Chapter 137: Miss Xie, hello, I am Yan Xiu

It's no wonder Xie Wantang thinks that way; mainly, the timing of these two sources of information is so coincidental.

Seeing Xie Wantang in a daze, Xie Yunshu didn't know what she was thinking, tapped the table, and said, "Wantang, what are you thinking? Do you also feel, like me, that this person looks too much like your late great-uncle?"

"Yeah, he really does look like him." Xie Wantang nodded.

"But Lu Yanze is dead." Xie Yunshu reminded him.

Lu Chen disappeared in the deep sea; if luck is good, he might actually have escaped disaster.

But Lu Yanze committed self-immolation.

Liu Shiyue was the one who finally identified the corpse and erected a monument for Lu Yanze.

They were husband and wife; the Lu family is gone, Liu Shiyue was the person closest to Lu Yanze, and she personally admitted that the charred corpse was Lu Yanze, which is highly credible.

The authorities also confirmed that the corpse was Lu Yanze's.

Of course, with all the strange things happening around Xie Wantang, to Xie Yunshu it wouldn't be surprising if both Lu Yanze and Lu Chen had returned from the dead by possessing corpses.

After all, the fact that Lu Chen and Lu Yanshen are twins is already strange enough; moreover, Lu Chen impersonating Lu Yanshen feels completely natural.

Xie Wantang herself hadn't noticed the secret behind it.

"Yeah, Lu Yanze is dead; this person just looks like him." Xie Wantang said.

Afterwards, Xie Wantang forwarded those two screenshots to Shen Ye.

I don't know why, but Xie Wantang always feels that the mystery that remained unsolved years ago might find an opportunity in Yan Xiu's appearance.

Lu Chen hides many secrets, and Lu Yanze also hides not a few.

Coincidentally, the two left this world in different ways, and then someone like Lu Yanze—Yan Xiu—appeared.

So, will Lu Chen appear in the near future in someone else's identity?

Just then, Xie Wantang's phone rang; it was a local unknown call, with no spam warning.

Xie Wantang wondered a bit, then answered, "Hello?"

"Hello, Miss Xie, I am Yan Xiu." Yan Xiu's clear and pure voice came from the other end, completely different from Lu Yanze's voice before.

If judged solely by voice, Yan Xiu and Lu Yanze are completely different people.

Because, no matter how one hides their tone, even if they've had surgery, the characteristics expressed in their voice still share some similarities.

Of course, Xie Wantang has not yet made a voiceprint for Lu Yanze, nor for Yan Xiu.

The basis for making a voiceprint is that, at least when she hears them, there need to be more overlapping similarities for it to be worthwhile.

"May I ask how you got my phone number?" Xie Wantang's expression changed slightly; being known by a stranger who had just learned the other's name, she felt uneasy.

"If you set your mind to it, you can find out; besides, Miss Xie, you're in Haishi, such a beautiful coastal city, so famous, aren't you?"

"Mr. Yan, what's the matter?"

Xie Wantang's patience is limited; she's not familiar with this Yan Xiu.

Unless he appears wearing Lu Chen's face, perhaps she would be a bit more polite toward him.

But he instead appears wearing Lu Yanze's face, and she truly has no fondness for Lu Yanze at all.

In the Lu family, this person gave her a feeling of being gloomy and dark; moreover, not knowing if he grew up mixing in the medical hall, she felt Lu Yanze was seriously ill.

All the Lu family members have to indulge that ancestor of his; as long as they're Lu family, they seem to have to give way to him.

He's not a child anymore.

Yet he and the Lu family still think this is normal.

Anyway, she's not used to that Eldest Young Master; for this reason, Lu Chen, while diligently playing the role of Lu Yanshen, even spoke of her.

But she didn't even give Lu Chen any face.

That's also why the Lu family doesn't much like her.

If it weren't for her not minding that they thought Lu Yanshen was disabled, perhaps she wouldn't have had the chance to become part of the Lu family.

If she had known earlier about that certificate, she wouldn't have taken it.

"I'd like to discuss a cooperation with Miss Xie; I don't know when Miss Xie would be available." Yan Xiu spoke in a refined and proper manner, giving the impression of being very polite.

"Cooperation? I don't even know Mr. Yan, so what cooperation are we talking about? Mr. Yan, did you dial the wrong person or wrong number? If there's nothing else, I'll hang up now."

"Wait a moment, Miss Xie." Yan Xiu anxiously stopped her.

Even though he was so anxious, his voice remained steady, unlike Lu Yanze's.

Xie Wantang frowned slightly; her first probe failed.

Perhaps they really aren't the same person, but this is only the first probe.

Just like years ago, she thought Lu Yanshen and Lu Chen were two different people, but in fact they are the same person.

Both are Lu Chen.

So, to be safe, Xie Wantang won't rely on just this one probe.

Her skills have improved a lot over the past two years, while the methods of bad people have also improved.

Earlier, when she was training in Country A, she had personally seen someone who could simultaneously possess several voice lines; moreover, each voice line, when compared, tested, and then turned into a voiceprint by professionals, turned out different.

That person was truly impressive; he could even do male-to-female and female-to-male voice impersonations, using the internet to deceive many victims and illicitly gain much ill-gotten wealth.

For these kinds of criminals, when they later assist police in identifying cases, they must be especially careful and cautious, because once careless, it's also easy to be deceived.

Xie Wantang didn't hang up; she waited for Yan Xiu to continue speaking.

"Miss Xie, I know you're the daughter of Ms. Xie of the Xie Clan Chinese Medicine Hall; actually, this cooperation I want is to work with your Xie Clan Chinese Medicine Hall. Ms. Xie has always been busy, and my assistant hasn't been able to set up a time with her."

"It just so happens that I returned to the country yesterday and happened to run into you at the airport; then my assistant asked someone for your phone number, which is really embarrassing. Miss Xie, if you feel I've offended you, I'm willing to apologize to you."

"But I sincerely want to discuss a cooperation with your medical hall; I have a medical lab preparing a new special drug that combines Chinese and Western medicine to treat cancer, which is already on the market but too expensive—several million per pill."

"Such a priced drug isn't affordable for everyone; what I want to develop is something ordinary people can afford, with efficacy not inferior to that special drug. I know your Chinese medicine hall has also been pursuing this line recently."

"I think, since we share the same idea, we should cooperate for mutual benefit—what do you say?"

"……"

Xie Wantang was persuaded.

Mainly, Yan Xiu's words were sincere, and Xie Wantang could tell that he seemed genuinely wanting to do good for the common people.

Let's just meet and see.

If he is a good person, then we can all cooperate and do good deeds together.

If he is a wolf in sheep's clothing...

Then—

If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get the tiger's cub?