SFS Chapter 142 There is movement in the courtyard
Chapter 142 There is movement in the courtyard
"You said that as if I sold her out." Shang Wan curled her lips. "She paid for the ride, I gave her a ride into the city, and we parted ways at the city gate. How would I know where she went?"
Old Mrs. Wei asked anxiously, "Why don't you bring her back?"
Shang Wan was speechless, "I'm not her mother."
Old Lady Wei wanted to say something, but Shang Wan said, "Get out of the way. I have a bad temper and I will hit anyone who gets in my way."
Remembering the last time when she was almost hit by a ox cart, Liu hurriedly helped Old Lady Wei to step away. Old Lady Wei watched Shang Wan driving the ox cart away unwillingly.
She turned her head and scolded Liu, "I told him to be locked up, but you insisted on letting him out. Now he's gone. I don't know where you're going to find him."
Liu said awkwardly, "I didn't expect Yuzhi to come to the city. Aren't you worried that the child might get hurt?"
She stroked Old Lady Wei's back and said, "Mom, don't worry. I'll ask the eldest brother to go to the city and bring Yuzhi back tomorrow."
"No hurry, no hurry, how can I not be anxious?"
Old Mrs. Wei wished she could capture Liu Yuzhi right now. Things were about to be accomplished, and if something unexpected happened, everything would be wasted.
"She has legs and can run. Where are you going to ask Jianshan to find her tomorrow?"
Liu said, "But it's too late to go into the city now."
Old Mrs. Wei was even more angry. "It's too late to know now. What did you do before?"
Liu grumbled, "There's so much work to do at home. We can't just leave it there and go into the city to find someone, right? Going into the city costs money."
"Money, money, money. Now that it's done, how can you be left out?" Old Mrs. Wei was so angry that she twisted Liu's arm twice. Why was she only focusing on what was in front of her?
Liu rubbed her arm that was pinched and hurt. Seeing that her mother was angry, she had to continue to persuade her, "Yuzhi is timid and doesn't have much money on her. She won't run around."
"Besides, Yuzhi is a filial child. She will never let you down as a grandmother. Who knows, she might come back tomorrow."
This barely made Old Lady Wei feel better. She snorted, "I'll go to the city to look for someone tomorrow morning. This troublesome little girl, as a grandmother, I only hope for her well, how can I harm her?"
"Yes, yes, mother, you are all thinking about Yuzhi." Liu followed what Mrs. Wei said and helped the person walk home.
On the other side, Shang Wan, who was driving a ox cart home, listened with his ears perked up, but was completely confused.
It has something to do with money. Could it be that the Lin family is planning to sell Liu Yuzhi out?
But Liu Yuzhi is not the Lin family's daughter, so even if she wants to be sold, it is not the Lin family's turn, right?
Shang Wan felt strange and told Lu Chengjing about it after returning home.
But there was too little information, and Lu Chengjing couldn't make any analysis.
"It has nothing to do with our family anyway. Let's just wait and see what happens." Shang Wan put the matter behind him and handed the letter and package given by Qiao Yu'an to Lu Chengjing.
Lu Chengjing opened the bundle and found the account book inside. He put the bundle aside, opened the envelope, took out the letter paper and unfolded it, and a piece of paper fell out.
Shang Wan picked up the piece of paper and found that there was a picture of a tall, thin man wearing gray shorts on it. The face looked somewhat familiar.
Lu Chengjing didn't care about the contents on the piece of paper for the time being. He read the letter quickly and then whispered it to Shang Wan.
The letter only mentioned one thing: there was movement in the villa that Lu Chengjing asked Qiao Yu'an to keep an eye on.
Last night, the other courtyard sent someone to escort the two children away, and the person in charge of escorting them was the person drawn on the paper.
"Take a look." Shang Wan handed the piece of paper to Lu Chengjing, "I feel like I've seen it somewhere before."
Lu Chengjing took it and looked at it carefully, recognizing the person in the painting through his eyebrows and eyes.
He said confidently: "It's Gao Qi."
"Gao Qi?" Shang Wan stared at the person on the paper. How did this person look like Gao Qi?
The man on the paper had sunken cheeks, which made his cheekbones look even more prominent. His eyes were sinister and he had a gloomy aura. He was completely different from the Gao Qi that Shang Wan knew.
Also, the man on the paper has a beard.
As we all know, it is impossible for a father-in-law to grow a beard.
So Shang Wan didn’t think about Gao Qi at all.
"This beard must have been pasted on." Lu Chenjing raised his hand to cover the lower half of the man's face in the painting, then picked up the pen and drew two strokes on the eyebrows and eyes, motioning Shang Wan to look carefully.
This time Shang Wan finally matched the painting with Gao Qi himself.
It's not her fault that she has poor eyesight. For someone who is used to seeing sketches from life, it would be difficult for her to equate the figures in ink paintings when she suddenly sees them.
Shang Wan frowned and said, "Gao Qi has been in the other courtyard the whole time, why didn't the government find him?"
"The wanted poster issued by the government is based on Gao Qi's previous appearance." Lu Chengjing stared at the man on the paper. "Gao Qi looks like this now. Even if he appears in front of the police, they may not be able to find him."
Shang Wan nodded, vaguely feeling that something was wrong.
Experiencing a major change can indeed change a person, but the person has only changed, not replaced. You can always see some of the original shadow in him or her. However, Gao Qi is completely like that.
Just looking at the drawing on the piece of paper, no matter the image, temperament or eyes, it is completely impossible to associate it with Gao Qi, it's like he is a completely different person.
If this person is really Gao Qi, Shang Wan would suspect that the previous Gao Qi was deliberately disguised to deceive people.
She raised her hand and pinched her eyebrows, feeling that she had overlooked something.
Lu Chengjing poured a cup of medicinal tea and pushed it to her hand, saying gently: "It doesn't matter whether this person is Gao Qi, the purpose is important."
Qiao Yu'an's men have already followed, and it remains to be seen where this person will go.
"Trouble." Shang Wan sighed lightly, picked up the medicinal tea and took two sips.
"Thank you for your hard work, my lady." Lu Chengjing smiled slightly, "There has been some movement in the other courtyard. Once Lu Chengyuan goes to the capital, this matter will be resolved soon."
Shang Wan reached out and touched the corner of his lips, "Smile again."
Lu Chengjing raised the corners of his lips as he was told, and the smile in his eyes spread like ripples.
"It looks good." Shang Wan leaned over and kissed the corner of his lips. "I'll go take a look at the fields. You check the accounts carefully."
Lu Chengjing said "hmm" softly.
Shang Wan drank the medicinal tea in the cup, then stood up and left.
"Hey!" Chu Xu saw Shang Wan walking by and reached out to grab the hem of her skirt, "Can you take care of her?"
The one she was referring to was naturally Yuanyuan.
Shang Wan glanced at the two children on the cushion and asked, "What's wrong?"
Yuanyuan obediently placed her hands in front of her body. Chu Xu pointed at Yuanyuan and complained angrily, "She let the turtle crawl all over me."
Shang Wan asked: "Are there any wounds?"
Chu Xu: "No, but I don't like it."
Shang Wan: "Did you tell Yuanyuan that you don't like it anymore?"
Chu Xu pouted, "I told her, but she didn't listen."
Shang Wan squatted down and touched his head, "You can reason with her. You are six years old, how can you beat a one-year-old baby?"
Chu Xu glanced at the little girl playing with a turtle next to him, "But she can't even speak human language."
Shang Wan patted him, "That's called speaking unfluently. Her vocabulary is too limited. She's only one year old. You need to be patient when talking to her."
"But……"
"No buts." Shang Wan didn't want to be a kindergarten teacher, so she said, "Don't complain to adults about everything like a spoiled baby. Just handle it yourself."
"I'm not a spoiled baby." Chu Xu blushed and snorted, "Just say it yourself, I will convince her."