However, what surprised Li Chonglou even more were Chen Peiyue's next words.
"Actually, I don't mind this, but my father wants me to marry a foreigner, and I really can't accept that."
Chen Peiyue sighed deeply, and her words made Li Chonglou freeze.
"A foreigner? From which country? Does he also practice martial arts?"
Li Chonglou's brows furrowed, and he suddenly felt that something was amiss.
At first, when he heard Chen Peiyue mention a marriage alliance, he thought her father was ambitious and wanted her to marry into a prominent family with a long lineage, either to secure Chen Peiyue's future or to improve the situation of the Little Knife Gang.
So, he never expected that he would actually want to marry her off to a foreigner!
Moreover, this also involved a point: China's new generation of prodigies was showing signs of decline. Now that there was such a rare and excellent talent, they were going to send her abroad!
Let alone Chen Peiyue herself, even as an outsider, he felt this was inappropriate!
"It seems to be from Tai, but the person is the same as us. But if I marry him, I have to go abroad to live with him. I don't want to leave the Little Knife Gang, and I don't want to leave China."
Chen Peiyue said slowly and seriously.
In fact, this matter could be considered her father shooting himself in the foot. Chen Peiyue had been brought up with traditional patriotic ideals, a sense of righteousness, and a love for her hometown.
All these factors combined made it impossible for her to give up her current identity and move to a foreign land with an outsider.
However, her words, when they fell into Li Chonglou's ears, made him suddenly think of Lin Qianqian.
More specifically, he thought of the international cases Lin Qianqian was responsible for.
"It shouldn't be such a coincidence, right?"
Li Chonglou muttered to himself. Now, whenever he heard the word "foreigner," he had a conditioned reflex.
He had cooperated with Lin Qianqian twice and was almost drawn into international cases on both occasions, which had truly left him with psychological trauma!
However, after the idle chat, Li Chonglou stood up.
"Shall we go and visit the injured now?"
"Sure, but I don't know where they are."
Chen Peiyue had only heard about the matter but knew nothing about the specific people or events. Fortunately, Li Chonglou had not pinned his hopes on her from the beginning. He asked them to wait in the room and went outside with his phone.
He naturally dialed Sun Zhong's number.
As the victim of the incident, Sun Zhong would naturally know where the injured people were. After all, if it weren't for the existence of these so-called injured parties, his company's reputation would not have been tarnished like this.
So, when Li Chonglou stated his intention, Sun Zhong quickly sent a message.
In this case, there were actually six former employees who had filed lawsuits against his company.
However, only three were related to the rumors: a disabled person, a pregnant woman, and a middle-aged man.
Without hesitation, Li Chonglou chose to go find the pregnant woman first.
More than half a month had passed since the incident. The reason the pregnant woman sued was that Sun's company had hired thugs to beat her, causing her to miscarry. Generally, in such cases, hospitalization would only last three to four days. Therefore, according to the information sent by Sun Zhong, the pregnant woman was recuperating in Shangjing.
When Li Chonglou roughly explained the information to Chen Peiyue, her face suddenly lit up with excitement.
"Does this mean we're going to Shangjing?"
Li Chonglou nodded.
"That's great, I've always wanted to find an opportunity to go to Shangjing!"
Li Chonglou asked, "Are you sure you can really go with us? It might take one or two days?"
"No problem, I don't want to stay in the Little Knife Gang anymore anyway, my dad keeps urging me," Chen Peiyue nodded repeatedly.
"I didn't mean that. I meant, what would happen if your dad found out you were gone?"
Chen Peiyue was stunned.
She had never really thought about this question. After all, in the past, she had only run away for a day before being found and brought back by her men.
"How about I tell my dad first?"
Chen Peiyue didn't know how to handle it for a moment and could only look at Li Chonglou.
If you tell your dad, won't the evidence be erased in minutes?
Li Chonglou directly shook his head, "Your dad shouldn't know about this. But you can write a letter or leave a reliable message to tell your family that you're going to Shangjing for a trip."
This way, with Chen Peiyue's capabilities, the people from the Little Knife Gang probably wouldn't worry too much about her, and the time would only be one or two days, which the other party should be able to wait for.
After hearing this suggestion, Chen Peiyue felt that this was the best way, so she immediately agreed.
After deciding on the matter, Li Chonglou first sent a message to Hei Dao and the others, briefly explaining the situation, and then, along with Yue Hai, took Chen Peiyue back into Gao Baisong's car.
"Back to Shangjing."
"Okay."
Gao Baisong didn't ask much, only glancing curiously into the rearview mirror.
At this moment, Yue Hai was sitting in the passenger seat, while Li Chonglou and Chen Peiyue were in the back. Gao Baisong was puzzled that Chen Peiyue was also going.
The reason Li Chonglou chose to sit in the back was not because he wanted to be close to her or talk to her, but simply because he was afraid she would suddenly act out.
Although Yue Hai's martial arts were good, his internal energy was indeed not as strong as Chen Peiyue's. If he were sitting in the passenger seat, and Chen Peiyue suddenly attacked, no one would be able to subdue her.
Besides, having him sit in the passenger seat and chat with her could ease her emotions, and most importantly, it could help build rapport and lay the groundwork for further interrogation later.
If it were Yue Hai, the journey back would probably be silent.
The pregnant woman's location was a bit remote, quite a distance from both Yian and Panjiayuan. By the time Gao Baisong drove them near the destination, they were already in the suburbs.
The houses here were arranged in zones, with a dozen or so on the east and a dozen or so on the west, spread out relatively far apart.
"To find a place like this, it seems these two brothers put in a lot of effort."
After getting out of the car, Li Chonglou looked at a residential building resembling an unfinished building not far away and couldn't help but sigh for a moment.
It was important to know that the Sun brothers came from ordinary backgrounds. To track someone's whereabouts, they could only hire people to investigate.
This matter, while simple to say, actually involved quite a bit of effort and money. Li Chonglou suddenly understood why Sun's company headquarters was reluctant to even open the elevators.
"She lives in a place like this?"
Chen Peiyue, who also got out of the car, looked at the somewhat desolate surroundings, and her pretty eyebrows suddenly knitted.
"Let's find her first," Li Chonglou said calmly.