Although Li Dagang had escaped, Xie Yingying and several others who helped him with his dirty work were taken away for questioning.
Lu Bochuan took the opportunity to thoroughly clean up the company.
However, cross-border arrests were difficult to execute, and the police were currently applying for authorization.
Shu Qingqing finally breathed a sigh of relief. After packing up her personal belongings from her workstation, she went to the top floor.
Seeing her holding a box, Lu Bochuan asked, "What is this?"
Shu Qingqing replied, "My personal belongings. I won't be coming to the company tomorrow, so I have to take them all with me."
Lu Bochuan felt a bit disappointed, but he knew that Shu Qingqing also had her own career to focus on. He pulled her into his arms to sit on his lap. "Then can you come to the company and keep me company for one day every week from now on?"
Shu Qingqing poked him. "Don't we see each other every day? Why are you acting like we're in a long-distance relationship?"
"But we don't spend much time together every day. When you wake up in the morning, I'm already at the company, and if you go to your studio at night, we won't see each other until very late." Lu Bochuan rubbed her hands, and an idea suddenly popped into his head. "Qingqing, why don't you come to the company? I'll have Zhou Zheng clear out an entire floor for you to use as a studio."
"Our current studio is pretty good, and it's close to where the employees live, so I don't plan on moving." That was one reason. As for the other reason, she knew Lu Bochuan really liked her, but as the saying goes, distance makes the heart grow fonder. If they were together every single day, she was afraid they would get tired of each other before long.
Lu Bochuan's eyes dimmed for a second. "Alright."
Shu Qingqing smiled, cupping his face and shaking it gently. "But I'll try my best to make time every week to accompany you to the company, okay?"
Lu Bochuan's eyes lit up again. "Then Mrs. Lu has to keep her word."
After saying that, he rubbed the tip of his nose against hers. He lowered his head and was just about to kiss her when the door was suddenly pushed open.
"President Lu, the HR department says they are firing me! What is going on?" Fan Yashi demanded as soon as she barged in. Seeing Shu Qingqing sitting in Lu Bochuan's lap, a sharp glint flashed in her eyes.
"Madam, I know you don't like me, but aren't you afraid President Lu will get angry if you just fire me like this?"
With that, Fan Yashi's eyes turned red. "President Lu... you have to seek justice for me!"
Lu Bochuan couldn't be bothered to entertain her. He dialed the intercom and called Zhou Zheng in.
"Kick her out."
Zhou Zheng immediately called for security to come up.
Even as Fan Yashi was being escorted out, she kept crying out for President Lu.
Zhou Zheng clicked his tongue. Fan Yashi had no idea who she was really working for, as she didn't even know Li Dagang was now a wanted man.
Zhou Zheng originally wanted to just throw her out directly, but then he suddenly remembered the act his boss and the boss's wife had put on earlier. The company employees still thought the couple was on bad terms.
What if they slighted the boss's wife because of this?
That absolutely would not do.
After thinking about it, Zhou Zheng deliberately had the security guards escort Fan Yashi down.
He followed alongside them. Whenever an employee looked over, he immediately explained, "This Fan Yashi harbored malicious intentions. She deliberately tried to seduce President Lu to create a rift between him and his wife. Now that President Lu has seen through her tricks, he fired her immediately."
As a result, in less than an hour, all the employees in the company knew that the boss and his wife had reconciled.
When Lu Bochuan found out, he immediately decided to give Zhou Zheng a raise.
That morning, after Shu Qingqing returned home and took a shower, she was just about to play on her phone when she suddenly received an overseas call.
Having a high awareness of scams, she hung up immediately.
However, the other party was very persistent and called back several times.
Shu Qingqing directly blocked the number.
She had just found a movie to watch when another overseas call came in.
Fine, they wanted to scam her out of her money, right? Today, she would make this scammer regret ever making this call.
Shu Qingqing answered and immediately snapped, "Are you going to tell me that I'm suspected of being involved in a criminal case and need to transfer my funds to a safe account? Or are you going to say that I signed up for some membership on some app that will deduct a lot of money, and you want to help me cancel it? You damn scammer, get lost! Your scamming tactics are way too low-level. If you dare call me again, I'll curse you out until you drop to your knees and cry for your mommy!"
After Shu Qingqing unleashed this barrage of words, she was just about to hang up when a familiar voice came from the receiver.
"Shu Qingqing."
Li Dagang?
Shu Qingqing glanced at the phone, but the number didn't show a location. As she brought the phone back to her ear, she quickly pulled out a spare phone and sent a message to Lu Bochuan, telling him to contact the police.
"Li Dagang, you actually dare to call me?"
A sneer came from the other end of the line. "Why wouldn't I dare? Shu Qingqing, even if the police are right next to you right now, they can't track my location, so don't waste your effort."
Shu Qingqing pressed the record button before saying, "Then you're being too narcissistic. The net of justice is vast and lets nothing slip through; you'll be caught sooner or later."
Li Dagang didn't follow up on her topic. Instead, he asked, "Aren't you curious about why I called you?"
Shu Qingqing said flatly, "Spit it out."
"Shu Qingqing, you..." Li Dagang stopped his anger halfway. "I won't stoop to your level for now. Shu Qingqing, I'm calling to tell you that I've found the whereabouts of your biological parents. Haven't you always wanted to find them? Here's the deal: bring one billion US dollars to me, and I'll tell you where they are."
Shu Qingqing replied, "Would you be that kind? How about this: send me their photos first so I can take a look."
Shu Qingqing kept stalling Li Dagang to wait for the police to arrive, but after a short while, Li Dagang lost his patience.
"Shu Qingqing, believe it or not, your parents are with me anyway. They're quite pitiful. Over the years, they spent all their money trying to find you, and now they are begging on the streets. If you really don't plan on caring about them, I'll just sell them off. That way, I can at least make a little money, right?" After saying this, Li Dagang hung up.
Shu Qingqing threw the phone aside after the call ended.
She didn't believe a single word Li Dagang said.
Bringing one billion US dollars to find him? If he really wanted money, he would have definitely given her an account to transfer the funds to.
Asking her to go to him meant he was definitely plotting something bad again.
After that, Li Dagang sent her a few more messages, but she ignored all of them.
One morning, Shu Qingqing was just planning to go to the studio when she suddenly received a call from Ouyang Hua.
"Qingqing, I heard earlier that Li Dagang's embezzlement of public funds was discovered and he fled overseas, right?"
Shu Qingqing: "Yes." This matter was no longer a secret in the business world.
Ouyang Hua continued, "I'm in Austria right now, and I just saw someone who looks exactly like Li Dagang. But I haven't seen him in years, so I'm not entirely sure if it's him."
Shu Qingqing's expression grew serious. "Is it convenient for you to take a photo and send it over?"
Ouyang Hua's voice lowered. "Okay, wait a moment. He has his back to me right now. I'll send it to you as soon as he turns around."
Five minutes later, Ouyang Hua sent over a photo.
Shu Qingqing took one look; it was indeed Li Dagang.
