An Ran couldn't contact Lu Renjie for a week in a row. She called Lu Renjie's mobile phone number countless times, but she couldn't get through.
Seeing that she was anxious, Ah Hao asked Xiao Jiu to help search the Internet for news about the Lu family in Hong Kong City.
Xiaojiu spent a day breaking through the Lu Group's firewall and entering the high-level core database, but the information he found was not optimistic.
"Lu's Group is currently experiencing a serious debt crisis, and many projects have experienced various problems in a short period of time. The main responsibility lies with Lu's Group, so many business partners have initiated legal proceedings against Lu's to seek legal compensation.
Huge liquidated damages and huge economic losses.”
"I used software to calculate it. So far, the total amount of compensation requested by all cooperative parties that have initiated liability lawsuits has exceeded the limit that Lu Group can bear!"
"In other words, the Lu Group is about to face bankruptcy and liquidation! If it becomes insolvent, the chairman and president of the group will face charges of huge financial crimes and face jail time!"
An Ran was horrified when he heard this and couldn't believe it: "Here, it's just been less than twenty days, isn't Lu going to be okay?"
It has only been more than half a month since the day Nie Canghao was called away by Bai Ling's call.
Nie Canghao actually did so many things in this short period of time! Including sending his uncle to a mental hospital. Most of the accidents that happened to Director Qin and Director Lu were related to him.
In addition, he also brought down the huge Lu Group?
This man's destructive power and lethality are becoming more and more terrifying!
"Where is my brother?" An Ran asked Xiaojiu anxiously.
Xiaojiu was typing keys like crazy as he deciphered the firewalls and searched for any clues about Lu Renjie.
"Currently, no detailed information about the Lu family and his son can be found. They are most likely trying to escape!"
"What?" An Ran was even more surprised, "The Lu family has lived in Hong Kong City for generations. Are they planning to leave their hometown?"
"It's possible!" Xiao Jiu had the basis for his judgment. "When the Lu family forced Lu Renjie's ex-wife Bai Shiwei's family business to go bankrupt, the Bai family was desperate overnight and was forced to leave Hong Kong City."
Who would have thought that after a year and a half, the Lu family would follow in the footsteps of their in-laws and reach the end of their rope.
While An Ran was in a daze, Lu Renjie's number suddenly called.
"Brother called!" She couldn't help shouting in surprise and quickly answered the phone.
But what came out of the phone was Lu Yichang's voice: "Xiaoran, it's dad!"
The surprise in An Ran's eyes suddenly turned into disgust and wariness: "Where is Lu Renjie?"
"Xiaoran, your brother..." Lu Yichang suddenly choked up when he said this.
An Ran's heart skipped a beat and she had an ominous premonition. "What happened to him?"
"Xiao Ran, our Lu family is about to die! Your brother is too strong and refuses to ask you for help. In order to refuse to contact you, he even gave up his mobile phone number."
"Dad specially found someone to restore the normal communication function of this number, just to tell you that if you don't help, your brother will change from the eldest son of the Lu family to a beggar on the roadside!"
Lu Yichang burst into tears at the end.
An Ran bit her lip, feeling extremely uncomfortable.
From the first day she married Nie Canghao by mistake, she knew that his threats were never empty promises!
He said he would bankrupt the Lu family and make the eldest young master of the Lu family live on the streets as a beggar, and he really did it!
"Where is my brother?" An Ran asked again.
"Your brother is in a very bad state. He drinks to drown his sorrows all day long and gives up on himself! No matter how much I try to persuade him, it's no use! The only one who can save him is you!"
"Your brother loves and cares most about you, his biological sister! As long as you are willing to come to Hong Kong City, he will definitely regain his confidence and cheer up!"
An Ran was startled: "Should I go to Hong Kong City?"
"You are the eldest lady of the Lu family!" Lu Yichang told her in a passionate tone. "The blood of the Lu family bleeds in your body. In this precarious time, you should stand with the Lu family and live and die together!"
An Ran sneered: "You have no morals to kidnap me! I won't talk nonsense to you. Where is Lu Renjie? Let him answer the phone!"
"My silly daughter, if your brother is willing to answer your call, I don't have to call you personally! His child has too much self-esteem. If something happens, he is afraid of hurting you, so he will choose you out first!"
"Your brother is kind-hearted and considers everything for you. You can't ignore him without conscience!"
An Ran gritted her teeth and held back her anger, listening to Lu Yichang going around and around but refusing to let Lu Renjie talk to her.
Could it be that something happened to Lu Renjie?
She knew that the more anxious she appeared, the more Lu Yichang would deliberately manipulate her, and simply said in a cold tone: "Let Lu Renjie talk to me personally about whatever you want to talk about! If you call me again, I will block this number!"
After saying that, An Ran hung up the phone without hesitation.
Although she was worried about Lu Renjie, she was deeply aware of Lu Yichang's cunning and insidiousness.
She couldn't waste time on that old fox, she had to force him to let Lu Renjie speak out - she wanted to make sure that Lu Renjie was still alive!
Hong Kong City, Lu family mansion.
Lu Renjie's hands and feet were tied, his mouth was sealed, and he was lying on the sofa struggling constantly.
He has been sedated several times.
The doctor warned Lu Yichang that further injections of sedatives might affect Lu Renjie's IQ, so he changed his treatment from injecting sedatives to binding and taping his mouth.
Lu Yichang came over with his mobile phone and asked Xiaogang to remove the tape on Lu Renjie's mouth. He shook his head and sighed: "Why are you doing this!"
With his mouth finally free, Lu Renjie breathed for a while and angrily scolded his father: "It turns out that you had expected that Nie Canghao would take revenge on you, so you deliberately let me get close to Xiaoran, just to use her as a shield at this time!"
"She is the daughter of the Lu family! When the family is in trouble, it is time for her to help! That day you gave her nearly one billion in property, and you also gave her 1% of the Lu family's equity.
And Nie Canghao’s son!”
"Our Lu family is interested in her, isn't it? She has the nerve to take the benefits in vain and just sit back and watch our Lu family's destruction?"
Lu Renjie almost fainted from anger again. He was completely disappointed with this profit-seeking and calculating father.
"The disasters in the Lu family are not all caused by you! If you hadn't had an affair with Nie Canghao's mother, hadn't deliberately kidnapped him and sold him, and hadn't collaborated with Nie Cheng to kill his father, how could he have done anything to him?
The Lu family is so cruel!"
"You committed such a heinous crime and deliberately dragged Xiaoran into trouble! Are you worthy of being a father!"
"If I knew that the Lu family was in such a big disaster, how could I go to the imperial capital to meet her, how could I drag her down!"
He just feels sorry for his sister and wants to pamper her, love her and support her.
He was afraid that Nie Canghao would despise her for having a baby before marriage, so he specially gave her real estate and property, and also donated Lu's shares to his nephew.
Everything he did was meant to make her life better, not to drag her down.
But he never imagined that from the moment Lu Yichang deliberately revealed the news about An Ran to him and encouraged him to go to the imperial capital to get acquainted with her brother and sister, a huge net would be cast!
The two sons and daughters of the Lu family are nothing more than bargaining chips used by Lu Yichang to avoid risks.