175: I'll make him know the consequences of offending me.
"Isn't that obvious? Do I like men?" Lei Zhen pouted.
"Then why don't you like me?" Lin Miaozhen blurted out.
"Huh?" Lei Zhen didn't react for a moment. "What did you say?"
Lin Miaozhen's face turned red after saying that, so she quickly said, "N-nothing... Let's go."
The two left the coffee shop together. Lin Miaozhen said, "We've never gone shopping alone before. If you're free, how about we go for a walk at the Eighteen Stairs up ahead?"
"Sure." Although Lei Zhen had things to do, it would be a bit heartless to refuse a beauty's invitation.
"But you have to let me make a call first." After saying that, Lei Zhen took out his phone and called his master, Zheng Wenchang.
"Master, I've found the tall guy's name and address. I'll send you the information. Please take Zhu Xiaojun and Officer Yin with you to quietly investigate. Notify me immediately if you find anything."
"Alright, I'll set off immediately."
Lei Zhen hung up the phone and then accompanied Lin Miaozhen shopping, treating it as a half-day off for himself.
However, they hadn't walked long before they were spotted by a woman.
"Isn't that Lei Zhen?" The speaker was a woman in her fifties, Gu Qingcheng's mother, Luo Qin.
Ever since Zhao Mingxuan was arrested, her former best friend, Gong Fangfang, had been asking her for help every few days. But even Luo Qin, no matter how naive, knew that Zhao Mingxuan had committed a major economic crime, and it was personally supervised by the Provincial Department. Who would dare to interfere with such a matter?
So she simply blacklisted the other party and didn't plan to continue associating with this old classmate.
After all, she was the police bureau chief's wife and deputy mayor's wife; how could she be involved with the mother of a criminal?
Accompanying her shopping today was He Min, the wife of the president of the Jiangcheng City Intermediate People's Procuratorate. They were also high school classmates.
"Lei Zhen? Which Lei Zhen?" He Min asked.
"Nothing." Luo Qin waved her hand. "Maybe I saw wrong."
"By the way, how is your Qingcheng doing? Does she have a boyfriend?" He Min asked again.
"Boyfriend? No way!" Luo Qin sighed. "She's busy with work all day. Every time I ask her, she says there's no rush."
"Gu Qing seems to be in her mid-twenties, right?"
"She's 24," Luo Qin said. "It's time for her to find a good husband's family."
"Find what? Isn't mine readily available?" He Min said.
Luo Qin paused for half a second.
"That's right!" She immediately had an enlightened expression. "Your son seems to be unmarried, right?"
"Unmarried? My Yuanhao is 32 this year," He Min said. "He had two relationships before, but they both ended for various reasons. In the past two years, I've been trying to set him up on blind dates, but he's unwilling. Getting him to have a meal with a girl is like coaxing a grandson."
"That means the young man is ambitious," Luo Qin said. "By the way, I remember your son works at the Anti-Corruption Bureau, right?"
He Min said, "He was just promoted to director in the first half of this year."
"Is that so? Why haven't I heard you mention it?" Luo Qin was surprised.
"What's there to say? It's all just work." He Min humbly said, "My Yuanhao was held back by work, otherwise he wouldn't be single at such an age. I'm so anxious right now."
Then He Min looked at Luo Qin: "Your Qingcheng wouldn't dislike him for being old, would she?"
Luo Qin waved her hand: "No, no. Qingcheng is 24 this year, only 8 years younger than Yuanhao. It's quite suitable. Girls nowadays like older, more mature men."
"Since that's the case, how about we find an opportunity for the two children to meet?" He Min tentatively asked.
"That works, I'll arrange it." Luo Qin patted her chest.
Zeng Yuanhao was already 32 this year, and Luo Qin actually found his age a bit off-putting. But then she thought, her own daughter had been messed with by a street loafer and was no longer that innocent, so there was nothing to be picky about.
Besides, He Min's husband was the court president, and her son was now the director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, so they were considered a good match for her family.
Hearing Luo Qin agree, He Min was also delighted.
In fact, this was her purpose for asking Luo Qin to go shopping today.
Because she had just heard that the boyfriend Luo Qin introduced to her daughter had been arrested.
"By the way, Qin, has Fangfang contacted you recently?" He Min deliberately asked.
"Fangfang? Which Fangfang?" Luo Qin pretended not to know.
"The Fangfang from our class, the one who does business abroad with her husband," He Min said.
"Oh, her?" Luo Qin continued to play dumb. "Why would she look for me?"
"You don't know?" He Min said. "Her son was arrested for fraud, and the amount involved is said to be over a billion. I remember you and Fangfang had a good relationship, didn't you? Haven't you met her son? Didn't she ask your Old Gu for help?"
Luo Qin's eyes narrowed, and she immediately waved her hand: "We haven't been in touch for many years, so how could I have met her son? Besides, we're not close now, so how could she ask me for help?"
"So that's how it is." He Min nodded. "She was asking for my contact information, but no one gave it to her."
"It's best to stay away from people like that."
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Lei Zhen accompanied Lin Miaozhen for over an hour before receiving a call from his master.
"Lei Zhen, I found him. His address hasn't changed. This guy is playing mahjong at a teahouse, looking quite leisurely."
"They probably found out that we investigated their car, so they've suspended their drug trafficking business and are on vacation," Lei Zhen said. "Wait for me, I'll be right there."
Hanging up the phone, Lei Zhen looked at Lin Miaozhen: "I'm sorry, Junior Sister Lin, I have to go."
Lin Miaozhen, however, was a bit reluctant: "Are you that busy? I was hoping to have a meal with you."
Seeing the hopeful look in Lin Miaozhen's eyes, Lei Zhen could only say, "How about this? After I finish these two days, I'll find a time to treat you to a big meal, alright?"
A smile immediately appeared on Lin Miaozhen's face: "Alright, I'll wait for you. You go and be busy, I'll continue to shop for a bit."
Lei Zhen nodded, then turned and ran out.
Watching Lei Zhen's disappearing back, an unprecedented happiness surfaced on Lin Miaozhen's face.
However, not far away, in a corner, a man in black looked in Lin Miaozhen's direction, took out his phone, and dialed a number called 'Young Master Kang'.
"Young Master Kang, Lei Zhen was shopping with a girl, took a call, and then left. This girl should be his girlfriend."
A deep voice came from the other end of the phone: "Find out who this girl is, then find an opportunity to kidnap her. Lei Zhen thinks he's so amazing, I'll make him understand the consequences of offending me, Kang Minghao!!!"