Lu Yanchen said with concern, "Wanwan, if we go directly, it would be dangerous and we might alert the enemy."
"I understand."
I nodded and expressed my thoughts. "We won't show up. I was just suspicious before, but now that we see this man here, we can conclude that something is wrong. Captain Huang, like us, has long suspected Su Ning'an, but he's just lacking evidence. So, if we tell him about Su Ning'an's frequent visits to this auto repair shop, he'll definitely investigate. Of course, they'll need a legitimate reason to intervene."
"What do you mean?" I gently hooked my eye. "We can plant someone to cause trouble at the auto repair shop, and the police can intervene openly. As long as they can find the entrance, they can get in!"
Lu Yanchen breathed a sigh of relief. "I thought you were going to do something stupid."
"I finally managed to save my life. The most important thing now is that I don't get exposed. But we can push the police behind the scenes to intervene."
"I'll take care of all that."
"That man changes his face every time he appears. If we could see his true face, maybe we could figure out everything."
"Now we've narrowed down the scope, we'll slowly get to the bottom of it. Don't worry."
"Okay." I nodded.
"Once you've dealt with the Xu family, go home quickly."
"Okay."
I haven't had time to train these past few days. Thinking of the freezing reaction I experienced when that man appeared—that's my body's instinctive fear—I need to get stronger, or I'll have this conditioned reflex every time I see him.
But Mom's new pregnancy is unstable, and with the Xu family, I'm worried about her being alone.
Sure enough, this is what I saw when I got home. My aunt came downstairs, clutching a huge pile of brand-new skincare products.
They were high-end, high-end skincare products from high-end brands that Jiang Qing had specially sent to please my mother.
A single bottle of cream cost tens of thousands, and they were custom-made.
She grabbed a pile, her face beaming. "Sister, you won't need these while you're pregnant. These highly active products have a short shelf life, and it would be a shame to waste them. I'll help you with the burden."
"By the way, you have so many new bags. You never go out, so it's a shame to leave them sitting there. I see you have a lot of new clothes in your closet, but you won't be able to wear them when you're pregnant. Why don't you give them all to me, sister-in-law?"
The Xu family was a hollow shell. My grandfather and two uncles had no business acumen.
Ever since my grandfather took over, he'd steadily drained the Xu family's fortune.
By the time it was passed down to his two sons, the family fortune had been completely depleted.
If it hadn't been for Jiang Qing, the Xu family would have filed for bankruptcy long ago. Jiang Qing's usual financial support only covers the running of their company, so it's impossible to say they're well-off.
Add to that my uncle's gambling habit, and my aunt's finances are even tighter. To pretend to be wealthy, she's always been fond of taking things from my mom.
While my mom and I don't lack these things, I just can't stand her behavior. "Aunt, people who know you think you're a visitor, and those who don't think you're buying goods might think you're here to buy. What? Do you think my mother is a wholesale market? Wholesale also requires capital, right? What's the difference between you and robbery?"
My aunt blushed. "What are you talking about? I'm just watching it being wasted?"
"Whether it's wasteful or not, it's my mother's stuff. Why should you worry about it? You brought it all here from abroad. I really admire your perseverance. With your quick hands, go pick up bottles in our neighborhood, or go to the mall and grab eggs. You'll be the first to win and beat all those old men and women."
My aunt was furious at what I said. "They're just some junk. Who thinks they care?"
"If you don't want them, put them back. Don't even think about taking anything from my mother's house, not even a stitch or thread, or I'll call the police and report you for burglary."
"Bang!" The old man behind me smashed the teacup. "Jiang Wanwan, you're so arrogant. The elders are here. How can you be so presumptuous?"
I turned around and folded my arms. Thinking of what he had done to my mother in the past, I became even more angry. "Elders? Where are they? I only saw a bunch of bandits. How could there be elders who would sell their daughters? Calling you a human trafficker is an overstatement."
My uncle also arrived at the scene. "How dare you talk to Grandpa like that!"
My aunt clutched his arm, sobbing and complaining. My uncle raised his hand to hit me. "You're a worthless person. It's not your place to be so arrogant in the Xu family."
"Xu family? How come I didn't know when my Jiang family became your Xu family? It seems you're so ambitious that you've even set your sights on the Jiang family."
Just then, Jiang Qing arrived.
"What are you arguing about again?" He looked more like the head of the family than the old man.
His appearance made the Xu family's bloodsuckers behave themselves.
But I wasn't afraid. In my eyes, he, like everyone else, was unrecyclable hazardous waste. "Dad, you're finally back. If you hadn't come back, Auntie would have cleared out our house. I remember those were the high-end skincare and clothes you customized specifically for Mom. The tags weren't even removed, and Auntie wants to take them all."
Without waiting for Auntie's defense, I quickly spoke up, "And Uncleie, they're saying this is the Xu family's. I remember you bought this villa for Mom, right? How did it become the Xu family's? Could it be that Uncleie thinks that since you don't have a son, they'll have to inherit the Jiang family's inheritance?"
I deliberately added fuel to the fire. After all, Jiang Qing's greatest pain in life is not having a son! Jiang Qing flew into a rage at these words. He slammed the table, "How dare you! If I hadn't been supporting the Xu family all these years, you would have gone bankrupt long ago. And yet you're still after my wife's things, my Jiang family's assets!"
"No, brother-in-law, don't listen to that little bitch."
"I'm talking nonsense, Dad. Open your big, KISS ME eyes and take a good look. Are those skincare products you bought for Mom? The tag on that couture cheongsam my aunt is still on, and the limited-edition Hermès bag she's carrying looks familiar, doesn't it?"
The man hadn't noticed, but once I pointed it out, all his lies fell apart. He was furious. "Take it off! Who told you to wear my wife's clothes?"
My aunt looked aggrieved. "Brother-in-law, it's just a piece of clothing. I was in such a hurry to get here that I didn't bring any luggage."
"Dad, for years she's taken advantage of my mom's easy-going ways and took everything from her. My mom is kind and doesn't argue with anyone, but she's still Mrs. Jiang. She wasn't respected in the Xu family, and now she's bullied in the Jiang family. Even now, pregnant and suffering from severe morning sickness, she's being bullied like this at her weakest. It's truly pitiful."
My sympathetic words reminded Jiang Qing of their treatment of my mother and he flew into a rage. "Take it off immediately! Put your things down and get out of here."