sense of melancholy.
"Ancestor, maybe we got the wrong factories, shall we go back and ask again?" Xia Xin noticed Jiangli’s expression, felt inexplicably sad, and wanted to cheer her up.
But Jiangli shook her head, "No need, we won’t find any clues, let’s go to the police station instead."
Fu Shiyan glanced at Jiangli, his brows furrowed so slightly it was almost imperceptible, as if he were heartbroken.
But he didn’t say anything.
Seeing this, Duan Jianchuan drove to the police station.
On the way, Xia Xin got in touch with Xun Tianhai.
When their car arrived at the police station, Xun Tianhai was already outside waiting for them.
As they pulled up, Tianhai approached them.
When Jiangli got out of the car, he was right there to greet her.
"Abbot," Tianhai bowed slightly, "The parents of Liao Qianqian have arrived. They’re at the coffee shop across the street."
Jiangli looked back and said, "I’ll go meet them."