Chapter 245: The Couple Tests the Waters with a 200,000 Yuan Donation

Just being able to do something for her made him feel happy.

In truth, he was a little jealous of Zhang Lianqing. Whenever Gu Shengsheng ran into trouble, she never sought out Lu Shijing, instead contacting Zhang Lianqing to work with him every time.

Although it was true this was for professional reasons, Lu Shijing still felt quite put out.

’If only I could do everything, if only I could cover every profession.’

’It seems I’m still not working hard enough.’ After some deep thought, he said, "Shengsheng, are you planning to study for the graduate entrance exams? For archaeology or geology."

Gu Shengsheng said, "Yes, I’ve already bought some books to read. Why?"

Lu Shijing nodded. ’There will always be a chance to prove myself. Maybe then I can learn a few more things, help out, and have more opportunities to be with her.’

Thinking of this, Lu Shijing finally had a plan forming.

’Since Shengsheng is unwilling to ask him for help, he’ll just have to take a few extra steps to her side.’

Just being able to exchange a few more words with her sometimes made Lu Shijing incredibly happy.

He didn’t understand this feeling himself; simply standing by her side was enough to satisfy him. ’No wonder Grandma used to say that when you like someone, you never want to leave them.’

Back then, he thought it was nonsense. It turned out he just hadn’t fallen for anyone yet.

After meeting Gu Shengsheng, he couldn’t imagine anyone else by his side. Of course, it could only be her.

As they spoke, Gu Shengsheng and Lu Shijing arrived.

The two took the elevator up to the hotel floor. Chen Yufan came rushing over, a gentlemanly middle-aged man standing beside him.

Chen Yufan grabbed Gu Shengsheng’s arm and said, "Sister Gu, something’s happened to my family again..."

"I thought since my dad was back, I wouldn’t have to bother you, but things have been really difficult lately."

Gu Shengsheng looked at Mr. Chen and nodded as a greeting.

Then, Lu Shijing opened the door.

The group entered the suite and sat down.

Mr. Chen expressed his gratitude to Gu Shengsheng. "Miss Gu, my son told me about how you helped. Thank you so much."

"The place I was on business in abroad had a lot of military conflict. I was out of contact for this whole period. I only found out what was happening after Huaxia finally brought us back."

He sighed helplessly. "I never imagined my family would be on the verge of falling apart. I’m not going abroad anymore."

Gu Shengsheng nodded. That was indeed how it was when war broke out in a foreign country. Sometimes just taking out your phone to send a message would get it stolen. A Huaxia passport, in particular, was a highly coveted item.

So, you could only carefully guard your belongings and wait for your own country to come and get you.

It was a helpless situation.

Gu Shengsheng said, "It’s alright. It was what I should have done. Besides, Aunt Liu Li, Chen Yufan, and Yu Xi are all good people."

"From what I saw, wasn’t Yu Xi’s condition getting better day by day? What happened?"

"My sister’s missing again." As Chen Yufan said this, his face was filled with helplessness.

’Zhang Lianqing seemed completely unaware of this just now.’ Gu Shengsheng said urgently, "This is absurd!"

"Why haven’t you contacted the police immediately for something like this? This is a huge deal. What if the few of us can’t find her and something happens to Yu Xi?"

She had thought Chen Yufan acting this way on his own was reckless enough, but she never expected this was the result of a discussion with his father.

Just as Gu Shengsheng was about to scold them both, Lu Shijing pulled her down to sit beside him.

Then they waited for Mr. Chen to speak.

It seemed Mr. Chen had never witnessed such a scene. He had no idea why Gu Shengsheng was so fiery; just a moment ago, she had been a quiet young woman.

He paused for a moment.

"It’s like this, Miss Gu. Please hear us out."

"As you know, my daughter Yu Xi was kidnapped before. She suffered great mental and physical trauma at the time, so she’s been doing a lot of charity work recently."

"She’s also been searching for the people who trafficked her back then. The authorities have been looking too, of course. But Yu Xi’s mental state has been unstable. It seems the only time she feels any sense of peace is when she’s engrossed in saving others."

Gu Shengsheng nodded. She knew about Chen Yuxi’s condition and had thought she was getting better and better.

’Could it be that something is wrong now?’

Then Mr. Chen continued, "I’ve been back for over half a month now. My daughter has been sharing stories about her helping others, but I discovered she’s poured about twenty million into this Rui City Foundation."

"It was very strange, so I had someone investigate it carefully. Then, while Chen Yufan was checking on the situation, Yu Xi spotted someone who looked a lot like one of the people who trafficked her back then."

"Yu Xi got very agitated. She insisted on coming here to get to the bottom of it, saying she wanted to find that person and question them herself. We couldn’t stop her. If we said anything harsh, she would get too emotional. In the end, we had no choice."

"We could only come with her. We can’t let something happen to our child, can we?"

"Everything was fine at first, but we lost contact with her this morning. We’ve been looking all day. So, Shengsheng, what do we do now! There’s no point in calling the police; they won’t start a search for a missing person until 48 hours have passed."

"For now, we can only search on our own. We’ve already filed a report."

Gu Shengsheng and Lu Shijing exchanged a look.

Lu Shijing said, "Perhaps Shengsheng and I can help."

Gu Shengsheng said, "At the restaurant just now, someone from the Rui City Foundation was watching us for a long time. They’ve probably already linked us to you. We’ll go and investigate under the guise of being donors."

"We’ll find out where Yu Xi is. Since Yu Xi has money, she won’t be harmed at that so-called foundation and will be kept safe. We just need to worry about her emotional state."

Gu Shengsheng said, "At the very least, her life isn’t in danger. Besides, Yu Xi is smart. It’ll be fine."

Chen Yufan said, "My dad will search outside. I’ll go with you guys!"

Gu Shengsheng nodded. "Alright."

"Just take care of yourself."

That night, Gu Shengsheng and Lu Shijing didn’t get much rest. They spent the whole time looking up information on the foundation.

Gu Shengsheng said, "This foundation has almost all positive reviews. Over 100,000+ reviews, and they’re all good."

"It’s strange. Not a single negative review."

Lu Shijing, who was also researching, said, "They’ve been involved in antique dealing before. They probably know who you are; otherwise, they wouldn’t have been able to find us so precisely today."

Gu Shengsheng laughed. "A foundation involved in the antique trade? It’s obviously a money laundering operation. I’ll check who’s behind it."

After searching for a long time, Gu Shengsheng found that the legal representative was just an ordinary local. He clearly wasn’t the one actually profiting; he was just a scapegoat taking the fall for someone else.

Gu Shengsheng looked through a lot of information. "There’s too little information online, and it’s almost all positive. We’ll have to investigate on-site. We’ll go tomorrow."

"Okay." Lu Shijing nodded. "I just donated 200,000, and someone added me and asked me out for a meal."

Gu Shengsheng’s eyes fell on the screen. "Mr. Ryan and his wife have donated two hundred thousand."

Gu Shengsheng: "..."

"Why did you include my name?"