Mr. Su's Love Investigation Report
Chapter 271 - 261 No One Is More Important Than You

Chapter 271: Chapter 261 No One Is More Important Than You

The phone call was still connected, and her voice kept speaking through the earpiece, instructing him on what to do if a certain situation occurred, or if another situation arose.

"No way! I won’t leave you for a second!" he immediately objected.

"No! You have to listen to me!" Her voice was very soft, the wireless earpiece hidden in her hair, no one could tell she was on a call. "Su Ronggui, please distinguish between what’s important and what’s not!"

"To me, there’s nothing in the world more important than you!" he retorted, holding his breath.

"..." In such a critical moment, his words sent a warm surge through her heart, and her eyes inexplicably moistened, but fortunately, she wasn’t carried away by this warmth. "Xiao Xu, rest assured, I’ll take care of myself and won’t let anything happen! Besides, it’s a society governed by law, in broad daylight, what could possibly happen?"

"Little Sha..."

"Xiao Xu!"

In fact, after seeing the contents of the file bag, she had guessed why Yueyue had died, but just relying on those things wasn’t enough...

The two of them remained in a tense silence, but neither relaxed their vigilance.

Tu Hengsha walked along the sidewalk, eyes on everyone approaching her. In the middle of winter, people were almost entirely covered, wearing masks and hats, and no one seemed particularly conspicuous.

Among the ordinary people, someone, just like many who brushed past her earlier, casually walked by her side, only to suddenly reach out and grab the file bag she was holding, yanking it from her hands.

"Someone’s robbing!" she shouted, grabbing the person’s clothes.

Su Ronggui, hidden in the shadows, quickly rushed out. The person, spurred by her shout, acted desperately, pulling out a knife from who knows where, and slashed her hand, successfully breaking free from her hold and also taking her large shoulder bag in the process.

The entire process took only two or three seconds, and Tu Hengsha belatedly felt the pain on the back of her hand. She hid her injured hand behind her, shouting at Su Ronggui, who hesitated slightly in front of her, "Chase them now!"

Su Ronggui gritted his teeth, bolting after the person, speaking as he ran, "Get in the car right away! Lock the doors! Don’t open the door for anyone..."

Tu Hengsha, not daring to be careless, sprinted towards his parked car, listening to his voice in the earpiece and hastily cutting him off, "I know! Go after them fast..."

The car wasn’t locked. She leaped inside and immediately locked the doors and windows. Only then did her pounding heart begin to slow.

Initially, she could hear his breathing and the sound of the wind in the earpiece, but it was gone now. She guessed he had lost the earpiece while running.

A long gash on the back of her hand was still bleeding, and she didn’t dare to go out again. She remembered he kept her usual medications in the car, but wasn’t sure if there was any ointment. Opening the glove compartment, she did find a box of band-aids. She covered almost her entire hand to fully bandage the wound.

Leaning against the seat, the hard file bag poked at her chest, causing discomfort, but for now, she dared not take it out. Alone here, she had no idea what might happen next.

Those people surely were after her. She’d been under surveillance all along, and anyone related to Yueyue in her arms, were they being watched too?

In any case, she managed to keep the item safe. Her second- and third-level defenses had ultimately paid off.

The file bag in her arms certainly contained nothing, just a stack of old newspapers borrowed from the gym. She had taken everything out and placed it in another file bag, now pressed against her chest, securely fixed at the bottom with her belt. As for the top... the top was held down by her bra. It couldn’t fall out; the puffy down jacket she wore concealed anything hidden inside.

Originally, she’d planned to put it in her bag, but worried it might be snatched too, so only some of Yueyue’s old possessions were in the bag.

She wasn’t wrong to worry. Those people, afraid of deception, indeed hadn’t overlooked her bag.

Waiting.

A few drops of blood landed on the car’s floor mat. She steadied her breathing, trying to rub it out with her foot, but no matter how she rubbed, she couldn’t entirely erase the bloodstains.

Her phone vibrated in her down jacket pocket.

Taking it out, she saw a strange number.

Was what had to come already here? Already discovered? And Xiao Xu?

"Hello?" she answered the call.

There was silence on the other end, eerily reminding her of the threatening call she received during the Liu Hong case. The car’s heater wasn’t on, and she felt a chill creeping up her spine.

"Hello? Who is this?" she asked again.

Finally, a man’s leisurely voice spoke on the other side, "Tu Hengsha?"

"Yes! It’s me! May I ask who you are?" She instinctively gripped the phone tighter.

"Quite sharp," the man responded.

She remained silent, pretending not to understand his implication.

"A pile of scrap paper! Old shoes?" the man sneered.

Did they see it that fast? Then what about Xiao Xu? Why hasn’t he returned yet?

Anxiety consumed her, eyes fixed on the direction Su Ronggui had run off to. There were people coming and going, but no sign of him.

"I won’t play games with you anymore," the man said. "Everyone’s tired of this chasing game. I want the things in your hand, name your price."

"I’m sorry, I don’t understand what you’re saying. I don’t have what you want," she replied, her eyes scanning each vehicle around her, every shop, even every passerby, unsure where the call originated.

"Don’t play dumb! We’re all smart people, right? So, how about five million? I’ll buy all the items in your hands, and you guarantee there’s no backup left."

She remained calm, "Whether there are backups or not, can you trust that?"

She merely wanted to stall for time. Why wasn’t Xiao Xu back yet?

She began to regret it. Maybe she shouldn’t have sent Xiao Xu to chase them, what if there were many people ahead? Could Xiao Xu be hurt?

The man laughed, "In business, there’s only one word we value: integrity. Whether you have backups or not doesn’t matter. What matters is, I trust a smart girl like you won’t do anything foolish."

Indeed, a journalist who accepted bribes, regardless of whether there were backups, had no face to reveal them, as it would ruin herself too.

"Who are you? Who’s behind you?" she asked directly.

"That’s not important. The key is the deal—money in place, what I want in place, that’s enough."

Tu Hengsha no longer wanted to bicker with him. She was worried about Xiao Xu. "Sorry, I’m not interested in your business. Goodbye."

"Wait!" the man interrupted. "Mr. Tu the reporter isn’t interested in business, but how about your life, or the lives of those around you? Like, perhaps, your mother?"

So, did these people threaten Yueyue like this back then?

"What do you want?" she demanded quickly.

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