Chapter 472: Late-Night Action with Li Beijue

Jiang Baobao was silently calculating her plans for tonight in her heart, not noticing at all that Li Beijue, sitting opposite her, had been staring at her for a long time.

"Baobao, eat your vegetables."

Seeing her start to space out again, Li Beijue finally couldn't help but reach out to "help," placing some vegetables into her plate.

"Oh, okay..."

Jiang Baobao snapped back to reality, hurriedly nodded, mechanically stuffed a mouthful into her mouth, and continued calculating in her mind.

She must act quietly tonight; she had to get those three little ones to sleep first...

She also had to make a quick trip there and back; it was just to go and take a look... there shouldn't be any unexpected situations...

She was conceptualizing it in her mind, and as soon as she finished dinner, she immediately wanted to get up and leave.

Li Beijue, however, reached out and stopped her first.

"I have something to tell you."

He gripped Jiang Baobao's wrist and, without hesitation, turned and pulled her into an unoccupied guest room.

"What's wrong?"

Jiang Baobao was confused, just like that, being dragged in by him.

As soon as the door closed, she heard Li Beijue ask: "Do you have something on your mind? You've been spacing out ever since you walked in today. If you've run into any trouble..."

"No."

Jiang Baobao hurriedly shook her head.

She deliberately put on a relaxed expression and replied: "I'm fine, maybe... I just didn't rest well yesterday."

"Really?" Li Beijue suddenly leaned down and moved closer, clearly not believing her at all.

"Really, there's nothing wrong with me."

Jiang Baobao didn't want him to discover her abnormality and tried hard to put on a very sincere expression.

Li Beijue stared at her thoughtfully for a long while before finally nodding helplessly.

"Alright, since you say you're fine, then... stay and watch a movie together tonight?"

He asked with a calm demeanor, having long since mastered such "exquisite" little excuses to keep Jiang Baobao around.

But unexpectedly, Jiang Baobao refused without hesitation.

"I have some work to handle today. As for the movie... you can watch it with those three little ones. I still have things to do, so I'm heading back first."

As Jiang Baobao spoke, she immediately wanted to turn and leave.

Li Beijue raised an eyebrow, grabbed her wrist with quick reflexes, and pulled her into his arms in one smooth motion.

"Since you can't accompany us to watch the movie... then... shouldn't there be some compensation?"

His tone carried a smile, and as he spoke, he slowly lowered his head, moving closer to Jiang Baobao's lips.

Jiang Baobao's face felt a bit hot, but she couldn't help but want to laugh.

Seeing that he was already close, she deliberately tilted her head, letting the kiss that would have landed on her lips land directly on her cheek instead.

Then she quickly reached out and pushed him away.

"Alright, I'm going back!"

She dropped this sentence and turned to run out.

Li Beijue watched her run away with amusement, then reached out a finger to rub his lips.

A kiss on the cheek counts as compensation?

Is she thinking too lightly of it?

But it doesn't matter; they have plenty of time in the future to make up for it slowly...

Having successfully stolen a kiss just now, Li Beijue felt sweeter than if he had eaten honey.

Late at night.

Li Beijue finished his work as usual and intended to return to the bedroom to rest.

Unexpectedly, just as he stood up, he heard his phone ring.

Seeing that it was a call from his assistant, Li Beijue frowned slightly and hurriedly answered it.

It was already nearly midnight; without an urgent matter, he wouldn't be calling at this hour.

"President Li, the matter you asked me to investigate has been mostly cleared up."

Assistant Chen got straight to the point.

"Speak."

Li Beijue's face sank instantly.

"We found a warehouse that should have been abandoned, but it is currently being used. Moreover, in the last six months, Lu Guohui has appeared three times on the only road leading to that warehouse. Because he didn't take his own car each time and the surveillance on that road section is incomplete, it took some time to investigate."

"Send me the address of the warehouse."

Li Beijue ordered.

"Understood."

Assistant Chen hurriedly agreed and instantly sent the address to Li Beijue's phone.

Li Beijue then continued: "Investigate that warehouse, specifically what is stored there, and who else has been there besides Lu Guohui. Be careful when investigating; don't alert anyone. Keep a close watch on Lu Guohui to see if he will go there again recently."

"Yes."

Assistant Chen responded, noting down all of Li Beijue's orders.

After giving a few more instructions, Li Beijue hung up the phone.

His expression, however, was somewhat grave.

An abandoned warehouse... it is naturally the most suitable place to hide secrets.

He had to quickly help Baobao resolve this matter, so that... she could be at ease and be with him...

Just as Li Beijue was thinking this, his peripheral vision suddenly caught bright headlights flashing past outside the window!

How could there be a car passing by at this hour?

Unless it was the opposite side...

Feeling uneasy, Li Beijue thought for a moment, then stood up abruptly and pulled back the curtains.

In the distance, a car was already driving away into the night.

It was Jiang Baobao's car!

It was so late, where was she going?

A flash of surprise crossed Li Beijue's eyes; he immediately turned and left the study without hesitation, walking quickly downstairs.

He didn't even bother to put on his coat, grabbed his car keys, rushed out the door, and got into his car without hesitation.

He sped all the way.

He finally saw the familiar car trapped at the first traffic light intersection ahead.

Li Beijue slammed on the brakes, not letting himself get too close, just staring intently at the vehicle in front with a solemn expression.

Soon, the red light ended.

Li Beijue saw Jiang Baobao's car move and hurriedly followed at a distance.

In the middle of the night, there were not many cars on the road.

Fearing that Jiang Baobao would discover he was following her, Li Beijue deliberately slowed down.

Not long after, he discovered that Jiang Baobao turned at an intersection and headed directly toward the highway!

Why was she getting on the highway?

Where on earth was she going?

Li Beijue frowned fiercely, his inner doubts growing heavier.

Once on the highway, there were even fewer cars.

Jiang Baobao sped along, with Li Beijue following closely behind.

Halfway through the journey, he finally realized something and felt that something seemed wrong.

This road... was heading to the south of the city.

The south of the city...

Li Beijue's expression turned stern as he suddenly realized something.

Could it be... that the place she wanted to go was that warehouse?

Had she already tracked it down to there?

Li Beijue's heart tightened, and he dared not let his focus waver even more.

Half an hour later—

The surrounding environment had turned completely dark.

Only the dim streetlights spaced every few meters remained.

Li Beijue saw Jiang Baobao continuing to drive forward, feeling both helpless and heartbroken.

With such a big matter, why was she unwilling to tell him, and how could she be so bold as to come here alone!

If he had gone to sleep early today and hadn't discovered her leaving...