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Lu Yang quickly declined, "No need, we already booked a hotel before we came."

"Even if we don't stay now, the hotel won't give a full refund. Let's go stay at the hotel instead. We know where you're staying."

"Once we've settled in here, I'll call Rongqing to make sure you're available, and then we'll come over for a visit."

As he spoke, Lu Yang took out the gifts he had prepared beforehand from his bag and gave them to the Li family.

"These are nothing valuable, just local specialties from our area. Please don't look down on them."

Xu Shujuan said with some regret, "My family has plenty of houses, why spend that money? Staying in a hotel is too expensive."

Li Rongqing whispered, "Boss Lu is very rich, he doesn't care about this little bit of money."

The group parted ways at the restaurant entrance, with Li Rongqing going to the hotel with Lu Yang and the others.

Only after finding out where Lu Yang lived did Li Rongqing return home.

Director Li had been waiting for Li Rongqing to return home. When he saw him come back, he smiled and said, "This person is at least polite and went to great lengths to help you. Although there was an element of taking advantage of him, he is definitely not a bad person at heart. He is worth getting to know."

Li Rongqing was quite helpless. His father had been the head of the teaching department his whole life. He was very strict and always looked at people with a scrutinizing attitude.

He quickly told Director Li to stop talking, speechless, "They don't even know me, so what's the point of talking about taking advantage of them?"

“If I hadn’t offered to help him expand his market here, he wouldn’t have even thought of bringing it up himself.”

"It's because I don't want to owe people favors, so don't be so suspicious."

Director Li glanced helplessly at his son, said nothing more, and asked with concern, "How have you been feeling lately? Do you have a headache?"

Li Rongqing shook his head: "I haven't had a headache in a long time, and I've been sleeping well lately, but I still don't dare to turn off the lights."

Director Li sighed: "It's good that you're alright. Take your time to recover."

After Lu Yang and Yao Lili finished packing their luggage, they called their bodyguards and went out for a stroll.

They can't rely entirely on the Li family; they also have to put in their own effort to find a suitable shop as soon as possible.

We also need to recruit trustworthy people to run the restaurant here.

The two walked around the hotel for a long time, but didn't see any suitable storefronts.

However, I know the restaurants here, and their business model is quite different from that of Guangzhou.

They need to change some of their strategies; they can't simply copy the business model of Guangzhou.

As the two were walking down the street, Yao Lili suddenly stopped and pointed with her chin to a spot not far away.

Lu Yang followed the gaze and was stunned, for he saw Lu Jianjun and Lu Yao.

The two men were acting suspiciously, glancing around discreetly before heading towards a corner.

Lu Yang squinted at the direction they disappeared in, and winked at the security guard: "Follow them, see where they went and what they're doing, but don't let them find out."

Yao Lili rolled her eyes. They're like ghosts that just won't go away. "How come I keep running into them wherever I go? I thought they would run south, given their personalities."

Lu Yang nodded in agreement. Indeed, he had thought the two would head south, but they hadn't expected to come to the north instead.

In his memory, Lu Jianjun and Lu Yao didn't have many connections in Shandong.

He and Yao Lili lost their mood for shopping and went back to the hotel.

After waiting for about half an hour, the security guard returned with a very strange expression and said, "These two went to see their girlfriends."

Yao Lili immediately showed a look of disgust, but Lu Yangze was not surprised at all.

Because he had long known that Lu was into this kind of thing—eating, drinking, whoring, gambling, and smoking—he always did it all.

He thought for a moment and asked, "Are they happy to spend money?"

The bodyguard shook his head and said, "It didn't cost any money."

Yao Lili was stunned: "How could that be? Those kinds of people are the most greedy. If they don't give money, they'll be beaten to death."

The bodyguard, with a stern face, said, "They must be regulars, maybe they're on a monthly subscription."

Lu Yang's eyes darkened. Monthly subscriptions weren't cheap, especially for two people.

They fled from Guangzhou in a panic, and how come they have money to sleep with prostitutes now that so little time has passed?

Lu Yang just felt that there was something wrong with these two people, and that their money was very likely obtained illegally.

After a moment of silence, he instructed his bodyguards, "Take turns keeping an eye on them. Call me if you find anything. Remember not to watch too closely, or you'll be discovered."

The two bodyguards nodded immediately and went out one after the other.

Lu Yang and Yao Lili locked the door and sat on the sofa to watch TV.

Yao Lili thought for a moment and said, "Do you think they've gone back to their old business of selling fake paintings?"

Lu Yang shook his head: "Not necessarily. Once bitten by a snake, twice shy."

"Unless he's starving to death, Lu Yao won't take that risk."

Yao Lili looked bewildered: "Besides selling fake paintings, I really can't think of any other business Lu Yao could be doing to live so comfortably in such a short time?"

Not to mention Yao Lili, even Lu Yang himself couldn't understand it.

He didn't dwell on it further, but instead invited Yao Lili to rest with him.

He plans to continue looking for a shop tomorrow, and once he finds a suitable one, he will immediately ask the Li family for help to open the shop and set up his business.

After searching for two days, the two finally settled on a shop location.

Luo Yang spoke directly with the shop owner and decided to buy the storefront.

As the two were talking, Lu Yang's phone suddenly rang.

Lu Yang told Yao Lili to continue playing while he went to the side to answer the phone.

The call was from the bodyguard, who said sternly, "These two are here to see someone off."

"The place they went to was a relatively well-known, secluded disco in the area."

"They just sent someone here a while ago. The disco owner gave them a discount; they could sleep with prostitutes here for free for a week."

Lu Yang paused for a moment before gritting his teeth and saying, "They're now involved in human trafficking."

The bodyguard said in a deep voice, "I'm afraid so."

Lu Yang felt a physical aversion to Lu Jianjun and Lu Yao.

He took a deep breath, suppressing his disgust, and had two bodyguards find their residence. Once they confirmed where they lived, they quickly returned.

Yao Lili then came over to ask Lu Yang about the situation. Lu Yang sighed and quietly recounted what had happened.

Yao Lili was shocked on the spot. She scratched her hair and quickly pulled Lu Yang away, saying, "Let's go back quickly and ignore them. Those two have gone crazy."

Lu Yang knew that Yao Lili was worried that Lu Jianjun and Lu Yao would harm him.

After all, this isn't the provincial capital, nor is it Guangzhou.

They were unfamiliar with the area and had no acquaintances other than the Li family. Staying here might be dangerous.