Mr. Lu's delicate bag

Chapter 172 The Fuse

After a while, Shen Jiaojiao felt pain in her eyes. She rubbed them, turned off the tablet, took off her headphones, glanced at her old friend sitting next to her, then raised her hand to hold Lu Yanran and leaned her head over.

Lu Yanran lowered her eyes to look at her, "What's wrong? Are you tired?"

"No..." Shen Jiaojiao closed her eyes, "Actually, I have something on my mind."

"and you"···

Shen Jiaojiao shook her head, "My uncle is very busy, I'll contact him later... The matter may be serious, but it may also be that I am scaring myself... Yanran, sometimes I miss my parents."

Today, Shen Jiaojiao's heart tightened when she saw some pages online saying that the body on the bridge pier might be related to her parents' "accident" that year.

The memories of her parents were actually too old and had become a little fuzzy, but Shen Jiaojiao had a few photos of them and herself that she always looked at.

The car was shaking, and Lu Yanran gently held Shen Jiaojiao's hand, "If you want to, do you want to go back to D County and take a look? You should be able to take a leave."

Shen Jiaojiao shook her head again. What she couldn't say was that she knew her uncle was helping to investigate the truth of what happened back then. And if it really wasn't an 'accident' but a deliberate murder, then it would be safest for her to leave D County.

If I can turn the tables here, the bad guys will be less cautious, and the possibility of my uncle helping me get the truth will be greater.

So, from childhood to adulthood, whenever the adults told her to go back, she would go back. If they said they were busy this year and would not go back to D County, she would just follow their arrangements.

The so-called peaceful days must have someone silently worrying about her. She knew this very well, so she was more obedient than anyone else, "No. I'd better study hard, the final exam is coming soon."

This should be the first time that Lu Yanran saw Shen Jiaojiao looking so listless. Most of the time, she was full of energy and enthusiasm, and had unlimited energy and motivation whether studying or doing things.

After sending Lu Yanran home, Shen Jiaojiao did not study at all on the way back. She just closed her eyes and dozed off. She remembered that during a conversation between Special Assistant Chen and her uncle, they seemed to have mentioned Gu Kaicheng, Gu Sheng's father.

At that time, she did a rough search on the Internet, and now she picked up her phone again, first sorting out the time on her side, the year, month and day when the incident happened to her parents, and then checking the timeline of Gu Kaicheng's rise to wealth.

There is not much information written about some of them, but there are some marketing accounts that talk about success and motivation, and regard Gu Kaicheng as a model of grassroots counterattack, so someone has sorted out the timeline in it.

Shen Jiaojiao took notes one by one. She couldn't trust what the one-man show said, especially since they were all marketing accounts that prioritized traffic... But she still recorded them carefully, and then used the key turning points in them to search for the corresponding years, and then look at the corresponding hot topics to see if there were any contradictions.

If there is no contradiction and the credibility is a little higher, she will put an asterisk and mark it.

Before she got home, Shen Jiaojiao received a call from Lu Shize, who said that she had gone to pick up Lu Yanran and would be home in about 10 minutes.

Lu Shize said that they would talk on the phone after she got home.

Gu Sheng walked into the house waving his car keys and whistling, but he saw that all the aunts and bodyguards had serious expressions on their faces. He quickly stopped and glanced around the living room, but did not see his father and brother.

After changing his shoes, without waiting for him to go find the butler, the butler came over and said, "Second Young Master, the master is waiting for you in the study. Please go find him as soon as you come back."

"Okay, I understand." Gu Sheng responded loudly, and then quickly lowered his voice and asked, "What's the matter?"

The housekeeper pursed his lips and whispered a few words to him. Gu Sheng nodded and said, "I understand."

He quickly ran upstairs, stood in front of the door, straightened his collar and cuffs, and then knocked on the door.

He opened the door only after hearing a response from inside. He saw his father sitting majestically at the computer desk, and his brother was also sitting next to him. He greeted them one by one.

"Come here," my father said.

His brother also stood up and gave up his chair. Gu Sheng roughly knew what was going on. The housekeeper had just explained everything to him, but he didn't show it on his face. He only heard his brother laugh, "What are you afraid of? I'm not going to eat you."

His brother took another chair, and Gu Sheng sat down. His father pushed the proposal over to him and said, "I heard today that you want Lu Shize to invest in you?"

Gu Sheng looked at the proposal and then at his father, and quickly stood up. "What's wrong? Dad, is there something wrong?"

Gu Kaicheng quickly raised his hand to suppress it, "No, I haven't seen your plan, I haven't even opened it. I definitely respect you. I just want to ask you, just explain everything to us clearly."

Gu Sheng had no doubts and told him everything, because this time he had planned to talk to his father or brother to see if they could help him get the plan approved by Lu Shize.

Because someone from Lu Shize's side had already come to urge him, Gu Kaicheng thought about coming back after receiving the information and asking his second son what had happened first.

My brother took the plan from the other side and said, "Well, do you want me and Dad to take a look at it for you?"

Gu Sheng looked back at his father, "Dad, you mean you agree, right?"

"I agree..."

In fact, after thinking about it carefully over the years, Gu Kaicheng also felt that something was strange. The Gu family and the Lu family had basically no business dealings, although they always met at some gatherings.

As for himself, after all, he had done something wrong, and the couple's child was raised in Lu Shize's home. He was somewhat wary of the Lu family, so he would never think of cooperating with the Lu family on many businesses.

But how did Lu Shize avoid cooperating with me at all?

He just sat here and thought a lot. For example, Gu Sheng, who was kept in the dark, would accidentally think of cooperating with Lu Shize. This is what people who really don't know the truth would naturally do.

So... Lu Shize had always felt there was something else behind that "accident"? And since he was his primary suspect, he was subconsciously avoiding working with him?

Thinking of this, he felt a chill down his spine. Lu Shize must have been hiding it well enough. For so many years, he was able to hold back or investigate very subtly?

Gu Sheng's brother flipped through it briefly, looked back at his father and nodded. This eldest son was always by his father's side, and the two of them had a tacit understanding. Looking at the eldest son's expression, Gu Kaicheng understood.

"Okay, find a few people to help your brother make some changes."

Brother Gu Sheng handed the folder back and said, "Go out. I'll have my assistant contact you tomorrow. After you finish your classes, come to my place at noon or in the afternoon. We'll have a meeting then to finalize the plan. And..."

Gu Sheng blinked and looked at his brother in confusion. Gu Sheng's brother first looked at his father, as if he had received consent, and then looked back at his younger brother, "I will also prepare an alternative project. If Lu Shize is unwilling to invest in this one, you can talk to him about another one."

Gu Sheng chewed over his father and brother's words and asked, "Dad, besides the superficial cooperation, are you guys planning anything else?"

My brother chuckled, "What's wrong?"

Since Gu Sheng didn't get the answer he wanted, he naturally wouldn't answer his brother's question and just looked at his father.

Gu Kaicheng laughed and said, "Yeah, you are quite smart."

"Because, you're just helping me negotiate a partnership, and this plan is small. If my brother pitches in, we should be able to get investment... Then, why do you have to give us an alternative plan? It's as if you two are so sure that everything is foolproof that you have to cooperate with Lu Shize?"

Gu Guang smiled and said, "Because your plan is about the renovation of the old city, do you think that the old city is just an economic issue? Some neighbors will elevate it to the level of culture and heritage, and there are also nostalgia and other meanings. You can't get what you want just by spending money.

Maybe someone will die. We open a business and make money, so why do we have to take such a risk? What else does Lu Shize need?

That's why I wanted to give you a backup plan, so that it has a greater chance of passing... Why, do you insist on using this project to fight Lu Shize to the bitter end? You have to know that some projects are 100% attractive, and some people just won't invest."

Gu Sheng was speechless after being scolded, "Is it really just like that?"

Gu Guang didn't say anything else, just raised his hand and yawned, "It's getting late, everyone should go downstairs for a midnight snack... Oh, by the way, Gu Sheng, it's almost New Year's Day, you and your classmates and friends should go to some nightclubs less often.

It’s the end of the year now, and the supervision and inspections will definitely be stricter everywhere. Don’t wait until then...”

"I don't know how, I'm still a student."

"Oh, that's the best. I'm just worried about you getting into trouble. You'll have to stay in our circle and find a girlfriend in the future. It would be bad if you don't get her and end up with a bad reputation."

Gu Sheng didn't want to respond. Every time he clashed with his brother, he was like a military strategist. He seemed to be able to plan everything and win the battle from thousands of miles away.

Gu Guangxian went down first. Gu Kaicheng could see that his second son was a little unhappy, so he smiled and said, "Lu Shize is a very smart man. It's a good thing for you to deal with him more. I think if these two projects don't work out, you can still do the third and fourth. Anyway, just treat him as your teacher. You will learn something by interacting with him more."

Although his father tried to whitewash the reason why he not only helped him modify and optimize the first plan, but also gave him a reason for the second plan...but Gu Sheng still firmly believed in his first thought, that is, his father and brother were eager to have a relationship with Lu Shize.

Without showing it on his face, Gu Sheng nodded and said, "Dad, I will do my best and learn from him."

But, he knew, if he really wanted to establish a relationship with Lu Shize, where had he been all these years? Why now?

Could it be that something happened recently? What triggered it?