Qu Chu did not explain specifically what happened to Manny, but Dean Zhao made reasonable assumptions on his own and did not find anything wrong.

After Qu Chu returned, he thought about what Dean Zhao said again, and then arranged for Qu Bingyu to investigate the matter of the Yucai Orphanage.

In fact, this matter should have been done by Yingyue, but because Yingyue is now very busy looking for Yingjiu, she can only let Qu Bingyu check it out temporarily.

In terms of intelligence, Shadow Moon is definitely the strong point.

Qu Chu arrived at the Si family's villa as promised, but the villa was very lively, and Ms. Si was not the only one there.

Instead, Si Mingyan, Si Mingxu, and Tang Junnian were all there, and there was even a middle-aged couple next to them.

Qu Chu was stunned when he saw this scene. He was confused for a moment, but he didn't ask in a hurry.

As a neighbor, Qu Chu knew that Ms. Si was the only one living in her villa for a long time, so when he suddenly saw so many people, Qu Chu felt a little strange.

However, Qu Chu did not ask any more questions. Instead, he nodded politely to everyone present before putting the things in his hand on the table and speaking very apologetically to the people around him.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know there were so many people, so I might not have enough gifts. I'll ask Xuan Yue to go back and get some."

Qu Chu was not a person who liked to be rude. It would be fine if they lived far away, but the key point was that they lived so close that Qu Chu was embarrassed to pretend that he didn't know.

So Qu Chu decided to let Xuan Yue go back and get some.

However, the middle-aged woman standing next to him who saw it for the first time was stunned and then said.

"No, no, just pretend we don't exist."

Qu Chu: ...

Does this make sense to you?

Girls are all here, how can I pretend you don't exist? ?

Qu Chu wanted to complain, but he just curled his lips and didn't respond. Instead, he turned and looked in Xuan Yue's direction.

Xuan Yue nodded, and when she was about to go back, Ms. Si next to her spoke.

"Xiao Qu, there's no need to be so troublesome. We were the more abrupt today."

When Qu Chu heard this, he felt it was a little strange, but he couldn't tell exactly what was strange about it.

She glanced to the side and saw Si Mingxu looking at her with a silly smile on his face. The smile on Tang Junnian's face was also a little different, but she couldn't tell exactly how.

In the entire house, only Si Mingyan's expression was normal, still as cold as ice. However, if Qu Chu was asked to tell what was strange about these people, she couldn't say it for a moment.

However, the next second, Tang Junnian took the initiative to walk in front of Qu Chu and smiled at him.

"I heard that Miss Qu wants to ask me something?"

Qu Chu's attention was immediately drawn back and she looked at Tang Junnian. She glanced at the people around her and for a moment she didn't know whether she should speak.

Si Ao Yu also took the initiative to speak at this time.

"Junnian, take Xiaoqu to my study and talk."

Although everyone present was her family, and Si Ao Yu basically knew what Qu Chu wanted to ask, she still chose to give the two of them a relatively quiet space to talk.

"Okay, godmother."

After saying this to Si Ao Yu, he turned his attention back to Qu Chu.

"Ms. Qu, come with me."

Qu Chu did not hesitate and followed the other party directly. He followed the other party to the study. After closing the door, Qu Chu looked at Tang Junnian in front of him.

There was still a faint smile on his face, and his hand was unconsciously stroking his Buddhist beads. He was still dressed in Chinese style.

He is a young man who is full of vigor and gentle as jade.

If Qu Chu had never seen him before.

After thinking for a while, Qu Chu spoke.

"What's going on in the news? What's the big grudge between you and the Jiang family? What made them give up on bothering me and go after you instead?"

Tang Junnian seemed not surprised by Qu Chu's directness. He took Qu Chu and sat down on the reception sofa in Ms. Si's study. Then he turned his wrist, wrapped the Buddhist beads around his hand again, picked up the tea set on the table, and began to make tea for Qu Chu.

It seemed like it had been prepared long ago, so the water on the table was hot, and Tang Junnian's technique of making tea was very professional and skillful.

Qu Chu had no intention of stopping him and just let him make tea over there.

The other party didn't say anything, but operated seriously.

The space suddenly fell into an eerie silence, with only the occasional sound of tea sets colliding and water flowing when Tang Junnian was operating.

Just when Qu Chu was about to ask something impatiently, Tang Junnian spoke.

"Do you believe me? Have you ever doubted that they are from our Tang family?"

Qu Chu: ...

She looked at Tang Junnian as if he were a fool.

"The people I'm with are from Shadow Moon. They'll be able to tell if they're yours or not."

Upon hearing this, Tang Junnian suddenly laughed, and even laughed out loud, as if he was very happy.

After a while, he pushed a cup of tea in front of Qu Chu and then dropped a bombshell.

“I took out those cultural relics.”

Qu Chu:……?

She blurted out the words without even thinking about it.

"Are you the idiot who made the auction house make money for nothing?"

Hearing this, Tang Junnian's hand that was fiddling with the teapot suddenly stopped and his expression became a little strange.

Qu Chu also reacted and realized that she had said something without thinking. She was a little embarrassed for a moment. She subconsciously turned the ring on her hand, but this could not hide her embarrassment.

At this moment, Qu Chu was so regretful that he wanted to find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

After hesitating for a while, she took the initiative to apologize.

"Sorry, sorry, that's not what I meant. It's just that the auction house is making a lot of money from these cultural relics..."

However, Tang Junnian did not seem to pursue Qu Chu's intention, and the smile on his face remained unshakable.

"It's ok."

He seemed to think for a moment, then explained.

“It’s just that I didn’t expect that Jiandou Auction House would be in collusion with the Jiang family.”

Qu Chu originally had an embarrassed expression on his face, but paused when he heard these words.

"You also know that they really did steal and replace cultural relics?"

Tang Junnian picked up the teacup in front of him and took a sip.

"The tea here is good. I drink a lot every time I come here. Miss Qu, would you like to try it?"

Tang Junnian, just like his appearance, seems to be extremely fond of practicing Tai Chi.

However, Qu Chu didn't like this. She just wanted to understand these things clearly. But the aroma of tea really calmed Qu Chu's heart a little, and then she picked up the tea and took a sip.

It's really good.

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