“Um” 。Fu Xiaoyao softly replied with a sound, then turned her gaze to the tea table and started spacing out, wondering what she was thinking about. 。The next day, as Aunt Song had said, Yulin's res...Lisa glared at her, "He hit me. He only did it because you were on the phone then, so he found me and asked me to give this to you."

Fu Xiaoyao raised an eyebrow, then the corner of her mouth twitched.

So that's how it is.

Just now, she did call Lu Hanchuan and they talked for a long time.

"Alright, I understand. Anything else" Fu Xiaoyao rubbed her temples.

Lisa pulled out her notepad and flipped it open. "At 4 p.m., Mr. Director, you have another client meeting. Don't forget,"

"No." Fu Xiaoyao nodded.

Lisa closed her notebook. "Well, Mr. Director, I'll be going now."

Having said that, she turned and walked toward the door.

Fu Xiaoyao watched her back, smiling and shaking her head.

Then, she retracted the smile from her face, and with a serious expression, inserted the flash drive into the computer. She read the contents, which was a video.

Fu Xiaoyao frowned, skeptically clicking on the video. A familiar face that made her hate appeared on the screen.

That's right, Qidong Ming!

Fu Xiaoyao stared intently at Qi Dongming in the video. Six years had passed, and he had aged considerably. His hair was completely white, and his face was covered in wrinkles, making him look like a man in his seventies.

And he was very thin, with prominent cheekbones and a pointed chin. His eye sockets were sunken, and the wrinkles on his face made him look anything but kind for an elderly man. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say he was sharp-tongued and bitter.

If she remembered correctly, he was only fifty-seven this year, but he looked seventy. She couldn't imagine what he had gone through in the past six years, but it was clear that he hadn't been doing well.

This was undoubtedly a good thing for Fu Xiaoyao. As long as Qi Dongming wasn't doing well, she felt happy!

Fu Xiaoyao stared intently at the video. In the video, Qi Dongming was bound to a rusty single iron bed with handcuffs and shackles, his whole body closed his eyes, as if still unconscious, unable to wake up.

And the environment he was in was dark and damp, without a single light source, except for a dim lamp standing nearby, barely illuminating everything around him.

Fu Xiaoyao looked for a long time before realizing that this seemed to be a secret room.

So Qi Dongming was captured by the people of Shi Mo and locked in a secret room.

Just then, the phone in my hand rang.

Fu Xiaoyao paused the video, picked up her phone and smiled, hurriedly answering, "Brother."

"Have you received your brother's gift" Shi Mo asked with a smile.

Fu Xiaoyao immediately reacted, he meant the gift should be a flash drive, nodding heavily, "Received, I'm admiring it now."

"Do you like it" Shi Mo asked again.

Fu Xiaoyao looked at Qi Dongming, who was described as haggard in the video, and a smirk played on her lips. "Of course, this is the best gift I've received this year!"

"That's good then." Shi Mo said with satisfaction.

Fu Xiaoyao leaned back against the chair, "Brother, where did you find him"

In the countryside.

"Is this the countryside I mentioned in my previous clue" Fu Xiaoyao asked.

Shi Mo hummed in agreement, "That's right, he changed his name and lived in his hometown. Moreover, he looked much older than before. The people I sent were almost unable to recognize him. When they were about to give up and leave, a villager called out his original name, and that's how we managed to catch him."

"So that's how it is, I was tricked by the villagers." Fu Xiaoyao laughed happily.

"Indeed," said Shi Mo with a smile.

"But why would Qi Dongming be back in his hometown, and have changed his name, and he looks like he's having a hard time" That's Fu Xiaoyao's biggest confusion right now.

Shi Mo replied, "He was sent back by Qi Ya. As for the reason, it's nothing more than a few possibilities. One is that she worries that you might come back someday and seek revenge, after all, Qi Ya is the one who believes most firmly that you are still alive. The other possibility is that she is worried that if Lu Hanchuan recovers his memory someday, he will also deal with them, so Qi Ya sent him to the countryside."

"Hmph, she thinks sending people to the countryside will make them safe" Fu Xiaoyao rolled her eyes in disdain.

Shi Mo smiled, "Sometimes the simplest places are also the safest. If Dr. Shao hadn't reminded you, would you have thought of Qi Dongming hiding in his hometown"

Fu Xiaoyao's expression stiffened, and she awkwardly lowered her head.

"See, human thinking is easily set in its ways. You never imagined Qi Dongming would give up the bustling city and retreat to his impoverished hometown."

Fu Xiaoyao nodded in agreement, "You're right, I hadn't considered that."

"But it's alright, Dr. Shao thought of it and reminded you, otherwise it would take a long time to catch Qi Dongming." Shi Mo sighed.

Fu Xiaoyao's heart was filled with gratitude for Shao Sian, "Yes."

She cooked a meal herself that night and invited him to dinner, as a way of thanking him for the clues he had provided.

Thinking about it, Fu Xiaoyao tightened her hand and made up her mind.

On the phone, Shi Mo said again, "As for why Qi Dongming is having a hard time, it's because he has no money. He can only rely on farming to make a living. He was pampered for over twenty years and had long forgotten how to farm or cook. So over the past six years, he’s aged like this."

"What No money This can't be possible!" Fu Xiaoyao exclaimed.

Qi Dongming was beaten up by the Tangshan people back then, although he lost most of his assets, he still had a lot left.

He also gave half of his estate to Qi Ya.

Back then, she wanted to take back Qi Dongming and Qi Ya's property because it all belonged to her and her biological mother. But later, because Qi Ya had put a hit on her, she was unable to get it back, and it remained in the hands of these father and daughter.

Now, Mo told her that Qi Dongming had no money. This was simply unbelievable.

"It's true, Qi Dongming has no money in his hands. His money was all taken away by Qi Ya through some means." Shi Mo said.

Fu Xiaoyao gasped, "Qi Ya"

"Yeah."

Why did she do that

“The relationship between this father and daughter seems to be gone. So Qi Ya snatched Qi Dongming's property without any mercy. I think Qi Ya probably remembered that Qi Dongming raised her and loved her, so she didn't kill him completely, she just abandoned him in his hometown to fend for himself.” Shi Mo analyzed.

After listening, Fu Xiaoyao remained silent for a long time.

Until then, Mo thought she was gone and was about to call out her name when she spoke, "Brother, do you think Qi Dongming regrets it"

"Hmm" Shi Mo didn't quite understand what she meant.

Fu Xiaoyao's eyes were dark, "Regretting rekindling the old feelings with Qi Ya's mother, regretting spoiling Qi Ya so much. If he hadn't done that, he might not have ended up like this."

Shi Mo pondered for a moment, "Who knows, the thinking of such people often goes beyond the comprehension of normal people. Perhaps he doesn't regret it at all. Maybe he only regrets that when he extracted your bone marrow, he didn't let you die on the operating table."

Fu Xiaoyao's pupils dilated, her throat tightening, unable to speak.

Yes, perhaps Qi Dongming regrets not abandoning his biological mother that year, but letting her live.

Time Mo continued, "For people like Qi Dongming and Qi Ya, once they fall from grace, the first thing they think about isn't what they did wrong, but that they didn't cover their tracks well enough, leaving themselves vulnerable. You are a threat to them, so Yao Yao, don't waste your time wondering if Qi Dongming regrets anything—it's childish."

"Well, I'm sorry, I was still too naive." Fu Xiaoyao covered her face.

"Shi Mo's voice softened, "Alright, don't overthink it. Now that Qi Dongming has been caught, think about how to deal with him."

Upon hearing this, Fu Xiaoyao took a deep breath and quickly adjusted her mindset. Her expression returned to seriousness. "Brother, where did you put Qi Dongming"Xiaoyao's expression was slightly surprised."Yes, he really went all out to thank me this time." Shi Mo said with emotion.Fu Xiaoyao's lips moved, and then she suddenly had nothing to say.Indeed, Lu H...