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Chapter 1020
He said, turning to look at Kuskan.
Chen Shi Bo also looked at him, his eyes glittering.
Thus, Gu Si Qian told him everything about the origin of the Heavenly Book of Jade and the reason why they needed it.
He didn’t have anything to hide, after all, as a relative of the Jin family, it wouldn’t make sense if Uncle Chen, as a relative of the Jin family, was deceived by them.
Since you are asking for help, naturally you have to show your sincerity.
So, Gu Siqian chose to be honest and open.
After explaining the history and the reason, Gu Si Qian added, “This piece of jade is in Shi Bo’s hands, at best it’s just a trinket to play with, it really can’t serve any purpose, if Shi Bo is willing to cut it off, I can trade it for other jades, as long as it’s what you want, I’ll definitely help you get it, how about it?”
Chen Shi Bo narrowed his eyes faintly.
He wasn’t stupid, he wouldn’t not know what it meant that Kepler had brought so many people over today.
You know, these people sitting there, that’s just a random person who can walk out and stomp their feet and make the ground shake.
Now, however, they have all put their bodies and faces down before asking for their help.
To put it nicely, it’s a favor, and to put it bluntly, it’s called a salute before a favor.
It’s up to you to decide if you know what you’re doing.
He smiled helplessly at the thought of it.
Uncle Chen shook his head, “Mr. Gu where are these words, by the way, I have some friendship with your father, Mr. Gu Changhai, since it’s your matter that needs help, then how could I not agree, it’s just that…”
He paused, a pair of shrewd eyes, turning on Biden Lu and Gu Si Qian.
Then, smiling, he said, “I’ve always heard that the Lu and Gu families don’t get along, but today, it seems that Mr. Lu and Mr. Gu are quite a brotherhood.”
The situation in the domestic marketplace is sticky, and they, the businessmen, have to follow suit and take sides.
Otherwise, it would be very easy to get into trouble if the other side misunderstood and stared at you.
That’s why it was only now that Uncle Chen raised the issue.
But I saw Biden Lu smile slightly.
“Shopping malls are shopping malls, and the grudges of the previous generation have nothing to do with our generation, Uncle Chen Shi is a smart man, he should know what I mean, right?”
Chen Shibu was ruthlessly shaken.
He did understand Biden Lu’s meaning.
Soon the eyes showed a glimmer of light.
“Okay, I understand, don’t worry, I’ll have it sent over and handed over to you personally.”
He said, and picked up his phone to make a call.
Biden Lu and Gu Si Qian and the others were relieved to see this.
But it was unexpected.
Uncle Chen shrieked into the phone.
“What did you say?That thing was stolen?”
……..
The sudden change of heart caught everyone by surprise.
They originally thought that this time, this piece of heavenly jade should be a handful.
But I didn’t expect that the good old jade and silk would be stolen when they were at the door.
As they watched Chen Shi Bo’s face suddenly turn blue, Jenny Jing’s group knew that this time, it should not be a game, but a real theft.
When he hung up the phone, Nina Hua even asked, “Uncle Chen Shi, what’s going on?”
Uncle Chen turned his head and looked at them with a livid face.
“I’ve had that piece of jade at home, but I just called my family to get it out, and they realized it was already gone.”
Jenny Jing’s face was slightly pale.
“Dare I ask Uncle Seiji, where is your home?”
“A property that was purchased right here locally.”
“Handy to show us around?”
“Sure.”
So, the group didn’t even attend the dinner and walked out in a hurry.
Old Mrs. Jin came out just in time to see them hurrying out of the house.
She froze and turned to ask Mrs. Sham, who was out with her next to her.
“Sister Sham, what’s going on with these kids?Look at the flurry of activity, is something wrong?”
Old Mrs. Sham smiled, “What could have happened?It’s probably the kids themselves, Harm, it’s your day, what do you care what they do?Let’s go play our own.”
Old Mrs. Cen had learned to let go completely since she had handed over all of the company’s affairs to Biden Lu.
Now, she’s in both ears and doesn’t care about anything or worry about anything.
Because in her eyes, Biden Lu and Jenny Jing were now above her and the old man’s abilities.
If there’s something that they can’t even fix, there’s no use worrying about it yourself.
Her open-minded and optimistic attitude also infected Mrs. Jin.
Old Mrs. Jin nodded and smiled, “Sister is right, then let’s go to the front hall for tea.”
“Good.”
Only after the two old ladies left did Jin Qingshan walk out from the side.
He frowned as he watched Kepler leave with Nina Hua as well.
Raising his hand, he beckoned over a maid and whispered, “You follow over to see what’s going on over there with the young master and young lady?Come right back and tell me when you hear anything.”
“Yes.”
The maids took orders.
And now, the other side.
Nina Hua’s group of people got into the car and headed straight for Chen Shi Bo’s local residence.
Uncle Chen has a big business and has bought a very luxurious villa here.
Because today was Mrs. Jin’s birthday, as a relative, almost all of Uncle Chen’s family was present, except for one of his wives who was seriously ill and needed to stay home to recuperate.
As soon as the group arrived at the villa and got off the bus, everyone saw a thin, pale woman standing in the doorway with her clothes on.
As soon as Uncle Chen saw him, his face immediately sank and he quickly walked over.
A hand held the woman in place as she scolded angrily, “Why are you out here?Didn’t we agree to just let you wait at home?”
He said, looking up at the maids behind him.
“How did you serve your wife?It’s so cold out, and you let her stand here in that?”
The maids all bowed their heads and said respectfully, “Sir, we have tried to persuade the wife, but she won’t listen to us ah.”
The woman listened to the aggrieved voices of the servants and raised her hand to stop Uncle Chen’s continued fury.
She forced a smile and faintly said, “I don’t blame them, I was the one who heard a guest was coming and insisted on coming out to wait.”
She said, her gaze falling on Biden Lu’s group who had been standing a short distance away.
“Honey, who are they?”
It was only then that Uncle Chen remembered that there were outsiders present.
He sank his anger down and turned to her, “Xian, let me introduce you to Mr. Lu, this is Mr. Lu, the CEO of the Lu Clan, this is his wife Jenny, this is Mr. Gu Siqian, the current head of the Gu Clan, and this…”
Chapter 1021
He introduced everyone present, one by one, to his wife.
Finally, facing the crowd again, he introduced, “To introduce you all, this is my wife, Xian.”
Kepler and Nina Hua were busy moving forward and politely shouted, “Aunt Shi.”
Mrs. Chen looks like she should also be in her forties, perhaps because of poor health, not too much maintenance, a face is a little pale and haggard, but still can see the bottom is good, features are very clear and beautiful, when she was young should be a beautiful beauty.
She smiled a little and said, “It’s cold outside, so if you want to talk, come in.”
I said, and staggered my body to let them in.
As the group entered the house, the heat baked the whole house in a warm atmosphere, and Mrs. Chen directed the maids to come up and get their clothes for them.
Jenny’s group was in a hurry to get out, and they were still wearing the dresses they had just attended the banquet with only an overcoat on the outside.
But it was good that the house was warm and it wasn’t cold to take off the coat, so one by one they took off their outer coats.
Uncle Chen asked anxiously, “What’s going on?Wasn’t that jade silk left at home all this time?How can you just throw it away?”
Mrs. Chan’s face didn’t look too good at the mention of this.
“I don’t know what’s going on, but everything in the house has always been just where you put it and no one has ever touched it, and you just called me to open the safe to get that out, and I opened it and realized it was gone.”
Chen Shi Bo’s face was gloomy.
“Show me.”
So, a group of people went to the first floor.
That piece of heavenly jade was previously kept in a safe.
Although it was most likely a fake in Uncle Chen’s eyes, that only meant that it was a fake heavenly jade tablet, but that didn’t prevent it from being a really good piece of jade.
So, Uncle Chen still kept it locked up in the safe.
The safe, on the other hand, is kept in the second bedroom.
When a group of people arrived on the scene, they saw that the door to the safe was open, with some cash and documents inside, and next to it was a black velvet box, which was open and empty.
Chen Shi Bo quickly stepped forward and picked up the box.
Jenny Jing asked, “The Heavenly Book of Jade was previously placed in this box?”
Chen Shi Bo nodded.
His face didn’t look too good, and he looked the box over and over a few times, then looked in the safe and said quietly, “Is this how the box was left open when you opened it?”
Mrs. Chan shook her head.
“No, it was closed, I thought something was in there, I was about to take it out, and when I picked up the box it felt a lot lighter and something was wrong, but when I opened it, it was gone.”
Chen Shi Bo sank.
Mrs. Chen was married to him for nearly twenty years and was absolutely trustworthy, but apart from the two of them, the maids usually couldn’t come into the bedroom without permission, so where did that stuff go?
Thinking of this, he turned to look at Gu Siqian.
“Mr. Gu, I’m so sorry, I originally thought I could help you, but now…”
Kusken raised his hand, stopping the rest of his words.
“No one expected this to happen, and I believe in Uncle Chen’s good intentions, but now that the things are lost, we’re willing to accompany you to get them back if you’d like.”
Chen Shi Bo nodded.
“Of course I’d like that, but… how do I find it?”
He is good at business, but this catching thieves, he is foggy.
Gu Si Qian looked at Mrs. Chen.
“When was this thing put in?”
Mrs. Chen said softly, “I put it in a long time ago, really, about five years ago.”
“Has it been left in there untouched?”
“No.”Uncle Chen added, “We do business everywhere, we’ve bought property in every place, and this is just one of them, and sometimes when I need to stay here for long periods of time for my business, I live here, and occasionally when I think of this stuff, I’ll take it out and play with it, but it’s really not very often in total.”
“Can Uncle Chen remember the last time you saw it, when was the last time you saw it?”
“About…three days ago?”
Uncle Chen thought about it and hesitated, “At that time, I originally thought that I would take it to congratulate Old Lady Jin on her birthday, but then I thought to myself that it was a fake and unlucky, so I didn’t give it away and put it back.”
“So that means it was lost within these three days, and has anyone else been in the villa besides you two?”
“No.”
This time, it was Mrs. Chen who opened the door, “It’s just me and Old Chen who live here, we have no children, so naturally no one else will come over, the maids in the house are usually upstairs, and the bedrooms and study upstairs are all taken care of by me, there’s no way outsiders will come in.”
Nina Hua smiled, “That’s strange, no one came in, could that thing have disappeared into thin air?”
“Naturally it can’t just disappear into thin air.”
Gu Si Qian stepped forward, carefully examined the safe, and asked, “Is the combination to this safe something that only you two know?”
“No, the other one is my mother’s nephew, because he’s the one who came to help us put this safe in, and the two of us don’t have any children, and we’ve always treated him like our own child, so we didn’t hide anything from him, just in case there was an accident, but at least he could help us with something.”
Kuskan nodded.
He checked the safe, then stepped outside and looked at the bedroom door.
Bella Qiao looked at him curiously, wondering what he was looking at.
Kuskan asked, “Where is your nephew now?”
“Oh, he’s gone to Mrs. Ken’s birthday party, too.”
“He went to the party too?”Nina Hua was surprised, though.
“What’s his name?I don’t think I’ve seen any fresh faces today.”
After all, she has been married to Kepler for so many years, and the Jin family has met all their relatives, large and small.
Let’s not say if she could remember every name, but at least it was a face she had seen and would never forget the next time she saw it.
Mrs. Chen was confused, “Never seen it?No way, he told me himself he’d be there.”
Kepler asked, “What is your nephew’s name, dare I ask?”
“His name is Zhou Shizhen.”
Chow Si-ching?
Nina Hua and Kepler looked at each other.
After all, it’s a birthday party, and all the guests who come to the birthday party give gifts.
When receiving gifts, it is convenient to keep track of favors and usually keep a list of guests as well.
As the only grandson of Old Mrs. Jin, Kepler will naturally go through the list.
Chapter 1022
But he had never seen the name Zhou Shizhen in the guest list.
Thinking of this, Kepler sank down.
“I’ve never seen that name before.”
The words came as a shock to Mrs. Chen.
“How did…”
At that moment, Uncle Chen Shi seemed to remember something and suddenly said, “I hadn’t noticed when you guys didn’t say anything before, but when I thought of it now, I don’t seem to have seen Timothy today.”
Having said that, the truth seems to be clear.
Gu Si Qian said in a deep voice, “I’m only afraid that I’ll have to trouble Mrs. Chen to contact your nephew.”
Mrs. Chen nodded her head incessantly.
“Okay, I’ll call him right now.”
She said, pulling out her phone to call Zhou Lizhen.
However, when the number was dialed, it was found to be coming from the other side with the sound of the phone being turned off.
The two were confused.
“How did this, how did this turn off?You guys take it easy, I’ll fight it again.”
Mrs. Chen said, calling several times in the past.
Yet no matter how much she played, the other side was off.
This time, even Mrs. Chen panicked.
Jenny Jing saw her gesture and wanted to fight again, and went straight forward, stopping her hand.
“No need to fight.”
She turned to look at Kepler, “People either just ran away or something happened, the Book of Heaven and Jade was just stolen and he disappeared, there is no such coincidence under the heavens, Kepler, you are well connected over here and familiar with the place, you send someone to look for him.”
Kepler nodded, and when Chen Shi Bo saw the situation, he said, “I’ll tell you a few addresses he often goes to, so send someone over there to look for them first.”
So, they stepped aside and went on the phone.
On this side, Jenny Jing saw Mrs. Chen’s pale and distraught face.
Although it’s too early to conclude whether or not the stuff was taken by Zhou Lizhen.
But from the evidence and the circumstances at hand, it’s basically not a bad idea.
After all, he’s the only one who has the key to the place, and he’s still out of touch.
The Chen family had no children, they had always treated Zhou Lizhen as their own child, it was clear how sad they would be now if they found out that Zhou Lizhen had done something that betrayed them.
Jenny Jing sighed and stepped forward, comforting, “Mrs. Chen, don’t be too anxious, maybe it’s a misunderstanding, no matter what, let’s find the person first.”
Mrs. Chan nodded.
Soon, Kepler had already arranged for people to split up to find them.
Mrs. Chen took everyone to sit down in the living room and sent a maid to serve tea.
When Uncle Chen saw that she looked bad, he was concerned, “I’m here, so you don’t need to be busy, go back to your room and rest, I’ll come back up to tell you any news.”
Mrs. Chan shook her head.
“Where am I going to sleep now with this?”
She looked at Uncle Chen Shih expectantly and asked, “Do you think this is really what Jeanne took?”
Chen Shi Bo’s eyebrows flashed across the room.
Eventually, I shook my head.
“I’m sure it’s not him, but we’ll have to find him first.”
Only then did Mrs. Chen nodded her head.
The people sent out by Kepler were fast, and it didn’t take long to find the people.
Only to bring the man back again, Zhou Lizhen’s entire body looked extremely wretched and no longer had the graceful demeanor of the past.
He’s like a frosted eggplant.
Son-like, he looked listless, his shirt was torn and messy, his hair was a mess, and there was some dust and blood on his face, he looked like he had been in a war with someone.
As soon as Mrs. Chen saw him like this, she was shocked.
“Lizhen, what’s wrong with you?Who hit you?”
She said as she rushed up to him and hugged him heartily.
Zhou Lizhen was upset, “No one hit me, I made it myself.”
“How did you get this on yourself?”
At the end of the day, Mrs. Chen was still heartbroken for him.
Zhou Lizhen looked up and took a glance at the few people present, a guilty conscience flashing deep within his eyes.
“I…” he hesitated before whispering, “I saw them coming to get me, and I tried to run away, and I just… I fell.”
At this point, Kepler stepped forward and explained, “The people under my hands did not have a sense of priorities and scared Young Master Zhou, please forgive Mrs. Chen.”
Only then did Mrs. Chen realize it.
Her heart dropped for a moment, and then her face became immediately serious.
“Lizhen, tell me the truth, did you take the piece of jade in the safe?”
Zhou Lizhen was stunned.
He was about unaware of the fact that his aunt and uncle, who were so vociferous in pursuing him, were doing this.
He barely smiled, but didn’t deny it.
“I took it.”
In the next second, and then busy begging, “Auntie, I really have no choice, I’m not trying to steal your things, I’m just temporarily lending them over as collateral, and when I have enough money together sometime, I’ll definitely redeem them for you.”
Mrs. Chen’s face changed.
“Mortgage?Who did you mortgage to?”
“Just a business friend.”
Speaking of which, Zhou Lizhen seemed to feel guilty again.
By this time, where else would Uncle Chen not know what had happened.
His face paled and he said in a stern voice, “Tell me the whole story, from beginning to end, as it was!”
Zhou Lizhen’s heart was shaken, realizing that he couldn’t get by by fooling around today.
There were several young men there, and he recognized two of them, though not all of them, and they were amazing people.
Such a character, yet he appeared in his aunt’s house today, so it must be something important.
Is it because of the jade pendant?
I don’t think it’s possible, that jade pendant doesn’t feel like anything special except that it’s better jade.
If you’re really looking for good jade, it’s not exactly top-notch good jade.
Thinking that, he let his mind down a little.
Immediately afterwards, the reason why he wanted to take the jade pendant was told in full.
It turns out that this Zhou Lizhen had been working for Chen Shi Bo’s company before.
But in the past two years, he has grown wild and doesn’t want to work for his aunt anymore, so he wants to go out and start a business.
His parents were two ordinary people, and it was only because he had a good aunt and uncle that he had gained a lot of insight over the years.
Mrs. Chen and the others had no children and treated him like their own child, seeing that he had that entrepreneurial spirit, they thought it was a good thing.
The kid who has been relying on the family is obedient and good, but if he can go out on his own and make something of himself, it shows that’s what he’s got.
They then gave him a large amount of start-up capital to go out into the world.
In the past two years, Zhou Lizhen has opened two film companies, but his business is booming, and every day we see him too busy to see anyone.
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