The car set off, heading straight towards the airport.

Sun Xue did not keep herself idle. She didn't know how long it would take her to come back from this trip, so she had to take care of and arrange all the company's matters.

She first called Pei Shaojie to inquire about the villa project. Now it was winter and all construction projects had been suspended, but Pei Shaojie was not idle. Sun Xue arranged for him to make a summary of the work in the past year and formulate a work plan for the coming year.

Pei Shaojie briefly reported on the engineering work over the past year and said, "Boss Sun, according to the project progress, we will start construction next year. We need to prepare at least 100 million yuan in working capital for the real estate project alone."

Sun Xue frowned, "I understand, President Pei."

After hanging up the phone, she couldn't help but worry about the money.

Lu Huohua once reminded her that the recent work focus was to find ways to prepare funds for the company. These days, she started to work on the loan issue and all the application documents had been submitted, but there was no response from the bank.

Regarding this matter, Sun Xue shamelessly approached Vice Mayor Wang, who said he would try his best to help her solve her financial difficulties, but nothing happened next.

Sun Xue couldn't help but worry. Could it be that, as Lu Huohua predicted, the banks had sensed that the financial crisis was about to come and began to shrink their loan business?

After finishing the call with Pei Shaojie, she called Liu Bin again, made simple arrangements for her work, and after hanging up, she called Bach.

A week ago, Bach went to Magic City to assist Hao Dongmei in handling matters related to the training school, with a focus on negotiating cooperation with the franchisees of the Wagyu headquarters.

Hearing that Sun Xue was going out of town, Bach asked, "Are you going with Mr. Lu?"

"Yes, because of the matter between Mr. Wu and me, Mr. Lu's father is now involved. I have to accompany him to deal with it."

"It seems that my guess is correct. Your cooperation with Mr. Lu is getting better and better. Do you think you can solve the problem if you go there? It was Mr. Lu who took the initiative to ask you to go, right?"

Sun Xue was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Of course not, I took the initiative to ask to go. Mr. Lu is my savior, and he and his father have always helped me in my career. Mr. Lu's father is in trouble, how can I just stand by and watch?"

"Sun Xue, I was going to go back tomorrow to celebrate your birthday, but it seems that there is no need now."

After Bach said this, Sun Xue remembered that her birthday was the day after tomorrow.

"Thank you, Bach."

"That's it, you go ahead and get busy."

After hanging up the phone, Sun Xue always felt that Bach on the other end of the phone spoke strangely and his tone seemed very unhappy.

Lu Tingfeng, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turned his head and asked with a smile, "Sun Xue, are you talking to Bach on the phone?"

"Ah."

Lu Tingfeng said "oh" and smiled and stopped talking.

Zhu Biao, who had been driving seriously, suddenly spoke up, "By the way, Xiao Sun, I met a woman outside the community yesterday. She asked me about you. She was wearing rags, like a beggar. I asked her who she was to you, and she said she was your family. I ignored her."

Sun Xue frowned, "Female? Family? How old?"

Zhu Biao squinted his eyes and thought for a while. "Looking at her, she should be about 60 years old. She stood in front of me, with a sour smell on her body, and she was holding a bulging woven bag in her hand. It must be garbage she picked up."

Sun Xue thought for a long time but couldn't figure out who the relatives Zhu Biao were talking about.

Her relative was also Old Man Sun’s relative, but she really couldn’t guess who the sixty-year-old woman was.

Besides, after Old Man Sun and she moved to Quancheng City, they rarely had any contact with their former relatives.

In Sun Xue's opinion, there was no need to keep in touch with them. When she was in Sunjiawan Village, those relatives looked down on her and Old Man Sun. They all stayed away from them, fearing that Old Man Sun would ask them to borrow money. Even though they were relatives, their relationship was not as good as that with people in the village.

She had been worried about Lu Huohua, so she naturally didn't take this matter to heart. She thought that the relative Zhu Biao mentioned might be a person with mental problems.

It was already six o'clock in the afternoon when Sun Xue and her three companions arrived in Long City.

There is no airport in Longshi. After getting off the plane, they took a taxi for three hours before arriving at the Longshi Public Security Bureau.

At the Public Security Bureau, I finally met Lu Huohua.

The moment she saw Lu Huohua, Sun Xue's eyes suddenly became wet.

The Lu Huohua in front of her was obviously much more haggard than the last time she saw him in Demon City.

Sun Xue knew better than anyone why Lu Huohua became haggard.

She tried hard to hold back the tears that were about to burst out, and whispered, "Godfather..."

On the other hand, Lawrence Lu looked very relaxed. When he saw Sun Xue, his eyes were full of surprise, and he smiled and said, “Xiao Sun, why are you here?”

Sun Xue sniffed and tried to put on a smile, "Godfather, I came to see you. You've suffered."

Lu Howard joked lightheartedly, “I didn’t suffer. It’s great here. The staff treats me very well, and the food is good.”

While Sun Xue and Lu Huohua were talking, Lu Tingfeng went to ask the investigators about the latest progress of the case.

Because at the Public Security Bureau, Sun Xue and Lu Huohua could not have any substantive communication. She had a lot to say but couldn't say it.

Lawrence Lu smiled and comforted her, “Xiao Sun, don’t worry, godfather was framed by someone with ulterior motives, and he will be released soon.”

Sun Xue was like a child who had done something wrong, with a guilty look on her face, nodding her head continuously, "Yes, godfather, the law will clear your name, you must take care of yourself."

Lu Howard smiled kindly, “I’m fine, I’m in great shape, you guys can go back.”

The short meeting time ended, and Lu Howard turned and left, accompanied by law enforcement officers.

Watching Lu Huohua's back walking away, Sun Xue's tears, which she had been holding back for a long time, suddenly burst out.

Gratitude, touching, guilty, distressed...

It filled Sun Xue's heart like a tide.

After walking out of the Public Security Bureau, Sun Xue asked anxiously, "Tingfeng, what did the investigators say?"

Lu Tingfeng sighed, "This matter is more difficult than I expected. The investigators said that it has been three years since the case was filed, and it has become difficult to obtain evidence. Zhao Xiaoqin insisted that her father coerced her into having sex with her, saying that she was first forced to have sex with him at his office, and the rest were all in his car...

Three years have passed, and there is no evidence that my father was not there. Moreover, my father also admitted that Zhao Xiaoqin stayed in his office for two hours the day before she started working.

"Is there no surveillance in Godfather's office?"

Lu Tingfeng shook his head in despair.

"The case officer also said that Zhao Xiaoqin had an abortion for her father. Her father forced her to leave the company and gave her 20,000 yuan as compensation before she left. There is a transfer record for this money. It was transferred to her card along with her salary when she resigned. Her father said that this money was actually given to her out of kindness."

"Is she still a human? She's just a scumbag! Could it be that my godfather was framed by her?"

Sun Xue was so angry that she subconsciously clenched her fists and cursed.

"Sun Xue, let's go to the hotel and rest first. We're all tired after a day of work. We'll discuss this later."

Sun Xue could hear that there was a hint of helplessness in Lu Tingfeng's tone.

After hailing a taxi on the side of the road, Lu Tingfeng leaned back in the passenger seat, took a deep breath, and asked, "Driver, is there a good hotel nearby?"

The driver answered without thinking, "Then we'll take you to Zijinhua Hotel, the best star hotel in Long City."

"Okay, thank you."

Lu Tingfeng said politely. He was a little tired and closed his eyes slightly, thinking about what to do next.

The hotel is really nice and looks very impressive from the outside.

The three of them walked into the lobby and completed the check-in procedures. Lu Tingfeng took the card and went straight to the room on the first floor.

Sun Xue was about to go to the room when Zhaodi pulled her arm and whispered gossip in her ear:

"Did you see the couple sitting on the sofa in the hall? It's obvious that the woman is the man's mistress. She's shameless enough to eat him in public."