Chapter 121: Who is Tiantian's Father?

Jiang Baobao was stunned for a moment.

Meeting Li Beijue's deep gaze, she forcibly masked the flash of panic in her heart.

She blinked her eyes, rapidly searching for an answer in her brain.

After a two-second pause, she feigned indifference and replied, "He is no longer here..."

"No longer here?" Li Beijue frowned slightly.

Jiang Baobao nodded, not daring to look him in the eye, and quickly continued to fabricate: "A car accident."

As she spoke, she deliberately lowered her voice to make it sound more realistic, as if she were feeling sad.

Li Beijue's gaze flickered for an instant; he didn't speak, but a trace of displeasure inadvertently spilled from the depths of his eyes.

Was she very sad?

A strange feeling suddenly emerged from the bottom of Li Beijue's heart, and his expression suddenly turned cold.

Jiang Baobao had just divorced him, yet she had quickly married another man, and even now, she still couldn't let go?

Li Beijue didn't notice his own emotions at all; he simply pulled the door open and got into the car without a word.

Then he said coldly, "I'm going to the company, I don't have time to drop you off."

He dropped this sentence and slammed his foot on the accelerator.

Jiang Baobao was still immersed in the previous emotion; hearing this, she looked up subconsciously, only to see the back of the black car speeding away.

She was stunned for a moment, then speechless, rolling her eyes at the sky.

How could Li Beijue be so full of himself?

Who asked him for a ride?

It sounded as if she wanted to ride in his car!

Jiang Baobao made a face at Li Beijue's departing car, intending to hail a taxi back to the villa to get her own car, then return to the Base to handle work.

But unexpectedly, just as she arrived at the entrance of Li Mansion, she heard her phone ring.

Looking at the string of numbers on the screen, she found a quiet corner and answered the call.

"What is it?"

She asked in a low voice, her expression somewhat serious.

The person on the other end of the phone immediately reported: "Boss, the matter you wanted me to investigate has been found. Jiang Chenghao had an accident five years ago; it is said that he damaged his brain in a car accident, and the Jiang Family's company also changed hands five years ago, having been completely taken over by the Lu Family."

"A car accident?" Jiang Baobao's expression hesitated for an instant.

Immediately after, she heard the person on the other end of the phone also express confusion: "This car accident seemed quite harrowing, but... I don't know whether to say Jiang Chenghao was lucky or unlucky; he only suffered some simple skin abrasions and no broken bones, but it just so happened that he injured his head..."

Jiang Baobao's brows were tightly locked; she felt that something was off in her heart.

A car accident that only damaged the brain... was this really just an unfortunate accident?

"Boss, there is nothing else besides that. Is there anything else you want me to check?"

The person on the other end of the phone asked again, pulling back Jiang Baobao's thoughts.

Jiang Baobao hurriedly said: "Help me check that car accident from back then again; tell me as soon as you have news."

"Yes." The person on the other side agreed immediately.

The call ended, and Jiang Baobao stood in place for a long time without moving.

A car accident...

Her uncle had obtained his driver's license back when he was in school and had always been careful when driving; how could he have suddenly...

Jiang Baobao pondered for two seconds and strode toward the direction where she had parked her car.

She had promised her grandmother she would go back to visit; there was no time like the present, so she would go back today!

Li Corporation—

Li Beijue kept a gloomy face the entire way.

On the road, no one dared to speak up to greet him.

He went straight to his office and opened his computer, but he was in no mood to work.

After being quiet for a moment, he heard a commotion at the office door.

He immediately raised his eyes and saw his assistant standing at the door, holding a document bag cautiously.

"Come in," Li Beijue said in a deep voice.

Assistant Chen responded, hurriedly closed the door, walked in with the document bag, and placed the item in his hand in front of Li Beijue.

"President Li, there is news about the necklace you asked me to investigate before."

"You found it?"

Li Beijue's expression changed abruptly, and he hurriedly reached out to pick up the document bag.

His movements were swift as he pulled a drawing sheet out from inside.

One could see a design draft of a necklace drawn on it.

It was exactly the same as the necklace he had treasured for many years!

"Where was this design drawing found? Who is the owner of the necklace?"

A rare trace of excitement leaked from the depths of Li Beijue's eyes as he impatiently pressed for an answer.

Assistant Chen's expression suddenly became somewhat subtle.

He was silent for two seconds before biting the bullet and replying: "President Li, I obtained this design drawing purely by accident. A friend of mine invited me to visit a jewelry designer a few days ago, and I saw this manuscript by chance. She said... it was a style she designed twenty years ago, which she only gave to a very close friend at the time and did not sell publicly, but..."

Assistant Chen stopped abruptly halfway through his sentence.

Li Beijue hated it most when people spoke only half a sentence, so he asked in a deep voice: "But what?"

Assistant Chen had no choice but to continue: "But the other party had already passed away sixteen years ago."

Li Beijue's fingers trembled violently, and he nearly dropped the design draft in his hand onto the floor.

Sixteen years ago...

Could it be that the girl had some kind of accident back then, which is why there has been no news of her for so many years!

Li Beijue's brows were tightly locked, his expression terrifyingly gloomy, and for a moment he could not accept it.

She was so kind and lovely, how could she just disappear from this world without a sound!

He had thought of countless possibilities, but he had never imagined that it could actually be this result!

The vast office was completely silent; one could almost hear a pin drop on the floor.

Assistant Chen was trembling with fear and dared not speak, silently looking down at the carpet.

Li Beijue's expression was gloomy, and he suddenly let out a long sigh.

He looked at the drawing in his hand, the air pressure around him terrifyingly low.

Was she really dead?

Could Heaven really be playing such a cruel trick on people?

Li Beijue was full of unwillingness, and as his gaze swept past, it suddenly fixed on the bottom right corner of the paper.

Written there was the year and date when this draft was drawn at the time.

Li Beijue stared at it for a few seconds, suddenly realized something in a flash, and hurriedly asked: "How old is the designer you mentioned just now?"

Assistant Chen was stunned for a moment, deliberated for two seconds, and then replied: "This... she looks to be at least fifty years old."

"Fifty..."

Li Beijue muttered this number in a low voice, and the heavy Shitou in his heart suddenly dropped.

If she is fifty this year, she would have been thirty-three sixteen years ago.

At that age, it would be impossible for her to be a close friend of an eleven or twelve-year-old girl!

Li Beijue's mood relaxed a lot, and after staring at the drawing in his hand for a few more seconds, he continued to ask: "Who is the close friend of that designer you mentioned just now?"

The assistant hurriedly replied: "That designer didn't say too much; currently, I only know that the other person's name is Xia Xuerou."

Upon hearing this, Li Beijue's fingers paused slightly, and a dark light flashed in the depths of his eyes.

Xia Xuerou?

This name sounds so familiar; it seems he has heard it somewhere before?

But he couldn't remember it!

Li Beijue's fingers tapped lightly on the desk, he pondered for two seconds, and then ordered in a low voice: "Go and check all the information on Xia Xuerou, and report to me immediately if there is any situation!"