After Hou Qigui's investigation, it was found that the house next door indeed once belonged to a woman named Gong Yinluo.
But this woman is very mysterious. No information can be found except her name.
Li Muchen went to ask Huang Dashan specifically.
Huang Dashan replied sternly that there was no such person.
"Except for Mrs. Gong, I have never seen any other woman named Gong. Besides, in the past twenty years, there are no beauties within a radius of ten miles that I have not known. If there is a woman as beautiful as Mrs. Gong, with the same surname
Palace, how could I not know?"
Hou Qigui found the intermediary company that handled the transfer procedures for Zhou Shaoyi and found Gong Yinluo's phone number that was filled in during the transaction. This was the only clue to find this woman.
Unfortunately, when I called this number, it kept saying that it was not in the service area.
"I retrieved the relevant information about this number through my connections." Hou Qigui said, "This phone number is rarely used and has never been identified. It is silent most of the time. The most recent call record was three months ago."
"Can you find out who the call was made to?" Li Muchen asked.
"I found it. The owner of that number is..." Hou Qigui paused for a moment, with a strange expression on his face, and then said the person's name - "Na Ru'an."
"What about Ru'an?"
Li Muchen cried out in surprise.
Na Ru'an three months ago was already possessed by the shadow demon. In other words, Gong Yinluo was probably not contacting Na Ru'an, but the underworld servant.
The underworld servant is the only one who knows the truth of the matter and the only one who knows the whereabouts of his mother.
Gong Yinluo...could it be the pseudonym of her mother, Gong Lingyan?
Li Muchen's heart ignited hope again.
It's a pity that Ru'an is dead.
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Zhou Shaoyi didn't show up again, so the matter of buying the house next door was put on hold for the time being.
Luo Xingchang came a few more times and gave "gifts" to Butler Hou and Li Asi.
Hou Qigui asked him to lead the construction team into Li's house and repair the main body of Li's house according to the design drawings. However, strict boundaries were drawn. They could only work on the outer garden and the main house as soon as they entered the courtyard, and they could not enter.
Inner courtyard.
The layout of Li's house is a courtyard within a courtyard. Li Muchen and Lin Manqing live in the inner courtyard, which is an independent courtyard that is completely wrapped in the entire house.
Boss Wang led several people on patrol all day long. Luo Xingchang tried to enter the inner courtyard several times, but was stopped all the time.
Luo Xingchang looked very anxious, so he went to Butler Hou several times and suggested that the inner courtyard and the backyard be done together. Logically speaking, if the entire project was done together, the efficiency would be higher.
To this end, Luo Xingchang gave many "gifts", but Hou Qigui accepted them all, but he didn't agree. This made Luo Xingchang scold her behind his back.
But he had no choice but to wait for the opportunity.
The opportunity came soon.
This day was Lord Qin's sixty-sixth birthday. The disciples of the Qin Clan booked a garden club in the northern suburbs of the capital to celebrate Lord Qin's birthday. Almost all the respectable people in the capital went there.
Li Muchen and Lin Manqing also went.
Hou Qigui accompanied him with gifts.
As a rising upstart in the capital, he could not lose to other families in terms of ostentation, so Boss Wang accompanied him along with several bodyguards who were guarding the courtyard.
As a result, apart from the doorkeeper Li A Si, the only people left in Li House were a cook and a few maids.
Li Asi closed the door of Li's house and took on the task of patrolling the courtyard.
During lunch, Luo Xingchang brought two bottles of good wine and asked Li Asi to drink.
The engineering team's lunch is provided by Li Zhai, and the kitchen prepares a separate table for them.
Li Asi originally refused because according to regulations, he could not eat with them, let alone drink.
But there were fellow villagers from his hometown in the engineering team, and their enthusiasm made it difficult for him to refuse. He thought that anyway, the house was closed today, the owner and the housekeeper were out, and they would not be back until late at night. It would be okay to have a few glasses of wine, so he agreed.
Li Asi was very restrained and drank very little. He did not forget his duties.
But for some reason, he just drank a few drinks and felt a little dizzy.
Li Asi vaguely felt that something was wrong, but his mind was in a daze. He could only hear the sounds of fellow villagers toasting, and his eyes were filled with shadows.
"Ah Si, how could you drink like this?"
Wu Yuchun, who came to deliver fruits to them, came in and saw Li Asi's appearance, and quickly came over to help him, expressing both blame and concern.
Luo Xingchang said: "It's okay, Fourth Master is happy today and drank a few more drinks."
"Don't you know he's still at work? What do you want to do?" Wu Yuchun glared at Luo Xingchang and asked.
Luo Xingchang smiled coquettishly: "Miss Xiao Wu, help Ah Si back to rest first, we are here."
Wu Yuchun said: "No, the young master and his wife have gone out today, and the housekeeper is not here either. Ah Si is drunk. No outsiders can be left in the house. The project is suspended. You go back first and come back tomorrow."
Luo Xingchang said: "That's not possible. I have a contract with Butler Hou. If the construction period is delayed, I can't afford it."
The workers also said: "No, if we work less for a day, we will lose a day of money!"
Wu Yuchun said: "I will explain it to Butler Hou and give you an extension for one day."
The worker said: "We have other work later, and we have nothing to do today, so why delay us from making money? It's not our fault!"
Wu Yuchun put on a serious face and said: "As I said, there is no one in the house today, so we can't keep you here. It's Ah Si's fault that Ah Si is drunk. Ah Si and I will find a way to make up for your losses.
superior."
One of the workers seemed to be drunk too, and he cursed and said: "Who do you think you are! Didn't you just fall in love with Li Asi and sneak into Li's house to work as a maid? You are just a salesman, what are you pretending to be in front of us?
Pretend, ah!"
Wu Yuchun looked at the worker angrily. She recognized that he was Li Asi's fellow villager and her fellow villager. But at this time, he said such vicious words.
Tears welled up in Wu Yuchun's eyes, but she endured it. She didn't want to argue with the workers. She just said to Luo Xingchang persistently and stubbornly: "Mr. Luo, I'm really sorry. Please take people away now."
Luo Xingchang sneered and said: "Oh, it's really impressive. After becoming a celebrity around Mrs. Li, you turned your back and refused to recognize anyone else! Do you think that even a dog from the Li family is nobler than the rest of us?"
The workers around him had angry faces.
"I didn't mean that."
"Whether you mean it or not, I won't just wait for you to complain to Mrs. Li tomorrow."
"What do you want to do?" Wu Yuchun had an ominous premonition.
"What to do? Of course I'm going to block your mouth so you can't complain."
Luo Xingchang waved his hand, and several workers rushed forward, as agile as a leopard, and knocked Wu Yuchun to the ground, tied him up, and sealed his mouth with tape.