Love Me Harder, Mr. Fu - Chapter 148

Shi Lian sits on the edge of her bed and waits for the email to arrive. She is anxious the whole day, worrying if her uncle somehow knew what she is planning.

She startles as the ping from the phone comes. She looks down at the screen and there it is. The email she is waiting for.

She opens it without any delay. She reads the email:

NO UNUSUAL ACTIVITY WAS SEEN.

FROM COMPANY TO YENSON HOUSE AT 7:09 PM TO HIS HOUSE AT 8:13 PM.

NOT MET ANY OF THE PERSON UNDER SUSPICION.

THAT’S THE REPORT FOR TODAY.

— DUAN

He has this uncanny way of describing the details but nevertheless, he has done a good job on his first day. Her uncle’s activities are normal but the one thing that is attracting her attention is the Yenson house. What was he doing there?

As far as she knows, Yenson House is a type of farmhouse where the upper class goes to have fun i.e., drinks, pool, girls, etc.

Shi Lian is now curious why her uncle went there. He even stayed there for almost an hour. She will not be surprised if she got to know that her uncle is having an affair but she does not think that he has time to even do that. He has numerous souls hanging around his neck wanting money from him.

She hasn’t got a message from Maxwell yet. Maybe he hasn’t checked his phone yet. She can wait for two days at most and then if he doesn’t reply she will ask someone else. She doesn’t lack friends with genius minds.

She sighs and getting up from the bed she goes to her work. She needs to stay up late tonight for the meeting tomorrow morning. She feels sleepy but she needs to finish her presentation.

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“Some of the directors do not seem to agree with the idea” Fang Xiao asserts, walking by Shi Lian’s side.

“They will be at the end. They just need to widen their narrow mind” Shi Lian says walking to her office. The meeting ended after two long hours. This is the longest she has been but it wasn’t boring as she thought.

“I have prepared the document for your next meeting, Miss Shi Lian” Fang Xiao reports, opening the door for her.

Shi Lian nods, entering her office. “Keep it on my desk, please. ”

As she takes her seat, her phone vibrates in her hand. She takes out her phone and checks the notification. It is from Xu Duan. She glances at Fang Xiao who is busy doing something on her tabloid. She opens the text. It says:

MEET ME IN FIVE MINUTES AT THE INTERSECTION BESIDE YOUR COMPANY

He wants to meet now? She texts him she cannot go at this moment

His reply is quick. The text says:

IMPORTANT. WANT TO DISCUSS. COME

NOW.

It isn’t begging, it is an order. She has to go there. Now that there’s something important that he wants to discuss, she should go. That’s why she has hired him: to get information about her uncle.

She now has to think of an excuse.

“Xiaoxiao, when is the next meeting?” she asks, pretending to act casual.

Her secretary answers, “In about fifteen minutes.”

Shi Lian has much time. She can go and come by that time. “Alright then. I need to meet someone real quick. I’ll be back within ten minutes or if I get late just tell them to wait for a bit” she makes an excuse and gets up from her seat.

“Umm… Alright, Miss Shi Lian” she asserts. She does not ask her with whom she is meeting and keeps her curiosity within her herself.

Shi Lian strides outside and taking the elevator, she reaches down the floor. She has noted where she has to meet him. Meeting at the intersection seems to be risky but knowing that Xu Duan is an investigator, she can be at ease about him settling everything. She scans the area, looking for him when she reaches the intersection.

When she is going to turn the other way, she hears a whistling sound. She turns her head to find the source and finds Xu Duan staring at her, his face half-hidden. He appears creepy with his big coat and big hat on top.

She goes to where he stands, cautiously looking to her left and right. “Don’t you have any better place in your mind to meet?” she says firmly, giving him a look.

“No” he replies curtly, his poker face making it hard for Shi Lian to know what he is thinking.

“Okay, tell me what’s important you wanted to tell me?” she asks impatiently.

He takes out some photos from his coat pocket and hands them to her. Shi Lian eyes the photos with careful focus. The photos are of her uncle meeting a man she does not recognize. She checks the other photo in which her uncle is giving cash to that man. She checks the other photos too and after carefully looking at them, she then remembers who the man is. He is the same ma who she saw outside the company with her uncle. He has the same snake tattoo at the back of his neck.

“It’s off when?” she asks him.

“An hour ago.”

The man with the tattoo demanded money from his uncle to keep his mouth shut and now that he has received the money, he will flee for sure and she will have no evidence left. She needs to find that man soon before he goes missing and also without her uncle knowing.

“Keep an eye on this man, okay? Catch him if you see him fleeing” Shi Lian orders, holding the photos tightly in her hand.

Xu Duan asks nonchalantly, “What about your uncle?”

“That man is more important than him so from now, keep a close eye on him, got it?”

“Will do that. The commission will be doubled, agree?” Xu Duan demands, not even hesitating.

This man sure is selfish. Shi Lian thinks to herself. “Fine, after the work is done I’ll transfer it to your account.”

“Alright. I’ll be going then. I’ll send the report to you later today.”

The man nods and goes past her. When Shi Lian turns around, he is already gone. She then glances at her watch and realizes that she has only one minute left for her meeting.

She made her way to her company again, taking as long steps as she can. She had to get that man and evidence or else she can never prove that it’s her uncle who has kidnapped her.