Chapter 545: Panicked and Confounded
With a bitter expression, Ouyang Lei explained about the situation he found after returning tonight, and then said, “The account books were actually kept here for a few years, because I think this place is the safest and most covert place. Who would have thought...”
“Who would have thought?” Ouyang Wenzhen angrily yelled. “Who would have thought that a thief would appear here, huh? I thought you were a cautious and prudent person. I didn’t expect you to... You really tick off! If we can’t retrieve the account books or the records are exposed, Ouyang Family will suffer a huge blow. Even those who have been eyeing us will surely strike at that ti!”
“What are we going to do then, Father?” Asked Ouyang Lei with a panicked expression.
Taking a deep breath, Ouyang Wenzhen tried to calm his anger and said, “What to do, you ask? I must first find that thief who stole the account books even if I must turn the whole Jingn Island upside down. The most important of all is to find and get those account books back. Also, inform all those in-charge of our gray businesses to imdiately suspend their operations. Destroy everything that must not be exposed, and tell them to lay low!”
Repeatedly nodding in response, Ouyang Lei thought deeply for a while and then asked, “Do we inform Lulu about this? Tell her to suspend the operations of her Paradise Club’s business?”
“Is there any records related to the Paradise Club in your account books?” Asked Ouyang Wenzhen in a deep voice after pausing for a while.
“None, but I’m afraid...” Ouyang Lei shook his head.
Ouyang Wenzhen nodded, “Then, inform her! Although the Paradise Club was established by Lulu, it’s also an industry belonging to the Ouyang Family. Now that our account books are lost, if soone were to make a fuss about anything related to our family, I’m afraid each and every of our businesses will be targeted by them.”
“I understand.” Ouyang Lei nodded and forced a smile. “Today was really strange. Tang Xiu ca uninvited to the charity banquet, and the young master of the Yao Family—Yao Xinhua fell into a strange comatose state. And now this happened in my own place... This feels... abnormal...”
“What is this abnormality you’re speaking about?” Ouyang Wenzhen frowned.
The previous scenes flashed inside Ouyang Lei’s eyes. As though recalling sothing, he imdiately took out his mobile phone and called Tang Xiu. He was left extrely depressed upon finding that his phone was turned off.
“Father, I’m going to the Everlasting Feast Hall,” said Ouyang Lei in a deep voice.
“What are you gonna do there?” Asked Ouyang Wenzhen.
“I suspect that the burglary and the stolen things here must be related with the Everlasting Feast Hall. Precisely speaking, it must be related to Tang Xiu,” said Ouyang Lei.
“Why do you say that?” Asked Ouyang Wenzhen.
“The bizarre incidents that took place today, I think all of them have sothing to do with Tang Xiu, for he suddenly ca to attend the charity party today,” Ouyang Lei said. “I was planning to take him to you after the banquet ended, only to find that he had left early on. You should also know the relation between the Yao and Tang Families. And the place where Yao Xinhua fell into a comatose state, it was precisely the innermost corner’s rest area where Tang Xiu was staying. Also, I still clearly rember that Tang Xiu told a young man next to him to morize my face because I always call him s my prospective brother-in-law. He gave the young man one night to do sothing and even said to make see him tomorrow morning.”
With a strange expression, Ouyang Wenzhen inquired, “You always call Tang Xiu your future brother-in-law?”
“Yeah, that’s what I call him.” Ouyang Lei said with an awkward expression. “It’s because of Lulu. She’s so adamant and vehently says that she must marry Tang Xiu. She even gave up and left the Paradise Club and took all of her money to Shanghai, to open a restaurant manor or sothing. Her purpose was so clear that it can be tacitly understood. Hence, I thought of Tang Xiu not as an outsider, treating him like a close relative.”
Upon hearing this, Ouyang Wenzhen was at a loss between laughter and tears, “That’s really ridiculous! The prospective future son-in-law of the Ouyang Family? I myself have never seen him, is this what you’re supposed to do? Whether your younger sister likes him, that’s her business, but you of all people can’t force him to marry Lulu. If what you said is really true, then it may be Tang Xiu who made this prank to troll us. In this case, I’ll accompany you to the Everlasting Feast Hall. After eting him it will be very clear to us whether Tang Xiu is really the one behind it.”
“But father, is it really appropriate that a prospective future father-in-law to see his prospective son-in-law? It’s fine going by myself. I’ll drag him over and you can ask him whatever you want.”
“You still have the guts to joke at this ti? You know how important those account books are to our Ouyang Family, don’t you? Stop saying rubbish and follow !” Ouyang Wenzhen chided.
One o’clock in the night, a dozen cars stopped at the outermost gate of the Everlasting Feast Hall. Four stalwart n with cold expressions looked at Ouyang Lei, who ca out of the car, and said in a cold voice, “Mr. Ouyang, the Everlasting Feast Hall is not opened for guests at this ti. If you want to dine here, please co back tomorrow morning.”
“I didn’t co here to dine, I ca to find Tang Xiu,” said Ouyang Lei.
The stalwart man knitted his brows, “Have you made an appointnt?”
“No, but I have a very important matter that I need to speak with him.” Ouyang Lei shook his head. “I must see him imdiately.”
The stalwart man shook his head and replied, “I’m sorry. If you don’t have an appointnt, I can’t allow you to enter. Please co back again tomorrow morning if you have sothing to speak to him.”
“If it wasn’t for Tang Xiu turning his mobile phone off, did you think that I’d co here personally?” Ouyang Lei was incensed. “Don’t bullshit . Contact him imdiately and tell him that I have sothing important that I need to see him about. Also, tell him to co to see .”
The stalwart man shook his head and said, “Even though I want to inform the Boss, but he hasn’t co back yet, so I can do nothing about it.”
“Tang Xiu hasn’t co back yet?” Asked Ouyang Lei.
“Yes!” The stalwart man nodded.
“Tang Xiu hasn’t co back, but Gu Xiaoxue should have co back by now, right?” Asked Ouyang Lei.
“Our Little Boss isn’t back yet as well,” said the stalwart man.
“You’re lying to , aren’t you?” Ouyang Lei angrily yelled. “Tang Xiu is my future brother-in-law. He’ll beco a family mber of our Ouyang house. Now, I have important things that I need to see him about, and yet you guys are obstructing . Tang Xiu will definitely punish you later. Allow us to pass imdiately, we must go inside.”
“This...” The stalwart man naturally knew that Ouyang Lei was Ouyang Lulu’s biological brother, and was also aware that the relationship between Ouyang Lulu and his Boss was out of the ordinary. Even the relationship between the Little Boss—Gu Xiaoxue and Ouyang Lulu was akin to sisters.
“What’s up here?”
The patrol team of the Everlasting Feast Hall arrived, as a middle-aged man whose rank was slightly higher ca forward and asked in a deep voice. The stalwart man then explained the situation, and even said the relationship between Ouyang Lei and Tang Xiu.
The middle-aged man looked at Ouyang Lei with a smiling face and said, “Mr. Ouyang, properly speaking, I shouldn’t reveal the whereabouts of my Boss. But since you’re not an outsider, then I might as well tell you. Our Boss and Little Boss are currently sailing to the sea tonight, and I don’t know when they’ll return.”
“They are going to the sea?” Ouyang Lei frowned. “What are they doing so late at night at sea?”
The middle-aged man shook his head, “That I don’t know! But what I just told you is the truth.”
Ouyang Lei fell into silence for a while before he walked back to the car and reported the situation to Ouyang Wenzhen, as the latter then finally said, “Assign soone to stay and wait for Tang Xiu. Report imdiately once he cos back. As for us, let’s go back first.”
“Understood!”
At this ti, amid the groove of trees a few tens of ters away from the gate, Yang Le clamd a toothpick on the corner of his mouth, as a faint smile outlined on his handso face. He had indeed spent quite so ti and energy to find Ouyang Lei’s residence and ‘did’ sothing there. The result seed to be very good as it even made Ouyang Lei bring a lot of people and co here so late at night.
Pity that Tang Xiu has already gone to the sea, though. Ouyang Lei, even if you co back early tomorrow, I’m afraid you still won’t be able to see him. Hahaha... just agonize for a while!
Yang Le muttered to himself and then disappeared into the woods with a grin.
However, just as he had left for half a minute and was not across the woods yet, a large hand stretched out from behind a tree and grabbed his neck from the back.
“If you don’t want to die, then stay still.”
A deep and low voice sounded behind Yang Le.
Despite being strong ntally, Yang Le was still scared out of his wits and shocked due to the sudden incident. He was very confident in his skills, more so toward his topmost ability in hiding and concealnt. But he didn’t expect that he, who was always extrely alert, didn’t sense the slightest presence of the opposite party.
“No, don’t misunderstand !” Yang Le’s voice sowhat shivered as he raised his hands in an instant. “I’m Tang Xiu’s friend, a VIP guest of the Everlasting Feast Hall.”
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Three ghostly figures flashed, and the iron-clamping hand was removed from the back of Yang Le’s neck. These three experts of the Everlasting Feast Hall were the ones on patrol duty and surrounded Yang Le in the middle of a triangle battle formation. One of them scrutinized Yang Le before he cupped his fist and said, “Mr. Yang, I’m sorry. But the Everlasting Feast Hall has a rule that it’s not allowed to stroll out of the accommodations area in the middle of the night. It’s just that your stealthy movents back then made us unable to find you earlier.”
Yang Le rubbed the back of his neck. He sized up the three n with a scared and frightened look, and then forced a smile and said, “What are you people in the Everlasting Feast Hall? Monsters? I’m a famous godly thief, yet I feel that after eting you guys, all of you are more suitable than in this sneaking about business, no?”
“Sorry!” The big man replied once again.
Squeezing out a bitter smile, Yang Le waved his hand and said, “Before Tang Xiu left, he told the many customs of your Everlasting Feast Hall. Forget it, since you forbid to stroll around late at night, then I’ll go back to sleep. Rember not to tell anyone about , though.”
“I understand!” The big man nodded.
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