Outside the villa, Li Donglai looked at Lou Xiao'e carefully.
Lou Xiao'e wore a simple bun and an elegant light green cheongsam with light daisy patterns embroidered on the cheongsam.
The neckline, cuffs and skirt are decorated with delicate fringed edges, making the whole person look like a tranquil and beautiful peony flower.
It's just that her expression is a little melancholy, and she is not as innocent as she was in the capital.
Li Donglai didn't care either.
This is a port city, where all forces are intertwined and the society is in chaos.
When the Lou family arrived for the first time, even with a large amount of jewelry and the help of relatives and friends, life could not be happier than when they were in the capital.
Lou Xiao'e didn't expect to see Li Donglai again. After settling for a long time, her mood finally calmed down.
"Brother Donglai, why are you here?"
Li Dong glanced at Captain Liu beside him and said with a smile: "You also know that I am a doctor. I was hired as a researcher by the drug laboratory of Runhua Company a while ago."
"Ah? Really? That's great." Lou Xiao'e is no longer the innocent girl she was before. She felt a special aura from the man next to Li Donglai.
She vaguely guessed the reason why Li Donglai could appear in Hong Kong City, and wisely changed the subject.
"Who is this?"
Li Donglai pointed at Captain Liu and introduced: "This is the bodyguard assigned to me by Runhua Company. Just take care of him, he is just a wooden person."
Lou Xiao'e's suspicion was confirmed. She took a deep look at Li Donglai and said, "You haven't eaten yet? My house is right in front. I asked my mother to prepare a sumptuous meal."
Tan Liya also has to cook? Even though Li Donglai had already noticed from the dilapidated car that the Lou family's situation was not good, he never expected that it would reach such an extent.
Tan Liya is Lou Bancheng's concubine. She was rehabilitated after liberation. Ever since she entered the Lou family, she has lived a leisurely life with clothes on her hands and food on her hands. When has she ever cooked?
However, now that Li Donglai still had tasks to attend to, he didn't care about this and said with a smile: "No need, there are still things in the laboratory, we will go back later.
I came to see you this time. Firstly, I am worried about you, a little patient, and secondly, I want to know what evidence your father found against Xu Damao when he investigated Xu Damao?"
When Lou Xiao'e saw that Li Donglai did not accept the invitation, she looked a little disappointed.
She still holds grudge against Xu Damao.
That was a wolf in sheep's clothing. If it hadn't been for Li Donglai's reminder, she would have fallen into the wolf's mouth now.
"You should know all about Xu Damao's romantic affairs. What you are asking about is the murder case involving Xu Damao?"
"Yes!" Li Donglai suddenly became excited.
Lou Xiao'e raised her eyes and thought for a while, then said apologetically: "Back then, my father only told me that Xu Damao killed a woman, but he didn't tell me the woman's name."
....It turns out that Lou Xiao'e didn't tell him her name back then, not because she was in a hurry to leave, but because she didn't know it herself.
Li Donglai asked hurriedly: "Where is your father now?"
Lou Xiao'e raised her wrist and glanced at the time and said, "He should have gone home by now."
It seemed that he still had to have the meal at Lou's house. Li Donglai could only nod his head and said: "This matter is very important. I hope to visit your father."
Lou Xiao'e was full of gratitude to Li Donglai and asked for it. She smiled and said: "My father has always said that you are the savior of our family. He will definitely be happy to see you."
The two took Lou Xiao'e's car and entered the villa area.
Seeing Lou Xiao'e driving in high heels, Li Donglai wanted to remind her, but then he immediately thought that these days, the new traffic law has not been promulgated yet.
Forget it.
Lou's house is located in the northeast corner of the villa area. It is a two-story small villa with a yard.
Lou Xiao'e knocked on the door, but when no one responded, she muttered: "Isn't dad at home?" Then she took out a key from her handbag and opened the door.
"Xiao'e is back?"
As soon as he pushed away, Lou Bancheng came out of the back room with Tan Liya, both of them had red eyes.
Seeing Li Donglai, both of them were stunned. It took them a while to react: "Comrade Li, no, Comrade Donglai, no, Dr. Li. Yes, Dr. Li, why did you come to Hong Kong City?"
Lou Bancheng rushed up and held Li Donglai's hand excitedly.
Li Donglai could only repeat the excuse he just made. What surprised him was that in less than three years, Lou Bancheng's hair had turned completely white and his forehead was covered with wrinkles.
The whole person looks ten years older than when he was in the capital.
Lou Bancheng was very happy when he saw Li Dong coming and quickly ordered Tan Liya to cook.
Although they were in a port city, the Lou family still maintained the living habits of the capital city. Soon, dishes such as braised shark's fin, kung pao chicken, braised sea cucumber with green onions, and white meat casserole were placed on the dining table.
Tan Liya seems to be very talented in cooking. Although these dishes are not authentic, they all taste good.
While eating, Lou Bancheng asked about the current situation of the steel rolling mill. When he learned that Deputy Director Li had been arrested, he seemed very satisfied.
He nodded heavily and said: "Li Huaide has a very problematic ideological and moral character. When I was the director of the steel rolling mill, he often reported his work to me. I am a director who does not do anything, what should he report to? Isn't it just to unite with me to suppress him?
Director Yang."
Talking about the past events of the steel rolling mill, Lou Bancheng's spirits improved a lot.
He seemed to have noticed something. He just told Captain Liu to eat and drink well, but did not ask about Captain Liu's origins.
Captain Liu was also very happy. He had only been in Hong Kong City for two days and he had already had enough of the food in Hong Kong City. Now that he had encountered hometown food, he naturally ate it to his heart's content.
A family banquet is over, and the guests and hosts enjoy themselves.
Lou Xiao'e took advantage of Tan Liya's time to clear away the dishes and whispered something into Lou Bancheng's ear.
Lou Bancheng took a deep look at Li Donglai, nodded and said: "I know Xu Damao's matters best, but there are many secrets involved. Dr. Li, we have to talk alone."
Li Donglai wiped the corners of his mouth and followed Lou Bancheng to the study.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The study room is very simple, with only one desk and two chairs. The books on the bookshelf are all about Chinese studies, which surprised Li Donglai.
Lou Bancheng came to Hong Kong City and turned from a capitalist into an intellectual?
"Come, have some tea!" Lou Bancheng closed the door, poured a cup of tea for Li Donglai, and handed it over.
Li Donglai took the tea, took a sip, raised his head and asked, "What is the name of the woman Xu Damao killed back then? Do you have any evidence that he committed the crime?"
"Xu Damao has sores on his head and pus on his soles - it's really bad, really bad. Xiao'e was almost deceived by him. Logically speaking, I should tell you everything I know now." Lou Bancheng pondered for a moment and sighed.
He said in a tone: "But now I want to make a condition."
"Conditions?" Li Donglai tapped the table with his fingers. He felt a little strange since he came to Lou's house.
The Lou family had set up a steel rolling mill before liberation. At that time, there were only a few steel rolling mills in Beijing, so the Lou family made a lot of money.
Not to mention that the Lou family has other industries.
After liberation, even though Lou Bancheng turned over these properties, he still hid a lot of gold, silver and jewelry.
When the Lou family went to Hong Kong City, they used several trucks.
Now, although the Lou family's villa looks magnificent on the outside, the furnishings inside are very simple.
After just thinking for a moment, Li Donglai understood that Lou Bancheng was taken over by the forces of Hong Kong City.
really.
Lou Bancheng glanced at Li Donglai carefully, rubbed his hands and said:
"To tell you the truth, after our Lou family arrived in Hong Kong City, we discovered that this place was not as good as we imagined.
Hong Kong City is a city with almost no order, where social activities are rampant.
The main groups, including Heliansheng, Sanlian Gang, and Dongxing, often extort money from us businessmen.
The club is nothing more than that, the most hateful thing is the cops.
Can you imagine? As police officers, they just don't make decisions for the people, but they openly charge us fees.
"
Li Donglai said with a "haha" smile: "Mr. Lou, you are now a citizen of Hong Kong City, and you are no longer an ordinary citizen in China. The policemen in Hong Kong City will not serve you."
Lou Bancheng let out a long sigh and said:
"If only I had known this.
After arriving in Hong Kong City, I wanted to be like in the mainland.
Prepare to flex your muscles and become bigger and stronger again.
Since moths prefer toys, I have also carefully researched them. Now internationally, toys are very profitable and have great development prospects.
So he exchanged the gold, silver and jewelry he brought with him into U.S. dollars and built a toy factory.
The factory had just opened when it was seized by Lu Le's men, claiming that I was employing child labor.
How many factories in Hong Kong City do not employ child labor? If we do not employ those children, then those children will have money to eat?
I had no choice but to spend a large sum of money and give it to Lu Le.
I thought that the world would be peaceful from now on, but within a few months, Yan Tong came again.
His men said that I was discharging sewage indiscriminately. God is my witness. It was a toy factory, not a chemical plant. Where did the sewage come from?
This time the price was even more outrageous, a total of ten small yellow croakers.
I deliberately refused to pay, but the factory was closed that afternoon.
I have no choice but to spend money to buy peace.
Who would have known that money would be spent more and more. The toy factory has not yet produced a single toy since it was built. The money I brought has been spent to a great extent.
Just two days ago, one of Yan Tong's subordinates, named Chen Bing, came to the toy factory again and asked us to pay the so-called fees, which was a full 20,000 Hong Kong dollars. How could I get it?
That’s why I want to ask you for help?
"
Li Donglai looked at Lou Bancheng and thought he was ridiculous.
A tycoon who was all-powerful in the country came to Hong Kong City, but he didn't understand the principle that a strong dragon cannot overwhelm a local coward, and even tried to make a comeback in this chaotic city.
In Hong Kong cities of this era, banks and associations did collect fees from merchants, but they were not unruly.
If small businessmen and hawkers are pinched too hard, they will also resist.
The reason why Yan Tong and the others have been cruel to the Lou family many times is because they are foreigners, have no foundation at all, and are a big piece of fat.
If he didn't take a bite of such meat, Yan Tong would definitely feel sorry for himself.
However, Li Donglai did not want to get involved in the Lou family's troubles.
Even if the Lou family was wiped out, they still had some wealth, enough for Lou Xiaoe to live comfortably for the rest of her life.
As for Lou Bancheng's comeback? He is purely dreaming.
As a capitalist before liberation, he was already far behind this era.
If I helped him this time, I might have harmed him.
It would be better for him to recognize the reality as soon as possible and live in a leisurely apartment.
Besides, Li Donglai had just entered Hong Kong City and was unfamiliar with the place.
If you want to help Lou Bancheng, you must ask Runhua Company for help.
This kind of behavior is already suspected of favoring public interests for private interests.
After thinking clearly, Li Donglai raised his eyes and stared at Lou Bancheng, saying: "What if I don't help you?"
"Then I will..." Lou Bancheng was half-sentence. He was so frightened by Li Donglai's cold eyes that he trembled and quickly swallowed the rest of his words.
A smile instantly filled his face and he begged: "Dr. Li, you are the savior of our family, can you save us one more time?
Don't worry, our toy factory has received an order from Xiaori Guoxingsheng Co., Ltd. As long as we can deliver the goods, we will be able to turn around.
"
I saved you once and it’s fine if you’re not grateful. Now you want to kidnap me morally and ask me to save you again?
What a wishful thinking!
Li Donglai stood up and said, "Since you don't want to tell me about Xu Damao, I can't force you. Goodbye!"
After saying that, he took steps to open the door.
Lou Bancheng sighed and said: "Forget it, let the toy factory close down. You have helped our Lou family so much, it is really embarrassing for me to make this request.
Don't leave yet, I'll tell you about Xu Damao right now.
"
Isn’t this enough? Do you really think you can handle me?
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Li Donglai smiled and said: "Uncle, the situation in Hong Kong City is chaotic and you cannot control it. If you stop early, you may be able to keep your wealth for the rest of your life.
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Lou Bancheng nodded and said: "It would have been better if I had understood this truth earlier. Instead of talking about this, I will tell you about Xu Damao.
Back then, I received your reminder and realized that Xu Damao was hiding deeply, so I sent someone to investigate his details.
It was then discovered that when he was young, Xu Damao used his position as a movie projectionist to harm a young girl named Fang from the Red Sifang Commune.
After the little girl named Fang became pregnant, she went to see Xu Damao.
At that time, Xu Damao was pursuing Mo Mo. In order to avoid being discovered by us, he deceived the little girl named Fang into the barren hill behind the steel rolling mill.
He ruthlessly ended the little girl's life.
"
Li Donglai had long known that Xu Damao had done such a thing, but now that he had received confirmation from Lou Bancheng, it still made him feel cold all over.
"Then do you have any evidence that Xu Damao did those things?"
"I have a housekeeper in the capital, surnamed Huang. He found out about this matter. He should have evidence there." Lou Bancheng said.
"The housekeeper's name is Huang Fugui, right?" Li Donglai asked patiently: "Since you left the capital, Huang Fugui has disappeared."
"Really? He may be afraid of being implicated by me." Lou Bancheng was stunned for a moment, frowned and thought for a moment and said: "Huang Fugui has an adopted son in the mountains in the northeast. When he was at my house, he often
If I can’t do anything anymore, I’ll go to the Northeast to spend my remaining years.”
Good guy, it turned out that he had gone to the mountains in the northeast. No wonder Wang Wuye's people couldn't be found.
Li Donglai's expression darkened: "Then do you have the address of Huang Fugui's adopted son?"
Lou Bancheng stood up, took out a piece of paper from the drawer, and wrote down a name and a string of addresses.
