Rebirth 1983: Building My Business Empire Chapter 39 - 38 The Xie Family Couple

Chapter 39: Chapter 38 The Xie Family Couple

Xie Kaixiao furrowed his brows upon hearing that Lu Jiaxin wanted to seek out the human traffickers and said, “Isn’t this nonsense? If the Public Security Bureau can’t find those people, how can she possibly do it?”

Madam Xie sighed and said, “This child has changed drastically after being kidnapped. No one can stop her from looking for the traffickers. What we can do is to find soone trustworthy to protect her.”

Two days before Lu Jiaxin went missing, she fainted in her room due to a heart condition. Fortunately, a nurse at ho found her and saved her life just in ti. However, the doctor instructed her to rest and avoid any emotional excitent at all costs.

Once her condition had stabilized, she called her husband after learning about Lu Jiaxin’s disappearance. It turned out that her husband had known about Lu Jiaxin’s disappearance from the outset and had arranged for a search, but to no avail.

While she was worrying about the situation, she suddenly heard that the child had returned. She was happy that the child had escaped danger, but then, unexpectedly, Lu Jiaxin moved to Radiance Road. Afterwards, she received news that the child failed the college entrance exam and was almost abducted by human traffickers—all because of her stepmother.

In fact, when the rumor first spread that Lu Jiaxin had run away from ho after failing the college entrance exam, she felt that the situation was more complicated than it appeared. Knowing the child, she might beco dispirited or discouraged by the failure, but would certainly not leave ho in resentnt. Yet, without any clues, there was no way to determine the cause of her disappearance. As she had expected, all of this was the conniving work of that mother and daughter. Regrettably, although Jiaxin had revealed the truth, without evidence, they couldn’t punish the culpable stepmother and her daughter.

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Xie Kaixiao asked doubtfully, “You support the child’s decision to look for the traffickers herself? Even the Public Security Bureau couldn’t find them; what makes you think she can?”

He felt guilty towards Lu Jiaxin; if Mrs. Lu hadn’t died trying to save his son, she would still be alive, and the child would surely have remained carefree. Not like now, oppressed by her stepmother and overlooked by her own father, she recently even ca close to losing her life.

Madam Xie was silent for a mont, then ntioned how Su Heming had been duped, “He thought it was just a fake watch and casually wore it on his wrist. Hadn’t Lu Jiaxin reminded him in ti, he would still be flaunting that gold watch worth over a hundred thousand in public.”

Xie Kaixiao’s expression imdiately beca stern, “What did you say? Soone gave Heming a gold Rolex watch with a dubious origin?”

“What’s the matter?”

Xie Kaixiao said, “A month ago, a rich businessman from the South Sea was robbed in Peng City. He had his greenbacks and all the jewelry he was carrying stolen. Because of this, the businessman thought the dostic security was too poor and returned ho the next day, and the deal for the investnt he had negotiated also fell through.”

“Hong Ying, among the items stolen from that businessman was a Rolex gold watch. That case remains unsolved to this day.”

Over a hundred thousand greenbacks and valuables worth one to two hundred thousand — this was a major cri. However, the perpetrators were itinerant criminals, and as of then, no arrests had been made.

Madam Xie’s face changed, “Are you suggesting that the gold watch Heming has been wearing might be the one stolen from that businessman?”

Xie Kaixiao thought it very likely but wasn’t going to say so without evidence, “I will have soone check this matter thoroughly. Hong Ying, where is that gold watch now?”

Madam Xie, looking relieved, said, “After knowing about this, I had him pay a high price for a fake and put the real one away. A few days later, Heming pretended to be drunk while out drinking with friends and ended up giving the gold watch to one of them.”

When his friend sobered up the next day, he tried to return the watch. Su Heming just laughed and said not to take a watch so seriously, and he didn’t take it back.

Xie Kaixiao took a deep breath and said, “The authorities are currently cracking down hard on criminals. If soone tries to exploit this issue with the gold watch, we could all be implicated.”

Madam Xie’s expression hardened, and she lowered her head to apologize, “Kaixiao, I’m sorry, I just didn’t want to bother you further since you’ve been so busy lately. In the future, I’ll tell you everything imdiately.”

Seeing that he wasn’t angry, Madam Xie said, “Kaixiao, I think Jiaxin is very perceptive and acts with a sense of propriety. It’s possible she might indeed be able to catch the human traffickers in Ancient Capital.”

Ever since she had her son, her health had deteriorated significantly, and she even developed a heart condition, sotis suffering so much she wished for death. But for her son’s sake, she clenched her teeth and persevered. However, she hadn’t expected that those with such evil intentions would harm her son, fortunately, Ding Xiaoxia had been there and saved him. After Xiaoxia’s death, the situation of Lu Jiaxin filled her with fear. For her son’s sake, she would endure anything, to see him marry and have children.

Two days later, Su Heming brought two people to see Lu Jiaxin, and he explained, “There are many kidnappers out there now, so of whom specifically target young won. One bodyguard might overlook sothing, so I found you two more.”

After his explanation, he made the introductions. The taller man was nad Zhao Dajun, and the slightly shorter one was Gu Wenfeng. Both of them were very robust, as proven by their bulging muscles.

Lu Jiaxin greeted them politely, “Brother Zhao, Brother Gu, I’ll be relying on you in the coming days.”

Gu Wenfeng said he was just following orders and there was no need for such politeness, “Miss Lu, I heard from Brother Heming that you almost got kidnapped by traffickers before. Are you going to Ancient Capital to track them down? Miss Lu, human traffickers are very cunning.”

If it was so easy to find traffickers, the Public Security Bureau wouldn’t have so many unresolved missing persons cases piled up.

Lu Jiaxin said, “These past days, I’ve been having nightmares. If I don’t catch that old woman, I will keep having nightmares for the rest of my life, maybe never sleeping peacefully again.”

Gu Wenfeng spoke frankly, “Miss Lu, if I may speak my mind, your trip will certainly be in vain.”

“If I don’t go, I won’t be satisfied.”

She knew what the old woman looked like and had even sketched her face. While she couldn’t claim it was an exact likeness, it was very close, at least eighty or ninety percent. She didn’t believe that with a portrait, they wouldn’t be able to find that old woman.

She hadn’t told anyone about this, not even Xue Mao. A trump card, after all, had to be played at the right mont.

Seeing her resolve, Gu Wenfeng didn’t attempt to dissuade her further. They were only there to protect Lu Jiaxin; they could warn her about potential dangers, but if she didn’t listen, there was nothing they could do.

Xue Mao’s eyes lit up when he learned the two n knew martial arts. He asked Zhao Dajun, who seed approachable, “Brother Zhao, are you guys soldiers?”

Lu Jiaxin felt sowhat helpless, knowing they certainly weren’t soldiers. If they were from the military, how could they possibly co to protect them going to Ancient Capital?

Zhao Dajun revealed that he was forrly a soldier, but had been discharged recently and was now waiting for a job placent. This job had been recomnded by his cousin, and he hadn’t really wanted to co.

Lu Jiaxin knew that major downsizing in the military would occur in a couple of years, and that it would be harder to find job placents then. By comparison, Zhao Dajun was lucky.