Late at night, in the early hours, a bustling bar.
After getting married, Junzhi seldom came to the bar for leisure. It was a rare occasion today that he came out for drinks with Lu Qinan and the others. He arrived as scheduled, but his mood wasn't as relaxed.
Pei Haoran arrived first and immediately got to the point, "Lu Qinan, have you heard anything from your brother?"
As soon as Lu Qinan thought about this, he immediately put on a troubled expression and shook his head. "No."
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Jun Zhi Mu sat down by himself and also heard Lu Qin Nan's complaints.
At that moment, the bartender also immediately came over, smiling politely and asking what he needed. Jun Zhi Mu casually ordered a glass of red wine, sipping it absentmindedly.
Lu Qinan continued, "After that, our family never spoke to our elder brother again... The manager at the company only received two brief messages from him afterward. One message said he had some things to attend to and wouldn't be able to return to the company for another two months, about a week later. The other message was that he transferred the operating rights of a subsidiary to a new shareholder."
"Is that the company where Qiao Bao'er works now?"
Lu Qifeng is the most diligent and energetic of the four sons in the Lu family. He likes to invest in new companies everywhere, holding shares in quite a few companies under his control.
Pei Haoran also sensed something was amiss. "Your older brother disappeared, and the other branch transferred his operational rights. Could it be related to that person?"
Zhu Xiao Wei also works at that company, and Pei Hao Ran has become more guarded.
Lu Qinan sullenly picked up the wine glass on the table, took a sip, and then vulgarly muttered, "People don't like to show their faces, you can't even find out shit."
“The company manager said that the man only visited the company once, bringing a notarized document signed by my brother authorizing him to act on his behalf. After that, he never came back. Sometimes when the company needed to find him for something, he was often nowhere to be found. Last time's &am;am; contract was also signed on my behalf.”
Pei Haoran frowned, "Doesn't the company have any cameras?"
"At the beginning of the year, the company was undergoing restructuring and cut all lines, leaving the workers to repair them." Lu Qinan sounded a bit dejected.
Recently, his mother wasn't so eager to pressure him into getting married anymore. Instead, she threatened to use her life force to make him bring his older brother back quickly. Lu Qinan was burdened with a heavy responsibility.
As far as we know now, the only way to find out about his brother's news is to locate the company's newly invested shareholder.
"That manager is also a fool. Last time he took my brother's signed and stamped authorization document, he didn't even leave the original file."
Lu Qinan couldn't help but curse, "He actually told me the other party's identity was Italian? That idiot couldn't even understand the other person's Italian name. He only said that the other person didn't look like a pure white person, more like mixed-race, with good features, tall and thin, and blue eyes..."
Blue eyes.
Jun's shepherd was originally contemplating quietly, but hearing 'blue eyes,' he subconsciously thought of another man.
"Zhimù, are you thinking of someone?"
My brother mentioned this guy before, he said he was his friend, so it's very possible we should know him too.
Lu Qinan was truly panicked this time. After all, his older brother had been missing for almost half a month, and his phone calls went unanswered. The employees who had traveled with him were already back at their work stations long ago.
Although his older brother had always been a workaholic, and there were times he delayed coming back for weeks because of business trips in the past, this time felt really strange.

The old Lu family was all very worried, afraid that his elder brother might have met with some misfortune.
"As for summoning the wind, I've also sent people to look into it."
Jun Zhi's friendship with the Lu family has always been close. "His last stop on his business trip was Italy, but he bought a ticket back home the same day. I think he should be in China."
"Ugh, I have no idea what my brother is up to." Lu Qinan ran a hand through his hair in frustration.
“My older brother is a workaholic. Once he gets busy, he might even go into seclusion. I remember once when I was in high school, my mom suddenly called me home, saying my brother might be dead. We were so heartbroken at the time. Turns out, that jerk calmly crawled out of our basement. He hadn't seen the sun for a month, doing some ridiculous research down there.”
Pei Haoran also knew about this embarrassing incident, and he chuckled, patting Lu Qinan's shoulder, "Your family doesn't need to worry too much, they should find him soon."
Lu Qinan thought about it, and he also let go, "Maybe my older brother will come out on his own next week." Anyway, these unreliable family members of his weren't a one-day thing.
"Master, what are you thinking about?"
Lu Qinan was particularly irritable lately because of his elder brother's affairs. However, when he turned his head, he found that Jun Zimo seemed even more troubled than him.
Junzhi Mu was intentionally or unintentionally holding a crystal wine glass, scrutinizing it. His slender and fair fingers were distinct, holding the transparent goblet against the backdrop of the dark red alcoholic liquid inside. His gaze fell on the slightly swaying red wine in the cup, but his thoughts drifted far away.
"Joe said, 'Coins speak,'" he murmured suddenly.

Lu Qinan originally wanted to retort immediately, but after thinking about it, he said, " Qiao Baier had mentioned to me before that she had an ancient coin in her possession, and I don't know where she got it from. She always carried it with her... I even threw her ancient coin into the lotus pond at your Jun family's estate."
“She… she wouldn’t really be possessed, would she?”
Pei Haoran is more scientific, "What does the doctor say?"
"Auditory hallucination."
Pei Haoran also found this to be reasonable, "Excessive mental stress can indeed lead to auditory hallucinations."
"Do you think she's under a lot of stress?"
"Jun Zhi Mu asked back, saying that he didn't really believe Qiao Baoer would have too much mental pressure. He just couldn't believe that coins could talk, so he tended to think it was 'hallucinations.'"
Lu Qinan immediately jumped in, “ Qiao Baier told me that she often had nightmares when she was little. She said she always felt like someone was talking to her by her bed at night…”
He thought to himself as he spoke, "Actually, it's fortunate that she developed this kind of personality. Ordinary people might have some darker aspects. She's not Qiao Wenyu's biological daughter, and no matter how hard Qiao Wenyu tries, he can never truly treat her like his own. Qiao Bao'er's biological mother is also very mysterious, and her childhood environment was quite complicated. Maybe it's a buildup of depression from a young age..."
Junzhi Mu looked at Lu Qinian, his expression gradually becoming thoughtful.
It seems that Qiao Bao'er is more willing to share her past with Lu Qinan.
Lu Qinan didn't notice Jun Zhimu's conflicted emotions at all. Instead, he sighed and said, "Zhimu, I think Qiao Bao'er has something on her mind. She's putting on a brave face and doesn't like to ask for help. She's more guarded than any of us men. It's probably because she doesn't trust us that she hasn't told us the truth..."
He grew increasingly excited as he spoke, “There’s also the fact that she suffered from postpartum depression before, her mental state almost crumbled. Luckily, Zhu Xiaowei and Tang Yu were there to support her, otherwise, who knows what would have happened…”
Pei Haoran covered his face, this brother really knows how to pick the wrong time to bring up sensitive topics.

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