But Chen Peiyue needed to know if the other party had truly miscarried.
"Then how do you know she went back to the countryside to recuperate? Didn't she sue Sun's company because of the miscarriage?"
Li Chonglou directly voiced Chen Peiyue's question. Ah Bao remained silent this time, his gaze shifting to his friend.
"How would I know your business? But I can confirm she went back to the countryside to recuperate. I sneaked into her house and reviewed her surveillance recordings."
"You went into her house?"
Ah Bao's friend's expression turned a little unnatural. Ah Bao, seeing through his friend's true intentions, directly exposed him: "You just wanted to slip out with a few things, didn't you?"
He was still being somewhat considerate, calling it "slipping out" instead of "stealing."
The latter, seeing this, also said righteously, "Since she's not living here anymore, those things are going to waste just sitting there. Don't you think so?"
Li Chonglou rolled his eyes. However, the main issue wasn't this.
Li Chonglou looked at Chen Peiyue, now it was up to her whether she believed it.
"But my people didn't tell me it was like this."
Chen Peiyue frowned. Although she was wearing a mask, Li Chonglou could sense her hesitation.
He sighed inwardly and could only ask Ah Bao's friend, "Do you still have that surveillance footage?"
Ah Bao's friend looked at him.
"Hurry up and tell me, this is not a small matter!"
He then said, "Luckily you came early. I just contacted a buyer today, and the surveillance is still at my place."
Li Chonglou's expression became speechless. What kind of people were these? One took a commission and then hid in the Red Pavilion; another took a commission and even stole from the target's house and took the surveillance...
Li Chonglou suddenly recalled a popular internet term he had seen before.
Wolong Fengchu.
These two were exactly that!
However, despite the internal grumbling, the job still had to be done. Li Chonglou immediately followed Ah Bao's friend back to his home, retrieved the surveillance device, and began searching the records.
It was fortunate that not much time had passed. In about ten minutes, Ah Bao's friend played the segment he had seen.
This surveillance camera was clearly installed in the living room, and the footage showed the pregnant woman's words before she left.
"Alright, I know. The child isn't really gone. I just said a few things because they paid me. I'm going back home now."
In the surveillance video, after saying this, the pregnant woman disappeared from the frame with her luggage.
Li Chonglou immediately turned to Chen Peiyue and said, "Now do you believe it?"
"Mm."
With the evidence right before her eyes, how could Chen Peiyue not believe it? However, upon realizing she had been deceived by someone closest to her, Chen Peiyue's expression was not good.
Li Chonglou finally let out a deep sigh of relief.
The purpose of their trip back to Shangjing had finally been achieved.
Of the three rumors in Feng Town, two had now been confirmed as paid jobs, which indicated that someone in Feng Town was causing trouble.
And based on the current situation, the third person was almost certainly a rumor as well.
So when Li Chonglou asked if they still needed to confirm the last one, Chen Peiyue shook her head.
"I want to go back."
The two people beside them were confused. Li Chonglou, seeing this, first took the two away.
As for Ah Bao, Li Chonglou gave him a contact number and told him to find him again if he had nowhere to go.
Li Chonglou's plan was that if Ah Bao truly couldn't stay in Shangjing because of this matter, he could have him work under Black Knife. As for his gambling addiction, that could be discussed later.
However, he was unaware that after he left with Chen Peiyue and Yue Hai, Ah Bao immediately tore up the contact information.
"What are you doing, kid? I don't think that person is ordinary. He might be able to help you soar."
Ah Bao rolled his eyes and said, "Soar, yes, but to the afterlife."
"I'm going back home. I can't stay in Shangjing anymore. See you if fate allows."
The person who could forcefully bring him out of the Red Pavilion, Ah Bao knew what that meant. Once he got involved with people of that level, it meant he would be implicated. If he had that kind of ambition, he wouldn't still be a degenerate gambler at his age.
Although he was a degenerate gambler and considered himself a scoundrel, he was very clear about his own capabilities!
At this moment, Li Chonglou had safely brought the two back to the street.
"We'll head back once we find Lao San."
The sole purpose of this trip was to get Chen Peiyue to take a stance. Now that she had seen a truth beyond her understanding, Li Chonglou believed that if he then made her see through the human nature within the Little Knife Society, she might not come forward to clarify for Sun's company, but at least she would help him quickly understand the Little Knife Society.
Even become his mole within the Little Knife Society!
Making the heir of the Little Knife Society into his mole to deal with the Little Knife Society, though it sounded outlandish and unreliable, Li Chonglou actually had a high probability of achieving it at this point.
Of course, if this worked, the biggest reason would still be the Little Knife Society itself.
But plans often couldn't keep up with changes.
After Li Chonglou brought the two to a safe place, as he took out his phone to have Lao San pick them up, he suddenly found that Lao San's phone was unreachable.
"Something happened?"
Li Chonglou's expression changed drastically. Gao Baisong's incident had already made him self-reflect. If Lao San also had an accident, his convoy might really disband at any moment!
"What's wrong, Brother Li?"
Yue Hai, who was nearby, noticed the abnormality.
"Lao San's phone is unreachable. Something might have happened."
Li Chonglou explained in a deep voice, then immediately called Lin Qianqian.
He first quickly reported an address.
"Quick! Help me check the surveillance in this area. I need to find someone!"
Li Chonglou then gave Lao San's license plate number. His anxious tone made Lin Qianqian realize the seriousness of the situation, and she replied with a single word.
"Okay!"
Seeing Lin Qianqian's prompt agreement, Li Chonglou calmed down a bit and explained in a deep voice.
"A friend of mine is currently unreachable. Before he went missing, someone attacked us. They had guns, sophisticated assault rifles. I suspect it's people from the Fei Gang."
Upon mentioning the Fei Gang, Lin Qianqian also became interested.
"The Fei Gang is very likely the 'fish bait' the higher-ups have over there. Did you notice anything unusual when you went last time?"
Li Chonglou didn't want to discuss this with Lin Qianqian, but now that he was asking for a favor, he could only talk about the Huā Nán Hǔ incident.
"An elder of the Shangjing Martial Arts Association?"
Lin Qianqian, on the phone, murmured, then suddenly fell silent.