Mr. Li is Lu Huohua's business friend and has extensive connections in the Magic City government. His brother works in an important department of the Magic City government.

He called Mr. Li, firstly, to confirm whether Wu Zechen was behind the freezing of the funds by the court; on the other hand, he realized that the situation was not going well, and the next step was to seek Mr. Li's help.

Soon, there was a response from Mr. Li.

"Mr. Lu, regarding the freezing of the 70 million investment funds you mentioned, I have already found out through a friend that it was a boss named Wu who applied to the court to freeze the funds. The specific reason was that he and his business partner had a contract dispute, and the money was transferred to your company by his partner."

"I understand." Lu Huohua replied with a frown on the other end of the phone.

It seems that his guess was correct, it was Wu Zechen who was behind it.

Mr. Li asked curiously, "Mr. Lu, my friend told me that this matter is a bit serious. The boss surnamed Wu seems to be quite influential. He said that your company is suspected of helping the other party launder money. I heard that the public security organs have intervened in the investigation. You must be cautious. By the way, I heard that a lady named Sun Xue transferred the money. You were not cheated, were you?"

Mr. Li has been a friend of Lu Huohua for many years and has always trusted him, so Lu Huohua told Mr. Li what had happened.

"Mr. Lu, why are you doing this? It's fine to adopt a daughter for a stranger, but why do you risk doing such a thing for her! I know you have a kind heart and are a great philanthropist, but there must be a limit to charity. Don't you understand who you are?"

Lu Howard said calmly, “I know my limits.”

Mr. Li analyzed the pros and cons behind this matter to Lu Huohua very impolitely:

"Huo Hua, we have been friends for many years. I have to remind you that the country is currently cracking down on economic cases. You must not get caught in the crossfire. Once the nature of this matter changes, the reputation of you and the company will be affected. Your company is a listed company. Any disturbance or negative news will cause the stock price to fall and the market value to evaporate overnight. There are too many such cases. It will be too late for you to regret it then!"

"I see."

Mr. Li seemed very angry. "I have explained the pros and cons very clearly. I just don't understand what you are thinking. She is just a goddaughter. Don't let your future be ruined..."

Lu Huohua interrupted Mr. Li, “Mr. Li, let’s not talk about this for now. I want you to do me a favor.”

"What's the deal?"

"I have to go out of town to discuss business tomorrow. I don't want this to have a bad impact on my company. Please help me take care of it and don't let the relevant departments come to my company. I will ask my company's financial manager to cooperate with you. As for this investment, we have a formal investment contract. This is Mr. Wu's revenge and he wants to frame me."

"Taking revenge for personal gain? What, does the boss surnamed Wu have a grudge against you?"

"He is a capital player, and is best at getting something for nothing. He had a brief cooperation with me in the early years, and he may have held a grudge against me after I discovered his trick. This time he wanted to trick Sun Xue under the pretext of investment, but something unexpected happened in the middle. Because I wanted to help Sun Xue, he wanted to retaliate against me."

"So that's how it is. I'll check who this guy is later. He's really brave!"

Lu Huohua warned, "This man is insidious and treacherous. He cheated many small bosses by investing and cooperating under the guise of doing business. You must be careful."

Lu Huohua suddenly remembered something, "Oh, Mr. Li, this guy has set up a financial company in the past two years. I heard that it is worth more than 1 billion yuan and has attracted tens of thousands of investors. It will soon explode. Smart investors have already started to withdraw their capital. I didn't want to get involved in this matter, but this guy went too far and even blatantly bullied me. Then I will teach him a lesson..."

"Mr. Lu, what do you mean?"

"We can take advantage of this situation to add fuel to the fire. I have a friend who is the head of the Magic City TV station. I will ask him to contact you later. Then we can do a 'special report' on his financial company to speed up the collapse of his company."

"I understand, Mr. Lu."

"Mr. Li, I'll leave these troublesome matters to you. I'll thank you later. Just tell my company's financial manager how much it will cost to smooth the relationship."

"Boss Lu, just go about your business. This is not a big deal. I will take care of it for you later."

In a hotel in Quancheng City.

Wu Zechen has been on the phone.

In order to get his investment money as soon as possible, he really took great pains, mobilized all his social connections over the years, and spent financial resources. He had only one goal: to get his money back and retaliate against Sun Xue and Lu Huohua.

Originally, he had no intention of provoking Lu Huohua, because he knew that Lu Huohua was far superior to him in terms of financial resources and social status.

But a phone call from Zhao Wanru completely angered him.

He found out that he had been played. Lu Huohua and Sun Xue were working together to swallow up his investment of hundreds of millions. The real mastermind behind the scenes was Lu Huohua. He was definitely not going to swallow this bitter pill!

He had already booked a flight to Magic City for the next day.

He has learned that the money that Sun Xue transferred to Lu Huohua's company has been frozen by the court. Next, the public security organs will intervene in the matter and investigate the finances of Lu Huohua's company.

The reason he went to Demon City this time was, on the one hand, to keep a close eye on the development of the case, and on the other hand, he wanted to sit down and talk with Lu Huohua, put some pressure on him, and hoped that he would not interfere in the affairs between him and Sun Xue.

Of course, he was mentally prepared. If Lu Huohua insisted on intervening in this matter, he would not be polite to Lu Huohua!

He knew Lu Howard very well. He was a well-known entrepreneur, CEO of a listed company, and a great philanthropist. He was low-key and mysterious and rarely appeared in the public eye.

Without any scandals, he is a perfect and successful entrepreneur in the public's mind.

Wu Zechen knows very well that the more such an entrepreneur is, the more valuable his reputation is.

He naturally knows how to deal with such people...

Lu Tingfeng arrived in Quancheng City at noon. The hospitable Zhu Biao kept introducing this northern city to the slightly excited Lu Tingfeng along the way.

"Uncle, you are a native of Quancheng City, right?"

Zhu Biao laughed and shook his head, "Boss Lu, I'm not, but my family is in this city now. My son and daughter-in-law work in Boss Sun's company. Boss Sun can be considered a great benefactor to my son and daughter-in-law."

Lu Tingfeng was stunned, "Benefactor?"

Zhu Biao talked incessantly about how Sun Xue helped Zhu Yilong and how she helped Wang Xue, and finally brought the two together as husband and wife.

After listening to it, Lu Tingfeng sighed, "Mr. Sun is really a warm-hearted person!"

"Yes, just like you, they are all kind-hearted people. Such people will be blessed in the future."

Lu Tingfeng smiled shyly, "Uncle, you really know how to praise people."

The two chatted all the way. Zhu Biao sent Lu Tingfeng to the hotel. After settling him down, he took Lu Tingfeng to the company and went straight to Sun Xue's office.