Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

Lin Geng picked up a cup for himself, took a bite of food, smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Nothing! What can happen to me? One person is full and the whole family is not hungry! Isn't this good!"

"Don't lie to me! Something must have happened to you! Others may not be able to see it, but how can Yu Shui and I not see it? You have obviously lost a lot of weight recently, and you were in a daze all of a sudden. Don't think you can fool everyone! We are all watching!" Sha Zhu filled Lin Geng's glass with another glass and said to Lin Geng.

Lin Geng was a little surprised at Sha Zhu's attentiveness, so he looked up at Sha Zhu, touched his face, and asked Sha Zhu: "Did you figure it out?"

Sha Zhu's face turned red, and he smiled awkwardly, "I wasn't the first to notice this! It was Yu Shui that noticed it first, and Er Ya also noticed it these past few days. After you told me about it, I realized that something was wrong with you! Hehe!"

Lin Geng laughed, clinked glasses with Sha Zhu again, and said with a smile: "I told you, with your personality, how could you possibly see it? If you say that Yu Shui and Er Ya saw it first, I believe it!"

After hearing what Lin Geng said, Sha Zhu had to nod in agreement. He also knew that he was not a careful person, so he continued to ask Lin Geng what had happened.

Lin Geng shook his head and said, "It's not a big deal. Don't ask me. I can't tell you, and you can't help me. Just drink with me a few more times when you are free, and it will be fine after a while!"

Seeing that Lin Geng didn't say anything, Sha Zhu couldn't guess what had happened to Lin Geng, but he still nodded and agreed, and accompanied Lin Geng to drink a few more times when he had nothing to do.

Fortunately, after being depressed for a month or two, Lin Geng finally got over the incident of Lou Xiao'e's departure. Life is like this, there will always be many unsatisfactory things. If you keep everything in your heart, then there is no point in living like this.

Two months later, Lin Geng was back to full strength again, and Sha Zhu's family was finally relieved.

Father and Mother Lou left Beijing three months after the Chinese New Year. What was different from the original drama was that this time, after being reminded by Lin Geng, Father Lou started to inquire about the news in advance and found some signs of trouble. He believed that Lin Geng was not exaggerating, and finally decided to leave Beijing and go to Hong Kong early.

He first arranged for Lou Xiao'e to leave Beijing and go to Hong Kong to seek refuge with relatives and friends there, paving the way for the couple. Then he secretly dealt with various properties of the Lou family at home, and transferred some of the properties that could be taken away to Hong Kong through secret channels in advance, as capital for their family to start a new business in Hong Kong in the future.

But the Lou family is a wealthy family after all. In order to conceal their tracks, they cannot throw away all their property. Otherwise, it will probably attract attention soon, and they will not be able to leave even if they want to.

So before leaving, Lou's father secretly met with Lin Geng and handed a large envelope to Lin Geng, telling him that these were two courtyard houses that the Lou family had secretly purchased before and were not in their name. It would be difficult to sell them at this time, so he gave them to Lin Geng as a thank you.

In addition, the Lou family had some valuable furniture and some large antiques that were difficult to handle. Because they were inconvenient to sell or carry and transport, they were left in the Lou family villa. The key to the Lou family villa was given to Lin Geng, asking Lin Geng to see if there was any chance to secretly take some of them away and hide them after they left, or secretly sell them for money, which could be regarded as a gift to Lin Geng.

Anyway, these things will be confiscated and divided up sooner or later, or even destroyed, after they leave. Lin Geng should take away as much as he can based on his ability, to prevent them from being given to those with ulterior motives or being wantonly destroyed by those who don't know the business. That would be a real pity.

It was obvious that Lou's father and mother knew that Lou Xiao'e had secretly slipped out of the Lou family the night before she left and had not returned all night. They all guessed where Lou Xiao'e had gone, and after Lou Xiao'e returned home in the morning, they also noticed her abnormal behavior. As people who had experienced this, they all knew what had happened to Lou Xiao'e that night.

Although the affair between Lou Xiao'e and Lin Geng was somewhat unorthodox in this era, and would damage the reputation of both of them if people knew about it, Lou's father and mother also saw that Lou Xiao'e loved Lin Geng very much, so it was understandable that she gave herself to Lin Geng before leaving.

But now they have to leave too, and they are not sure whether they will be able to come back in the future. Although Lin Geng said that they may have a chance to come back more than ten years later, they believe that even if Lin Geng has connections and can get some unknown inside information, it is difficult for him to predict what will happen more than ten years later.

So before they left, Lou's father kindly reminded Lin Geng not to wait for Xiao'e, and tactfully warned Lin Geng not to think about Lou Xiao'e.

After all, even if Lin Geng's prediction comes true and they can come back in a dozen years, by then everything will have changed. Lou Xiao'e is 21 years old this year, and she will be over 30 in a dozen years. It is impossible for her to wait for Lin Geng for the next decade and waste these best years of her youth.

Lin Geng smiled bitterly and nodded to agree to the advice of Lou's father and mother. He did not argue with them and accepted the property certificates of the two courtyard houses given to him by Lou's father, as well as a transfer agreement.

As for the valuable furniture and large antiques left by the Lou family, Lin Geng was quite happy. Lou's father told him to dispose of them as he pleased, obviously thinking that he would be lucky at most if he could get a little bit of them. However, he didn't know that this was a piece of cake for Lin Geng, which meant that all the items were a bargain for Lin Geng.

After seeing off Lou's father and mother, Lin Geng didn't hesitate. As soon as Lou's father and mother left, Lin Geng sneaked into the Lou family villa that night and put all the good things in the villa into his little world. He just dug three feet into the ground and scraped off a layer of soil. He cleaned it up thoroughly and left nothing behind.

After the Lou family had been gone for several days, someone discovered something was wrong with the Lou family and sent someone to check on them. The door was locked from the inside and no one answered when they knocked. So someone broke into the Lou family's house to check on them, but was shocked to find that the Lou family's house was empty. Tables, chairs, benches, various furniture and furnishings, and even the mahogany stairs had all been dismantled, leaving only an empty house.

By this time, the Lou family had long since disappeared, and they didn't know where to look for them, so they hurriedly reported the disappearance of all the Lou family members, and only then did the higher-ups start to investigate the whereabouts of the Lou family.

After a careful investigation, it was discovered that the Lou family had been secretly dealing with their property several months ago, and transferred the cash or valuables to Hong Kong through secret channels. The Lou family also took the water route from Tianjin and left for Hong Kong by ship.

Before leaving, Lou's father left a letter at home, asking the visitor to pass it on to his superiors, stating that the Lou family was still patriotic and that leaving was an act of last resort. However, they did not intend to betray the country, but only to start a new business in Hong Kong.

If the country needs their help in the future, the Lou family is willing to continue to serve the country in Hong Kong and support national construction.

As for the shares in the steel mill, Lou's father also expressed his willingness to give up completely and donate all the shares and some remaining fixed assets to the country.

This incident caused quite a stir, but in order to reduce the impact, the authorities suppressed the matter and it did not spread widely.

However, after he ran away from the Lou family, someone reported Lin Geng, saying that Lin Geng had a close relationship with the Lou family and had dated Miss Lou Xiao'e, and that the two had an improper relationship. The Lou family's running away must be related to Lin Geng.

For this reason, the higher-ups actually called Lin Geng in for a strict investigation, questioning him on whether he was involved in the Lou family's escape and whether he had provided assistance to the Lou family.