There was an immediate silence. Then the man finally said with a sigh, “It was the Lu Family that was responsible for this. Lu Nanze’s parents did this!”
So it had been them indeed.
If that were the case, then the account book would be with the Lu Family.
Qiao Lian took a deep breath.
She had to get her hands on the account book to prove that her parents were innocent.
At the thought of this, she lowered her head.
“But, Ms. Qiao, you have to understand something.”
She paused. “What is it?”
“It’s possible that the account book has been destroyed! After all, keeping it would only bring trouble. If the account book no longer exists, then there is really nothing else that can clarify what had happened back then.”
Qiao Lian’s pupils shrank back as she said, “Not possible.”
“Why?”
Qiao Lian looked out of the backseat window.
The willow trees along the streets of Suzhou were starting to grow new shoots.
The earth was starting to rejuvenate, spring was around the corner.
Just like her springtime with Shen Liangchuan was also just around the corner.
She said unhurriedly, “Lu Nanze once told me that his father had an obsession, that he collected tokens from all his evil deeds as proof of how clever he had been in the past. Besides, you only say that it’s a possibility that the account book has already been destroyed. But there’s also a possibility that they’re still around?”
As long as there was a glimmer of hope, she would not give up.
After hanging up, all sorts of possibilities came to her mind.
It was going to be extremely tough to infiltrate the Lu Family residence and get her hands on the account book.
But now…
She was in a very good position to do this.
Since she had lost her memory, she was of no threat to Lu Nanze.
He would not be on guard against her. Hence, if she continued pretending to have no recollection of the past and sneak into his office, she could take the opportunity to locate the account book.
At this point, she lowered her head.
If this were the case, she couldn’t possibly start ignoring Lu Nanze for now.
But how was she going to manage Shen Liangchuan then?
If she told him the truth, would he stop her from taking this risk, for the sake of the child?
But if she didn’t tell him.
She was now in a conundrum.
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On the other end, at the hospital.
Lu Nanze looked intently at the doctor, listening carefully to his explanation of Qiao Lian’s condition. “This sort of memory loss is the result of an external trauma, which resulted in a hemorrhage into the surrounding tissues. Once this has cleared, she will regain her memory.”
Lu Nanze quickly asked, “Specifically, how long would that take?”
The doctor shook his head and said, “This is impossible to say for sure. Perhaps a month, perhaps a few days, perhaps a year, or even a lifetime. You know, the most amazing part of the human body is the brain. There are so many nerve connections in it, there are many things that medical science cannot explain.”
Lu Nanze frowned and got to his feet. “I understand.”
After walking out of the hospital, Lu Nanze looked into the distance.
His hope was that Qiao Lian would never regain her memory.
But he knew this was being too selfish of him.
The only other way was to capture her affection before her memory returned.
At this thought, he lowered his head and got into the car. He drove to a florist and bought a bouquet of flowers. With the bouquet in his hand, he headed to the Qiao family villa.
Beijing.
Shi Nianyao was feeling dejected as she arrived home. She went upstairs and then holding her cell phone, she waited to hear from Mo Xicheng.
She was in a conundrum.
Did he see through her disguise and knew that was her?!
As this question flashed through her mind, a call from Mo Xicheng came in.
