Chapter 145: Return of the Swallows
The next morning, Su Luo got up early to look for Qin Huai, still for Yun Lang, but she knew that there might be people from the factory guards watching her, so she wanted Qin Huai to help secretly, but she never expected to come up with nothing again. Su Luo rushed to Li Rusong's room without hesitation, but Qin Huai was still not there. Only the housekeeper of the other courtyard was arguing with Li Rusong. Seeing Su Luo come in, he breathed a sigh of relief and said anxiously: "Miss Su, please persuade Lord Li. The doctor said that he needs to rest for at least three to five days. How can he get out of bed so soon? Before leaving, the young master specifically asked us to take good care of Lord Li. I can't take responsibility if something goes wrong."
Li Rusong sat on the edge of the bed with a pale face, not saying a word, pulling hard at the hem of his clothes in the hands of the housekeeper. Su Luo rolled her eyes at him and waved at the housekeeper. The housekeeper hurried out and closed the door for the two of them.
Su Luo sat in front of Li Rusong and looked at him carefully. "Does it hurt anymore?"
Li Rusong turned his face away unnaturally and said "hmm".
"I don't believe it. Let me see."
Li Rusong's eyes almost popped out, "What did you say?"
Su Luo still had a calm expression on her face. "If you don't let me see it, it means you haven't recovered yet. Just lie down and don't get out of bed for the next few days."
"Who said I'm not well!" Li Rusong stood up and put his hands on his belt, "Don't provoke me, I'll really take it off if you provoke me."
"Take it off." Su Luo sat there motionless. She didn't believe that Li Rusong could be so shameless.
Li Rusong really untied his belt. The corner of Su Luo's mouth twitched, and she thought to herself that if this little traitor really dared to take it off, she would kick him again!
Fortunately, Li Rusong was not so shameless. He untied his belt just to scare Su Luo. Seeing Su Luo's calm look, he almost knelt down to worship her. This elder sister was too fierce.
"I have something else to do at the military academy." Li Rusong said unhappily.
"I know you want to catch Yun Lang and the man who ran away." But I just can't let you catch them, Su Luo thought to herself. For both public and private reasons, she had to stop Li Rusong from becoming a traitor. She believed that Qin Huai went out so early to find those two people, so she had to buy time for Qin Huai.
Li Rusong finally felt something was wrong, "Where's Qin Huai?"
"I don't know." Su Luo was telling the truth.
Li Rusong rolled his eyes. "Do you think you can find those two people before the factory guards do?"
"Try it."
"If the test goes wrong, Yunlang's life will be in vain."
This made Su Luo hesitate. Li Rusong fastened his belt and reached for his coat. "That's right. You can't bear to see Yun Lang fall into the hands of the factory guards."
"Snapped!"
Su Luo slapped Li Rusong's hand that was trying to get his clothes, "Qin Huai will find a way. Don't even think about leaving. If you dare to step out of this room, I will tell everyone about your inhumane behavior."
"Who? Who is inhumane?" Li Rusong was a little surprised.
Su Luo pointed at him and said, "It's you. I kicked your vital parts flat."
"Who... who hit me?" Li Rusong was mad. "I just feel a little pain."
"What?" Su Luo looked at the movement of Li Rusong's hands, "Are you going to take off your pants again? If you have the guts, do it in front of all the people in Luoyang City. Otherwise, it will be useless if I'm the only one seeing it."
"You...you!" Li Rusong was speechless. What Uncle Kong said was so true, women are difficult to raise. He hasn't even officially raised her yet, and it's already so difficult . One can imagine what the future will be like.
"Don't worry about Yunlang's affairs. Just focus on recovering from your injuries." Su Luo stood up and patted Li Rusong's head like he was patting a puppy.
Su Luo already had a plan in mind. The current Luoyang City must be under iron defense. Yun Lang and Zhao He couldn't escape even if they had wings. Running was out of the question, so they could only hide in different ways.
Speaking of hiding, the most dangerous place is the safest. Su Luo is under surveillance now, so it is naturally dangerous around her, but it is also safe at the same time. If Yun Lang can settle down next to her without anyone noticing, he can also learn more about the dynamics of the factory guards through Li Rusong. The main thing is this "without anyone noticing", which is a bit difficult.
Su Luo went to Jintaixuan immediately. Su Jiang was not there as usual. Only Su Hong was waiting for Bi Hen to go to the villages and towns outside Luoyang City to recruit models.
Su Luo specifically inquired about Su Jiang's whereabouts, but even Su Hong didn't know. Combined with what he saw yesterday, Su Luo felt that there was something wrong with Su Jiang. But now is not the time to study Su Jiang. Su Luo said that I have already decided on the name of the ready-made clothes, it will be called "Chuanfeng". Later I will find another storefront and hold a reception for celebrities first, and there will be better results on the day of the press conference.
Su Hong didn't like the name "Chuanfeng" very much and said he wanted to use the "Zhumei" brand, but Su Luo rejected it.
The name "Chuanfeng" comes from Yunlang's Chuanfeng Village. As long as more publicity is given, Yunlang will definitely know it, and then she can post a recruitment advertisement. I believe the day when she and Yunlang meet will not be too far away. There are no electronic eyes in this era, and human eyes are easily deceived.
Su Luo explained everything and asked Su Hong to handle everything quickly. Just as he was about to go find Qin Huai, he thought of something else and asked Su Hong, "Do you think there is anything strange about Su Jiang?"
Su Hong nodded, "Yes."
Su Luo's eyes lit up, "What's weird about that?"
"She is very smart." Su Hong said seriously.
Su Luo was speechless. Su Hong probably felt that her answer was not quite right. After thinking for a long time, she could not think of anything more bizarre. Su Luo asked as a reminder: "Did you say anything strange or do anything that you did not understand?"
Su Hong shook her head. "She is just very smart and has a lot of ideas. Speaking of weird, you are a little weirder than her."
Su Luo was immediately filled with hope, "Yes! Is she sometimes as weird as me?"
"What do you want to ask?" Su Hong scratched her head, and then pointed behind Su Luo, "It's just right, she's back, ask her if you have anything to ask."
Su Luo turned around and saw Su Jiang coming in from the door. She was a little surprised to hear Su Hong's words, "What's the matter?"
"Sister Luo has something to ask you. Is it strange or not..."
Su Luo quickly interrupted Su Hong, "I mean it's weird that she's not here every day!"
"Huh? Is that what you just asked?"
"What do you think?" Su Luo thought he used this trick to take the initiative and he was good at it.
Su Hong hid aside and scratched her head in frustration. Su Luo smiled sheepishly and said, "Just asking casually."
Su Jiang said frankly, "It's okay. As a partner, I really don't care about our business enough. It's just for this period of time. I won't do that in the future."
"Then what are you busy with?" Su Luo couldn't help but ask.
"This..." Su Jiang was a little embarrassed, "It's not that I don't want to say it, but the time is not right."
"Oh, then I'll wait for the opportunity." Su Luo judged that this was Su Jiang's excuse. Since the other person wanted to act mysterious, there was no reason for her to be annoying by digging into the details. However, if things were really as she thought, Su Jiang must be aware of her identity, but she pretended to know nothing, which was a bit annoying.
Of course, it is also possible that I guessed wrong. The thing I saw yesterday might have been given to her by someone else. In that case, it was either me or Qin Huai.
Qin Huai and Su Jiang? There was no way these two people would think of going together.
Su Luo had been thinking about this matter on the way to Qin Ji. When he arrived at Qin Ji and found Qin Huai, Qin Huai had indeed sent a lot of people to look for Yun Lang. Of course, it was done in secret.
Su Luo first talked about his plan. The most important thing in this plan was not the name of the clothing store or the recruitment, but the store address.
If you have an address, you need a shop, and if you have a shop, you need money. To put it bluntly, Su Luo is here to solicit sponsorship and hopes that Qin Huai can provide a place for him to open a shop, so that he can join the partnership.
Qin Huai said that none of Qin’s properties are vacant, but we can buy them.
This means that he agreed to Su Luo's plan, and he also continued to send his local friend to continue the investigation, using two approaches to find Yun Lang as soon as possible.
After saying all this, Su Luo asked Qin Huai again, "Have you ever given Su Jiang a gift?"
Qin Huai was stunned. Su Luo changed the question, "Have you ever given Li Rusong any ideas to let him give a gift to Su Jiang...Okay, I understand."
This is not something that needs to be kept secret . Qin Huai didn't answer for such a long time, so there must be no answer.
"I think Su Jiang..."
"Um?"
Seeing Qin Huai asking seriously, Su Luo's second half of the sentence got stuck in her throat and she didn't say it for a long time. "Nothing, I just think she is too irresponsible and doesn't care about the business at all."
"Maybe she has something else to do." Qin Huai replied with a smile.
Su Luo nodded, "The matter of the shop..."
"give it to me."
Qin Huai was a man of action. He immediately sent people to contact the shops that were for sale and met with the owner of a shop that afternoon. Money makes things easier. The shop owner originally said that it would take half a month to move out. Qin Huai gave him an extra 500 taels of silver without saying anything. The shop owner immediately said that two days would be enough. Su Luo was very satisfied with the speed of the move.
On the third day, Su Luo brought his people to take over the shop with great fanfare, but unexpectedly the shop owner was still there. He returned the deposit with both hands and said that the shop was no longer for sale.
This is strange, because Qin Huai was in a hurry to buy the shop and did not care about the price. Such a good thing is not easy to come by.
Su Luo had made all the preparations to take over, but suddenly he said it was no longer possible? How could Su Luo agree to this? After a competition of strength, the shop owner, with one eye black, said that he broke the contract because someone insisted on buying his house, the price was twice as high, and the other party also paid for the liquidated damages. After saying this, he looked at Su Luo with resentment and said, "Actually, I would have said it even if you didn't hit me, you acted too quickly."
Raising the price? Double the price? Is there such a fool in the world? Even if this shop is located in the prosperous area of Luoyang City, it is just an empty room, not a vault! Who is this? Does he have any investment vision?
Seeing Su Luo turned to him again, the shop owner quickly protected his face and said, "I'll tell you even if you don't want to fight. The boss's surname is Wan. He seems to be from the capital. He knows so much."
The surname is Wan, and he is from the capital. Why does it sound familiar? Su Luo thought for a long time, and finally remembered that Qin Huai had an enemy named Wan. The last time Mr. Zhu was in Nanjing, he changed his surname to Wan, which made Qin Huai nervous for a long time.
Su Luo had reason to believe that this price increase was not accidental, and hurried back to Qin Huai to discuss countermeasures.
After hearing this, Qin Huai's face became a little heavy. He asked people to choose another location and not to compete with this man named Wan.
Su Luo didn't have any strict requirements for the address, but he had to be fast. Fortunately, Qin Ji's clerk was very efficient and found another one in half a day. This time, just in case, he didn't pay any deposit, but directly gave a stack of banknotes to the boss and asked him to take them over the store immediately.
Who would have thought that when Su Luo and Qin Huai followed the boss back to the store, something went wrong again.
There were quite a few people gathered in front of the shop. A table and a chair were placed on the open space in front of the shop. Sitting on the chair was a young man of about 23 or 24 years old. He had thick eyebrows and bright eyes, and was very energetic. His wheat-colored skin made him look more masculine.
When Qin Huai saw the man, his face turned extremely bad. The man also saw Qin Bei, and smiled slightly with the corners of his lips. He put down the teacup in his hand and asked the shopkeeper, "Do you want to sell your shop?"
The shopkeeper bowed and said, "Sir, you are in such a bad time. I have already sold it to Mr. Qin."
"Oh? Has the document been signed?"
"Not yet, but Boss Qin has already paid for it."
The man held up his index and middle fingers and said, "I'll pay double what he pays."
"This... Boss Qin has already paid the money. Although he hasn't signed the contract yet, the shop should already belong to him. How can I go back on my word?" This boss was more trustworthy than the first one.
"No problem." The man smiled and said, "Boss Qin is the best at breaking his promise or forcing a sale. Of course, he won't mind you changing your mind at the last minute."
"Hey!" Su Luo couldn't help but stare at the man, "Who are you? What grudge do you have against Qin Huai that you have to be so persistent?"
"Me?" The man stood up and slowly walked in front of Su Luo.
Qin Huai stretched out his hand and pulled Su Luo behind him, blocking the two of them, "Yan Gui, we'll talk about our business later."
"How can we talk about it later? I haven't answered this girl's question yet." Although Wan Yangui was smiling, Su Luo felt a chill in his heart. "Why don't you tell her what our grudge is, okay? Brother-in-law?"
