Chapter 196: Someone Is Watching Her
Actually, according to his idea, Lin Manyun was dead, and in the Lin Family’s main branch, aside from the idiot Zhen Xi, there wasn’t a single living person left. No matter how loyal the Treasure Guardian was, he would have long since been greedy for it.
But perhaps there was a one-in-ten-thousand chance.
But what did this have to do with him anyway?
As long as he could get actual benefits, that was fine.
Father was gradually getting old.
None of those illegitimate children amounted to anything.
In the end, all of this should be his!
He wasn’t in a hurry.
He was still young, he could endure and wait.
After a moment of silence, Chairman Zhen said, “I know you sent people to follow, but I warn you, don’t do things you shouldn’t. It’s different over there from our side, and Zhen Xi still doesn’t know about this matter. Don’t leak it out.”
“Father, what if someone contacts Third Brother this time?”
“You mean the people guarding that batch of treasure will go find Zhen Xi?” Zhen Zihao asked in return.
“Why not? This time he went alone, last time it was with you. If there really is such a person who knows about our family matters, how could they not be on guard against you?”
Zhen Zihao wasn’t angry; he had also sent two people over.
One was to worry about chaos at the Exhibition Fair bringing negative impact to the Zhen Family, to appropriately help solve the problem. On the other hand, it was still for those things.
Money, for him, was just numbers, but some things couldn’t be bought with money.
He loved one of them extremely and could even spend money to buy it.
Previously there was no way because the other side was in a closed state. Now that they could move around, he immediately took action, but after going once, he had a rough idea.
According to their statement, every blade of grass and tree belonged to the country’s collective. If the Treasure Guardian really brought them out, who would they ultimately belong to?
Of course, saying this was no problem; they originally belonged to this land. This was history, culture, and even more so inheritance.
But he heard that there were also Lin Feng’s collections here.
Therefore, Zhen Xi was the only heir.
Of course, he was also a man of great righteousness. If he really loved money, he wouldn’t have donated an airplane over there.
Although the airplane was donated together with fellow chamber of commerce members, he had contributed forty percent of the funds.
Last time he went, he wanted to talk to the other side about the treasure, but felt it wasn’t quite appropriate to discuss now.
Moreover, no one on the other side knew about this matter, or perhaps they did know but couldn’t tell him.
And he didn’t know where the things were either. What if someone found them first and didn’t hand them over?
Would he not even have the chance to see them once?
He hadn’t wanted the eldest son to know, but he still accidentally found out.
He didn’t care what the eldest son thought of him.
But calling him over was to warn the eldest son not to lift a stone only to drop it on his own foot.
The eldest son was smart and capable, but had many shortcomings, the main one being no brotherly love toward his younger brother and sister.
He had no choice but to designate Zhen Xi as the heir, only hoping this would be a form of protection for him.
After sending Zhen Mingze away, Zhen Zihao stood in front of a map, staring at a location on it.
He thought that things in this world should still have karma. Gaining it was his fortune, losing it was his fate.
Just like Lin Manyun.
Zhen Zihao muttered to himself, “Manyun ah Manyun, I really don’t want my son to be like you, with his head full of romance and love, even…”
Even what? It was just muttering to himself, and he couldn’t even say it out loud.
His sharp, cold eyes flashed with a trace of sadness.
What a pity, they’re all dead!—
Secretary You had no specific concept of what Lu Qiaoge said about exceeding expectations.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
Since they didn’t want benefits, then forget it; there was no reason to force it on them.
Before coming, he had some understanding of this side. Although he didn’t understand their behavior of not taking benefits when available, respect must still be given.
However, he truly hadn’t expected that exceeding expectations was really not just exceeding expectations.
The weather was nice today; after several heavy rains, much of the summer heat had dissipated.
The Cultural Palace venue was divided into indoor and outdoor areas.
For safety reasons, everything was placed inside the Cultural Palace, then the chairs were moved away, instantly making the venue spacious beyond measure.
Various agencies and work units dispatched hundreds of staff to maintain order.
All goods were clearly priced.
Because people nowadays were generally thin, special sizes weren’t many.
Still, they were divided into three sizes.
These clothes were transported by special train, and the military factory provided twenty trucks to help transport the packaged clothing back from the station.
The staff spent a day organizing them.
No mannequins? No problem. A lot of clothes racks came with the clothing. After organizing, they were categorized and hung on the iron shelves provided as friendly support by the steel factory.
Lu Qiaoge, like the other staff, started bustling about before dawn.
As the morning light was slowly unveiled like thin gauze, the entire city awoke from its slumber.
It was indeed good weather today.
Whether indoors or outdoors, there was a touch of coolness.
Zhen Xi and the bosses of three other clothing companies arrived early as well.
Along with several accompanying secretaries, assistants, and subordinates.
Their teams weren’t small either, around dozens of people.
Naturally, there were also personnel from the Foreign Trade Section accompanying them.
This time, it was as if the entire Jiangcheng had mobilized.
The Exhibition Fair also had an opening ceremony, but after discussion, it was decided to keep everything simple: leaders gave speeches welcoming the merchants from Hong Kong, then reiterated discipline for our side.
In charge of security were not only the Public Security Officers but also the soldiers.
And on the open space outside the venue stood workers who were excited, thrilled, standing on tiptoe and craning their necks to peer inside.
Secretary You’s eyes lit up upon seeing so many people, but when he saw the clothes they were wearing, his glance dimmed again.
Who knows, maybe they were organized to come watch the fun.
He said to Xiao Ka, who didn’t know what to look at, “Focus your attention. Don’t let people come in and grab all the things.”
Xiao Ka withdrew his glance from Zhen Xi and Lu Qiaoge, saying indifferently, “You’re worrying over nothing. It’s all written in black and white clearly. If such a situation really happens, the loss is theirs, not ours.”
Secretary You glared at Xiao Ka, knowing it was indeed the reason, but he was a merchant—goods should be exchanged for money, not compensation, or else they lost the charm of the goods themselves.
But no one could understand his concept; they all felt that no matter the method, as long as money was made, it was fine.
But he still asked Xiao Ka, “You were staring at Miss Lu just now, weren’t you? I warn you, put away any improper thoughts. Don’t bring trouble to our boss.”
Xiao Ka could only say vaguely, “She’s really very pretty.”
“Then did you not see the strength with which she effortlessly lifted a bag of clothing with one hand?”
Xiao Ka didn’t speak. Precisely because he saw it, he didn’t dare rashly approach.
At this moment, Lu Qiaoge’s brows furrowed slightly.
These past few days, she had felt that the several people from Hong Kong were paying her extra attention.
Especially when she was talking to Zhen Xi, that Xiao Ka would always find an excuse to come close.
There were also three other people paying her extra attention.
The targeting was very obvious, no different from surveillance.
