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"How dare you touch the family property without permission!" Fourth Uncle Luo roared, his voice like a loud bell, shaking the dust in the warehouse to fall.

The black-clad bodyguards behind him immediately dispersed and formed an encirclement.

Wu Xinyan subconsciously clenched the documents in her hand tighter, and met Fourth Uncle Luo's angry gaze with a firm look.

"Fourth Uncle, these documents may be of great significance to the property dispute. We just want to find out the truth."

Luo Yichen stood beside Wu Xinyan, protecting her behind him, and said in a cold tone, "Fourth Uncle, don't you think it's too much for you to be so unreasonable? These documents should be made public and transparent, not hidden here."

"Open and transparent? Humph!" Fourth Uncle Luo sneered, a sinister glint in his eyes. "It's not your turn to meddle in the affairs of the Luo family! You're stealing important family documents!" He waved his hand and ordered the men in black behind him, "Grab all the documents!"

The man in black received the order and immediately pounced on Wu Xinyan.

Luo Yichen was quick-witted and quick-handed. He pulled Wu Xinyan behind him and at the same time blocked the man in black who was rushing towards him.

The warehouse was suddenly in chaos, with papers flying and falling like snowflakes.

Wu Xinyan was extremely anxious. These documents were found with great difficulty by her and they might contain the key to uncovering the truth.

She desperately protected the documents in her hand to prevent the man in black from touching them.

"Luo Yichen, are you trying to rebel?!" Uncle Luo, seeing that he failed to snatch the thing, angrily pointed at Luo Yichen and cursed him.

"I'm just defending my rights." Luo Yichen remained calm, his eyes sharp as a knife. "Fourth Uncle, I advise you not to make the same mistake again."

In the chaos, several documents were torn and broken.

Wu Xinyan looked at the torn documents and felt heartbroken.

Seeing this, a cunning light flashed in Fourth Uncle Luo's eyes, "Well, you actually deliberately damaged important family documents! I'm going to sue you in court!" He smiled coldly, as if he was sure of winning... "Lawyer Gao," Fourth Uncle Luo turned his head to look at Lawyer Gao who had been standing quietly beside him, "prepare the prosecution materials." The air in the warehouse was stagnant, filled with the smell of dust from torn paper.

Wu Xinyan felt heartbroken as she looked at the torn pieces of document in her hands.

These were not just a few pieces of paper, but her hope of getting closer to the truth, but now it was shattered like a butterfly in the wind.

Seeing this, Uncle Luo raised the corner of his mouth in a cold arc, as if everything was within his expectations.

"Lawyer Gao," he turned to look at the well-dressed Lawyer Gao who had been standing quietly to the side, "prepare the materials for the lawsuit. They deliberately damaged important family documents, and the evidence is irrefutable!"

Lawyer Gao pushed the gold-rimmed glasses on his nose, and a shrewd and cold light flashed behind the lenses.

He stepped forward, his tone stern and cold: "According to the judgment of the family lawyer, the behavior of Ms. Wu Xinyan and Mr. Luo Yichen has seriously violated the family rules. They should be deprived of the qualification to compete for the property."

Wu Xinyan suddenly looked up and looked at Lawyer Gao in disbelief.

She never thought that this family lawyer, who has always been known for his fairness and strictness, would be so partial to Fourth Uncle Luo.

"Lawyer Gao, you...you can't do this!" Wu Xinyan's voice trembled, almost pleading. "We just want to find out the truth. These documents are very important to us!"

"The truth?" Fourth Uncle Luo sneered disdainfully. "The truth is that you have evil intentions and want to steal the family property! Now that the evidence is irrefutable, what else do you have to say?"

Luo Yichen stepped forward, protecting Wu Xinyan behind him. He stared at Fourth Uncle Luo with a sharp gaze, "Fourth Uncle, aren't you afraid of retribution for confusing right and wrong like this? We're just looking for what belongs to us!"

"It belongs to you?" Lawyer Gao interrupted Luo Yichen sharply, "When did the Luo family's property become yours? Please produce evidence!"

"Evidence..." Luo Yichen was about to speak, but was rudely interrupted by his uncle Luo.

"Enough! Stop quibbling!" Uncle Luo waved his hand impatiently. "Lawyer Gao, prepare the prosecution materials immediately! I'm going to make them pay!"

Lawyer Gao nodded slightly, pulled out a document from his briefcase, and handed it to Notary Liu standing beside him. "Mr. Liu, please bear witness to this."

Notary Liu took the document and flipped through it with a serious expression. The warehouse was completely silent, with only the rustling of papers being audible.

Luo Yichen held Wu Xinyan's hand tightly, feeling the coldness and trembling in her palm.

He knew that they were facing unprecedented difficulties, but he would not give up no matter what.

He took a deep breath and was about to speak when he heard Lawyer Gao's cold voice: "Okay, Mr. Liu, please sign."

Notary Liu picked up his pen...

Notary Liu hesitated for a moment, holding his pen tip above the document.

The atmosphere in the warehouse was so heavy that it was suffocating. Everyone's breathing could be heard clearly.

Luo Yichen suddenly grabbed the document handed to him by Lawyer Gao and threw it to the ground.

"Uncle, you're robbing us! We just want to find out the truth and find what belongs to us. Why are you stopping us?" He pointed at the fragments of documents scattered on the ground, his tone filled with suppressed anger. "These documents are what we deserve to see!"

Fourth Uncle Luo sneered, folded his arms across his chest, and looked confident of victory.

"Yi Chen, you are too naive. The family property is not something you can take whenever you want. What you call the truth is nothing but your wishful thinking." He glanced at the fragments of documents on the ground, a barely perceptible panic flashed in his eyes, which he then concealed well.

"Lawyer Gao, ignore them and continue."

Lawyer Gao bent down to pick up the document, dusted it off, and handed it back to Notary Liu. His tone was unquestionable: "Mr. Liu, please sign."

Notary Liu looked at Luo Yichen, then at Fourth Uncle Luo, beads of sweat oozing from his forehead.

He was caught between two forces, in a dilemma.

Seeing this, Wu Xinyan walked up to Notary Liu and said earnestly, "Mr. Liu, we really just want to find out the truth. Please trust us and give us a fair chance."

Notary Liu pushed his glasses up and sighed, "Ms. Wu, I understand your feelings, but... I don't have enough evidence to prove your claims. I need more time to make a judgment on this matter."

Fourth Uncle Luo knocked on the table impatiently. "Mr. Liu, what are you still hesitating about? Are you going to go against the family rules too?"

Notary Liu's pen tip hovered above the document again, trembling, but never falling.

At this moment, Wu Xinyan's eyes fell on the fragments of documents on the ground. One of the inconspicuous fragments seemed to have something printed on it... She bent down and picked up the fragment calmly...

Wu Xinyan's heart sank.

What was scattered on the ground were not just fragments of documents, but also fragments of her and Yi Chen's hope to find the truth.

She could almost feel the cold breath of despair surrounding her, and the suffocating feeling tightly grasped her throat.

But just when she was about to give up, a line of tiny handwriting caught her eye on a piece of paper that her fingertips touched.

It was a string of numbers, sandwiched between a vague address, like a ray of light in the darkness, instantly igniting the hope in her heart.

This string of numbers seemed familiar to her...

She calmly held the fragment tightly in her palm, the sweat on her palm almost soaking the paper.

Luo Yichen noticed her subtle movements and followed her gaze to the ground, but only saw scraps of paper scattered all over the floor.

He clenched his fists, suppressed his anger, turned to Fourth Uncle Luo and said, "Fourth Uncle, why are you trying to stop me like this? Do you have something to hide?"

Fourth Uncle Luo snorted disdainfully: "Yi Chen, stop struggling in vain. You can't beat me."

Lawyer Gao took the opportunity to chime in, "Mr. Luo, I advise you to give up. You're just wasting everyone's time." He urged Notary Public Liu, "Mr. Liu, please sign as soon as possible."

Notary Liu hesitated, his eyes moving back and forth between Luo Yichen and Fourth Uncle Luo, and he did not dare to write.

Wu Xinyan took a deep breath, hid her hand holding the fragments behind her back, walked to Luo Yichen, gently squeezed his hand, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Yichen, don't worry, I seem to have found some clues..." Her eyes fell on a corner deep in the warehouse, where some dusty wooden boxes were piled up, like forgotten secrets, quietly waiting to be revealed.

She stared at the corner intently, a bold plan slowly taking shape in her mind.

She moved closer to Luo Yichen again and said in a very low voice, "Hold them steady..."