"No matter what, since the criminal has stated that you're involved, please come with us to the police station. Don't panic, we'll only be asking a couple of questions, that's all. If you didn't do it, we won't wrong you either."
Xia Qingyang anxiously looked at Lu Qiyuan, then at Lu Qi.
Lu Qi held onto Xia Qingyang's hand. "Mom, don't worry, you have been framed. The police wouldn't arrest somebody so easily too. Now you're just going to the police station to answer some questions, that's all."
After speaking, she squeezed Xia Qingyang's hand, urging her to maintain her composure and not let the cat out of the bag.
Afraid, Xia Qingyang couldn't hold back her tears anymore. She grabbed onto Lu Qiyuan's hand. "Qiyuan, you have to save me. I really have been framed. I know nothing about this and here they are trying to catch me."
At this moment, she definitely could not admit that she had done it.
"I'll go with you and contact the lawyer too," Lu Qiyuan said.
***
Meanwhile, Lu Man went to the market and bought a pigeon. Since Xia Qingwei had just finished her surgery, having pigeon soup would be the best for her.
She bought some vegetables as well and prepared the dishes in the kitchen.
After that, she went with Xu Hui to the hospital.
First, she took the soup out of the bag and then took out another two lunchboxes and passed them to Zhou Cheng and Xu Hui. "Brother Zhou, Brother Xu, thanks for all the hard work these few days. This is the lunch that I've prepared for you."
Xu Hui was very surprised. At Lu Man's place, when he had seen her cooking, he had thought that she was cooking for herself. He did not expect that they would have a share too.
"Then… then, we won't stand on ceremony either. Thank you." Zhou Cheng and Xu Hui took the lunchboxes.
"Previously, I didn't know that you two were here too, so I didn't prepare any food. From now on, leave your lunch and dinner to me," Lu Man said, smiling.
Xu Hui knew how good Lu Man's culinary skills were as back at her home just now, he could not help salivating over the delicious aroma of her cooking.
If one was getting to eat home-cooked food, who would be willing to eat takeouts?
However, they still said politely, "That would be too troublesome."
"Not at all. Besides, I have to eat too. I'm just preparing a meal for two more people that's all. I still have to thank you for always being here to help us out." Looking at the lunchboxes in their hands, Lu Man said, "Come in and eat with us too. There's no need to be so polite. It's best if you eat it while it's hot."
Hence, the two of them did not stand on ceremony either. They entered the hospital room together and quickly wolfed down their lunch at the table.
In the meantime, Lu Man fed Xia Qingwei the pigeon soup.
After lunch, packing the lunchboxes together, she went to wash them.
Feeling extremely embarrassed, Zhou Cheng and Xu Hui said that they would be behaving extremely rude if they did not clean up after eating. Hence, no matter what Lu Man said, they refused to pass the lunchboxes to her and went to wash the lunchboxes themselves before returning them to her.
Afterwards, Lu Man added her bank card to her Alipay account and immediately transferred 100,000 yuan to Han Zhuoli.
Following which she also sent him a text: "I've met Zhou Cheng and Xu Hui. Today, my dad came over trying to cause trouble but thankfully they were both around. Thank you."
Currently, Han Zhuoli was at a hotel in Los Angeles.
The reason he went there this time was to discuss building a large film studio facility in B City with the heads of some Hollywood film companies.
Recently, Han Media Company had invested in a film company in Hollywood. Moreover, in the past few years, they had also invested in many box office hits.
Also, once the film studio facility was built, the future films that Han Media Company would invest in could be filmed in their film studio at City B and later on, they could also expand it into a place for entertainment and tourism.
Right now, it was still daytime where Lu Man was back in China, however in Los Angeles, it was already 1 A.M.
After the meeting, Han Zhouli even held a video conference with his employees back in China.
It was only now that he had just finished working and came out of the shower.
Just then, he saw the text that Lu Man sent and at the same time he received a notification that someone had transferred money to his Alipay account.
However, Han Zhuoli instantly transferred 50,000 yuan back to Lu Man and replied, "I've already said so, there's no hurry for you to repay me the money. You will still need some money for your mother's subsequent medical treatments. I'll just accept 50,000 right now. Once you are less cash-strapped, you can repay me then. Also, Zhou Cheng and Xu Hui will stay there. Feel free to use them however you want, there's no need to be polite."
Looking at the 50,000 yuan that was transferred back to her, Lu Man eventually did not refuse.
Her finger hovered over the keypad. She bit her lip and contemplated for quite a while before texting him, "Mr Han, I've always had a question. Why… why are you helping me so much?"
"Just take it as an apology for my previous actions. I'm very sorry for having offended you previously." Han Zhuoli replied.
Lu Man was stunned. What did Han Zhuoli mean by this?
When he had offended her, he did not seem to feel apologetic. So why was he apologizing all of a sudden?
She was confused. She could not figure out what exactly Han Zhuoli was planning.
Han Zhuoli sent another text message. "Can you forgive me for offending you before?"
With such a sincere apology, what else could Lu Man say?
She could only say that she has forgiven him and she would forget everything that happened earlier and they could start all over again.
Even if she was still filled with suspicion.
After that, Lu Man thanked him once again and since Xia Qingwei wanted to go to the washroom, she placed her phone down to help Xia Qingwei.
Han Zhuoli remembered what Lu Man had said; she said that Lu Qiyuan had gone to the hospital to cause trouble today. His expression turned cold, and he immediately called Zhou Cheng.
"Mr Han!" Zhou Cheng was surprised to receive a phone call from Han Zhuoli. Considering the time, it should probably be about 1 a.m. where Han Zhuoli was at.
"Did Lu Qiyuan come to the hospital to cause trouble?" Han Zhuoli asked.
"Yes. He was probably trying to use Lu Man's mother to get her to give in, but he has already been chased away," Zhou Cheng reported factually.
"Why did you not inform me immediately when this happened?" Han Zhuoli said unhappily.
Zhou Cheng froze for a moment before replying, "According to your schedule, during that time you were in a meeting, so I dared not disturb you. Now, it's also about 1 a.m. where you're at, so…"
"In the future, no matter what time it is, or what schedule I'm having, as long as it's regarding Lu Man, you have to tell me immediately!" Han Zhuoli said fiercely.
"Yes." Zhou Cheng could not help but be surprised by Han Zhuoli's stern tone. What exactly was Lu Man's position in Han Zhuoli's heart?
"Is there anything else that you have yet to inform me?" Han Zhuoli asked sternly.
Zhou Cheng dared not lie and quickly passed the phone to Xu Hui. Xu Hui told him about the matter where Xia Qingyang had hired a thief to steal Lu Man's money.
"I've just received the news that Xia Qingyang was already brought by the police to the police station for questioning. It's just that, the thief said that he didn't have any concrete evidence with him. He just felt that it was unfair. Even if he confessed that Xia Qingyang was the mastermind, he didn't have any proof and Xia Qingyang will still get off scot-free," Xu Hui reported the whole incident precisely.
"I've got it." Han Zhuoli's expression turned colder. "You two did well. Continue to stay there and listen to everything Lu Man says."
"Yes." Xu Hui also mentioned about Lu Man's kindness, "Lu Man takes good care of us too. Previously we were always hiding, but because of the incident with Lu Qiyuan today we couldn't hide any longer. However, she didn't chase us away and even said that from now on, she will prepare breakfast, lunch and dinner for us every day."
Suddenly, Han Zhuoli's eyes narrowed and asked coldly, "She will prepare the food herself?"
"Yes. Lu Man's food is delectable. The food is mouth-watering." Through the phone, Xu Hui completely did not sense Han Zhuoli's unhappy mood.
Whereas, Zhou Cheng, standing by his side, saw how foolish Xu Hui was being and closed his eyes. He could not bear to watch.