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Chapter 187 Teething Stick

Du Hongxue was somewhat excited. Even without joining 'Dark Night,' he could still indulge his espionage fantasies. "Right, tomorrow I'll use a clever trick to trap you like a turtle in a jar, and make a fortune. Jin Yue, tomorrow you come to work with me first, hide in the car, and wait for me or Dad to bring you your 'teething toy'!"

"Hongxue, are you sure it's him? Is this okay?" Du Heming still didn't believe his colleague harbored any ill intentions.

"Dad, you're always too much of a gentleman, always thinking the best of others. Alright, don't worry about it. I'll play it by ear tomorrow. Just listen to my plan!"

The next day, Zuo Jinyue took a can of teething toys to school for two classes before going home after get off work.

When she got home, she and Du Hongxue looked at the jar full of 'money sticks' and felt a sense of relief. Sure enough... Then they discussed and sorted out the ins and outs of the matter. Li Yan was working overtime that night.

"Dad, do you and Manager Zhan usually talk about family matters?" Jin Yue asked Du Hexiang.

"No, we only talked about work. He's not very willing to talk to me unless necessary."

Jin Yue frowned. "He doesn't think much of Hong Xue either, so I won't talk to him much. But how does he know so much about my family? He knows which baby store we frequent? He knows what the baby needs at this stage?"

"Yes, if we hadn't noticed and hadn't switched them beforehand, and Gan Xiaoxuan had brought a group of people today, laughing and joking, wanting to surround my locker, then I would have been in deep trouble, and it would have implicated Dad, and both of us would have been finished."

"You wouldn't believe it, they were all clamoring to see the 'teething stick,' saying they'd never seen anything like it. If it's this can, when we open it, it'll be full of rolls of banknotes! Plus, the clothes inside are perfect for Pin-Yu, and the receipts in the bag are from stores Xiao-Yue frequents. People will definitely think we've done this kind of thing a lot, how secretive we are! They might even secretly admire our ingenuity." Du Hongxue recalled the commotion and onlookers he'd been subjected to after moving the teething stick earlier that day, and he felt a little scared. He was trying to lighten the mood with some jokes to reassure himself.

Du Heming wasn't in the mood to play along with his son's jokes. He felt his worldview had been turned upside down. "Hongxue, how could Zhan Feipeng be like this? He's so vicious. He's trying to use you guys to completely ruin my career!"

"Look, once the clothing store clerk says that our Mr. Du picked it up from the baby store, which is the baby store Xiaoyue frequents, all the evidence points to us. What will the higher-ups think of us? If they believe those people's assumptions today and jump to conclusions without conducting a thorough investigation, then I'll be accused of accepting bribes and embezzling funds? And I happen to have two factories requesting loans; how can we explain this?"

“Dad, I have a feeling this whole thing is weird. This person should know our family well and understand our situation, but neither Zhan Feipeng nor Gan Xiaoxuan are like that. I’ve never met either of them, and you feel that Zhan Feipeng shouldn’t be that kind of person. So even though the facts are right in front of us, I still feel that someone must be guiding them. That day…” Jin Yue glanced at Du Heming, then hesitated.

"Xiaoyue, have you discovered something? Speak freely." Du Heming urged. He was unwilling and did not believe that Zhan Feipeng, a long-time bank employee with whom he had worked for so many years, could be so vicious, so unscrupulous, and so deeply secretive.

"Um... Dad, that day at the baby store, when I chased after them, I saw the woman buying clothes and another woman's back. That one looked a bit like an older woman." Zuo Jinyue no longer hid her suspicions.

"Auntie, it's her again? Hmm, I remember she asked about Pin Yu a few times, knowing that you've been buying baby items from that maternity and baby store."

I thought she was just showing concern for us as an elder, mentioning some baby food recipes. Turns out she was trying to get information from us. But Xiaoyue, does she even have the brains for that? Can she really guide Zhan Feipeng step by step like that?