"Speak," Gu Annan commanded, a chill in his voice as he stood clutching his phone in a corner of the hall.
His gaze swept the entire hall in search of Lu Wanwan’s figure.
"It’s indeed Lu Kexin, although she was very careful to post from an internet café and used a VPN to disguise her location as overseas. But she still underestimated us."
Gu Annan said coldly, "Where is she?"
He had suspected Lu Kexin before, not because he had any impression of her from the past.
On the contrary, he had no recollection of this woman at all, and it was only when he began investigating the Lu Family that he learned Lu Kexin also attended Dichen High School.
Back then, Lu Kexin was just an illegitimate daughter who couldn’t see the light of day, occasionally accompanying Lu Wanwan under the guise of being the daughter of her mother’s best friend, Ye Jing.
He had never met her, but heard Lu Wanwan mention her offhandedly a couple of times, saying she was going to visit an aunt’s daughter whom her mother had asked her to look after at school.
This time, he thought of Lu Kexin because she was the only one with a motive to do such a thing at this time.
Her family was completely ruined, and her parents were deeply mired in scandal.
Lin Yu was definitely going to jail, and Lu Jingtian was not going to treat her well anymore, and might even throw her out of the house because of Lin Yu.
The circle around her had all come about after she became the Lu family’s second daughter, all dependent on her status as the second daughter.
Now, when it came to this, she didn’t even have a friend; even the Lin family’s people would avoid her like the plague.
"We’re looking for her, but she’s not at the Lu family’s place, not at the school. She might be hiding, or she might not have come home yet," Zhao Chen said. "We are having people watch her residence day and night, and as soon as she shows up, we’ll bring her over."
"As soon as possible," he said, his gaze finally settling on the Lu Wanwan who had just appeared.
She had just entered the main hall, and the person who had just spoken seemed to be Lu Jingtian.
"That’s it, let me know when there’s any news," he said, preparing to hang up the phone.
Lu Jingtian was here to look for her now, only to try and salvage their father-daughter relationship in these last moments of hope.
Seeing that man, she surely wouldn’t be happy.
"Mr. Gu, there’s one more thing," Zhao Chen hesitated to bring up the next issue, his tone growing serious.
His rare seriousness made Gu Annan pause, "What is it?"
"It’s also about Miss Lu," Zhao Chen hesitated, "Didn’t you ask me to check out that women’s clothing store called AC? Today I sent someone over, Mu Xing went—she’s usually quite meticulous. The staff at AC didn’t know who Miss Lu was, so she had them pull up the surveillance footage to see which clothes Miss Lu had looked at. It turns out that Miss Lu seemed to have run into trouble that day."
Gu Annan, who had been walking toward Lu Wanwan, stopped, "What do you mean, ’ran into trouble’?"
"According to AC’s staff, when Miss Lu came in to buy clothes yesterday, she was in a hurry. She only looked at one outfit and wanted to change into it because... because there were blood stains on her original clothes, and she was desperate to take them off."
"Go on," he asked calmly.
"That’s all there is. The people at the clothing store don’t know the reason. But it’s certain that the blood wasn’t Miss Lu’s. She told the store clerk that she accidentally soiled her clothes and needed a new outfit. The clerk didn’t ask further, and Mu Xing, after carefully reviewing the video, confirmed they were blood stains."
When Lu Wanwan got to the bar, she only saw Ji Shaoyang alone, idly swirling his drink.
"Qiaoqiao left," she said as she approached.
Ji Shaoyang lifted his head, "What?"
He put down his glass, unprepared for this turn of events.