ASTNovels 228. Chase (2)
228. Chase (2)
Without immediately answering the middle-aged woman's question, the hostess just paused her words slightly, but her eyes suddenly began to wander.
"It seems that the condition of helping you return the credit card is not as good as the price offered to you by others. It seems that it is still necessary for me to get back the money I have already paid. "
"and many more!"
Seeing that the middle-aged woman was about to reach into her clothes and take out her mobile phone, the hostess couldn't bear it anymore, and quickly grabbed the middle-aged woman's hand, obviously wanting to stop her next move.
"I said, I'll tell you everything."
The hostess swallowed her saliva, her expression was a little dazed, she hesitated for a while, and finally bit her lips and spoke.
"It's like this. When I took this photo, I didn't think much about it. I just thought it was incredible to meet someone I saw in the news at the airport. Then I put the photo on my Weibo, and I also I didn’t care about it anymore. After that, a journalist contacted me and said that he wanted to buy my photo and let me spread this photo in my name. I actually refused at the beginning...just... He give me……"
Having said that, the woman didn't continue talking, but paused for a while, feeling a little hesitation.
"It's just that he gave you a favor, or offered you a price for your photo, didn't he?"
When the middle-aged woman heard this, she probably understood the meaning of the hostess in front of her. She just smiled and raised her head in a calm manner, and continued to talk about what she couldn't say.
"Well... the general thing is almost as you guessed... but after that, I followed what he said and continued to expand the influence of this photo in my circle of friends, and then it became a picture of people doing their best It's a well-known photo...Actually, I didn't expect to cause so much trouble for Lu Qihao and that girl named Sun Xiaoxiao at the beginning... But luckily, that reporter never came to harass me again after the accident , and no one asked me to pursue this matter...so I always thought that this matter was over...but I didn't expect you to take the initiative to find me today..."
"No, miss, you have misunderstood this point."
The middle-aged woman smiled slightly and shook her head slightly.
"I'm not here today as you think. I'm here to investigate this matter. I just want to know the name of the reporter. If you can tell me everything, then I won't bother you again, and I will definitely I will do what I promised you before."
"What you... said...is it true?"
The middle-aged woman's words were dubious in the hostess' ears, and her eyes were full of hesitation.
"Not only that, I will not let that reporter bother you, and I will definitely not expose you directly. I think my offer is already very attractive. You should have no reason to refuse, right?"
After a long silence, the hostess seemed to have thought about it seriously, and after a long while, she spoke again.
"That reporter's name is... Qian Haoming..."
Walking out of the apartment, it was almost noon, and the influence of jet lag was still unavoidable, affecting the middle-aged woman at this moment. Find a quiet place as soon as possible. The middle-aged woman took out her mobile phone from her pocket and dialed phone.
After a long time of busy tone, the call was finally connected.
"Hello, who is it?"
On the other end of the phone, a familiar voice came in an instant.
"Madam, it's me."
"Oh, it's Mrs. Zhen! Why is your phone number from Australia? Are you not in the United States?"
"Well, it is such a lady. I planned to go to the United States first, but according to the latest information, the young master is no longer in the United States. It should be the city B that I returned to recently. It just so happened that I also started with the most basic information. The investigation started, so I chose to come to the United States first."
"Oh, that's right...cough cough cough..."
Before the old lady could finish her sentence, she was interrupted by a loud coughing sound. Even from the other end of the phone, it could still be distinguished from the frequency of the cough. The old lady's cough was still very serious.
"Madam, is your body still not getting better?"
"Hey, it's an old problem, and you know it. This person is useless when he is old. In addition, you are not by my side, and most of the people who serve and serve are not very familiar with my habits, so they are useless. smoothly."
"Ma'am, how can you do it with your body like this, I'd better come back and take care of Madam before you deal with the young master's affairs..."
"But absolutely not!"
Hearing this, Mrs. Lu turned off the fire for some unknown reason, and hurriedly interrupted Sister-in-law Zhen before she could finish speaking.
"Tell me, what did you find out?
"Eh……"
How could Sister-in-law Zhen not know about the old lady's stubbornness after following her for so many years, so she could only follow her heart and say what she wanted to hear.
"After some investigations, Sun Xiaoxiao was secretly photographed at the airport before, and then her identity was exposed. It should be the first thing to get a clue out of many incidents, so I started with this incident. As expected, I found out that the photo is actually The incident was secretly fueled by a reporter named Qian Haoming, so I plan to start with this person and continue the investigation below."
"very good……"
After finishing speaking, Mrs. Lu sighed slightly, hesitated for a while, and then continued.
"People in our Lu family are easy to attract those paparazzi's covetousness outside. This time, we must help me suppress their arrogance. In addition, I think Lu Qifeng's project is not going well. Crown Group can't Without Qi Hao, through this matter, Qi Hao's heart must be pulled back."
"Yes ma'am, I see."
Murphy Manor.
"Master, this is the wedding plan that the master invited someone to send over. The above are several well-known international companies with rich practical experience. What the master wants is for the master and wife to choose your favorite wedding company on it. And the way of the wedding banquet, the next things can all be left to the master to arrange and decorate."
"All right, all right, I see, you put it on top of my box."
At this moment, Qiu Youting was walking forward staggeringly, holding a heavy box in his hand, looking at it from a distance, his back was like a drunkard who just got drunk, he didn't even seem to be able to walk straight up.
"Master, your box is so heavy, let me carry it for you."
"No, no, no! Just put that book on my box, I can do it myself."
The waiter stood aside and couldn't stand it any longer, so he volunteered and raised his hand to help Qiu Youting, but he flatly refused.
The direction Qiu Youting was walking staggeringly at this moment was the direction of the study where Sun Xiaoxiao was staying at the moment. The porcelain-making room, which is exactly the same as the study room in the house, is very suitable for the craft of porcelain-making, both in terms of equipment and environment.
But at this moment, what Qiu Youting is holding in his hand is a stack of classic ones that he has selected from the many treasures of porcelain making in his old library, and almost many of them are limited edition priceless treasures in this world.Because Sun Xiaoxiao was only studying how to make porcelain under the guidance of her mother before, and at this stage, she has never had a formal education of a relatively academic school. In addition, she has been making Sun Xiaoxiao angry for the past few days. There is no time to apologize in person, so today is considered a more formal apology.
Finally, staggering, she came to Sun Xiaoxiao's room, motioned to the security guard at the door to keep quiet, opened the door slowly, and slid open a small gap. Qiu Youting's line of sight happened to be able to peek in through the gap, Half of Sun Xiaoxiao's profile was in his eyes.
At the moment, Sun Xiaoxiao, who was standing quietly in the room, her hands were covered with clay of various colors, she was facing Qiu Youting sideways, staring intently at the microwave oven in front of her. Thinking about something.
The bright sunshine, impartial, just sprinkled on Sun Xiaoxiao's profile face, those big watery eyes, against the backdrop of the sunlight, were truly lovely.
"Ding dong!"
At this moment, the microwave oven suddenly issued a reminder sound, and Sun Xiaoxiao's attention seemed to shift from the almost solidified clay to the microwave oven in an instant.
Hurrying to open the furnace door, Sun Xiaoxiao couldn't wait to reach in and take out the work she had just finished, but almost at the moment when her palm touched the ceramic bottle, Sun Xiaoxiao let go of her hand, and the bottle fell on the ground in an instant. on the ground.
"Baby, is there anything wrong with you!"
It was too late to say that, Qiu Youting rushed into the room the first second he saw the situation, and all the books in the same box and the folders on it fell to the ground in an instant, and he grasped it tightly. She took Sun Xiaoxiao's hand and carefully examined the red and swollen skin on her hand.
"Why are you so careless! Take things out of the stove, even if you don't have common sense, you should know to wear a pair of gloves. You were not so careless when you taught Xiaoxiao to make clay sculptures. How come you are so careless? So careless!"
Qiu Youting's tone was almost full of blame, and he frowned and looked at Sun Xiaoxiao in front of him, with half blame and half distress in his eyes.
"Ah! Look! Look!"
However, at this moment, Sun Xiaoxiao didn't seem to have listened to Qiu Youting's words at all, and just looked straight at the ground.
"What are you looking at?"
Following Sun Xiaoxiao's gaze, Qiu Youting looked to the ground, but he was completely stunned there.